Sunday, September 9, 2012

2012 Chess Olympiad Final-Armenia Gold

Armenia rewarded a gold medal in the final of 2012 Chess Olympiad Turkey. Come very close and rewarded silver is team Russian. Bronze went to Ukraine. In Armenia vs Hungaria , it takes a while to confirm the champion because the battle in Judit Polgar vs Vladimir Akopian went to 90s moves before a draw. Thus Armenia dully won 2.5-1.5 by Movsessian won against Zoltan Almasi. Ukraine comfortably beat China, and Russian to Germany both in 3-1. Russian and Armenia in 19 points but Russian get the unlucky tie break system and must satisfy with a silver. Armenia, Russia and Ukraine consistently dominated Gold medal of Chess Olympiad in the last ten years.

2012 Chess Olympiad Medals:
Gold - Armenia 19
Silver - Russia 19
Bronze - Ukraine 18
4 China 17
5 United States Of America 17
6 Netherlands 16
7 Vietnam 16
21 Phillipines 14
59 Singapore 12
64 Malaysia 12
73 Indonesia 11

Women:
GOLD - Russia 19
SILVER - China 19
BRONZE - Ukraine 18
4 India 17
5 Romania 16
6 Armenia 16
7 France 15
24 Indonesia 14
26 Vietnam 13
43 Phillipines 12
61 Malaysia 11

Board best: (not confirmed)
Board 1: Levon Aronian, Armenia
Board 2: David Navara, Czech Rep.
Board 3: Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar Azerbaijan
Board 4: Vladislav Tkachiev, French
Board 5: Dmitry Jakovenko, Russia

Women
Board 1: Hou Yifan, China
Board 2: Zhao Xue, China
Board 3: Nadezhda Kosintseva, Russia
Board 4: Huang Qian, China
Board 5: Natalia Pogonina, Russia

Tim Indonesia menyudahi perjuangan di Olympiade Catur 2012 Turkey dengan kemenangan ganda di babak terakhir. Tim putera mengalahkan Irak 2.5-1.5 dan tim puteri berjaya mengalahkan tim Yunani yang lebih kuat ratingnya 3-1. Hasil bagus dihasilkan tim puteri yang menjadi tim terbaik kategori group C. Tim puteri juga tim ASEAN berposisi tertinggi bahkan di atas tim Vietnam. Chelsie Monica Sihite dikabarkan meraih norma WGM dan menjadi penghasil angka paling baik dengan delapan angka hasil dari sepuluh kali tanding (8/10). Tim putera juga mengakhiri dengan angka positif. Prestasi olimpiade sebelumnya adalah tim putera di peringkat 67 dan tim puteri di peringkat 43.

Indonesia - Iraq  2½:1½
44.1 IM Purnama, Tirta Chandra 2384 - FM Abdul, Ahmed Abdulsattar 2314 0 - 1
44.2 IM Halay, Taufik 2361 - FM Ahmed, Ali Layth 2360 ½ - ½
44.3 CM Firmansyah, Farid 2318 - IM Al-Ali, Hussein 2329 1 - 0
44.4 CM Muhammad, Luthfi Ali 2078 - CM Ismael, Namir 2189 1 - 0

18 Greece - Indonesia 1 : 3
13.1 IM Dembo, Yelena 2457 - WFM Medina, Warda Aulia 2218 0 - 1
13.2 WGM Botsari, Anna-Maria 2336 - WIM Sihite, Chelsie Monica 2162 0 - 1
13.3 WIM Fakhiridou, Ekaterini 2215 - WFM Citra, Dewi 2143 0 - 1
13.4 WIM Pavlidou, Ekaterini 2237 - Fisabilillah, Ummi 0 1 - 0

Chelsie Monica Sihite - Anna-Maria Botsari 1-0
2012 Chess Olympiad Turkey round 11, B49 Sicilian Taimanov


Ekaterini Fakhiridou - Dewi Citra 0-1
2012 Chess Olympiad Turkey round 11, B84 Sicilian Scheveningen

