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40th World Chess Olympiad was taken place in Istanbul, Turkey from August 27 – September 10.

Here is the Women Canadian Chess Olympic Team. Starting from Left to Right.

Board 1: Natalia Khoudgarian (Fide Elo: 2158)

Board 2: Jackie Peng (Fide Elo: 2009)

Board 3: Yelizaveta Orlova (Fide Elo: 1947)

Reserve: Iulia Lacau-Rodean (Fide Elo: 1999)

Board 4: Alexandra Botez (Fide Elo: 2009)

First round of the Chess tournament! The Women’s team decided to dress up in their Red Canadian T-shirts! And the Men’s Team in the grey! Go Canada!!

Here is How the Canadian Women’s Chess Olympic Team went (Board Pairings):

Round 1 on 2012/08/28 at 15:00

Bo. 124 Aruba (ARU) Rtg – 59 Canada (CAN) Rtg 0 : 4
57.1 Dania, Manuelle 0 – WIM Khoudgarian, Natalia 2158 0 – 1
57.2 WCM Carrero, Claudia 0 – WCM Peng, Jackie 2009 0 – 1
57.3 Jacobs, Annelaine 0 – WCM Orlova, Yelizaveta 1947 0 – 1
57.4 De Mey, Maria Paula 0 – WCM Botez, Alexandra 2009 0 – 1

Round 2 on 2012/08/29 at 15:00

Bo. 22 Kazakhstan (KAZ) Rtg – 59 Canada (CAN) Rtg 4 : 0
12.1 WIM Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan 2291 – WIM Khoudgarian, Natalia 2158 1 – 0
12.2 WIM Dauletova, Gulmira 2267 – WCM Peng, Jackie 2009 1 – 0
12.3 WIM Saduakassova, Dinara 2216 – WCM Botez, Alexandra 2009 1 – 0
12.4 WIM Davletbayeva, Madina 2165 – Lacau-Rodean, Iulia 1999 1 – 0

Round 3 on 2012/08/30 at 15:00

Bo. 59 Canada (CAN) Rtg – 30 Croatia (CRO) Rtg ½ :3½
23.1 WIM Khoudgarian, Natalia 2158 – WIM Franciskovic, Borka 2258 0 – 1
23.2 WCM Peng, Jackie 2009 – WGM Golubenko, Valentina 2297 ½ – ½
23.3 WCM Orlova, Yelizaveta 1947 – WIM Jelica, Mara 2258 0 – 1
23.4 Lacau-Rodean, Iulia 1999 – WFM Berke, Ana 2160 0 – 1

Round 4 on 2012/08/31 at 15:00

Bo. 59 Canada (CAN) Rtg – 100 South Korea (KOR) Rtg 3½: ½
50.1 WIM Khoudgarian, Natalia 2158 – Wang, Chengjia 1988 ½ – ½
50.2 WCM Peng, Jackie 2009 – WCM Kim, Taegyeong 1536 1 – 0
50.3 WCM Orlova, Yelizaveta 1947 – WCM Oh, Minah 1522 1 – 0
50.4 WCM Botez, Alexandra 2009 – Cho, Yeon Hee 1542 1 – 0

Round 5 on 2012/09/01 at 15:00

Bo. 53 Venezuela (VEN) Rtg – 59 Canada (CAN) Rtg 1 : 3
35.1 Gutierrez, Leonela 2067 – WIM Khoudgarian, Natalia 2158 0 – 1
35.2 Montilla, Jorcerys 2050 – WCM Peng, Jackie 2009 1 – 0
35.3 Varela, Tilsia 2036 – WCM Orlova, Yelizaveta 1947 0 – 1
35.4 Hernandez, Zaida 1990 – WCM Botez, Alexandra 2009 0 – 1

Round 6 on 2012/09/03 at 15:00

Bo. 59 Canada (CAN) Rtg – 5 United States of America (USA) Rtg ½ :3½
15.1 WIM Khoudgarian, Natalia 2158 – IM Zatonskih, Anna 2512 0 – 1
15.2 WCM Orlova, Yelizaveta 1947 – IM Krush, Irina 2467 0 – 1
15.3 WCM Botez, Alexandra 2009 – WGM Foisor, Sabina 2356 0 – 1
15.4 Lacau-Rodean, Iulia 1999 – IM Goletiani, Rusudan 2341 ½ – ½

