US Chess Talks to IM John Donaldson

IM and U.S. team captain John Donaldson spoke to US Chess today about the ongoing FIDE Online Nations Cup and what his life is like during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OHYfaDZWYs Currently the U.S. team is in second place after four days of play.

courtesy FIDE / chess.com

Saturday's fifth and final day will feature matches against the Chinese and "Rest of the World." Round 9 begins at 9am Eastern, followed by Round 10 at 10:45am. The top two finishing teams will head to a SuperFinal on Sunday, beginning at 10am Eastern. Donaldson refers to a miniature victory by Viswanathan Anand over Ian Nepomniachtchi in the video. The game can be replayed below.

[pgn] [Event "Online Nations Cup Prelim"] [Date "2020.05.07"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2020.05.05"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qd6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. f4 e6 12. Nf3 exd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. O-O d4 15. f5 Bxc4 16. e5 Qd7 17. f6 1-0 [/pgn]

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