MARK RUBERY CHESS

44th Chess Olympiad, Chennai 2022

Round 3

South Africa 3,5 – 0,5 Haiti

GM K Solomon (2355) 1-0 FM J Marckens (2050)

FM D Barrish (2283) 1-0 J Guillaume (2022) FM B Mhango (2238) 1-0 E Angelo (2036) IM W Kobese (2311) 0,5-0,5 D Gabriel (1915)

Ladies: South Africa 0-4 Argentina

Solomon won a pawn early on in a Sicilan Najdorf (!) and smoothly pocketed the point. Barrish and Mhango both won comfortably although Kobese’s ambitions were stifled by accurate play from his opponent.

Jean Louis,marckens (2050) - Solomon,k (2355) [B92]

44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND (3.48), 31.07.2022

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 11.0–0 0–0 12.Kh1 Ne5 13.Nd4 Rc8 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Bxe5 dxe5 16.Qxd8 Bxd8 17.Bd3 Ba5 18.Nd1 Nxe4 19.Rxf8+ Rxf8 20.a3 Bd2 21.g3 Nd6 22.Kg2 e4 23.Be2 Rc8 24.c3 e3 25.a4 Rc5 26.Ra3 Kf8 27.b4 Rc8 28.Kf3 Ke7 29.Bd3 e5 30.Ke2 e4 31.Bb1 Kf6 32.Rb3 Ke5 33.Ba2 h5 34.b5 axb5 35.axb5 Ra8 36.Bb1 b6 37.Nxe3 Bxe3 38.Kxe3 Nc4+ 39.Ke2 Rd8 40.Rb4 Rd2+ 41.Ke1 Rxh2 42.Rxc4 Rh1+ 43.Kf2 Rxb1 44.Ke3 Kf5 45.Rc7 g5 46.Rf7+ Kg4 47.c4 Kxg3 48.Kxe4 h4 49.Kd5 h3 50.Kc6 h2 51.Rh7 Rb4 52.Kxb6 Rxc4 0–1

A dramatic end to the Australia-poland top board encounter…

Smirnov,ant (2600) - Duda,j (2750) [D45]

44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND (3.5), 31.07.2022

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 0–0 8.Be2 b6 9.0–0 Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rad8 12.Rfe1 Rfe8 13.Bf1 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nd4 dxc4 16.Nf5 Qe6 17.Nxd6 Rxd6 18.Rxd6 Qxd6 19.Rd1 cxb3 20.axb3 Qe7 21.Ne4 Nd5 22.Ng3 Bc8 23.e4 Nf4 24.Qc3 Qg5 25.Bc1 h5 26.Ne2? … Qxg2+! 0–1 (Since 27 Bxg2 Nxe2+ wins a piece)

‘... even when drunk he could see a great deal further over the board than most chess players sober. I remember that, at the Warsaw International Team Tournament of 1935, I was showing a game I had won that day to the fellow members of my team. Alekhine came up, recognized the game and complimented me on it in mellow, if somewhat thickly intoxicated, tones and, in a flash, indicated a vital, winning variation we all had missed.’ (Golombek)