Round 7 on 2012/09/04 at 15:00

Bo. 83 Malaysia (MAS) Rtg – 59 Canada (CAN) Rtg 2½:1½
31.1 WFM Azman Hisham, Nur Najiha 1882 – WIM Khoudgarian, Natalia 2158 ½ – ½
31.2 WCM Mi Yen, Fong 1885 – WCM Peng, Jackie 2009 0 – 1
31.3 Li Ting, Tan 1834 – WCM Botez, Alexandra 2009 1 – 0
31.4 Johari, Camilia 1778 – Lacau-Rodean, Iulia 1999 1 – 0

Round 8 on 2012/09/05 at 15:00

Bo. 59 Canada (CAN) Rtg – 99 Lebanon (LIB) Rtg 3½: ½
42.1 WIM Khoudgarian, Natalia 2158 – WFM Jalloul, Maya 1923 1 – 0
42.2 WCM Peng, Jackie 2009 – WFM Makhlouf, Youmna 1950 1 – 0
42.3 WCM Orlova, Yelizaveta 1947 – Bedrosian, Danielle 1796 1 – 0
42.4 Lacau-Rodean, Iulia 1999 – Shamieh, Sara 0 ½ – ½

Round 9 on 2012/09/06 at 15:00

Bo. 73 Egypt (EGY) Rtg – 59 Canada (CAN) Rtg 1 : 3
34.1 WFM Wafa, Shrook 1911 – WCM Peng, Jackie 2009 ½ – ½
34.2 WIM Alaa El Din, Yusra 1819 – WCM Orlova, Yelizaveta 1947 0 – 1
34.3 WFM Wafa, Shahenda 1830 – WCM Botez, Alexandra 2009 ½ – ½
34.4 Abdelmenaem, Sohayla 1732 – Lacau-Rodean, Iulia 1999 0 – 1

Round 10 on 2012/09/07 at 15:00

Bo. 59 Canada (CAN) Rtg – 44 England (ENG) Rtg 2 : 2
23.1 WIM Khoudgarian, Natalia 2158 – WGM Corke, Anya 2254 0 – 1
23.2 WCM Orlova, Yelizaveta 1947 – WFM Yurenok, Maria 2058 ½ – ½
23.3 WCM Botez, Alexandra 2009 – WFM Chevannes, Sabrina 2090 1 – 0
23.4 Lacau-Rodean, Iulia 1999 – WFM Bhatia, Kanwal 2103 ½ – ½

Round 11 on 2012/09/09 at 11:00

Bo. 59 Canada (CAN) Rtg – 55 Chile (CHI) Rtg 1 : 3
28.1 WIM Khoudgarian, Natalia 2158 – Abarca Gonzalez, Damaris 2024 0 – 1
28.2 WCM Peng, Jackie 2009 – WFM Toro Pradenas, Maria Jose 2040 1 – 0
28.3 WCM Orlova, Yelizaveta 1947 – Larrachea Formas, Emilia 2061 0 – 1
28.4 WCM Botez, Alexandra 2009 – Reyes Jara, Paula 2115 0 – 1

And Here is how specifically each team member did!

Khoudgarian Natalia WIM 2158 CAN Rp:1948

Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Rp Pts. Res. Bo.
1 548 Dania Manuelle 0 ARU 1158 0.5 s 1 1
2 93 WIM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2291 KAZ 2483 6.5 s 0 1
3 126 WIM Franciskovic Borka 2258 CRO 1988 3.5 w 0 1
4 308 Wang Chengjia 1988 KOR 1802 4.5 w ½ 1
5 256 Gutierrez Leonela 2067 VEN 2065 5.0 s 1 1
6 10 IM Zatonskih Anna 2512 USA 2406 6.5 w 0 1
7 374 WFM Azman Hisham Nur Najiha 1882 MAS 2024 3.5 s ½ 1
8 353 WFM Jalloul Maya 1923 LIB 1988 6.0 w 1 1
10 133 WGM Corke Anya 2254 ENG 2189 5.0 w 0 1
11 277 Abarca Gonzalez Damaris 2024 CHI 2061 7.0 w 0 1

Peng Jackie WCM 2009 CAN Rp:2007

Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Rp Pts. Res. Bo.
1 528 WCM Carrero Claudia 0 ARU 1349 3.5 w 1 2
2 110 WIM Dauletova Gulmira 2267 KAZ 2257 5.0 w 0 2
3 100 WGM Golubenko Valentina 2297 CRO 2120 5.5 s ½ 2
4 517 WCM Kim Taegyeong 1536 KOR 1669 2.5 s 1 2
5 266 Montilla Jorcerys 2050 VEN 2258 8.0 w 0 2
7 372 WCM Mi Yen Fong 1885 MAS 1884 3.0 w 1 2
8 329 WFM Makhlouf Youmna 1950 LIB 1647 3.0 s 1 2
9 376 WFM Wafa Shrook 1911 EGY 1870 3.0 s ½ 1
11 265 WFM Toro Pradenas Maria Jose 2040 CHI 1819 5.5 s 1 2

