Saturday, October 8, 2016

(1266) ONLY IN THE 8th ROUND OF BAKU CHESS OLYMPIAD THAT ROBERTO IS ABLE TO HAVE PHOTOS

When Roberto Hernandez was able to learn that small digital camera is allowed, he was able to get a photo of USA top player Fabiano Caruana, left, and USA No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura, seated, who spearheaded their country's juggernaut and drew with top seed Russia in the 8th round of 2016 World Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan.
                     (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)



     ONLY IN THE 8th ROUND OF
               BAKU, AZERBAIJAN CHESS
        OLYMPIAD THAT ROBERTO WAS
         ABLE TO TAKE PHOTOS

USA WHIPPED the 9th seed Indian team with a 3.5-.5 trumping in the 7th round, and then USA drew with top seed Russia in the resumption of action in the 2016 World Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan.

It's only in the 8th round that Palau chess pioneer Roberto Hernandez was able to learn that small cameras are allowed inside the playing area. 

Before the start of the 8th round, he noticed that he didn't surrender the small camera in his belt bag. He went to the area where cell phones, watches and pens are surrendered for anti-cheating purposes to surrender that camera. To his surprise, the Azerbaijani lady volunteer said that it is allowed.

We don't have any photos from Round 1-7 because we thought that cameras are not allowed inside the playing area. They don't allow the big cameras and only official photographers are allowed to take photos. That's why in one of his comments, he said, "This is the most boring Olympiad in as far as taking photos is concerned."  

Sergey Karjakin, the contender to the world chess championship against defending champ Magnus Carlsen in the USA for the first time, drew at board 1 with Fabiano Caruana while on Board 2, former world champion Vladimir Kramnik also drew with Hikaru Nakamura. The turning point is the 3rd board pairing of Wesley So and Ian Nepomniachtchi, wherein So prevailed to put the load on Ray Robson at board 4. Eventually, Robson lost for a 2-2 draw.

 

Board Pairings - Open

Round 8 on 2016/09/10 at 15:00
Bo.1  Russia (RUS)Rtg-2  United States of America (USA)Rtg2 : 2
1.1GM

Karjakin, Sergey
2769-GM

Caruana, Fabiano
2808½ - ½
1.2GM

Kramnik, Vladimir
2808-GM

Nakamura, Hikaru
2789½ - ½
1.3GM

Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2740-GM

So, Wesley
27820 - 1
1.4GM

Grischuk, Alexander
2754-GM

Robson, Ray
26741 - 0



OTHER RESULTS OF THE TOP 21 BOARDS:

 Bo.

20  Georgia (GEO)Rtg-5  Ukraine (UKR)Rtg1 : 3
2.1GM

Jobava, Baadur
2665-GM

Ponomariov, Ruslan
27091 - 0
2.2GM

Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
2609-GM

Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
26930 - 1
2.3GM

Pantsulaia, Levan
2601-GM

Korobov, Anton
26750 - 1
2.4GM

Gelashvili, Tamaz
2575-GM

Volokitin, Andrei
26470 - 1
Bo.6  England (ENG)Rtg-9  India (IND)Rtg1½:2½
3.1GM

Adams, Michael
2738-GM

Harikrishna, P.
2752½ - ½
3.2GM

Howell, David W L
2665-GM

Adhiban, B.
2671½ - ½
3.3GM

Jones, Gawain C B
2635-GM

Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2669½ - ½
3.4GM

Short, Nigel D
2666-GM

Sethuraman, S.P.
26400 - 1
Bo.4  Azerbaijan 1 (AZE)Rtg-21  Latvia (LAT)Rtg2½:1½
4.1GM

Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2761-GM

Shirov, Alexei
2673½ - ½
4.2GM

Radjabov, Teimour
2722-GM

Kovalenko, Igor
2651½ - ½
4.3GM

Mamedov, Rauf
2666-GM

Neiksans, Arturs
2628½ - ½
4.4GM

Safarli, Eltaj
2688-IM

Meskovs, Nikita
24761 - 0
Bo.36  Italy (ITA)Rtg-46  Iran (IRI)Rtg2 : 2
5.1GM

Vocaturo, Daniele
2583-GM

Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan
2566½ - ½
5.2GM

Dvirnyy, Danyyil
2543-

Maghsoodloo, Parham
2566½ - ½
5.3GM

Brunello, Sabino
2568-IM

Lorparizangeneh, Shahin
2478½ - ½
5.4FM

Moroni, Luca Jr
2459-

Firouzja, Alireza
2463½ - ½
Bo.27  Greece (GRE)Rtg-29  Slovenia (SLO)Rtg2 : 2
6.1GM

