Chess Olympiad 12th-25th November
Women
| Round | Team | | Team | NZ
| 1 | New Zealand(76) | 4-0 | Aruba(106) | Win (108)
| 2 | New Zealand(76) | ½-3½ | Estonia(46) | Loss (32)
| 3 | England(31) | 4-0 | New Zealand(76) | Loss (50)
| 4 | New Zealand(76) | 2-2 | Dominican Republic(66) | Draw (55)
| 5 | Philippines(51) | 3½-½ | New Zealand(76) | Loss (43)
| 6 | Yemen(114) | 2½-1½ | New Zealand(76) | Win (92)
| 7 | New Zealand(76) | ½-3½ | Luxembourg(41) | Loss (44)
| 8 | Iraq(89) | ½-3½ | New Zealand(76) | Win (87)
| 9 | Iceland(65) | 3-1 | New Zealand(76) | Loss (60)
| 10 | New Zealand(76) | 4-0 | Libya(110) | Win (101)
| 11 | Wales(77) | ½-3½ | New Zealand(76) | Win (79)
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*If you looked at the full results from round four and noticed a default loss for Bob Smith, he turned up to the round 3 minutes late.
Their are new rules at this years Olympiad including a funny points system and no being late.
Results
The 72nd seeded New Zealand Open Team of Murray Chandler, Russell Dive, Bob Smith, Roger Nokes & Stephen Lukey are 97th out of 154.
The 76th seeded New Zealand Women's Team of Helen Milligan, Sue Maroroa, Judy Gao, Vivian Smith & Natasha Fairley are 62nd out of 114 just ahead of much higher seeded Australia on 63rd spot.
The Olympiad had many mismatches with the new paring system, New Zealand for example played Ukraine in round eight. The new Match Point system needs to be examined closely, was the Game Point system better.
Round Eleven
Last Round Olympiad games last chance for Match Points.
The Women's Team get their Match Points with 3 wins and a draw while the Open team have a hard time with Brazil. Murray Chandler wins his game with his two passed pawns looking strong, others in the team lost so one Game Point no Match Points.
Round Ten
Turkey seeded 50 is to strong for the New Zealand Open Team. The Women's Team won on all boards.
Round Nine
Vivian Smith was the only New Zealander to win in round nine. Mike Earle is at the Olympiad to watch the games, apparently he was asked to play for the Papua New Guinea Team, But preferred to be a spectator.
Watch New Zealand player Natasha Fairley's interview on Europe Echecs Daily video reports (In english) click round 9 note: English Translate Flag at top of page
Round Eight
New Zealand team who do not have Grandmasters on every board, played the Ukraine Team seeded 2nd! What is New Zealand doing up on board five?
Chandler played Ivanchuk! No miracles today so we go down to board fourteen to play Georgia for round nine.
A nice run for New Zealand on Susan Polgar site
Misaligned Southern Cross on THE CLOSET GRANDMASTER site.
Round Seven
New Zealand Open team won in round 7 placing them 24th on the ChessBase Top rankings list wow we made the list!
Photo from THE CLOSET GRANDMASTER site (photo Some rights reserved)
"thats great, maybe NZ greatest win at an olympiad" [Comment From Stewart from THE CLOSET GRANDMASTER site]
Round Six
72nd seeded New Zealand Open Team are placed 35th, Australia(53) have 40th spot after round six
FM Roger Nokes won again but his performance rating has gone down to 2723 placing him 41st on the top performers list.
See ChessBase News round 6
The New Zealand Women's Team(76) are in 82nd Place
Round Five
New Zealander FM Roger Nokes rated 2293 has a performance rating of 2884 after round five placing him 7th on the top performers list.
He has won all four of his games (100%). See ChessBase News round 5
Round One
Trinidad and Tobago upset New Zealand in round one.
Chess Olympiad Links
THE CLOSET GRANDMASTER
Chessbase
Polgar Chess Daily News & Information
Kiwi Chess also has a bit about the Chess Olympiad.
Europe Eches note: English Translate Flag at top of page
Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008 Official site
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