Winter Butterfly - 16a 2/11/02
Olympiad - Round 1
Annie gets her draw, but it's a bad day for Wales.
Annie Powell prevented a complete whitewash of both Welsh Olympic teams by drawing against Shukurova Meihriban of Azerbaijan. An excellent result for Annie against an opponent graded 225 points higher than her. Elsewhere it was bad news all the way as, outgraded by an average of 280 points per board, all the other welsh players lost.
The men's team (Williams L, Dineley, Jones R, and Zeidler) went down 4-0 to India while the ladies (Evans-Quek, Powell and Griffiths) lost by 2.5-1.5 to Azerbaijan.
Next round results as soon as they are available.
Below is Mark's report on the first round. Please note there was an error on the original result which this corrects. It worked to our advantage as it gave the men's team an easier draw in the second round.
Round 1
India 3½-½ Wales. Leighton Williams drew with GM Harikrishna,
2551 - an excellent result. Richard Dineley turned down a draw from GM A.Kunte
(2493) and went on to lose a very exiting game. Richard Jones thought attack
was better than getting smashed, threw everything at his opponent, but it was
not enough. Sven succumbed to a well prepared opponent who had booked up on
his Ponziani line and played the best line.
The women were up against Azerbaijan who had one Gm and 2 IMs in their team.
Debbie was clearly better in her game, but lost the thread. Annie Powell played
a tremendous game against a good IM who was forced to repeat the position. Kathy
fought a very good game but was eventually ground down.
Results:
Men
1 L.Williams (B) ½-½ P.Harikrishna GM 2551
2 R.Dineley 0-1 A.Kunte GM 2493
3 R.Jones 0-1 R.Ramesh IM 2475
4 S.Zeidler 0-1 P.Thipsay GM 2460
Women
1. D.Evans-Quek (B) 0-1 F.Velikhanli (WGM 2304)
2. A.Powell ½-½ M.Shukurova (WIM 2243)
3 K.Griffiths 0-1 Z.Mamedjarova (WIM 2259)
About the event....
the playing conditions are not good with far too many people allowed in the
playing area. The indiviual pairings were not published at all. We will give
them the chance to redeem themselves though as it is only the first round. The
time limit of 90 minutes for all moves plus 30 seconds per move, is proving
difficult to get used to. There is no time control, and you have to write your
moves down even if you have less than 5 minutes.
Mark Adams.
Olympiad Round 2
A clean sweep for Wales!
Both the men and womens team managed a perfect score in round 2 of the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled, Slovenia.The men, who were incorrectly given zero points from round one, were subsequently paired against a weak Kenyan team and had no problems in obtaining a 4-0 result.
The women, however, were up against much tougher opposition. They beat a IBA side 3-0. Annie Powell had another great result on board one, once again against a WIM. She now has 1½ from 2 against titled opposition. Kathy Griffiths managed to salvage a lost position with a desperate king side attack. 15 year old Suzie Blackburn made a great debut for Wales with a very exciting victory. In a very sharp position, at one stage she had 5 pawns for a rook.
1.A.Powell 1-0 L.Zsiltova (WIM2271)
2. K.Griffiths 1-0 A.Stolarcza (2067)
3. S.Blackburn 1-0 T.Debrowska
Round 3 sees the men paired against a very strong Belarus side while the women are against Venezuela.
regards
Mark
Olympiad Round 3
The organisers have got it wrong, yet again, unfortunately they gave us an extra point this time. We lost 3½-½ to Belarus and 2½-1½ as reported. Francis Rayner played well and even obtained a winning position against veteran GM Viktor Kupreichik.
The women were up against Venezuela who have 4 WIMs in their squad. We nearly pulled of an upset. Debbie won nicley after Kathy, who was suffering from flu, lost fairly quickly. The sad story was with Annie who missed several winning chances in her game. Nevertheless she has 1½ from 3 against titled opponents. 2-1 to Venezuela.
