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2022 Chennai Olympiad – Round 4

August 2, 2022

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2022 Chennai Olympiad – Round 4

Both Kenyan teams to the 2022 Chennai Olympiad were in a celebratory mood yesterday, with the Open team edging out Jordan 2.5-1.5 and the Ladies demolishing the Republic of Palau 4-0.

The Republic of Palau is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean comprising some 340 islands.

Ben Nguku v Sameer Mansour

[Event "44th Olympiad Open"] [Site "followchess.com"] [Date "2022.08.01"] [Round "4.21"] [White "Namale, Ben Nguku"] [Black "Mansour, Sameer"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1962"] [BlackElo "2275"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Kenya"] [BlackTeam "Jordan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"] [BlackTeamCountry "JOR"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qd2 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. dxc5 Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Nxe5 13. Re2 f5 14. f3 exf3 15. Nxf3 Nxf3 16. gxf3 Kf7 17. Be5 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Rhd8 19. h4 Rd5 20. h5 g5 21. b4 a5 22. c4 Rd7 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra4 25. Bc3 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rb2 e5 28. Kc2 Kf6 29. Kb3 Ra8 30. b5 e4 31. fxe4 f4 32. h6 Rg8 33. Rh5 Kg6 34. Rxg5+ Kxg5 35. Rg2+ Kf6 36. Rxg8 Rf7 37. Kc3 f3 38. Rg1 Ke5 39. Kd3 Kf4 40. c6 bxc6 41. bxc6 Rf8 42. Kd4 Re8 43. Kd5 Re5+ 44. Kd6 Rxe4 45. c5 Rd4+ 46. Ke6 Re4+ 47. Kd5 Re5+ 48. Kc4 Rg5 49. Rf1 Rg8 50. Kb5 Ke3 51. c7 Ke2 52. Ra1 f2 53. Kb6 Ke3 54. Rf1 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Martin Njoroge v Alwashsh Ibrahim

[Event "44th Olympiad Open"] [Site "followchess.com"] [Date "2022.08.01"] [Round "4.23"] [White "Njoroge, Martin"] [Black "Ibrahim Alwahsh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1973"] [BlackElo "2058"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Kenya"] [BlackTeam "Jordan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"] [BlackTeamCountry "JOR"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Bd3 a6 9. h5 g5 10. Bxg5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 c6 13. Qf3 Nxe5 14. Qg3 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Kh7 16. Bc7 Qe8 17. d4 Rg8 18. Qh2 b5 19. f3 a5 20. g4 Kh8 21. O-O-O a4 22. Ne2 b4 23. Be5 f6 24. Nf4 fxe5 25. Ng6+ Kh7 26. Qc2 e4 27. fxe4 b3 28. axb3 axb3 29. Qb1 Rf8 30. Nxf8+ Bxf8 31. exd5+ Kh8 32. Qe4 cxd5 33. Qxd5 Qa4 34. Rhf1 Qa1+ 35. Kd2 Qxb2+ 36. Ke1 Qc3+ 37. Kf2 Ra2+ 38. Kg3 Qc7+ 39. Qe5+ Qxe5+ 40. dxe5 Kg7 41. Rd8 Ba6 42. Rfxf8 Bc4 43. Rf2 Ra5 44. Rc8 Bg8 45. Kf4 Rb5 46. Rb2 Rb4+ 47. Kf3 Be6 48. Rc7 Bxg4+ 49. Kg3 Bxh5 50. Rxe7+ Kg6 51. Rf2 Kg5 52. Rf4 Rb6 53. Rg7+ Bg6 54. e4 b2 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Other African chess news

Uganda lost 3.5-0.5 to Portugal, while Tunisia also lost to Chile by the same score. Tanzania continued to struggle and lost 3-1 to Puerto Rico.

Somalia, on the other hand, lost 3-1 to Algeria.

Yusuf Mdoe of Tanzania. Photo credit Mark Livshitz,

GM Amin Bassem of Egypt. Photo credit FIDE.

The day’s biggest story was Zambia edging out Egypt, which saw African social media explode with congratulatory messages. Egypt is the top African chess nation with several Grandmasters and International Masters.

