- 5.5 / 11
- Points from games
- +3 =5 −3
- Wins, draws, losses
- 1
- Boards played
- 2512
- Average opponent
How Sebastian Bogner played the olympiad
Sebastian Bogner was the only Swiss player to play all eleven rounds, always on board 1, and so had by far the hardest set of opponents in the team: 2512 on average, among them Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, the 2716-rated Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, Alexey Sarana and, in the last round, Georg Meier. He finished on 5.5 out of 11.
The three wins came against Nderim Saraci in round 2, a Catalan with thirty moves of patience, against Frederick Waldhausen Gordon in round 5, where he was a pawn and a half down and won anyway, and against Saidakbar Saydaliev in round 8 with Black. The five draws against Burundi, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Bosnia and Uruguay held board 1 together every time, even though round 7 with 37.Bb3 instead of 37.Re4 and round 10 with the missed 36.Rxh7 had more in them.
All three losses were against 2600 and above, and twice the clock was the opponent: against Erdogmus there were two extra pawns on the board at move 50 and three minutes left, against Sarana thirty-eight seconds were missing at move forty. Objectively neither position was lost. In practice both were.
All 11 games, annotated
Every game leads to its analysis, with board, variations and commentary.
- Round 1against IM Ezra Paul ChambersA draw with Black, carried by two only moves and a precisely calculated liquidation.½-½
- Round 2against IM Nderim SaraciA Catalan, thirty moves of patience, and an ending where bishop and king are faster.1-0
- Round 3against GM Shakhriyar MamedyarovA Ruy Lopez against the world elite: one passed pawn on a4 and twenty-five moves it dictates.0-1
- Round 4against IM Leonardo Valdes RomeroPlaying Black for the a-file, twice declining the capture, and ending by repetition.½-½
- Round 5against IM Frederick Waldhausen GordonA French: a pawn and a half down, then 18.d5, 20.Qe5 and a passed pawn on a2 that never gets taken.1-0
- Round 6against GM Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusA Semi-Tarrasch against 2716: the only move twice, two extra pawns on move 50, and three minutes that were not enough.1-0
- Round 7against IM Jun Ying TanA Richter-Rauzer: 17.g4 one move too early, the buy-back with 26.e6, and 37.Bb3 instead of 37.Re4 in the scramble.½-½
- Round 8against IM Saidakbar SaydalievAn English: 12...Nb8 to regroup, 17.Ne2 punished after the move-16 h4 attack, and a move-35 rook that would already have been enough on move 29.0-1
- Round 9against GM Alexey SaranaA Nimzo-Indian against a 2666: after 21...c4 no second wing left, six king moves without a plan, and thirty-eight seconds short at move forty.1-0
- Round 10against IM Sanjin CulumA Sicilian with 5.Bd3: the tactical error 21.Nd3, the king in the middle, and on move thirty-six not the only save 36.Rxh7.½-½
- Round 11against GM Georg MeierA Four Knights Scotch: the queen trade on move fourteen, the last knight on move eighteen, the practical rook move 24.Rg1, and the repetition that puts the half point down on board one.½-½