Round 1 v Hong Kong, NZ win 4-2
Anthony outplayed his much lower rated opponent from an even endgame. John suffered in a nice Benko game from his opponent. Emily didn't quite make it out of the opening. Yolanda's opponent fell to pieces in the ending. Allen converted nicely after his opponent blundered an exchange. Karen collected a free pawn and then her opponent obligingly swapped off all the pieces.
Deng, Yu Dong Michael - Ker, Anthony F
2020
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Qxd2 c5 9.Nc3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 O-O 12.e4 Nc6 13.Nxc6 dxc6 14.Rad1 Rfd8 15.Qc2 e5 16.a3 Rd4 17.Ne2 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Qxd8 20.Qc3 Qd6 21.f3 Nd7 22.Qc2 Nc5 23.Nc3 Ne6 24.Qd1 Qd4 25.Qxd4 exd4 26.Nd1 Kf8 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Ke2 Kd6 29.Nf2 a6 30.Nd3 f6 31.f4 c5 32.Kf3 b5 33.b3 g6 34.g4 Nd8 35.e5+ fxe5 36.fxe5+ Kc6 37.Ke4 Ne6 38.h4 Nd8 39.Nf4 Nb7 40.h5 gxh5 41.Nxh5 Na5 42.Nf6 Nxb3 43.Nxh7 Nd2+ 44.Kd3 Nxc4 45.Ke4 Nb2 46.Ng5 d3 47.Nf3 c4 48.g5 Kd7 49.g6 Ke7 50.Ke3 c3 51.Ne1 d2
Moves are clickable
This was the last game to finish of the entire round (multiple matches) and so featured on the commentary screen for a long time, although it got barely a mention in the online commentary (the commentators concentrated on the favourite teams). The pattern of a pawn on the seventh attacking a knight rendered helpless by geometry and the rules of chess is always good fun when you're on the right side of it. 0-1
Duneas, John - Lau, Lut Yin Luke
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 d6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nbd7 11.O-O Bg7 12.Be2 O-O 13.Qc2 Rfb8 14.Rb1 Ne8 15.Na4 Qd8 16.Bd2 Nc7 17.Bc3 Nf6 18.Ba5 Rb7 19.b3 Qe8 20.Nb6 Rab8 21.Nc4 Nb5 22.Bd3 Ng4 23.h3 Ne5 24.Nxe5 Bxe5 25.Qd2 Ra7 26.Rfc1
Moves are clickable
26...Na3 27.Rb2 Bxb2 28.Qxb2 Nb5 29.Qd2 Qf8 30.Re1 Qg7 31.Bxb5 axb5 32.Bc3 f6 33.f4 Rba8 34.Ra1 b4 35.Bb2 Rxa2 36.Rxa2 Rxa2 37.e5 fxe5 38.fxe5 Qxe5 0-1
Lin, Ze Jun - Gan, Emily
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nbd7 9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Ng8 11.O-O
Moves are clickable
11...Nh6 12.Bxh6 O-O 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Rae1 e6 15.Ne4 f5 16.Nd6 Rb8 17.Bc4 Qe7 18.Qb3 b5 19.Bxe6 Nb6 20.a3 a5 21.d5 cxd5 22.Bxd5 a4 23.Qf3 Nxd5 24.Qxd5 Rbd8 25.Qc5 Qe6 26.Nxb5 Rd5 27.Nc7 Rxc5 28.Nxe6+ Kf7 29.Nxc5 Rc8 30.e6+ Ke7 31.Nxa4 Rxc2 32.Rf3 Rc4 33.Rd3 Rc7 34.Nb6 Rb7 35.Rd7+ Rxd7 36.exd7+ Kd8 37.Re8+ Kc7 38.d8=Q+ Kc6 39.Re6+ Kb5 40.Qd3+ Kc5 41.Qc4# 1-0
