Philippines vs. Uruguay ★
It’s the 8th Round of Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018, and Philippines (Seed No. 54) is up against Uruguay (Seed No. 67), in the Open section of the Olympiad. Check out the board pairings in the link above.
Month: October 2018
USA vs. Azerbaijan ★
I do think that whoever wins this match-up will eventually bag home the Batumi Olympiad title. For a bolder prediction: this will all boil down to the single game: Caruana vs. Mamedyarov, World No. 2 vs. No. 3!
Chess Olympiad: U.S. Joins Poland, Azerbaijan In Lead ★
Seven rounds down, four more to go. Who’ll win this year’s title?
Batumi Open Top Ten after Round 7 ★
Something is wrong with this list. Where’s the 2nd seed, Russia? Their dominance is really over?
Finally, a win for Team Philippines ★
Close call, but a win is a win anyway. Now, Team Philippines (Open) is at 61st place after 7 rounds of Batumi Olympiad.
Philippines vs. Albania – Round 7 Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018
Manageable for Team Philippines?
You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player.
Philippines (Women) Round 5 & 6 Results in Batumi Olympiad 2018 ★
The excellent performance of the Philippines Women’s team (Seed #43), especially in Round 5 where they drew against England (Seed #25), and won against Spain (Seed #15) had them pretty well seated at 19th place at the end of Round 6. Great job, ladies!
Caruana closing in on Carlsen in the Live Ratings
Is this telling us we should expect a great and close battle come the world championship next month?
Chess Olympiad: Azerbaijan, Poland Still Perfect ★
Mind you, the top seed USA is still lurking behind in just the 3rd place (after tiebreaks). Their strategy might be to let the competition terminate each other and they deliver the last blow in the end.