Papaioannou, Ioannis
2631-GM

Beliavsky, Alexander G
26021 - 0
6.2GM

Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios
2601-GM

Lenic, Luka
26220 - 1
6.3GM

Mastrovasilis, Athanasios
2555-GM

Borisek, Jure
25580 - 1
6.4GM

Halkias, Stelios
2565-GM

Skoberne, Jure
25621 - 0
Bo.12  Norway (NOR)Rtg-34  Peru (PER)Rtg3 : 1
7.1GM

Carlsen, Magnus
2857-GM

Cordova, Emilio
26381 - 0
7.2GM

Hammer, Jon Ludvig
2651-GM

Cori, Jorge
26090 - 1
7.3GM

Tari, Aryan
2570-IM

Vera Siguenas, Deivy
24991 - 0
7.4GM

Urkedal, Frode
2537-GM

Cruz, Cristhian
25191 - 0
Bo.25  Canada (CAN)Rtg-32  Vietnam (VIE)Rtg2 : 2
8.1GM

Bareev, Evgeny
2675-GM

Le, Quang Liem
2723½ - ½
8.2GM

Kovalyov, Anton
2617-GM

Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son
2633½ - ½
8.3GM

Lesiege, Alexandre
2512-GM

Nguyen, Huynh Minh Huy
2435½ - ½
8.4GM

Hansen, Eric
2582-FM

Nguyen, Anh Khoi
2448½ - ½
Bo.11  Netherlands (NED)Rtg-15  Cuba (CUB)Rtg2½:1½
9.1GM

Giri, Anish
2755-GM

Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2720½ - ½
9.2GM

L'Ami, Erwin
2611-GM

Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
26231 - 0
9.3GM

Van Kampen, Robin
2640-GM

Quesada Perez, Yuniesky
26361 - 0
9.4GM

Bok, Benjamin
2592-GM

Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo
25810 - 1
Bo.3  China (CHN)Rtg-10  Hungary (HUN)Rtg1½:2½
10.1GM

Ding, Liren
2753-GM

Rapport, Richard
2752½ - ½
10.2GM

Yu, Yangyi
2725-GM

Berkes, Ferenc
2640½ - ½
10.3GM

Li, Chao b
2746-GM

Almasi, Zoltan
26840 - 1
10.4GM

Wei, Yi
2717-IM

Gledura, Benjamin
2585½ - ½
Bo.17  Czech Republic (CZE)Rtg-7  Poland (POL)Rtg2½:1½
11.1GM

Navara, David
2742-GM

Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
2736½ - ½
11.2GM

Laznicka, Viktor
2651-GM

Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
26751 - 0
11.3GM

Babula, Vlastimil
2540-GM

Bartel, Mateusz
2646½ - ½
11.4IM

Plat, Vojtech
2519-GM

Piorun, Kacper
2681½ - ½
Bo.47  Chile (CHI)Rtg-59  Singapore (SIN)Rtg3 : 1
12.1GM

Morovic Fernandez, Ivan
2554-GM

Zhang, Zhong
26370 - 1
12.2GM

Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo
2546-IM

Goh, Wei Ming Kevin
24441 - 0
12.3IM

Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal
2508-IM

Tin, Jingyao
24391 - 0
12.4FM

Perez Gormaz, Matias
2444-

Foo, Zhi Rong Benjamin
22331 - 0
Bo.19  Turkey (TUR)Rtg-30  Romania (ROU)Rtg2½:1½
13.1GM

Solak, Dragan
2635-GM

Lupulescu, Constantin
2618½ - ½
13.2GM

Ipatov, Alexander
2652-GM

Parligras, Mircea-Emilian
2595½ - ½
13.3GM

Yilmaz, Mustafa
2616-GM

Marin, Mihail
2572½ - ½
13.4GM

Can, Emre
2565-GM

Jianu, Vlad-Cristian
25541 - 0
Bo.54  Finland (FIN)Rtg-28  Azerbaijan 2 (AZE2)Rtg1 : 3
14.1GM

Nyback, Tomi
2580-GM

Durarbayli, Vasif
2612½ - ½
14.2IM

Ebeling, Daniel
2468-GM

Abasov, Nijat
2552½ - ½
14.3IM

Sipila, Vilka
2447-GM

Guseinov, Gadir
26250 - 1
14.4FM

Luukkonen, Tommi
2354-GM

Guliyev, Namig
25770 - 1
Bo.23  Belarus (BLR)Rtg-26  Argentina (ARG)Rtg2½:1½
15.1GM

