Sweden is now a regulated market, which means that as a player you can only play at casinos with a license. See all regulated casinos in Sweden by Mr casinova.
22:30 All this time you were pretending/so much for my happy ending
Anyway, thank you for watching the broadcast! See you tomorrow!
22:15 Ok, at least the Russian men are dominating. However, I am more of a women's chess supporter. But...now the Russian players have to pull themselves together and switch gears towards fighting for silver.
22:09 Upset of the day is Philippines-England: 3-1
22:05 Sergei Rublevsky, captain of the Russian women's team, is shaking his head:
22:03 USA-FYROM: 3-1.
21:56 OH MY GOD...Tanya could have won a gazillion times...
21:17 RUSSIA! Beats Ukraine and is leading even more convincingly than before.
21:09 Ivanchuk forgot about his time and nearly forfeited! You can see him shaking the king in the air and banged his fist on the desk.
21:02 Karjakin won his game against Volokitin!
20:59 Serbian women held Georgia to a draw. The website is buggy and says 1-3, while we can see that Rakic won.
20:51 Muzychuk-Gunina: draw.
20:43 Chinese ladies have basically secured gold. They are leading 2.5-0.5 against Poland
20:40 China-Azerbaijan: 2-2
20:37 Eugenio Torre rocks! He defeated Nigel Short who had an excellent performance so far (close to 2900).
20:31 Tanya is obviously very nervous. She could have won already. Why is the game even going on?
20:27 Hungary sensationally lost to Uzbekistan in the women's section: 1.5-2.5
20:20 Anna Ushenina won. Excellent opening preparation. The position didn't look that threatening, but with very slight inaccuracies Natalia lost the game. It's hard to say where she went wrong...
20:16 No, according to the Nalimov tablebase Karjakin-Volokitin is a win in 41 moves.
20:12 Karjakin had an excellent position out of the opening. And now the game is transposing into a dead drawn rook endgame...
20:00 Germany-Hungary: 2.5-1.5
19:54 The fate of the Russia-Ukraine match will probably be decided in the game between Nadezhda Kosintseva and Natalia Zhukova. The results on the other boards are relatively predictable.
19:50 Kramnik needs a banana to save the endgame down a pawn against Ivanchuk.
19:41 Sadly, the Russian players were not succesful in time trouble. Tanya is still better, but Kateryna has drawing chances. Nadezhda blew all her advantage. Natalia is lost.
19:27 Kosintseva T. vs. Lahno: 3 minutes against 1. White has a decisive attack. Will Tanya be able to convert her advantage?
19:23 Ponomariov-Grischuk: draw.
19:15 Kosintsevas have some initiative. Gunina's position is balanced. Pogonina has a tough defense ahead.
19:00
18:58 Mariya Muzychuk seems to have just 3 minutes against Gunina's 40 minutes. 4 moves until the time control. Will the Russian player be able to exploit her advantage? After trading pieces and rooks on e5 and playing Rd8 Black is better in the endgame.
18:51 Tanya has an amazing shot at her disposal - Bh7!! This looks like a decisive attack. However, this is close to impossible for a human to find.
18:45 Georgian women have an advantage against Serbia.
18:43 France-Cuba looks like 2.5-1.5
18:30 Eugenio Torre is playing Nigel Short. It is his record 21st appearance at the Chess Olympiads.
18:25 According to the official website, Ding Liren won his game.
18:18 USA-FYROM is balanced so far, but the gap in chess skills is too large.
18:16 Chinese men have good chances to win their match. Ding Liren is close to beating Mamedov. Or is it a technical glitch?
18:09 China is predictably outplaying Poland.
18:05 Briefly speaking, the Russian men seem to have a slight edge against the team from Ukraine. In the women's section the situation is reversed: the Ukrainian ladies are doing somewhat better.
18:00 After two hours:
17:58 The leader of the US chess Team Hikaru Nakamura is having a rest day and giving an interview:
17:47 Gata Kamsky is playing one of Natalia's coaches, Vladimir Georgiev.
17:35 Professional chess is becoming younger and younger. Most of the players reach their peak between 25 and 35 years. However, the veterans are also strong. Not to mention that the World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand is 42.
17:25 Teimour Radjabov has the best performance at the tournament so far: 3003! Breath-taking!
17:17 Fridman-Polgar: draw.
17:15
Yesterday and the day before Garry was in the playing hall. Today he is online again.
17:10 Andrew says that nearly 70% of the adults in the world have played chess at a certain point of their life.
17:05 Andrew Paulson, head of Agon, is promising to revolutionize chess:
17:00 Russian boards after one hour of play:
16:50 Kramnik vs. Ivanchuk. Score in classical chess: +10 -4 =26.
16:45 Central match: Russia vs. Ukraine
16:40 Philippines-England:
16:35 Uzbekistan vs. Armenia. Aronian's magic bottles:
16:30 Another important match: China vs. Azerbaijan:
16:21 Russia-Ukraine:
16:13 Hungary vs. Germany aka HunGer:
16:04 Poland is in a good mood vs. China. But who will have the last laugh?
16:02 Fight!
15:52 Karjakin will be playing for Russia against Ukraine.
Son: How do you call a person who left our party for another one?
Father: A traitor
Son: And how do you call someone who left the other party and joined ours?
Father: A convert!
13:45 Sadly, there are fewer women's chess super tournaments than men's. One of them was the North Urals Cup, often called "Women's Linares". The very best female players in the world used to take part in it.
Seated: Alisa Galliamova, Antoaneta Stefanova, Kateryna Lahno, Zhao Xue
Standing: Hou Yifan, Elizabeth Paehtz, Natalia Pogonina, Anna Muzychuk, Zhu Chen, Anna Ushenina
13:20 Every day I enjoy browsing the photo reports at the official website. The Olympiad is such an interesting event, after all.
10:35 Today Russia is playing Ukraine in both sections. This is the right time to remind you about the Gaprindashvili Cup - a trophy that is awarded to the strongest chess federation. Or, it's better to say the federation that performed better than others at the Olympiad. The standings (sum of points of the men's and women's teams) is the following: Russia - 25 points, China - 24, Ukraine - 23. In other words, this is a critical match-up.
10:30 The Russian men have improved their tournament situation by beating Azerbaijan and are now in clear first. If they beat Ukraine today, gold is nearly guaranteed, because they have already faced all the key competitiors. However, there are two caveats here. The first one is the "if" they beat Ukraine. The second one is that even the best of the best tend to get tired and fall victims of blunders. Anything can happen.
The Russian women's team has stepped back by drawing Poland. China has a much easier finish: they have already played Russia, Georgia and Ukraine. With all due respect, Poland is in a different league. China should be able to win all the remaining matches. Russia also has to do its best and win all the encounters in order to stay in contention for the gold medal.
