Chennai R6: Armenia (open) and India (women’s) still perfect

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
8/4/2022 – Going into the rest day at the Chess Olympiad, we have sole leaders in both categories for the first time in the event. Armenia beat India 2 to grab the lead in the open, while India defeated Georgia to keep its perfect score in the women’s tournament. Remarkably, Gukesh, playing for India 2, scored a sixth consecutive victory in Chennai. | Pictured: All eyes on Gabriel Sargissian and Gukesh. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

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India beats Georgia in the women’s event

While Gukesh kept his perfect score in the open section (more on that below), the Indian women’s team collected a crucial victory to grab the sole lead in the women’s tournament. The locals — and rating favourites — scored two wins with white and drew their black games to keep their undefeated run in Chennai.

The wins were obtained by team leader Humpy Koneru and Rameshbabu Vaishali, Praggnanandhaa’s sister. Importantly, the local squad defeated Georgia, a strong contender for the title. The Georgians had grabbed bronze medals in 2018 with four of the five players representing the team this year, while two of them — Nana Dzagnidze and Lela Javakhishvili — were part of the squad that won the event back in 2008.

Romania and Ukraine drew on the second board, while Azerbaijan defeated Kazakhstan on board 3, which means Romania and Azerbaijan are now sharing second place a point behind the leaders. The Azerbaijanis, led by Gunay Mammadzada, will get a chance to stop the Indians’ winning streak in Friday’s seventh round.

India’s Vaishali, aged 21, found an impressive resource to get an advantage against Javakhishvili in the middlegame.

 
Vaishali vs. Javakhishvili

Black’s 16...Nb7 was a blunder, but there is only one move that punishes the mistake. After thinking for a half hour, Vaishali played it — 17.b4 gives up the exchange on a1 to gain full control of Black’s hapless minor pieces on the queenside.

There followed 17...Bxa1 18.Qxa1 Qe7 19.b5, and White was in the driver’s seat. Pragg’s sister continued to play brilliantly in the remainder of the game, and was rewarded with a full point when her opponent resigned on move 36.

Rameshbabu Vaishali

Rameshbabu Vaishali | Photo: Lennart Ootes

In the match between Romania and Ukraine, draws were seen on boards 1 and 3 while Anna Muzychuk defeated Mihaela Sandu with white on the second board. As the confrontation progressed, Ukraine seemed to be heading to a win, as Yuliia Osmak had things under control in an equal endgame against Miruna-Daria Lehaci.

But the Ukrainian fell for a tactical trap on move 67.

 
Osmak vs. Lehaci

White’s king has four escaping squares and only one of them is taboo. As fate would have it, instead of going to the f-file, Osmak erred with 67.Kd1. Lehaci apparently had seen the combination beforehand as she quickly entered the forced sequence 67...Re1+ 68.Kc2 Rc1+ 69.Kb3 (protecting the knight) Rc3+, and White is lost.

 

70.Kb2 Rxc4, and Black is a piece up while keeping the passer on the second rank. White cannot capture on c4 as the rook is protecting the d1 promotion square. Osmak resigned after 71.Rxc4 d1Q.

Irina Bulmaga, Mariya Muzychuk

Romania versus Ukraine, with Irina Bulmaga facing Mariya Muzychuk on the first board | Photo: Lennart Ootes