Friday, September 7, 2012

2012 Chess Olympiad Round 10-Indonesia defeats Denmark

In the second final round of 2012 Chess Olympiad in Turkey, team Armenia defeat Netherland in significant margin of 3-1 to jump in the tie break galore of 17 points together with China and Russia. Round 10 saw  team China removed United States of America hope to compete in medal receiver with a narrow win 2.5-1.5. Alexander Onischuk was unable to defend rook+pawns endgame against Ding Liren. Russia also get a narrow won 2.5-1.5 against Argentine with Dmitry Jakovenko gone into inferior position all the time against Sandro Mareco but Sergey Karjakin won in encounter with Diego Flores. This tie break will decided in final round on Sunday where the pairing will be Ukraine-China, Armenia-Hungaria, Russia-Germany. So about five team are plausible for medals. In the South East Asian derby Vietnam played draw to Phillipine. Le Quang Liem split point to Wesley So in top board.

The Women room also saw China and Russia tie break on 17 point. In Round 10 surprisingly China girls lost a full point and must satisfy with 2-2 against Kazakhstan, where board four Ding Yixin lost to Madina Davletbayeva. The Russian beauties dominantly destroy Armenia 3.5-0.5. Ukraine and French ladies still behind the leader with wins.

In Indonesia stories. Both team against Scandinavian's 'viking'. The men's team didn't make it survive against Finland. Susanto Megaranto able to stop Tommy Nyback, but board 2 and 3 lost. In last board, Luthfi Ali was score upset to 2300 opponent Daniel Ebeling. With this Indonesia boys were on minus score , way rank below their previous Olympiad achievement. Final round see Indonesia face Iraq.

Indonesian girls get the better momentum by defeat Denmark. While top board Medina only able to split point with her lower rated opponent, board 2 and 3 , Chelsie Monica and Dewi Citra give a full score. Board four saw Anisa lost to her slightly upper hand opponent. The girls were in better ranking of 35th position , after round 10. Chelsie Monica is at 7/9, so far best performer in Indonesian team.

2012 Chess Olympiad after round 10
1 China 17
2 Armenia 17
3 Russia 17
4 Ukraine 16
5 Hungary 15
6 United States Of America 15

2012 Chess Olympiad after round 101 China 17
2 Russia 17
3 Ukraine 16
4 France 15
5 Kazakhstan 15
6 Germany 15
7 India 15

Di babak last two, ronde sepuluh Olimpiade Catur 2012 di Turki, tim putera harus menyerah melawan tim 'Viking' Finlandia. Walaupun sebelumnya tim Indonesia konsisten mempertahankan pola menang-kalah-menang-kalah, tapi di ronde ini lawanpun semakin berat. Susanto Megaranto bertemu lawan GM Tomi Nyback tapi berhasil menahan remis. Susanto dan Tomi mengakhiri permainan saat pertemuan benteng dan kuda ternyata tidak menghasilkan timbang kekuatan setelah 40 langkah. Papan dua dan tiga kalah, Taufik Halay bertahan cukup lama di permainan akhir benteng melawan benteng + 2 bidak. Komputer memberi angka 0.xxx untuk hitam (Taufik) tetapi kendala waktu sepertinya membuat Taufik musti menelan kekalahan. Farid juga bertahan cukup solid setelah masing-masing saling gempur di permainan Sisilia, Farid membuat dua kesalahan di langkah 39 dan 40 injury time dan terpaksa menyerah setelah hitam dengan leluasa melayangkan benteng dan ratu di depan raja putih. Kemenangan hiburan diperoleh Luthfi Ali melawan Daniel Ebeling yang 300 point lebih tinggi. Memegang hitam di permainan Sisilia Luthfi Ali berhasil menekan hingga unggul bidak di permainan akhir dan menang.

Puteri Indonesia juga melawan tim Skandinavia lainnya, kali ini mereka yang menang melawan Denmark. Walaupun tertahan seri oleh lawan yang rating lebih rendah sedikit, remisnya Medina bisa ditebus dua kemenangan Chelsie Monica dan Dewi Citra. Tetapi papan terakhir masih kecolongan angka karena Aisyah dikalahkan Marie. Dengan hasil ini tim puteri lebih naik posisi menjadi peringkat sementara 35. Pecatur puteri Chelsie Monica Sihite sementara adalah pemain Indonesia dengan performer tertinggi di angka 7/9. Sedangkan tim putera jatuh ke angka minus melalui hasil ronde sepuluh ini, Susanto cs akan menghadapi tim Irak di ronde sebelas dan Chelsie cs menghadapi tim Yunani.

