The men’s section saw three teams on top with 100%, and two of them facing each other. Heavy-scoring Georgia, and certainly the surprise of the event so far, faced two-time gold-winners Armenia, with no predictions possible despite the comfortable Elo advantage for the title-holders. The reason lies very much in the very impressive showings by the Georgian team members, with top-board Jobava and his now famous win against Carlsen, not to mention his third board teammate, GM Pantsulaia, who is on a sterling 5.0/5, including a key victory today.
ABSCBNNews.com RP chess team bows to Belarus in Olympiad
Grandmasters Wesley So and John Paul Gomez settled for draws but their efforts were not good enough to save the 37th-seed Philippine chess team against Belarus.
The Filipinos suffered a 1-3 beating from 35th-seed Belarus in the 6th round of the 39th World Chess Olympiad Monday night at the Complex "Arena Ugra" of Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
So (ELO 2668) drew with GM Sergei Zhigalko (2640) after 31 moves of Sicilian Pelikan on board one while Gomez (2527) split the point with GM Vitaly Teterev (2511) after 40 moves of Reti Opening on board two.
But losses by GM Darwin Laylo (2522) and International Master (IM) Richard Bitoon (2447) on board three and four left the Filipinos scoreless under the match point scoring system adopted by the tournament. .
Laylo threw away a chance to draw when he collapsed in the end game against his lowly-rated Belarusian opponent. He resigned in 92 moves of the Queen's Indian defense against untitled Evgeniy Podolchenko (2506).
Cebu native Bitoon, who is seeking his third and final GM norm succumbed to fellow IM Kiril Stupak (2502) after 58 moves of Queen's Pawn Game.
The Philippines shared 39th to 62nd place.
Women’s chess
The Philippines had a successful performance in the Women’s Olympiad.
Led by Woman Fide Masters (WFM) Chardine Cheradee Camacho (ELO 2186), Catherine Perena (2103) Shercila Cua (2099) and untitled Rulp Ylem Jose (2039), the 52nd-seed Filipinas blanked 56th-seed Mexico, 4-0.
Camacho routed WIM Alejandra Guerrero Rodriguez (2128) after 50 moves of French defense on board one.
Perena toppled WIM Lorena Aleja Mendoza Velazquez (2038) after 38 moves of Slav defense on board two.
Cua trounced Citlali Duran Juarez (1957) after 50 moves of Benko Gambit skirmish on board three.
While Jose beat WCM Daniela De La Parra (1887) after 29 moves of Slav defense on board four to complete shutout victories.
The Philippines will meet 35th seed Peru, who brought down 67th seed Albania, 2.5-1.5, in the 7th round.
The Filipinas, meantime, notched 8 match points. They were tied at 18th to 32nd spots, 4 match points behind with solo leader Russia 1 with 12 match points. -- By Marlon Bernardino
The Armenian Weekly Round 6: Armenia Continues to Share Lead at Chess Olympiad By: Weekly Staff
After round 6 of the 2010 Chess Olympiad, Armenia is sharing the lead with Georgia and Ukraine. All three teams have won five matches and drawn one.
In the sixth round, held on Sept. 27, the match between Georgia and Armenia ended in a draw (2-2), while Ukraine beat Hungary (3-1).
The Armenian team is represented by chess grandmasters Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Arman Pashikian, and Avedik Grigoryan.
In the women’s section, the Armenian women’s team 6th round match with Russia-2 (as the host country, Russia has 3 teams in the competition) ended in a draw (2-2). Elina Danielian, Lilit Mkrtchian, Lilit Galoian, Nelly Aginian, and Anahit Kharatyan are representing Armenia in this section.
There are Armenian chess players in other national teams as well. The top player in Slovakia’s team is grandmaster Sergei Movsesian, while the Brazilian team includes Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian. In the women’s section, Yerazik Khachatourian is representing Norway. Khachatourian, an Iranian-Armenian, told the Armenian Weekly that she represented Iran in the 2000 Olympiad held in Istanbul. She later married and moved to Norway. This is her first time representing Norway at the Olympiad.
The Armenian team won the Chess Olympiad in 2006 in Turin, Italy and 2008 in Dresden, Germany. It took third place in 2002 and 2004 at Olympics in Bled, Slovenia and Calvia, Spain respectively. Armenia hosted the Chess Olympiad in 1996 in Yerevan.
