- 6.5 / 9
- Points from games
- +6 =1 −2
- Wins, draws, losses
- 2, 3
- Boards played
- 2089
- Average opponent
How Sofiia Hryzlova played the olympiad
Sofiia Hryzlova scored 6.5 out of 9 and with six wins the most of either Swiss team. She played on boards 2 and 3, in round 9 on board 1, and sat out rounds 3 and 7.
The wins came in rounds 1, 2, 4, 9, 10 and 11, four of them with Black. In round 4, 8...h5 forbade the white attack and 20...hxg3 punished it; in round 9, 35.Rxe6 won the rook for a pawn. The final round against Maria Teresa Jimenez Salas changed hands several times: 32.d7? went one square too far, 33...Qc7?? after nine minutes gave the winning position away, 38.Rd4? handed it back, and 44.d8=Q?? ran into the bishop on g5.
Against that stand the two losses, to Machteld van Foreest and Shafira Devi Herfesa. The second was the more expensive one: 16.Na4?! invited 16...cxd4, 25.Bf4?? left 25.fxg6 on the board, and in time trouble 35.Qxe4?? and 36.Qxb7?? gave the point away for good.
All 9 games, annotated
Every game leads to its analysis, with board, variations and commentary.
- Round 1against Sirin BootsumranA Queen’s Indian with Black: 14.Bf1 hands over the c4 pawn, and two connected passed pawns finish the game.0-1
- Round 2against WIM Jana Mohamed ZakiA French Defence with White: 11.h3 gives the centre away, 17...g4 hands it back, and 21.Bxd6+ finds the only order.1-0
- Round 4against WFM Anna LhotskaA Najdorf with Black in the women’s event: 8...h5 outlaws the storm, 20...hxg3 punishes it.0-1
- Round 5against WGM Machteld van ForeestAn English Opening with Black: 16...Nxf2 wins rook and two pawns for two knights, and in the end the bishop on c4 pins the f7 pawn.1-0
- Round 6against WIM Tea GueciA Taimanov Sicilian with White: the knight stands on a4 from move 13 to move 32, and 38.Nd6 clears away the last passed pawn.½-½
- Round 8against WIM Shafira Devi HerfesaAn English Opening with White: 16.Na4?! invites 16...cxd4, 25.Bf4?? leaves 25.fxg6 on the board, and in time trouble 35.Qxe4?? and 36.Qxb7?? hand the point away.0-1
- Round 9against WFM Sara JacimovicA King’s Indian Attack with White: 4.b4 costs eight minutes with nothing to show, 19.Na5 starts the walk via b7 and c5, and 35.Rxe6 wins the rook for a pawn.1-0
- Round 10against WFM Chiara PolterauerA Najdorf with Black, Adams Attack: 19...e4 after twenty minutes hands the small edge back, 22...Bxb2 and 24...Bc3 fetch a pawn, and 32.f4 puts both bishop and rook in the fire at once.0-1
- Round 11against WIM Maria Teresa Jimenez SalasA Najdorf with Black, English Attack: 32.d7? goes one square too far, 33...Qc7?? after nine minutes hands the winning position away, 38.Rd4? gives it back, and 44.d8=Q?? walks into the bishop on g5.0-1