Chess Olympiad 2008 round 8 results: Philippines lost to the Netherlands

After coming up with an impressive victory against Belgium, the RP men's team absorbed it's worst beating thus far at the Olympiad as we lost to the Dutch 0.5 : 3.5. With the result, the Philippines dropped out of the top fifty team in the standings, in 57th place. In round 9, we will be paired against the 18th seed Czech Republic. The Philippines has yet to beat teams that are higher seeded than us. Meanwhile, 37th seed Vietnam continue their impressive run as they hold their ground against power house China, the 3rd seed at the Olympiad, to remain in the top ten of the standings.

Bo.	20	Netherlands (NED)	Rtg	-	38	Philippines (PHI)	Rtg	3.5 : 0.5	PGN	>Game<
14.1	GM	Van Wely Loek	2618	-	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	2468	1 : 0	PGN	>Game<
14.2	GM	Smeets Jan	2604	-	GM	So Wesley	2610	½ : ½	PGN	>Game<
14.3	GM	Stellwagen Daniel	2605	-	IM	Gomez John Paul	2519	1 : 0	PGN	>Game<
14.4	GM	Werle Jan	2582	-	GM	Laylo Darwin	2507	1 : 0	PGN	>Game<

results round 8 open section

7 France (FRA) - 9 Armenia (ARM) ½ :3½

GM Bacrot Etienne 2705 - GM Aronian Levon 2757 ½ - ½
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2716 - GM Akopian Vladimir 2679 0 - 1
GM Fressinet Laurent 2676 - GM Sargissian Gabriel 2642 0 - 1
GM Tkachiev Vladislav 2664 - GM Petrosian Tigran L 2629 0 - 1
8 Israel (ISR) - 11 Germany 1 (GER1) 2½:1½

GM Gelfand Boris 2719 - GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2678 1 - 0
GM Roiz Michael 2677 - GM Khenkin Igor 2647 ½ - ½
GM Avrukh Boris 2657 - GM Fridman Daniel 2630 ½ - ½
GM Postny Evgeny 2674 - GM Baramidze David 2557 ½ - ½

10 United States of America (USA) - 1 Russia (RUS) 1½:2½

GM Kamsky Gata 2729 - GM Svidler Peter 2727 1 - 0
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2704 - GM Grischuk Alexander 2719 0 - 1
GM Onischuk Alexander 2644 - GM Morozevich Alexander 2787 ½ - ½
GM Akobian Varuzhan 2606 - GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2737 0 - 1

3 China (CHN) - 37 Vietnam (VIE) 2 : 2

GM Bu Xiangzhi 2714 - GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2567 ½ - ½
GM Ni Hua 2710 - GM Le Quang Liem 2583 ½ - ½
GM Wang Hao 2696 - GM Dao Thien Hai 2510 0 - 1
GM Li Chao B 2622 - GM Tu Hoang Thong 2496 1 - 0

2 Ukraine (UKR) - 71 New Zealand (NZL) 4 : 0

GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2786 - GM Chandler Murray G 2515 1 - 0
GM Eljanov Pavel 2720 - IM Dive Russell John 2357 1 - 0
GM Efimenko Zahar 2680 - FM Smith Robert W 2316 1 - 0
GM Volokitin Andrei 2659 - FM Nokes Roger I 2293 1 - 0

4 Azerbaijan (AZE) - 24 Croatia (CRO) 2½:1½

GM Radjabov Teimour 2752 - GM Palac Mladen 2583 ½ - ½
GM Gashimov Vugar 2703 - GM Kozul Zdenko 2593 ½ - ½
GM Huseynov Gadir 2650 - GM Zelcic Robert 2589 1 - 0
GM Mammadov Rauf 2631 - GM Stevic Hrvoje 2588 ½ - ½

6 Bulgaria (BUL) - 23 Belarus (BLR) 2 : 2

GM Topalov Veselin 2791 - GM Zhigalko Sergei 2592 1 - 0
GM Cheparinov Ivan 2696 - GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2617 0 - 1
GM Georgiev Kiril 2645 - GM Fedorov Alexei 2584 ½ - ½
GM Delchev Aleksander 2632 - GM Zhigalko Andrey 2568 ½ - ½

