43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Rd6

Open

Tough going for Hansen who lost but the match was tied nevertheless

Bo.	28	Canada (CAN)	Rtg	–	14	Georgia 1 (GEO1)	Rtg	2 : 2
18.1	GM	Hansen, Eric	2629	–	GM	Jobava, Baadur	2634	0 – 1
18.2	GM	Preotu, Razvan	2513	–	GM	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	2607	1 – 0
18.3	IM	Noritsyn, Nikolay	2482	–	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	2715	½ – ½
18.4	GM	Bareev, Evgeny	2666	–	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	2589	½ – ½

Women

A narrow loss with only one decisive game

Bo.	40	Canada (CAN)	Rtg	–	31	Uzbekistan (UZB)	Rtg	1½:2½
8.1	WIM	Matras-Clement, Agnieszka	2225	–	WGM	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	2369	0 – 1
8.2	FM	Zhou, Qiyu	2207	–	WGM	Kurbonboeva, Sarvinoz	2202	½ – ½
8.3	WIM	Ouellet, Maili-Jade	2144	–	WIM	Gevorgyan, Irina	2265	½ – ½
8.4	WFM	Demchenko, Svitlana	2134	–	WIM	Baymuratova, Sevara	2124	½ – ½

 

Rank after Round 6 – Women

Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	–	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	10		United States of America	USA	6	5	1	0	11	125,0	17,5	44
2	4		Georgia 1	GEO1	6	5	1	0	11	119,5	17,0	42
3	12		Armenia	ARM	6	5	1	0	11	118,0	17,5	43
4	3		China	CHN	6	4	2	0	10	124,5	17,0	46
5	5		India	IND	6	4	2	0	10	119,5	18,5	43
6	2		Ukraine	UKR	6	4	2	0	10	119,0	17,5	45
7	11		Azerbaijan	AZE	6	5	0	1	10	113,5	18,0	42
8	18		Italy	ITA	6	5	0	1	10	106,0	17,0	41
9	31		Uzbekistan	UZB	6	5	0	1	10	102,0	16,5	42
10	28		Iran	IRI	6	5	0	1	10	97,0	17,0	38
11	16		Netherlands	NED	6	5	0	1	10	96,0	17,5	36
12	20		Romania	ROU	6	5	0	1	10	95,5	17,0	37
13	14		Georgia 2	GEO2	6	4	1	1	9	101,5	17,0	40
14	8		Kazakhstan	KAZ	6	3	3	0	9	101,0	16,5	39
15	37		Peru	PER	6	4	1	1	9	93,5	17,5	36
16	34		Lithuania	LTU	6	4	1	1	9	91,5	16,0	37
17	23		Serbia	SRB	6	4	1	1	9	89,5	15,5	39
18	13		Hungary	HUN	6	4	1	1	9	88,5	16,0	38
19	43		Philippines	PHI	6	4	1	1	9	84,5	16,0	34
20	30		Argentina	ARG	6	4	1	1	9	78,0	15,5	38
21	19		Vietnam	VIE	6	4	0	2	8	101,5	18,0	41
22	40		Canada	CAN	6	4	0	2	8	96,5	16,5	41
23	47		Indonesia	INA	6	4	0	2	8	94,5	18,0	37
24	1		Russia	RUS	6	4	0	2	8	92,0	16,5	40
25	22		Cuba	CUB	6	4	0	2	8	91,5	16,5	40

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Rd5

Open

Only a tie as Hansen lost in a small surprise

Bo.	47	Montenegro (MNE)	Rtg	–	28	Canada (CAN)	Rtg	2 : 2
20.1	GM	Djukic, Nikola	2567	–	GM	Hansen, Eric	2629	1 – 0
20.2	GM	Blagojevic, Dragisa	2476	–	GM	Preotu, Razvan	2513	½ – ½
20.3	IM	Draskovic, Luka	2449	–	IM	Noritsyn, Nikolay	2482	0 – 1
20.4	IM	Kalezic, Blazo	2448	–	GM	Bareev, Evgeny	2666	½ – ½

Women

Bo.	76	Tajikistan (TJK)	Rtg	–	40	Canada (CAN)	Rtg	1 : 3
8.1		Nasriddinzoda, Marvorii	2090	–	WIM	Matras-Clement, Agnieszka	2225	½ – ½
8.2	WFM	Antonova, Nadezhda	2038	–	WIM	Ouellet, Maili-Jade	2144	0 – 1
8.3		Hotami, Mutriba	1840	–	WFM	Demchenko, Svitlana	2134	½ – ½
8.4		Abrorova, Sabrina	1685	–		Agbabishvili, Lali	2128	0 – 1

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Rd4

Both teams won convincingly

Open

An unsusal board order with GM Bareev on board 4

Bo.	58	Colombia (COL)	Rtg	–	28	Canada (CAN)	Rtg	½ :3½
40.1	IM	Gallego Alcaraz, Andres Felipe	2511	–	GM	Hansen, Eric	2629	½ – ½
40.2	IM	Rios, Cristhian Camilo	2465	–	GM	Preotu, Razvan	2513	0 – 1
40.3	IM	Sanchez, Sebastian Felipe	2424	–	IM	Noritsyn, Nikolay	2482	0 – 1
40.4	IM	Martinez Romero, Martin	2438	–	GM	Bareev, Evgeny	2666	0 – 1

