Grivas on the Chess Olympiad 2024 (1)

by Efstratios Grivas
9/30/2024 – The Chess Olympiad 2024 was held in beautiful Budapest, Hungary, 10 to 23 September 2024. It was the 45th edition for the Open Section and the 30th for the Women Section. As it is natural, a lot of interesting games were played, out of a total of nearly 8,000 games! Here are some treats, selected and annotated by international trainer Eftratios Grivas.
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Our first game comes from the 7th round and from the match India-China, which was extremely important for the final standings. FIDE World Champion, Chinese Ding Liren skipped this match (after a rest day as well!), which was rather weird for such circumstances. His World Championship challenger D. Gukesh scored the decisive point (all other three games ended in a draw) and India won 2½-1½.

Click on the notation or the diagrams to get a full replay board (with engine support).

The next game contains an interesting novelty and a fierce attack. And in my opinion was the most spectacular game of the entire event.

More musings from the 2024 Olympiad to come 

The Grivas Chess International Academy is announcing an interactive training program with a monthly schedule, starting June 2024. Ten players of a rating strength of more of 1500 are invited to register monthly. The program is addressed to ambitious chess players, who are aiming to achieve high rating and international titles. All sessions will be conducted by the world-famous coach and author GM Efstratios Grivas.

Program Data

● Monthly, starting June 7th 2024.
● Twice per week, Friday and Sunday, 16 hours of top-training.
● Sessions at 13:00-15:00 (CET Time) - 15:00-17:00 (UAE Time).
● Meetings via Zoom, ten students maximum.
● English Language.
● All sessions will be recorded and access will be given to the students.
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Program Subjects

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Efstratios (30.03.1966) is a highly experienced chess trainer and chess author. He has been awarded by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) the titles of International Chess Grandmaster, FIDE Senior Trainer, International Chess Arbiter and International Chess Organiser.