MSO events are already spreading around the world; this year
sees the first Mind Sports Olympiad taking place in
south-east Asia!
We featured live online coverage of all ten rounds of the
Allegro Olympiad Chess Championship, a 30-minute rapidplay event,
a crushing win for 2534-rated Chinese GM Wu Shaobin who scored 9/10.
Read on to play through the games from the top board of each round.
Round Ten, Board One: White Koh Kum Hong (2129)
Black Wu Shaobin (GM, 2534)
Round Ten, Board One:
White Koh Kum Hong (2129)
Black Wu Shaobin (GM, 2534)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g2 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nd2 Bb7 9. e4 Nd7 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qa4 a6 14. Nf1 b5 15. Qd1 Nb6 16. b3 b4 17. Bd2 Nc7 18. Rc1 Nb5 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 20. Ne3 Ne7 21. Qa1 Nc6 22. Bf1 Qb6 23. Nc2 a5 24. Rc1 Ba6 25. Qb1 Rc8 26. Kg2 h6 27. h4 Nc7 28. Ne3 Bxf1 29. Nxf1 Nb5 30. Ne3 Na7 31. Rxc8+ Nxc8 32. Qc2 Na7 33. Qd3 Qc6 34. Nd1 Na3 35. Ne3 Nb5 36. Ne1 Bd8 37. Nc2 Bb6 38. Nxa3 Nxa3 39. h5 Qb5 40. Kh2 Qc6 41. Qc3 Qb5 42. Qe3 Qa6 43. g4 Qa7 44. Nf3 Nc2 45. Qf4 Nxd4 46. Nxd4 Bxd4 47. g5 hxg5 48. Qxg5 f6 49. exf6 Bxf6 50. Qg6 Qf7 51. Qg4 Kh7 52. Kg1 Be5 53. Kg2 Qf5 54. Qxf5+ exf5 55. Kf3 1/2-1/2
Black tried hard to win and almost made it, but the draw was agreed when both sides were very short of time in time trouble.
Round Nine, Board One:
White Wu Shaobin
Black Chan Peng Kong
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4 Qd7 8. Qxd7 Nxd7 9. Nb5 O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. e3 c5 13. Be2 Nf5 1/2-1/2
Bronstein once gave some famous advice, paraphrased as follows: "Never win an event with a perfect score; people will say it was a weak event. Instead, give up one draw. This will make your performance look much more impressive." Wu Shaobin already has won the tournament (or, at the very least, a share of it) with one round to go after this quick draw against his 2229-rated opponent.
Round Eight, Board One:
White Wu Shaobin
Black Chua Han Wei
1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 Bg4 10. h3 Bd7 11. Ne1 Ne8 12. Nd3 f5 13. f4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nc5 Nf5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Qd3 Nd6 20. Bh6 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Bf5 22. Kh2 Qd7 23. g4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 b5 26. d6 Rb8 27. dxe7 Qxe7 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Rf7 1-0
With a 500 Elo points difference in ratings it is hardly surprising that Black was unable to survive his Grandmaster opponent. For a while it appeared as though Black might be able to develop some counterplay on the K-side but it was purely illusory - Wu had the game completely under control at all times and only had to wait for Black to blunder away material.
Round Seven, Board One:
White Goh Weiming
Black Wu Shaobin
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e5 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. bxc2 Ne7 8. f4 Qc7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. a4 b6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O Na5 13. Qe1 c4 14. Be2 h5 15. Ba3 Nf5 16. Nh4 Ne3 17. Bd6 Qb7 18. Qg3 Nxf1 19. Qg5 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Nd2 21. Bf3 Nxf3 22. gxf3 g6 23. Ra1 Qd7 24. Rc1 Qd8 25. Qg3 Kd7 26. Kf2 Kc6 27. Ng2 Kb7 28. Ne3 Nc6 29. Ra1 Ne7 30. Qg1 Nf5 31. Ba3 Qh4 0-1
White's insipid 3rd move against the Caro Kann Defence, 3 f2-f3, led to a French Defence position in which the f3 square is needed for other purposes. In the game, after 7...Ng8-e7, White would like to play Ng1-f3 or Qd1-g4 (the normal moves in the Winawer Variation of the French), but in this case neither move is legal. Therefore White had to give back a tempo by playing 8 f3-f4 (Black had sacrificed a tempo earlier by playing ...c7-c6 followed by ...c6-c5). But after 8 f3-f4 White was in an inferior variation of the Winawer, which allowed Black to play a number of thematic moves on the Q-side without having to worry about White's plans on the K-side.
Suddenly Black's knight invaded the white position to devastating effect.
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Round 10 - Koh Kum Hong v. Wu Shaobin
Round 9 - Wu Shaobin v. Chan Peng Kong
Round 8 - Wu Shaobin v. Chua Han Wei
Round 7 - Goh Weiming v. Wu Shaobin
Round 6 - Wu Shaobin v. Khegay Anjela
Round 5 - Leong Chee Ming Luke v. Wu Shaobin
Round 4 - Wu Shaobin v. Lim Chye Seng
Round 3 - Goh Koon Jong Jason v. Wu Shaobin
Round 2 - Wu Shaobin v. Chen Chongli Daniel
Round 1 - Neo Xiumen Shermyn v. Wu Shaobin
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