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21:00 Let's summarize the results. After 5 rounds Armenia and Russia are leading the open section. Russia is in sole lead in the women's event. Thanks for following the broadcast and have a nice weekend!
20:52 Gunina blundered a checkmate. Upsetting performance so far. Let's hope that she will recover during the rest days and show her true strength!
20:48 Georgia-Ukraine - draw (women).
20:46 Just like I predicted, the fate of England vs. India will be decided in the Negi-Short game. Other matches were drawn.
20:40 Armenia-Ukraine 2.5-1.5. Russia and Armenia have 10/10 going into round 6.
20:38 Milliet-Gunina, match of the blondes. I don't like Valentina's stubborness.
20:28 Vietnam is leading 2-1 against USA in the women's section. This is a sensation.
20:19 Kosteniuk won. Russia is the sole leader in the women's section going into round 6.
20:13 Azerbaijan is leading 3-0 against Canada.
20:07 USA vs. Czech Republic is officially a tie now.
20:06 Looks like Armenia will win 2.5-1.5
19:53 Hou Yifan is awarded the Caissa award as the best female player in 2011:
19:31 Polgar-Karjakin should be a draw. Grischuk and Tomashevsky are better.
19:27 Leko-Kramnik: draw. All according to the Kramnik facts (google Kramnik facts humor).
19:21 Looks like MIllet has to go for a perpetual check.
19:18 Ju Wenjun defeated Tania Sachdev. Many fans will be disappointed.
19:12 And now Gunina missed a chance to achieve a winning position:
Qd4!! is -+
19:07 Kosintseva Tatiana drew Elmira Skripchenko. This is good news. Nadezhda and Alexandra have very promising positions. Milliet - Gunina is double-edged.
19:05 Aronian seems to be winning his game against Ivanchuk.
18:59 Millet could have executed a killing blow, but she became nervous and blundered in return. The fight continues.
18:56 Natalia Pogonina decided to visit the playing hall to support her teammates. Very tense match.
18:46 Gunina's position is absolutely hopeless...
18:42 Yuri Dokhoian, ex-coach of the Russian women's team and the current men's captain, came to support the girls:
18:38 India-England: a lot depends on the Negi-Short game. Negi is objectively better, but the position is double-edged.
18:35 Navara-Kamsky is also a draw! Heading for 2-2?
18:32 Aronian has found a way to open up Ivanchuk's king. He has a better position now.
18:29 Onischuk-Hracek: draw.
18:21 China-India, women: looks like 2.5-1.5 in China's favor so far.
18:11 Papua New Guinea defeated Burundi 4-0.
18:06 Ukraine-Georgia, women. Ukraine's chances seem to be higher.
18:04 Ukraine has a small edge against Armenia.
17:57 FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is being interviewed about the Olympiad:
17:54 Crazy complications are stirring in Millet-Gunina:
17:43 Nakamura-Laznichka: draw. Other positions are also balanced.
17:42 Surprisingly, France seems to have an edge on 3 boards against Russia.
17:38 It is always interesting to take a look at your comrades' positions:
17:20 The Ukrainian coaches say that the members of their teams shouldn't visit the Bermuda Party. Afaik, the Russian members are allowed to go there, as long as they don't drink alcohol!
17:13 The Russian boards so far:
17:04 Ukrainian coaches (Alexandr Sulypa and Mikhail Brodsky) are giving a press conference:
17:00 France doesn't have any problems in the opening against Russia in the women's section. I would even say they have a slight edge.
16:44 Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko and Klitschko brothers:
16:36 England - India:
16:29 USA - Czech Republic. Nakamura broke Bobby Fischer's record today and from now on will be the highest-rated American chess player in history.
16:26 Judit Polgar defeated Sergey Karjakin in World Cup-2011 (1.5-0.5). How will their game end today?
16:22 Ukraine (Olympic Champions in 2004 and 2010) vs. Armenia (2006, 2008):
16:18 India-China. India is lacking Koneru Humpy.
