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.
Watch: Round 6 Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018 Live Coverage ★
Such a lousy coverage. I wonder why didn’t they commission GM Maurice Ashley and the rest of the St. Louis Chess Club team to do the coverage?
Final moments of Mamedyarov against Aronian at the Batumi Olympiad 2018 ★
What a problematic Levon Aronian.
Philippines vs. Jersey – R6 Batumi 2018
Team Philippines (PHI seed 54) is set to face is Jersey (JSI seed 151) in Round 6 of the Open Section of Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018. With JSI’s lineup, I guess PHI can handle this easily.
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CM | Belzo Krzysztof | 2057 | JCI | 3,0 |
| 2 | CM | Wojciechowski Paul | 1904 | JCI | 2,5 |
| 3 | Mooney Graham | 1892 | JCI | 2,0 | |
| 4 | Ponomarenko John | 1631 | JCI | 0,0 | |
| 5 | Wilson David | 1651 | JCI | 1,5 |
I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.
Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Poland, and Ukraine remain perfect 5 after Round 5
Only four teams remain perfect 5 points after 5 rounds of Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018.
Check out the full ranking after round 5 here.
Philippines vs. Lebanon R5 Batumi 2018 ★
The 54th seed Philippines, with an average ELO of 2453, suffered a disappointing loss against the 102nd seed Lebanon, average ELO 2222.
| Bo. | 54 | Philippines (PHI) | Rtg | - | 102 | Lebanon (LBN) | Rtg | 1½:2½ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37.1 | GM | Sadorra, Julio Catalino | 2553 | - | IM | Eid, Fadi | 2328 | ½ - ½ |
| 37.2 | GM | Gomez, John Paul | 2464 | - | FM | El Jawich, Amro | 2276 | 0 - 1 |
| 37.3 | IM | Pascua, Haridas | 2435 | - | CM | Tomb, Maroun | 2177 | 1-0 |
| 37.4 | FM | Turqueza, Mari Joseph | 2360 | - | Al Kaoury, Mahdi | 2106 | 0 - 1 |