- 4 / 9
- Points from games
- +1 =6 −2
- Wins, draws, losses
- 2
- Boards played
- 2468
- Average opponent
How Nico Georgiadis played the olympiad
Nico Georgiadis played nine rounds on board 2 and sat out rounds 1 and 10. His opponents averaged 2468, the second hardest list in the team. Four out of nine is below what his 2535 would suggest.
Six of those nine games were drawn, several of them from positions that offered more. In round 5 against Andrew Greet the advantage disappeared with 22...Kh8, in round 6 against Ediz Gurel an extra pawn cost the bishop pair and at move 55 the rook went to the wrong square, in round 8 against Bakhrom Bakhrillaev 38.Ne2 was played twice where 38.h4 was the move. The one full point came in round 4 against Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia, held together by the only rook move 26.Rb3.
Both losses, against Aydin Suleymanli and Aleksandar Indjic, came down to a single move: fifteen faultless moves in the Nimzo-Indian and then a knight move that forgets the f5 square, and against Indjic a pawn push at move 50 onto a square the opposing bishop was already covering.
All 9 games, annotated
Every game leads to its analysis, with board, variations and commentary.
- Round 2against FM Endrit UruciA Ruy Lopez into the ending: a stubborn half point with Black against a well prepared opponent.½-½
- Round 3against GM Aydin SuleymanliA Nimzo-Indian, fifteen faultless moves, and then a knight move that forgets the f5 square.1-0
- Round 4against IM Emmanuel Jimenez GarciaA Maróczy Bind, a retreat to d1, and the only rook move that keeps the win: 26.Rb3.1-0
- Round 5against IM Andrew N GreetAn English: the bishop trade on g2, a check that forces f3, and an advantage that vanishes with 22...Kh8.½-½
- Round 6against GM Ediz GurelA Najdorf: an extra pawn that costs the bishop pair, a bishop sacrifice on h3, and on move 55 the rook to the wrong square.½-½
- Round 7against IM Kim Yew ChanA Catalan: a knight for three pawns, a double attack on move 19, and 21...c5, the only move that holds.½-½
- Round 8against IM Bakhrom BakhrillaevA Queen's Gambit: the d5 square after 22.Bxe4 dxe4, the move 35.b4 in forty-eight seconds, and 38.Ne2 twice instead of 38.h4.½-½
- Round 9against GM Aleksandar IndjicThe passed pawn on b6 on move 37, three minutes 43 before the queen trade 38.Qd4, and on move 50 a pawn advance to a square the bishop was already watching.0-1
- Round 11against IM Facundo VazquezA Catalan Open: 7...Bxa3 in twenty-two seconds, fourteen minutes for 21...Na4, and the pawn that comes back with 27...Nxa2.½-½