Round 4 v Monaco, NZ lose 4.5-1.5
Scott defended well against a strong opponent, had the better of an unbalanced ending, but sensibly elected to force a draw with no time. Anthony's anti-Sicilian was again less than successful against a very strong opponent, and this time the exchange loss was not a sacrifice. Nicole's opponent conducted a very nice central breakthrough. Isabelle was always under pressure from an aggressive opponent but fought very well and may have had an endgame fortress but blundered on move 97. Daniel destroyed his opponent (woo hoo). Anya's opponent won a nice game after Anya got into a tangle as White against the modern defence.
Villegas, Pierre - Wastney, Scott
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.f3 Ng6 12.Rad1 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.e4 dxe4 16.fxe4 Bg5 17.Nf4 Bg4 18.Rd3 Rf8 19.Nce2 Bxe2 20.Nxe2 Rxf1+ 21.Kxf1 Qe7 22.Rf3 Re8
Moves are clickable
23.e5 c5 24.Qb3+ Kh7 25.Rf7 Rf8 26.e6 cxd4 27.Nxd4 Qc5 28.Rxf8 Qxf8+ 29.Nf3 b6 30.Qd5 Be7 31.Qd7 Bc5 32.Qd5 Qf4 33.Qe5 Qc1+ 34.Ne1 Qc4+ 35.Qe2 Qf4+ 36.Nf3 Qc1+ 37.Ne1 Qf4+ 38.Nf3 Qc1+ 39.Ne1 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2
Ker, Anthony F - Efimov, Igor
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 d5 6.d3 b5 7.Bg2 b4 8.exd5 exd5 9.Ne2 Nf6 10.O-O Bd6 11.d4 O-O 12.Ne5 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Nc6 Qb6 15.Nxd4 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rfe8 17.Be3 Bc5 18.c3 Ne4 19.cxb4 Qxb4 20.Nc2 Qxb2 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Qb3 Rab8 23.Qc4
Moves are clickable
23...Bxe3+ 24.Nxe3 Be2 25.Qa4 Bxf1 26.Rxf1 Qe2 27.Nf5 Red8 28.Rf2 Qd1+ 29.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 30.Kg2 Rbd8 31.Re2 R8d2 32.Kf2 Rxe2+ 33.Kxe2 Ra1 34.Ke3 Rxa2 35.h4 g6 36.Ne7+ Kf8 37.Nc6 f5 38.h5 Rc2 39.Nd4 Rc3+ 40.Kf2 Kf7 41.hxg6+ hxg6 0-1
Dornbusch, Tatiana - Qin, Nicole Shu Yu
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.g5 Nd5 9.Bxc4 N7b6 10.Be2 Qe7 11.Bd2 Bd7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Ne4 Kb8 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Ne5 Be8 16.e4 Nc7 17.Bf4 Qf8 18.Qb3 Rc8 19.Kb1 Ka8 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Bxc4 Qe7 22.Qg3 f6 23.gxf6 gxf6 24.Bd6 Qd7 25.Bxc7 Rxc7 26.Bxe6 Qe7 27.Bf5 Bf7 28.Rhe1 Rg8 29.Qf4 h5 30.d5 Qd8 31.d6 Rd7 32.Bxd7 Qxd7 33.Qxf6 Bg6 34.Ka1 a6 35.e5 Ka7 36.e6
Moves are clickable
36...Qh7 37.d7 1-0
Ning, Isabelle Yixuan - Dubois, Martine
