05/08/2014

Olympiad R3 - 11 countries are in the lead

Several top matches ended in 2-2 today, and now only 11 countries are in the lead, with three wins, at the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø: France, Netherlands, Serbia, Russia, China, Azerbaijan, Israel, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Uzbekistan and Romania.

But at the end of the day it was Georg Meier who leveled the score against Gawain Jones, whose Torre Attack is not named after the record holder of Olympiads in Tromsø: Eugenio Torre (who is playing his 21st for the Philippines!).
Somehow Jones got himself into an IQP position without much compensation for the small weakness. In the rook ending Black was slightly more active, but was it really lost?

GM Naiditsch, A. (1) 2709
½-½
GM Adams, M. 2740
GM Meier, Georg 2646
1-0
GM Jones, G. C.. B. (1.5) 2665
GM Nisipeanu, L. (2) 2689
½-½
GM Howell, D. W.. L. (2) 2650
GM Baramidze, D. (2) 2612
0-1
GM Sadler, M. D.. (2) 2
2mal Berliner Mauer