- 6.5 / 9
- Points from games
- +4 =5 −0
- Wins, draws, losses
- 3, 4
- Boards played
- 2347
- Average opponent
How Fabian Bänziger played the olympiad
With 6.5 out of 9, Fabian Bänziger had the best result in the Swiss open team and was the only player in it to stay unbeaten. He played on boards 3 and 4, in round 10 on board 1, and sat out rounds 2 and 6.
Four wins: round 1 against Mutabazi Hugues, round 7 against Zhuo Ren Lim, round 10 against Dejan Marjanović and round 11 against Luis Ernesto Rodi. The last of them was the only win of the final round and decided the 2.5 to 1.5 against Uruguay.
The five draws are what these nine games are really worth. Against Rauf Mamedov at 2631 he played 13...Bh2+, a move hardly anyone finds, and held. Against Velimir Ivic at 2601 he was under five minutes from move twenty-seven and had to hold a rook ending. Against Mukhammadali Abdurakhmonov a knight sacrifice with 32.Ng3 liquidated into the draw.
All 9 games, annotated
Every game leads to its analysis, with board, variations and commentary.
- Round 1against Mutabazi HuguesThe king stays in the centre, the g-file opens, and 26...Rg2 ends the game.0-1
- Round 3against GM Rauf MamedovPlaying 13...Bh2+, a move hardly anyone finds, and holding against 2631.½-½
- Round 4against IM Sebastian MihajlovA Najdorf, two chances let go, and at the end a rook sacrifice that leads to perpetual check.½-½
- Round 5against FM Murad AbdullaA Najdorf against a rook move: the wing attack answered in the centre and the repetition accepted.½-½
- Round 7against FM Zhuo Ren LimA Najdorf: a rook that takes the fourth rank, 18.h4 instead of 18.h3, and the king move 20.Kg2 that makes the attack possible.1-0
- Round 8against IM Mukhammadali AbdurakhmonovAn Exchange QGD: the double queen trade on move 10, the bayonet 11.h4 without castling, and a knight sacrifice 32.Ng3 that liquidates into the draw.½-½
- Round 9against GM Velimir IvicCaro-Kann Advance against a 2601: sixteen minutes for 15.Rc1 instead of 15.Nd6, under five minutes from move twenty-seven, and a rook ending that had to be held.½-½
- Round 10against IM Dejan MarjanovićA French Steinitz: a window for Black after 12.Rd1, fourteen minutes for 16.Nd4, and the bishop move 28.Be8 that ends the game.1-0
- Round 11against IM Luis Ernesto RodiAn Italian Two Knights: 16.Nd5 occupies the outpost, 28...Rd1+ is the simplification that was none, and the passed pawn goes through with 51.b8=Q.1-0