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2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 9
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 9Friday, 20 September 2024 Open In Round 9, India was slowed as it was held for the first time by Uzbekistan in a 2-2 result. That match had a bit of controversy as Vladimir Kramnik complained about the presence of phones used to record the match…
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2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 8
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 8Thursday, 19 September 2024 Open Iran was coming into the match undefeated and with high hopes against India. Playing without Alireza Firouzja who represents France, this Olympiad performance shows that Iran has a promising future. If in fact, Firouzja returns to Iran, they will vie for…
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2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 7
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 7Wednesday, 18 September 2024 Open In round 7 of the 2024 Chess Olympiad, a titanic match occurred between two regional rivals and the world’s most populous nations. India, which overtook China as the most populous nation, holds an impressive lead with 6/6. China had already been…
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2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 6
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 6Monday, 16 September 2024 Open Round 6 is right before the rest day and the tournament got a bit more tense. India continued mowing down the field and beat host Hungary by a resounding 3-1 score. Arjun Erigaisi is cleaning up on board 3 with 6/6…
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2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 5
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 5Sunday, 15 September 2024 Open The Indian men have continued to dominate in the Open Section. D. Gukesh (4/4) and Arjun Erigaisi (5/5) scored for India, while R. Praggnanandhaa got his second consecutive draw. Vidit Gujrathi drew with Shakriyar Mamedyarov who seems to be sliding further…
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2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 4
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 4Saturday, 14 September 2024 Open The U.S. gets upset by Ukraine as Wesley So loses a heartbreaker against Vasyl Ivanchuk. A very uncharacteristic mistake by the gold medalist puts a barrier on gold medal aspirations as India keep rolling. Wesley So blundered a winning position against…
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2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 3
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 3Friday, 13 September 2024 Nice aerial shot by Michal Walusza! Open Round 3 of the Budapest Olympiad saw some contested battles, but the buzz of the round was the world’s top player, Magnus Carlsen, arriving 11 minutes late for his first game. Team Captain Odin Blikra Vea explained…
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2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 2
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 2Thursday, 12 September 2024 Open In Round 2 of the Chess Olympiad, we saw more drama as Levon Aronian managed tremendous risks in his game against Zhenyoung Wong of Singapore. Aronian escaped first-round disaster after losing a minor piece. In this game, he was down a…
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2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 1
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 1Wednesday, 11 September 2024 The 2024 Chess Olympiad has begun! Typically, Round 1 pairings are top teams against those from developing federations. The most common story is about upsets. Every Olympiad, there is usually a case of a player with a 300-400 rating handicap winning or…
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2024 Chess Olympiad (Budapest, Hungary)
Budapest, Hungary is the site of the 2024 Chess Olympiad and the venue is said to be spectacular. The event began on September 11th and will last until the 23rd. This Olympiad marks the 100th year of FIDE’s founding. ChessBase India’s Sagar Shah gave a tour of the BOK Hall…
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