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Chandler Cornered
Womens Olympiad Round 11 + Final Placings
You can find and play over all the games from the Scottish Women on this site.
Scottish Women's Games
Austria 2½ - Scotland 1½
I knew this would be a hard match. This Austrian lot turned
over Turkey 4-0 who if you remember beat the Scots girls 4-0.
Board 1. Eva Moser - Heather Lang
A Dutch, Heather seemed to come out the opening OK but White was
not messing here. The more you looked the more you saw that Black's
position was getting difficult to handle.
White pinched a pawn and then another. This position appeared.
White played 28.Rxe4 and the Rook cannot be taken because of mate in 4.
A few moves after 28.Rxe4 Black resigned.
Board 2. Rosemary Guilian - Anna-Christina Kopinits
A Caro Khan Advanced. What a game. Rosie had good chances in the middle game.
I'm sure she is better. Instead of pushing and probing
she kind of sat back a bit and Black came back into the game.
It was a difficult position but when White had the c-file, I'm sure Rosie is better.
Then in the late middle game Rosie again seemed to have an edge but
again it withered out to nothing. This game went into a horrid double Knight ending.
Surely a draw, but in the final hour Rosie allowed Black a passed h-pawn.
Knights cannot handle 'a' or 'h' pawns. The White King had to watch the h-pawn.
The Lone Knight was no match for Black's King. An unlucky loss for Rosie.
Board 3. Julia Novkovic - Carey Wilman
Carey capped a fine Olympiad performance 7/10 with this cute win.
She obtained a WFM title in the previous round so now she was relaxed.
Here she plays her Pirc and is better by move 14.
Here is the game.
Carey gets a grip of it and White is hounded off the board.
[Click here to replay the game]
Julia Novkovic - Carey Wilman
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. Be3 Nb6 10. b3 d5 11. dxe5 Nxe4 12. f4 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15.Bd2 Qd4+ 16. Kh2 Bf5 17. Rc1 Qc5 18. Rf3 d4 19. Qg1 Qd6 20. Ne2 Rfe8 21. Qd1 Be4 22. Rf2 Rad8 23. Qh1 Bxc2 24. Rxc2 d3 25. Rc1 dxe2 26. Be1 Qd3 27. Bf3 Bb2 28. Ba5 Bxc1 29. Qxc1 Qd1 30. Qc5 e1=Q 31. Bxd1 Qxd1 32. f5 Rd5 33. Qc3 Rxf5 34. Bxb6 axb6 35. Qc4+ Qd5 36. Qc2 Rxf2+ 37. Qxf2 Rf8 38. Qe2 Qf3 39. Qc4+ Qf7
Board 4. Rhian Hughes - Helene Mira
Another reversed Dragon. This time no fianchetto of the Queen's Bishop.
Rhian just needed a draw to clinch a WFM title and after 22 moves Rhian had
it down to a Rook ending.
Mira went along with the plan no doubt thinking,
"Juniors cannot play endings." Well this one can.
I was following the game at work, Rhian must have known this
because she kept it simple and understandable. No dramatics.
If it got too double edged I would have to phone Keith to find
out what was happening.
All the pawns disapeared. Draw and another WFM title for Scotland.
Here are the final performances.
Carey Wilman and Rhian Hughes get WFM titles.
Absolutely great for Scottish Chess. Well done girls.
At the time of writing I think Heather also qualifies
due to a good result she had in a previous Olympiad.
So who won the thing? Armenia. Here are the final placings.
Scotland finished 56th with a perfect 50% score from 11 rounds P.5 W.5 D.1 L.5
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 4 Georgia GEO 11 8 2 1 18 411.5 148 31 2 2 Ukraine UKR 11 7 4 0 18 406.5 146 30 3 7 United States of America USA 11 8 1 2 17 390.5 145 30.5 4 1 Russia RUS 11 7 3 1 17 367 144 29.5 5 9 Poland POL 11 8 1 2 17 364.5 157 27.5 6 6 Armenia ARM 11 8 0 3 16 353 145 28 7 10 Serbia SRB 11 7 2 2 16 318.5 146 26.5 8 3 China CHN 11 6 3 2 15 392.5 159 27.5 9 21 Israel ISR 11 6 3 2 15 325 137 27.5 10 26 Belarus BLR 11 6 3 2 15 317.5 119 29.5 11 16 Romania ROU 11 7 1 3 15 306.5 146 26.5 12 33 Italy ITA 11 6 3 2 15 280 130 26.5 13 5 France FRA 11 6 2 