GM Edward Duliba with
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5.March.2015: GM Dr. Edward Duliba Wins 17th USCCC (USA CC Championship)
Congratulations to our teammate GM Dr. Edward Duliba on winning his second consecutive USA CC Championship played by postal chess! The final result was just registered in the official crosstable.
His fist championship (after several near-misses in previous competitions) was the 15th USCCC finished nearly a decade ago in 2006 (see Report). You can see him with his 15th USCCC trophy at the right.
GM Duliba won his second championship in the 17th USCCC by a full point ahead of Andrew Gach and David V. White (see crosstable). It's likely we'll never see another USA Championship decided by postal chess but only time will tell. GM Duliba was one of the few players to go undefeated and finished with 7 wins and 7 draws.
You can view the history of USA Championships on the ICCF-US Crosstable Archive page. |
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24.January.2015: USA Team Finishes Playing Schedult with 32 - 40 (44.4%)
After playing 72 games on six boards (12 games per board) the USA team has finished play. This was a very rugid correspondence chess event for the world championship (the ICCF 18th CC Olympiad Final), organized by ICCF (the International Correspondence Chess Federation). The USA qualified for this event by finishing in second place in the ICCF Olympiad 18 Preliminaries section 3, scoring 28 points out of 48 games (58%), just one point behind the winner Sweden, who also qualified to the Final. Congratulations to the entire USA team, listed above, for their dedication and skillful play in this most difficult event of the finest correspondence chess players in the world.
With only 11 total games remaining in this event the winner is still very much in doubt. The leaders are (with score and remaining games):
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| Slovenia | 39.5 | 2 |
| Germany | 38.5 | 4 |
| Russia | 38.5 | 1 |
| Spain | 37.5 | 2 |
| Italy | 36.0 | 3 |
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Duliba 1/2 Nickel after 61... Ra7 |
24.January.2015: GM Edward Duliba finishes final game
USA board 4 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba has finished his playing schedule with a draw vs. GM Arno Nickel of Germany. His final score is 4-8.
The result:
Board 4: GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba (USA) ½ GM Arno Nickel (GER)
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The USA team's final score is 32 - 40. There are 11 unfinished games in the whole event. |
Wunderlich 1/2 Holzmueller after 61. Rxg8 |
25.December.2014: SIM Keith Holzmueller (USA) finishes with draw vs. Germany
All 78 sgames have finished play on Board 5 with USA's SIM Keith Holzmueller drawing with black vs. his German opponent GM Dr. Hans-Dieter Wunderlich. SIM Holzmueller finished with an even 6-6 score.
The result:
Board 5: GM Dr. Hans-Dieter Wunderlich (GER) 1/2 SIM Keith Holzmueller (USA)
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The USA team score is now 31½ - 39½ with 1 remaining game.
Slovenia (39.5 points, 2 remaining games) and Germany (38 points, 5 remaining) and both +9 and are fighting it out of the championship title, while Russia (38.5, 1 remaining) still has a mathematical chance to tie for first. It should be an exciting finish. |
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23.November.2014: Board 6 Finishes Play
All games have now completed play on Board 6 in this event. Boards 3 and 5 each have only one remaining game. There are 16 games still in play over all six boards. There has been no change in the status of the top three teams as listed below.
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Roubaud 1 Duliba after 63. Kg2 |
5.November.2014: GM Duliba finishes game with France
USA board 4 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba has ended his game with France. His current score is 3½-7½ and he has one remaining game with GM Arno Nickel of Germany.
The result:
Board 4: David Roubaud (FRA) 1 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba (USA)
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The USA team score is now 31 - 39. The USA only has 2 remaining games. There are 18 unfinished games in the whole event.
Korže 1 Elyakim after 80. Qe1+ |
The overall tournament has taken an amazing turn of events. Slovenia, formerly battling for 3rd place with Italy and Spain, has suddenly won five straight games (!) to jump to the top of the tournament table. Their first decisive game ended in a loss in December 2013. All ten decisive games since then have been wins. Amazing. They scored four of their wins in October. Only five of the 13 teams competing currently have plus scores. The top scores are:
Germany +9 (6 remaining games)
Slovenia +9 (2)
Russia +7 (2)
One of the interesting recent wins by Slovenia was Dr. Danilo GM Korže (SLO) 1 GM Daniel Elyakim (ISR), a problem-like endgame. The final moves of the game showed a good understanding of the position. See the final position to the right. |
Efremov 1 Duliba after 60. Bg2 |
15.September.2014: Russia closes gap with Germany for title
Russia claimed a much-needed full point in one of their three remaining games to inch closer to tournament-leading Germany when GM Efremov was able to defeat USA board 4 GM Duliba. This gives Russia +7 (2 remaining games) to Germany's +8 (7). So it appears that first place is between Russia and Germany with a 3-way race for third among Slovenia +4 (7), Italy +3 (10) and Spain +3 (12).
The result:
Board 4: GM Aleksandr Gennadievich Efremov (RUS) 1 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba (USA)
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The USA team score is now 31 - 38 with 3 remaining games. |
Duliba 1/2 Bescós Anzano after 69. e6 |
7.September.2014: GM Duliba finishes game with Spain
USA board 4 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba has ended his game with Spain as a draw. His current score is 3½-5½.
The result:
Board 4: GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba (USA) ½ Manuel Jesús Bescós Anzano (ESP)
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The USA team score is now 31 - 37. The USA only has 4 remaining games. There are 35 unfinished games in the whole event.
