World Chess Olympiad - Canadian Results

[Bob Armstrong]

At move 20, Thomas is trying to get a R onto the 2nd rank.

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[Bob Armstrong]

21. ....Rxb5 - Black wins back his P - material equality.

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[Bob Armstrong]

At move 31 - Liza is trying to turn her extra P into a passed one - she's played d6 earlier.

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[Bob Armstrong]

At move 21 - Dalia's position looks quite fine as black. She has a Q-side majority that she can push in future to create a passed P.

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[Bob Armstrong]

32.Bh3 ! - nice sac offer by Liza; can't be taken because Liza will queen.

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[Bob Armstrong]

At move 22 - W has managed to get a P onto e6, common in the King's Indian Defence. It is a bit of a thorn in Bl's side, and is not always easy to win.

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[Bob Armstrong]

At move 24 - Black has , for the moment, seized the initiative with her Q-side attack. Yuanling will try to counter this with activity in the centre.

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[Bob Armstrong]

23.Rfd1 - Mark is piling up on Veselin's backward dP on the half-opened file.

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[Bob Armstrong]

17...Rxe3 - Nikolay sacks back the exchange to try to break W's attack. He now is up ( ? ) N + B vs R + P.

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[Bob Armstrong]

At move 36 - looks drawish. Still material eqality, with N vs B and 4 P's on the K-side.

Bob