India v Georgia / Romania v Ukraine

 
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1.d4 4 Nf6 6 2.c4 10 e6 8 3.Nc3 15 c5 34 4.d5 1:13 exd5 8 5.cxd5 10 g6 6 6.Nf3 2:14 d6 14 7.Bf4 0 a6 21 8.a4 36 Bg7 5 9.h3 4:22 0-0 15 10.e3 13 Ne8 0 A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4. 11.Be2 2:24 Nd7 16 12.0-0 17 b6 6:27 White is slightly better. 12...Ne5 is setting a new trend. 13.Nd2 3:15 Ne5 1:06 14.Qb3!? 5:45 Exploring less charted territory. Rb8 12:21
15.Rad1N 12:44 Predecessor: 15.Rfd1 Nc7 16.Nce4 b5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Nc4 Bf5 19.Nxe5 Bxe4 20.Nc6 Qg5 21.f3 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Nxd5 23.Qxd5 Qxe3+ 0-1 (36) Keskin,E (1719) -Celik,E (1864) Ankara 2018 15...b5 7:56 16.Bh2 1:47 f5 21:25 17.axb5 10:05 axb5 2 18.Qc2 1:00 Don't go for 18.Nxb5? Bd7 19.Rc1 Nc7 20.Nxd6 20.Bxe5? Bxe5 21.Qd1 Nxb5-+ 20...Rxb3 21.Nxb3 Nxd5-+ 18.Bxb5? Nc7 19.Nc4 Nxc4 20.Qxc4 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Rxb5-+ 18...Nc7 4:25 19.b4 6:42 c4 3:06 20.Nf3 10:06 Nf7 0 20...Nxf3+ 21.Bxf3 Bb7 21.Nd4= 43 With the idea Nc6. Bd7 1:20 22.Nc6 9:37 Bxc6 5:26 23.dxc6 3 Be5 5:07
23...Qf6= keeps the balance. 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.Rxd5 Rfc8 24.Bxe5!± 4:05 White is much more active. Black is now going downhill. Nxe5 1
25.f4! 20 Nf7 4 25...Nxc6± is a better defense. 26.Nxb5 d5 27.Bxc4 Nxb4 26.Bf3+- 1:05 Qe7 5:33 27.Rfe1 3:16 Rfe8 4:39 28.Qd2 2:36 Rbd8? 5:30 28...Qf6 29.e4 d5 29.e4 0 fxe4 40 30.Rxe4 2:28 White is clearly winning. Qh4 7 31.Nd5 2:05 Rxe4 47 32.Bxe4 3 Nxd5 2:40 33.Bxd5 54 Qf6 50 34.Qe3 1:47 Rf8 2:30 34...Ra8 35.Qb6 c3 35.Qe6 2:56 Qd8 7 36.Re1 0 36.f5 Kg7 37.f6+ Qxf6 38.c7 Qxe6 39.Bxe6 36...Kg7 0 37.Qe7 1:17 Qb6+ 13 37...Qxe7 38.Rxe7 c3 38.Qe3 44 Qxe3+ 1:06 39.Rxe3 2 Threatens to win with c7. Kf6 6 40.Re6+ 33 Kf5 2 41.c7 10:15 c3 2:38 42.Re3 0 Weighted Error Value: White=0.22 (precise) /Black=0.35
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Koneru,H2586Dzagnidze,N25311–0202244th Chess Olympiad Women 20226.1
Batsiashvili,N2466Harika,D2517½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Women 20226.1
Vaishali R2442Javakhishvili,L24761–0202244th Chess Olympiad Women 20226.1
Melia,S2384Tania,S2399½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Women 20226.1
Osmak,Y2420Lehaci,M21930–1202244th Chess Olympiad Women 20226.2
Cosma,E2248Buksa,N2401½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Women 20226.2

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Israel and the Netherlands score inspired wins

Two women’s squads scored remarkable upsets in round 6 to join an 8-team pack standing two points behind the leaders. The Netherlands (17th seeds) defeated France (5th), while Israel (19th) got the better of Germany (8th), both by a 3-1 score.

The Dutch team fielded two rising stars on top boards, with 16-year-old Eline Roebers beating Marie Sebag and 15-year-old Machteld van Foreest losing against 2-time French champion Pauline Guichard. Wins for Rosa Ratsma and the experienced Tea Lanchava on boards 3 and 4 gave the Dutch overall victory.