Germany still leads with +8 (7 games remaining)
Russia is in 2nd place with +6 (4).
All Germany-Russia games have finished, 6 draws.
USA has 2 remaining games with Germany and 1 game with Russia.
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Duliba 0 Šivic after 50... Ra2 |
2.September.2014: USA Board 4 GM Duliba drops a game to Slovenia
USA board 4 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba has finished his game with Slovenia. His current score is 3-5.
The result:
Board 4: GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba (USA) 0 GM Jernej Šivic (SLO)
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The USA team score is now 30½ - 36½.
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Holtzmueller 1 Bjuhr after 60.Qe6 |
12.August.2014: USA Board 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller Wins!
USA Bd 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller just scored his first win and the second team win for the USA. Congratulations on this big win which improves the team record to 30½ - 35½.
The result:
Board 5: SIM Keith Holzmueller (USA) 1 SIM Arne Bjuhr (SWE)
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In the meanwhile Germany has edged into the lead with +7. The current standings (# games remaining)
1. Germany +7 (10)
2. Russia +6 (5)
3-4. Italy +3 (12)
3-4. Spain +3 (8) |
5. Slovenia +2 (11)
6-7. France +1 (5)
6-7. Luxembourg +0 (6)
Remain teams minus scores
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Manso Gil 1 Holtzmueller after 74.Bxe2 |
13.July.2014: USA Board 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller suffers first loss
After a tremendous effort to save the game USA Bd 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller finally conceded the point to his White opponent SIM Ángel-Jerónimo Manso Gil of Spain after 74 moves.
The result:
Board 5: SIM Ángel-Jerónimo Manso Gil (ESP) 1 SIM Keith Holzmueller (USA)
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This moves Spain into a medal position. The current standings (# games remaining)
1. Germany +6 (11)
1-2. Russia +6 (7)
3-4. Italy +3 (13)
3-4. Spain +3 (10) |
5. Slovenia +2 (11)
6-7. France +1 (8)
6-7. Luxembourg +1 (7)
Remain teams minus scores
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5.July.2014: ICCF-US Team Wins Olympiad 20 Preliminaries - Section 03
Received from Corky Schakel, Team Captain and ICCF-U.S. Secretary:
By winning Olympiad 20 Prelim, Section 3 the ICCF-US team of Jon Ostriker, Carl Siefring, Ken Reinhart, Dan Perry, Tom Biedermann, and Tony Kain qualified an ICCF-US team for the Olympiad 20 Finals. The team is +13 with no individual losses and one game remaining, expecting to keep the no loss record in tact.
Jon Ostriker has one game remaining, and will finish first on Bd. 1. Dan Perry scored a jaw-dropping +5 in an eight game event on Bd. 4, a GM norm. Tony Kain’s +3 shared first on Bd. 6. All individuals will finish at least third in the nine player sections. This was tough competition, four teams in the section with a higher average rating. Congratulations to all team members!
Event Crosstable: http://iccf-webchess.com/event?id=32202
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IA Ian M. Pheby |
3.July.2014: New Tournament Director for the ICCF Olympiad 18 Final
ICCF Title Tournament Commissioner Gian-Maria Tani has announced that OLY18 Final TD Carlos Flores Gutiérrez is unable to continue his work as TD due to health problems. The new OLY18F TD is IA Ian M. Pheby. Thanks to Carlos for his outstanding work as TD in this and other high level events. And welcome to our new TD with thanks for taking on this responsibility.
For a profile of Ian Pheby see http://jfcampbell.us/nfl/2011pheby.htm.
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Ham 1/2 Lecroq after 62. Kh3 |
20.June.2014: USA Board 1 GM Stephen Ham finishes final game
USA board 1 GM Stephen E. Ham has now finished his playing schedule by drawing with GM Michel Lecroq (2604) of France. His final undefeated score is 6-6.
The result:
Board 1: GM Stephen E. Ham (USA) 1/2 GM Michel Lecroq (FRA)
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The USA team score is now 29½ - 34½ with 8 games remaining.
The battle for first place continues between Russia at +6 (7 games remaining) and Germany with +5 (12 games remaining).
The USA has eight games remaining:
Board 4:
GM Dr. Edward Duliba (5 games)
Board
5: SIM Keith Holzmueller (3 games)
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17.June.2014: Modification in display of games
For an unknown reason the display of ICCF games in a web page frame (the technique previously used on this web site to display games) will no longer function. Perhaps this is a feature to enhance security on the ICCF web sites. Therefore, this display has been modified. Instead of the list of games on the left (in a frame) and the game page on the right (in another frame), now when you go to the display of games only the list of games will be visible. When you click on a link to view a specific game that game page will be displayed on a separate web page, or if your browser is set up to use tabs the game page will be displayed in a separate tab. Each time you click on a new game you will have to manually open the separate browser page/tab to see the newly selected game.
Live Display of USA Games
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Bokar 1/2 Kokkila after 52.Kb3 |
17.June.2014: Board 2 GM Dr. Jason Bokar Draws Final Game
USA board 2 GM Dr. Jason Bokar has finished his final game, a draw with white versus his Finish opponent. His final score is 6-6.
The result:
Board 2: GM Dr. Jason Bokar (USA) 1/2 GM Tero Kokkila (FIN)
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The USA team score is now 29 - 34.
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Berend 1/2 Duliba after 42. f3 |
12.June.2014: USA Board 4 GM Duliba draws with black
USA board 4 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba has finished his seventh game, a draw with black against Fred Berend of Luxembourg. His current score is 3-4.