Di babak sepuluh papan atas. Tim Rusia mengalahkan Argentina, Armenia menang mutlak atas Belanda dan China mengalahkan USA. Sehingga ada tiga tim dengan angka 17 di papan atas yang berarti kemungkinan pembagian medali terpaksa melalui tie break karena ketiga tim ini Armenia, Rusia dan China saling bertemu lawan yang berbeda di babak terakhir. Di bagian puteri persaingan tim Rusia dan China terus berlanjut dan keduanya akan membagi medali melalui tie break juga seandainya kedua tim menang di babak terakhir.

Laporan official dari Tim Merah Putih dalam bahasa Indonesia semua tersedia di blog http://potretcatur.blogspot.com

68 Indonesia - 52 Finland 1½:2½
36.1 GM Megaranto, Susanto 2529 - GM Nyback, Tomi 2638 ½ - ½
36.2 IM Halay, Taufik 2361 - IM Karttunen, Mika 2448 0 - 1
36.3 CM Firmansyah, Farid 2318 - IM Agopov, Mikael 2429 0 - 1
36.4 CM Muhammad, Luthfi Ali 2078 - FM Ebeling, Daniel 2350 1 - 0

  54 Indonesia - 51 Denmark 2½:1½
21.1 WFM Medina, Warda Aulia 2218 - WIM Vovk, Oksana Romanovna 2159 ½ - ½
21.2 WIM Sihite, Chelsie Monica 2162 - WFM Guindy, Esmat Susanne 2132 1 - 0
21.3 WFM Citra, Dewi 2143 - WFM Fredericia, Louise Winther 2091 1 - 0
21.4 Aay, Aisyah Anisa 1818 - WFM Frank-Nielsen, Marie 1983 0 - 1

Farid Firmansyah - Mikael Agopov 0-1
Chess Olympiad 2012 Turkey, Round 10, B38 Accelarated Dragon Maroczy Bind


Daniel Ebeling - Luthfi Ali, M 0-1
Chess Olympiad 2012 Turkey, Round 10, B33 Pelikan Chelyabinsk

Thursday, September 6, 2012

2012 Chess Olympiad Round 9 Hikaru Nakamura defeat Kramnik

In the top news of 2012 Chess Olympiad Turkey, GM Hikaru Nakamura defeat Vladimir Kramnik. Several notes for this victory, Nakamura surpassing Kramnik in live rating, and close to 2800. Gata Kamsky defeat Alexander Grischuk and United States now level the point together with China, Russia and Armenia all with 15 points. Armenia defeats Germany. China finally stop Phillipine getting more point, all board 2 to 3 are exhausted and defeat to the Chinese. On the other story, Vietnam give the second consecutive lost to English. Argentine make it to top ten after seize point to Serbia, making all three continents, Europe, Asia, North America and Latin all have their representative.

In Women news, China hold their supremacy with a sole lead. China defeat France, Russia continue the battle with a win over India. United States lost to Ukraine girls.

2012 Chess Olympiad Chess Olympiad Turkey after round 9
1 China 15
2 Russia 15
3 3 Armenia 15
4 United States Of America 15
5 Ukraine 14
6 Netherlands 14
7 Argentina 14
8 Czech Republic 13
9 Azerbaijan 13
10 Hungary 13
11 Germany 13
12 Philippines 13

2012 Chess Olympiad Turkey after Round 9 Women
1 China 16
2 Russia 15
3 Ukraine 14
4 Kazakhstan 14
5 Poland 14
6 Armenia 14
7 France 13
8 Israel 13

As predicted, Indonesian teams didn't make it survive in "odd" (tough) round. The boys team surrender 1-3 against Mexico. The girls narrowly missed the draw against Italian ladies. Chelsie Monica stolen a point, her games was being mistaken reported in chessbomb, Chelsie playing white and won against Olga Zimina in 86 moves over K+B vs K+1p endgame.  

