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| Round 1 on 2014/08/02 at 15:00 | ||||||||
| Bo. | 87 | Jordan (JOR) | Rtg | - | 1 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 1.1 | Basil, Alshouha | 2135 | - | GM | Grischuk, Alexander | 2795 | 0 - 1 | |
| 1.2 | FM | Samhouri, Bilal | 2256 | - | GM | Svidler, Peter | 2751 | 0 - 1 |
| 1.3 | FM | Mansour, Sameer | 2249 | - | GM | Karjakin, Sergey | 2786 | 0 - 1 |
| 1.4 | FM | Mohannad, Farhan | 2321 | - | GM | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2714 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg | - | 88 | Tunisia (TUN) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 2.1 | GM | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2717 | - | FM | Zaibi, Amir | 2297 | 1 - 0 |
| 2.2 | GM | Eljanov, Pavel | 2723 | - | FM | Amdouni, Zoubaier | 2350 | 1 - 0 |
| 2.3 | GM | Korobov, Anton | 2680 | - | FM | Boudriga, Med Ali | 2282 | 1 - 0 |
| 2.4 | GM | Moiseenko, Alexander | 2707 | - | CM | Bouaziz, Mehdi | 2246 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 14 | Norway (NOR) | Rtg | - | 100 | Yemen (YEM) | Rtg | 2½:1½ |
| 3.1 | GM | Agdestein, Simen | 2630 | - | IM | Al Qudaimi, Basheer | 2396 | 1 - 0 |
| 3.2 | GM | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | 2628 | - | FM | Al Badani, Abdu | 2180 | ½ - ½ |
| 3.3 | GM | Johannessen, Leif Erlend | 2528 | - | Al-Subaihi, Khalil | 2082 | 1 - 0 | |
| 3.4 | GM | Lie, Kjetil A. | 2528 | - | FM | Al-Hadarani, Hatim | 2254 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 89 | Zambia (ZAM) | Rtg | - | 3 | France (FRA) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 4.1 | IM | Chumfwa, Stanley | 2317 | - | GM | Bacrot, Etienne | 2720 | 0 - 1 |
| 4.2 | IM | Jere, Daniel | 2405 | - | GM | Fressinet, Laurent | 2708 | 0 - 1 |
| 4.3 | IM | Mwali, Chitumbo | 2250 | - | GM | Edouard, Romain | 2680 | 0 - 1 |
| 4.4 | FM | Phiri, Richmond | 2121 | - | GM | Tkachiev, Vladislav | 2624 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 4 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg | - | 90 | Japan (JPN) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 5.1 | GM | Sargissian, Gabriel | 2686 | - | CM | Nanjo, Ryosuke | 2344 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.2 | GM | Movsesian, Sergei | 2672 | - | FM | Kojima, Shinya | 2373 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.3 | GM | Akopian, Vladimir | 2655 | - | FM | Watanabe, Akira | 2252 | 1 - 0 |
| 5.4 | GM | Kotanjian, Tigran | 2500 | - | Averbukh, Alex | 2183 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 91 | Algeria (ALG) | Rtg | - | 5 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 6.1 | GM | Haddouche, Mohamed | 2508 | - | GM | Balogh, Csaba | 2637 | 0 - 1 |
| 6.2 | FM | Bengherabi, Khalil | 2170 | - | GM | Almasi, Zoltan | 2690 | 0 - 1 |
| 6.3 | IM | Belouadah, Saad | 2320 | - | GM | Rapport, Richard | 2704 | 0 - 1 |
| 6.4 | Seddaoui, Yamine | 2105 | - | GM | Polgar, Judit | 2676 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bo. | 6 | USA | Rtg | - | 92 | Uganda (UGA) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 7.1 | GM | Kamsky, Gata | 2706 | - | IM | Emojong, Elijah | 2334 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.2 | GM | Onischuk, Alexander | 2659 | - | CM | Kawuma, Patrick | 2261 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.3 | GM | Akobian, Varuzhan | 2653 | - | FM | Wanyama, Harold | 2244 | 1 - 0 |