The result:
Board 4: Fred Berend (LUX) 1/2 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba (USA)
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The USA team score is now 28½ - 33½. There is no change in the standings of the leading teams.
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Lafarga Santorromán 1/2 Ham after 55... h4 |
9.June.2014: USA Board 1 GM Stephen Ham finishes 11th game
USA board 1 GM Stephen E. Ham only has a single game remaining after drawing with GM David Lafarga Santorromán (2659) of Spain with black. His updated score is 5½-5½.
The result:
Board 1: GM David Lafarga Santorromán (ESP) 1/2 GM Stephen E. Ham (USA)
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The USA team score is now 28 - 33 with 11 games remaining.
Russia continues to lead with +6 (7 games remaining).
Germany is a serious contender with +5 (12 games remaining).
Trailing at +3 is Italy (15 remaining) and at +2 Slovenia (11) and Spain (16).
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Siefring 1/2 Martí Pericot after 56. Rb4 |
5.May.2014: USA Board 6 IM Dr. Carl L. Siefring Finishes Playing Schedule
USA board 6 IM Dr. Carl L. Siefring has finished his last game of the tournament, a draw with white against SIM Juan Manuel Martí Pericot of Spain (2498). His final score is 4½-7½, though this is misleading. He took over from SIM Michael Proof when he needed to withdraw from the event and inherited several bad positions. Thanks to Dr. Siefring for helping the team and stepping into this difficult situation.
The result:
Board 6: IM Dr. Carl L. Siefring (USA) 1/2 SIM Juan Manuel Martí Pericot (ESP)
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The USA team score is now 27½ - 32½. Russia continues to lead with +6 with Germany at +4 and Italy and +3.
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Glazman 1 Duliba after 80. f5 |
28.April.2014: New Result on Board 4
USA board 4 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba has registered his first loss of the tournament in his game with black against GM Moshe Glazman of Israel (2569). His updated score is 2½-3½.
The result:
Board 4: GM Moshe Glazman (ISR) 1 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba (USA)
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The USA team score is now 27 - 32. Russia continues to lead with +6 but Germany has inched closer at +4.
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14.April.2014: USA Board 2 GM Dr. Jason Bokar Finishes Two More Games
Bokar 1/2 Petrolo after 38... Rd3 |
Neagu 1/2 Bokar after 39. Bxd4 |
USA board 2 GM Dr. Jason Bokar has drawn two games with SIM Mauro Petrolo of Italy and SIM Liviu Neagu of Romania. His updated score is 5½-5½ with one remaining game vs. Finland.
The results:
Board 2: GM Dr. Jason Bokar (USA) 1/2 SIM Mauro Petrolo (ITA)
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Board 2: SIM Liviu Neagu (ROU) 1/2 GM Dr. Jason Bokar (USA)
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The USA team score is now 27 - 31. Russia still leads with +6 with Italy and Germany at +3 and Luxembourg and Spain at +2. 80% (375/468) of all games have now finished. USA still has 14 remaining games.
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27.March.2014: USA Board 1 GM Stephen E. Ham Finishes 9th Game
28.March.2014: USA Board 1 GM Stephen E. Ham Finishes 10th Game
Ham 1/2 Weber after 51. hxg5+ |
Šemrl 1/2 Ham after 47... Kf5 |
USA board 1 GM Stephen E. Ham has drawn his games with white vs. GM Jean-Marie Weber of Luxembourg and with black vs. GM Marjan Šemrl of Slovenia. His updated score is 5-5.
The results:
Board 1: GM Stephen E. Ham (USA) 1/2 GM Jean-Marie Weber (LUX)
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Board 1: GM Marjan Šemrl (SLO) 1/2 GM Stephen E. Ham (USA)
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The USA team score is now 26 - 30. Russia now leads with +6 with Italy in second with +4 and Germany at +3. 77% (362/468) of all games have now finished.
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Hefka 1/2 Ham after 48... Bd5 |
11.March.2014: USA Board 1 GM Stephen E. Ham Finishes 8th Game
USA board 1 GM Stephen E. Ham has drawn his game with black against GM Vladimír Hefka of Slovakia. His updated score is 4-4.
The result:
Board 1: GM Vladimír Hefka (SVK) 1/2 GM Stephen E. Ham (USA)
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The USA team score is now 25 - 29.
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Holzmueller 1/2 Mertens after 47. Rxb4 |
9.March.2014: USA Board 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller Draws Game
USA board 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller has drawn his game against Luxembourg. His updated score on Board 5 is 4½-4½.
The result:
Board 5: SIM Keith Holzmueller (USA) 1/2 IM Marc Mertens (LUX)
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The USA team score is now 24½ - 28½. Russia leads with +5 with Italy in second with +3.
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20.February.2014: USA Scores Two More Draws
Ham 1/2 Persson after 52. Rxg6 |
Fleetwood 1/2 Jaulneau after 48... Ra7 |
USA board 1 GM Stephen E. Ham has drawn with white vs. his Swedish opponent GM Conny Persson. GM Ham now has a score of 3½-3½.
USA board 3 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood has drawn with white vs. his French opponent SIM Christophe Jaulneau and has now finished his playing schedule with a score of 5½-6½.
The results:
Board 1: GM Stephen E. Ham (USA) 1/2 GM Conny Persson (SWE)
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Board 3: GM Daniel M. Fleetwood (USA) 1/2 SIM Christophe Jaulneau (FRA)
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The USA team score is now 24 - 28.
