Chess Olympiad: Round 6 LIVE |
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| Monday, 03 September 2012 | ||||
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Live games Video broadcast with commentary 21:15 Thank you for following the breath-taking matches. Have a nice evening! 21:11 Georgia vs. Slovakia: 2.5-1.5 (women) 21:08 Russia vs. China ended in a draw. Well, this is a sensible result. Other teams have caught up with Russia, but at least China is still one point behind. 21:05 Yahoo! Nadya scores:  20:48 Movsesian defeated Grischuk, what an upset! Armenia-Russia ended in a tie. 20:45  20:39 All my attention is focused on Kosintseva N.-Zhao Xue. 20:26 Keeping fingers crossed. 20:15 India-Israel is a close fight. Two draws. Israel is better on board #4, India - on board #3. 20:11 Ukraine-Montenegro: 3-1. 20:08 By the way, isn't it great to watch the games live, including video? I remember the times when we used to find out the results from newspapers. 20:06 Like expected, 2-2 in USA vs. Germany 20:02 Ukraine-Azerbaijan: 3.5-0.5 (women) 19:50 18-year old Women's World Chess Champion Hou Yifan beats Tatiana Kosintseva.  19:45 Movsesian has a very good position against Grischuk. Premature joy in the Russian team? 19:38 Natalia drew her game. Let's hope that Nadezhda will be able to win her game. 19:36 Russia vs. China will be decided on boards #2 and #3. Hou is winning, Natalia has an opposite-colored bishop endgame. This is a draw. 19:32 USA-Germany: two games drawn, Kamsky and Nakamura also seem to have more or less equal positions. 19:30 Kramnik says a new super event featuring all the top players in coming in May 2013! 19:20 Hero of the day - Vladimir Kramnik:  19:15 Natalia's attack didn't work out. Looks like she will be defending a slightly worse endgame. The bishops are of opposite color, but the Black piece is more active. Also, the rooks are on the board. 19:12 Azerbaijan drew two games against Croatia and is winning the other two. 19:07 Karjakin-Akopian: draw. 19:05 I am very worried about the Russian women's team. While board #2-4 are unclear yet, Hou is definitely winning on board 1. 19:00 The answer to the last question is no... 18:58 Hou Yifan makes a serious mistake - b3. But will Tania be able to realize it and get back into the game? She has very little time left. 18:54 Kramnik-Aronian 1-0! Everybody is congratulating Vladimir. Even Garry Kasparov!  18:45 Aronian is shaking his head. The position is hopeless.  18:35 Tatiana Kosintseva is on the verge of losing. 18:23 Aronian must have overlooked an interesting knight sacrifice (Nb7). Now Kramnik has serious winning chances.  18:17 Runner-up of the last World Chess Championship Boris Gelfand looks determined. Israel-India:  18:15 Kramnik has some pressure on Aronian, but not much. Grischuk's position against Movsesian is somewhat cramped. Karjakin-Akopian: rather balanced, White looks a tad better. Sargissian-Jakovenko looks like a draw. 17:57 Hou Yifan - Kosintseva T. Hou seems to be better prepared for this line of the Marshall. Not sure that Black will be able to play actively enough to compensate for 2 missing pawns. Kosintseva N. has a positional advantage vs. Zhao Xue. Ju Wenjun sacrificed a pawn against Alexandr Kosteniuk, looks like full compensation. Natalia Pogonina has a double-edged position vs. Huan Quan. White is threatening to start an attack on the Black king, but the bishop on b5 is not taking part. 17:29 Russia vs. China is so interesting. Right, Levon?  17:19 Italy vs. England, a soccer match-up:  17:15 USA-Germany. Nakamura looks bored:  17:00 Russian boards after one hour of play. Balanced in the Open section. Some advantage for White on all the boards in the women's section.  16:45 Natalia Pogonina made a move and is now observing the other boards:  16:43 Russia vs. China, the main contenders for Gold in the Women's tournament:  16:34 Yesterday I took a careful look at the team compositions. Since I have no chance to play for Russia, maybe it makes sense to change the federation and participate in the Olympiad? The only problem is that I love Team Russia too much. 16:25 Armenia-Russia:  16:20 The games have begun:  15:40 Yesterday Alexander Morozevich won for the 6th time the prestigious annual Moscow Blitz event with a round to go. Some of his competitors were such world class players as Nepomniatchi, Malakhov, Bareev, Dreev, Grachev and many others.  13:45 If you want to see some sights from Turkey, take a look at this great photo report. 13:40 During the rest day World Women's Chess Champion Hou Yifan received the Caissa Cup award as the best female chess player in 2011. Unlike the traditional Chess Oscar, this prize has been established very recently, in 2009.  13:26 The key game today is Kramnik (2797)-Aronian (2816). Vladimir and Levon are the two highest rated players at the Olympiad. Objectively speaking, they are now of about the same playing strength. Their recent training match finished in a tie (2-2). However, each of the players will be trying to score and help his team succeed.  13:20 The Chess Olympiad is back The players has a chance to relax during the rest day, so let's hope that today some exciting games will be played. The central match-ups are Russia vs. Armenia (Open) and Russia vs. China (Women).   The games begin at 16:00 Moscow time. 
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