Orlova Yelizaveta WCM 1947 CAN Rp:1971

Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Rp Pts. Res. Bo.
1 569 Jacobs Annelaine 0 ARU 1680 6.5 s 1 3
3 131 WIM Jelica Mara 2258 CRO 2061 4.5 w 0 3
4 519 WCM Oh Minah 1522 KOR 1689 4.0 w 1 3
5 283 Varela Tilsia 2036 VEN 1940 3.5 s 1 3
6 20 IM Krush Irina 2467 USA 2434 8.5 s 0 2
8 425 Bedrosian Danielle 1796 LIB 1556 1.0 w 1 3
9 406 WIM Alaa El Din Yusra 1819 EGY 1620 0.5 w 1 2
10 237 WFM Yurenok Maria 2058 ENG 1949 3.5 s ½ 2
11 251 Larrachea Formas Emilia 2061 CHI 1974 6.0 w 0 3

Botez Alexandra WCM 2009 CAN Rp:1886

Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Rp Pts. Res. Bo.
1 550 De Mey Maria Paula 0 ARU 1242 2.0 w 1 4
2 614 WIM Saduakassova Dinara 2216 KAZ 2416 7.0 s 0 3
4 546 Cho Yeon Hee 1542 KOR 1674 5.0 s 1 4
5 312 Hernandez Zaida 1990 VEN 1962 4.0 w 1 4
6 52 WGM Foisor Sabina 2356 USA 2201 5.0 w 0 3
7 412 Li Ting Tan 1834 MAS 2088 5.0 s 0 3
9 416 WFM Wafa Shahenda 1830 EGY 1837 4.0 s ½ 3
10 233 WFM Chevannes Sabrina 2090 ENG 2011 4.5 w 1 3
11 220 Reyes Jara Paula 2115 CHI 1918 5.5 s 0 4

Lacau-Rodean Iulia 1999 CAN Rp:1795

Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Rp Pts. Res. Bo.
2 180 WIM Davletbayeva Madina 2165 KAZ 2357 6.5 w 0 4
3 197 WFM Berke Ana 2160 CRO 2099 5.5 s 0 4
6 70 IM Goletiani Rusudan 2341 USA 2167 4.5 s ½ 4
7 429 Johari Camilia 1778 MAS 1966 6.0 w 0 4
8 599 Shamieh Sara 0 LIB 1701 6.0 s ½ 4
9 467 Abdelmenaem Sohayla 1732 EGY 1869 6.0 w 1 4
10 223 WFM Bhatia Kanwal 2103 ENG 1905 5.0 s ½ 4

Here is How the Canadian Men’s Chess Olympic Team went (Board Pairings):

Round 1 on 2012/08/28 at 15:00

Bo. 131 Haiti (HAI) Rtg – 53 Canada (CAN) Rtg 0 : 4
51.1 Sanon, Mondoly 2088 – IM Gerzhoy, Leonid 2448 0 – 1
51.2 CM Lebrun, Pierson 1973 – IM Noritsyn, Nikolay 2472 0 – 1
51.3 Luxama, Jacques Muller 1964 – IM Hansen, Eric 2472 0 – 1
51.4 Bazil, Joslin 1812 – IM Porper, Edward 2418 0 – 1

Round 2 on 2012/08/29 at 15:00

Bo. 53 Canada (CAN) Rtg – 57 Turkmenistan (TKM) Rtg 3 : 1
31.1 GM Sambuev, Bator 2523 – GM Amanov, Mesgen 2516 1 – 0
31.2 IM Gerzhoy, Leonid 2448 – IM Annaberdiev, Meilis 2437 ½ – ½
31.3 IM Noritsyn, Nikolay 2472 – FM Atabayev, Maksat 2402 ½ – ½
31.4 IM Hansen, Eric 2472 – GM Odeev, Handzar 2397 1 – 0

Round 3 on 2012/08/30 at 15:00

Bo. 29 Argentina (ARG) Rtg – 53 Canada (CAN) Rtg 2 : 2
12.1 GM Peralta, Fernando 2606 – GM Sambuev, Bator 2523 0 – 1
12.2 GM Felgaer, Ruben 2570 – IM Gerzhoy, Leonid 2448 ½ – ½
12.3 GM Mareco, Sandro 2589 – IM Hansen, Eric 2472 1 – 0
12.4 Lorenzini, Martin 2482 – IM Porper, Edward 2418 ½ – ½