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Siefring 0 Boškovic after 46... Kf6 |
18.February.2014: USA Board 6 IM Dr. Carl L. Siefring Finishes Another
USA board 6 IM Dr. Carl L. Siefring has resigned with white vs. IM Dr. Borko Boškovic of Slovenia.
The result:
Board 6: IM Dr. Carl L. Siefring (USA) 0 IM Dr. Borko Boškovic (SLO)
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The USA team score is now 23 - 27. 72% of the games in this event are now finished (338/468) with the USA finished with 64% (50/78).
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Holzmueller 1/2 Elyakim after 58... Be6 |
27.January.2014: Board 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller scores eighth result
USA board 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller finished his 8th game, a draw with white vs. his Israeli opponent.That makes his score 4-4.
The result:
Board 5: SIM Keith Holzmueller (USA) 1/2 GM Daniel Elyakim (ISR)
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The USA team score is now 23 - 26.
Russia still leads with +5 (score of 29½-24½, 18 games remaining) while Italy (26.5-23.5) and Luxembourg (28.5-25.5) are tied for second at +3. USA is -3 with 23 games remaining.
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Borštnik 1/2 Fleetwood after 40. Qc1 |
17.January.2014: USA Board 3 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood scores draw
USA board 3 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood has drawn with black vs. GM Aleš Borštnik of Slovenia.
The result:
Board 3: GM Aleš Borštnik (SLO) 1/2 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood (USA)
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The USA team score is now 22½ - 25½.
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Voiculescu 1/2 Duliba after 32... Rc5 |
12.January.2014: Board 4 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba gets fifth result
USA board 4 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba finished his 5th game, a draw with black vs. his Romanian opponent. That makes his score 2½-2½.
The result:
Board 4: GM Costel Voiculescu (ROU) 1/2 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba (USA)
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The USA team score is now 22 - 25.
Russia still leads with +5 (score of 29½-24½, 18 games remaining) while Italy has moved into second at +3 (25-22 with 25 games remaining). USA is -3 with 25 games remaining.
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Söderberg 1/2 Siefring after 42. dxe5 |
11.January.2014: USA Board 6 IM Dr. Carl L. Siefring secures draw
USA board 6 IM Dr. Carl L. Siefring has drawn with black vs. SIM Per Söderberg of Sweden. As a replacement player for the USA, IM Dr. Siefring took over a very difficult position and battled back to secure the half point for the team.
The result:
Board 6: SIM Per Söderberg (SWE) 1/2 IM Dr. Carl L. Siefring (USA)
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The USA team score is now 21½ - 24½.
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9.January.2014: Another two results for the team
Fleetwood 1/2 Rydholm after 44. Ra6 |
Duliba 1/2 Kolesar after 36... Kf8 |
USA board 3 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood has drawn with white vs. his Swedish opponent GM Lennart Rydholm. GM Fleetwood now has a score of 4½-5½.
USA board 4 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba has drawn with white vs. his Slovakian opponent SIM Marek Kolesar and now has an even score of 2-2.
The results:
Board 3: GM Daniel M. Fleetwood (USA) 1/2 GM Lennart Rydholm (SWE)
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Board 4: GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba (USA) 1/2 SIM Marek Kolesar (SVK)
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The USA team score is now 21 - 24.
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4.January.2014: Two more team results
Bokar 1/2 Kribben after 33. Rd7 |
Linna 1/2 Ham after 40. Qf4 |
USA board 2 GM Dr. Jason Bokar has drawn with white vs. his German opponent GM Dr. Matthias Kribben. GM Bokar now has an even score at 4½-4½.
USA board 1 GM Stephen E. Ham has drawn with black vs. his Finish opponent GM Asko Linna and now has an even score of 3-3.
The results:
Board 2: GM Dr. Jason Bokar (USA) 1/2 GM Dr. Matthias Kribben (GER)
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Board 1: GM Asko Linna (FIN) 1/2 GM Stephen E. Ham (USA)
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The USA team score is now 20 - 23.
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31.December.2013: Board 3 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood has finished 2 more games
Fleetwood 0 Daubenfeld after 52... Ke5 |
Voss 1/2 Fleetwood after 54. Ke2 |
USA board 3 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood has lost with white vs. SIM Nico Daubenfeld of Luxembourg and drawn with black vs. GM Maximilian Voss of Germany. GM Fleetwood now has a score at 4-5.
The results:
Board 3: GM Daniel M. Fleetwood (USA) 0 SIM Nico Daubenfeld (LUX)
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Board 3: GM Maximilian Voss (GER) 1/2 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood (USA)
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The USA team score is now 19 - 22.
Russia continues to lead with +5 with Germany in second with +2. USA has finished 57% of our games.
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Kolcak 1 Fleetwood after 48. Nf7 |
26.December.2013: Another result for Board 3 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood
USA board 3 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood has lost with black vs. GM Ing. Marek Kolcák of Slovakia. GM Fleetwood now has an even score at 3½-3½.
The result:
Board 3: GM Ing. Marek Kolcák (SVK) 1/2 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood (USA)
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The USA team score is now 18½ - 20½.
Russia continues to lead with +5 while Germany has moved into second place with +2. Luxembourg, Slovakia, Italy, Sweden and Finland follow closely with +1.