For those wondering, Machteld is Jorden and Lucas’ younger sister. In fact, their father taught her and all five of her brothers how to play chess at a young age. Machteld’s twin brother Nanne also plays competitively.

Marie Sebag, Pauline Guichard

The French team, led by Marie Sebag and Pauline Guichard | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Meanwhile, Israel beat Germany thanks to wins by Dina Belenkaya and Michal Lahav on boards 2 and 3. The latter correctly gave up an exchange to keep her kingside attack going against Dinara Wagner.

 
Lahav vs. Wagner

White’s marvellous bishops on c3 and d3 are enough justification to play 24.g4 here, allowing 24...Bxh1. Lahav continued to push her kingside pawns to open lines against the black king, and ended up collecting a crucial 40-move win.

Chennai Chess Olympiad 2022

Israel facing Germany | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Netherlands v France / Israel v Germany

 
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Navrotescu,A2373Lanchava,T22570–1202244th Chess Olympiad Women 20226.5
Roebers,E2344Sebag,M24471–0202244th Chess Olympiad Women 20226.5
Ratsma,R2226Savina,A23771–0202244th Chess Olympiad Women 20226.5
Efroimski,M2456Paehtz,E2484½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Women 20226.6
Klek,H2366Belenkaya,D22560–1202244th Chess Olympiad Women 20226.6
Schneider,J2342Levitan,R2084½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Women 20226.6
Lahav,M2191Wagner,D23411–0202244th Chess Olympiad Women 20226.6

Armenia stops India 2

Former co-leaders Armenia and India 2 were paired up against each other in round 6. The young Indian squad, naturally, fielded the in-form Gukesh on top board, and yet again the prodigious 16-year-old delivered — he defeated Gabriel Sargissian with white to go into the rest day with a perfect 6/6 score and a live rating of 2719.3 Elo points!

The youngster played his usual brand of creative chess to beat his experienced opponent.

 
Gukesh vs. Sargissian

Black is already in deep trouble, and things got from bad to worse once Gukesh uncorked the forcing 25.Bxb4, making way for his queen to transfer to the g-file along the second rank. There followed 25...Qxb4 26.Qg2 Qe4+ (what else?) 27.Qxe4 fxe4 28.e7 — the point.

 

28...Re8 29.Rg8+ Rxg8 30.Rxg8+ Kxg8 31.e8Q and White needed ten more moves to prove that his newly promoted queen is much stronger than Black’s rook and bishop in such an open position.

Gukesh

The (16-yer-old) man of the hour — Gukesh | Photo: Madelene Belinki

But the fighting Armenians hit back with wins on boards 3 and 4 to grab match victory. Samvel Ter-Sahakyan defeated Adhiban with white, while Robert Hovhannisyan got the better of Raunak Sadhwani with the black pieces.

Ter-Sahakyan showcased excellent technical understanding to convert his extra pawn into a victory in a minor-piece endgame.

 
Adhiban vs. Ter-Sahakyan

32...Bc3 is the most precise here, as it all but forces 33.Kf1 Bxf1 34.Nxh3 gxh3, and Black has a clean path towards victory in the good knight versus bad bishop ensuing ending.

It has so far been an impressive showing by the team from the Caucasus. The Armenians have demonstrated the value of having a well-balanced team — their reserve player, Hovhannisyan, who is also the lowest-rated player in the lineup, is the only member of the team who has been fielded in all six rounds, and he has the best score in the team, with 5 out of 6 points.

Armenia will face a tough task after the rest day, though, as they are paired up against the favourites from the United States, who currently stand in sole second place. We will soon find out whether Armenian-born Levon Aronian will be included in the Americans’ lineup.

