The first round of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad is in the books and we already have a major upset. Xavier Mompel Ferruz, a teenage FIDE Master from Equatorial Guinea, took down the Grandmaster and multi-time Icelandic National Champion, Gudmundur Kjartansson. FM Ferruz had no problems facing GM Gudmundur Kjartansson’s King’s Indian Attack and when the Icelandic Grandmaster made a mistake, Xavier Mompel Ferruz punished him with severity!
23… axb4!! Begins a brilliant Queen winning tactic!
After 24. Qxa7 Qxc6, White’s Queen is trapped!
Then, 28… Rxa8 attacks the trapped Queen.
[Event “45th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024”]
[Site “Budapest, Hungary”]
[Date “2024.09.11”]
[Round “01”]
[White “Kjartansson, Gudmundur”]
[Black “Mompel Ferruz, Xavier”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2478”]
[BlackElo “2273”]
[TimeControl “5400+30”]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Bd6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Re1 O-O 13. a3 a5 14. Nb3 Qf6 15.
Nfd2 Qd8 16. Ne4 Bc7 17. Nbc5 b6 18. Nf6+ Qxf6 19. Bxc6 Ra7 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Qa4
Bd6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. b4 axb4 24. Qxa7 Qxc6 25. axb4 Bb7 26. Re4 Ra8 27. Qxa8+
Bxa8 28. b5 Qb7 29. f3 Kh7 30. Rf1 Qe7 31. Re2 Qa3 32. Rd2 Bxf3 0-1