Mexico (MEX) Rtg - 68 Indonesia (INA) Rtg 3½: ½
25.1 GM Leon Hoyos, Manuel 2579 - GM Megaranto, Susanto 2529 1 - 0
25.2 GM Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlos 2553 - IM Purnama, Tirta Chandra 2384 1 - 0
25.3 GM Gonzales Garcia, Jose 2532 - CM Firmansyah, Farid 2318 ½ - ½
25.4 IM Ibarra Chami, Luis Fernando 2481 - CM Muhammad, Luthfi Ali 2078 1 - 0

Italy (ITA) Rtg - 54 Indonesia (INA) Rtg 2½:1½
17.1 IM Sedina, Elena 2338 - WFM Medina, Warda Aulia 2218 1 - 0
17.2 IM Zimina, Olga 2327 - WIM Sihite, Chelsie Monica 2162 0 - 1
17.3 WIM Brunello, Marina 2239 - WFM Citra, Dewi 2143 1 - 0
17.4 WFM De Rosa, Mariagrazia 2087 - Aay, Aisyah Anisa 1818 ½ - ½

Kembali tim Indonesia gagal menahan lawan di ronde ganjil yang selalu bertemu lawan "berat" . Tim putera harus menyerah kalah 1-3 melawan Mexico yang memiliki 3 pemain rating 2500an. Di Olimpiade sebelumnya Susanto Megaranto mengalahkan Leon Hoyos, namun hari ini si Mexican berhasil membalas kesumat-nya. Di bagian puteri, ada sedikit perjuangan namun menyerah 1.5-2.5. Chelsie Monica yang bermain putih berhasil mencuri point dari Olga Zimina dari tim Italia. Di website chessbomb, games ini sepertinya dilaporkan salah. Chelsie memegang buah putih dan mengalahkan Olga melalui 80an langkah dalam permainan akhir Gajah melawan satu bidak.




Grandmaster Amerika Serikat mengalahkan mantan juara catur dunia Vladimir Kramnik, di babak ke sembilan Olimpiade Catur 2012 di Turki. Melalui kemenangan ini atas tim Russia, dan kemenangan Gata Kamsky atas Alexander Grischuk, tim USA ada di posisi ke empat dengan angka 15, setara dengan tiga tim pengejar medali lainnya, China, Armenia dan Russia. China mengalahkan tim Phillipina yang tampil solid di Olimpiade edisi ini. Sementara tim Vietnam mengalahkan Inggris, sehingga Inggris mengalami kekalahan berturut-turut melawan tim ASEAN. Di sisi lain, Olimpiade 2012 di Turki ini ditandai insiden pencekalan jurnalis Russia oleh tuan rumah. Pencekalan ini dicurigai berkaitan dengan pemberitaan si jurnalis terhadap keburukan tuan rumah dalam penyelenggaraan kejuaraan catur wanita sebelumnya, mengakibatkan simpati buruk kepada kebebasan pers di Turki. Beberapa grandmaster dunia menyatakan sikap dukungan terhadap si jurnalis.

Chelsie Monica Sihite - Olga Zimina 0-1
2012 Chess Olympiad round 9,C54 Giucco Piano

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

2012 Chess Olympiad Round8 Indonesia defeat Lithuania

Russian played as best team so far in round 8 of 2012 Chess Olympiad, Istanbul Turkey. Russian stop another all 2700 team Ukraine, Sergey Karjakin patiently outplay Andrey Volokitin in R+1 endgame. Must be a bitter lost of Ukraine who formerly Ukrainian. China halt Azerbaijan 2-2, on other side Armenia won 3-1 to Uzbekistan. United States stop hot rising team Macedonia without Hikaru Nakamura. Finally Phillipines destroy England 3-1, Eugene Torre finally beat a top GM as in Nigel Short. Landing him a 2800 rating performance and Phillipine now in the 6th position after round 8. Wesley So drawing Michael Adams in top board.

In Women part, China defeat medal competitor Poland win both Hou Yifan and Zhao Xue won. Russian girls split point with Ukrainian, Natalia Pogonina lost her first. Nadezhda Kosinteva is the only undefeat girl in Russian team now with 6.5/7. French ladies also show serious medal hunting, they defeat Spain 3-1. USA team defeat Phillipine and India overcame Vietnam.