15 England (ENG) - 17 Georgia (GEO) 2½:1½

GM Adams Michael 2734 - GM Jobava Baadur 2664 ½ - ½
GM Short Nigel D 2642 - GM Izoria Zviad 2610 1 - 0
GM Howell David W L 2593 - GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2615 ½ - ½
GM Jones Gawain C B 2548 - GM Pantsulaia Levan 2580 ½ - ½

25 Slovakia (SVK) - 27 Greece (GRE) 3 : 1

GM Movsesian Sergei 2732 - GM Papaioannou Ioannis 2597 1 - 0
GM Ftacnik Lubomir 2571 - GM Kotronias Vasilios 2587 ½ - ½
GM Markos Jan 2557 - GM Halkias Stelios 2584 1 - 0
IM Vavrak Peter 2478 - GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios 2572 ½ - ½

50 Turkey (TUR) - 21 Poland (POL) 1½:2½

GM Gurevich Mikhail 2634 - GM Miton Kamil 2604 ½ - ½
IM Can Emre 2464 - GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2599 0 - 1
IM Erdogdu Mert 2449 - GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2577 1 - 0
FM Yilmaz Mustafa 2387 - GM Bartel Mateusz 2602 0 - 1

28 Slovenia (SLO) - 13 India (IND) 2 : 2

GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2619 - GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2694 ½ - ½
GM Pavasovic Dusko 2597 - GM Harikrishna P 2659 0 - 1
GM Lenic Luka 2569 - GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal 2548 ½ - ½
IM Borisek Jure 2548 - GM Sandipan Chanda 2579 1 - 0

14 Romania (ROU) - 22 Serbia (SRB) 1½:2½

GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2684 - GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2658 0 - 1
GM Istratescu Andrei 2633 - GM Solak Dragan 2595 ½ - ½
GM Parligras Mircea 2611 - GM Kovacevic Aleksandar 2581 1 - 0
GM Lupulescu Constantin 2594 - GM Perunovic Milos 2580 0 - 1

5 Hungary (HUN) - 44 Italy (ITA) 3 : 1

GM Leko Peter 2747 - GM Caruana Fabiano 2640 1 - 0
GM Polgar Judit 2711 - GM Godena Michele 2517 0 - 1
GM Almasi Zoltan 2663 - IM Brunello Sabino 2455 1 - 0
GM Berkes Ferenc 2645 - IM Rombaldoni Denis 2436 1 - 0

20 Netherlands (NED) - 38 Philippines (PHI) 3½: ½

GM Van Wely Loek 2618 - GM Villamayor Buenaventura 2468 1 - 0
GM Smeets Jan 2604 - GM So Wesley 2610 ½ - ½
GM Stellwagen Daniel 2605 - IM Gomez John Paul 2519 1 - 0
GM Werle Jan 2582 - GM Laylo Darwin 2507 1 - 0

19 Norway (NOR) - 18 Czech Republic (CZE) 3 : 1

GM Carlsen Magnus 2786 - GM Navara David 2633 1 - 0
GM Agdestein Simen 2588 - GM Hracek Zbynek 2613 ½ - ½
GM Johannessen Leif Erlend 2545 - GM Laznicka Viktor 2591 ½ - ½
IM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2522 - GM Babula Vlastimil 2608 1 - 0

12 Spain (ESP) - 55 Bangladesh (BAN) 3 : 1

GM Shirov Alexei 2726 - GM Rahman Ziaur 2510 1 - 0
GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2664 - GM Hossain Enamul 2494 1 - 0
GM Illescas Cordoba Miguel 2604 - GM Abdulla Al-Rakib 2522 ½ - ½
GM San Segundo Carrillo Pablo 2564 - FM Minhazuddin Ahmed 2377 ½ - ½

30 Sweden (SWE) - 33 Uzbekistan (UZB) 2½:1½

GM Berg Emanuel 2623 - GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2672 ½ - ½
GM Hillarp Persson Tiger 2543 - GM Iuldachev Saidali 2511 1 - 0
GM Cicak Slavko 2564 - IM Khamrakulov Dzhurabek 2533 1 - 0
GM Carlsson Pontus 2515 - GM Safin Shukhrat 2510 0 - 1

51 Estonia (EST) - 34 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1½:2½

GM Kulaots Kaido 2556 - GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas 2640 ½ - ½
GM Kanep Meelis 2524 - GM Kotsur Pavel 2563 ½ - ½
IM Liiva Riho 2460 - GM Ibrayev Nurlan 2448 ½ - ½
IM Volodin Aleksandr 2397 - IM Zhumabayev Rinat 2490 0 - 1

