- 3.5 / 7
- Points from games
- +2 =3 −2
- Wins, draws, losses
- 4
- Boards played
- 2208
- Average opponent
How Colin Federer played the olympiad
At 2269, Colin Federer was the youngest and lowest-rated player in the team and played seven rounds, all of them on board 4. He sat out rounds 3, 5, 8 and 9. Three and a half out of seven against opponents averaging 2208 is an even result.
Both wins came right at the start: round 1 against Rukundo Joe Stephane with the breakthrough 30.f5, round 2 against Korab Saraci, where 5...g5 against the Alapin won material and the ending drove it home. The three draws in rounds 4, 10 and 11 each kept board 4 in the match.
The two losses were expensive. In round 6 against Emre Can his own attack disappeared with 24.Bg5, and at move 38 there were two legal moves, one of which draws. In round 7 against Yi Chen Chow twenty-eight minutes went on a rook move, and thirty-two seconds before the time control the knight went to e5. Both are mistakes that become rarer with more tournament experience on this board.
All 7 games, annotated
Every game leads to its analysis, with board, variations and commentary.
- Round 1against Rukundo Joe StephaneQueenside space, one missed break, and the breakthrough with 30.f5.1-0
- Round 2against CM Korab SaraciMeeting the Alapin with 5...g5, winning material and driving it home in the ending.0-1
- Round 4against FM David Alejandro Cabezas SolanoA Rossolimo, a knight sacrifice over nine forced moves, and three extra pawns that are not enough.½-½
- Round 6against GM Emre CanA Caro-Kann: an attack that vanishes with 24.Bg5, and two legal moves on move 38, one of which draws.0-1
- Round 7against CM Yi Chen ChowA Najdorf: 13...Bh6, twenty-eight minutes for a rook move, and a knight that goes to e5 thirty-two seconds before the time control.1-0
- Round 10against FM Ismet MesicA Queen's Gambit Exchange: 17...g6 as a small drift, the declined queen trade 19...Qe6, and a two-knight ending that secures the half point.½-½
- Round 11against IM Bernardo Roselli MailheCambridge Springs, Rubinstein: 17...c5 as the human second-choice move, the reply 18.Nxc5 did not come, and the repetition on move thirty-four puts the half point down.½-½