ROUND 8 REPORT – DOUBLE VICTORY FOR JAMAICA! Both Jamaican teams scored identical victories today in the 8th round of the (41st) World Chess Olympiad being held in Tromso, Norway. In the Women’s Section, wins by WIM Deborah Richards-Porter and WFM Rachel Miller on the top two boards, aided by a draw from WCM Melisha Smith, spearheaded a 2 ½ - 1 ½ victory over Sri Lanka. Curiously, this avenged the loss by Jamaica’s Open/Men’s team to Sri Lanka in yesterday’s 7th round action. The Russians were comfortable winners against Hungary to maintain their sole lead in the Women’s section. …………………………………………………………………… In the Open Section the Jamaicans fought hard to defeat a determined Ivory Coast team 2 ½ - 1 ½ with victories by the in-form CM Damion Davy and CM-elect Ras Malaku Lorne, respectively, on the top two boards.CM-elect Brandon Wilson drew on board 4 to secure the victory. Davy has a chance to earn the higher FIDE Master (“FM”) title if he wins his next game to reach 6 points. China soundly defeated Azerbaijan 3-1 to move to 14 points and assume the lead in the Open section. At “press time” all the results were not in nor were the 9th round pairings completed. Report and photographs by Ian Wilkinson QC Jamaica’s Chef de Mission Tromso, Norway August 10, 2014
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:37:28 +0000
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