 

Women

Bo.	40	Canada (CAN)	Rtg	–	92	Syria (SYR)	Rtg	4 : 0
19.1	FM	Zhou, Qiyu	2207	–		Ahmad Murad, Fatema Alzahraa.	1649	1 – 0
19.2	WIM	Ouellet, Maili-Jade	2144	–		Yazji, Mada	1726	1 – 0
19.3	WFM	Demchenko, Svitlana	2134	–		Mahmoud, Roula	1795	1 – 0
19.4		Agbabishvili, Lali	2128	–		Khalil, Manar	1797	1 – 0

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open Rd2

IM Noritsyn got the only win

Bo.	28	Canada (CAN)	Rtg	–	61	Venezuela (VEN)	Rtg	2½:1½
43.1	GM	Hansen, Eric	2629	–	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	2636	½ – ½
43.2	IM	Noritsyn, Nikolay	2482	–	IM	Ynojosa Aponte, Felix Jose	2370	1 – 0
43.3	GM	Bareev, Evgeny	2666	–	IM	Zavarce Sayago, Oscar Enrique	2346	½ – ½
43.4	GM	Hambleton, Aman	2492	–	CM	Vivas Zamora, Fabian Ernesto	2363	½ – ½

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open Rd1

Open

GM Hambleton lost to a 1937 player

Bo.	118	Nepal (NEP)	Rtg	–	28	Canada (CAN)	Rtg	1 : 3
27.1	CM	Kayastha, Madan Krishna	2077	–	GM	Hansen, Eric	2629	0 – 1
27.2	CM	Thing, Bibek	2237	–	GM	Preotu, Razvan	2513	0 – 1
27.3	FM	Jaiswal, Rupesh	2165	–	IM	Noritsyn, Nikolay	2482	0 – 1
27.4	CM	Rajbhandari, Rijendra	1937	–	GM	Hambleton, Aman	2492	1 – 0

Women

Bo.	40	Canada (CAN)	Rtg	–	114	Uganda (UGA)	Rtg	3½: ½
41.1	WIM	Matras-Clement, Agnieszka	2225	–	WCM	Mutesi, Phiona	1637	1 – 0
41.2	FM	Zhou, Qiyu	2207	–	WFM	Namaganda, Christine	1581	1 – 0
41.3	WIM	Ouellet, Maili-Jade	2144	–		Nakabo, Peninah	1581	1 – 0
41.4	WFM	Demchenko, Svitlana	2134	–		Nansubuga, Gloria	1415	½ – ½

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Shtembuliak-Preotu,S

Larsen Opening

84th Southwest Open 2018 rd9

After 27.c4(Diagram)

Black is pressing on the queenside but the Bh7/Ra8 are not participating directly

What do recommend for Black?

After 27.c4

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Reti Neo-Catalan

84th Southwest Open 2018 rd4

After 28..Qxd4(Diagram)

Black just took a pawn on d4

What do you recommend for White?

 

After 28..Qxd4

 

84th Annual Southwest Open-Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

GM Preotu was the top Canadian with 6/9

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	1	GM	Xiong Jeffery	USA	2650	6,5
	5	GM	Sadorra Julio Catalino	PHI	2555	6,5
	24	IM	Wheeler Cameron	USA	2406	6,5
4	8	GM	Preotu Razvan	CAN	2513	6,0
	14	IM	Checa Nicolas	USA	2478	6,0
	18	GM	Arribas Lopez Angel	ESP	2460	6,0
	19	IM	Javakhadze Zurab	GEO	2438	6,0
	22	IM	Hilby Craig	USA	2420	6,0
9	3	GM	Baryshpolets Andrey	UKR	2609	5,5
	6	GM	Matsenko Sergei	RUS	2533	5,5
	11	IM	Reshef Omer	ISR	2497	5,5
	12	GM	Popilski Gil	ISR	2491	5,5
	17	IM	Nakar Eylon	ISR	2461	5,5
14	2	GM	Kovalyov Anton	CAN	2644	5,0
	7	IM	Shtembuliak Evgeny	UKR	2518	5,0
	9	GM	Berczes David	HUN	2501	5,0
	10	GM	Raznikov Danny	ISR	2498	5,0
	15	IM	Patel Advait	USA	2475	5,0
	20	IM	Ostrovskiy Aleksandr	USA	2425	5,0
	25	FM	Wang Justin	USA	2391	5,0
	28	FM	Li Ben	USA	2324	5,0
	29	FM	Guo Arthur	USA	2283	5,0
	32	FM	Kumar Nikhil	USA	2268	5,0
	37	WIM	Nguyen Emily	USA	2194	5,0
	42		Vivekananthan Anish	USA	2132	5,0