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| Malcolm Pein of the Daily Telegraph commentates on
round 6. The Netherlands have beaten the Russians again. After their victory at last year’s European Team Championship the Dutch upset the favourites with a 2.5-1.5 victory in round six of the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin. The Russian champion Sergey Rublevsky was the villain losing with white to Friso Nijboer on board four. It could have been much worse for Russia as Alexander Grischuk held on to draw a horrible endgame a pawn down against Loek Van Wely. Rublevsky’s loss came after a blunder in a level position that just lost a pawn. I can only imagine it was a desperate attempt to win because at that stage Grischuk look destined to lose. Russia’s defeat allowed Armenia to take the sole lead by virtue of a narrow win over Uzbekistan and they play second placed Holland next. The USA continued to progress despite a first defeat for Gata Kamsky and they overcame China 2.5-1.5. Another notable result was Cuba’s 3.5-0.5 defeat of Azerbaijan which included a defeat for Teimour Radjabov. Scotland could have upset Georgia as Colin McNab was better and lost while Jacob Aagaard was completely winning but drew. It was another grim day for England as they failed to overcome the might of Peru a team rated around 200 points lower per board. Danny Gormally lost again after standing better. However, encouragingly, Stuart Conquest remembered how to move the pieces and ‘marmalised’ his opponent. Leaders: 1 Armenia 18; 2 Netherlands 17.5; 3-4 Russia, Belarus 17; 5-8 Ukraine, USA, Sweden, India 16.5; 33 England 14.5; 43 Scotland 14; 58 Ireland 13, 94 Wales 11, 124 Jersey 8.5, 129 Guernsey. 148 teams. Cr Cruz (2225) - S Conquest (2505) 37th Olympiad Turin (6) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5! (The bold way to play otherwise a quiet position arises with a space advantage for White) 6.cxd5 Bc5 (Black gets free development in return for the pawn) 7.e3 0-0 8.N5c3 Qe7 9.Bc4 (Better 9.Nd2 or 9.a3, a knight should really head for this square) 9...Nbd7 10.Nd2 Nb6 11.a3 Rd8 12.Qb3 (12.e4 Ng4 13.0-0 Qh4 wins) 12...e4 (The typical thrust in this line, now castling is difficult for White to arrange safely and his Nd2 has no prospects) 13.Be2 Bf5 (At the very least Black is winning back the pawn with a good position) 14.Qa2 Nbxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.b4 Bxe3! 17.fxe3 Nxe3 18.Nf1 (18.Kf2 Qf6 19.Bb2 Qb6!) 18...Nxg2+ 19.Kf2 Bh3 20.Qb2 (Threat Qf6+) 20...Rac8 21.Ng3 e3+ 22.Kg1 Nf4 23.a4 (Trying to play Ra3 but allowing a lovely finish)  23...Qxb4! 24.Bf1 (24.Qxb4 Nxe2+ 25.Nxe2 Rd1+ 26.Qe1 Rxe1 mate) 24...Rd1 0-1 If 25.Qxb4 Rxf1+ 26.Nxf1 Ne2 mate S Halkias (2528) - D Lima (2489) 37th Olympiad Turin (6) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.exd5 a6 8.a4 Bd6 9.Qe2+ Be7 10.Qxc4 0-0 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Bd3 b5 14.Qxc5 Nd7 15.Qd6 Ne5! 16.Qxd8 Nxd3+ 17.Kd2 Rxd8 18.Kxd3 Bf5+ 19.Ke3 b4! 20.Na2 Rxd5 21.Kf4 g5+ 22.Kg3 a5 23.Nc1 Rc8 24.Ra2 b3! 25.Ra1 (25.Nxb3 Rd3 26.Nc1 Be5 mate) 25...Bxb2 26.Nxb3 Rd3 27.Rhe1 Rxb3 28.Rad1 g4 0-1 |
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