Today the men are playing Albania and the women are playing Bangladesh.
Results R3
Men
1.L.Williams 0-1 Aleksej Aleksandrov (GM2621)
2.S.Zeidler 0-1 Alexei Fedorov (GM2564)
3.S.Evans-Quek 0-1 Sergei Azarov (IM2520)
4.F.Rayner ½-½ Viktor Kupreichik (GM2485)
R3 Women
1.D.Evans-Quek 1-0 Maria Blanco (WIM2172)
2.A.Powell 0-1 Aleidi Martinez (WIM2203)
3.K.Griffiths 0-1 Aliris Sanchez (WIM2095)
Pairings for round 4
Men
1.L.Williams (w) v GM E.Devishi 2513
2. R.Dineley v FM I.Karkanaqe 2352
3. R.Jones v A.Zadrima 2270
4. F.Rayner v M.Dritan 2302
Women
1.D.Evans-Quek v S.Parveen WFM 2124
2.A.Powell v S.Zakia
3.S.Blackburn v A.Khariam 2029
Olympiad Round 4
Another 2 defeats for the Welsh, although a 2½-1½ result for the men's team wasn't a disaster as the Albanians out rated Wales on all boards. Richard Jones had a good win while on form player Francis Rayner, again could have pushed for the full point.
The womens result, in contrast, was very disappointing losing 3-0 to an experienced Bangladesh team. Debbie Evans-Quek, showed her lack of endgame technique, resigning in a rook and pawn ending that was worse, but not completely lost. Annie Powell was a pawn down for much of the game and missed a win right at the death. Suzie Blackburn's form deserted her with the black pieces and lost a pretty poor game.
Men R4
Wales v Albania (29-10-02)
1
FM Williams
Leighton 2288
0-1 GM Dervishi Erald
2513
2
Dineley
Richard 2284
0-1 FM Karkanaqe Ilir
2375
3
Jones
Richard S 2246
1-0 Zadrima Aldo 2270
4 Rayner Francis 2219 ½-½ Mehmeti Dritan 2302
Women R4
Bangladesh v Wales
1 WFM Parveen
Seyda Shabana 2124 1-0 Evans-Quek Debbie 2047
2
Zakia Sultana ---- 1-0 Powell
Annie 2018
3
Khanam Afroza 2029 1-0
Today (10-10-02) the men are against Iraq while the women face Nigeria.
Olympiad Round 5 - report from Mark Adams
From Mark adams (our special correspondent in Bled).
Another good day for the Welsh. The men held a useful Iraqi team to a 2-2 draw. Leighton Williams used a rare Sicilian opening 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Qb6!? to take out his IM opponent. This was one of Williams' best games so far. Richard Jones played the sharp Kings Gambit, also against IM opposition, and seemed to have the better chances. After some tricky endgame play they settled for a draw.Sven Zeidler did well to hold a bishop v knight endgame. He had the bishop in a position where the knight is usually a stronger piece. Suan Evans-Quek did well in the opening and middle game, but lost the thread later on and couldn't save the game.
1
IM Jwad Ahmad Aziz 2288 0 - 1 FM Williams Leighton 2288
2
IM Sarsam Saad 2409 ½ - ½ Jones Richard
S 2246
3
FM Mohammed Amjid Ali 2246 ½ - ½ Zeidler Sven
P 2275
4 Abdulwahap Ahmed 2265 1 - 0 Evans - Quek Suan - Shiau 2274
The womens team had another 3-0 win over a poor Nigerian side. Annie Powell was back to her winning ways, standing in for Debbie Evans-Quek who was ill. Kathy Griffths had a convincing win with her 4th black game. Suzie Blackburn is on 2 from 3 after a convincing win on board 3. This was despite blatant cheating by her opponent who moved her king which allowed mate in one. When she realised, after releasing the piece, she moved the king to a different square. Despite the complaints to the arbiter, the move stood as the arbiter didn't actaully see what went on. It was just as well that Suzie had a winning position anyway. This win puts Wales only 1 point behind a strong England team.
