Upset Wins in Open, Upset Attracts in Ladies’s • lichess.org

September 15, 2024

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Event Info

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Overview (Open)

Spherical 3 within the Open was completely chaotic, with upsets — each particular person and staff — everywhere. In actual fact, there have been so many upsets that it will be tough to cowl all of them in any stage of enough element. The upsets on the highest boards included Italy’s (2544.75 common score) 3-1 win over the Netherlands (2681.75) (board 6) and Lithuania’s (2565) 2.5-1.5 win over Germany (2662) (board 7). Different notable outcomes on the highest boards included Denmark’s (2560.5) draw with England (2652.5) on board 8 and Georgia’s (2547) draw with Iran (2640.75) on board 9. Other than outcomes, there have been different speaking factors in spherical 3 of the 2024 Budapest Olympiad. GM Magnus Carlsen was late to his match as he arrived to the venue on a motorcycle; he narrowly escaped a loss by forfeit. GM Fabiano Caruana is now #2 on the earth after a powerful, lengthy win in opposition to GM Ivan Cheparinov; GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, GM Dommaraju Gukesh, GM Wei Yi, and GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa have all gained score factors to shake up the world’s high 10 score record.

You’ll find extra outcomes right here.

The Prime Groups

India and the USA, the one two groups with a score common increased than 2750, proved their score as soon as extra as they, alongside defending champions Uzbekistan, have been the one groups on the highest 19 boards to win with a 3.5-0.5 margin. Notably, on the twentieth board, Norway, led by GM Magnus Carlsen, gained 3.5-0.5 in opposition to Colombia. There have been a number of exact and well-played video games by these groups. Caruana’s endgame grind in opposition to Cheparinov is one instance:

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Carlsen brought about GM Roberto Garcia Pantoja‘s place to break down because the latter incurred many weaknesses:

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World champion challenger Gukesh utterly outmaneuvered his opponent and crashed via to finish the sport in model:

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Attacking virtuoso GM Arjun Erigaisi‘s sport was much more flashy, although, as his opponent allowed him to display checkmate on the board:

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On board 2, Hungary defeated Austria; on board 4, China defeated Slovenia, and on board 5, Uzbekistan defeated Croatia. The Netherlands weren’t so fortunate, nonetheless, as GM Anish Giri misplaced to GM Lorenzo Lodici, GM Max Warmerdam misplaced to GM Francesco Sonis, and GM Erwin L’ami misplaced to GM Sabino Brunello — GM Jorden van Foreest‘s win in opposition to GM Luca Jr Moroni was not sufficient to shift the tide for the Netherlands.

Lodici’s dark-squared crush was nothing wanting spectacular:

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Germany had a good harder time as, regardless of GM Vincent Keymer‘s loss to GM Titas Stremavicius, the match was not but misplaced. Certainly, GM Alexander Donchenko was at one level considerably higher in opposition to GM Valery Kazakouski, however in attempting to win the match for Germany, he overpressed and blundered in an advanced endgame.

With eight extra rounds to go, nonetheless, the match is simply getting began. Many groups are nonetheless within the working, even those who confronted upsets on this spherical.

The Largest Upsets (Video games)

Sri Lanka’s Okay Okay Dinujaya Kodithuwakku‘s (1827) win in opposition to Angola’s FM Domingos Junior (2183) was a formidable attacking show:

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FM Alisher Karimov‘s (2240) win in opposition to Jagadeesh Siddharth (2514) was pivotal for Tajikistan to attract its stronger opponent, Singapore; Karimov saved taking part in on for hours, looking for any slight benefit. Simply as the sport seemed to be headed to a draw, Karimov discovered an correct approach to win as Siddharth blundered.

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The Largest Upsets (Groups)

Montenegro (vs. France), Sweden (vs. Romania), Canada (vs. Czech Republic), Malaysia (vs. Portugal), Jordan (vs. Finland), Sri Lanka (vs. Angola), and the Cayman Islands (vs. Aruba) scored upset wins, whereas Slovakia (vs. Turkiye), Mongolia (vs. Israel), Tajikistan (vs. Singapore), South Korea (vs. Belgium), and El Salvador (vs. Peru) scored upset attracts. Specifically, Jordan’s (2108.5 common score) win in opposition to Finland (2409) was vital, and so too was Malaysia’s (2192.75) in opposition to Portugal (2459.75). South Korea’s (2195.75) draw in opposition to Belgium (2449) and El Salvador’s (2201.25) draw in opposition to Peru (2459.75) have been additionally outstanding. Beneath are some video games.

