- 5.5 / 9
- Points from games
- +5 =1 −3
- Wins, draws, losses
- 1, 2
- Boards played
- 2220
- Average opponent
How Mariia Manko played the olympiad
Mariia Manko played nine rounds on boards 1 and 2 and sat out rounds 2 and 11. Five and a half out of nine against opponents averaging 2220, and her two best results came against the strongest names on her list.
In round 5 she beat grandmaster Zhaoqin Peng: 20.Nxf7 calculates the liquidation to the end, 22.Bxb8 takes the knight that never moved. In round 7 she drew with grandmaster Irina Krush after 7.e4 had given a pawn away and 20.Bxg7 took it back. Wins in rounds 1, 4, 6 and 8 came on top of that, the last of them on board 1 against Laysa Latifah.
The three losses have one thing in common. In round 3 against Margareth Olde, 34...exf4 was the best move five times between move 34 and move 40 and was never played. In round 10 against Jasmin-Denise Schloffer the advantage built up until move 21, then 22.Neg5?! and 23.Qd3?? left the d4-d5 break on the board twice, and in time trouble 35.Be5?? lost the game.
All 9 games, annotated
Every game leads to its analysis, with board, variations and commentary.
- Round 1against WFM Sarocha ChuemsakulA Scotch with White over sixty-two moves, decided on move 49 when only three moves were legal.1-0
- Round 3against WIM Margareth OldeAn endgame with Black: between moves 34 and 40, 34...exf4 was the best move five times over and never came.0-1
- Round 4against WIM Natasa RichterovaAn Open Catalan with White: 11.Qxb7 fetches the gambit pawn back, and after 36...Be8 the rook takes the open file with 37.Re4.1-0
- Round 5against GM Zhaoqin PengA Catalan with White: 20.Nxf7 counts the liquidation to the end, and 22.Bxb8 takes the knight that never moved.1-0
- Round 6against IM Olga ZiminaA London System with Black: 14...Kg7 is one of two legal moves, and in White’s time trouble 29.Ng3 takes the guard off the f4 pawn.0-1
- Round 7against GM Irina KrushA Queen’s Gambit Accepted with White: 7.e4 gives a pawn away, two declined queen trades keep the pressure, and 20.Bxg7 fetches it back.½-½
- Round 8against WIM Laysa LatifahA Rossolimo with Black: 14.Bxh7+ keeps a pawn, 29...axb5?? gives most of it back, and 30.b4?? brings the full point on board 1.0-1
- Round 9against WFM Masa MaksimovicA Kalashnikov with Black: 19...Re5 leaves the a5 pawn standing, 30...Kg8 misses 30...Bxg2, and twelve minutes past the time control 41...Qf7 takes the queen off the e4 pawn.1-0
- Round 10against WIM Jasmin-Denise SchlofferA Caro-Kann Exchange with White: an advantage builds up to move 21, 22.Neg5?! and 23.Qd3?? leave the d4-d5 break twice, and in time trouble 35.Be5?? loses the game.0-1