Tromso Olympiad Recap: Rd. 4 by Josh on August 5, 2014 in Chess, Current Events • 2 Comments 8. GM Stevic 2606 – IM Battulga 2411 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess Olympiad"][Site "Tromso NOR"][Date "2014.08.05"][EventDate "2014.08.02"][Round "4.17"][Result "1/2-1/2"][White "Namkhai Battulga"][Black "Hrvoje Stevic"][ECO "C60"][WhiteElo "2411"][BlackElo "2606"][PlyCount "120"]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O Ng6!? [{The Cozio appears to be scoring well in this tournament, more common is the move from game 9:}(4. ... g6)] 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nf5 O-O 8. Nc3 a6!? [{Here others have chosen:}(8. ... d6){Which occurred in Nguyen Anh Dung - Pg, L 1-0 Brunei IM2, 2011}] 9. Bc4 d6 10. Qh5 Kh8 11. Bb3 Nd4 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Ne7 16. Rad1 f5 17. e5 f4 18. exd6 fxe3 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Qe2 Rxf2 21. Rxf2 exf2+ 22. Qxf2 Bg4 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Qc5 b6 25. Qd5 Rc8 26. h3 Bf5 27. Qxd7 Bxd7 28. Re7 Bf5 29. Nd5 Bxc2 30. b4 Bd3 31. Nxc7 h6 32. g4 Bc4 33. Ne8 Bf7 34. Nd6 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Bg6 36. h4 h5 37. gxh5 Bxh5 38. Re5 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Bd1 40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Ng5 Kf8 42. Rd5 Be2 43. Ne6+ Kf7 44. Rd6 b5 45. b3 Rc3+ 46. Kf2 Bg4 47. Nc5 a5 48. Rd4 Bh3 49. Ne4 Rxb3 50. bxa5 Ke7 51. Rd5 Bc8 52. Rc5 Bd7 53. Rc7 Ra3 54. Ra7 Kd8 55. Nc5 Bc8 56. a6 b4 57. Rxg7 Bxa6 58. Nxa6 Rxa6 59. Rb7 Ke8 60. Kg3 Kf8 1/2-1/2your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts 7. Wahab 2093 – GM Golizadeh 2490 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess Olympiad"][Site "Tromso NOR"][Date "2014.08.05"][EventDate "2014.08.02"][Round "4.22"][Result "1/2-1/2"][White "Asghar Golizadeh"][Black "Abdel Wahab, Elkhatem"][ECO "B91"][WhiteElo "2490"][BlackElo "2093"][PlyCount "118"]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1!? [{The modern preference has been:}(9. h3){As in Naiditsch - Nepomniachtchi 0-1 FIDE World Rapid, 2014}] Bg4 10. Qd2 Qd7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. h3 Bd7 13. c3 Nc6 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Qd1 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Nd4 Re8 18. Kh2 Qa5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Qd3 Nb6 21. Re2 Na4 22.Be3 Nc5 23. Qd1 Na4 24. Bg1 h5 25. Qd2 Nb6 26. Nb3 Qb5 27. Rae1 Nc4 28. Qd1 Bf8 29. Nd4 Qa5 30. b3 Na3 31. Re3 Nb5 32. c4 Nxd4 33. Qxd4 b5 34. cxb5 axb5 35. R3e2 Bg7 36. Qd1 Bc3 37. Rf1 b4 38. Be4 f5 39. Bd3 Bb5 40. Bxb5 Qxb5 41. Re6 Bf6 42. Rfe1 Kf7 43. R1e2 Rc3 44. Rd2 Rec8 45. Qe1 Rc2 46. Ree2 Rc1 47. Qf2 Bc3 48. Qe3 Rc7 49. Qe6+ Kg7 50. Bd4+ Bxd4 51. Rxd4 Qc5 52. Qe3 Rc2 53. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 54. Rd2 Qc1 55. Qd4+ Kf7 56. Qf2 Rc3 57. Qe2 Kf8 58. h4 Qb1 59. Rb2 1/2-1/2 your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts
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