
The Top Division section of the FIDE Online Olympiad was played from Friday to Sunday this week. Three teams from each pool qualified either to the quarterfinals directly or to the preliminary stage. India, Azerbaijan, Russia and the United States are already in the quarterfinals while eight teams will fight for the remaining four spots in the first knockout stage of the playoffs.
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But first a warm-up: Nihal has just played 44...Be7+. White has two options — one is winning and one is losing! Which move is correct and why?
Black's move was actually a very big blunder. Did you find the correct continuation?
(See the full game and the solution below)
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