2012 Chess Olympiad After Round 8
1 Russia 15
2 China 13
3 Armenia 13
4 United States Of America 13
5 Germany 13
6 Philippines 13

2012 Chess Olympiad After Round 8 Women
1 China 14
2 Russia 13
3 France 13
4 India 13
5 Uzbekistan 13
6 Ukraine 12
7 United States of America USA 12
8 Poland 12

In Indonesian team news, both won in the "even" round. Boys take good care of Lithuania 3.5-0.5 and girls won against El Salvador. Susanto Megaranto shredding off GM Malisauskas Vidmantas in 31 moves 1.d4 Neo King India London System A48.

Indonesia meneruskan konsistensi untuk menebus kekalahan di ronde "ganjil" dengan kemenangan di ronde "genap". Dengan sistem swiss ini diharapkan setidaknya tim Indonesia terus diambang angka plus. Ronde ke delapan Olimpiade Catur 2012 di Istambul Turki, tim putera Indonesia mengalahkan tim Lithuania hampir sempurna, 3.5-0.5. Susanto mengalahkan GM Vidmantas Malisauskas di pembukaan 1.d4 Hindia Raja Baru dalam 31 langkah saja. Di tim puteri, mereka mengalahkan tim El Salvador 3-1, hanya Immi yang gagal memetik kemenangan.

Di berita utama Olimpiade Catur 2012, Russian masih terus berjaya mengalahkan tim kuat Ukraina. Sergey Karjakin menjadi pemetik angka satu-satunya melawan pecatur tajam Andrey Volokitin. Sergey Karjakin sebelumnya adalah warga negara Ukraina dan ganti federasi ke Russia. Sementara Armenia juga menambah angka dengan kemenangan atas Uzbekistan. Tim Phillipine terus menyodok ke perebutan papan atas dengan mengalahkan tim Inggris. GM Eugene Torre, pecatur Asia pertama bergelar GM masih menunjukkan kehebatannya mengalahkan mantan kandidat Juara Dunia GM Nigel Short. Phillipine sekarang di posisi ke enam klasemen sementara ronde 8. Tim putera Indonesia di klasemen sementara posisi 59, masih di atas Malaysia dan Singapore. Tim puteri di posisi 33, bernilai sama dengan puteri Phillipina.

Pecatur puteri China menduduki papan atas klasemen sementara setelah mengalahkan tim kuat Polandia. Tim Russian ditahan Ukraina 2-2 dan tim wanita Prancis kuatan posisi dengan menaklukan wanita Spanyol.

Indonesia (INA) - Lithuania (LTU) 3½: ½
40.1 GM Megaranto, Susanto 2529 - GM Malisauskas, Vidmantas 2451 1 - 0
40.2 IM Purnama, Tirta Chandra 2384 - IM Beinoras, Mindaugas 2346 1 - 0
40.3 IM Halay, Taufik 2361 - IM Pileckis, Emilis 2443 1 - 0
40.4 CM Firmansyah, Farid 2318 - IM Labeckas, Kestutis 2378 ½ - ½

Indonesia (INA) - El Salvador (ESA) 3 : 1
23.1 WFM Medina, Warda Aulia 2218 - WIM Zepeda Cortes, Lorena Marisela 2139 1 - 0

23.2 WIM Sihite, Chelsie Monica 2162 - WCM Sanchez Oliva, Ingrid Lizeth 1992 1 - 0
23.3 Aay, Aisyah Anisa 1818 - WFM Avelar Bonilla, Gabriela Maria 1939 1 - 0
23.4 Fisabilillah, Ummi 0 - Garcia Mendez, Alcira Guadalupe 1782 0 - 1

Susanto Megaranto - Vidmantas Malisauskas 1-0
2012 Chess Olympiad Round 8, A48 Neo King Indian London System

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

2012 Chess Olympiad Round 7 Indonesia Report

Half way to the tournament, this is commentary on round 7 of 2012 Chess Olympiad happening in Turkey. On top board, Russian and China gain extra point by defeat two powerhouse in chess team. Russian defeat Azerbaijan, with only Grischuk take down GM Eltaj Safarli. In also unfortunate situation for Armenia, China manage to give them their first defeat. Wang Yue found deadly checkmate pattern over Movsessian's under play and final blunder on move 34. The story of the day back to Ukraine, which struggling to the temporary round 7 third position. Vassily Ivanchuck play wild game to Francisco Vallejo Pons, Ivanchuck playing white and cracked his opponent's solid defence in 37 moves. Phillipines also maintained health position by playing draw to Hungaria. Legendary ASEAN GM Eugene Torre win the fantastic bishops+4 pawns vs rook+pawn endgame against GM Ferenc Berkes whom 200 elo higher.