16:16 Georgia vs. Ukraine:
16:10 Kramnik and Leko used to have the same manager, and even played a World Chess Championship match in 2004. Their confrontation can be called classical:
16:07 Russia vs. France:
16:01 Round 5 is live:
15:45 Any takes on who will be the leaders in both sections after round 5?
9:45 A warm and sunny video from the Olympiad. Highly recommended!
9:40 Congratulations with the 1st day of autumn! FIDE has published a new rating list. This time it looked rather weird. The initial version included all the inactive players and even the deceased Bobby Fischer. Stay tuned for the real list.
9:35 The FIDE Congress starts today. However, the participants are obviosly more excited about the upcoming traditional Bermuda Party. Where else would you meet so many chess stars and get to hang out with them? Tomorrow is a rest day, so it's a perfect time to relax a little.
9:30 Clashes of the titans are expected today! Russia (#1) vs. Hungary (#4) and Ukraine (#4) vs. Armenia (#3). These four teams have 8 match points out of 8.
There are two leaders in the women's section: Russia (#1) and France (#14). They are playing each other. Interestingly, both French teams are missing key players: the men's team - Etienne Bacrot and the women's team - Marie Sebag. Nonetheless, they are doing well so far. Two more epic fights are China (#1) vs. India (#6) and Georgia (#3) vs. Ukraine (#4). The losers in these matches will have very limited chances to win a medal, so we can expect the teams to try to do their best to succeed.
19:32 Ponomariov scored with Black against Bartel.
19:25 Grischuk won. Vachier-Lagrave vs. Adams - draw.
19:19 Wang Yue blundered. Grischuk should win his game soon.
19:13 Gunina (2507) drew her game against Nemcova (2276) with White. Actually, a good result if you look at the position. Who would have thought? I hope Valya will score better in the following rounds: she made two draws already and won only one game.
19:07 Time is becoming a major factor on many boards. Some players have like 5-8 minutes left already.
19:01 Was I too optimistic about the chances of Russia against China? Wang Hao seems to have good chances to create a fortress, while Jakovenko made some inaccurate moves, and the position now is rather complicated.
18:49 I like Natalia's decision in the practical sense. Instead of playing with two extra pawns against two bishops, she decides to trade one of the bishops. Then she will have three pawns vs. one on the queenside; the color of the bishops will be the same.
18:46 Garry Kasparov is back. He is usually very swift in evaluating the positions. Takes a glance and says who's winning.
18:39 Russia - Czech Republic. Tania is doing better. Nadia's position is more or less equal. Valya has a somewhat worse ending. Natalia's opponent sacrificed another pawn for activity, very interesting turn of events.
18:32 A few brief evaluations: USA vs. India looks like 2-2; Russia-China 3-1; Azerbaijan-Germany 2-2; France-England 2-2.
18:25 Natalia Pogonina has an extra pawn, but her opponent's pieces are more active. Black also has two bishops.
18:22 Looks like Wang Hao blundered. Kramnik should be able to convert this.
18:19 Sargissian scores for Armenia on board 4 vs. Dimakiling.
18:16 Perpetual check in Paehtz-Yifan, draw.
18:14 Jones-Fressinet, draw.
18:11 Russia vs. China: Jakovenko and Kramnik seem to have very nice positions. Rather balanced on the other boards.
18:05 Kramnik is being interviewed. Says he is always happy to meet his old friends at the Olympiad. Recalls how his international career started at the 1992 Olympiad in Manila. Overall he played 6 Olympiads, earned 3 team gold medals. Says he prefers board points to match points and regrets that the scoring system has been changed. Luck is critical, says Vladimir. Simply being a strong and united team is not enough.
18:00 Exotic hairstyles:
17:48 In the Open section most of the positions are equal or slightly in favor of one of the sides.
17:42 China has a nice advantage vs. Germany on board 4.
17:38 I am concerned about the Russian ladies' positions. Pogonina has an equal endgame. Gunina is even worse. Kosintsevas?