Samvel Ter-Sahakyan

Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | Photo: Madelene Belinki

Armenia v India 2

 
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14...b4N 9:12 14...Bxh2 15.Rh1 Bd6 16.Ne4± Predecessor: 14...Qe7 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.fxe4 Be6 17.f4 f6 18.Rg3 Bb4 19.Bxb4 Qxb4 20.Rdg1 g6 1-0 (33) Zhao,J (2625)-Xu,Y (2516) Liaocheng 2021 15.Ne4 11:51 Nxe4! 8:30 16.fxe4 51 Qe7 0 17.f4 1:41 a5 2:10 17...f6= 18.e5 2:30 Bf3 is the strong threat. Bc5 2:30 19.Rg5 29:02 And now Rdg1 would win. Ba6 3:00
19...g6!= remains equal. 20.Rdg1! 10:27 White is really pushing. White is more active. g6 9 21.Bxa6 0 Rxa6 6 22.f5 3 Threatens to win with Qc4. Ba7 14:15 Black should try 22...Rc6! 23.Kb1 Qe8 23.e6 5:59 23.Kb1± aiming for Qc4. Rd8 24.e6 23...Kh8 0
This move loses the game for Black. 23...fxe6 24.fxg6 h6 24.Kb1!+- 5 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Qc4 Rxe6 26.Rxa5 Bxe3 27.Bxe3 Rxe3 24...gxf5? 4:15
24...h6± 25.Rxg6 fxg6 26.Rxg6 Rf6 25.Bxb4! 3:54 Worse is 25.Rxf5 Rxe6 26.Rxa5 26.Rh5 f6 26...c5= 25.Qxf5 Rxe6 26.Rg7 26.Qxa5 c5= 26...Rg6 27.R1xg6 hxg6 28.Qxg6 fxg6= 25...Qxb4 49 25...axb4 26.Qg2 Qd8 26.Qg2 1:04 White wants to mate with Rg8+. 26.exf7? Rg6 27.Qxf5 Qd6 28.Rxg6 hxg6 29.Qxg6 Qxg6+ 30.Rxg6 Rxf7-+ 26...Qe4+ 3:21 27.Qxe4 9 fxe4 2 28.e7 7 Re8 7
29.Rg8+ 4 Decoy, Promotion Rxg8 4 30.Rxg8+ 4 Remove Defender. White is clearly winning. Kxg8 8 31.e8Q+ 5 Endgame KQ-KRB Kg7 6 32.Qe5+ 1:10 Rf6 1:00 33.Qg5+ 2:02 Rg6 0 34.Qxa5 7 Not 34.Qe5+ Kg8 35.Qxc7 35.Qxe4 Bb6± 35...Bb6 36.Qb8+ Kg7 37.Qe5+ Kh6 38.Qxe4 Kg7 39.Qe5+ Kg8+- 34...Rg1+ 1:11 35.Kc2 3 Rg2+ 15 36.Kb3 7 Bb6 30 37.Qe5+ 5 Kf8 0 38.Qh8+ 37 Ke7 15 39.Qxh7 3 Re2 1:40 39...Rg6 40.Qh4+ Ke8 40.Qxe4+ 7 Kf8 6 41.Qb4+ 30:03 Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.41
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Gukesh D2684Sargissian,G26981–0202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.1
Melkumyan,H2634Sarin Nihal2651½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.1
Adhiban,B2598Ter-Sahakyan,S26250–1202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.1
Hovhannisyan,R2591Sadhwani,R26111–0202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.1

Team USA beats Iran, climbs to second place

For a second day in a row, long-time US team captain John Donaldson included the four highest-rated players in the team’s lineup — all rated 2754 or above! And for a second consecutive day they got a 2½-1½ victory after scoring three draws and a win.

The team’s hero on Wednesday was Fabiano Caruana, who beat the ever-dangerous Parham Maghsoodloo with the white pieces. Cautious play by the US players was the rule in the remaining three boards, as they apparently (and correctly) assessed that the Iranian players are capable of emerging on top in complex tactical struggles.

In the one decisive game, the Americans’ top board, in trademark style, combined excellent calculation with a fine-tuned intuitive feel to outplay Maghsoodloo in a position with castling on opposite sides. By move 44, the Iranian was completely lost.

