Round 6 v Japan, NZ win 3.5-2.5
Scott blundered in time pressure. Anthony's anti-Sicilian again wasn't very pretty, but good enough for a draw this time. Nicole worked hard, combining attack and defence on the black side of a QGD. She was rewarded first with a pawn, then a piece losing blunder. Isabelle was steadily outplayed in an f3 Nimzo. Daniel won another impressive game, fighting back from a worse position and ultimately overwhelming his opponent. Anya's b3 anti-Sicilian worked well and she won a nice game.
Tran, Thanh Tu - Wastney, Scott
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.b3 cxd4 5.exd4 Nc6 6.Bb2 Bg4 7.Nbd2 e6 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.O-O Qc7 10.h3 Bh5 11.c4 O-O 12.a3 Bf4 13.Qc2 Bg6 14.Rfe1 Rfd8 15.c5 a5 16.Bc3 b6 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 bxc5 21.bxc5 e5 22.dxe5 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 Bxe5 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Rc1 Ne4 26.Nf3 Qf4 27.c6 Rc8 28.Rd1 Nf6 29.Nd4 Qd6 30.Qa4 Qc7 31.Qa6 Rb8 32.g3
Moves are clickable
32...Qb6 33.Qxb6 Rxb6 34.c7 1-0
Ker, Anthony F - Watanabe, Akira
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d5 4.Nf3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nd7 6.d3 Ngf6 7.g3 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Rb8 10.b3 b5 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.Qe2 Qb6 13.Kh1 Rbc8 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.c4 a6 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.Rd2 Rd6 19.Rfd1 Rcd8 20.Ne5 Bxg2+ 21.Qxg2 Nd7 22.Nf3 Nf6 23.Ne5 Nd7 24.Ng4 Nb8 25.Nf2 Nc6 26.Ne4 R6d7 27.Rc1 Nb4 28.Qe2
Moves are clickable
28...Nxd3 29.Rcd1 bxc4 30.bxc4 Qc6 31.Rxd3 Rxd3 32.Rxd3 Rxd3 33.Qxd3 f5 34.Kg1 fxe4 35.Qd8+ Kf7 36.Kf2 h6 37.Ke3 Kg6 38.Qd2 Qa4 39.Qe2 Qc6 40.Qg2 Kf6 41.Qxe4 Qb6 42.Qc2 Qd6 43.Qb2+ Kf7 44.Qb7+ Kf6 45.Qb2+ Kf7 46.Qe5 Qxe5+ 47.fxe5 Ke7 48.h4 g6 49.g4 g5 50.hxg5 hxg5 1/2-1/2
Sakai, Azumi - Qin, Nicole Shu Yu
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bh4 O-O 9.Bd3 Re8 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.O-O Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.b4 a6 14.a4 Ndf6 15.b5 axb5 16.axb5 Rxa1 17.Rxa1 c5 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Be2 b6 20.Nd4 Nce4 21.Bf3 Bd7 22.Nce2 Rc8 23.Qb2 Nc5 24.Nf4 Nce4 25.h3 Qe8 26.Ra6 Rb8 27.Ra1 Rc8 28.Rd1 Nc3 29.Rc1 Nce4 30.Rb1 Nc3 31.Rc1 Nce4 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Rxc8 Qxc8 34.Nfe2 Qc5 35.Qc3 Qd6 36.Nf4 Kh7 37.Qc2 Qe5 38.Qb2 Qc5 39.Nfe2 Qg5 40.Qb4 Bxh3 41.Ng3 Bd7 42.Nc6 Nd5 43.Qxe4+ g6 44.Qf3 Nf6 45.Ne4 Nxe4 46.Qxe4 Qxb5 47.Ne7 Qg5
Moves are clickable
48.Nd5?? Bc6 49.Qb4 Qxd5 50.f3 b5 51.Kf2 Qe5 52.e4 Qg5 53.Qb3 Qf6 54.Ke3 Qg5+ 55.Kf2 Qf6 56.Ke3 Kg7 57.Qc2 b4 58.Qb3 Qe7 59.Kd3 Bb5+ 60.Ke3 Qc5+ 61.Kf4 Qc3 62.Qb1 b3 63.Qd1 b2 64.Qd5 b1=Q 0-1