Wales
3-0
1
Powell
Annie 2018 1-0 Teru
Kemi 0
2
3
Standings
Men
1
2
3
9
31
53
103
141 countries playing
Women
1
Georgia (GEO) 12
2
3
29
46
46
85
94 countries playing.
Olympiad Round 6 - report from Mark Adams
Round 6 of the 35th Chess Olympiad was a very good one for the Welsh mens team. An emphatic 3½-½ win over a tough IBCA (blind) side. It could have been 4-0, but Richard Dineley slipped up in a very strong position. Leighton Williams had another impressive win as did Richard Jones - dare we mention IM norms? Williams is performing to 2470 after 6 rounds.
R6 Wales v IBCA 31-10-02
1. IM Dukaczewski Piotr (w) (2342) -
FM Williams Leighton (2288 ) 0-1
2. Dineley Richard (2284) - IM Bjerring
Kai (2265 ) 1/2
3. Enjuto Roberto (2182) - Jones Richard
S (2246 ) 0-1
4. Rayner Francis (2219) - Mlacnik Franc (2118 ) 1-0
The Welsh Ladies team had a very disappointing round although their Philippene opponents were very strong. Debbie Evans-Quek left a rook hanging with 2 minutes reaming on her clock while a pawn up. Annie had a game to forget, losing in just 17 moves. Kathy Griffiths did well to hold a worse 2R+3P ending.
R6 Wales v Philippenes (31-10-02)
1.Evans-Quek Debbie (w) (2047) - WIM
Caoili Arianne (2309 ) 0-1
Mark
From Stuart Hutchings
Hi Dai,
I sent you notification of this a few days ago, but have only just received
a 'nondeliverable' message (sent it from home and used .co.uk instead of
.com !). You might like to send out a Winter Butterfly email.
In case people don't know the Olympiad website is www.35chessolympiad.com
You can actually play through the games without requiring any chess
software such as Chessbase, by clicking on the following :-
'Live' tab
'Download' (on left hand side of screen)
'Live Games'
'Watch' against the match(es) in which you are interested, to play through
any of the games on screen.
Best Wishes, Stuart
Many thanks to Stuart for that information.
Dear Friends.
Mark has been kind enough to send the following report. He followed up with a correction, but unfortunately his second email showed up on my machine in a corrupted form, so I'm not sure whether there was an error in the original report or whether he wanted to give further information. He may well contact me regarding this, but in the meantime here's his original report.
Olympiad Round 6 - report from Mark Adams
Round
7
Another good
day for the Welsh means team as they beat
Best result
of the day went to Sven Zeidler. His thorough understanding of the Centre Counter
proved too much for his unprepared GM opponent.
Suan Evans-Quek
had a convincing win on board 3 while Francis Rayner suffered his first defeat.
Williams Leighton
(2288) - Sharavdorj Dashzeveg (2418 ) 1/2
Hatanbaatar Bazar
(2439) - Zeidler Sven P (2275 ) 0-1
Evans-Quek Suan-Shiau
(2274) - Adyatomor Choijiljav (2201 ) 1-0
Byambaa Zulzaga (2279)
- Rayner Francis (2219 ) 1-0
After defeat against
a strong team the previous day, Welsh Ladies were unlucky to get an even stronger
team in round 7 in the form of Estonia. Debbie Evans-Quek, yet again, contrived
to lose from a much better position. Kathy Griffiths showed how much good preparation
counts, although there were some tricky moments in her end game. But she played
well enough to earn a draw. Suzie Blackburn showed her inexperience, although
she was up against a much higher rated opponent. She made a fundamental mistake
in the opening, and never recovered.
R7 Estonia v
Fomina Tatyana (2235) - Evans-Quek Debbie (2047 ) 1-0
Brokko-Olde Margit
(2156) -
1
2
3
22
43
56
62
Women(94 countries)
1
2
3
23
69
70
73