Olympiad 2008 top teams
Final Ranking after 11 Rounds
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 9 Armenia ARM 11 9 1 1 19 400,5 152,0 31,0 2 8 Israel ISR 11 8 2 1 18 377,5 149,0 28,0 3 10 United States of America USA 11 8 1 2 17 362,0 146,0 29,0 4 2 Ukraine UKR 11 7 3 1 17 348,5 163,0 25,5 5 1 Russia RUS 11 7 2 2 16 375,0 156,0 27,0 6 4 Azerbaijan AZE 11 7 2 2 16 359,5 147,0 29,0 7 3 China CHN 11 7 2 2 16 357,5 150,0 27,0 8 5 Hungary HUN 11 7 2 2 16 341,5 140,0 27,5 9 37 Vietnam VIE 11 7 2 2 16 340,0 137,0 29,0 10 12 Spain ESP 11 7 2 2 16 337,5 142,0 27,5 11 17 Georgia GEO 11 8 0 3 16 321,0 138,0 28,0
Women's Olympiad
Final Ranking after 11 Rounds
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 4 Georgia GEO 11 8 2 1 18 411,5 148,0 31,0 2 2 Ukraine UKR 11 7 4 0 18 406,5 146,0 30,0 3 7 United States of America USA 11 8 1 2 17 390,5 145,0 30,5 4 1 Russia RUS 11 7 3 1 17 367,0 144,0 29,5 5 9 Poland POL 11 8 1 2 17 364,5 157,0 27,5 6 6 Armenia ARM 11 8 0 3 16 353,0 145,0 28,0 7 10 Serbia SRB 11 7 2 2 16 318,5 146,0 26,5
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 | Labels: Olympiad | 0 Comments
More firing from Philippine Media
It is common to read fantastic praise heaped on Pinoy players in the newspapers but here's one article that takes the opposite approach:-
RP chess squad doomed from the start
Our team to the Dresden Chess Olympiad was doomed even before it left. Its composition—from a faulty national qualifying system—and board assignments were pitiful.
Top officials of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP), led by Prospero Pichay and Abraham Tolentino, could not be persuaded to include veteran Grandmaster Eugene Torre in the lineup, and that presaged the sorry campaign of our team, once a board terror in previous Olympiads.
Torre could have held his own on board one against the chess heavyweights, and strikers, like GMs Joey Antonio and Wesley So plus International Master John Paul Gomez, could have gathered vital points in the lower boards. As it is, the team was reduced to being a mere scavenger picking up crumbs from the cruiserweights in the field.
Full article by NM Sammy Estimo of the Philippine Daily Enqurer HERE.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 | Labels: Philippines | 0 Comments
Philippine chess bomb at youth level?
Anonymous said...
That is the problem in the Philippines. Politicians want to gain publicity so they go for big events. I do not see any problem with big events but where is the program for the scholastic or youth chess? If this country can produce the same money to develop chess and hosts events for the youths,then hosting big events like this can be justified.
Result? A disaster finish by the RP team in the chess olympiad.
Philippine chess officials should stop promoting chess by advertisements. They should promote chess from the grassroots.
Monday, November 24, 2008 6:30:00 PM CST
Where do you think the young talents, the new Philippine GMs come from?
They come from exposure to big local events where their talents are developed from international exposure.
The disaster finish is not at all the end of Philippine chess. That is how the young GMs learn and gain experience and become stronger, which the Philippines will, in the next few years.
More important, is the opportunity of ALL aspiring chess talent to be able to play and get their IM and GM norms, in Pichay's leadership.
That was not the case during Campo's reign, where he would just pick and promote a few of his privileged players. Torre was his only so called only "manok" who did well. But Torre was a self made talent. Like Balinas, who gained the GM title despite Campo's ill treatment.
We had other Filipino talents who left during Campo's reign. IM Barcenilla who supposedly got his GM norm in New York, but did not get the favors of Toti Abundo and Campo. And IM Enrico Sevillano, who graced the November 2008 Chess Life cover as the current U.S. Open Champion.
Campo single handedly repressed Philippine chess development in his over 50 years of so his called "chess leadership." What a sham.
China, India, Vietnam is far ahead of the Philippines.
But Campo did well for himself, did'nt he? The honorary swindler.
Monday, November 24, 2008 8:39:00 PM CST
Campomanaes is goddess. Because of he FIDE is popular and chess is world sport. He likes president Ilumzinow.
Monday, November 24, 2008 11:31:00 PM CST
Campo sux big time. Pinoy journalism also.
subious
Monday, November 24, 2008 11:33:00 PM CST
I am not praising Campomanes either, I am just saying that grassroots development in the Philippines still has to be realized.
Fifty years of Campo and another 2 decades of post Campomanes era, Philippines Youth Chess has still no regular tournament calendar except for the age group qualifying tournament to determine the delegates to the world youth championships. Kids from the different regions of the country has no provincial/regional/national events on a regular basis where they can develop their chess skills.
I guess hosting big events are good but there is not much plan outhere for youth development.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 12:02:00 AM CST
Also Ed, as much as you are promoting philippine chess in your article, you sounds (at least to me) like you are also promoting your congressman Pichay.