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Siefring 1/2 Moll after 52. Kg1 |
12.December.2013: Board 6 IM Dr. Carl L. Siefring Draws vs. Germany
USA board 6 IM Dr. Carl L. Siefring has drawn his German GM opponent.
The result:
Board 6: IM Dr. Carl L. Siefring (USA) 1/2 GM Reinhard Moll (GER)
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The USA team score is now 18½ - 19½.
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Velilla Velasco 1/2 Fleetwood after 46. Rf3 |
10.December.2013: Sixth result for Board 3 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood
USA board 3 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood has drawn with black vs. GM Francisco de Asís Velilla Velasco of Spain.
The result:
Board 3: GM Francisco de Asís Velilla Velasco (ESP) 1/2 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood (USA)
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The USA team score is now 18 - 19.
275 games have now finished in this event (275/468 = 59%). Russia continues to lead with +5, giving them a 4 point lead over the field.
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Duliba 1/2 Österman after 44. Rg6+ |
19.November.2013: Board 4 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba Finishes Third Game
USA board 4 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba has finished another game, a draw with his Finish opponent.
The result:
Board 4: GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba (USA) 1/2 GM Georg Österman (FIN)
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The USA team score is now 17½ - 18½.
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Matei 1/2 Siefring after 43. Bd1 |
17.November.2013: Board 6 IM Dr. Carl L. Siefring Draws vs. Romania
USA board 6 IM Dr. Carl L. Siefring has drawn with black vs. SIM Cornel Matei of Romania.
The result:
Board 6: SIM Cornel Matei (ROU) 1/2 IM Dr. Carl L. Siefring (USA)
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The USA team score is now 17 - 18.
254 games have now finished in this event (254/468 = 54%). Israel still leads with 54 finished games (75%) but Russia has finished a number of games and has the second most finished games (48 = 67%) while the USE has finished 35 gmaes (49%).
Russia has streaked out to a big lead at +5. Four teams are tied with +1 (Luxembourg, Sweden, Slovenia and Germany). USA is at -1.
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Holzmueller 1/2 Epure after 29... Ne7 |
10.November.2013: Board 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller Finishes Seventh Game
USA board 5 Board 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller has finished another game, a draw with his Romanian opponent.
The result:
Board 5: SIM Keith Holzmueller (USA) 1/2 IM Cristian-Ion Epure (ROU)
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The USA team score is now 16½ - 17½.
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Ham 1/2 Serban after 33... Ke7 |
25.October.2013: Board 1 GM Stephen E. Ham Gets Fifth Result
USA board 1 GM Stephen E. Ham has finished his fifth game, a draw with white with his Romanian opponent.
The result:
Board 1: GM Stephen E. Ham (USA) 1/2 GM Florin Serban (ROU)
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The USA team score is now 16 - 17.
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Duliba 1/2 Dosi after 31.Rh6+ |
24.October.2013: Board 4 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba First Result with White
USA board 4 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba has finished his second game, a draw with white with his Italian opponent.
The result:
Board 4: GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba (USA) 1/2 SIM Alberto Dosi
(ITA)
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The USA team score is now 15½ - 16½.
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Hedlund 1/2 Bokar after 28... Bf7 |
22.October.2013: Board 2 GM Dr. Jason Bokar Draws
USA board 2 GM Dr. Jason Bokar has finished his eighth game, a draw with black with his Swedish opponent.
The result:
Board 2: GM Tony Hedlund (SWE) 1/2 GM Dr. Jason Bokar (USA)
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The USA team score is now 15 - 16.
USA has now finished 43% of our games (31/72). Israel leads in finished games with 72% (52/72) followed by Russia (62.5%) and Luxembourg (57%). Spain has the most remaining games (47), having finished 35% of their games.
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Fleetwood 1/2 Nekhaev after 47.Qe3+ |
18.October.2013: Board 3 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood Draws
USA board 3 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood Draws has finished his fourth game, a draw with white with his Russian opponent.
The result:
Board 3: GM Daniel M. Fleetwood (USA) 1/2 SIM Andrey Ivanovich Nekhaev
(RUS)
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The USA team score is now 14½ - 15½.
Russia has increased their leading score to +3 by winning against Romania.
The result:
Board 2: SIM Liviu Neagu(ROM) 0 GM Vladimir Sergeevich Turkov(RUS)
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Fleetwood 1/2 Gusan after 33... Rf2 |
17.October.2013: Board 3 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood Draws
USA board 3 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood Draws has finished his third game, a draw with white with his Romanian opponent.
The result:
Board 3: GM Daniel M. Fleetwood (USA) 1/2 SIM Boris Gusan (ROM)
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The USA team score is now 14 - 15.
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13.October.2013: Three more team results, two draws and a loss
The USA team just got three new results on three different boards. The loss was on Board 6 where our substitute player Dr. Carl Siefring took over an already-lost position and deternined this was the appropriate time to resign the game.
The results:
Board 2: GM Norbert Stull (LUX) 1/2 GM Dr. Jason Bokar (USA) - View the game
Board 5: SIM Keith Holzmueller (USA) 1/2 Xavier Pichelin (FRA) - View the game
Board 6: SIM Jean Banet (FRA) 1 IM Dr. Carl L. Siefring (USA) - View the game
Russia now leads with +2, Sweden and Slovenia are in second with +1, USA and Finland are -1, and Israel is -2. The remaining seven teams are on an even score. The USA team score is now 13½ - 14½.
