American Fabiano Caruana was one of grandmasters scoring wins on Thursday in Round Two of 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary. Two others were Gukesh Dommaraju of India and Hungary’s Richard Rapport.
According to Chess.com, World Champion Ding Liren was held to a draw, while Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen sat out round two. With regard to teams, 50th seed Canada held 6th seed Norway to a 2-2 draw. Among the women, Lithuanian International Master Olena Martynkova (2176) beat Ukrainian International Master Yuliia Osmak (2471) in what the website called an “upset”.
Meanwhile, Guyana’s team began its campaign at the 45th Chess Olympiad with four losses in the Open category.
Guyana is represented by Candidate Master Taffin Khan, FIDE Master Anthony Drayton, Loris Nathoo, Keron Sandiford, Sachin Pitamber, Jessica Callender, Sasha Shariff, Ciel Clement, Aditi Joshi, and Treskolé Archibald. The team captains are Grandmaster Georg Mohr of Slovenia and Guyanese Ronuel Greenidge.
The 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad opened on September 10; it ends on September 23.
Chess game
White: Arseniy Nesterov
Black: Artyom Timofeev
Event:2024 Russian Championship, Barnaul, Russia, August 19
Type of Game: Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Classical Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. a3 b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. B4 Bd6 14. e4 Ne5 15. Bf4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Rc8 18. Rd3 O-O 19. e5 Nd7 20. Rad1 Nb6 21. h4 Rc7 22. h5 Rd7 23. h6 Rfd8 24. Bb1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 Nd7 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 f5 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Qc7 Kf7 31. Qc6 f5 32. Nd6+ Kg6 33. Nc8 Qe8 34. Nd6 Qd8 35. Nb7 Qg5 36. Qxe6+ Nf6 37. Qe1 Ne4 38. Nc5 Qd2 39. Qxd2 Nxd2 40. a4 bxa4 41. Nxa4 Nc4 42. Kf1 Kxh6 43. Ke2 Kg5 44. Kd3 Nd6 45. Nc5 f4 46. Nxa6 h5 47. Nc5 Kg4 48. Ne6 h4 49. Nd4 Nb5 50. Nxb5 f3 51. gxf3+ Kxf3 52. Nd4+ Kxf2 53. Ke4 1-0. Black resigns.
