PALAU 1- GUERNSEY 3 IN ROUND 9
Board 1 Roberto Hernandez lost to his counterpart Fred Hamperl. An embarassing loss also to Elizabeth Manuel at board 2 as she lost by time forfeit. Her opponent's remaining time is 1 hr. and 21 minutes as she failed to press her clock many times. She also made an illegal move by moving her king 2 squares! She thought it is queen. Bernard Garcia lost also at board but Menandro Manuel saved a sweep by beating his foe at board 4. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
FM Fred Hamperl vs. Roberto Hernandez 1-0
CM P. Kirby vs. Elizabeth Manuel 1-0
CM T. Brookfield vs. Bernard Garcia 1-0
T. Knight vs. Menandro Manuel 0-1
WORLD CHESS OLYMPIAD
ROUND 9 REPORT
RUSSIA'S big advantage in the open section melted in one day as they went down against USA, allowing three other teams to catch up on the share first place. Alex Onischuk and Sergey Kaarjakin made a realatively quick draws and then Dmitry Jakovenko outplayed the young Ray Robson.
But USA prevailed on the top two boards as Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky defeated Russian stars Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk.
Philippines' tremendous run was put to a stop by the powerful China. Ding Liren achieved another quick victory and his teammates followed suit to gain a huge 3-0 advantage. Wesley So was the only one to take a draw for Philippines, in the game against Wang Hao.
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