U16 Olympiad Hungary

[David G Congalton]

Round 3 - Scotland 3 Hong Kong 0

Board 3

[pgn][Event "World Youth Chess Olympiad 2014"]
[Site "Gyor"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McGrady, Ryan Harris"]
[Black "Gray, Euan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1625"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Hong Kong"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HKG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. g3
Bf5 9. Bg2 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Qd2 h6 14. Nd4 Bh7 15.
Be3 c5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Qc7 19. Qe2 Bg6 20. Qe3 Rad8 21. c3
b6 22. Re2 Nc5 23. Bc4 Qc6 24. a4 a6 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+
Qxe8 28. Bxa6 Qe2 29. Rf1 Bxd3 30. Bxd3 Qxd3 31. Kg2 Qe2 32. b4 Be7 33. a5 bxa5
34. bxa5 Bf6 35. Rc1 Qb2 36. Rd1 Qxc3 37. a6 Qc6+ 38. f3 Qc2+ 39. Kh3 Qxd1 40.
a7 Qd7+ 41. g4 Qxa7 42. Kg3 Qg1+ 43. Kf4 Bg5+ 44. Ke4 0-1[/pgn]

[David G Congalton]

Round 3 - Scotland 4 Hong Kong 0

Board 4

[pgn][Event "World Youth Chess Olympiad 2014"]
[Site "Gyor"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milton, Anna"]
[Black "Ling, Yan Piu Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1547"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Hong Kong"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HKG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Nd2 O-O 8. a3
Bd6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nf3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxe5 Rxe5
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. f4 Rxe3 17. Nxd5 Qc5 18. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Bxf4 20. Qc2 h6
21. Rae1 Qd2 22. Qxd2 Bxd2 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. Bf5 Bxf5 25. Rxa8 Kg6 26. Rxa7 Be4
27. Ra8 Kg5 28. Rg8+ Bg6 29. h4+ Kh5 30. Rxf6 Be4 31. Rxf7 Kxh4 32. Kh2 Bd5 33.
Rgg7 Bxf7 34. Rxf7 b6 35. Rb7 Be3 36. b4 Kg5 37. a4 Kf6 38. a5 Ke6 39. Rxb6+
Bxb6 40. axb6 Kd7 41. Kh3 Kc6 42. Kh4 Kxb6 43. Kh5 Kb5 44. Kxh6 Kxb4 45. g4 Kc5
46. g5 Kd6 47. Kh7 Kd5 1-0[/pgn]

[robin moore]

A good day in Hungary. Nice to get some good points on the scoreboard after facing a very strong team in the shape of Uzbekistan ( now 6th seeded 21st) in the first round.

Outgraded on all boards against a Hungarian team this morning, a 2-2 draw is a decent result. 4-0 for us v Hong Kong this afternoon. 4-0 against anyone at this level is a great result but we will have much tougher opponents starting tomorrow with Canada 2.

The most important aspect I feel is that every member of the squad is on the scoreboard. Nerves are calmed, morale is boosted.

I was hoping that our zero fide rated smiling assassin from Castlehill chess club could prove to be a horrible surprise for some opponents. He is going along just fine.

[Mike Scott]

Hi Robin

a 2-2 draw

Come come Robin that was a win. Knock off the bottom board and we won 2-1 on tie break.

Always felt that we will always do better in such an event when the team spirit helps maintain focus and enthusiasm. I remember following the first team that went (Andrew, Ali, Shivan & Sam) and the way that Sam in particular would clip into worse/lost positions but would simply refuse to give up and would get the vital score as a result.

Good luck!

[robin moore]

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Live round 4 games

[Alex Gillies]

good link robin, thanks

Team was unlucky today - all competed and had chances at point in each of the games.

[robin moore]

Agreed Alex. Great efforts all round.

I think the coverage the organisers are providing is really excellent.

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If you scroll down this link you will come to an interview with Anna Milton's opponent today, 9 year old Daniel Dwyer from Ireland (rated 1777 !).

[hamish olson]

Lovely game from Lennart today! Think Murad is going to win now but it looked very ropey.

[Hugh Brechin]

Murad's game looked like one of mine, it was that shaky. Nice piece of grim hanging on. Lennart did very well. 2-2 with wins on the top 2? That's basically a win. We'll call it a win.

[andyburnett]

I am enjoying following Scotland in this event It seems like a very good challenge for our kids.
However, I noticed the Irish team line-up.....

28. Ireland (IRL / RtgAvg:1762, Captain: Higgins Paul / TB1: 5 / TB2: 10)
Bo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts. Games RtgAvg Rp
1 McGovern 1929 IRL 1 0 1 ½ 2.5 4 2109 2204
2 Mirza 1768 IRL 0 0 ½ 0 0.5 4 2068 1746
3 Higgins 1559 IRL 0 0 1 0 1.0 4 1830 1637
4 Keating 1575 IRL 0 1 1 1 3.0 4 1645 1838
5 Dwyer 1777 IRL 0 1 1 1 3.0 4 1580 1773

Any thoughts as to why Ireland have put their 2nd highest rated player on board 5?
Trying to optimise the team placing?
Medal chance?
Since he ends up playing much weaker opposition than he otherwise would have on board 2 (av=1580 as opposed to 2068), does anyone think this is good? Bad? Discuss!