Zhigalko, Sergei
2652-GM

Peralta, Fernando
25901 - 0
15.2GM

Zhigalko, Andrey
2591-GM

Mareco, Sandro
26060 - 1
15.3GM

Stupak, Kirill
2561-GM

Flores, Diego
25951 - 0
15.4GM

Aleksandrov, Aleksej
2547-GM

Pichot, Alan
2536½ - ½
Bo.39  Paraguay (PAR)Rtg-35  Moldova (MDA)Rtg½ :3½
16.1GM

Delgado Ramirez, Neuris
2618-GM

Bologan, Victor
2648½ - ½
16.2GM

Bachmann, Axel
2641-GM

Iordachescu, Viorel
25840 - 1
16.3GM

Cubas, Jose Fernando
2470-GM

Svetushkin, Dmitry
25430 - 1
16.4GM

Franco Ocampos, Zenon
2496-IM

Vedmediuc, Serghei
24370 - 1
Bo.24  Serbia (SRB)Rtg-52  Colombia (COL)Rtg4 : 0
17.1GM

Ivanisevic, Ivan
2650-IM

Arenas, David
24901 - 0
17.2GM

Markus, Robert
2662-IM

Rios, Cristhian Camilo
24891 - 0
17.3GM

Indjic, Aleksandar
2548-GM

Barrientos, Sergio E
24651 - 0
17.4GM

Markovic, Miroslav
2459-FM

Valderrama Quiceno, Esteban Alb
24271 - 0
Bo.14  Spain (ESP)Rtg-53  Philippines (PHI)Rtg2½:1½
18.1GM

Vallejo Pons, Francisco
2716-GM

Sadorra, Julio Catalino
25601 - 0
18.2GM

Salgado Lopez, Ivan
2662-GM

Torre, Eugenio
24470 - 1
18.3GM

Anton Guijarro, David
2630-GM

Barcenilla, Rogelio
24551 - 0
18.4GM

Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos
2566-IM

Bersamina, Paulo
2408½ - ½
Bo.49  Slovakia (SVK)Rtg-44  Iceland (ISL)Rtg1½:2½
19.1GM

Ftacnik, Lubomir
2548-GM

Stefansson, Hannes
2574½ - ½
19.2GM

Pacher, Milan
2499-GM

Hjartarson, Johann
25450 - 1
19.3IM

Jurcik, Marian
2484-IM

Kjartansson, Gudmundur
2442½ - ½
19.4GM

Petrik, Tomas
2464-IM

Thorfinnsson, Bragi
2430½ - ½
Bo.8  France (FRA)Rtg-13  Germany (GER)Rtg3 : 1
20.1GM

Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2813-GM

Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
26871 - 0
20.2GM

Edouard, Romain
2635-GM

Meier, Georg
2654½ - ½
20.3GM

Fressinet, Laurent
2664-GM

Bluebaum, Matthias
26261 - 0
20.4GM

Bauer, Christian
2623-GM

Fridman, Daniel
2618½ - ½
Bo.56  Venezuela (VEN)Rtg-60  Portugal (POR)Rtg1½:2½
21.1GM

Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo
2650-IM

Ferreira, Jorge Viterbo
2511½ - ½
21.2IM

Gascon Del Nogal, Jose Rafael
2436-GM

Galego, Luis
2458½ - ½
21.3IM

Pulvett Marin, Daniel
2434-IM

Damaso, Rui
2444½ - ½
 21.4FM

Romero Barreto, Jaime Jose
2245-GM

Fernandes, Antonio


 
2413









In the meantime, Roberto took a rest in the eight round of Palau vs. Guernsey...
 Bo.

163  Palau (PLW)Rtg-143  Guernsey (GCI)Rtg1 : 3
76.1

Suringa Jr, Paquito
1712-CM

Kirby, Peter J.
20140 - 1
76.2

Alcid, Allan
1750-CM

Rowe, Peter
19660 - 1
76.3AFM

Balbalosa, Jeffrey
1768-CM

Brookfield, Toby
19090 - 1
76.4

Gonzales, Dennis
1651-

Bateman, Kerry
17851 - 0





Sources:
Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
December 29, 2002 -- September 14, 2016

The History of Chess in Palau 
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- September 14, 2016

Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)
The Beginning of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
To be published as a book in the future

Music and Me by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
March 15, 2012 -- April 18, 2013
http://palau-chess.blogspot.com
April 25, 2013 -- September 14, 2016  

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