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 […]
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. […]
The USA was paired in the third round against 24th ranked Georgia, not opposition in the same league, but still one of the outsider countries for medals and the disparity between the teams were reflected in the final 3-1 victory. Georgia would have been encouraged by the start they must have hoped for when on […]
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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 […]
Favourites fumbled in the second round of the Women’s section of the Chess Olympiad, with former Women World Champion Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine crashing to defeat against Ekaterina Atalik and India’s Koneru Humpy forced to split point against much lower rated Marisa Zuriel of Argentina. All the three Indian Women’s Teams won their matches but […]
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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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 […]
In the absence of arch-rivals Russia and China, only the Indian team, playing on home turf, seem capable of depriving the USA of the gold medal. Five-times World Champion and Indian chess superstar Vishy Anand opened the first round of the 44th Chess Olympiad at 3pm sharp this afternoon, in the main hall of the […]