Stull 1/2 Bokar after 36.Rf1 |
Holzmueller 1/2 Pichelin after 30. Ka1 |
Banet 1 Siefring after 68. Rc7 |
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Pezzica 1/2 Holzmueller after 30... cxb5 |
11.October.2013: Result on for Board 5
USA board 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller has finished his fifth game, a draw with black with his Italian opponent.
The result:
Board 5: SIM Giuseppe Pezzica (ITA) 1/2 SIM Keith Holzmueller (USA)
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The USA team score is now 12½ - 12½.
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Nilsson 1/2 Duliba after 33... Kg7 |
2.October.2013: First result in for Board 4
USA board 4 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba has finished his first game, a draw with black with his Swedish opponent.
The result:
Board 4: IM Sebastian Nilsson (SWE) 1/2 GM Dr. Edward P. Duliba (USA)
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The USA team score is now 12 - 12.
There's been another decisive result:
Baord 3: GM Yoav Dothan (ISR) 1 SIM Christophe Jaulneau (FRA)
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Ham 1/2 Voll after 35... Rxb2 |
30.September.2013: Stephen Ham draws Russian Opponent
USA board 1 GM Stephen E. Ham has finished his game against Russia.
The result:
Board 1: GM Stephen E. Ham (USA) 1/2 GM Aleksey Borisovich Voll (RUS)
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The USA team score is now 11½ - 11½.
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Siefring 1/2 Mannermaa after 35... Ra5 |
19.September.2013: Carl Siefring gets first result
New USA board 6 SIM Dr. Carl L. Siefring has finished his first game, a draw with his Finish opponent.
The result:
Board 6: SIM Dr. Carl L. Siefring (USA) 1/2 SIM Dr. Jari Mannermaa (FIN)
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The USA team score is now 11 - 11.
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18.September.2013: Profile for board 6 SIM Dr. Carl L. Siefring added
Our profile page has a new player profile for our replacement board 6SIM Dr. Carl L. Siefring.
See Siefring profile.
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16.September.2013: SIM Dr. Carl L. Siefring games on USA Board 6 have been restarted by TD
Tournament Director Carlos Flores has restarted the games on board 6 for our replacement player SIM Dr. Carl L. Siefring (2499). The crosstable shows Carl as the USA player, the clocks on all seven unfinished games are moving for the player on-move, and the games show Carl as the USA player. The listings on the Live Display of USA Games show Carl as the USA player and Michael Proof as the USA player in the five finished games. The title and rating shown on the crosstables are as they were when this event started last year (IM title instead of the current SIM and rating 20 points lower).
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15.September.2013: SIM Dr. Carl L. Siefring named replacement on USA Board 6
Dr. Carl L. Siefring (2499) has agreed to take over the seven remaining games on Board 6. The games will resume shortly, after the Tournament Director makes the proper modifications to the server records and starts the clocks. In the near future the information on this web site will also be updated and a profile will be added to the team profile page.
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Ham 1/2 Granski after 28... Kf8 |
15.September.2013: USA Board 1 Steven Ham finishes third game
USA board 1 GM Stephen E. Ham has finished his third game.
The result:
Board 1: GM Stephen E. Ham (USA) 1/2 SIM Michael Granski (ISR)
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The USA team score is now 10½ - 10½.
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Helbich 1/2 Holzmueller after 31.f3 |
13.September.2013: USA Board 5 Scores a Draw
USA board 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller has finished his third game, a draw with the black pieces. This marks the 20th finished game for USA (out of 72).
The result:
Board 5: SIM Dr. Ján Helbich (SVK) 1/2 SIM Keith Holzmueller (USA)
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The USA team score is now 10 - 10. 181 of 468 games in this event have now finished (38.7%), 177 draws and 4 decisive games. Russia continues to lead with +2, Sweden has +1, and Israel is -3. The USA has one win and one loss.
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Bokar 1/2 Cruzado Dueñas after 38.Rxd5 |
31.August.2013: Another Team USA result
USA board 2 GM Dr. Jason Bokar has finished his sixth game.
The result:
Board 2: GM Dr. Jason Bokar (USA) 1/2 GM Carlos Cruzado Dueñas (ESP)
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The USA team score is now 9½ - 9½.
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30.August.2013: USA Board 6 SIM Michael C. Proof Withdraws
Personal issues involved with getting a new job and moving his residence have led to the withdrawal of USA team member SIM Michael C. Proof. The tournament director for the ICCF Olympiad 18 Final International Arbiter Carlos Flores Gutiérrez has granted Michael Proof an "accepted withdrawal" and given the team sufficient time to name a replacement player. When a decision is made it will be announced here.
Michael leaves with five games of twelve finished and a record of 2-3. The replacement player will resume the remaining seven games from the current positions and time. The TD stopped the USA player's clock in these games and will start them when the replacement player is ready to continue the games. There is no time trouble in any of the games.
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Holzmueller(USA) 1/2 Borzenko (RUS) after 21... Nxg3+ |
29.August.2013: Bd. 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller draws with Russia
The USA Board 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller (2514) has drawn with his 2520 Russian opponent.
The result:
Board 5: SIM Holzmueller(USA) 1/2 SIM Borzenko (RUS) .
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USA now stands at 9-9.
Russia leads with +2, Sweden moves into second place at +1, Israel trails with -3, and all the other teams have 50% scores. 169 out of 468 (36%) games in this event have now finished. There have been 1 decisive game on board 3, 2 decisive games on board 4 and 1 decisive game on board 6 for 4 total decisive games (2.4% of completed games).