| 7.4 | GM | Shankland, Samuel L | 2624 | - | Ssonko, Mathias Allan | 2138 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 93 | Guatemala (GUA) | Rtg | - | 7 | China (CHN) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 8.1 | IM | Juarez Flores, Carlos A. | 2425 | - | GM | Ding, Liren | 2742 | 0 - 1 |
| 8.2 | FM | Cu Hor, Winston Darwin | 2259 | - | GM | Yu, Yangyi | 2668 | 0 - 1 |
| 8.3 | Garcia Fuentes, Sergio | 2166 | - | GM | Ni, Hua | 2666 | 0 - 1 | |
| 8.4 | IM | Lorenzana, Wilson Estuardo | 2222 | - | GM | Wei, Yi | 2638 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 95 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | Rtg | - | 9 | Israel (ISR) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 9.1 | FM | Tologontegin, Semetey | 2354 | - | GM | Rodshtein, Maxim | 2671 | 0 - 1 |
| 9.2 | IM | Abdyjapar, Asyl | 2368 | - | GM | Smirin, Ilia | 2656 | 0 - 1 |
| 9.3 | Takyrbashev, B. | 2229 | - | GM | Sutovsky, Emil | 2624 | 0 - 1 | |
| 9.4 | Mamatov, Melis | 2106 | - | GM | Postny, Evgeny | 2651 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bo. | 10 | England (ENG) | Rtg | - | 96 | Wales (WLS) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 10.1 | GM | Jones, Gawain C B | 2665 | - | IM | Jones, Richard S. | 2414 | 1 - 0 |
| 10.2 | GM | Short, Nigel D | 2665 | - | Kett, Tim | 2244 | 1 - 0 | |
| 10.3 | GM | Howell, David W L | 2650 | - | Sands, David A | 2210 | 1 - 0 | |
| 10.4 | GM | Sadler, Matthew D | 2653 | - | Rayner, Francis | 2177 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 97 | Andorra (AND) | Rtg | - | 11 | Netherlands (NED) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 11.1 | GM | De La Riva Aguado, Oscar | 2523 | - | GM | Giri, Anish | 2745 | 0 - 1 |
| 11.2 | FM | Garcia Paolicchi, Raul | 2176 | - | GM | L'Ami, Erwin | 2631 | 0 - 1 |
| 11.3 | CM | Jose Queralto, Daniel | 2122 | - | GM | Tiviakov, Sergei | 2664 | 0 - 1 |
| 11.4 | Ribera Bazan, Jose | 2117 | - | GM | Van Kampen, Robin | 2638 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bo. | 12 | Germany (GER) | Rtg | - | 98 | Iraq (IRQ) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 12.1 | GM | Meier, Georg | 2646 | - | FM | Salih, Akar Ali Salih | 2315 | 1 - 0 |
| 12.2 | GM | Fridman, Daniel | 2639 | - | IM | Noah, A .H. Al-Ali | 2326 | 1 - 0 |
| 12.3 | GM | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 2689 | - | CM | Mohammed, Zozek Salah | 2226 | 1 - 0 |
| 12.4 | GM | Baramidze, David | 2612 | - | FM | Al-Khattab, Ghassan M. Ali Ajmed | 2140 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 99 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | Rtg | - | 13 | Cuba (CUB) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 13.1 | FM | Machin Rivera, Mark | 2341 | - | GM | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2760 | 0 - 1 |
| 13.2 | FM | Almedina Ortiz, Edgardo J. | 2277 | - | GM | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | 2664 | 0 - 1 |
| 13.3 | IM | Montalvo Rosario, Alejandro | 2296 | - | GM | Quesada Perez, Yuniesky | 2649 | 0 - 1 |
| 13.4 | WIM | Vazquez Maccarini, Danitza | 1965 | - | GM | Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri | 2550 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 101 | Angola (ANG) | Rtg | - | 15 | Poland (POL) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 14.1 | FM | Pascoal, Eduardo A | 2181 | - | GM | Gajewski, Grzegorz | 2659 | 0 - 1 |