This kind of things I say that really is a sad part of Philippine journalism.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 12:07:00 AM CST
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 | Labels: Philippines | 0 Comments
Dresden Round 10: Key Pairings
Round 10 on 2008/11/23 at 15:00 Bo. 10 Serbia (SRB) Rtg - 2 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg 0 : 0 1.1 IM Maric Alisa 2405 - GM Lahno Kateryna 2488 1.2 IM Bojkovic Natasa 2420 - WGM Zhukova Natalia 2488 1.3 WGM Stojanovic Andjelija 2357 - IM Gaponenko Inna 2473 1.4 WGM Chelushkina Irina 2360 - WGM Zdebskaja Natalia 2419 Bo. 51 Philippines (PHI) Rtg - 12 Germany 1 (GER1) Rtg 0 : 0 2.1 Perena Catherine 2210 - IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2471 2.2 Cua Shercila 2154 - IM Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino 2371 2.3 Camacho Chardine Cheradee 2100 - WGM Michna Marta 2399 2.4 Bernales Christy Lamiel 1998 - WFM Ohme Melanie 2237 Bo. 6 Armenia (ARM) Rtg - 9 Poland (POL) Rtg 0 : 0 3.1 IM Danielian Elina 2513 - IM Socko Monika 2434 3.2 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2443 - IM Rajlich Iweta 2404 3.3 WGM Aginian Nelly 2325 - WGM Zawadzka Jolanta 2378 3.4 WIM Galojan Lilit 2305 - WIM Majdan Joanna 2284 Bo. 3 China (CHN) Rtg - 4 Georgia (GEO) Rtg 0 : 0 4.1 WGM Hou Yifan 2578 - GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2489 4.2 GM Zhao Xue 2518 - IM Dzagnidze Nana 2503 4.3 WGM Shen Yang 2450 - IM Javakhishvili Lela 2473 4.4 Ju Wenjun 2397 - IM Lomineishvili Maia 2437 Bo. 43 Uzbekistan (UZB) Rtg - 7 United States of America (USA) Rtg 0 : 0 5.1 Muminova Nafisa 2240 - IM Krush Irina 2452 5.2 WFM Gevorgyan Irina 2179 - IM Zatonskih Anna 2440 5.3 Tokhirjanova Hulkar 2106 - WGM Goletiani Rusudan 2359 5.4 Nodirjanova Nodira 2118 - WGM Rohonyan Katerina 2334 Bo. 1 Russia (RUS) Rtg - 8 Hungary (HUN) Rtg 0 : 0 6.1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2525 - GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2483 6.2 IM Kosintseva Tatiana 2513 - IM Vajda Szidonia 2380 6.3 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2468 - IM Madl Ildiko 2376 6.4 IM Korbut Ekaterina 2459 - WGM Rudolf Anna 2318 Bo. 5 France (FRA) Rtg - 28 Azerbaijan (AZE) Rtg 0 : 0 7.1 GM Sebag Marie 2533 - WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab 2351 7.2 IM Skripchenko Almira 2455 - WGM Mamedjarova Turkan 2269 7.3 WGM Milliet Sophie 2366 - WIM Umudova Nargiz 2219 7.4 WGM Leconte Maria 2349 - Kazimova Narmin Nizami qizi 2171 Bo. 14 Slovenia (SLO) Rtg - 11 India (IND) Rtg 0 : 0 8.1 IM Muzychuk Anna 2508 - IM Harika Dronavalli 2462 8.2 WGM Krivec Jana 2345 - IM Tania Sachdev 2425 8.3 WGM Srebrnic Ana 2290 - WGM Swathi Ghate 2320 8.4 WFM Novak Ksenija 2163 - WGM Gomes Mary Ann 2298
Open Olympiad
Board Pairings
Round 10 on 2008/11/23 at 15:00 Bo. 2 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg - 8 Israel (ISR) Rtg 0 : 0 1.1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2786 - GM Gelfand Boris 2719 1.2 GM Karjakin Sergey 2730 - GM Roiz Michael 2677 1.3 GM Efimenko Zahar 2680 - GM Postny Evgeny 2674 1.4 GM Volokitin Andrei 2659 - GM Rodshtein Maxim 2609 Bo. 11 Germany 1 (GER1) Rtg - 10 United States of America (USA) Rtg 0 : 0 2.1 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2678 - GM Kamsky Gata 2729 2.2 GM Khenkin Igor 2647 - GM Nakamura Hikaru 2704 2.3 GM Fridman Daniel 2630 - GM Onischuk Alexander 2644 2.4 GM Baramidze David 2557 - GM Shulman Yuri 2616 Bo. 22 Serbia (SRB) Rtg - 9 Armenia (ARM) Rtg 0 : 0 3.1 GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2658 - GM Aronian Levon 2757 3.2 GM Solak Dragan 2595 - GM Akopian Vladimir 2679 3.3 GM Perunovic Milos 2580 - GM Sargissian Gabriel 2642 3.4 GM Vuckovic Bojan 2561 - GM Petrosian Tigran L 2629 Bo. 15 England (ENG) Rtg - 3 China (CHN) Rtg 0 : 0 4.1 GM Adams Michael 2734 - GM Wang Yue 2736 4.2 GM Short Nigel D 2642 - GM Bu Xiangzhi 2714 4.3 GM Howell David W L 2593 - GM Ni Hua 2710 4.4 GM Jones Gawain C B 2548 - GM Li Chao B 2622 Bo. 28 Slovenia (SLO) Rtg - 1 Russia (RUS) Rtg 0 : 0 5.1 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2619 - GM Kramnik Vladimir 2772 5.2 GM Pavasovic Dusko 2597 - GM Svidler Peter 2727 5.3 GM Lenic Luka 2569 - GM Morozevich Alexander 2787 5.4 IM Borisek Jure 2548 - GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2737 Bo. 12 Spain (ESP) Rtg - 6 Bulgaria (BUL) Rtg 0 : 0 6.1 GM Shirov Alexei 2726 - GM Topalov Veselin 2791 6.2 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2664 - GM Cheparinov Ivan 2696 6.3 GM Illescas Cordoba Miguel 2604 - GM Delchev Aleksander 2632 6.4 GM San Segundo Carrillo Pablo 2564 - GM Iotov Valentin 2532
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Sunday, November 23, 2008 | | 0 Comments