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 […]

Photos Round 9

FIDE and Chessify, the No. 1 cloud service for chess engine analysis, partnered on the 44th Chess Olympiad for powering the chess game analysis of top games. For the last, decisive rounds, the Chessify live analysis tool is available for the top 48 games of the day (top 6 matches of Open and top 6 […]

Armenia leads the Olympiad after eight rounds IM Michael Rahal, FIDE Press Officer, Chennai From the outside it’s always very difficult to speculate on what may be happening to the USA team, but it’s clear that they are not going through their best moment. Despite having the best team on paper by quite a margin, […]

Top-seeded USA, who have struggled to hit any semblance of form, already drawing two matches, were beaten 3-1 by India B, a result that might have ended all hope for Gold. USA fielded their strongest line-up, Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian, Wesley So, and Leinier Dominguez Perez, each of who have been on the top board […]