2022 Chennai Olympiad – Round 9 Round nine of the 2022 Chennai Olympiad , was a bit of a gloomy one for Kenya . The Open team lost 3-1 to South Sudan , while the Ladies lost 3-1 to Africa’s most powerful team Egypt .
WFM Joyce Nyaruai played well to defeat Eman Elansary on board four, while WCM Sasha Mongeli squeezed a draw from WGM Shrook Wafa on board one.
Glenda Madelta & WFM Sasha Mongeli of Kenya. Photo credit FIDE. Rehan Deng Cypriano v Ben Nguku
[Event "44th Olympiad Chennai 2022"]
[Site "Mahabalipuram, Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Rehan, Deng Cypriano"]
[Black "Namale, Ben Nguku"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[WhiteTeam "South Sudan"]
[BlackTeam "Kenya"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Qb3 Qxb3 8.
Nxb3 e6 9. a3 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 b6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. f4 a5 14. Bb5 Na7
15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Nf3 f6 17. g4 Rc8 18. g5 a4 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 20. Nc1 Nd6 21.
Nd3 Nc4 22. Ke2 Bd6 23. g6 h6 24. g4 Rc8 25. g5 hxg5 26. fxg5 e5 27. gxf6 gxf6
28. dxe5 fxe5 29. Ng5 Rg8 30. Rh6 Be7 31. Nf7 Ke6 32. Nfxe5 Nxe5 33. g7+ Bf6
34. Nf4+ Kf7 35. Nxd5 Nd7 36. Nxf6 Nxf6 37. Rh4 b5 38. Rb4 Rb8 39. e4 Nd7 40.
b3 axb3 41. Rxb3 Kxg7 42. Ke3 Nc5 43. Rc3 Ne6 44. e5 Kg6 45. Ke4 Ng5+ 46. Kf4
Rf8+ 47. Kg4 Ne6 48. Rc6 Rf4+ 49. Kg3 Kf5 50. Rb6 Nd4 51. e6 Rf3+ 52. Kg2 Rxa3
53. e7 Re3 54. Rd6 Rxe7 55. Rxd4 Ke5 56. Rd8 Ke4 57. Kf2 Re5 58. Ke2 Rh5 59.
Kd2 Rc5 60. Re8+ Kd4 61. Rd8+ Kc4 62. Kc2 Rh5 63. Rd2 Rh3 64. Rg2 Kb4 65. Kb2
Ka4 66. Rg4+ b4 67. Rg2 Rd3 68. Rh2 Rd4 69. Rg2 Kb5 70. Rh2 Ka4 1/2-1/2
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Martin Njoroge v Madol Garang Panthoum
[Event "44th Olympiad Chennai 2022"]
[Site "Mahabalipuram, Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Njoroge, Martin"]
[Black "Panthoum, Madol Garang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya"]
[BlackTeam "South Sudan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bf4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5
Nd7 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O g6 11. Qb3 Nhf6 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nxe4 fxe4
15. Bxe4 a5 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Kg7 18. Qc2 Qe8 19. Bg5 Ng4 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21.
Bxe7 Rh8 22. Bg5 Nxh2 23. Rfe1 Ng4 24. Bf4 Rh7 25. Nxg4 Bxg4 26. e4 Qf7 27.
Be5+ Kg8 28. exd5 Bf5 29. Qc5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5+ cxd5 31. Rc5 Rd7 32. Rec1 a4 33.
Rc8+ Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kf7 35. Kh2 Bb1 36. a3 Ke6 37. Kg3 Rf7 38. Rd8 Rd7 39. Ra8
Bc2 40. Kg4 Rh7 41. Re8+ Kd7 42. Rf8 Ke7 43. Rf6 Rf7 44. Rd6 Rxf2 45. Rb6 Rxg2+
46. Kh3 Re2 47. Rxb7+ Ke6 48. Kg4 Rg2+ 49. Kh3 Rg5 50. Rc7 Bb3 51. Bg3 Kf5 52.
Re7 Rh5+ 53. Kg2 Kg4 54. Rf7 1/2-1/2
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WGM Shroof Wafa v WFM Sasha Mongeli
[Event "44th Olympiad Chennai 2022"]
[Site "Mahabalipuram, Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Wafa, Shrook"]
[Black "Mongeli, Sasha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Kenya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bd3 Bg4 9. c3 e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bf4 Qd5 13. O-O Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qe4
15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. c4 Bb4 18. Re3 O-O-O 19. g5 Ne8 20. c5 a6 21.