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Zakharov 1 Proof after 50.Qg8 |
20.August.2013: Team USA absorbs first loss
The first place Russian team has handed the USA its first loss.
The result:
Board 6: SIM Viktor Zakharov(RUS) 1 SIM Michael Proof(USA).
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The USA team now has an even score. Russia has jumped out to a 2-point lead over the field. Israel is -2 while everyone else is at 50%.
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Laine(FIN) 1/2 Holzmueller(USA) after 29.exd5 |
17.August.2013: Bd. 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller draws with black
The USA Board 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller (2514) has scored his second result by drawing vs. IM Panu Laine (2479) of Finland.
The result:
Board 5: Laine(FIN) 1/2 Holzmueller(USA).
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USA now stands at 8½-7½.
Meanwhile, there were half a dozen other draws in this event.
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Bokar(USA) 1/2 Brunšek(SLO) after 24... Rd8 |
14.August.2013: Another result for GM Dr. Jason Bokar
The USA board 2 GM Dr. Jason Bokar has just finished another game
The result:
Board 2: GM Dr. Jason Bokar(USA) 1/2 GM Iztok Brunšek(SLO)
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USA now stands at 8-7.
There have also been other results in this event, four draws.
The totals are 131 draws and two decisive games.
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10.August.2013: GM Dr. Jason Bokar Draws Two Games with Black
GM Serradimigni (FRA) 1/2 GM Bokar (USA) after 23.h4 |
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GM Turkov (RUS) 1/2 GM Bokar (USA) after 25.Kf2 |
The USA board 2 GM Dr. Jason Bokar has just finished two games, both draws with Black.
The results:
Board 2: GM Robert Serradimigni (FRA) 1/2 GM Dr. Jason Bokar (USA)
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Board 2: GM Vladimir Sergeevich Turkov (RUS) 1/2 GM Dr. Jason Bokar (USA)
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USA now stands at 7½ - 6½.
Total tournament results so far: 126 draws, 2 decisive games.
All boards have now finished at least ten games,
allowing all viewers to examine the finished games.
The USA and Slovenia have finished the fewest games at 18 while Israel is the clear leader in finished games with 31.
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1.August.2013: Team scores two more draws
GM Riccio (ITA) 1/2 GM Ham (USA) after 36... Qc5 |
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SIM Klauner (LUX) 1/2 SIM Proof (USA) after 36.Qd8+ |
The USA players on Board 1 GM Stephen E. Ham (2584) and Board 6 SIM Michael C. Proof (2487) have scored two more draws for the USA team giving us a current score of 6½ - 5½.
The results:
Board 1: GM Eros Riccio (ITA) 1/2 GM Stephen E. Ham (USA)
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Board 6: SIM Thed Klauner (LUX) 1/2 SIM Michael C. Proof (USA)
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USA now stands at 6½ - 5½.
Total tournament results so far: 117 draws, 2 decisive games.
All boards except one have finished at least ten games,
allowing all viewers to examine the finished games. On board 4 one more finished game will reach the ten required. 25% of all games have now finished. Five teams have finished 30% of their games (USA has finished 15.4%). |
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9.July.2013: 96 games finished in Olympiad 18 Final
In the last month 27 more games have finished in this event. We're still sitting at 2 decisive games, now with 94 draws. Russia and USA have the only wins, but Russia has finished 20 games while USA has finished 10 games. There are a total of 372 games remaining unfinished over the six boards. 6 games have finished on board 4 while 26 games have finished on board 5.
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Hertel(GER) 1/2 Ham(USA) after 39.Kc3 |
10.June.2013: Bd. 1 GM Stephen E. Ham gets our first result on Board 1
The USA Board 1 GM Stephen E. Ham (2584) has scored his first result by drawing vs.GM Peter Hertel (2654) of Germany.
The result:
Board 1: Hertel(GER) 1/2 Ham(USA).
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USA now stands at 5½-4½.
In this event 69 games have now finished, all but two results are draws:
Bd. 1: 6 draws
Bd. 2: 10 draws
Bd. 3: 11 draws, 1 decisive
Bd. 4: 4 draws, 1 decisive
Bd. 5: 21 draws
Bd. 6: 15 draws
With at least ten games finished on boards 2, 3, 5 and 6, all the finished games on those four boards are now available for the public to view.
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Korže(SLO) 1/2 Holzmueller(USA) after 34.Qh8+ |
20.May.2013: Bd. 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller gets first result, a draw with black
The USA Board 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller (2514) has scored his first result by drawing vs. GM Dr. Danilo Korže (2503) of Slovenia..
The result:
Board 5: Korže(SLO) 1/2 Holzmueller(USA).
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USA now stands at 5-4 tied with Russia in first place with 55%.
With 46 games finished only 2 of the 13 teams have a decisive result so far.
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Fleetwood 1 Dothan after 31. Rh1 |
15.May.2013: Bd. 3 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood Wins!
Congratulations to GM Daniel M. Fleetwood (2575), who has scored the first USA win by defeating GM Yoav Dothan (2603) of Israel in 31 moves on board 3.
The result:
Board 3: Fleetwood (USA) 1 Dothan (ISR).
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Out of 44 completed games in the event this is only the second decisive result. The standings show USA leading in percentage with 56% just ahead of Russia at 55%. All other teams are at 50% except Israel with two losses and 43% (and leading the competition in finished games at 15). USA has finished 8 games out of 72.