| 14.2 | FM | Domingos, Catarino | 2280 | - | GM | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 2576 | 0 - 1 |
| 14.3 | IM | Agnelo, Amorim | 2225 | - | GM | Bartel, Mateusz | 2640 | 0 - 1 |
| 14.4 | CM | Simoes, Joao | 2245 | - | GM | Socko, Bartosz | 2612 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 16 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Rtg | - | 102 | Libya (LBA) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 15.1 | GM | Navara, David | 2716 | - | FM | Elarbi, Abobker | 2283 | 1 - 0 |
| 15.2 | GM | Laznicka, Viktor | 2676 | - | FM | Chahrani, Ibrahim | 2239 | + - - |
| 15.3 | GM | Hracek, Zbynek | 2634 | - | FM | Gator, Mosab | 2166 | 1 - 0 |
| 15.4 | GM | Babula, Vlastimil | 2549 | - | FM | Asabri, Hussien | 2202 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 103 | Malaysia (MAS) | Rtg | - | 17 | Spain (ESP) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 16.1 | IM | Lim, Yee-Weng | 2311 | - | GM | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | 2698 | 0 - 1 |
| 16.2 | Teh, Eu Wen Aron | 2309 | - | GM | Anton Guijarro, David | 2624 | ½ - ½ | |
| 16.3 | Fong, Yit San | 2143 | - | GM | Salgado Lopez, Ivan | 2620 | 0 - 1 | |
| 16.4 | Subramaniam, Sumant | 2075 | - | GM | Vazquez Igarza, Renier | 2603 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bo. | 18 | Bulgaria (BUL) | Rtg | - | 104 | El Salvador (ESA) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 17.1 | GM | Cheparinov, Ivan | 2681 | - | IM | Arias, Lemnys A. | 2329 | 1 - 0 |
| 17.2 | GM | Iotov, Valentin | 2553 | - | FM | Arias, Daniel | 2126 | 1 - 0 |
| 17.3 | GM | Rusev, Krasimir | 2548 | - | IM | Burgos Figueroa, Carlos E. | 2258 | 1 - 0 |
| 17.4 | IM | Dimitrov, Radoslav | 2461 | - | FM | Chavez, Ricardo Ernesto | 2165 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 105 | Syria (SYR) | Rtg | - | 19 | India (IND) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 18.1 | IM | Iyti, Basher | 2263 | - | GM | Negi, Parimarjan | 2645 | ½ - ½ |
| 18.2 | Omrani, Hasan | 2085 | - | GM | Sethuraman, S.P. | 2590 | 0 - 1 | |
| 18.3 | Akhras, Khaled | 2246 | - | GM | Adhiban, B. | 2619 | 0 - 1 | |
| 18.4 | FM | Al-Tarbosh, Ward | 2272 | - | GM | Lalith, Babu M.R. | 2565 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 20 | Italy (ITA) | Rtg | - | 106 | Barbados (BAR) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 19.1 | GM | David, Alberto | 2565 | - | IM | Warner, Delisle | 2243 | 1 - 0 |
| 19.2 | GM | Vocaturo, Daniele | 2587 | - | FM | Husbands, Orlando | 2118 | 1 - 0 |
| 19.3 | GM | Brunello, Sabino | 2560 | - | IM | Denny, Kevin | 2261 | 1 - 0 |
| 19.4 | GM | Dvirnyy, Danyyil | 2530 | - | FM | Del Castilho, Martyn | 2221 | 1 - 0 |
Things have started and the chess is hot!
Some matches were certainly more difficult than others. Russia had no problem dispatching the team from Jordan. However on team board three things were not so clear. The defending champions, Armenia, were facing Japan - a theoretically easy win. However at some points things looked really bad for the higher rated team. Their board four played a very questionable opening and was strategically lost, while Movsesian...
