FIDE Online Olympiad Aug 13-Sep 15

[JackRodgers]

In Round 1 we faced a daring Bangladesh team who will likely be in the mix at the end of the competition and we prevailed 4-2. An excellent result from team Australia and I will post individual games after Rd. 3 finishes this evening. Special mention to Jody Middleton who bamboozled her opponent in a great French Defence miniature.

Australia 4 - Bangladesh 2

1. 1W GM Temur Kuybokarov - GM Niaz Murshed 0
2. 0B GM Moulthun Ly - GM Ziaur Rahman 1
3. 1W WGM Julia Ryjanova - WIM Sharmin Shirin Sultana 0
4. 1B WGM Jilin Zhang - WCM Walijah Ahmed 0
5. 0W FM Albert Winkelman - IM Rahman Mohammad Fahad 1
6. 1B Jody Middleton - WFM Anjum Noshin 0

[JackRodgers]

Round 2 has just finished where we played the Philippines where we were unfortunately beaten 4-2. Draws on open boards and a nice win by Albert Winkleman were the points for the round.

Australia 2 - Philippines 4

1. .5B GM Temur Kuybokarov - IM Paulo Bersamina .5
2. .5W GM Moulthun Ly - IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia .5
3. 0B WGM Jilin Zhang - Francois Marie Magpily 1
4. 0W WFM Thu Giang Nguyen - WGM Janelle Mae Frayna 1
5. 1B FM Albert Winkelman - FM Alekhine Nouri 0
6. 0W Jody Middleton - Jerylyn Mae San Diego 1

[JackRodgers]

Round 3 has just finished against Chinese Taipei in a round of many draw offers across the board where Australia eventually prevailed 4.5-1.5.

Australia 4.5 - Chinese Taipei 1.5

1. 1W GM Temur Kuybokarov - IM Raymond Song 0
2. 0B FM Luis Chan - Yeh Yang Liu 1
3. 1W Thu Giang Nguyen - Chi Chen 0
4. 1B Nguyen Mai Chi Phan - Ching Ang-Shih 0
5. .5W Samuel Asaka - Adelard Bai .5
6. 1B Chao Xin Cheng - Yu-Hsin Weng - 0

Australia sits in 4th on the pool table leading into tomorrow. We will face Lebanon in Rd.4, Singapore in Rd. 5, and a critical match against pool 2nd seed Indonesia in Rd. 7.

Make sure you tune in to https://m.twitch.tv/degenchess from 6pm AEST tomorrow.

Games to come shortly!

[Lekko]

Anybody know what happened between Shenzen China and Lebanon? I recall that finishing 4-2. The official results are saying 3-3. Maybe I'm wrong?

[Garvinator]

I am curious. Why are the rounds Thursday, Friday, Saturday, rather than Friday, Saturday, Sunday?

[JackRodgers]

Congratulations to Team Australia on a phenomenal 6-0 sweep against Lebanon in Rd. 4. Most of the games went down to seconds with Australian's in good positions on all boards, managing to convert each with precision. Next up is Singapore. We are currently in 3rd position in the pool.

Australia 6 - Lebanon 0

1. 1W GM Temur Kubokarov - FM Faisal Khairallah 0
2. 1B FM Luis Chan - Samer Salman - 0
3. 1W WFM Thu Giang Nguyen - WIM Knarik Mouradian 0
4. 1B Nguyen Mai Chi Phan - WFM Elena Nekrasova 0
5. 1W Samuel Asaka - Adib Arkadan 0
6. 1B Chao Xin Cheng - Nour Assoum 0

[Kevin Bonham]

Amazing finish in the Indonesia/Philippines match:

FEN Viewer

This game has been a draw forever. White (Villa , Philippines) plays 116.Rf3?? (Ke6, Ke5, Kg4 all draw while Ke4 doesn't because it loses to ...Rh4!) Black (Sihite, Indonesia) plays 116...Rg2 117.Rf4 Rh2 118.Rf3 Rg2 draw. But on either move 116 or move 118 ...Rh8 was winning for black.

[JackRodgers]

Rd. 5 was an absolute nailbiter where it was looking grim for Australia down 2.5-1.5 with our two junior boards with worse positions still to finish. In a miraculous effort from both Albert and Jody on Boards 5 and 6, both players turned these games into wins and took us to a 3.5-2.5 win over Singapore. Next up is the powerhouse Indonesia, and a result here would go a long way to securing a top 3 position.

Australia 3.5 - Singapore 2.5

1. 0B GM Temur Kuybokarov - IM Jingyao Tin 1
2. .5W GM Zong Yuan Zhao - IM Li Yang Hsu .5
3. 0B WGM Julia Ryjanova - WGM Qianyun Gong 1
4. 1W WGM Jilin Zhang - WFM Yang Hazel Liu 0
5. 1B FM Albert Winkelman - FM Qing Aun Lee 0
6. 1W Jody Middleton - Mei-en Emmanuelle Hng 0

[Kevin Bonham]

Have a bug with the chess.com system only showing 29 of the 30 games at once. At the moment I can't see Jody's game.

[JackRodgers]

Have a bug with the chess.com system only showing 29 of the 30 games at once. At the moment I can't see Jody's game.

Hey Kevin,

If you go to the 'Top Players' tab on live chess and type 'Jody' her username will pop up and you can click on that to view .

[Kevin Bonham]

Hey Kevin,

If you go to the 'Top Players' tab on live chess and type 'Jody' her username will pop up and you can click on that to view .

Ta. That worked (once I worked out you need to press return after typing the name!)

[Scott Colliver]

So it looks like 3rd or 4th, qualification or not.

[Lekko]

So it looks like 3rd or 4th, qualification or not.

Phillipines and Shenzen China both have a tough final day. And with some of the upsets we've seen, anything can still happen.

[MichaelBaron]

Amazing finish in the Indonesia/Philippines match:

FEN Viewer

This game has been a draw forever. White (Villa , Philippines) plays 116.Rf3?? (Ke6, Ke5, Kg4 all draw while Ke4 doesn't because it loses to ...Rh4!) Black (Sihite, Indonesia) plays 116...Rg2 117.Rf4 Rh2 118.Rf3 Rg2 draw. But on either move 116 or move 118 ...Rh8 was winning for black.

Nice! Will add this simple looking endgame to my collection of chess exercises!

[JackRodgers]

Round 6 we came up against the might of Indonesia and they proved their seeding by overcoming the Aussies with a score of 5-1. Two draws to Temur and Jilin were our only consolation and after this round, we sit at 4th on the leaderboard, two points shy of both the Philippines and Shenzhen with weaker tiebreaks.

We've done the maths and figured out if we win our three matches today, against Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, and Shenzhen China, we will definitely qualify in the top 3 as the Philippines and Shenzhen are due to play each other in Round 8 and have the far tougher draw home.

Get ready for a scintillating Round 9 match against Shenzhen which could determine our future in the competition!

Australia 1 - Indonesia 5

1. .5W GM Temur Kuybokarov - GM Susanto Megaranto .5
2. 0B GM Zhao Zong Yuan - GM Novendra Priasmoro 1
3. 0W WGM Julia Ryjanova - IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar 1
4. .5B WGM Jilin Zhang - WIM Chelsie Monica Ignesias Sihite .5
5. 0W FM Albert Winkelman - IM Gilbert Elroy Tarigan 1
6. 0B Jody Middleton - WIM Shanti Nur Abidah 1