Menandro Manuel, left, won his game against his Rwandan opponent at board 4. Board 3 Bernard Garcia and board 2 Elizabeth Manuel both lost but Roberto Hernandez equalizes when he won over Theotime Rutaremara at board 1 for his first win.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
PALAU VS. RWANDA 2-2;
ROBERTO, MENANDRO SCORE;
BETH, BERNARD LOST
BEFORE their round 8 games, Roberto Hernandez told Bernard Garcia to be very careful with his game against Maxence Murara of Rwanda. His FIDE rating of 1712 is very close to his 1663 rating.
When we played the Macau team the other day, their Candidate Master Bernardino Celis III told us that he got his CM title by scoring 4 points in 8 games (50% performance) in 2010 World Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
Bernard scored half point against strong Hong Kong team, won the next 3 so he's got 50% also in 7 games. We don't know if that is already a CM title. He lost to Murara in 37 moves of English Opening.
AS OF 1:00 AM SEPTEMBER 06, 2012, PALAU'S TEAM CAPTAIN JAMIE KENMURE INFORMED ROBERTO THAT FIDE WILL AWARD BERNARD A CM TITLE REGARDLESS OF HIS LAST 3 GAMES RESULTS!!!
The main objective of Palau's first participation in an Olympiad was accomplished. We are expecting Menandro Manuel to be the one to get it that is why he prefers to be the board 4 player as most teams fielded their weakest players at board 4.
BUT MANY TEAMS ARE USING THE SAME STRATEGY THAT IS WHY MENANDRO HAS 2.5 POINTS ONLY AFTER HIS WIN TODAY VS. RWANDA AND HE NEEDS TO WIN ALL OF HIS LAST 3 GAMES TO EARN THE CM TITLE. A TOUGH TASK AS OUR NEXT OPPONENT IS GUERNSEY WHO HAS AN FM AND 3 CMs.
Elizabeth Manuel vs. J. Hakizimana 0-1
Bernardo Garcia vs. M. Murara 0-1
Menandro Manuel vs. E. Kagabo Mugamo 1-0
WORLD CHESS OLYMPIAD
ROUND 8 REPORT
RUSSIA made a huge step in their quest for the first gold medal since 2002 as they beat the defending champion and one of the main rivals - the team of Ukraine.
Sergey Karjakin woke up in the perfect moment to outplay his former teammae Andrei Volokitin and earn the key victory for Russia. The two games in which the Ukrainians played white pieces were balanced and eventually drawn.
But Vassily Ivanchuk earned a pawn against Vladimir Kramnik and kept attempting to win in order to even the score. Kramnik's task was made easier by the fact that all pawns were grouped only on the king's flank. Former world Champion provided a much needed draw for the final 2.5-1.5 victory in favor of Russia.
China took an early lead against Azerbaijan as Ding Liren beat Rauf Mamedov without much trouble. But Shakhriyar Mamedyarov struck back by winning brilliantly against Wang Yue. With the other 2 boards being drawn, the teams have split the pawns, 2-2.
Armenia walked past Uzbekistan with 3-1, while USA took advantage of another easy pairing to rest Hikaru Nakamura and defeat FYROM 3-1. In the next round, USA is matched agaisnt Russia on the the top table.
Elo doesn't play a game in chess, as repeatedly proven by Philippines. The 35th-seed soundly beat the strong team of England by 3-1. Oliver Barbosa on the 2nd and legendary Eugenio Torre on the 3rd board defeated their respective opponents.
Germany and France have scored narrow victories against Hungary and Cuba respectively. India escaped the defeat as GN Gopal evened the score against Serbia with a win against Dusan Popovic. Earlier Ivan Ivanisevic beat Krishnan Sasikiran.
WOMAN SECTION
Yesterday, Poland bravely fought the defending champions from Russia but in the 8th round of the Women section of the World Chess Olympiad the top seeded China proved to be too strong. With another victory from the World Champion Hou Yifan and the second board playing with renewed spirit, China soundly defeated their opponents with 3-1.
Russia was engaged in another epic battle, this time against their neighbors from Ukraine. Anna Ushenina imposed the first defeat to the reigning Russian champion Natalia Pogonina. Next game to finish was the draw between Mariya Muzychuk and Valentina Gunina.
In the last move before the time control Natalia Zhukova missed a tactical shot that would have brought her substantial advantage. Instead, Nadezhda Kosintseva continued to graduall improve her position and then a neat trading sequence secured her a winning Queen's endgame.
As for the top board, it is sufficient to say that a draw was signed after 157 moves! A stubborn defence from Kateryna Lahno finally worn Tatiana Kosintseva down the Russian player conceded a draw after holding a huge advantage for most of the game. The match ended in a 2-2 tie. France defeated their neighbors from Spain with a 3-1 to schedule a clash with the powerful China in the next round. India beat Vietnam 2.5 -1.5 to make a big leap to the shared 2nd place.
Source: World Chess Olympiad
Bulletin VIII
September 05, 2012
Istanbul, Turkey
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