[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"] [Site "Tromso NOR"] [Date "2014.08.02"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Kojima, Shinya"] [Black "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2373"] [BlackElo "2672"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2R3k1/q4p1p/p2r1np1/3Bp1B1/P2bP3/1P4P1/5P2/3Q1K2 b - - 0 27"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2014.08.02"] [SourceDate "2014.01.04"] 27... Kg7 28. Qc1 $1 {After outplaying Movsesian through most of the game (which was filled with errors) the player from Japan has a winning position. The threat is immediately Bh6 checkmate, and it is not easy to stop.} Nxd5 29. Bh6+ Kf6 30. Bg5+ Kg7 31. Bh6+ Kf6 32. exd5 {The attack is decisive, there is no reason to take a draw.} Kf5 $5 {Black is lost no matter what he does, so he tries something unusual.} (32... Ke7 33. Rc7+ {is just an easy win.}) 33. f3 ( 33. g4+ $1 Ke4 34. Ke2 $1 {is a puzzle like mate in four.}) 33... Rxd5 {Now White has a choice of wins, but he manages to find the one continuation that gets him checkmated instead.} 34. Qg5+ $6 (34. Rc6 $18) (34. Re8 $18) (34. g4+ Ke6 35. Re8+ $18) 34... Ke6 35. Re8+ Kd6 36. Bf8+ Kc7 37. Qc1+ $2 (37. Qe7+ $1 $18) 37... Kb6 38. Rc8 $2 Qd7 39. Qc4 $4 Qh3+ 40. Ke2 Qg2+ {Miracles happen everywhere.} 0-1
Somehow or another Armenia ended up winning the match 4-0 regardless. Norway had a bit of a hiccup as their board four lost and Jon Ludvig Hammer only managed a draw in board three, making the match a close 2.5-1.5 against Yemen.
Interview with Peter Leko
Player of the Day: Parimarjan Negi
The FIDE president overseeing the tournament
Yu Yangyi in China's win over Guatemala. Also 4-0.
Danny King with Wesley So, the coach of the American team
"Call me, I'm kind of important"
Onischuk helped America crush Uganda 4-0
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| Round 1 on 2014/08/02 at 15:00 | ||||||||
| Bo. | 2 | Russia (RUS) | Rtg | - | 69 | Jordan (JOR) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 1.1 | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | 2540 | - | WIM | Dahdal, Lougain | 1973 | 1 - 0 |
| 1.2 | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 2531 | - | WIM | Fuad Kamel Jamaliah, Natalie | 2003 | 1 - 0 |
| 1.3 | WGM | Girya, Olga | 2484 | - | WFM | Alattar, Ghayda M. | 1950 | 1 - 0 |
| 1.4 | WGM | Pogonina, Natalija | 2479 | - | WFM | Boshra, Alshaeby | 1947 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 38 | Norway (NOR) | Rtg | - | 105 | South Korea (KOR) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 2.1 | WIM | Sahl, Sheila Barth | 2216 | - | Wang, Chengjia | 1989 | 0 - 1 | |
| 2.2 | WIM | Bjerke, Silje | 2189 | - | WCM | Lim, Hakyung | 1567 | 1 - 0 |
| 2.3 | WGM | Dolzhikova, Olga | 2166 | - | WCM | Cho, Yeonhee | 1525 | 1 - 0 |
| 2.4 | WGM | Koskela, Niina | 2213 | - | Kim, Yubin | 1421 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 70 | Luxembourg (LUX) | Rtg | - | 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 3.1 | WIM | Steil-Antoni, Fiona | 2112 | - | IM | Muzychuk, Mariya | 2530 | 0 - 1 |
| 3.2 | Biryukov, Alice | 1941 | - | GM | Ushenina, Anna | 2487 | 0 - 1 | |