Round 4 on 2012/08/31 at 15:00

Bo. 53 Canada (CAN) Rtg – 56 Mongolia (MGL) Rtg 2½:1½
9.1 GM Sambuev, Bator 2523 – IM Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan 2519 0 – 1
9.2 IM Noritsyn, Nikolay 2472 – GM Sharavdorj, Dashzegve 2446 1 – 0
9.3 IM Hansen, Eric 2472 – GM Batchuluun, Tsegmed 2493 1 – 0
9.4 IM Porper, Edward 2418 – FM Gunbayar, Myagmarsuren 2358 ½ – ½

Round 5 on 2012/09/01 at 15:00

Bo. 53 Canada (CAN) Rtg – 7 Azerbaijan (AZE) Rtg ½ :3½
6.1 GM Sambuev, Bator 2523 – GM Radjabov, Teimour 2788 0 – 1
6.2 IM Gerzhoy, Leonid 2448 – GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2729 0 – 1
6.3 IM Noritsyn, Nikolay 2472 – GM Mamedov, Rauf 2634 0 – 1
6.4 IM Hansen, Eric 2472 – GM Guseinov, Gadir 2613 ½ – ½

Round 6 on 2012/09/03 at 15:00

Bo. 38 Mexico (MEX) Rtg – 53 Canada (CAN) Rtg 2½:1½
17.1 GM Leon Hoyos, Manuel 2579 – GM Sambuev, Bator 2523 1 – 0
17.2 GM Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlos 2553 – IM Gerzhoy, Leonid 2448 ½ – ½
17.3 GM Gonzales Garcia, Jose 2532 – IM Noritsyn, Nikolay 2472 1 – 0
17.4 IM Ibarra Chami, Luis Fernando 2481 – IM Hansen, Eric 2472 0 – 1

Round 7 on 2012/09/04 at 15:00

Bo. 53 Canada (CAN) Rtg – 32 Belarus (BLR) Rtg 1 : 3
22.1 GM Sambuev, Bator 2523 – GM Zhigalko, Sergei 2667 0 – 1
22.2 IM Gerzhoy, Leonid 2448 – GM Zhigalko, Andrey 2582 ½ – ½
22.3 IM Hansen, Eric 2472 – GM Teterev, Vitaly 2528 ½ – ½
22.4 IM Porper, Edward 2418 – GM Stupak, Kirill 2523 0 – 1

Round 8 on 2012/09/05 at 15:00

Bo. 136 Maldives (MDV) Rtg – 53 Canada (CAN) Rtg 0 : 4
36.1 Hassan, Mohamed 1790 – GM Sambuev, Bator 2523 0 – 1
36.2 Fuad, Ahmed 1830 – IM Gerzhoy, Leonid 2448 0 – 1
36.3 Ali, Abdul Rahman 1912 – IM Noritsyn, Nikolay 2472 0 – 1
36.4 Ashraf, Ahmed 1784 – IM Porper, Edward 2418 0 – 1

Round 9 on 2012/09/06 at 15:00

Bo. 40 Kazakhstan (KAZ) Rtg – 53 Canada (CAN) Rtg 1 : 3
29.1 GM Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 2594 – GM Sambuev, Bator 2523 1 – 0
29.2 GM Jumabayev, Rinat 2525 – IM Gerzhoy, Leonid 2448 0 – 1
29.3 GM Kostenko, Petr 2494 – IM Noritsyn, Nikolay 2472 0 – 1
29.4 IM Kuderinov, Kirill 2484 – IM Hansen, Eric 2472 0 – 1

Round 10 on 2012/09/07 at 15:00

Bo. 53 Canada (CAN) Rtg – 34 Sweden (SWE) Rtg 1½:2½
21.1 IM Gerzhoy, Leonid 2448 – GM Grandelius, Nils 2562 0 – 1
21.2 IM Noritsyn, Nikolay 2472 – GM Tikkanen, Hans 2570 ½ – ½
21.3 IM Hansen, Eric 2472 – GM Berg, Emanuel 2576 ½ – ½
21.4 IM Porper, Edward 2418 – IM Smith, Axel 2503 ½ – ½

Round 11 on 2012/09/09 at 11:00

Bo. 53 Canada (CAN) Rtg – 62 Albania (ALB) Rtg 2 : 2
28.1 GM Sambuev, Bator 2523 – GM Dervishi, Erald 2538 0 – 1
28.2 IM Noritsyn, Nikolay 2472 – IM Mehmeti, Dritan 2437 1 – 0
28.3 IM Hansen, Eric 2472 – IM Seitaj, Ilir 2400 1 – 0
28.4 IM Porper, Edward 2418 – FM Rama, Lorenc 2292 0 – 1

And Here is how specifically each team member did!

