Success of Italian Teams India Shell Shocked in Inaugural Round
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Daily News of Torino Olimpiad May 22/2006. Success of Italian teams our home teams out of fi ve won their matches today: Italy «A» against Mo- naco 3,5:0,5, Italy «B» composed of young talented players, all of them un- der 20, did it even with perfect score against China Taipei and Italy «C», which is sponsored by local authorities from Torino Province, conceded just half a point to Haiti. As for the women, Italy «A» took all three poin- ts, while Italy «B» was not able to put some resistance against a very strong Dutch team. AmongF the favorites, perfect scores for Russia, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Spain, England, Germany, Romania and Georgia among others. Th e surprise of the day is the victory from Morocco – 3:1 against India. As for the actual champions from Ukraine, they were obliged to concede half a point on bord number one, where Ivanchuk didn’t manage to outplay Sergey Krilov, the ac- tual World Champion for blind players. India shell shocked in inaugural round he much hype about being Onischuk Alexander drew IM Ker Anthony second seed and the pos- while GM Ibragimov Ildar was held to a draw sibility of challenging the by - IM Garbett Paul. Russians and Ukrainians USA struggled and India were shocked for the gold ended in a shell other seeded teams like england, Ukraine has shock for Indians who were outplayed by Mo- dropped valuable half point. Success in Olym- roccoT by 3 1 margin in the opening round. In- piad is relied on the momentum gained in dia had rested the top two tables and with the initial rounds and the winning margin again- rookie D. P. Singh on table 4. Th is unexpected st inexperienced teams. British Grandmaster move has led to trouble when the top 2 boar- Nigel short said It is a a long tournament with ds ended in a draw Harikrishna was unable 13 rounds but now India has their task cut out. to attain a breakthrough against GM hischem Referring back to the 1994 chess Olympiad at Hamdochi while Surya sekar ganguly with Moscow Nigel said We had a poor start but in white pieces was held to a draw by Elbilia the end managed to pull ourself through to Jacques. Karim Ismael conducted a enterpri- the fi rst table. If it was 11 rounds as proposed sing attack against GM Sandipan Chanda and for next Olympiad at Dresden it would be an won panache while FM Arbouche Muhamed uphill task for any team dropping off 3 points put it across the rookie Singh D P. in the opening round. 35 teams started off with the perfect sco- Th e women’s section the seeds prevailed re by sweeping on all four boards Russia winning all three boards except Ukraine who Netherlands Bulgaria Spain Germany Roma- conceded a draw WIM Zsiltzova-Lisenko Lu- nia Georgia Poland Greece Denmark Iceland bov held - WGM Zhukova Natalia to a draw Croatia Turkey Philippines Slovakia Vietnam while china, India Hungary, USA, Italy, Ar- Lithuania Latvia Bangladesh were among the menia and Bulgaria had facile wins. Germany teams that had a good day. dropped a half a point when Cua Sherily drew Ukraine and England dropped a valuable - WGM Juergens Vera in a crucial match. half point against IBCA and UAE respectively Th e Russian teams made a brilliant start GM Conquest Stuart conceded a draw again- and they have a formidable lineup in both st Abdul majid while Krylov Sergey held on - men’s and women’s team India’s debacle in the GM Ivanchuk Vasily to a draw. USA just ma- inaugural round is an costly mistake and only naged to get the better of New Zea land when their performance in the next 3 rounds will the top board grandmasters highly rated GM spell it out. Olympiad review rejunavated russian team starts the campaign today for reclaiming their “Every game is important and we cannot aff ord any let ups,” was grandmaster P. Hari Krish- hold on the chess olympiad crown. Led by classical world champion Vladi- na put it . “Last time we were a bit tired towards the end and did not score as much as we mir kramnik russians are top seed and the favourites for the championship should have,” he said.. Th e two rest days should be the key for the title aspirants where their title. GM Svidler Peter 2743 3 GM Grischuk Alexander 2719 GM Moroze- starplayers can be wrested , the total rounds is 13. vich Alexander 2730 GM Bareev Evgeny 2701and GM Rublevskiy Sergey Russia, dethroned by Ukraine in 2004, will have the services of Vladimir Kramnik, Peter 2687 mark the impressive lineup. Th e russians are in strength and their players are in form. Svidler, GM Grischuk Alexander 2719 GM Morozevich Alexander 2730 GM Bareev Evgeny ForA years India has remained among the also-rans in the Chess Olympiad. Th e biennial event,. 