Olympiad R3-R5

Well, I have things to do on weekends so I didn't really look at the games much, and I don't plan to give stale annotations 4 rounds late. But hey, there's always commentary on performance...

R3: LTU-MAS

Malaysia did great this round. Mas managed a black win against GM Rosentalis. Mok and Peter held their opponents to draws while Khai Boon lost. An incredible performance, considering that we were out-titled and out-rated, and yet, looking at the games, we would have actually won, had Mok seen the win against GM Sulskis. Really a great performance, one where the underdog is the one that was supposed to win!

R4: MAS-SUI

Well, we couldn't really have expected to win this round. On board 1, Mas managed to win a pawn in an endgame against GM Pelletier, but Pelletier proved that it was insufficient with his almost flawless endgame defence, when Mas again missed another win. Interestingly, the game ended in a not-so-well-known theoretical draw where black had only a bishop against a white rook and pawn. Peter held a draw without too much problem, and the other 2 boards lost.

R5: BOL-MAS

We lost 2.5-1.5 to an a team 30 seeds below us. Pathetic.

Well, at least we have a rest day to recover from such a traumatic stumble.