17:37
17:21 Michalchishin: "At the European Championship Armenia was playing against Germany, not a strong team which has no team spirit at all, yet they lost" - what was that?!
17:18 Michalchishin: women are very predictable, you know what the other girl will play. With men it is completely different. Says that in the men's section it is very important to choose the right opening and the optimal team composition (taking into account the previous scores of the players). Women's chess is more dependent on psychology, he thinks.
17:14 Petrosian says that Armenia is very strong both chesswise and in terms of team spirit. Also thanks Movsesian for having joined the team and having helped win the last World Championship.
17:12 Michalchishin is talking about how important it is for a chess coach to be well-educated in pedagogics and psychology, not only chess. Says that special seminars are held to compensate for the lack of qualified professionals.
17:06 Press conference of two well-known chess coaches and grandmasters, Adrian Michalchishin and Arshak Petrosian:
17:00 The Russian boards so far:
16:46 Russia vs. China, the central match of the day:
16:42 China-Germany:
16:33 Amenia vs. Philippines. Very interesting match-up: So - Aronian. Wesley is known for being able to upset super grandmasters.
16:29 Germany vs. Azerbaijan:
16:22 India (alas, without Anand) vs. USA:
16:16 I believe that it is very important for everyone to support their own players. The predictions that some experts make, and the constant repetition by GM Sergey Shipov that China is the strongest team in the women's section are irritating. First of all, Russia is the reigning Olympic champion. Secondly, this looks like an inferiority complex to me. Let's just see how the tournament goes without labeling certain teams as champions in advance.
16:13 Russia vs. Czech Republic:
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16:02 With just one reserve player the team captains don't have much space for maneuvering. If one of the team members is ill, exhausted or in a bad chess form, everyone else has to play.
15:49 Yesterday a "Chess in Education" press conference took place at the Olympiad. FIDE is actively trying to introduce chess into the school curriculum all over the world.
11:22 The board pairings are up. You can check them out here.
10:40 Natalia Pogonina and Alexandra Kosteniuk are by far the most popular female chess players on Twitter. You can follow either Natalia, or Alexandra, or both.
10:00 Three bogatyrs: Kramnik, Grischuk, Karjakin. In the history of chess only 6 players managed to reach the empyreal mark of 2800+ FIDE. Kramnik is one of them. The record belongs to Garry Kasparov (2851, Jan. 2000), but everyone is expecting that the amazing Norwegean Magnus Carlsen will break it soon.
9:45 In the modern world one can easily order books or software online. However, choosing it in real life is a much more pleasant experience:
9:35 Jokes aside! Only 13 teams in the Open section have 6/6 match points. Even less - 8 teams - in the women's event. Today we can expect a number of exciting match-ups. The central confrontation is Russia (#1) vs. China (#6). In July the reserve team of Russia defeated the main team of China, but that doesn't mean much. China is a very powerful team. Pair #2 is France (#8) - England (#11). Don't let me get into the history of the relationships between these two great European countries, and I don't mean chess. Of course, USA (#5) - India (#13) will also be followed very closely.
Pairings of the leaders in the Open section:
The ladies from Germany (#9) were very close to beating Georgia (#3) yesterday. Will they be able to repeat their achievement vs. China (#1) today? This is the match of the day in the Women's section. Russia (#2) is facing the Czech Republic (#23) - a solid team, but definitely not on par with the reigning Olympic champions. Interestingly enough, the Czech team also features sisters - Olsarovas. They are just like Kosintsevas, but rated about 300 rating points lower.
21:52 Tatiana Kosintseva drew her game. Finally. 108 moves. Russia-Mongolia 3.5-0.5. Thanks for watching the online and see you tomorrow!
21:48 We can already say that in the Open section all the main favorites won their matches. On the contrary, in the Women's Olympiad China, Georgia and Ukraine lost a match point each. Oh...and United States drew Uzbekistan!
21:40 Armenia-Spain: 2.5-1.5
21:37 Tatiana Kosintseva's game should be a draw, but let's wait a bit...