Anas Khwaira had one other probability to trigger an upset:

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IM Hongjin Ahn, who drew GM Aryan Tari in spherical 1, went all in on the assault:

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GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov has a repute for attacking chess, and he didn’t disappoint at present as he parted methods together with his queen to crush FM Jegor Lashkin‘s king on the darkish squares:

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Lichess blogger FM Jonathan L B Blackburn of Wales performed a shocking mating mixture in opposition to Hamid Harmon Gulamo Jamal of Mozambique harking back to Joseph Henry Blackburne’s mixtures:

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Spherical 4 Pairings

Workforce	Workforce
United States of America	Ukraine
Hungary	Italy
Serbia	India
China	Armenia
Vietnam	Uzbekistan
Poland	Lithuania
Montenegro	Azerbaijan

Specifically, China’s match in opposition to Armenia will likely be intriguing as Armenia has a powerful lineup with 4 2600+ GMs and has traditionally carried out very nicely at Olympiads. Fascinating matchups embody GM Wesley So vs. GM Vasyl Ivanchuk and GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs. GM Le Quang Liem.

Overview (Ladies’s)

GM Alexandra Kosteniuk‘s win in opposition to GM Harika Dronavalli was not sufficient for Switzerland as they misplaced 1-3 to the Indian staff. This was certainly a a lot welcome outcome for the Indian staff as a spherical of upset attracts meant that out of the highest 10 greatest groups in response to pre-tournament scores, solely India, the USA of America, China, Ukraine, Spain, and Kazakhstan stay unscathed with three match wins as Georgia, Poland, Azerbaijan, and Germany have dropped factors. The latter 4 groups drew Romania, Greece, Argentina, and Slovenia, respectively.

You’ll find extra outcomes right here.

The Prime Groups

Kosteniuk’s sport in opposition to Dronavalli was equal for a very long time, however Kosteniuk powerfully outcalculated Dronavalli at a important juncture and transformed with precision:

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Alexandra Kosteniuk was all smiles earlier than her sport with Harika Dronavalli. Pictured alongside her is worldwide arbiter and FIDE senior coach Boris Postovsky.
Picture: Maria Emelianova / Chess.com

Sadly for Switzerland, the opposite boards would go on to lose, netting India a 3-1 victory over Switzerland.

IM Divya Deshmukh ended her sport in model in opposition to WIM Sofiia Hryzlova:

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The upset of the day occurred on board 2 (which is a hard and fast board for Hungary) because the outrated Uzbek staff narrowly defeated Hungary. WIM Zsoka Gaal was in some unspecified time in the future significantly better in opposition to WIM Afruza Khamdamova, however she blundered within the rook endgame and allowed Khamdamova to create a powerful handed pawn as her rook was caught to the f-file and couldn’t keep away from a commerce with Khamdamova’s rook.

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GM Nino Batsiashvili of Georgia confirmed how White can positionally crush the Benoni as she dismantled WGM Carmen Voicu-Jagodzinsky‘s kingside fort.

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That outcome was not enough, although, as GM Bella Khotenashvili was dealing with a powerful assault from WIM Alessia-Mihaela Ciolacu of Romania. Khotenashvili tragically blundered a mate in 3 in what was a dynamically equal place.

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Lichess streamer IM Laura Unuk drew an necessary sport in opposition to IM Dinara Wagner of Germany to safe a draw for Slovenia in opposition to Germany.
Picture: Maria Emelianova / Chess.com

The Largest Upsets (Video games)

Begimay Zhanybekova (1784) of Kyrgyzstan transformed nicely in opposition to Simona Limontaite (2177) of Lithuania:

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The Largest Upsets (Groups)

Other than the aforementioned upsets on the primary 9 boards, there have been different notable upsets. South Africa drew Colombia, Kyrgyzstan gained in opposition to Lithuania, Zambia drew Mexico, Thailand gained in opposition to Eire, and Haiti gained in opposition to Angola.

Jesse Nikki February of South Africa talked to Theo Wait, director of operations at Lichess, after her pivotal win.

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Merisena Cadeau of Haiti and WIM Esperanca Caxita of Angola have been taking part in IM Eric Rosen’s favourite connect-four on the queenside as Caxita went for an incorrect sacrifice in a determined place:

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Larisa Sokolova of Cyprus utterly dismantled El Salvador’s Angie Garcia‘s king in an exquisite king hunt as she sacrificed each of her central pawns:

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Spherical 4 Pairings

Workforce	Workforce
India	France
Denmark	Hungary
England	China
Ukraine	Turkiye
United States of America	Netherlands
Spain	Mongolia
Serbia	Kazakhstan

Other than Denmark vs. Hungary, the place the Hungarian staff has a big score benefit, all matches are moderately shut. India’s (2447.8 5-board score common) match in opposition to France (2335.2) guarantees to be significantly robust for the favorites.