ChessBase 17 - Mega package - Edition 2024
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Twelve teams reached the playoffs of the 2020 FIDE Online Olympiad. Four of them were directly seeded into the quarterfinals after winning their Top Division groups, while eight needed to go through a preliminary knockout to get a spot among the Final 8. This preliminary stage was played on Thursday, with Armenia, Poland, Hungary and Ukraine moving on to the quarterfinals.
The biggest surprise of the day was the elimination of China. Despite lining up most of their strongest players, with the one exception of Wang Hao, the defending Olympic champions lost their match against Ukraine.
Each match was played to the best of three mini-matches (or sets, if we go by the tennis jargon used at the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour). The first two mini-matches consist of six games, as per the rules used in previous sections. Every team must include:
In case of a tie, a single Armageddon game decides the winner. A random draw decides a category of players (open, women, juniors, or girls) and each team chooses one of their representatives from that category to play the deciding encounter. White gets 5 minutes; Black gets 4 minutes and draw odds.
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All quarterfinal matches will be played on Friday, August 28:
| GM Ding, Liren 2791 | 1-0 | GM Ivanchuk, V. 2678 |
| GM Wei, Yi 2732 | ½-½ | GM Korobov, A. 2688 |
| GM Hou, Yifan 2658 | 1-0 | IM Gaponenko, I. 2396 |
| GM Ju, Wenjun 2560 | ½-½ | GM Zhukova, N. 2328 |
| GM Liu, Yan 2524 | 0-1 | GM Shevchenko 2592 |
| WIM Ning, Kaiyu 2327 | 0-1 | FM Berdnyk, M. 2324 |
| GM Ding, Liren 2791 | ½-½ | GM Ivanchuk, V. 2678 |
| GM Yu, Yangyi 2709 | ½-½ | GM Korobov, A. 2688 |
| GM Tan, Zhongyi 2510 | 0-1 | IM Osmak, Iulija 2438 |
| GM Lei, Tingjie 2505 | ½-½ | IM Gaponenko, I. 2396 |
| GM Liu, Yan 2524 | ½-½ | GM Shevchenko 2592 |
| WGM Zhu, Jiner 2459 | 1-0 | FM Berdnyk, M. 2324 |
| GM Liu, Yan 2524 | 0-1 | GM Shevchenko 2592 |
| GM Erdos, Viktor 2618 | ½-½ | GM Wagner, D. 2581 |
| GM Banusz, Tamas 2628 | ½-½ | GM Fridman, D. 2615 |
| WGM Papp, Petra 2338 | 0-1 | IM Paehtz, E. 2473 |
| WGM Gara, Ticia 2371 | 1-0 | FM Schulze, Lara 2314 |
| GM Kozak, Adam 2503 | 1-0 | IM Vogel, Roven 2456 |
| WFM Demeter, D. 2033 | ½-½ | WIM Muetsch, A. 2219 |
| GM Erdos, Viktor 2618 | 0-1 | GM Wagner, D. 2581 |
| GM Banusz, Tamas 2628 | ½-½ | GM Fridman, D. 2615 |
| GM Hoang, T. T. 2407 | 0-1 | IM Paehtz, E. 2473 |
| WGM Papp, Petra 2338 | 1-0 | FM Schulze, Lara 2314 |
| GM Kozak, Adam 2503 | 1-0 | IM Vogel, Roven 2456 |
| WFM Gaal, Zsoka 2221 | 0-1 | WIM Muetsch, A. 2219 |
| GM Erdos, Viktor 2618 | 1-0 | GM Wagner, D. 2581 |
| GM Mastrovasilis 2604 | 0-1 | GM Aronian, L. 2773 |
| GM Halkias, S. 2563 | 0-1 | GM Sargissian 2682 |
| IM Tsolakidou 2391 | 1-0 | GM Danielian, E. 2407 |
| WGM Botsari, A. 2222 | 0-1 | IM Mkrtchian, L. 2388 |
| IM Theodorou, N. 2554 | ½-½ | GM Martirosyan. 2622 |
| FM Avramidou, A. 2267 | 0-1 | WGM Sargsyan, A.. 2402 |
| GM Banikas, H. 2601 | 0-1 | GM Aronian, L. 2773 |
| GM Halkias, S. 2563 | ½-½ | GM Sargissian 2682 |
| IM Tsolakidou 2391 | 1-0 | GM Danielian, E. 2407 |
| WGM Botsari, A. 2222 | ½-½ | IM Mkrtchian, L. 2388 |
| IM Theodorou, N. 2554 | ½-½ | GM Martirosyan. 2622 |
| FM Avramidou, A. 2267 | 0-1 | WGM Sargsyan, A.. 2402 |
| GM Delchev, A. 2550 | 0-1 | GM Duda, J. 2753 |
| GM Enchev, I. 2491 | 0-1 | GM Wojtaszek, R. 2717 |
| GM Stefanova, A. 2462 | 1-0 | GM Socko, Monika 2428 |
| IM Salimova, N. 2372 | 1-0 | IM Cyfka, Karina 2411 |
| IM Petrov, M. 2525 | 0-1 | IM Gumularz, S. 2506 |
| WIM Radeva, V. 2302 | ½-½ | WIM Sliwicka, A. 2317 |
| GM Delchev, A. 2550 | 0-1 | GM Duda, J. 2753 |
| GM Enchev, I. 2491 | 0-1 | GM Wojtaszek, R. 2717 |
| GM Stefanova, A. 2462 | 0-1 | GM Socko, Monika 2428 |
| IM Salimova, N. 2372 | 1-0 | IM Cyfka, Karina 2411 |
| IM Petrov, M. 2525 | 0-1 | IM Gumularz, S. 2506 |
| WIM Radeva, V. 2302 | 1-0 | WIM Sliwicka, A. 2317 |
