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Indian juggernaut rolls on, wins all 3 matches

All three Indian Teams won their Matches in the third round of the 44th Chess Olympiad being played at Mamallapuram, Chennai. India A beat Greece with a 3-1 score, India B trounced Switzerland 4-0, and Team C defeated Iceland with a 3-1 score. Harikrishna and Arjun Erigaisi brought home the full point while Vidit Gujrathi and Krishnan Saikiran were held to draws. […]

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India B leapfrogs India A

All the three Indian Teams ending on the winning side with Team A defeating Moldova with 3.5-0.5, Team B trouncing Estonia with a 4-0 score Team C edging out Mexico with a 2.5-1.5 score. Team A rested their top player Vidit Gujrathi for this encounter and Harikrishna who rested yesterday, started with a win. Sasikiran […]

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Magnus Carlsen wins on his debut

Five-times World Champion and Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand addresses hundreds of Indian kids in the side-event – IM Michael Rahal, FIDE Press Officer, Chennai The second round of the Olympiad featured the debut of World Champion Magnus Carlsen, playing on board one for Norway. One minute before the start of the round, all players were […]

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Team USA still perfect after two rounds

The top-seeded USA won against a fighting Paraguay team 2.5-1.5, the slimmest of margins, thanks to a quick and very convincing win by Leinier Dominguez with the white pieces over Jose Fernando Cubas. It was not as easy going for Fabiano Caruana, who could not find a way past Axel Bachman on the top board, and Wesley So, playing on Board two […]

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All three Indian teams win their first round matches with 4-0 scores

The first round of the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mamallapuram, Chennai was inaugurated by Shri Anurag Thakur, Honourable Union Minister for I&B, Youth Affairs and Sports by making the first move on Vidit Gujrathi’s board, Five time World Champion Viswanathan Anand and Arkady Dvorkovich, President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) President, AICF President Dr Sanjay Kapoor, and Olympiad Director Bharat […]

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Queen’s Pavilion and Social Pavilion are Open

FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich and Managing Director Dana Reizniece Ozola opened the Queen’s and Social Pavilions on the first day of the 44th Chess Olympiad. Sonja Johnson, Chairperson of the Planning and Development Commission, welcomed Dana to the stage and Dana addressed the audience. “188 Men’s teams, 162 Women’s teams are participating, it seems like […]

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FIDE, AICF, & Tech Mahindra Unveil Fan Nxt.Now App at the 44th Chess Olympiad

App to drive hyper-personalised data-driven fan experiences by leveraging cutting-edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR)/ Virtual Reality (VR), among others The International Chess Federation(FIDE) and the All-India Chess Federation have strengthened their partnership with Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, to launch FIDE’s […]

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Anand put’s the cherry on the cake

–  IM Michael Rahal, FIDE Press Officer, Shore Temple Mahabalipuram) The regulations of the Olympiad allow the organizing country to field two teams in each section: open and women’s, while the rest of federations only get one each. However, in the case of an odd number of teams, the organizing federation of the event may […]