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.e3 Nxe5 6.Nf3 Nbc6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O a5 9.b3 d6 10.Bb2 Bf5 11.Nd5 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Ne5 13.Bxe5 dxe5 14.Qe2 e4 15.Bg4 Bg6 16.Rad1 Bd6 17.Nf4 Qf6 18.Nxg6 Qxg6 19.f3 f5 20.Bh3 Rae8 21.fxe4 Rxe4 22.Qd3 Rh4 23.Kh1 f4 24.Qxg6 hxg6 25.exf4 Rhxf4 26.Be6+ Kh7 27.Rxf4 Rxf4 28.g3 Re4 29.Bd5 Re2 30.Rd4 g5 31.Bxb7 Rxa2 32.Rd5 Kg6 33.c5 Be7 34.Rd7 Bxc5 35.Rxc7 Ra1+ 36.Kg2 Bd4 37.Be4+ Kf6 38.Rc4 Ke5 39.Bd3 g4 40.h3 Rg1+ 41.Kh2 Rd1 42.Bg6 Rd2+ 43.Kh1 Rd1+ 44.Kh2 Rd2+ 45.Kh1 gxh3 46.Rc1 Rb2 47.Ra1 Rxb3 48.Rxa5+ Kf6 49.Ra6+ Kg5 50.Be4 Kg4 51.Rg6+ Kh5 52.Ra6 Kg4 53.Rg6+ Kh5 54.Rd6 Ba1 55.Ra6 Bd4 56.Rd6 Bf6 57.Kh2 Kg4 58.Ra6 Rb2+ 59.Kh1 Kxg3 60.Ra3+ Kf4 61.Ra4 Ke3 62.Bg6 Rd2 63.Ra3+ Kf4 64.Rxh3 Rd1+ 65.Kh2 Be5 66.Kg2 Rd2+ 67.Kf1 Kg4 68.Ra3 Bd4 69.Bh7 Kf4 70.Bg6 Be3 71.Bh5 Rf2+ 72.Ke1 Rh2 73.Bd1 Rh1+ 74.Ke2 Rh2+ 75.Ke1 g5 76.Ra4+ Ke5 77.Rg4 Bd2+ 78.Kf1 Rh1+ 79.Ke2 Rh2+ 80.Kf1 Bf4 81.Rg2 Rh1+ 82.Rg1 Rh3 83.Rg2 Rd3 84.Bg4 Ra3 85.Re2+ Be3 86.Kg2 Kf4 87.Bf3 g4 88.Bd5 Rd3 89.Bc6 g3 90.Bf3 Rd8 91.Rc2 Bf2 92.Rc4+ Ke3 93.Re4+ Kd3 94.Rh4 Rb8 95.Rh5 Rb2 96.Rd5+ Ke3
Moves are clickable
97.Kf1?? Kxf3 98.Rd3+ Ke4 99.Ra3 Rb1+ 100.Kg2 Rg1+ 101.Kh3 Rh1+ 102.Kg2 Rh2+ 103.Kf1 Be3 104.Ra8 Kf3 105.Rf8+ Bf4 106.Kg1 Rb2 0-1
Cuttoli, Alexandre - Gong, Daniel Hanwen
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Nd2 c5 5.c3 Bd6 6.Bg3 O-O 7.Ngf3 b6 8.Bd3 Ba6 9.c4 Nc6 10.a3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.exd4 Rc8 13.Rc1 dxc4 14.Nxc4 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Qd5 16.b3 Qxg2 17.Rh4 Bxc4 18.bxc4 h6 19.Qe2 Rfd8 20.a4 Rc7 21.Kd2 Rcd7 22.Kc3
Moves are clickable
The opening has been a disaster for White, he is a pawn down and is desperately trying to hold his position together with a prematurely active king. Steinitz would approve but this is not the 19th century any more. 22...Qc6 23.Ra1 a5 24.Bc2 Qd6 25.Kd3 Qc5 26.Qe3 e5! Crack! 27.d5 Nxd5! (27...e4+!! is even stronger 28.Rxe4 (28.Kc3? Nxd5+ ) 28...Nxe4 29.Qxe4 Rxd5+ 30.cxd5 Rxd5+ 31.Ke2 Re5 ) 28.cxd5 (28.Qxc5 is nominally better, but after 28...Nb4+ 29.Ke2 bxc5 Black has a big material advantage and a huge positional advantage ) 28...Rxd5+ 29.Ke2 Qxc2+ 30.Kf3? Loses immediately ( but 30.Kf1 Rd2 with R8d3 coming is not going to end well either ) 30...Rd3 0-1
Thurner, Anya - Lomandong, Noela-Joyce
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bf4 Qb6 5.Nge2 Nf6 6.Rb1 O-O 7.g3 d5 8.Bg2 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bh3 11.Be3 Qa5+ 12.Nc3 Rd8 13.b4 Qc7 14.Ne2 e5 15.Ng1 Be6 16.Bg2 exd4 17.Bf4 Qe7 18.Ne2 Bxa2 19.Ra1 Bc4 20.Bf3
Moves are clickable
20...d3 21.cxd3 Rxd3 22.Qc2 Bc3+ 23.Kf1 Rxf3 24.Rc1 Qe6 25.h3 Na6 26.Be3 Qxe3 27.h4 Qxf2# 0-1