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Olympiad 2008 top teams

2008-11-25T10:53:00.001-08:00

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

More firing from Philippine Media

2008-11-25T01:07:00.001-08:00

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.

Philippine chess bomb at youth level?

2008-11-25T00:53:00.001-08:00

Right after Susan Polgar posted Ed Andaya's article of John Paul Gomez achieving the GM title in Dresden 2008, a strong backlash was posted on her blog in the comments section:-

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

Anonymous said...

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

Anonymous said...

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

Anonymous said...

Campo sux big time. Pinoy journalism also.
subious

Monday, November 24, 2008 11:33:00 PM CST

Anonymous said...

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

Anonymous said...

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

Dresden Round 10: Key Pairings

2008-11-23T04:27:00.001-08:00

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

www.chess-results.com

Picture links from Susan Polgar

2008-11-23T02:56:00.001-08:00

Day 8 press Conference: http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/8Day8PressConference#

Day 7 Press Conference: http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/7Day7PressConference#

Round 8 (over 160 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/8OlympiadRound8#

Kirsan out of hospital and in Dresden

2008-11-23T00:14:00.001-08:00

President of the world chess organization FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who was injured in an automobile accident just before the event started, has arrived in Dresden just in time for the FIDE Congress after being released from a Moscow hospital.

2.Ne2 vs Caro Kann

2008-11-22T19:40:00.001-08:00

Here's an interesting idea for beating the Caro Kann.

Black is Jovanka Houska, author of a Caro Kann book! The way she lost so quickly using her prescribed opening is instructive!

2.Ne2 is also covered in the SOS (Secrets of Opening Suprises) series - volume 8.

[Event "95th ch-GBR"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Surtees, Michael"]
[Black "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4!? cxb4 5. d4 Nc6 6. a3 e6 7. axb4 Bxb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 Nge7 10. Nh5 O-O 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Rxa5 Qxa5 13. Nxg7 f5 14. Nh5 Ng6 15. Nf6+ Kh8 16. Nxh7 Qc7 17. Nxf8 Nxf8 18. Bf6+ Kg8 19. g4 f4 20. Bd3 b5 21. g5 b4 22. Qh5 Ne7 23. g6 1-0

Round 9 News by Mark Crowther

2008-11-22T19:15:00.001-08:00

Leaders Armenia lost to Israel with Levon Aronian losing to Boris Gelfand in a rook and pawn ending on top board and a final result of 2.5-1.5.
Russia were defeated in Round 9 with three draws on boards 1-3 and their top rated player Morozevich lost on bottom board to Efimenko when he lost a piece. Kramnik - Ivanchuk was a fabulously uncompromising draw.
Nigel Short's hot form continues as he won again, this time against Le Quang Liem. Michael Adams won (in spite of reporting to the contrary on the live site) and so England won 3-1.
Round 10 pairings: Ukraine-Israel, Germany 1-United States of America, Serbia-Armenia, England-China, Slovenia-Russia, Spain-Bulgaria, Netherlands-Poland, Slovakia-France, Georgia-Denmark and Hungary-Switzerland,

Dresden 2008 PGN Games

2008-11-22T19:12:00.001-08:00

Games in PGN

38th Olympiad Dresden (GER), 13-25 xi 2008 Games in PGN
Rd	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	All
Men	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	-	-	-
Women	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	-	-	-

From This Week in Chess (Compiled by Mark Crowther)

Olympiad 2008: Big changes on top boards

2008-11-22T18:40:00.001-08:00

Things are now getting interesting as both leaders in the Open Olympiad and Women's Olympiad lost.

This means new leaders! Israel as emerged as the clear leader in the Men's section . In the Women's section, Ukraine, Poland, and Serbia are tied for the top spot.

Rk.	SNo	Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	8	Israel	ISR	9	7	2	0	16	252,5	98,0	24,0
2	9	Armenia	ARM	9	7	1	1	15	268,0	103,0	25,5
3	2	Ukraine	UKR	9	6	3	0	15	241,5	105,0	22,5
4	3	China	CHN	9	6	2	1	14	240,0	95,0	23,0
5	15	England	ENG	9	6	2	1	14	213,5	93,0	22,5
6	22	Serbia	SRB	9	7	0	2	14	207,5	87,0	22,5
7	1	Russia	RUS	9	6	1	2	13	250,0	107,0	21,5
8	11	Germany 1	GER1	9	5	3	1	13	246,0	106,0	22,5
9	6	Bulgaria	BUL	9	6	1	2	13	241,0	87,0	25,5
10	20	Netherlands	NED	9	6	1	2	13	223,5	89,0	23,5
11	25	Slovakia	SVK	9	6	1	2	13	214,0	85,0	25,0
12	10	United States of America	USA	9	6	1	2	13	207,0	90,0	23,0
13	21	Poland	POL	9	6	1	2	13	206,5	85,0	24,0
14	12	Spain	ESP	9	6	1	2	13	203,5	89,0	22,5
15	28	Slovenia	SLO	9	6	1	2	13	202,5	86,0	23,0

Women's Olympiad

Rk.	SNo	Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	2	Ukraine	UKR	9	6	3	0	15	268,0	97,0	25,5
2	9	Poland	POL	9	7	1	1	15	249,5	104,0	23,5
3	10	Serbia	SRB	9	7	1	1	15	232,5	97,0	23,5
4	3	China	CHN	9	6	2	1	14	278,5	109,0	24,0
5	4	Georgia	GEO	9	6	2	1	14	269,5	97,0	25,5
6	6	Armenia	ARM	9	7	0	2	14	230,0	97,0	24,0
7	7	United States of America	USA	9	6	1	2	13	248,5	96,0	24,5
8	1	Russia	RUS	9	5	3	1	13	245,0	100,0	24,0
9	8	Hungary	HUN	9	6	1	2	13	229,5	97,0	23,5
10	43	Uzbekistan	UZB	9	6	1	2	13	188,5	87,0	21,5
11	5	France	FRA	9	5	2	2	12	224,0	90,0	25,0
12	11	India	IND	9	5	2	2	12	210,0	96,0	20,5
13	17	Netherlands	NED	9	6	0	3	12	202,5	97,0	20,0
14	16	Romania	ROU	9	6	0	3	12	198,0	95,0	22,0
15	25	Cuba	CUB	9	6	0	3	12	196,5	83,0	24,5
16	15	Slovakia	SVK	9	6	0	3	12	192,0	91,0	22,0
17	14	Slovenia	SLO	9	5	2	2	12	191,0	88,0	22,5
18	28	Azerbaijan	AZE	9	5	2	2	12	171,5	95,0	18,5