21:34 Amazing! Georgia saves the match in the women's section. 2-2 vs Germany.
21:29 China is also on a roll. They defeated Romania 3-1.
21:26 USA-Venezuela: 3.5-0.5
21:25 England-Cuba: 3-1
21:20 Omg! What is going on in Georgia-Germany? The German ladies seemed to be winning 3.5-0.5, but now...
21:17 Russia-Latvia is officially 2.5-1.5
21:13 Veselin Topalov resigned against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. France-Bulgaria: 2.5-1.5.
21:05 One can only imagine how tired the players are by now. Play chess if you want to be smart and slim!
20:58 Ukraine defeats Israel in a critical match-up: 2.5-1.5
20:48 Ponomariov has steel nerves. First he was lost against Rodshtein. Then the position became equal, and the GM from Israel offered a draw. Ruslan calmly outplayed him, 0-1!
20:44 Hou Yifan beats Kateryna Lahno and saves the day for China: 2-2
20:42 Germany-Iran: 4-0!
20:35 Guess who has just logged on to follow the broadcast?
20:24 Surprised to hear that India has boards with them, not only laptop. I actually appreciate it, but it's a rare approach nowadays...
20:18 India won an important match vs. Armenia (2.5-1.5) and is now giving a press conference:
20:09 Ukraine-Israel is a thriller. Did Rodshtein blow away his win?
19:57 Russia-Mongolia: 3-0 so far. Kosintseva T. is still playing Munguntuul.
19:53 Robson and Onischuk won. Kamsky has a complicated position, but seems to be better too.
19:46 Natalia Pogonina had just 1 minute left. She still found a nice bishop sacrifice and played d2!
19:35 Russia will probably beat Latvia 2.5-1.5.
19:30 A draw between Ju Wenjun and Natalia Zhukova. Mariya Muzychuk defeated Zhao Xue. The other two games are still going on, but so far Ukraine seems to be heading for a 2.5-1.5 score!
19:26 Nadezhda Kosintseva has two extra exchanges for a pawn:
19:22 My prediction is 3.5-0.5 in Russia-Mongolia (women).
19:19 Ivanchuk-Gelfand: draw.
19:13 Bulgaria vs. France. You can see ex-FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov thinking hard:
19:10 Finally found the broadcast of the women's games at another website. Kosteniuk won! Pogonina has a serious advantage. The Kosintseva sisters has an edge too.
19:04 England vs. Cuba: looks like a tie so far.
18:57 I can see that Ilya Levitov, Head of the Russian Chess Federation and FIDE Vice-President, has written an open letter to Ali Nihat Yazici regarding Evgeny Surov, Chief Editor of Chess-News.ru
18:55 Azerbiajan-Faroe Islands looks like 3-1 to me atm.
18:48 Surprisingly, Ukraine seems to have very bad positions on two boards against Israel.
18:46 USA-Venezuela: so far expecting 3-1 in USA's favor.
18:40 Ukraine - China: I'd say that White has +/= in all the games. Very tense match.
18:35 So far Russia doesn't have any real advantage against Latvia.
18:28 Sorry. It looks like the orgnanizers aren't the only ones who are having technical problems.
Bator Sambuev used to be a Russian GM. Now he is a Canadian star:
18:05 Both Kosintseva sisters are playing today. A rare case of two sisters being top-10 players in the world:
18:00 One more glance at the Russian positions:
17:44 The G-spot: Germany vs. Georgia:
17:33 Hou Yifan is applying the Chinese proprietary ointment. Natalia has tried it a few years ago; told me that it has a serious impact on the thinking processes, enhances one's consciousness. She decided not to experiment with it anymore:
17:30 GM Sergey Shipov is discussing outfits and uniforms. Both I and Natalia have the official uniforms of Team Russia. I don't wear sports clothes in daily life, but this is an exception.
17:24 I guess the relay of the women's boards is broken again. The clocks are inadequate.