| 3.3 | Kremer, Nadine | 1844 | - | GM | Zhukova, Natalia | 2468 | 0 - 1 | |
| 3.4 | WFM | Bakalarz, Grazyna | 1972 | - | IM | Gaponenko, Inna | 2379 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 4 | Georgia (GEO) | Rtg | - | 72 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 4.1 | GM | Dzagnidze, Nana | 2550 | - | Samaganova, Alexandra | 2012 | 1 - 0 | |
| 4.2 | GM | Khotenashvili, Bela | 2494 | - | Alymbay, Kyzy Aizhan | 1859 | 1 - 0 | |
| 4.3 | IM | Melia, Salome | 2475 | - | Shyngys Kyzy, Aijarkyn | 1800 | 1 - 0 | |
| 4.4 | IM | Batsiashvili, Nino | 2435 | - | Omurbekova, Diana | 1707 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 73 | New Zealand (NZL) | Rtg | - | 5 | India (IND) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 5.1 | CM | Milligan, Helen | 1938 | - | IM | Sachdev, Tanya | 2418 | 0 - 1 |
| 5.2 | WIM | Meyer, Marany | 2064 | - | IM | Karavade, Eesha | 2392 | 0 - 1 |
| 5.3 | WFM | Gao, Judy | 1947 | - | WGM | Gomes, Mary Ann | 2352 | 0 - 1 |
| 5.4 | WFM | Tsoi, Nicole | 1787 | - | WGM | Padmini, Rout | 2318 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 6 | Romania (ROU) | Rtg | - | 74 | Paraguay (PAR) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 6.1 | IM | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | 2422 | - | WFM | Vargas, Gabriela | 2112 | 1 - 0 |
| 6.2 | WGM | L'ami, Alina | 2446 | - | WIM | Perez Rodriguez, Jennifer | 2211 | ½ - ½ |
| 6.3 | IM | Bulmaga, Irina | 2354 | - | Perez, Dalila | 1791 | 1 - 0 | |
| 6.4 | WGM | Cosma, Elena-Luminita | 2327 | - | WCM | Avalos, Leticia | 1687 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 75 | Finland (FIN) | Rtg | - | 7 | USA | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 7.1 | WIM | Tuominen, Tanja | 2103 | - | GM | Krush, Irina | 2474 | 0 - 1 |
| 7.2 | WFM | Puuska, Heini | 1975 | - | WGM | Abrahamyan, Tatev | 2366 | 0 - 1 |
| 7.3 | WCM | Nazarova, Anastasia | 1904 | - | WGM | Nemcova, Katerina | 2315 | 0 - 1 |
| 7.4 | WFM | Walta, Paivi | 1794 | - | WGM | Foisor, Sabina-Francesca | 2252 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 8 | Poland (POL) | Rtg | - | 76 | Algeria (ALG) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 8.1 | GM | Socko, Monika | 2470 | - | WFM | Meghara, Lylia | 1811 | 1 - 0 |
| 8.2 | WGM | Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina | 2380 | - | WIM | Mezioud, Amina | 2052 | 1 - 0 |
| 8.3 | WGM | Bartel, Marta | 2359 | - | WIM | Latreche, Sabrina | 1972 | ½ - ½ |
| 8.4 | WIM | Kulon, Klaudia | 2301 | - | WIM | Toubal, Hayat | 1938 | 1 - 0 |
| Bo. | 77 | Malaysia (MAS) | Rtg | - | 9 | France (FRA) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 9.1 | WFM | Bakri, Alia Anin Azwa | 1964 | - | IM | Milliet, Sophie | 2385 | 0 - 1 |
| 9.2 | WCM | Tan, Li Ting | 1945 | - | WGM | Guichard, Pauline | 2375 | 0 - 1 |
| 9.3 | WCM | Azman Hisham, Nur Nabila | 1916 | - | IM | Collas, Silvia | 2316 | ½ - ½ |
| 9.4 | WFM | Azman Hisham, Nur Najiha | 1886 | - | WIM | Congiu, Mathilde | 2318 | 0 - 1 |
| Bo. | 10 | Armenia (ARM) | Rtg | - | 78 | Guatemala (GUA) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 10.1 | IM | Mkrtchian, Lilit | 2453 | - | Sotomayor, Silvia | 0 | 1 - 0 | |
