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Broken Invincibility Myth - Round 7 Report

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By WGM Anna Rudolf and GM Mihail Marin

One of the most fascinating aspects of sports in general and chess in particular is that there is no such thing as predetermined results.

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The formidable Russian team had been advancing through the tournament at full steam and it seemed as if nothing could take them away from the winning path. The fate of round seven wanted it a bit differently, though. Somewhere around move 40, Goryachkina and Vavulin resigned their second and third board games against Amin and Parham due to inevitable mating threats. In the remaining games the Iranian players had an extra pawn each, but the captain, IM Harandi demanded the top board player Asgarizadeh to offer a draw in order to seal the result. Russia eventually won the last board game but this did not change anything already. Iran won by 2,5 - 1,5!

Here is an interview with part of the happy winners, in a moment when the last game was still going on:



The fight at the top has tightened as there are three teams in shared lead with 12 points, namely Iran, Russia and India, with Ukraine trailing by just a point. Four other teams have ten points. With three rounds to go, and Caissa seemingly willing to exert her whims, anything can happen...

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The Russian Roulette Spinning at Full Speed - Round 6 Report

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The leaders adopted a surprising match strategy, leaving their third board and most effective player Maxim Vavulin (five out of five until than moment) "on the bench". This paradoxical "move" proved inspired as Alexey Sarana who took his colleague's place on the third board won the only decisive game in the match, thus sealing Russia's win over Hungary by 2,5 - 1,5.

This result consolidated Russia's lead in the tournament, with 12 points out of six rounds and only two teams, Iran and India, trailing by two points.

Our blitz video diary may add a little bit to this information:



Today the tournament received the visit of Olympic silver medallist (and youth Olympic gold medallist!) Csaba Balogh, who shared with us the feelings accompanying the high performance.

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It's a Wonderful World - Rest Day Report

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By WGM Anna Rudolf and GM Mihail Marin

It would be a mistake thinking that nothing important happened during the day off. In fact, the action was very much on, due to the numerous activities.







Your host Anna is not the kind of presence a camera could ignore

Right before the simul, Zoltan shared his thoughts on the Olympic team spirit and offered a few pieces of advice to the new generations.



The new generation proved quite hard to deal with - Almasi lost two games and drew six!

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The Duel of the Titans - Round 5 Report

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The tournament enters the free day not without producing a crucial result: the formidable Russian team defeats top-seeded India by 3-1. The score could have been less severe had India's third board Aravindh not overstepped the limit of admissible risk against Vavulin, in a desperate attempt to restore the equality in the match.







Favorite number two Germany was held to a 2-2 by Georgia. A curious detail is that both decisive games were won by the female players.

Much to the local fans' delight, Hungary 1 broke the invincibility of the ambitious team of Uzbekistan. The result of 3-1 promotes the Hungarians for the top match against Russia in the next round.

Video diary of Round 5:



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A Queen Trapped in an Empty Hall - Round 4 Report

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Tuesday, 16 December 2014



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By WGM Anna Rudolf and GM Mihail Marin

Round four was already a day of direct encounters between the favourites.

The top match between the main favourite India and the local young heroes, Hungary, was one of the most dramatic so far. After four hours the Hungarians were in the lead with 1,5-0,5 but the remaining two games went wrong for them and India won with 2,5-1,5. You can find out more in the interview with Kende Antal:



By defeating Romania with the same score Russia joined India in the lead. These are the only two teams with a perfect score and they will inevitably meet tomorrow.

Uzbekistan continues to deliver surprises by drawing again with a much higher rated team - this time with Canada 1.

The last match to end was Georgia - Ukraine. At the score of 1,5-1,5 the game Matviishen - Ghvamberia seemed to continue forever. On move 99 the white queen was trapped on an almost empty board and in a practically deserted playing hall, sealing Georgia's match win over their higher ranked opponents.

The brilliancy contest jury had a hard time choosing between two valuable third round games. In the end the Solomonic solution was taken to award two prizes for the same round.



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Gyor Youth under-16 Olympiad 2014 - Round Three Report

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Monday, 15 December 2014



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By WGM Anna Rudolf and GM Mihail Marin

As the tournament advances, matches become more leveled, increasing the probability of upsets. Since this is the second round of what we have baptized the "girl's day" we will take as a reference a match in which the girl's result had a big impact. Favorite 4 Ukraine had to conceal a 2-2 result to the modestly rated Uzbek team. The only win for Uzbekistan was scored on board three by the girl player Bakhora Abdusattorova.

 "Rustam Kasimdzhanov is not the only Uzbek World Champion; my young brother Nodirbek won the under 8 World Championship two years ago"


 
Brother and sister in action

An emotional video review of this match:


 

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Gyor Youth under-16 Olympiad 2014 - Round Two Report

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Monday, 15 December 2014


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The second round had an early start at 10:00 since this was a day with double rounds. Many teams continued including their girls in the formation so we decided to make this the "girls' day". As you may notice, this largely influenced our picture selection and videos.


From a symbolical point of view, the most interesting match of the round was Russia - China.



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The 2nd Round Brilliancy Prize - Murali Karthikeyan of India

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The Indian International Master deserved his prize for the beautiful win against Mihail Nikitenko of Belarus, played in a neo-romantic style.

You do not see three piece sacrifices in one game too frequently!


Murali Karthikeyan receiving his prize from WGM Anna Rudolf before the start of the third round


Scheweningen Sicilian

Murali Karthikeyan (2497) - Mihail Nikitenko (2379)

World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2014 Gyor round 4, 14.12.2014
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e6 7.Be2 b6 8.Bf3 Nfd7 9.00 Bb7 10.e5



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Gyor Youth under-16 Olympiad 2014 - Round One Report

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The tournament caravan has been put into motion... It happened with the sweetest feelings since all the participants received a small surprise present - Turo Rudi, a traditional Hungarian cottage cheese stick covered with chocolate!

The first round ended without big upsets, so we will focus on some visual impressions. You are also kindly invited to check our round video report




and the interviews with two grandmasters, Lubomir Ftacnik


and Gergely Szabo



- you may be surprised to see which teams they are coaching here!

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World Youth U16 Olympiad - Day 0 - Opening Ceremony

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