 
Caruana vs. Maghsoodloo

Caruana played 44.Qh5 aware of the fact that after 44...Rxc2+ 45.Kxc2 d3+ 46.Ke1 Qg1+ 47.Rxg1 47.Bxh4 he has a comfortable edge in the ensuing endgame. The 30-year-old is not one to fall for tactical traps!

Fabiano Caruana, Parham Maghsoodloo

The match is about to begin | Photo: Stev Bonhage

United States v Iran

 
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25.Bxa6 Ra8 26.Bb6 Bd7 25...Qh4N 17:56 Predecessor: 25...Kh7 26.c4 Nf4 27.Qb4 Nh3 28.Bxh3 Bxh3 29.Kb2 Qd8 30.Qd2 Rb8 31.f4 Qc7 32.Rg1 Rxc4 33.Rg3 d5 1-0 (39) Ponomariov,R (2699) -Navara,D (2737) Biel 2017 26.Qe1 2:37 26.Bxa6 Ra8 27.Bb6
27...Rxb6! 28.Qxb6 Rxa6! 29.Qxa6 Qxf2
26...Nf4 0 27.c4 6:01 f5 1:01 27...Qd8= 28.Bxf4± 10:21 28.exf5 keeps more tension. Bxf5+ 29.Kb2 Qf6 30.Bxf4 exf4+ 31.Qc3 28...Qxf4 25 29.Bd3 14 Rf8 1:42 30.Kb2 6:49 Qh4 2:57 31.Rg2 0 Qf6 18:40 31...Qxe1 32.Rxe1 f4 32.Qb4 0 Hoping for Rdg1. Rf7 6:02 Black should play 32...f4 33.Bc2 3:13 White is more active. Qd8? 2:28 This move loses the game for Black. 33...Bc8± was necessary. 34.Rg6+- 1:52 Rf6 3:45 35.Rxf6 27 gxf6 0 36.exf5 5:36 Bxc4 7 37.Qd2 1:39 Inferior is 37.bxc4 Rb6 38.Qb3 38.Rg1+? Kh7-+ 38...Rxb3+ 39.Bxb3 Qc7 40.c5+ d5 37...Qb6 1:55 38.Qxh6 25 38.Be4 d5 39.Bxd5+ Bxd5 40.Qxd5+ Kf8 41.Rd2 38...d5? 0 38...Kf7 39.Be4 39.f4 Ke7± 39...d5 39.Qg6+ 2:48 White is clearly winning. Kf8 4 40.Rg1 10 Intending Qg8+ and mate. d4 1:42 41.Qg7+ 34:15 Ke8 30:07 42.Qh8+ 52 Ke7 1 43.Rg7+ 1:28 Bf7 1 44.Qh5 1:33 Rxc2+ 0 45.Kxc2 12 45.Kb1 Rc1+ 46.Kxc1 Qc6+ 47.Kd1 45...d3+ 7 46.Kd1 10 Qg1+ 1:08 47.Rxg1 5 Rg7 would kill now. Bxh5 3 48.Kd2 5 Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.32
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Caruana,F2783Maghsoodloo,P27011–0202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.3
So,W2773Idani,P2641½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.3
Tabatabaei,M2664Aronian,L2775½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.3
Daneshvar,B2490Dominguez Perez,L2754½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.3

Other noteworthy results

Armenia is leading the United States by a single point, while no fewer than eleven teams stand a point behind the Americans. Cuba, Kazakhstan and Peru are the lowest-rated squads in this group. Here we present other noteworthy results from round 6:

  • Uzbekistan (14th seeds) drew India 1 (2nd) thanks to Shamsiddin Vokhidov’s win over Krishnan Sasikiran on board 4. Pentala Harikrishna defeated Nodirbek Abdusattorov on top board.
  • Cuba (32nd) drew Spain (4th). All four games finished drawn.
  • Serbia (23rd) upset Poland (5th) thanks to a win by Robert Markus over Kacper Piorun on board 3.
  • Peru (37th) upset Croatia (17th) with wins by Emilio Cordova and Cristhian Cruz on boards 1 and 2.
  • Kazakhstan (40th) upset the Czech Republic (18th) thanks to wins on boards 3 and 4, obtained by Arystanbek Urazayev and Kazybek Nogerbek respectively.

