Most of the games today are one-sided massacres. As for chess24, it caused my browser (Firefox) to crash.
2014 Chess Olympiad (Tromsø)
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Hungary's Almasi is indicated to have played a draw. All engines value his position a certain win ( like +7 ), also his opponent Algeria's Bengherabi was in time trouble. Is this result correct or do we have to assume that Almasi rated almost 2700 is insane?
Aug 2, 2014
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Synaphai hat geschrieben:
Most of the games today are one-sided massacres. As for chess24, it caused my browser (Firefox) to crash.
no problems with Google Chrome
Could be 4-0 for all the top thirteen teams unless Eljanov has thrown away the win in his game and will draw it.
Botswana (2189) has 2-1 with one game not yet finished against Greece (2609).
fabelhaft wrote:
Botswana (2189) has 2-1 with one game not yet finished against Greece (2609).
The game between Mastrovasilis and Olebile seems to have been adjudicated incorrectly. Or maybe someone's cellphone rang?
"The game between Mastrovasilis and Olebile seems to have been adjudicated incorrectly"
Yes, the tournament site gave the wrong result, so Greece won 3-1 in the end.
Aug 2, 2014
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pfren wrote:
watcha wrote:
Hungary's Almasi is indicated to have played a draw. All engines value his position a certain win ( like +7 ), also his opponent Algeria's Bengherabi was in time trouble. Is this result correct or do we have to assume that Almasi rated almost 2700 is insane?
It's more likely that the guy who registered the game is dumb, and the actual score is 1:0.
In another game (women, China vs Blind Association) there is a "draw" where in the final position Black is checkmated.
so what is the Hungary team -Leko, Rapport, Almasi Zoltan & Polgar- that's far stronger than the US team and doesn't even appear in the poll of possible winner of the Olympiads
EDIT: False it appears, it has a 2% of the votes of the chess erudits
Norway 1 did crap. Kjetil (2528) lost to a 2200 fm and JLH who is 2628 drew with a 2180...
Aug 2, 2014
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where can you check the teams France should have also a very strong one if Vachier-Lagrave, Bacrot, Fressinet and Romain are playing
Kramnik drew some lower rated opponents too in the World Cup.
MSC157 wrote:
Kramnik drew some lower rated opponents too in the World Cup.
Yes, but they (Kobalia, Korobov et al.) had ratings over 2600, not under 2300.
The thirteen highest rated teams scored 52-0.
norway 1 was a dissapointment. Cameroon was a surprise!
Synaphai, didnt he draw a game against 2400-?
MSC157 wrote:
Synaphai, didnt he draw a game against 2400-?
No; in his first two-game match there, he beat a Zambian FIDE Master 2–0.
MSC is probably thinking about last year's World Team Championship, where Kramnik drew a 2454 opponent:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1739572
Japanese Kojima apparently missed a mate in four against Movsesian.
I didn't get to keep up with round 1, I went to a tournament. I've just browsed through the results. What's the deal with Russia? Are some games postponed? Seychelles was given a 4-0 result, did their opponents not show up? I saw a few 4-0 scores that looked like gifts, did some teams not make it there on time & were forfeited?
It certainly looks like Norway took the day off, they barely scraped by with 2.5, wtf? They were probably hung over.
https://chess24.com/en/olympiad2014/live
A good link - shouldn´t eat too much MBit