41 Germany 2 (GER2) - 16 Cuba (CUB) ½ :3½

GM Meier Georg 2558 - GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2719 ½ - ½
IM Braun Arik 2567 - GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2623 0 - 1
GM Bindrich Falko 2517 - GM Quezada Perez Yuniesky 2580 0 - 1
IM Bogner Sebastian 2448 - GM Hernandez Carmenates Holden 2580 0 - 1

29 Bosnia & Herzegovina (BIH) - 53 Australia (AUS) 2½:1½

GM Predojevic Borki 2615 - GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2567 ½ - ½
GM Saric Ibro 2559 - IM Smerdon David 2470 ½ - ½
IM Stojanovic Dalibor 2455 - IM Solomon Stephen J 2470 ½ - ½
IM Bogut Zeljko 2464 - GM Johansen Darryl K 2446 1 - 0

35 Lithuania (LTU) - 65 Ecuador (ECU) 3 : 1

GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2533 - GM Matamoros Franco Carlos S 2525 ½ - ½ GM Sulskis Sarunas 2572 - IM Pazos Gambarrotti Plinio 2327 ½ - ½ IM Zagorskis Darius 2509 - Aucay Pelaez Mauro 2335 1 - 0
IM Sarakauskas Gediminas 2429 - Macias Murillo Bryan 2333 1 - 0

72 Faroe Islands (FAI) - 59 Colombia (COL) ½ :3½

IM Ziska Helgi Dam 2416 - IM Cuartas Jaime Alexander 2489 0 - 1
IM Rodgaard John 2383 - IM Escobar Forero Alder 2482 ½ - ½
Poulsen Martin 2281 - IM Barrientos Sergio 2450 0 - 1
Andreasen Joan Hendrik 2179 - IM Clavijo Jorge Mario 2358 0 - 1

52 Finland (FIN) - 39 Former Yug Rep of Macedonia (MKD) 1½:2½

GM Nyback Tomi 2639 - GM Georgiev Vladimir 2517 ½ - ½
IM Sammalvuo Tapani 2463 - GM Stanojoski Zvonko 2502 0 - 1
IM Agopov Mikael 2449 - GM Mitkov Nikola 2556 ½ - ½
IM Lehtinen Heikki 2385 - IM Colovic Aleksandar 2458 ½ - ½

57 Ireland (IRL) - 36 Switzerland (SUI) 1 : 3

GM Baburin Alexander 2544 - GM Korchnoi Viktor 2584 ½ - ½
IM Kelly Brian 2488 - GM Pelletier Yannick 2557 ½ - ½
IM Collins Sam E 2412 - GM Jenni Florian 2543 0 - 1
IM Quinn Mark 2401 - IM Hug Werner 2448 0 - 1

46 Scotland (SCO) - 43 Latvia (LAT) 2 : 2

GM Rowson Jonathan 2596 - GM Miezis Normunds 2557 ½ - ½
GM Aagaard Jacob 2528 - GM Sveshnikov Evgeny 2525 ½ - ½
IM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2448 - GM Meijers Viesturs 2514 ½ - ½
GM McNab Colin A 2455 - Samolins Vitalijs 2444 ½ - ½

61 Portugal (POR) - 54 Austria (AUT) 1½:2½

GM Galego Luis 2484 - GM Ragger Markus 2518 ½ - ½
FM Dias Paulo 2406 - GM Kindermann Stefan 2517 0 - 1
IM Rocha Sergio 2417 - IM Neubauer Martin 2422 ½ - ½
FM Pereira Ruben 2437 - IM Baumegger Siegfried 2445 ½ - ½

42 Montenegro (MNE) - 67 Qatar (QAT) 2½:1½

GM Djukic Nikola 2519 - GM Al-Modiahki Mohamad 2559 0 - 1
GM Drasko Milan 2537 - IM Al Sayed Mohamad N 2477 ½ - ½
GM Blagojevic Dragisa 2522 - IM Nezad Husein Aziz 2401 1 - 0
IM Kalezic Blazo 2448 - Al-Hitmi Mohamad 2161 1 - 0

26 Moldova (MDA) - 77 Turkmenistan (TKM) 2½:1½

GM Bologan Viktor 2682 - IM Kakageldyev Amanmurad 2449 1 - 0
GM Iordachescu Viorel 2572 - FM Esenov Annaberdi 2319 ½ - ½
GM Svetushkin Dmitry 2588 - Atabaev Yusyup 2219 1 - 0
GM Sanduleac Vasile 2443 - IM Amanov Mesgen 2357 0 - 1