Re4 Ba5 22. Ne5 Rf8 23. Nc4 Bc7 24. Be3 g6 25. b4 Ng7 26. a4 Nf5 27. Rb1 Rd5
28. h4 Rfd8 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 cxb5 31. Rxb5 Nxd4 32. Rb2 Nf5 33. Nb6+ Bxb6
34. cxb6 Nxe3 35. Rxe3 R8d6 36. Rf3 Rf5 37. Ra3 Kd7 38. Ra7 Kc6 39. Ra8 Rb5 40.
Rc8+ Kxb6 41. Rxb5+ Kxb5 42. Rc7 Ka6 43. Rxf7 b5 44. Rxh7 b4 45. Rc7 b3 46. Rc1
Kb5 47. Kh2 Kb4 48. h5 gxh5 49. g6 e5 50. g7 Rg6 51. Rc7 b2 52. Rb7+ Kc3 53.
Rc7+ Kd2 54. Rb7 Kc3 55. Rc7+ Kd3 56. Rb7 Rxg7 57. Rxb2 Rg4 58. Kh3 Rc4 59. Rb5
Ke4 60. Kg2 Rc2 61. Rb3 Kf5 62. Rf3+ Kg5 63. Rg3+ Kh6 64. Rg8 Rc4 65. Re8 Rc5
66. Kg3 Rc3+ 67. Kg2 Rc5 68. Kg3 Kg5 69. Rxe5+ Rxe5 70. f4+ Kf5 71. fxe5 Kxe5
72. Kh4 Kf4 73. Kxh5 1/2-1/2
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WCM Joyce Nyaruai v WIM Eman Elsansary
[Event "44th Olympiad Chennai 2022"]
[Site "Mahabalipuram, Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Ndirangu, Joyce Nyaruai"]
[Black "Elansary, Eman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bf5 7. Nbd2 e6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. c4 f6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bf3 Be6
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Rb1 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf4 20. Qc2 Rad8
21. Nf3 h6 22. b3 Bf7 23. g3 Bc7 24. Rbd1 Rfe8 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Bf5 Qd6 28. Bh3 Bg6 29. Bf5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Rf8 31. Qe4 b5 32. Nh4 Kg8 33. Re1
Ba5 34. Re2 Bc3 35. Ng6 Rd8 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. Kg2 a6 38. Ng6+ Kg8 39. Ne7+ Kh8
40. Nf5 Qd5 41. Qxd5 Rxd5 42. Ne7 Rd6 43. f4 Kh7 44. f5 Rd2 45. Rxd2 Bxd2 46.
Kf3 Bg5 47. Nd5 Bd8 48. Ke4 h5 49. Nf4 h4 50. Ne6 hxg3 51. hxg3 Be7 52. Kd5 c4
53. bxc4 bxc4 54. Kxc4 a5 55. a4 Bb4 56. g4 Kh6 57. Kd5 Bd2 58. Kd6 Kh7 59. Ke7
Kg8 60. g5 Bb4+ 61. Ke8 Bc3 62. g6 Bb4 63. Kd7 Bc3 64. Kc6 Bd2 65. Kb5 Bc3 66.
Kc6 Bb4 67. Kd7 Bc3 68. Kd8 Bf6+ 69. Ke8 Bc3 70. Nc5 Bd4 71. Nb7 Bc3 72. Nd8
Bb4 73. Nc6 Bc3 74. Ne7+ Kh8 75. Kf7 Bb2 76. Nd5 Ba3 77. f6 Bb2 78. fxg7+ Bxg7
79. Nb6 1-0
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Other African chess news Uganda defeated Afghanistan 3-1 while Somalia defeated Lesotho 3-1.
Conversely, Egypt defeated Kosovo 2.5-1.5 while Zambia lost 1.5-2.5 to Algeria .
After their disastrous 4-0 loss in round eight to Jamaica , Nigeria managed to overcome Liechtenstein by 2.5-1.5.
Tanzania held Jersey to a 2-2 draw. An interesting observation is that Tanzania played Jersey in the 2016 Baku Olympiad . They lost that encounter 1.5-2.5.
Jamaica gave South Africa a hard time by narrowly losing 3-1. They managed to draw the top two boards before losing on boards three and four.
Rwyet Debesai Zerabruk of Eritrea (left) and Hasnaa Mohamed Direh of Djibouti. Photo credit FIDE. Patience Tsuses (left) and Heskiel Ndahangwapo both of Namibia. Photo credit FIDE. Other news Open section The steam-rolling India B team slowed down with a 2-2 draw against Azerbaijan in round nine. GM Dommaraju Gukesh, the star of the Olympiad with his 8/8, only managed to draw against GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov on board one. The draw still leaves him with 8.5 points out of 9 rounds.