The women section saw China girls catch up to the top position. They defeated Georgia narrowly with 2.5-1.5. Russian playing draw to Poland, Alexandra Kosteniuk got her first defeat, Natalie Pogonina saved the game for Russian by defeating  Karina Szczepkowska.

2012 Chess Olympiad After Round 7
1 Russia 13
2 China 12
3 Ukraine 12
4 Armenia 11
5 United States Of America 11

2012 Chess Olympiad After Round 7 Women
1 China 12
2 Russia 12
3 Poland 12
4 Ukraine 11
5 France 11
Indonesian team suffered the phase of lost round. Indonesian boys suffered lost against Slovakia 0.5-3.5, only Susanto Megaranto saved the split point. The girls lost to Czech Republic, although bringing dream team to board 1-3. Finally the board four get the miracle and Ummi Fisabillilah didn't forgive her opponent opening error and won in miniature 21 moves of Giuocco Pianissimo.

Slovakia - Indonesia 3½: ½
21.1 GM Ftacnik, Lubomir 2532 - GM Megaranto, Susanto 2529 ½ - ½
21.2 GM Petrik, Tomas 2529 - IM Purnama, Tirta Chandra 2384 1 - 0
21.3 GM Michalik, Peter 2508 - IM Halay, Taufik 2361 1 - 0
21.4 IM Jurcik, Marian 2486 - CM Muhammad, Luthfi Ali 2078 1 - 0

Czech Republic - Indonesia 2½:1½
17.1 WGM Kulovana, Eva 2259 - WFM Medina, Warda Aulia 2218 ½ - ½
17.2 WGM Nemcova, Katerina 2276 - WIM Sihite, Chelsie Monica 2162 1 - 0
17.3 WIM Havlikova, Kristyna 2298 - WFM Citra, Dewi 2143 1 - 0
17.4 WIM Olsarova, Karolina 2267 - Fisabilillah, Ummi 0 0 - 1

Indonesia masuk ke babak tujuh Olympiade Catur 2012 di Turki. Di babak giliran ketemu lawan kuat ini kedua tim gagal menahan lawannya dan menderita kekalahan. Tim putera hanya mampu memetik setengah angka hasil remis Susanto Megaranto melawan GM Lubomir Ftacnik. Di bagian puteri walaupun turun full team, Indonesia dikalahkan Republik Ceko 1.5-2.5. Medina berhasil menahan Eva Kulovana, tapi Chelise dan Dewi kalah. Hasil kejutan akhirnya dibukukan oleh Ummi Fisabilillah yang tak memberi ampun lawan yang teledor di pembukaan Italia / Giuocco Pianissimo dan memetik angka penuh di miniature 21 langkah ini.   Di berita papan atas. Russia mengalahkan tim Azeri lewat kemenangan GM Alexander Grischuk atas GM Eltaj Safarli. Azeri gagal melewati negara saingannya Armenia, yang juga harus puas dan mengalah pada China. China menundukkan Armenia lewat partai Wang Yue melawan Movsessian. Hasil baik juga dibukukan Vassily Ivanchuk yang bangkit membawa Ukraina duduk di peringkat tiga sementara sekarang.  

Ummi Fisabilillah - Karolina Olsarova 1-0
C54f Giuocco Pianissimo  

Monday, September 3, 2012

2012 Chess Olympiad Round 6 Indonesia

Titanic team clashes in 2012 Chess Olympiad begun. Round 6 are Armenian clash to Russian, ended up wounded with split point to each side. Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik in another encounter this year, Kramnik get the favour and kill off black in just 35 moves of exchange Slav variation. United States also split 2-2 with Germany, all boards draw. Hikaru at 3.5/5 yet Kamsky in 4/6. In other hot news, team Phillipines show serious medal tailler, defeating Bulgaria 2.5-1.5. Wesley So surrounded the rooks to Veselin Topalov's naked black king, yet it is a draw. Oliver Barbosa is the hero of the round because he tooks off GM Kiril Georgiev. Wesley at 4/6 and Oliver 5/6. Phillipine now at rank 5. Teimour Radjabov is in perfect 5/5, trivially Nigel Short and Le Quang Liem are among those with 5/6 scores.