69 Indonesia (INA) - 70 Mongolia (MGL) 4 : 0

GM Megaranto Susanto 2536 - Gundavaa Bayarsaihan 2458 1 - 0
IM Irwanto Sadikin 2441 - GM Hatanbaatar Bazar 2375 1 - 0
Yohannes Simbolon 0 - Oyunbaatar Tumendemberel 2306 1 - 0
Farid Firmansyah 2154 - Battulga Namhai 2317 1 - 0

45 Iceland (ISL) - 81 United Arab Emirates (UAE) 1½:2½

GM Stefansson Hannes 2575 - IM Salem A R Saleh 2476 0 - 1
GM Danielsen Henrik 2492 - Ali Abdulkhaleq 2176 1 - 0
IM Kristjansson Stefan 2474 - IM Hassan Abdullah 2287 ½ - ½
GM Thorhallsson Throstur 2455 - FM AlHuwar Jasem 2230 0 - 1

49 Egypt (EGY) - 66 Costa Rica (CRC) 3 : 1

GM Adly Ahmed 2586 - GM Ramirez Alejandro 2533 ½ - ½
GM Amin Bassem 2560 - IM Gonzalez Bernal 2432 1 - 0
IM Frhat Ali 2418 - IM Hernandez Basante Francisco 2247 ½ - ½
FM Abdel Razik Khaled 2406 - Vargas Serano Pablo 1978 1 - 0

32 Denmark (DEN) - 105 Guatemala (GUA) 3½: ½

GM Nielsen Peter Heine 2662 - IM Juarez Flores Carlos A 2358 1 - 0
GM Schandorff Lars 2520 - FM Lorenzana Wilson Estuardo 2202 1 - 0
IM Rasmussen Allan Stig 2513 - Quinones Centeno Carlos 2127 ½ - ½
IM Glud Jakob Vang 2444 - Gudiel Carlos 0 1 - 0

40 Iran (IRI) - 94 Uruguay (URU) 4 : 0

GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2599 - IM Roselli Mailhe Bernardo 2368 1 - 0
GM Moradiabadi Elshan 2499 - Carvalho Guillermo 2249 1 - 0
GM Bagheri Amir 2490 - Lopez Falcon Jorge 2206 1 - 0
GM Ghane Shojaat 2408 - Rodriguez Santiago 2262 1 - 0

91 El Salvador (ESA) - 58 Brazil (BRA) 1 : 3

IM Leyva Hector 2399 - GM Lima Darcy 2488 1 - 0
IM Arias Lemmys A 2372 - GM Sunye Neto Jaime 2488 0 - 1
FM Chavez Ricardo Ernesto 2226 - FM El Debs Felipe De Cresce 2447 0 - 1
FM Martinez Nelson 2149 - IM Braga Cicero Nogueira 2415 0 - 1

31 Argentina (ARG) - 63 Mexico (MEX) 2½:1½

GM Felgaer Ruben 2591 - GM Hernandez Guerrero Gilberto 2549 0 - 1
GM Peralta Fernando 2557 - IM Espinosa Flores Rafael 2412 1 - 0
IM Kovalyov Anton 2571 - IM Gongora Montes Benjamin 2281 1 - 0
GM Campora Daniel H 2537 - IM Capo Vidal Uriel 2340 ½ - ½

130 Pakistan (PAK) - 93 Jordan (JOR) 3½: ½

Amir Karim 2265 - Samhouri Bilal 2205 1 - 0
Waqar Mohamed 2207 - FM Rimawi B T 2221 1 - 0
Butt Khalil Ur Rehman 0 - FM Mansour Sameer 2285 1 - 0
Ahmed Haseeb 2253 - FM Samhouri A 2378 ½ - ½

89 Palestine (PLE) - 74 Tajikistan (TJK) 1½:2½

GM Ermenkov Evgenij 2465 - IM Isaev Jamshed 2400 ½ - ½
IM Michel Yunis Christian D 2368 - FM Djuraev Sokhib 2339 1 - 0
CM Moussa Alaa-Eddine 2223 - IM Nazarov Anvar 2344 0 - 1
Ihsan Jawad 2166 - IM Khamdamov Suhrob 2219 0 - 1