Emilio Cordova

Peru’s Emilio Cordova | Photo: Madelene Belinki

ChessBase India

The ChessBase India team, led by the indefatigable duo of Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal | Photo: Stev Bonhage

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1.d4 47 Nf6 5 2.c4 9 g6 2 3.Nc3 15 Bg7 1 4.e4 11 d6 3 5.Nf3 30 0-0 6 6.Be2 16 Na6 4 7.0-0 33 e5 1 8.Re1 0 Bg4 1 9.Be3 7:17 E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves. exd4 5 10.Nxd4 1:09 Much weaker is 10.Qxd4 Nc5 11.Bg5 11.e5 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nfd7 11...Re8 10...Bxe2 4 11.Qxe2 25 White has an edge. Re8 1 12.f3! 47 c6 1 13.Rad1 2:29 Nd7 1 14.Nc2 12:54
14...Bxc3N 2 Predecessor: 14...Qc7 15.Bd4 Rad8 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qf2 Qb6 18.Qxb6 Nxb6 19.b3 Nc5 20.Ne3 a5 1-0 (40) Nikolov,M (2551)-Theodorou,N (2513) Paleochora 2018 15.bxc3 10 Qe7 1 16.Rd4 14:04 Ne5 0 17.Red1 1:32 17.f4!? Nd7 18.Bf2= 17...Rad8 5:53 18.Bc1 3:05 Nc7 17:38 19.R4d2 1:41 Ne6 9:40 19...b5= is more appropriate. 20.Nd4 d5 20.Ne3 15:57 20.Ba3!? 20...f6 0 21.Ba3 1:54 Nf7 3:00 22.Qf2 54 Ng7 3:52 23.Rd3 9:47 Qe6 8:46 24.c5 13:13 dxc5 6 25.Rxd8 17 25.Bxc5 looks sharper. Rxd3 26.Rxd3 b6 27.Ba3 25...Rxd8 19 26.Rxd8+ 13 Nxd8 2 27.Bxc5 20 b6 5 28.Ba3 12 Nf7 0 29.c4 1:16 Ne5 0 30.Qd2 1:19 Qd7 46 31.Qd6 4:50 Qxd6 1:38 31...h5 keeps more tension. 32.Kf1 Ne6 33.Ke2 Kf7 32.Bxd6= 2 Endgame KBN-KNN Kf7 35 33.Kf1 42 Ke6 1:28 34.Bb8 1:11 Nd7 2:06 35.Bf4 1:09 Ne5 1:41 36.Ke2 0 Nh5 2:47 37.g3 14 Nxf4+ 1:17 38.gxf4 2 KN-KN Nd7 25 39.h4 1:53 Kd6 1:43 40.Kd2 52 a5 51 41.Kc3 0 The position is equal. Nc5 3:48 42.Ng4 1:37 f5 4:36 43.exf5 6:08 gxf5 2 44.Ne3 9 Ke6 2:51 45.Nc2! 8 Kd7 0 46.Nd4 1:25 Ne6 8
Threatens to win with ...Nxd4. 47.Nxf5 48 Nxf4 2 48.a3 0 Ke6 2:50 49.Nd4+ 14 Kd6 3 50.Nf5+! 1:38 Kc5 1:34 51.Ng3 51
51...Kd6 5:33 52.Kd4 9:06 Ne6+ 2 53.Ke4 1:57 Kc5 3:15 54.Kd3 29 b5 7 55.Ne4+ 53 Kb6 1 56.cxb5 42 cxb5 10 57.Nf6 58 h6 27 58.h5 43 Kc5 4:35 59.Ng4 0 Nf4+ 1:13 60.Kc3 14 Nxh5 33 Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Vidit,S2714Yakubboev,N2620½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.2
Abdusattorov,N2688Harikrishna,P27200–1202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.2
Sasikiran,K2638Vokhidov,S25520–1202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.2
Sindarov,J2629Erigaisi Arjun2689½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.2
Anton Guijarro,D2667Albornoz Cabrera,C2566½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.4
Iturrizaga Bonelli,E2619Almeida Quintana,O2523½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.4
Quesada Perez,Y2568Shirov,A2704½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.4
Quesada Perez,L2549Santos Latasa,J2675½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.4
Duda,J2750Indjic,A2620½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.5
Piorun,K2636Markus,R26160–1202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.5
Ivic,V2581Wojtaszek,R2708½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.5
Perunovic,M2539Bartel,M2597½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.5
Brkic,A2611Cruz,C25790–1202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.11
Bosiocic,M2549Terry,R25021–0202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.11
Cordova,E2549Saric,I26801–0202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.11
Escalante Ramirez,B2496Kozul,Z2602½–½202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.11
Nguyen,T2629Suleymenov,A24671–0202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.12
Jumabayev,R2617Navara,D2688202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.12
Zwardon,V2503Nogerbek,K24370–1202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.12
Urazayev,A2430Hracek,Z25551–0202244th Chess Olympiad Open 20226.12