2012 Chess Olympiad Turky - Round 6
1 Russia 11
2 Armenia 11
3 Azerbaijan 11
4 China 10
5 Philippines 10
6 Ukraine 10
7 Hungary 10
8 Spain 10

In Women Chess Olympiad , all hot girls with perfect score yesterday ended up imperfect now after round 6. Russian draw to China, Serbian lost to Poland, IM Rajlich Iweta ended Maria Manakova virgin streaks. In the news, Phillipine ladies lost to French but upset by Catherine Perena over Almira Skripchenko was notable.

Indonesian teams both boys and girls smoothly finished round six easily over their lower rated opponents. Indonesia defeat Zambia 3.5-0.5 with only Farid Firmansyah split the score. Ladies beat Costa Rica in narrow score actually, 2.5-1.5, board three and four still dropping the scores.

Zambia - Indonesia ½ :3½
35.1 FM Jere, Daniel 2382 - GM Megaranto, Susanto 2529 0 - 1
35.2 Chumfwa, Stanley 2347 - IM Halay, Taufik 2361 0 - 1
35.3 Bwalya, Gillan 2256 - CM Firmansyah, Farid 2318 ½ - ½
35.4 Kayonde, Andrew 2180 - CM Muhammad, Luthfi Ali 2078 0 - 1

Indonesia - Costa Rica 2½:1½
26.1 WFM Medina, Warda Aulia 2218 - WIM Munoz Solis, Carolina 1981 1 - 0
26.2 WFM Citra, Dewi 2143 - Gamboa Alvarado, Olga Leticia 1890 1 - 0
26.3 Aay, Aisyah Anisa 1818 - Acevedo Mendez, Lisseth Carolina 1843 ½ - ½
26.4 Fisabilillah, Ummi 0 - Rodriguez Arrieta, Maria Elena 1738 0 - 1

Babak enam olimpiade catur di Turki 2012 dimulai setelah peristirahat di hari Minggu kemaren. Indonesia mulus melewati babak ini dengan kemenangan atas Zambia dan Kosta Rika untuk tim putera dan puteri. Walaupun sempat bertegang ria karena melawan Kosta Rika, dua papan bawah masih terus berjuang untuk mensupport papan Medina dan Dewi Citra. Susanto Megaranto mengalahkan lawan terkuat dari tim Zambia Daniel Jere di pembukaan English mengarah ke Caro Kann. Megaranto unggul waktu cukup banyak dan si lawan melakukan kesalahan mulai dari langkah 28 yang memberi Megaranto unggul perwira benteng.

Di berita utama, Armenia dan Rusia bermain seri. Levon Aronian dikalahkan oleh Vladimir Kramnik. Kedua pemain super top ini pernah dwi tanding di tahun ini dan dunia kembali menyaksikan partai mereka yang berakhir decisive untuk Kramnik. Berita lainnya adalah tim Phillipine yang mengalahkan tim Bulgaria dengan Veselin Topalov, mantan juara dunia catur, harus puas diobok obok Wesley So dan "menderita" remis. Oliver Barbosa yang memetik angka tunggal untuk Phillipine. Sekarang negera tetangga ini duduk di peringkat lima.

Tim tetangga lainnya Vietnam ditahan remis Egypt/Mesir dan tim Singapore masih terus berjuang walaupun hadir dengan pasangan Zhang Zhong / Lu Ruofan, musti kalah melawan tim B nya Turki.

Daniel Jere - Susanto Megaranto 0-1
2012 Chess Olympiad Turkey A11:English Caro Kann

Saturday, September 1, 2012

2012 Chess Olympiad Round 5-Indonesia draw Belarus

Vassily Ivanchuck lost the top one board in 2012 Chess Olympiad Turkey round 5. Leaving Armenia as round five's top country in the list. Following Armenia with the same score of 10 points is team Russia. Same thing to Armenia, Russia take the standing with single win of Hungaria, Zoltan Almasi unable to stop Alexander Grischuk. In the Women section, Russia on fire 5/5 is in the progress and three of the players are still in perfect 4/4, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, N. Kosintseva, and Natalie Pogonina. But the perfect girl so far is WGM Maria Manakova in 5/5 from team Serbia, who pursuing Russian closely together with team China.