| 10.2 | IM | Galojan, Lilit | 2275 | - | WIM | Mazariegos, Silvia Carolina | 2017 | 1 - 0 |
| 10.3 | WGM | Kursova, Maria | 2313 | - | WIM | Mencos, Claudia | 2017 | + - - |
| 10.4 | Sargsyan, Shushanna | 2109 | - | WCM | Figueroa, Julissa | 1833 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 79 | Nicaragua (NCA) | Rtg | - | 11 | Spain (ESP) | Rtg | 1 : 3 |
| 11.1 | WFM | Madrigal, Ana Daniela | 1986 | - | IM | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | 2395 | 0 - 1 |
| 11.2 | WFM | Mendieta, Kathya | 1877 | - | IM | Alexandrova, Olga | 2424 | 0 - 1 |
| 11.3 | WIM | Granados, Maria | 1899 | - | WIM | Aranaz Murillo, Amalia | 2314 | 0 - 1 |
| 11.4 | Alarcon, Pamela | 1906 | - | WIM | Hernandez Estevez, Yudania | 2258 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 12 | Germany (GER) | Rtg | - | 80 | Albania (ALB) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 12.1 | IM | Paehtz, Elisabeth | 2464 | - | WCM | Gjergji, Rozana | 1981 | 1 - 0 |
| 12.2 | WGM | Melamed, Tatjana | 2364 | - | WCM | Shabanaj, Eglantina | 2033 | 1 - 0 |
| 12.3 | WGM | Ohme, Melanie | 2301 | - | WCM | Tuzi, Bruna | 1759 | 1 - 0 |
| 12.4 | WGM | Hoolt, Sarah | 2318 | - | Kerciku, Suzana | 1519 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 71 | Bolivia (BOL) | Rtg | - | 13 | Hungary (HUN) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 13.1 | Ramirez, M. Eugenia | 2045 | - | IM | Madl, Ildiko | 2347 | 0 - 1 | |
| 13.2 | WIM | Cordero, Daniela | 2010 | - | IM | Gara, Anita | 2327 | 0 - 1 |
| 13.3 | WIM | Estrada, Lucia | 1974 | - | WGM | Gara, Ticia | 2321 | 0 - 1 |
| 13.4 | Prado, Alexandra | 1831 | - | WGM | Papp, Petra | 2274 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bo. | 82 | Monaco (MNC) | Rtg | - | 15 | Serbia (SRB) | Rtg | ½ :3½ |
| 14.1 | WIM | Lebel-Arias, Julia | 1859 | - | IM | Bojkovic, Natasa | 2425 | ½ - ½ |
| 14.2 | WCM | Chung, Mathilde | 1981 | - | WGM | Vojinovic, Jovana | 2312 | 0 - 1 |
| 14.3 | Levacic, Melissa | 1994 | - | WIM | Rakic, Marija | 2323 | 0 - 1 | |
| 14.4 | Lomandong, Noela-Joyce | 1616 | - | Velikic, Adela | 2145 | 0 - 1 | ||
| Bo. | 16 | Netherlands (NED) | Rtg | - | 83 | Tajikistan (TJK) | Rtg | 3½: ½ |
| 15.1 | GM | Peng, Zhaoqin | 2391 | - | Nasriddinzoda, Marvorii | 2021 | 1 - 0 | |
| 15.2 | WIM | Haast, Anne | 2324 | - | WFM | Antonova, Nadezhda | 2004 | ½ - ½ |
| 15.3 | WIM | Schut, Lisa | 2317 | - | Ilhom, Mootribai | 1698 | 1 - 0 | |
| 15.4 | WGM | Muhren, Bianca | 2314 | - | Odinaeva, Saodat | 1785 | 1 - 0 | |
| Bo. | 84 | Portugal (POR) | Rtg | - | 17 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
| 16.1 | WFM | Coimbra, Margarida | 2071 | - | WGM | Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan | 2336 | 1 - 0 |
| 16.2 | WCM | Oliveira, Maria Ines | 1890 | - | WGM | Saduakassova, Dinara | 2375 | ½ - ½ |
| 16.3 | WCM | Monteiro, Sara Cristina Da Silva | 1781 | - | WGM | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | 2333 | 0 - 1 |
| 16.4 | Jorge, Rita Maria Osorio | 1693 | - | WIM | Dauletova, Gulmira | 2252 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bo. | 18 | Slovakia (SVK) | Rtg | - | 85 | Syria (SYR) | Rtg | 4 : 0 |