Richmond Phiri v GM Abdelrahman Hesham

[Event "44th Olympiad Open"] [Site "followchess.com"] [Date "2022.08.01"] [Round "4.31"] [White "Hesham, Abdelrahman"] [Black "Phiri, Richmond"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "2386"] [BlackElo "2293"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Egypt"] [BlackTeam "Zambia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"] [BlackTeamCountry "ZAM"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qb2 c4 17. Bc2 Bg4 18. Qb5 Bxe2 19. Rfe1 Bd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Qxa5 Rfd8 22. Rab1 f5 23. Rb5 Rd7 24. f3 fxe4 25. fxe4 d2 26. Rd1 Qh4 27. Bf2 Qxe4 28. Qa3 Qe2 29. Rbb1 Rf7 30. Qc5 Bh6 31. Kh1 Qxf2 32. Qc4 Raf8 33. Rf1 Qc5 34. Qe6 Kg7 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Timothy Kabwe v IM Kareim Wageih

[Event "44th Olympiad Open"] [Site "followchess.com"] [Date "2022.08.01"] [Round "4.32"] [White "Kabwe Timothy"] [Black "Wageih, Kareim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2248"] [BlackElo "2387"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Zambia"] [BlackTeam "Egypt"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ZAM"] [BlackTeamCountry "EGY"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 d5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bg3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Nxg3 8. hxg3 c4 9. Qc2 g6 10. e4 e6 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Be2 Rb8 13. Ng5 Be7 14. Rxh7 Rxh7 15. Nxh7 b5 16. a3 a5 17. f4 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. e5 Qb6 20. Nf3 Bd7 21. g4 bxc3 22. bxc3 Qb3 23. Qd2 Kd8 24. Nf6 Ba3 25. Bd1 Qb2 26. Ra2 Qc1 27. Qxc1 Bxc1 28. g3 Rb1 29. Bc2 Rb2 30. Rxb2 Bxb2 31. Kd2 Na7 32. Nxd7 Kxd7 33. Ba4+ Ke7 34. Nh4 Nc8 35. f5 gxf5 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Nxf5+ Ke6 38. Ng7+ Ke7 39. Bc6 Nb6 40. Nh5 Ba3 41. Nf4 f6 42. Nxd5+ Nxd5 43. Bxd5 fxe5 44. dxe5 Bc5 45. Bxc4 Bf2 46. g4 Bg3 47. e6 Bd6 48. Kd3 Kf6 49. Ke4 Ba3 50. Kd5 Bb2 51. Kd4 Ba3 52. Bd5 Kg5 53. c4 Bb2+ 54. Kc5 Kxg4 55. Kc6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Chitumbo Mwali v GM Adham Fawzy

[Event "44th Olympiad Open"] [Site "followchess.com"] [Date "2022.08.01"] [Round "4.30"] [White "Mwali, Chitumbo"] [Black "Fawzy, Adham"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2320"] [BlackElo "2471"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Zambia"] [BlackTeam "Egypt"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ZAM"] [BlackTeamCountry "EGY"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. d3 Qd7 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Rb1 O-O 10. a3 Rab8 11. b4 cxb4 12. Nxb4 e5 13. Be3 Nxb4 14. Rxb4 b6 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Nb1 e4 20. d4 Na6 21. Rb2 f5 22. Nd2 Nc5 23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Qa4 Nf6 25. h3 Nh5 26. Rbc1 Qe7 27. c5 d5 28. c6 Qc7 29. Qb3 Rbe8 30. Nb1 Nxg3 31. fxg3 Qxg3 32. Nd2 f4 33. Bf2 Qg5 34. c7 e3 35. Nf3 exf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qg3+ 37. Kf1 Kh8 38. Rc3 Bxh3 39. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 40. Kf2 g5 41. Rg1 g4 42. Ne5 g3+ 43. Ke1 Qh2 44. Rf1 Bxe5 45. dxe5 g2 46. Rh3 g1=Q 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Other news

GM Fabiano Caruana (left) shakes hands with GM Nodirbek . Photo credit FIDE.

The day’s shocker was Fabiano Caruana losing to rising star 17-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan, currently rated almost 100 points behind. The win by the young Nodirbek helped his country to draw against the USA 2-2.