Round 7 pairings - Open

Team Team Pts. MP Res. : Res. MP Pts. Team Team
IND India *) 17 10   :   10 17 India 3 IND
ARM Armenia 17½ 12   :   11 16 United States USA
FRA France 18 10   :   10 18½ Netherlands NED
SRB Serbia 15½ 10   :   10 16½ Germany GER
CUB Cuba 17½ 10   :   10 19 India 2 IND
PER Peru 16 10   :   10 19 Uzbekistan UZB
ESP Spain 16½ 9   :   10 17½ Kazakhstan KAZ
AZE Azerbaijan 16½ 9   :   9 17½ Israel ISR
GRE Greece 17½ 9   :   9 17½ Ukraine UKR
BRA Brazil 16½ 9   :   9 16½ England ENG
IRI Iran 16 9   :   9 17½ Australia AUS
AUT Austria 15 9   :   9 16 Hungary HUN
POL Poland 15 8   :   9 16 Philippines PHI
CRO Croatia 16 8   :   8 16 Mongolia MGL
CZE Czech Republic 17½ 8   :   8 16½ Indonesia INA

...96 boards

Round 7 pairings - Women

Team Team Pts. MP Res. : Res. MP Pts. Team Team
AZE Azerbaijan 18½ 11   :   12 18½ India *) IND
GEO Georgia 16 10   :   11 16½ Romania ROU
UKR Ukraine 17½ 10   :   10 16½ Netherlands NED
POL Poland 19½ 10   :   10 18½ Bulgaria BUL
ARM Armenia 20 10   :   10 17 Israel ISR
KAZ Kazakhstan 16 9   :   10 16 Vietnam VIE
IND2 India 2 16 9   :   9 18 Greece GRE
ESP Spain 19 9   :   9 15½ Czech Republic CZE
MGL Mongolia 16½ 9   :   9 15½ Cuba CUB
IND3 India 3 15½ 9   :   9 16 Switzerland SUI
SVK Slovakia 14½ 9   :   9 16 Estonia EST
FRA France 16 8   :   9 14½ Croatia CRO
ARG Argentina 14½ 8   :   8 16½ United States USA
GER Germany 15½ 8   :   8 15½ Turkey TUR
HUN Hungary 16 8   :   8 16 Lithuania LTU

...78 boards

*) This team is assigned to a fixed board.



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