Queensland’s own! – WIM Heather Richards – Board 4 for Australia in Olympiad – some good games!
Look who WIM Heather Richards, Board 4 for Australia has been playing recently – very impressive opponents.
1 A04
Tang,Terrence 2108 – Richards,H 2125
0:1 (ch-AUS 2026) 1/ 8/2026
1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bd7 6. e4 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. h3 Bg7 10. g4 O-O 11. Bd3 a6 12. Be3 b5 13. c5 b4 14. g5 Nh5 15. Ne2 f5 16. gf Rxf6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. de d5 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. ed Qxd5 22. O-O-O Qxa2 23. Qxb4 Qxe6 24. Qc4 Qc8 25. Be4 Rb8 26. Nc3 Nf4 27. h4 h5 28. c6 a5 29. Rd7 Rb4 30. Qc5 Nxc6 31. Bxc6 Qxd7 32. Bxd7 Nd3 33. Kc2 Nxc5 34. Bxc5 Rc4 35. Be3 e4 36. Ra1 Rd6 37. Bb5 Rb4 38. Be2 Rc6 39. Ra3 a4 40. Bd2 Bd4 41. Be3 Bf6 42. Bg5 Bxg5 43. hg Rc5 44. Ra1 Rxg5 45. Nxa4 Rf5 46. Kc3 Rb8 47. Rh1 Kh6 48. b4 Rxf2 49. Bc4 Rf3 50. Kd4 Rxb4 51. Nc5 e3 52. Nd3 Ra4 53. Ne5 Rf4 54. Kc3 Re4 55. Nf7 Kg7 56. Bb3 Ra5 57. Kd3 Re7 58. Rc1 e2 59. Kd4 [0:1]
2 A45
Richards,H 2125 – Chakrabarty,Reyaansh 2271
½:½ (ch-AUS 2026) 1/ 9/2026
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Ne5 c5 8. c3 Nb8 9. a4 c4 10. g4 a6 11. Na3 Nc6 12. b3 Ne4 13. Nxc6 bc 14. bc Nxc3 15. Qb3 Ne4 16. Qc2 Bb4 17. Ke2 e5 18. Bxe5 Qh4 19. Bg2 Bxg4 20. Kf1 Bf5 21. Qe2 Nc3 22. Qd2 a5 23. Bg3 Qh5 24. f3 Nb1 25. Qc1 Nxa3 26. Rxa3 Bxa3 27. Qxa3 dc 28. Kf2 Bd3 29. Qc3 Qg5 30. h4 Qe7 31. h5 Rfe8 32. Be5 f6 33. Bf4 Rab8 34. d5 cd 35. Qxa5 Ra8 36. Qxd5 Qe6 37. Qb5 h6 38. Bh3 f5 39. Rg1 Qf6 40. Rg6 Qh4 41. Bg3 Qxh3 42. Qd5 Kh7 43. Rxg7 Kxg7 44. Be5 Kf8 45. Bd6 Re7 46. Bxe7 Kg7 47. Bf6 [½:½]
3 A26
Leong,Joel 2105 – Richards,H 2107
½:½ (Churchie Int 2026) 4/ 4/2026
1. e4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Be6 7. Nge2 Qd7 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Bxd4 ed 10. Nd5 g5 11. Qd2 h6 12. f4 c6 13. Nb4 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. f5 Be5 16. O-O-O f6 17. Nc2 c5 18. Qa5 Rh7 19. b4 b6 20. Qa4 Kf8 21. Ne1 Qh5 22. Kd2 Rb7 23. Qa6 Rab8 24. b5 Ne7 25. h3 Rd7 26. g4 Qe8 27. Nf3 Ng8 28. Rc1 Rg7 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. h4 Rc7 31. Qa4 Kg7 32. Rh3 Ne7 33. Rch1 Ng8 34. Rc1 Ra8 35. Rb1 Re8 36. Rc1 Kf8 37. Qa3 Kg7 38. Qa4 Kf8 39. Qa3 Kg7 40. Qa4 [½:½]
4 B07
Kurochkin,Vi 2356 – Richards,H 2097
0:1 (FIDE World Rapid Team) 6/17/2026
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Bxf3 8. gf d5 9. Rg1 b5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. ed ed 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Kf1 b4 14. Ne2 g6 15. Qe3 Kd8 16. Nc1 Bg7 17. Bd6 Re8 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Nxf8 20. a4 Ne6 21. Nb3 Qc7 22. Qxb4 Rb8 23. Qc3 Qh2 24. Qa5 Ke7 25. Re1 Kf8 26. Re3 Nf4 27. Qd2 Qxh3 28. Ke1 Ng2 29. Rxg2 Qxg2 30. Be2 Rxe3 31. fe Re8 32. Qd3 h5 33. Nd2 h4 34. Bf1 Qg3 35. Kd1 h3 36. Qe2 Qg1 37. e4 h2 [0:1]
5 A41
Garcia Domingo,J 2169 – Richards,H 2097
0:1 (FIDE World Rapid Team) 6/18/2026
1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 c6 7. e4 b5 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bc Nd7 11. e6 Nb6 12. ef Rxf7 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. Bxb5 e5 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bxg6 Qf6 18. Bh7 Kh8 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Bg6 d5 21. Nc5 Qf6 22. Nd3 Qxg6 23. Nxe5 Qf5 24. f4 Nc4 25. Qd3 Nxe5 26. de Qh3 27. Ba3 Bf5 28. Qf1 Qxf1 29. Kxf1 Rfc8 30. Bb4 d4 31. Bd6 Rb2 32. e6 Rxc2 33. e7 Re8 34. Be5 d3 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Re5 Bg4 37. Rb1 d2 38. Rd5 Rc1 [0:1]
6 B07
Shirov,A 2597 – Richards,H 2097
1:0 (FIDE World Bl Team Pool B) 6/20/2026
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 [1:0]
7 A45
Richards,H 2097 – Niemann,Hans Moke 2742
0:1 (FIDE World Bl Team Pool B) 6/20/2026
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 [0:1]
8 B07
Ding Liren 2738 – Richards,H 2097
1:0 (FIDE World Bl Team Pool B) 6/20/2026
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Kh1 O-O 9. de de 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. f5 Rd8 13. g4 Nc5 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. g5 Ne8 16. g6 hg 17. fg Nd6 18. gf Kf8 19. Nxe5 g5 20. Qh5 Bf6 21. Qh6 [1:0]
9 A41
Bortnyk,Olexandr 2604 – Richards,H 2097
1:0 (FIDE World Bl Team Pool B) 6/20/2026
1. d4 d6 2. Nc3 [1:0]
10 B07
Richards,H 2097 – Praggnanandhaa,R 2735
0:1 (FIDE World Bl Team Pool B) 6/20/2026
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. a4 O-O 7. f3 Nbd7 8. g4 e5 9. de Nxe5 10. O-O-O d5 11. ed Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cd 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qd6 Qa5 15. Bb5 Be6 16. b4 Qd8 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Be2 Rdc8 19. Kb1 Nc4 20. Bd4 Na3 21. Kb2 Rxc2 22. Kxa3 Ra2# [0:1]
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