Ning, Isabelle Yixuan - Hoshino, Karen
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 O-O 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 c5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Ne2 Re8 11.O-O c4 12.Bc2 b5 13.Ng3 a5 14.e4 b4 15.axb4 dxe4 16.fxe4 Bg4 17.Qe1 axb4 18.Rxa8 Qxa8 19.Bg5 Nh5 20.Nxh5 Bxh5 21.d5 b3 22.dxc6 bxc2 23.Qd2 Qxc6 24.Qxc2 Rxe4 25.Rb1 Re8 26.Qf2 h6 27.Bh4 Re2
Moves are clickable
28.Qg3 Qc5+ 29.Kh1 Qd5 30.Rf1 Rd2 31.h3 Kh7 32.Kh2 g5 33.Bxg5 Qxg5 34.Qxg5 hxg5 35.h4 Kg6 36.hxg5 Kxg5 37.Ra1 Rc2 38.Ra5+ f5 39.Ra3 Bf3 40.Kg3 Bxg2 41.Ra4 f4+ 42.Kh2 Bc6+ 43.Kg1 Bxa4 44.Kf1 Kg4 0-1
Nakahara, Kan - Gong, Daniel Hanwen
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 d6 9.O-O Bd7 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Qd3 a5 13.f4 Nd7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.b3 Kg8 16.Kh1 Nc5 17.Qe3 b6 18.Bf3 Ra7 19.Rcd1 Rd7 20.f5 f6 21.Bg4 g5
Moves are clickable
White looks better is better here. But again Daniel gradually outplays his opponent 22.h4 White quite reasonably expects opening the kingside to favour him 22...gxh4 But Daniel turns his lemons into lemonade. The way all three of his heavy pieces make their way to the newly opened g-file with decisive effect over the next few moves is rather striking. 23.Rf4 Rf7 24.Bh3 Rg7 25.Rxh4 Qf8 26.Ne2 Rd8 27.Nd4 Be8 28.Rf1 Rg5 29.Rff4 ( The computer indicates 29.Rg1 followed by g4 is the way for White to stay on top on the kingside ) 29...Bh5 30.Kh2 Kh8 31.Rf2 Qg7 32.a3 Rg8 White is now in a lot of trouble 33.b4? As it happens this drives the Knight to the dominant square d3 33...Rg3 34.Qe1 (34.Nf3 Bxf3 35.gxf3 Rxh3+ is mate in two ) 34...Nd3 35.Qf1 Qg5 36.Rhf4 Nxf4 37.Rxf4 Rd3 38.g4 Rxd4 39.gxh5 Qg3+ 40.Kh1 Rd2 0-1
Thurner, Anya - Hoshino, Meilin
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad
1.e4 c5 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Nc3 d6 5.Nd5 e5 6.Nxf6+ Qxf6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bxd7+ Nxd7 9.Ne2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.f4 Qe7 12.d3 Nb6 13.Qe1 d5 14.fxe5 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 Qxe5 16.Qg3 Qe7 17.Nc3 d4 18.Ne2 Nd7 19.Nf4
Moves are clickable
19...b5? 20.Nd5! Qe5? This loses a piece. Obviously the alternatives were more practical but interestingly they are little better theoretically ( for example 20...Qd8 21.Qd6 and the threat of Qxd7 followed by Nf6+ turns out to be decisive ) 21.Nf6+! Well spotted 21...Kg7 22.Nxd7 Qxg3 23.hxg3 Rfe8 24.Nxc5 a5 25.a3 Rec8 26.b4 a4 27.Rf2 Rc6 28.Raf1 Rc7 29.Rf6 Rac8 30.R1f2 Re7 31.Kf1 Rb8 32.Ke2 h5 33.Kd2 Rc7 34.Na6 Rcb7 35.Nxb8 Rxb8 36.Rxf7+ Kh6 37.R2f6 Kg5 38.Ke2 Rc8 39.Kd2 Rb8 40.Rf3 Kh6 41.Rd7 Kg5 42.Rd5+ Kh6 43.Rxd4 Rb7 44.Rd6 Kg5 45.Rff6 Rg7 46.Rb6 1-0