| 17.1 | IM | Repkova, Eva | 2358 | - | Mir Mahmoud, Afamia | 1964 | + - - | |
| 17.2 | IM | Stockova, Zuzana | 2383 | - | Stef, Shirin | 1942 | + - - | |
| 17.3 | WGM | Kochetkova, Julia | 2338 | - | Al-Mahmoud, Rola | 1649 | + - - | |
| 17.4 | WFM | Machalova, Veronika | 2214 | - | Yagi, Rita | 1762 | + - - | |
| Bo. | 86 | Costa Rica (CRC) | Rtg | - | 19 | Cuba (CUB) | Rtg | 0 : 4 |
| 18.1 | WFM | Gamboa Alvarado, Olga Leticia | 1899 | - | WGM | Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra | 2345 | 0 - 1 |
| 18.2 | WFM | Rodriguez Arrieta, Maria Elena | 1920 | - | WGM | Marrero Lopez, Yaniet | 2324 | 0 - 1 |
| 18.3 | Acevedo Mendez, Lisseth | 1846 | - | WGM | Pina Vega, Sulennis | 2270 | 0 - 1 | |
| 18.4 | Ramirez Gonzalez, Maria Jose | 1764 | - | WGM | Vigoa Apecheche, Yanira | 2317 | 0 - 1 | |
| Bo. | 20 | Vietnam (VIE) | Rtg | - | 87 | Uruguay (URU) | Rtg | 3 : 1 |
| 19.1 | WIM | Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung | 2307 | - | WIM | Colombo, Camila | 2107 | 0 - 1 |
| 19.2 | WIM | Hoang, Thi Nhu Y | 2269 | - | WFM | De Leon, Patricia | 1921 | 1 - 0 |
| 19.3 | WGM | Hoang, Thi Bao Tram | 2329 | - | Larrea, Daniela | 1709 | 1 - 0 | |
| 19.4 | Luong, Phuong Hanh | 2171 | - | De San Vicente, Sabrina | 1687 | 1 - 0 | ||
With the huge gap of rating in some of the encounters it is not strange to see that there was not a single upset in the match points in the Women's section. Despite that in many individual matches there were some upsets, including a close call when Portugal scored 1.5 points on Kazakhstan, a Women's section powerhouse. Most matches were simply very one-sided:
[Event "41st Olympiad Women 2014"] [Site "Tromso NOR"] [Date "2014.08.02"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"] [Black "Puuska, Heini"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2366"] [BlackElo "1975"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r3kb1r/1p1q1p1p/2p1pp2/p4b2/Pn1P4/1B3N2/1PPBQPPP/2KR3R w kq - 0 14"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2014.08.02"] [SourceDate "2014.01.04"] 14. Bxb4 $1 {Many people might shy away from giving up a bishop for a knight and opening the a8 rook, but the American player understands the needs of the position.} axb4 15. d5 $1 {This is the point, the breakthrough in the center remarks how weak Black's king is in the center.} Bh6+ (15... cxd5 16. Rxd5 {is the point; here Black cannot defend the bishop on f5 and the queen on d7.}) 16. Kb1 b5 (16... e5 17. Nxe5 $1 {is crushing} fxe5 18. Qxe5+ {with a deadly double attack.}) 17. dxe6 Qa7 {Black looks for counterplay, but it is far from enough.} 18. exf7+ Kf8 19. Nh4 bxa4 20. Nxf5 $1 {In chess, it is always best to take the simple route to victory.} (20. Rhe1 axb3 21. Qe8+ Kg7 22. Nxf5+ Kg6 23. f8=Q+ Rxe8 24. Qxh6+ Kxf5 25. Qh5+ Kf4 26. g3# {was possible to calculate, but the other line is without risk.}) 20... axb3 21. cxb3 Bf4 22. Qg4 Bg5 23. Rhe1 Qc5 24. Re8+ $1 {A nice mate in three.} Rxe8 25. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 26. Qh5+ { A demolition, more or less how the top twenty matches were.} 1-0
Anna Ushenina is thrilled about the Olympiad. Ukraine smashed Luxembourg 4-0.