2701 GM Rublevskiy Sergey 2687. Th e russians are back in strength and Ukraine, will have However with emergence of Sasikiran and harikrishna at the pinnacle of chess world rankings an uphill task of defending their title in the absence of the 2001 World champion Ruslan Po- this event promises to be diff erent since the second seeded India is a fi rm favourite for a medal nomariov . Similarly, Bulgaria will be without World champion Veselin Topalov. Th ird seed in the open section and boasts of the strongest lineup Armenia shows promise and will be headed by World Cup winner Levon Aronian, the second Seeded second the Indian team is spearheaded by Viswanathan Anand with Sasikiran strongest player in the event that has attracted 1243 players from 140 nations including 253 , Pentala Harikrishna , Surya sekar Ganguly, Sandipan chanda and the surprise winner of Grandmasters and 179 International Masters. UAE will face England on the opening round National Champèionship Th e chess olympiad is not decided by the teams individual result while Russia will face Kazakisthan and surprisingly Former world champion Kasimdzhanov barring a 4-0 whitewash but by the winning margin against weaker teams Rustam. The letter of Interview apology with Mr. Izoria Zviad Name: Izoria Zviad during his teenage years and resulted To Date of Birth : 06.01.1984 in him winning several youth titles, Rating: 2647 including the 2000 World Under-16 Th e Chinese chess Association Current ranking in the World 60 Championship and consecutive Euro- Highest ranking in the World 52 pean Junior Championships in 2001 Nationality : Tbilisi Georgia and 2002. His greatest success to date Mr. Wang Ruinan Chess performance: is his victory in the HB Global Chess World Champion : Under 12, 14, 16 & Challenge (2005), scoring 7.5/9. On 20 the FIDE world ranking list of January Dear Sir, E U Champion Under 12, 14 2006, Izoria was rated a career-high Winner of Baku cup in the year 2000 2652, placing him joint 52nd. We are extremely sorry about the incident which happened on the occasion of the ope- Moscow Kasparov Cup in the year Accomplishments ning ceremony of the 37th chess Olympiad. Th e incorrect fl ag and incorrect name of the 2000 Grandmaster Zviad Izoria, Fide rating Chinese Taipei Team was introduced and this is exclusively our fault. We assure you that Winner of HB Global Chess Challenge 2541 from Georgia. 19 years old. have this happened as a pure technical mistake and without any bad intention. 2005 won many youth championships: Wor- We hope that you & your people can accept our sincere and deepest apology. We assure Part of Olympiad team for Georgia in ld U16 Champion ? 2000 ;European you that all the necessary steps will be taken to ensure correct display of fl ags and names 2001 that took 4th place. U18 Champion ? 2001 ; twice European in future events. In a span of three years since 2000 he Junior (U20) Champion - 2001, 2002 ; We appreciate that you have been very cooperative in resolving this problem from the increased his rating by more than 300 and have taken 4 more medals in dif- very beginning. points. ferent categories. I’m Garry Kasparov Favourite colour ? 71% of victory with Cup owner in Moscow - 2000. I’m a na- Th e apology will be also published on the website and in the offi cial bulletin. We would White tioanal olympic team member, we took like to thank you once again for your understanding and we wish you all the best. 4th place in Bled Olympiad. Georgian 5 times champion in different catego- Zviad Izoria was born January 6, 1984 ries. Many international tournaments’ Michele Cordara in Georgia. His chess career began winner. General Manager 37th Chess Olympiad Regulations of Turin Olympiad Blu Area Tribunes Is allowed only for teams (4 men, 3 women and 2 captains) with GREEN CREDITS linked Are allowed only for: TOGHETHER with the BLACK CARD (board 1- board 2 – board 3 – board 4 – C) 1.Not-playing players (reserves) 2. Members of Olympiad’s family without number 4 parterre admission 3.Spectators with Silver ticket Red Area Th e TEAM with BLACK CARD has to come inside should enter through the door which Is allowed only for: leads to the playing area. In this area all players can fi nd: Bar - Toilets. 1. Journalists and photographers A smoking area outside the building. 2. Credits whit parterre admission (n. 4) Th e members of Olympiad Family should enter the playing from the main entrance (Ticket’s 3. Spectators with Golden ticket and stands area). 4 GM Parligras Mircea 1 : 0 Bendana Guy Dr 1.15 88 Dominican Republic ½ - 3½ 16 Hungary Men section 1 IM Mateo Ramon 0 : 1 GM Gyimesi Zoltan 2 FM Munoz Lisandro 0 : 1 GM Berkes Ferenc 3 IM Hernandez Gustavo 0 : 1 GM Balogh Csaba Round 1 on 2006/05/21 4 Mazara Adan ½ : ½ GM Horvath Adam 1.16 17 Georgia 4 - 0 89 ICSC 1.1 1 Russia 4 - 0 73 Kazakhstan 1 GM Kacheishvili Giorgi 1 : 0 IM Georgiev Veselin 1 GM Grischuk Alexander 1 : 0 Kozlov Roman 2 GM Gagunashvili