17:13 Ukraine - China:
17:07 This year there is also a Fantasy Olympiad contest. I don't know the full results, but the organizers have informed us today that Sergey Karjakin, Alexandra Kosteniuk and Natalia Pogonina are the top picks for their boards.
17:03 While the top grandmasters are lazily recalling their analyzes, Angola won two games against Burundi.
16:58 Is Alexandra Kosteniuk's home preparation really that deep? The clocks say that she has blitzed out 19 moves without thinking.
16:52 The higest-rated player at the Olympiad, Levon Aronian, is dating Arianne Caoili from Australia. Did he also borrow her t-shirt?
16:50 It is not hard to guess which city is Gata Kamsky's favorite one:
16:40 Spain vs. Armenia:
16:33 The Russian boards:
16:24 Vassily Ivanchuk is pondering his move blindfoldedly:
16:18 Kramnik vs. Shirov, classical chess: +15 -11 =27. Ivanchuk vs. Gelfand, classical chess: +11 -8 =37 (data: ChessGames.com)
21:50 All the favorites won their matches again. Thanks for following the online!
21:49 Vidmantas blundered in what seemed to be a dead drawn endgame. USA-Lithuania 3.5-0.5
21:45 Nakamura's game is still going on.
21:30 China-Italy: 3.5-0.5 (Open)
21:27 Four queens on the board in Naka's game:
21:13 Valentina Gunina drew her game. Russia-Brazil: 3.5-0.5
21:10 FM Griffitz earned a draw vs. Mamedov. Azerbaijan-Ireland: 3.5-0.5
21:05 Chess genius Vassily Ivanchuk lost to Al-Modiakhi. Ukraine-Qatar: 3-1.
20:59 Russia punished Greece for two hasty draws with White. Grischuk won; the final score is 3-1.
20:54 Don't judge Naka's positions by his facial expression:
20:48 China-Sweden: 4-0 (Women's section)
20:42 Natalia won: White either loses a bishop, or gets checkmated in 1:
20:37 A short friendly post-mortem in the Pogonina game.
20:22 Relay of the women's games has been broken for the last hour or so.
20:17 A girl named Vanessa is a princess" - rhymes GM Sergei Shipov:
20:15 France-Peru: 3.5-0.5
20:05 The European Team Champions from Germany defeated Georgia 2.5-1.5
20:03 Lithuania vs. USA:
20:00 Spain defeated Belarus 2.5-1.5 (Iljescas managed to beat Teterev)
19:53 Turkey - Czech Republic: 2-2
19:45 Mamedyarov and Gusseinov score for Azerbaijan in the match against Ireland.
19:40 Vanessa Feliciano Ebert is giving Valentina Gunina a hard time. Here is her FIDE profile.
19:35 Caruana is shaking his head...
19:25 Jakovenko won. Aronian's opponent had a solid position, but then blundered terribly. Can you find the winning move for White?
19:16 Alexandra Kosteniuk capitalized on her opponent's blunders and scored for Russia!
19:15 Ukraine knocked-out two of the opponents already (Eljanov and Moiseenko scored):
19:10 The Russia vs. Brazil match is keeping me nervous. Where is the move relay?
19:00 Wang Hao seems to have an edge in the endgame against Caruana.
18:57 The Greek grandmaster offered a draw to Kramnik. Vladimir agreed.
18:55 Susan calls herself a strong advocate of Fischer Random, because modern chess, in her opinion, requires too much home preparation and deep computer analysis.
18:46 Susan says that women's chess has a lot of potential and predicts a bright future for it.
18:36 Susan Polgar, ex-Women's World Chess Champion and Head of the FIDE Women Commission, press conference:
18:28 Nadezhda Kosintseva is calculating lines on Valentina Gunina's board. The Brazilian beauty has a good position.
18:23 The main dish of the day: Wang Hao vs. Caruana:
18:15 Alexandra Kosteniuk has a crazy position:
18:00 Ukraine: Moiseenko will be up a pawn. Volokitin has an extra exchange, but Black has two bishops and some compensation.
17:58 Nakamura's position looks risky. Don't see any real advantage for Team USA so far.