Chang, Yolanda - Cheung, Hoi Yau Ashley
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Be3 Nc6 9.a3 O-O-O 10.g4 Bg6 11.Qd2 Kb8 12.O-O-O Be4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qd3 f5 15.Nd2 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Qxd4 17.Nxe4 Qxd3 18.Bxd3 fxe4 19.Bxe4 Bc5 20.f3 Be3+ 21.Kb1 a6 22.Rhe1 Bf2 23.Rf1 Bg3 24.Rg1 Bf4 25.Rge1 Kc8 26.Bd3 e5 27.Bf5+ Kb8 28.Bd3 h5 29.Rg1 hxg4 30.hxg4 Bh2 31.Rh1 Bf4 32.Rhe1 Rh2 33.Rh1 Rf2 34.Rhf1 Rd2 35.Rxd2 Bxd2 36.Rh1 c5 37.Rh7
Moves are clickable
37...g5 38.Be4 Ba5 39.Rxb7+ Kc8 40.Re7 Bc7 41.Bd3 Kb7 42.Rg7 Kb6 43.Rxg5 Rf8 44.Rg6+ Kb7 45.Bxa6+ Ka7 46.Be2 Bd6 47.Rxd6 Kb7 48.Rd5 Kc6 49.Rxe5 Kd6 50.Rf5 Re8 51.Bd3 Re1+ 52.Ka2 Ke6 53.Rf4 Ke5 54.Re4+ Rxe4 55.Bxe4 Kf4 56.a4 Ke5 57.a5 Kd6 58.a6 Ke5 59.a7 Kd4 60.a8=Q Ke3 61.Qa3+ Kd2 62.Qd3+ Ke1 63.f4 c4 64.Qe3+ Kf1 65.Qf3+ Ke1 66.Qc3+ Kd1 67.Bf3+ Kc1 68.Qe3+ Kxc2 69.Qe2+ Kc1 70.Qd1# 1-0
Kwong, Wing Ki - Fan, Allen Chi Zhou
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 Qe8 9.f3 h5 10.h3 Nh7 11.Be3 h4 12.Bf2 Qe7 13.g3 f5 14.g4 Bf6 15.gxf5 gxf5 16.O-O-O Bg5 17.Be3 f4 18.Bf2 Nf6 19.c5 Nxc5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Bc4 Kh8 22.d6 cxd6 23.Qxd6 Qxd6 24.Rxd6 Bd7 25.Nge2 Bc6 26.Rhd1 Bh6 27.Nd5 Bg7 28.Ne7 Be8 29.Nf5 Bh5 30.Rg1
Moves are clickable
30...Ne8 31.Nxg7?? Nxd6 32.Bd5 Bxf3 33.Nc3 Rg8 34.Rg6 Rxg7 35.Rxd6 Re8 36.Rh6+ Rh7 37.Rg6 Bh5 38.Rg5 Bf7 39.Bxb7 Be6 40.Nd5 Rxb7 41.Nf6 Rf8 42.Rh5+ Kg7 43.Rh7+ Kxf6 44.Rxb7 f3 45.Kd2 f2 46.Ke2 Kg6 0-1
Geng, Karen Jing Yi - Huang, Yuen Tung
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Bg3 O-O 9.Nbd2 h6 10.O-O-O a6 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Qd7 14.Rhe1 b5 15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.Bxe5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qe7 18.g3 a5 19.Qc6 b4 20.c4 Rfd8 21.f4
Moves are clickable
21...a4? This pawn is going to drop off now 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Qxa4 Qc5 24.Qc2 Rd4 25.b3 Black has compensation 25...Kh8 but this is strange 26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Qe3+ 28.Qd2 Qxd2+?? and this is much worse, there was no need to swap into a lost pawn ending 29.Kxd2 Kg8 30.c5! Nice move, ending all resistance 30...c6 31.Kd3 Kf8 32.Kc4 Ke7 33.Kxb4 Kd7 34.Ka5 Kc7 35.Ka6 Kc8 36.Kb6 Kd7 37.a4 g6 38.a5 h5 39.Kb7 h4 40.a6 hxg3 41.hxg3 Kd8 42.a7 Kd7 43.a8=Q Ke7 44.Kxc6 g5 45.Qb7+ Kf8 46.Kd6 Kg7 47.Qe7 gxf4 48.c6 f3 49.c7 f2 50.Qf6+ Kh7 51.c8=Q f1=Q 52.Qch8# 1-0