Sambuev Bator GM 2523 CAN Rp:2386

Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Rp Pts. Res. Bo.
2 190 GM Amanov Mesgen 2516 TKM 2593 4.5 w 1 1
3 109 GM Peralta Fernando 2606 ARG 2606 5.0 s 1 1
4 188 IM Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan 2519 MGL 2607 5.5 w 0 1
5 3 GM Radjabov Teimour 2788 AZE 2813 6.5 w 0 1
6 135 GM Leon Hoyos Manuel 2579 MEX 2699 8.0 s 0 1
7 59 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2667 BLR 2708 7.0 w 0 1
8 662 Hassan Mohamed 1790 MDV 2113 3.5 s 1 1
9 119 GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas 2594 KAZ 2579 5.5 s 0 1
11 171 GM Dervishi Erald 2538 ALB 2532 8.0 w 0 1

Gerzhoy Leonid IM 2448 CAN Rp:2474

Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Rp Pts. Res. Bo.
1 560 Sanon Mondoly 2088 HAI 1821 2.5 s 1 1
2 275 IM Annaberdiev Meilis 2437 TKM 2522 6.0 s ½ 2
3 761 GM Felgaer Ruben 2570 ARG 2736 7.0 w ½ 2
5 17 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2729 AZE 2880 8.5 s 0 2
6 160 GM Gonzalez Zamora Juan Carlos 2553 MEX 2459 5.5 w ½ 2
7 116 GM Zhigalko Andrey 2582 BLR 2556 6.0 s ½ 2
8 649 Fuad Ahmed 1830 MDV 2052 5.0 w 1 2
9 156 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2525 KAZ 2601 8.0 w 1 2
10 154 GM Grandelius Nils 2562 SWE 2666 8.0 w 0 1

Noritsyn Nikolay IM 2472 CAN Rp:2503

Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Rp Pts. Res. Bo.
1 616 CM Lebrun Pierson 1973 HAI 1999 5.5 w 1 2
2 306 FM Atabayev Maksat 2402 TKM 2620 7.5 w ½ 3
4 265 GM Sharavdorj Dashzegve 2446 MGL 2363 6.0 s 1 2
5 767 GM Mamedov Rauf 2634 AZE 2612 6.0 w 0 3
6 189 GM Gonzales Garcia Jose 2532 MEX 2460 6.0 s 0 3
8 633 Ali Abdul Rahman 1912 MDV 1874 3.0 s 1 3
9 217 GM Kostenko Petr 2494 KAZ 2420 5.0 s 1 3
10 146 GM Tikkanen Hans 2570 SWE 2591 6.5 s ½ 2
11 272 IM Mehmeti Dritan 2437 ALB 2184 4.0 s 1 2

Hansen Eric IM 2472 CAN Rp:2646

Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Rp Pts. Res. Bo.
1 621 Luxama Jacques Muller 1964 HAI 1567 2.5 s 1 3
2 329 GM Odeev Handzar 2397 TKM 2069 2.0 s 1 4
3 130 GM Mareco Sandro 2589 ARG 2528 4.5 s 0 3
4 206 GM Batchuluun Tsegmed 2493 MGL 2346 7.0 w 1 3
5 103 GM Guseinov Gadir 2613 AZE 2529 4.0 s ½ 4
6 229 IM Ibarra Chami Luis Fernando 2481 MEX 2407 6.0 w 1 4
7 182 GM Teterev Vitaly 2528 BLR 2519 6.0 w ½ 3
9 219 IM Kuderinov Kirill 2484 KAZ 2264 2.5 w 1 4
10 126 GM Berg Emanuel 2576 SWE 2342 5.5 w ½ 3
11 309 IM Seitaj Ilir 2400 ALB 2282 5.5 w 1 3

Porper Edward IM 2418 CAN Rp:2251

Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Rp Pts. Res. Bo.
1 654 Bazil Joslin 1812 HAI 1909 8.5 w 1 4
3 244 Lorenzini Martin 2482 ARG 2499 3.5 w ½ 4
4 346 FM Gunbayar Myagmarsuren 2358 MGL 2052 3.0 s ½ 4
7 200 GM Stupak Kirill 2523 BLR 2522 5.5 s 0 4
8 664 Ashraf Ahmed 1784 MDV 2091 6.0 w 1 4
10 227 IM Smith Axel 2503 SWE 2375 3.5 s ½ 4
11 394 FM Rama Lorenc 2292 ALB 2139 3.5 s 0 4

Here are some photos of myself from the event: