Video: Sam Shankland explains his win against Frode Urkedal

2016 Baku Olympiad

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USA vs Norway, Round nine, 11th September 2016

Bo.	2	United States (USA)	Rtg	-	12	Norway (NOR)	Rtg	3:1
2.1	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2808	-	GM	Carlsen, Magnus	2857	½-½
2.2	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru	2789	-	GM	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	2651	1-0
2.3	GM	So, Wesley	2782	-	GM	Tari, Aryan	2570	½-½
2.4	GM	Shankland, Samuel L	2679	-	GM	Urkedal, Frode	2537	1-0

Olympiad Baku 2016, Round 9, Frode Urkedal vs Sam Shankland

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The Najdorf Sicilian

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Olympiad schedule

Date	Time	Event, function
12 September	15:00	Round 10
13 September	11:00/19:30	Round 11/Closing Ceremony
14 September	All day	Departure day

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