MARK RUBERY CHESS
44th Chess Olympiad, Chennai 2022
Round 6
South Africa 1-3 Egypt
GM K Solomon (2355) 0-1 GM A Bassem (2680) FM D Barrish (2283) 1-0 GM A Adly (2582) FM B Mhango (2238) 0 -1 GM A Fawzy (2471) IM W Kobese (2311) 0-1 IM K Wageih (2387) Ladies: South Africa 3,5-0,5 Haiti
As expected a tough match against the traditional powerhouse of chess on this continent.
Solomon was slowly and instructively outplayed by the Africa’s top player. Barrish claimed a GM scalp after commendably holding his nerve in a long complex encounter. Mhango unwisely loosened his position allowing his GM opponent to make decisive inroads. Kobese miscued in a promising position losing the exchange and ultimately the game.
Adly,A (2582) - Barrish,Daniel (2283) [A05] 44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND (6.24), 03.08.2022
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.0–0 e5 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4 d4 8.Nc4 Nd7 9.a4 h5 10.h4 f6 11.Nh2 g5 12.Bf3 g4 13.Bg2 Nb6 14.b3 Be6 15.Bd2 Qd7 16.a5 Nc8 17.f3 Rg8 18.fxg4 hxg4 19.Rf2 Rb8 20.Qf1 b5 21.axb6 axb6 22.Ra6 b5 23.Na5 Nxa5 24.Bxa5 Kf7 25.Bd2 Nd6 26.Bg5 Rg6 27.Qc1 c4 28.h5 Rg7 29.bxc4 bxc4 30.Ra5 Nb5 31.Bh4 Rh8 32.Qf1 Rh6 33.dxc4 Nd6 34.Rxe5 Nxc4 35.Bg5 Nxe5 36.Bxh6 Rh7 37.Bg5 Qd8 38.h6 Kg6 39.Bf4 d3 40.Kh1 Bc5 41.Rd2 Bb4 42.Rd1 d2 43.Qb5 Bc3 44.Nf1 Bc4 45.Qc5 Be2 46.Rxd2 Bxd2 47.Nxd2 Qe7 48.Qc8 Qd7 49.Qc5 Nf3 50.Qf2 Qd4 51.Qxd4 Nxd4 52.c4 Ne6 53.Be3 Ng5 54.Kg1 Rc7 55.c5 Bb5 56.Kf2 Bc6 57.Bf4 Re7 58.Bd6 Re8 59.Bf1 Bxe4 60.Bb5 Ra8 61.c6 Bf5 62.c7? (62 Ke3 had to be tried)… Ra2 63.Bf4 Ne4+ (winning a piece)
Chess, as I see it, is very many-sided. It combines not only sport and art, but also psychology and philosophy. Chess has a very strong influence on your world view, particularly when someone plays at a high level. I’ve read many philosophical works: Plutarch, Aristotle, Socrates, Nietzsche. I consider philosophy as a science to be quite close to chess. And if you want to talk about art, it seems to me that closest of all to chess are music, theatre and... the circus! Chess is cunning enough to combine within it many things that appear incompatible. Let’s say, logic and poetry. The most important thing is never to stop working at it. Mikhail Botvinnik said: if you want to play strong chess then you have to keep learning throughout your whole life. I agree with him.-Vasily Ivanchuk