17:45 A very interesting double-edged position:
17:42 Looks like Kramnik is going to sacrifice a queen!
17:27 Brazil vs. Russia: hot or not?
17:26 Jakovenko has a nice position against Kotronias. The same can be said about Nadezhda Kosintseva. All the other Russian positions are close to equality.
17:22 The broadcast is indeed much better today. Kudos to the organizers!
17:10 Kramnik is a legendary player. In case you haven't seen those posts, check out the humorous facts about him: Post 1 Post 2
17:00 Team Russia has left the boards:
16:55 A lovely bug. Natalia's opponent doesn't look like a girl:
16:48 Don't forget to press the "flip" button to view the games from the perspective of your favorite players
16:39 Banikas played rather unambitiously as White and made a draw in 15 moves against Sergey Karjakin:
16:25 Georgia (left) used to be the dominant force in women's chess back in the USSR and later on. Until China came along...
16:22 Vladimir Kramnik is facing his proprietary weapon - the Catalan:
16:15 Ukraine vs. Qatar. Vassily Ivanchuk makes an appearance:
Chess-News.ru, one of the leading chess websites in the world, was banned from covering the Chess Olympiad in Turkey. According to its chief editor Evgeny Surov, when he tried to obtain an accreditation for the event, he received a rather rude letter stating that he is not a journalist and he had better not come to Turkey at all.
Evgeny decided to travel there at his own risk. However, according to his own statement, when he attempted to enter the playing hall, the organizers didn't offer him a badge, and the guards virtually kicked him out of the playing hall. Later during the press conference Turkish Chess President Ali Nihat Yazichi mentioned that the playing hall must be free from "people who should not even be there". According to Evgeny Surov, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov promised he would try to resolve the matter peacefully, but, obviously, this hasn't been done.
Frankly speaking, I don't know the exact reason for the conflict. Some say it's about Chess News covering the Atalik case; others point out that it all started from allegedly illegally copying moves from the Turkish Chess Federation website and releasing an article in 2011 that not all the teams will be able to come to the Women's World Chess Championship in Turkey. In his short interview for ChessVibes Ali made a vague statement, one of the interpretations of which could be that Chess News is trying to blackmail the organizers by threatening to write something negative about the event...
What unites Evgeny Surov and Viktor Korchnoi? Both are severe, but just
Adding a personal touch. I have known Evgeny Surov for quite a few years. He is a passionate chess lover, an esteemed professional and a very liberal and critical-minded person. While many websites are posting glossy reports and praises, Evgeny is always looking into the essence of things and interviewing people about the most urgent and unspoken matters. In my opinion, it is unacceptable to prevent one of the leading chess journalists from working just on the basis of some personal feuds. Injustice done to one is injustice to all. I strongly believe in freedom of speech and want to support my friend and colleague.
Normally top grandmasters are only compared on the basis of their ratings. Pogonina.com introduces a new humourous weekly poll where we will be choosing all sorts of criteria, a new one every week. Of course, the players will also be different each time.
This week's battle: two well-known super grandmasters born in 1990: Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniatchi.
Criteria: style.
21:35 While there were some local sensations on individual boards, all the rating favorites won their matches. Hope you have enjoyed the first day of the Olympiad!
21:25 FM William Puntier had Evgeny Tomashevsky (2730) on the ropes, but the game ended peacefully. Yuri Dokhoian joined the post-mortem and patted Evgeny on the back to support him:
21:20 Natalia Pogonina contacted me via Skype and said that she likes our live broadcast. Hope you are enjoying it too!
21:18 Wang Yue escaped: draw. Tomashevsky is desperately trying to flag his opponent.
21:05 The playing hall is almost empty now, but a few interesting games are still happening.
20:54 Wang Yue (China), one of the most solid players in the world, is under pressure from his Zambian opponent.
20:45 The official website says that Belarus is losing to Panama 0-3. I guess it's the other way around.
