FIDE Online Olympiad Aug 13-Sep 15

[MichaelBaron]

Australia Wins!

Australia upset Georgia in Round 4 fielding a team including 4 out of 6 of our 'reserve' players. Everyone played exceptionally and we were unlucky not to win 5-1, with Albert Winkelman coming within a whisker of the game of the tournament so far.

Australia 4 - Georgia 2

0 GM Mchedlishvili, Mikheil 2621 - GM Ly, Moulthun 2502 1
1 IM Petriashvili, Nikoloz - FM Chan, Luis 0
0 IM Lomineishvili, Maia - WGM Zhang, Jilin 2246 1
0 IM Purtseladze, Maka 2229 - WFM Nguyen, Thu Giang 2119 1
1 IM Kacharava, Nikolozi 2036 - FM Winkelman, Albert 2257 0
0 Pipia, Ekaterine 1734 - Cheng, Chao Xin 1440 1

Next up is Romania, another team of similar standard to Georgia.

What a result on women's boards!
well done!

[JackRodgers]

Australia (almost) causes the upset of the tournament against top-of-the-table Kazakhstan!

A rejuvenated Australian team continued on from their form yesterday, going down by the smallest possible margin to a team that has won all of their matches thus far, including a spectacular win against China. Wins on Board 1 and 2 from Temur Kubokarov and Moulthun Ly as well as a great draw from Jilin Zhang meant the team came agonizingly close to a result.

Next up we play Mongolia who sits at the bottom of the ladder going into this round.

Australia 2.5 - Kazakhstan 3.5

1W GM Kuybokarov, Temur 2134 - GM Jumabayev, Rinat 2562 0
1B GM Ly, Moulthun 2502 - GM Khusnutdinov, Rustam 2523 0
.5W WGM Zhang, Jilin 2246 - IM Saduakassova, Dinara 2412 .5
0B WFM Nguyen, Thu Giang 2119 - IM Dauletova, Gulmira 2184 1
0W Asaka, Samuel 2254 - IM Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan 2464 1
0B Middleton, Jody 1850 - WFM Kamalidenova, Meruert 1987 1

[JackRodgers]

Rd. 8 - Australia goes down 4-2 to Mongolia.

Again Australia was strong on Boards 1 and 2 with Zong Yuan Zhao once again proving his London system is a force to be reckoned with. Moulthun Ly won a fine game with the black pieces for his second win in a row. In the final round, we'll play Indonesia in the division 2 rematch. Indonesia have way outperformed their rating average in this event and will be looking to get into the top 3 or 4 spots!

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[Lekko]

Rd. 8 - Australia goes down 4-2 to Mongolia.

Again Australia was strong on Boards 1 and 2 with Zong Yuan Zhao once again proving his London system is a force to be reckoned with. Moulthun Ly won a fine game with the black pieces for his second win in a row. In the final round, we'll play Indonesia in the division 2 rematch. Indonesia have way outperformed their rating average in this event and will be looking to get into the top 3 or 4 spots!

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ZYZ's first game with the London:
- *stream groans*
- *ZYZ sacs queen*
- *stream cheers*

ZYZ's second game with the London:
- *stream cheers*
- *ZYZ wins again*
- *stream cheers louder*

The stream wants more London's now!

[HAHAHAHA]

Having trouble finding the games. Is there a link to the games themselves somewhere.???

Good job Zong Yuan on using the London a la Kamsky (and others)

[Ian Rout]

Having trouble finding the games. Is there a link to the games themselves somewhere.???

Chess-results has a link:

http://chess-results.com/tnr577516.aspx?lan=1

They would also be on TWIC.

[MichaelBaron]

The Russian Media is portraying winning of the Ollympiad as a ''great victory''.... .

[Leonid Sandler]

The Russian Media is portraying winning of the Ollympiad as a ''great victory''.... .

Yes, it was fantastic victory.Russian team won 15 matches in a row! By the way not only the Russian media reported about very deserving win for Team Russia.Please see the report from the Australian SBS Radio outlet https://www.sbs.com.au/language/russ...rilliant-style

[b.nancarrow]

Yes, it was fantastic victory.Russian team won 15 matches in a row! By the way not only the Russian media reported about very deserving win for Team Russia.Please see the report from the Australian SBS Radio outlet https://www.sbs.com.au/language/russ...rilliant-style