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FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich hands over the Olympic flag to the president of the Hungarian Chess Federation – (IM Michael Rahal, FIDE Press Officer, Chennai) The closing ceremony for the 44th Chennai Chess Olympiad took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium yesterday evening, with the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K Stalin along with […]

As many as five teams had realistic chances for gold going into the last round of the Women’s section in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai. India A reclaimed its sole lead in the penultimate round and was ahead of the field with 17 points, followed by as many as four teams, all on 16 […]

History was made in the open section of the FIDE Chess Olympiad, which came to an end this morning in Chennai, India. Uzbekistan, one of the youngest teams on the roster, defeated rating favourites the Netherlands by 2.5-1.5, securing the gold medal. Undefeated over the eleven rounds, the team coached by GM Ivan Sokolov edged […]

In the Open section, Armenia and Uzbekistan have emerged as joint leaders with 17 points each, while India A, India B, and USA are bunched together in second place with 16 points each. With just two rounds remaining, the pressure was telling on all teams and players as fortune fluctuated on quite a few boards today. […]

After a nightmarish ninth round, the Indian Women A Team given top billing asserted themselves to carve out a 3.5-0.5 victory against Kazakhstan in the 10th and penultimate round of the 44th Chess Olympiad which is at the concluding stages with just one more round remaining. Indian A has emerged as the sole leader with […]

The spectators thronged the Four Points by Sheraton in large number to witness the ninth round of the ongoing 44th Chess Olympiad. India A which lost to Armenia yesterday got back their rhythm to trounce Brazil with a 3-1 score. 11th seed India B Team held sixth seeded Azerbaijan to a 2-2 draw. India C […]

(IM Michael Rahal, FIDE Press Officer, Chennai) The battle for the medal was all the rage in the ninth round of the Olympiad, played this afternoon at the Sheraton Four Points Convention Center in Mahabalipuram. No team is budging an inch and the matches are fast and furious. Uzbekistan’s young squad, led by teenager Abdusattorov […]

Tale of two matches is a narrow win in the open competition and a convincing victory in the Women’s Olympiad The USA team was on 12 points from five wins, two draws and one loss, in the ninth position, three points off the pace. Nothing less than a win was needed to keep their hopes […]

In a major setback for India, overnight sole leaders in the Women’s section India A were upset by fourth seed Poland 1.5-2.5. R Vaishali lost the only game to WIM Oliwia Kiolbasa who incidentally scored a scorching 9/9 while the three other boards ended in hard-fought draws. India B trounced Switzerland 4-0, with Vantika Agrawal […]