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Schedule

Leaderboard (Open)

Overview (Open)

India is within the sole lead because it was as soon as once more in no bother in its match in opposition to Hungary. In the meantime, Vietnam has continued its upsurge because it drew gold medal contender China. Different essential outcomes embody the USA’s draw in opposition to Romania, which has significantly decreased the highest seed’s possibilities of gold, and Iran defeating Norway. Lithuania, whose 2500 score common belies its power, can also be having a formidable Olympiad because it defeated Azerbaijan. On the person degree, GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Fabiano Caruana pressed in opposition to their opponents however have been unable to win, costing them some score for the attracts; one participant who pressed and received, although, was GM Arjun Erigaisi, who’s on an ideal 6/6. Many followers across the globe are hoping to see him get to the unique 2800 membership.

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The High Groups

The theme of immediately’s spherical was lengthy, grinding endgames — some received, some drawn. On the second (mounted) board, GM Gukesh Dommaraju and GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu performed very strong video games in opposition to their respective opponents GM Richard Rapport and GM Peter Leko. That meant that for workforce India to win, at the least certainly one of GM Arjun Erigaisi or GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi needed to win and the opposite draw. Because it so occurred, each of them received with very exact endgame play. With 99% accuracy for Arjun and 98% accuracy for Vidit, workforce India is proving that it has come ferociously ready to win gold this yr.

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With workforce India’s dominance, all eyes have been on its closest rival: workforce China, led by world champion GM Ding Liren. On paper, China didn’t have the hardest opponent, however workforce Vietnam, initially ranked because the match’s twenty first seed, has been outperforming its anticipated rating by miles. In spherical 6, Vietnam continued to show its may because it drew China after GM Le Quang Liem floor down GM Ding Liren in a extremely technical endgame, the well-known forte of Liem:

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As GM Tuan Minh Tran pushed pawns in entrance of his king, although, GM Wang Yue was capable of save the day for workforce China as his items slowly infiltrated White’s weakened mild squares:

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Workforce Vietnam
Photograph: Michal Walusza / FIDE

There have been many different essential saves throughout this spherical. A most welcome end result for the Iranian workforce noticed GM Parham Maghsoodloo defending a troublesome place in opposition to GM Magnus Carlsen. Initially, Carlsen’s Caro-Kann sideline labored properly; Maghsoodloo selected a really bold setup with h6-g5 and shortly his uncaslted king proved to be too dangerously-placed. In some way, although, Maghsoodloo was capable of finding a solution to defend by protecting his compact construction intact and his items near his king. Carlsen stored pushing for hours, particularly so as a result of the opposite three boards had already completed and Norway was staring down a loss if Carlsen would draw. His efforts have been in useless, although, as Maghsoodloo stored defending properly:

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GM Fabiano Caruana of the USA stored urgent in opposition to GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac as properly, however he additionally might do no higher than draw the sport, leading to a drawn match for the USA in opposition to Romania:

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The save of the day, nevertheless, needed to be GM Valentin Dragnev‘s queen sacrifice in opposition to Jan-Krzysztof Duda, which got here like a bolt from the blue. In a successful place, Duda needed to munch on the fabric sacrificed; as a substitute, he selected to forgo stated materials and stored his personal threats on the board, however that meant that Dragnev might pounce with a well-timed sacrifice:

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Lithuania’s win in opposition to Azerbaijan was fairly spectacular as GM Paulius Pultinevicius performed a superb attacking sport in opposition to former Candidates participant GM Nijat Abasov:

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GM Tomas Laurusas additionally performed a dark-square maelstrom in opposition to GM Mahammad Muradli:

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The Greatest Upsets (Video games)

FM Jaime Rodriguez Santiago of Puerto Rico had a topsy-turvy sport within the Albin Countergambit in opposition to IM Jordi Fluvia Poyatos of Andorra, which, after many adventures, he received:

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Upsets (Groups)

South Korea has been featured twice already within the Upsets part of those Olympiad articles: first and second look; right here, it is making its third look. The South Korean gamers are positively underrated! Eswatini’s (1758 common score) draw in opposition to Ethiopia (2064.25) is an outstanding end result, as is Ecuador’s (2208.75) draw in opposition to Belgium (2477.5). Nevertheless, probably the most spectacular end result needs to be Afghanistan’s (2038) 4-0 win in opposition to Dominican Republic (2217.5).

Hameedullah Haidary‘s win in opposition to IM Josue Araujo Sanchez was reasonably aesthetically pleasing:

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Sensible Video games

GM Alisher Suleymenov, who famously defeated GM Magnus Carlsen with sacrifice after sacrifice, is solely a tactical genius:

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GM Santiago Avila Pavas of Colombia additionally performed a pointy and exquisite sport in opposition to FM Domingos Junior of Angola, although Junior did have a (considerably arduous to seek out / respect!) save on transfer 32:

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Spherical 7 Pairings

Leaderboard (Ladies’s)

Overview (Ladies’s)

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The High Groups

India’s small margin of victory in opposition to Armenia might have been a lot bigger. GM Vaishali Rameshbabu performed a really strong sport in opposition to WIM Mariam Mkrtchyan, however GM Harika Dronavalli had a greater endgame in opposition to IM Lilit Mkrtchian, whereas IM Tania Sachdev was considerably higher in her personal endgame conflict in opposition to IM Anna M. Sargsyan. Sadly for workforce India, stated endgames weren’t straightforward to transform, so the day’s hero was IM Divya Deshmukh, who confirmed good preparation in opposition to GM Elina Danielian‘s French and hunted her king in brutal trend:

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IM Tania Sachdev in contemplation
Photograph: Michal Walusza / FIDE

Georgia’s victory over Mongolia was an much more quiet affair as the highest three boards noticed little deviation away from equality. It was IM Salome Melia who cemented Georgia’s win, however not earlier than she was technically misplaced for the size of a seven-move interval in opposition to WFM Erdenebayar Khuslen:

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Poland was trying sturdy in opposition to China as IM Alina Kashlinskaya was higher or barely higher in opposition to GM Zhu Jiner and so too was GM Monika Socko in opposition to IM Yuxin Track. The day’s winner, although, was IM Oliwia Kiolbasa, who utilized positional stress in opposition to IM Guo Qi‘s remoted pawn. The positional squeeze all of the sudden turned tactical, although, as Kiolbasa used her bishop pair to assault Guo’s king.

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The USA defeated Switzerland as Germany and Spain received in opposition to Italy and Argentina, respectively. As well as, a extremely tactical sport occurred on the mounted board 2 of the host nation, the place WIM Zsoka Gaal performed an attacking melee in opposition to IM Deysi Cori T.:

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The Greatest Upsets (Video games)

Tian Yi Liu of Hong Kong, China defended very properly in opposition to Antonina Gora of Eire:

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Upsets (Groups)

Sensible Video games

WFM Jessica Molina of Bolivia performed an unconventional Rubinstein lure, together with many different sacrifices, to defeat WFM Bernadette Galas of the Philippines:

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Spherical 7 Pairings

Olympiad Techniques

The Turkish chess coach and FM Nazmi Can Doğan alias @NaSil is taking tactical snippets from the Olympiad:

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Interview

Director of operations at Lichess, Theo Wait, caught up with Lichess streamer IM Laura Unuk as they mentioned her win in opposition to WGM Jennifer Perez Rodriguez of Paraguay, her preparation for that sport, and her expertise at chess Olympiads.

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