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 Arkadij Naiditsch was beaten by Vladimir Kramnik in round 3. This is Kramnik's first game of 2006 after a return from illness. Photo © Frits Agterdenbos - http://www.chessvista.com/ Malcolm Pein of the Daily Telegraph commentates on round 3. Russian and China were the early leaders at the Chess Olympiad in Turin and were due to meet in round four. Russia beat Germany 2.5-1.5 with wins from world champion Vladimir Kramnik and Evgeny Bareev while Russian champion Sergey Rublevsky lost. China defeated Scotland 3.5-0.5 in round two with Bu Xiangzhi winning against British champion Jonathan Rowson and then overcame Slovakia by the same score. Russia only snatched the gold medals against China at the World Team Championships last year with a big win in the last round and once again China are emerging as their main rivals. England struggled to a 2.5-1.5 win over Turkmenistan and were then embarrassed by Indonesia as Stuart Conquest lost to an unrated player. Michael Adams won again to make the score 2-2. International Master Leighton Williams of Wales is still the top performing British player with 3/3 although he is having some luck, his two GM opponent’s have left a bishop and queen en prise. Leaders: Russia, China Uzbekistan, Greece, Ukraine Netherlands 10.5/12 33rd England 8 54th Scotland 7 67th Ireland 6.5 74th Wales 6.5 113rd Guernsey 4.5 130th Jersey 2.5 No signs of rust V Kramnik - A Naiditsch 36th Olympiad Turin (3) Catalan Opening 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 d5 4.d4 cxd4 (4...dxc4 5.Qa4+) 5.Bg2 (White tempts Black to take on c4 as this enhances the scope of the Bg2 if 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Qxd4 Nc6=) 5...e6 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Nxd4 Nd5 (Just 7...Be7 is more reliable. This loses time and the knight becomes a target later) 8.Qa4+ Nd7 9.Qxc4 N7b6 10.Qb3 Bd7 (10...Be7 11.Rd1 0-0 12.e4 Nf6 13.Nxe6) 11.Nc3 Bc5? (An oversight 11...Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Rc8 13.Qd3 and b7 is vulnerable then if 13...Qc7 14.Bf4 e5 15.Qe4 Bd6 16.Rac1 Qb8 17.Rxc8+ Nxc8 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.f4 winning back the bishop with an extra doubled pawn and better pieces) 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 (12...Bxd4 13.Nxb6 Qxb6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Bxb7) 13.Nf5! 0-0 14.Nxg7! Nf6 (14...Kxg7 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Qc3+ Qf6 17.Qxc5) 15.Bh6 Qe7 (Black hopes to win the knight but Kramnik has seen there is no danger) 16.Qf3 Bc6 17.Qf4 Kh8 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Rac1 Bd6 20.Qh4 Ng8 (20...Rg8 21.Bg5 Be5 22.Nh5 Rg6 23.Nxf6 Bxf6 24.Bxf6+ Qxf6 25.Qxf6+ Rxf6 26.Rxc6) 21.Qxe7 Bxe7 22.Nxe6! Nxh6 23.Nxf8 Bxf8 24.Rxc6 (With a winning position, the minor pieces are no match for rooks and White just has to push his extra pawns) 24...Rd8 25.Rfc1 Kg7 26.R1c2 Nf5 27.e3 a5 28.Ra6 Rd5 29.e4 Rd1+ 30.Kg2 Nd4 31.Rc7 Nb5 32.Rb7 Nd6 33.Rd7 1-0 a sample line is 33.Rd7 Kf6 34.f4 Ke6 35.Rb7 Threatening e4-e5 35...f6 36.Rxh7 Rd2+ 37.Kf3 Rxb2 38.Rxa5 Naiditsch  Kramnik Position after 33.Rd7 R Jones (2072) - V Dydyshko (2550) 36th Olympiad Turin (1) King’s Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d6 6.Nxg4 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nd5 Qg6 10.d3 Qg3+ 11.Kd2 Ne7 12.Nxc7+ Kd8 13.Nxa8 Qe3+ 14.Kc3 Qc5+ 15.Kd2 Qe3+ 16.Kc3 Qc5+ draw |
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