20:33 IM Jomo Pitterson (2221), Jamaica, beats GM Matej Sebenik (2552), Slovenia. Upset of the day in terms of rating difference?
20:28 Women's tournament: Ukraine - El Salvador 3.5-0.5. India - Macedonia 4-0. Poland - Dominican Republic: 4-0.
20:23 Andrei Obodchuk (2399) has a few World Champion titles among disabled chess players. Today he won as Black against the ACP President Emil Sutovsky (2687)!
20:20 Russia beats Bolivia 4-0. China defeates Bangladesh 4-0. In the women's tournament, of course.
20:15 Grandmaster Yuri Dokhoian, Russian team's coach, grabbed a chair to watch the game of his protege:
20:10 USA - Jordan, 4-0. Azerbaijan - Luxembourg: 4-0.
20:07 Oswaldo Zambrana (2471) beats Sergei Movsesian (2698). This is a sensation! Official result: Armenia-Bolivia 3:1.
20:00 Two-times World Blitz Chess Champion Alexander Grischuk won his game. What about Evgeny Tomashevsky? He has two light pieces for a rook and two pawns.
19:36 I didn't see the actual moves, but the way the kings are standing on the board means that Natalia Pogonina is the first player to score for Team Russia!
19:32 The best female chess player in the history of chess, Judit Polgar (2698), won her game against Andrei Maznitsin (2283). As you remember, she is playing in the Open section against men.
19:28 I took a look at the Russian positions. Should I get a coffee, or something more efficient?
19:18 Some players are already in severe time trouble. If the clocks are accurate, Natalia Pogonina's opponent has two minutes for 20 moves.
19:14 Gata Kamsky scores for USA, Shakhriar Mamedyarov - for Azerbaijan. Tigran Petrosian (Armenia) also won his game.
19:07 It is always nice to take one more look at the Russian women's team:
19:00 Alexandr Moiseenko (2706) vs. Salih Aka Ali Salih (2282), 1-0. FMs have a tough time playing super grandmasters.
18:55 I don't like the position of the ex-European Chess Champion Evgeny Tomashevsky...
18:52 Pavel Eljanov (2693) vs. Ali A Hussein (2343), 1-0. You can follow Pavel on Twitter.
18:47 Azerbaijan: advantage on three boards. Safarli is slightly worse as White.
18:37 Ukraine (Open): Movsesian and Eljanov should win their games.
18:30 Armenia (Open): Petrosian has a large advantage. More or less balanced fights on the other boards.
18:22 Ex-FIDE World Chess Champion Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) is nervously patting his hair:
18:15 The Chinese women's team is doing rather impressively. Meanwhile, Russia vs. Bolivia is a rather tense match. The games will be decided later, in the endgame and closer to time trouble.
18:00 The press conference is still going on. Meanwhile, I have briefly checked the positions. The tough is tougher than might have been expected. There are no decisive games on the top boards yet.
17:50 The President of the Turkish Chess Federation Ali Nihat Yazichi says he is counting on Turkey to win a medal in the 2016 Olympiad!
17:38 FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, press conference:
Part I of the story dealt with the first five rounds of the championship. I wasthe leader with 4/5, and among my pursuers were Olga Girya and Alisa Galliamova, whom I was to face in the rounds to come.
During the rest day I decided to take a ferry ride on the Moscow river. It was hot, so in the evening I discovered that my skin, especially cheeks and knees, became sunburnt. So, no more skirts for me, but at least the impressions from the trip have more than compensated for this disadvantage. Alas, at some point I noticed that the batteries in my camera were low, so I didnt get to make pictures. However, here is part of the bridge right next to the hotel:
Round 6 was rather challenging. I made the wrong choice in the opening and ended up in a tricky position. Alisa didnt make use of some of the chances, and the game ended in a draw.
What are the factors that define success? How does one become successful in life in general and in chess in particular? Peter Zhdanov explains KPIs (key performance indicators) used to measure success and seeks to apply them to the game we all love. By objectively evaluating all the components described in his article, you can create your own plan of becoming a successful person.
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