The USA Women’s trounce Argentina The USA today faced an in-form Armenia who have been playing above their level, and the final drawn of a 2-2 drawn match was probably a fair result. Naturally, the main topic of discussion before the match was if Levon Aronian, a national icon who had led Armenia to three […]
Indian Women A notched their seventh successive victory against sixth seed Azerbaijan with a 2.5-1.5 score to maintain their sole lead in the Women’s section of the 44th Chess Olympiad with 14 points and is a clear two points ahead of the second-placed Ukraine and Armenia. Indian eves suffered a few hiccups after Humpy ended […]
India A Open Team hit the accelerator when it mattered, defeating their fellow countrymen Team C with a 3-1 score. Arjun Erigaisi defeated Abhijit Gupta, and S L Narayanan outplayed Abhimanyu Puranik even as Pentala Harikrishna was held to a draw by Surya Shekhar Ganguly, and S P Sethuraman forced Vidit to split the point. India […]
The top seeded Indian women team recorded their 7th streaight win defeating Azerbaijani eves by a 3-1 score in the seventh round of the 44th Chess Olympiad here at the Four Points by Sheraton. It was a day of fluctuating fortunes for the Indian women as ace player Koneru Humpy suffered a rare defeat against […]
India’s 16-year-old prodigy Gukesh wins his sixth game in a row IM Michael Rahal, FIDE Press Officer, Chennai Three-time Olympic champions Armenia scored a huge win this afternoon in the 4 Points Sheraton Convention Centre, defeating India B by 2.5-1.5 in a very exciting match. Despite losing on board one – Sargissian was steamrolled by […]
The Women’s team blank out Venezuela The USA recorded a narrow 2.5-1.5 win against Iran to revive their title hopes after the painful defeat against India in the 5th round. It was a welcome return to form for Fabiano Caruana, who was too strong on the white side of the Sicilian Defence for the highly regarded Maghsoodloo […]
Led by International Master R Vaishali on the third board, top-seeded Indian eves won their sixth straight match, defeating former champions Georgia in the sixth round of the 44th chess Olympiad here at the Four Points by Sheraton. The early indications gave an even fight between the two teams but Vaishali proved to be the key factor […]
Koneru Humpy scored a thumping victory over Nana Dzagnidze, one of the top players in the Women’s circuit, in the 6th round of the Women’s section of the 44th Chess Olympiad. The entire India A Team rose to the occasion with R Vaishali defeating higher-rated Lela Javakhisvili while Tania and Harika held fort to defeat […]
(IM Michael Rahal, FIDE Press Officer, Chennai) Without a doubt the star of the day was India’s team B first board, 16-year-old Gukesh D. Not only did he win his fifth game in a row, defeating Spanish legend Alexei Shirov, but he also overtook Vidit on the live rating list, becoming India’s number three player […]
– (IM Michael Rahal, FIDE Press Officer, Chennai) The fourth round began this afternoon with the traditional first-move, performed on this occasion on board one of the Women’s India-Hungary match by managing director of Microsense, Mr S. Kailasanathan. After some action-packed days with regard to media coverage – “India is crazy for chess” was my […]
The star- studded USA Team given top billing was held to a sensational draw by Uzbekistan while second seed India A Team also had to stay content with a draw against France seeded 15th. India B Team continued with their impressive display by defeating Italy with a 3-1 score. The India C however went down […]
Tania Sachdev battled long and hard to rake in that precious point which allowed her team India India A in the Women’s section to edge out Hungary with a 2.5-1.5 score. All the other three encounters had ended in draws, and the onus was on Tania, who rose brilliantly to the occasion. A tired but happy […]
Italy takes down World Champion’ss Norway in the third round of the chess Olympiad – (IM Michael Rahal, FIDE Press Officer, Chennai) Organizing an event with more than 2500 players, coaches, captains, referees and members of the organization is not easy at all. It requires an experienced management team, with the ability to foresee all […]
Twenty-Eighth seed Mongolian women’s team caused the biggest upset in the Women’s Chess Olympiad blanking seventh seed United States 3-1 in the third round of the Women’s Chess Olympiad here at the four points Sheraton. A determined effort on the top two boards helped the Mongolian eves keep the balance and on the last two […]
The Indian Juggernaut rolled on in the third round of the 44th Chess Olympiad being played at Mamallapuram, Chennai with all three teams winning their third-round matches to keep up perfect scores. India A defeated England 3-1, India B scored over Indonesia 3-1, and India C beat Austria 2.5-1.5. The Chess Olympiad is an 11-round […]