2012 Chess Olympiad - Round 5
1 Armenia 10
2 Russia 9
3 Azerbaijan 9
4 Croatia 9
5 China 8

2012 Chess Olympiad - Women Round 5
1 Russia 10
2 China 9
3 Serbia 9
4 Poland 9
5 Slovakia 9

Team Indonesia enjoy their draw result against strong team Belarus. Top board Zhigalko defeated IM Tirta Purnama who take charge from resting Megaranto. Moment of glory was taken by CM Farid Firmansyah who consistently above performance by defeat GM Kirill Stupak in a French Winawer defence as white. To the girls section, Indonesia won 3-1 to Bangladesh. Both Monica and Dewi Citra scored full point while rookies Ummi and Anissa AA still struggling with draw to their slightly stronger opponents.  Indonesian girls flying to Turkey without their WGM Irene K. Sukandar due to schedule conflict to local provincial tournaments.

Indonesia - Belarus 2-2 - 2012 Chess Olympiad Round 5
34.1 IM Purnama, Tirta Chandra 2384 - GM Zhigalko, Sergei 2667 0 - 1
34.2 IM Halay, Taufik 2361 - GM Teterev, Vitaly 2528 ½ - ½
34.3 CM Firmansyah, Farid 2318 - GM Stupak, Kirill 2523 1 - 0
34.4 CM Muhammad, Luthfi Ali 2078 - IM Kovalev, Vladislav 2485 ½ - ½

Bangladesh - Indonesia 1-3 - 2012 Chess Olympiad Round 5
25.1 Sultana, Sharmin Shirin 2002 - WIM Sihite, Chelsie Monica 2162 0 - 1
25.2 WIM Hamid, Rani 1952 - WFM Citra, Dewi 2143 0 - 1
25.3 WFM Sultana, Zakia 1987 - Aay, Aisyah Anisa 1818 ½ - ½
25.4 Khan, Nazrana 2008 - Fisabilillah, Ummi 0 ½ - ½

Tim putera Indonesia hari ini sukses menahan tim kuat Eropa, Belarus. Tim yang dimotori Zhigalko bersaudara ini membawa serta rekan-rekan GM mereka yang berating rata-rata di atas 2500. IM Tirta Purnama Chandra bermain di papan pertama menggantikan GM Susanto Megaranto yang diistirahatkan. Sayangnya Tirta Purnama sejak awal sudah memasuki posisi inferior dan musti menderita selama 60an langkah dengan posisi minus. Di partai Firmansyah - Kirill Stupak, putih dengan cerdik mengambil keuntungan langkah blunder hitam di 33..Kh7 dan mengantar putih mempromosikan sebuah ratu walaupun rajanya juga penuh ancaman dikelilingi perwira musuh.

Tim puteri juga menikmati sukses menggebuk Bangladesh 3-1. Monica Chelsie dan Dewi Citra mengalahkan lawan mereka dan kali ini didukung dengan penahanan remis oleh kedua rekan lainnya. Monica cs akan menghadapi Costa Rica di round 6.

Di berita papan atas, Vassily Ivanchuck, GM gaek and nyentrik , kalah melawan 2800an Levon Aronian. Hal ini membuat Armenia sudah mencapai posisi urutan pertama disusul tim Rusia. Tim Rusia juga mengalahkan Hungaria dengan kemenangan satu-satunya Alexander Grischuk mengalahkan Zoltan Almasi. Di bagian puteri, tim Rusia masih sempurna 5 kali menang atas 5 ronde. Tiga pecatur puteri masih berposisi sempura 4/4 yaitu mantan juara catur wanita GM Alexandra Kosteniuk , Nadeszha Kosintseva dan Natalie Pogonina. Mereka ditempel ketat tim puteri Cina dan Serbia. Adapun dari tim Serbia pecatur WGM Maria Manakova memegang rekor sempurna 5/5 di Olimpiade Catur 2012 Turki, hingga babak lima....

Farid Firmansyah - Kiril Stupa 1-0
2012 Chess Olympiad Turkey

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