World Chess Olympiad - Round 3 highlights
Round 3 of every World Chess Olympiad is usually the point when
the higher rated teams start being paired against each other.
Many matches were closely contested and the final scores were
hanging on a balance.
Russia defeated Moldova 3-1 thanks to the victories on the lower
boards. Azerbaijan beat Hungary by the same score, but all four
games were decisive - Mamedyarov, Mamedov and Naiditsch won for the
hosting country, while Almasi was sole winner for Hungary.
The solid team of Cuba won against the higher-rated Poland
thanks to the wins of Quesada Perez and Ortiz Suarez. The emerging
star Duda scored for the opposite side.
Adhiban and Vidit secured the Indian victory against Azerbaijan 2,
while Anish Giri brought the points for Netherlands against
Vietnam.
Italy shocked the higher-rated Turkey thanks to the young hope Luca
Moroni Jr. By the same narrow margin Ukraine defeated Germany, the
executioner being Andrei Volokitin.
Heavy favourites USA and China won against the south American
teams Argentina and Brazil, respectively, by the identical 3-1
score.
Azerbaijan 3 smashed Lebanon by 4-0.
Round 4 top matches are Ukraine-Russia, India-Cuba, USA-Czech
Republic, Romania-Azerbaijan, China-Italy.
In the Women section the world champion Hou Yifan made a debut
in this Olympiad and won her game, but this was not sufficient for
the top seeded China to beat Vietnam. Thi Mai Hung Nguyen leveled
the score by defeating Zhao Xue.
Russia walked past Uzbekistan 3-1 thanks to wins of Kosteniuk and
Gunina, and Lithuania maintained perfect score by narrowly
defeating Cuba.
Azerbaijan stunned the higher-rated Poland with the wins of
Mamedjarova and Mammadzada. The lone success of Klaudia Kulon was
not sufficient to even the score.
Italy and Argentina exchanged the blows to tie the match, while
France crushed Venezuela 3,5-0,5. Former world champion Anna
Ushenina secured Ukrainian victory against USA.
Azerbaijan 2 held the favoured Germany to a tie 2-2, and
Azerbaijan 3 crushed Kyrgyzstan 4-0.
Top round 4 matches are Hungary-Russia, Ukraine-France,
India-Israel, Azerbaijan 1-Romania, Lithuania-Kazakhstan.
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