3 14 336.5 137 29.5 14 8 Hungary HUN 11 6 2 3 14 321 148 26.5 15 11 India IND 11 6 2 3 14 320.5 145 25 16 15 Slovakia SVK 11 7 0 4 14 299.5 134 26 17 47 Mongolia MGL 11 6 2 3 14 289 140 23.5 18 17 Netherlands NED 11 7 0 4 14 286 143 24 19 13 Bulgaria BUL 11 6 2 3 14 282 127 26.5 20 30 Croatia CRO 11 7 0 4 14 281.5 123 27.5 21 12 Germany 1 GER1 11 5 4 2 14 279 132 24.5 22 43 Uzbekistan UZB 11 6 2 3 14 267 137 24 23 22 Spain ESP 11 7 0 4 14 266.5 135 24.5 24 19 Greece GRE 11 6 1 4 13 307.5 124 29.5 25 25 Cuba CUB 11 6 1 4 13 288 125 28 26 24 Vietnam VIE 11 6 1 4 13 272.5 133 25 27 36 Austria AUT 11 6 1 4 13 269.5 135 24.5 28 27 Latvia LAT 11 5 3 3 13 266.5 124 26 29 29 Argentina ARG 11 6 1 4 13 262 125 27 30 42 Turkey TUR 11 6 1 4 13 249.5 121 25.5 31 28 Azerbaijan AZE 11 5 3 3 13 246.5 141 21.5 32 46 Estonia EST 11 6 1 4 13 245.5 118 26 33 32 Moldova MDA 11 6 1 4 13 238 132 23 34 48 Germany 2 GER2 11 6 1 4 13 236 131 23 35 34 Montenegro MNE 11 6 1 4 13 227.5 119 24.5 36 18 Czech Republic CZE 11 5 2 4 12 270 126 26 37 14 Slovenia SLO 11 5 2 4 12 260 134 25 38 20 Sweden SWE 11 5 2 4 12 258.5 120 26.5 39 39 Iran IRI 11 5 2 4 12 258 122 27.5 40 38 Switzerland SUI 11 5 2 4 12 257.5 127 24.5 41 44 Colombia COL 11 6 0 5 12 255.5 122 26.5 42 67 Indonesia INA 11 5 2 4 12 237.5 122 25.5 43 51 Philippines PHI 11 5 2 4 12 232 118 24.5 44 41 Luxembourg LUX 11 5 2 4 12 227.5 119 23.5 45 35 Kazakhstan KAZ 11 5 2 4 12 226.5 122 24 46 49 Portugal POR 11 6 0 5 12 218 121 23 47 50 Germany 3 GER3 11 5 2 4 12 208.5 109 25 48 62 Brazil BRA 11 6 0 5 12 196 107 24.5 49 60 Kyrgyzstan KGZ 11 6 0 5 12 182 115 22.5 50 31 England ENG 11 5 1 5 11 250 124 24.5 51 23 Lithuania LTU 11 4 3 4 11 239 130 22.5 52 37 Ecuador ECU 11 5 1 5 11 230 129 22.5 53 40 Norway NOR 11 5 1 5 11 224 118 24 54 69 Finland FIN 11 5 1 5 11 205 110 24 55 66 Dominican Republic DOM 11 3 5 3 11 200.5 107 22 56 71 Scotland SCO 11 5 1 5 11 199.5 108 24 57 73 South Africa RSA 11 4 3 4 11 198 105 22.5 58 63 Turkmenistan TKM 10 5 1 4 11 194.5 111 19.5 59 55 Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH 11 5 1 5 11 193 115 21.5 60 65 Iceland ISL 11 5 1 5 11 191 109 23 61 68 IPCA IPCA 11 3 5 3 11 180 105 23 62 76 New Zealand NZL 11 5 1 5 11 174.5 103 23.5 63 54 Australia AUS 11 4 2 5 10 209 120 21.5 64 59 El Salvador ESA 11 4 2 5 10 199.5 109 22.5 65 53 Canada CAN 11 5 0 6 10 190 108 24 66 57 Mexico MEX 11 4 2 5 10 184 112 21.5 67 56 Venezuela VEN 11 5 0 6 10 178 117 21 68 75 Guatemala GUA 11 4 2 5 10 176 107 21 69 64 IBCA IBCA 11 5 0 6 10 168 102 22.5 70 58 Denmark DEN 11 5 0 6 10 163.5 123 19.5 71 72 Bolivia BOL 11 4 2 5 10 162 102 21.5 72 52 ICSC ICSC 11 5 0 6 10 161 117 18.5 73 74 Algeria ALG 11 4 2 5 10 158 105 21.5 74 61 Bangladesh BAN 11 5 0 6 10 156 113 19 75 86 Tajikistan TJK 11 4 2 5 10 155 104 21.5 76 83 Syria SYR 11 5 0 6 10 155 96 20.5 77 70 Albania ALB 11 4 2 5 10 151 108 19 78 81 Sri Lanka SRI 11 4 1 6 9 169.5 100 23 79 77 Wales WLS 11 4 1 6 9 145 110 17 80 78 Uruguay URU 11 4 1 6 9 140 107 18 81 79 Puerto Rico PUR 11 4 1 6 9 140 103 19 82 85 Lebanon LIB 11 4 1 6 9 139 98 18.5 83 80 Costa Rica CRC 11 4 1 6 9 129 103 18.5 84 88 Paraguay PAR 11 4 1 6 9 127 99 19 85 91 Qatar QAT 11 4 1 6 9 121 100 17.5 86 96 Chinese Taipei TPE 11 4 1 6 9 118.5 87 19 87 89 Iraq IRQ 11 4 1 6 9 117.5 100 16 88 82 Egypt EGY 11 4 0 7 8 142 96 20 89 84 United Arab Emirates UAE 11 4 0 7 8 129 98 18 90 101 Angola ANG 11 3 2 6 8 124 90 17.5 91 103 Tunisia TUN 11 4 0 7 8 119 93 17 92 114 Yemen YEM 11 3 2 6 8 114.5 96 16 93 100 Botswana BOT 11 3 2 6 8 113.5 88 19.5 94 99 Ireland IRL 11 3 2 6 8 94.5 84 16.5 95 107 Barbados BAR 11 4 0 7 8 81 92 12.5 96 93 Japan JPN 11 2 3 6 7 119.5 85 17 97 111 Nigeria NGR 10 3 1 6 7 111 94 13 98 108 Honduras HON 11 2 3 6 7 106 83 18.5 99 102 Surinam SUR 11 3 1 7 7 105 88 18.5 100 87 Malta MLT 11 3 1 7 7 101.5 85 17.5