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2010 Chess Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk
Round 6
The men’s section saw three teams on top with 100%, and two of them facing each other. Heavy-scoring Georgia, and certainly the surprise of the event so far, faced two-time gold-winners Armenia, with no predictions possible despite the comfortable Elo advantage for the title-holders. The reason lies very much in the very impressive showings by the Georgian team members, with top-board Jobava and his now famous win against Carlsen, not to mention his third board teammate, GM Pantsulaia, who is on a sterling 5.0/5, including a key victory today.
ABSCBNNews.com
RP chess team bows to Belarus in Olympiad
Grandmasters Wesley So and John Paul Gomez settled for draws but their efforts were not good enough to save the 37th-seed Philippine chess team against Belarus.
The Filipinos suffered a 1-3 beating from 35th-seed Belarus in the 6th round of the 39th World Chess Olympiad Monday night at the Complex "Arena Ugra" of Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
So (ELO 2668) drew with GM Sergei Zhigalko (2640) after 31 moves of Sicilian Pelikan on board one while Gomez (2527) split the point with GM Vitaly Teterev (2511) after 40 moves of Reti Opening on board two.
But losses by GM Darwin Laylo (2522) and International Master (IM) Richard Bitoon (2447) on board three and four left the Filipinos scoreless under the match point scoring system adopted by the tournament. .
Laylo threw away a chance to draw when he collapsed in the end game against his lowly-rated Belarusian opponent. He resigned in 92 moves of the Queen's Indian defense against untitled Evgeniy Podolchenko (2506).
Cebu native Bitoon, who is seeking his third and final GM norm succumbed to fellow IM Kiril Stupak (2502) after 58 moves of Queen's Pawn Game.
The Philippines shared 39th to 62nd place.
Women’s chess
The Philippines had a successful performance in the Women’s Olympiad.
Led by Woman Fide Masters (WFM) Chardine Cheradee Camacho (ELO 2186), Catherine Perena (2103) Shercila Cua (2099) and untitled Rulp Ylem Jose (2039), the 52nd-seed Filipinas blanked 56th-seed Mexico, 4-0.
Camacho routed WIM Alejandra Guerrero Rodriguez (2128) after 50 moves of French defense on board one.
Perena toppled WIM Lorena Aleja Mendoza Velazquez (2038) after 38 moves of Slav defense on board two.
Cua trounced Citlali Duran Juarez (1957) after 50 moves of Benko Gambit skirmish on board three.
While Jose beat WCM Daniela De La Parra (1887) after 29 moves of Slav defense on board four to complete shutout victories.
The Philippines will meet 35th seed Peru, who brought down 67th seed Albania, 2.5-1.5, in the 7th round.
The Filipinas, meantime, notched 8 match points. They were tied at 18th to 32nd spots, 4 match points behind with solo leader Russia 1 with 12 match points. -- By Marlon Bernardino
The Armenian Weekly
Round 6: Armenia Continues to Share Lead at Chess Olympiad
By: Weekly Staff
After round 6 of the 2010 Chess Olympiad, Armenia is sharing the lead with Georgia and Ukraine. All three teams have won five matches and drawn one.
In the sixth round, held on Sept. 27, the match between Georgia and Armenia ended in a draw (2-2), while Ukraine beat Hungary (3-1).
The Armenian team is represented by chess grandmasters Levon Aronian, Vladimir Akopian, Gabriel Sargissian, Arman Pashikian, and Avedik Grigoryan.
In the women’s section, the Armenian women’s team 6th round match with Russia-2 (as the host country, Russia has 3 teams in the competition) ended in a draw (2-2). Elina Danielian, Lilit Mkrtchian, Lilit Galoian, Nelly Aginian, and Anahit Kharatyan are representing Armenia in this section.
There are Armenian chess players in other national teams as well. The top player in Slovakia’s team is grandmaster Sergei Movsesian, while the Brazilian team includes Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian. In the women’s section, Yerazik Khachatourian is representing Norway. Khachatourian, an Iranian-Armenian, told the Armenian Weekly that she represented Iran in the 2000 Olympiad held in Istanbul. She later married and moved to Norway. This is her first time representing Norway at the Olympiad.
The Armenian team won the Chess Olympiad in 2006 in Turin, Italy and 2008 in Dresden, Germany. It took third place in 2002 and 2004 at Olympics in Bled, Slovenia and Calvia, Spain respectively. Armenia hosted the Chess Olympiad in 1996 in Yerevan.
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