TromsØ Olympiad Tactics
The Chess Olympiad took place from August 1st to August 14th in TromsØ, Norway. The
U.S. Men’s team (Captained by IM John Donaldson) placed 14th and the Women’s
team placed 8th. GM Sam Shankland turned in an amazing performance winning
the Gold Medal for alternate. Below are some positions from games played at the
Olympiad. Solutions on page 32.
1
2
3
N. Dzagnidze – M. Socko
White to play
T. Kantans – G. Milos
Black to play
A. Colovic – F. Azahari
White to play
4
5
6
M. Karttunen – A. Filippov
Black to play
D. Kosic – C. Burgos Figueroa
White to play
R. Rapport – A. Onischuk
White to play
7
8
9
I. Cheparinov – L.Arias
White to play
F. Ashiku – J. Nelis
White to play
V. Kramnik – V. Topalov
White to play
Page
28
CalChess Journal
Summer 2014