World Chess Olympiad - Canadian Results

[Bob Armstrong]

Black has counterattacked on the Q-side ( Yuanling castled long ) and has gotten in 19 ...c3.

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

Move 17 - Yelizaveta has managed to go up a P in the centre, and support it with e4.

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

Mark declined the pawn sac offer by Veselin.

[Bob Armstrong]

At Move 16 - Topalov now has 3 pawn islands to defend, to Mark's two.

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

18.Nxd6 - Leonid goes up a P,

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[Bob Armstrong]

At Move 15 - Cheparinov has developed a K-side assault with pawns on g4 & h4, and on f5, and has sacked an N in the process.

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

At move 17, Dalia's K-side looks a bit shaky, with pawn on h6 and the gP missing, but this is not uncommon in the King's Indian Defence. But Bl. does have to be careful, because W can sometimes come up with a fast attack on the K-side.

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

At move 24, besides being up a P, Liza is fighting for control of the open c-file.

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[Bob Armstrong]

16...f5 - the move you have to get in playing the King's Indian Defence. Iulia's position looks good, for playing black.

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

At move 22 - Yuanling has abandoned any K-side attack in favour of play in the centre. She has her R's doubled on the half-opened d-file.

Bob