Lentxo Garcia interviewing Spanish player Anna Matnadze for our Spanish audience
The Slovakian team won by forfeit as Syrian's Women's team didn't show up in Tromso, even though their Open team did make it
Antoaneta Stefanova took the day off, as did Maritza Arribas (Bulgaria and Cuba)
Sachdev helped India with their own 4-0 victory against New Zealand
Open:
| Round 2 on 2014/08/03 at 14:00 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | SNo | Team | Pts. | MP | Res. | : | Res. | MP | Pts. | Team | SNo | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Russia | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Qatar | 57 | ||||||
| 2 | 58 | Norway 2 | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Ukraine | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | 56 | Finland | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 2½ | Norway | 14 | ||||||
| 4 | 3 | France | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Mongolia | 59 | ||||||
| 5 | 60 | Australia | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Armenia | 4 | ||||||
| 6 | 5 | Hungary | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Venezuela | 61 | ||||||
| 7 | 63 | Colombia | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | USA | 6 | ||||||
| 8 | 7 | China | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Albania | 65 | ||||||
| 9 | 66 | Scotland | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Azerbaijan | 8 | ||||||
| 10 | 9 | Israel | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Tajikistan | 67 | ||||||
| 11 | 68 | Singapore | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | England | 10 | ||||||
| 12 | 11 | Netherlands | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Ecuador | 69 | ||||||
| 13 | 71 | Norway 3 | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Germany | 12 | ||||||
| 14 | 13 | Cuba | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Portugal | 74 | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | Poland | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | New Zealand | 75 | ||||||
| 16 | 76 | Morocco | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Czech Republic | 16 | ||||||
| 17 | 77 | UAE | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Bulgaria | 18 | ||||||
| 18 | 78 | South Africa | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Italy | 20 | ||||||
| 19 | 80 | Luxembourg | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Turkey | 26 | ||||||
| 20 | 27 | Belarus | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Indonesia | 81 | ||||||
Tomorrow's round should also heavily favor the top teams. However there will be many interesting games; for example Hungary will be playing Venezuela who fields the strong GM Eduardo Iturrizaga on their first board, only one more upset besides that and the match could be good for the Latin Americans. That being said, it is expected that the top twenty teams move to 2-0.
Women:
| Round 2 on 2014/08/03 at 14:00 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | SNo | Team | Pts. | MP | Res. | : | Res. | MP | Pts. | Team | SNo | ||||
| 1 | 1 | China | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Venezuela | 49 | ||||||
| 2 | 48 | Ecuador | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 3 | Norway | 38 | ||||||
| 3 | 50 | Brazil | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Russia | 2 | ||||||
| 4 | 3 | Ukraine | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Australia | 51 | ||||||
| 5 | 54 | Montenegro | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Georgia | 4 | ||||||
| 6 | 5 | India | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Denmark | 56 | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | USA | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Belgium | 58 | ||||||
| 8 | 59 | Bangladesh | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Armenia | 10 | ||||||
| 9 | 60 | Egypt | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Germany | 12 | ||||||
| 10 | 13 | Hungary | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Lebanon | 61 | ||||||
| 11 | 62 | Norway 2 | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Bulgaria | 14 | ||||||
| 12 | 63 | Chile | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Slovakia | 18 | ||||||
| 13 | 19 | Cuba | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Iceland | 64 | ||||||
| 14 | 21 | Iran | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | FYROM | 65 | ||||||
| 15 | 66 | El Salvador | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Azerbaijan | 22 | ||||||
| 16 | 23 | Indonesia | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Wales | 67 | ||||||
| 17 | 124 | Burundi | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Argentina | 24 | ||||||
| 18 | 26 | Israel | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 3½ | Romania | 6 | ||||||
| 19 | 27 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 3½ | Poland | 8 | ||||||
| 20 | 9 | France | 3½ | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Mongolia | 28 | ||||||
The case is the same in the Women's section. None of the matches will be "easy" but it is hard to say that there will be more than one upset in the top twenty matches, if that. That being said - chess is all about surprises!
Photos by Pascal Simon
