Chess Olympiad - Canada

[Bob Armstrong]

In Rd. 1, facing # 13, India, Canada ( # 48 ) didn't fare too badly, losing 2.5 - 1.5 ( Bluvshtein, Zugic, and Noritsyn drew; Charbonneau lost; rest day for Roussel-Roozman ).

In Rd. 1 for the women, Canada ( # 53 ) played Cuba ( # 25 ) and lost 3.5 - .5 ( Yuan drew; Khoudgarian, Kagramanov and Smith lost, rest day for Barron ).

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

Rd. 2 Pairings:

Open

Canada ( # 48 ) - Bolivia ( # 87 );

Women

Canada ( # 53) - Costa Rica ( # 80 ).

Due to accelerated pairings, each Canadian team is playing a team with 2 match points, while each Canadian team has 0 match points.

Bob

[Ferdy Anand]

Pairing, Results and Live Games:

http://schachlive.dresden2008.de/liv...mes.m.eng.html

Some Featured and Annotated Games:

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FYI and Enjoy!
Ferdinand DS

[Bob Armstrong]

Rd. 2 in progress ( 11:56 AM ): National Team

Bluvshtein ( on Bd. 1 ) is up a P, and appears to be threatening to go up a second P.
The other three boards ( Zugic; Roussel-Roozman; Noritsyn ) still seem relatively equal to this patzer.

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

Canada's women's team defeated Costa Rica 3.5 - .5 today in Rd. 2 ( Khoudgarian drew; Yuan , Kagramanov and Smith won ).

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

( 2:25 PM ) - Canada's national team is leading Bolivia 3-0 ( Zugic; Roussel-Roozman and Noritsyn have won ).

In Bluvshtein's Bd. 1 game, Zambrana is up a passed P. Each has R + B ( opposite colours ) + a P ( Zambrana has 2 P's ). Seems to me it is a possible draw, though Mark is down a P, because of the opposite coloured B's. But hard to call because a set of R's are still on. Maybe a stronger player can give his/her opinion on this at this point.

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

In Rd. 2, Bluvshtein drew the last game, a pawn down. So Canada's national team defeats Bolivia 3.5 - .5, the same score the women's team got against Costa Rica.

Bob

[Bob Gillanders]

Thanks guys for keeping us informed on Olympiad news.

Much appreciated.

[Bob Armstrong]

In Rd. 3 the pairings are:

Open - Bd. 37. Jamaica ( # 105 - 2 MP ) vs Canada ( # 48 - 2 MP )

Women's - Bd. 40. Fiji ( # 98 - 2 MP ) vs Canada ( # 53 - 2 MP )

The Canadian teams are substantially stronger. We should hope for good results tomorrow.

Bob

[Ferdy Anand]

In Rd. 3 the pairings are:

Open - Bd. 37. Jamaica ( # 105 - 2 MP ) vs Canada ( # 48 - 2 MP )

Women's - Bd. 40. Fiji ( # 98 - 2 MP ) vs Canada ( # 53 - 2 MP )

The Canadian teams are substantially stronger. We should hope for good results tomorrow.

Bob

After 4 rounds:

Canadian Men's Team (Seeded 48th) stands @ rank 52 in the Overall Standing.

Canadian Women's Team (Seeded 53th) stands @ rank 40. in the Overall Standing.

Cheers,
Ferdinand DS