GM Dommaraju Gukesh of India with 8.5/9. Photo credit FIDE. GM Nijat Abasov of Azerbaijan seeking divine inspiration in his game against GM Raunk Sadhwani. He managed to win the game in the end. Photo credit FIDE. On the other hand, Uzbekistan defeated Armenia 3-1, who led the event at the end of round nine.
Uzbekistan currently leads with 16 points, with India B and Armenia breathing down their necks in second place.
GM Nijat Abasov v GM Ruanak Sadhwani
[Event "44th Olympiad Chennai 2022"]
[Site "Mahabalipuram, Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "India 2"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.
d3 Bb7 15. Qe3 c5 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. Bxf4 Nf5 18. a4 Nd4 19. c3 Ne6 20. Bd6 a5
21. Be2 f6 22. f4 g6 23. g4 Rc8 24. f5 gxf5 25. gxf5 Ng7 26. Rf1 Bd5 27. c4 Bc6
28. Bd1 Kf7 29. Bg3 d5 30. cxd5 Bxd5 31. Rf4 Re8 32. Kf2 Re5 33. Rh4 Rxf5+ 34.
Ke1 Rg5 35. Rxh7 Kg6 36. Rh8 Nf5 37. Bf2 Nd4 38. h4 Rf5 39. Bxd4 cxd4 40. Rb8
Re5+ 41. Kd2 Rf5 42. Rd8 Bf7 43. Rxd4 b5 44. Ke3 Rf1 45. Bf3 b4 46. Rg4+ Kh6
47. Rf4 Kg7 48. Rf5 Rb1 49. Rxa5 Rxb2 50. Rb5 b3 51. Rb7 Kf8 52. Bd1 Ra2 {
Blunder??} 53. Rxf7+ {If King captures the Rook then Bxb3 check forking King
and Rook.} 1-0
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Other news Open section In the Ladies section, India lost to Poland 1.5-2.5, with WIM Oliwia Kiolbasa scoring an essential win against on board three to reach 9/9!!
WIM Oliwia Kiolbasa of Poland with 9/9. Photo credit FIDE. WIM Oliwia Kiolbasa v IM R Vaishali
[Event "44th Olympiad Chennai 2022"]
[Site "Mahabalipuram, Chennai"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Kiolbasa, Oliwia"]
[Black "Vaishali, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 d5 9. O-O dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. a3 Bd6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Re1 Bg6 14. Bg5 f6
15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bh4 Bf7 17. Bg3 Qd7 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. b4 Nf5 20. Bf4 Kh8 21.
Qd3 b5 22. Bc2 Bg6 23. Qc3 Ncxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qxc7 Rf7 27.
Qxd7 Rfxd7 28. Be3 Nf5 29. Bb6 Rb8 30. Rc6 Rd3 31. Ra1 Ne7 32. Re6 Nd5 33. Bc5
Nc3 34. Rxa6 Na4 35. Rd6 Nxc5 36. bxc5 Rc3 37. c6 Rc8 38. Rb1 R3xc6 39. Rxc6
Rxc6 40. Rxb5 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Ra1 42. Ra5 g5 43. Kg3 Ra2 44. Kf3 Kh7 45. Ke3 Kg6
46. Ra7 Kf5 47. g3 Ke5 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. a4 Ra3+ 50. Kg2 Kg6 51. a5 Kh6 52. a6
Kg6 53. Ra8 Kf5 54. Kf1 Ra2 55. a7 Kg6 56. Ke1 Kf7 57. h4 Kg6 58. h5+ Kf7 59.
f4 gxf4 60. gxf4 f5 61. Kd1 Ra1+ 62. Ke2 Ra2+ 63. Kf3 Ra3+ 64. Kg2 Ra2+ 65. Kg3
Ra4 66. Kh3 Ra3+ 67. Kh4 Ra4 68. Kg5 Ra5 69. h6 gxh6+ 70. Kxh6 Ra6+ 71. Kg5 Kg7
72. Kxf5 Ra1 73. Ke5 Re1+ 74. Kd4 Rd1+ 75. Ke3 Re1+ 76. Kd2 Ra1 77. f5 Ra2+ 78.
Kc3 Ra3+ 79. Kb2 Ra6 80. f6+ 1-0
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Links The 2022 Chess Olympiad: Opening Ceremony.
2022 Chennai Olympiad – Round 1 report.
2022 Chennai Olympiad – Round 2 report.
2022 Chennai Olympiad – Round 3 report.
2022 Chennai Olympiad – Round 4 report.
2022 Chennai Olympiad Round 5 report.
2022 Chennai Olympiad Round 6 report.
2022 Chennai Olympiad Round 7 report.
More photos of the Opening Ceremony.
2022 Chess Olympiad on chess-results.com.
2022 Chess Olympiad – African teams on the way.
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Article by Kenya Chess Masala.