GM Fabiano Caruana v Nodirbek v GM Fabiano Caruana

[Event "44th Olympiad Open"] [Site "followchess.com"] [Date "2022.08.01"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2688"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "United States of America"] [BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"] [BlackTeamCountry "UZB"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. c4 dxc4 9. a4 Bd3 10. Ne5 e6 11. Qf3 Rc8 12. Nxd3 cxd3 13. Qxd3 a6 14. Nc4 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Qc7 17. Bxc6+ Qxc6 18. Ne3 O-O 19. O-O Ne4 20. Qb4 Rfd8 21. a5 Nd6 22. Rfd1 Nb5 23. d5 exd5 24. Nf5 Qc5 25. Qh4 f6 26. Qg4 g6 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Kf7 29. h4 Qb5 30. Re1 Re8 31. Red1 Rc4 32. Rxc4 dxc4 33. h5 gxh5 34. Qf4 Kg6 35. Qc7 Re4 36. Qc8 Re8 37. Qc7 Re4 38. Qc8 Qb4 39. Kh2 Qe7 40. g3 h4 41. Qg8+ Kh6 42. Kg2 f5 43. Qc8 hxg3 44. Qxf5 Rh4 45. Kxg3 Rh5 46. Qf4+ Qg5+ 47. Qg4 Qxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Rg5+ 49. Kf4 Rxa5 50. Rd6+ Kh5 51. Rd7 Rb5 52. Rxh7+ Kg6 53. Rc7 Rxb2 54. Ke5 b5 55. Rc6+ Kh5 56. f4 a5 57. f5 a4 58. Rc8 a3 59. Rh8+ Kg5 60. Rg8+ Kh6 61. f6 Rf2 0-1 Tania Sachdev battled long and hard against WIM Zsoka Gaal to rake in that precious point which allowed her team India India A in the Women’s section to edge out Hungary with a 2.5-1.5 score. The other three boards had ended in draws, and the onus was on Tania, who rose brilliantly to the occasion. [caption id="attachment_14460" align="aligncenter" width="543"]<img class="wp-image-14460 size-full" src="https://kenyachessmasala.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/WhatsApp-Image-2022-08-02-at-4.43.38-PM.jpeg" alt="The charming IM Tania Sachdev. Photo credit Mark Livshitz," width="543" height="775" /> The charming IM Tania Sachdev. Photo credit Mark Livshitz,[/caption] A tired but happy Tania quipped, “It was a tough position, and I was aware that our two boards had ended in a draw but could not evaluate Humpy’s position as my position was a tough one”. <h5>WIM Zsoka Gaal v IM Tania Sachdev</h5> [pgn] [Event "44th Olympiad (W)"] [Site "followchess.com"] [Date "2022.08.01"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Gaal, Zsoka"] [Black "Tania, Sachdev"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2313"] [BlackElo "2399"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Hungary"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 b5 5. O-O Bb7 6. a4 b4 7. a5 Be7 8. c3 bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. c4 dxc4 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Qxc4 Rb8 15. Qc1 Qe7 16. Nc3 Rfc8 17. Ra4 Bc6 18. Rh4 Nf8 19. Qa1 Ng6 20. Rh3 e5 21. Na2 Bd7 22. Nxe5 Bxh3 23. Bxh3 Rc7 24. Nc1 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Bd6 26. Bd4 Rb5 27. e3 Be5 28. Ne2 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Rbc5 30. Rd1 g6 31. a6 Qe5 32. Rb1 Qe4 33. Rd1 Kg7 34. Nb3 Rb5 35. Nd4 Rbc5 36. Nb3 Rc3 37. Nd4 Rd3 38. Re1 Qe7 39. Bf5 Ra3 40. Qb2 Rxa6 41. g4 Rb6 42. Qa1 Kg8 43. Rd1 Rd6 44. Re1 gxf5 45. Nxf5 Qd7 46. Rb1 Rc8 47. Nh6+ Kf8 48. g5 Ng8 49. Qh8 Rd1+ 50. Kg2 Qd5+ 51. e4 Qxg5+ 52. Kf3 Rxb1 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.