On all six boards there must be 10 games finished before people can view all the finished games. At this time both boards 5 & 6 have reached this threshold so finished games on those two boards can now be viewed.
Bd 5
Bd 6
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11.May.2013: Two more draws for team, Russia gets first win of event
Since the last report below USA has had two results::
Board 3: Siikaluoma(FIN) 1/2 Fleetwood(USA)
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Board 6: Proof(USA) 1/2 Poli(ITA)
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The final positions are shown below.
The first and only decisive result so far (out of 39 finished games):
Board 4:
Glazman(ISR) 0 Efremov(RUS)
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Siikaluoma(FIN) 1/2 Fleetwood(USA) after 35....h3 |
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Proof(USA) 1/2 Poli(ITA) after 37....Qxe4 |
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17.April.2013: 29 games finished in Olympiad 18 Final
After over four months of official play (many games started before the official start date of 10 December 2012) there are 29 finished games, all draws. The total number of games being contested is 468 with 13 teams and six boards per team. All teams have at least one finished game and are tied with a 50% score. The leader in points is Israel with 4.5 points. Russia is second with 3.5 points with Germany, Slovakia and France with 3 points. USA is in the middle of the pack with five draws. When will the first team score a full point and jump out to the lead?
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Bokar-Veselý after 25.Qxg6+ draw |
26.February.2013: Bd. 2 GM Dr. Jason Bokar gets second result with perpetual check
GM Dr. Jason Bokar (2580) has registered his second result on board 2, drawing as white against GM Pavol Veselý (2579) of Slovakia with an interesting perpetual check..
The result:
Board 2: Bokar(USA) 1/2 Veselý (SVK).
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The OLY18 Finals crosstable now shows 13 games finished, all draws.
The USA team has finished five games so far.
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Cesetti-Fleetwood after 33.Qa8+ draw |
25.February.2013: Bd. 3 GM Daniel M. Fleetwood draws as black
GM Daniel M. Fleetwood (2575) has registered his first result on board 3, a draw as black against GM Claudio Cesetti (2588) of Italy.
The result:
Board 3: Cesetti(ITA) 1/2 Fleetwood (USA).
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The OLY18 Finals crosstable now shows 12 games finished, all draws.
The USA team has finished four games so far.
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Yefremov-Bokar after 15....Nh3+ draw |
21.February.2013: Bd. 2 GM Jason Bokar draws as black
GM Jason Bokar (2580) has his first result, an exciting draw as black with his Israeli opponent SIM Yaakov Yefremov (2558)
The result:
Board 2: Yefremov(ISR) 1/2 Bokar(USA).
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The OLY18 Finals crosstable now shows ten games finished, all draws.
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Proof-Pasko after 40.Ra5 draw |
19.February.2013: Bd. 6: SIM Michael Proof finishes second game
SIM Michael Proof (2487) has now finished his second game, a draw with white vs. SIM Peter Pasko (2505) of Slovakia..
The result:
Board 6: Proof(USA) 1/2 Pasko(SVK).
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Eight games have now finished in the OLY18 Finals with eight draws. Israel leads the way with four finished games.
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Elent-Proof after 26.Qf6 draw |
12.February.2013: Bd. 6: SIM Michael Proof gets first result for team
The first team result is in on Board 6 with a draw in an exciting game. SIM Michael C. Proof (2487) drew with black vs. SIM Michael Elent (2444) of Israel. The result:
Board 6: Elent(ISR) 1/2 Proof(USA).
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Six games have now finished in the OLY18 Finals, all draws so far.
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15.December.2012: Profile for board 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller added
Our profile page has a new player profile for our board 5 SIM Keith Holzmueller. See Holzmueller profile.
10.December.2012: USA Olympiad Team success puts Team Captain on "wall of celebrities"
When Shirley Decker of Mert's Specialty Meats in Okemos, Michigan learned that the Team Captain of the USA team in the 17th Olympiad had been on the cover of Chess Life magazine [January 2008] with the USA team for advancing to the final of the event she recognized the significance of a USA team having international success and requested a copy of the cover to put on the establishment's wall of celebrity customers. It's nice to be considered a celebrity. Think of the reaction if the USA team wins the Gold Medal in the 18th Olympiad! Here is my photo along with Shirley and the display of celebrity customers. A photo was also added to my Profile. - Franklin
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6.December.2012: Swedish player substitution on board 6
In the event ICCF Olympiad 18 Final board 6, the player Bagger (Nylander), Eric has been replaced with Söderberg, Per. [Sweden]
19.November.2012: Message received by Team Captains
Dear chessfriends,
the Final of the 18th CC Olympiad has been inserted on ICCF web-server and you and your players should have already received the pairings and the information about the tournament.
Accordingly the announcement of the tournament, “the top three teams will qualify for the Final of the next web-server Olympiad”.
I wish you and all players to enjoy the tournament in the spirit of “Amici Sumus”.
(signed) Gian-Maria Tani
ICCF Title Tournament Commissioner
13.October.2012: OLY 18 Finals Team Announced
The ICCF-US Olympiad 18 Final lineup is a joy to announce, with four GMs, and two SIMs who earned their way to the Final by winning their Prelim sections. This is a strong team for ICCF’s most prestigious team event! Franklin Campbell has agreed to act as Team Captain. Thanks to all for representing ICCF-US. Good luck and go get ‘em! Corky Schakel, USA National Federation Rep
GM Steve Ham
GM Jason Bokar
GM Dan Fleetwood
GM Ed Duliba
SIM Keith Holzmueller
SIM Michael Proof
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