The 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 is seeing a dramatic finish! When it seemed that Armenia and India sail to the Olympic gold of the open and women’s sections (respectively), the teams of Uzbekistan and Poland proved them wrong.
The 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 is seeing a dramatic finish! When it seemed that Armenia sails to the fourth Olympic gold, the team of Uzbekistan proved different. With a convincing 3-1 victory in the 9th round over Armenia, Uzbekistan overtook the sole leadership of the Open section with the score of 16 match points.
With only two rounds to go, the fight for the Women’s Chess Olympiad Winner’s podium is getting tighter than ever before! Poland defeated India with a narrow 2.5-1.5 victory as the 22-year-old Oliwia Kiolbasa scored her ninth consecutive victory(!) defeating IM Vaishali, while the other three games ended in a draw.
There are only four days to the end of the Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai. To celebrate the occasion, Chessable is having multiple courses on sale with discount.
Tanmay Bhat, the famous Mumbai based Comedian, YouTuber, and Investor, is hailing the performance of Gukesh at the Chess Olympiad in Chennai. Tanmay Bhat says, “Towering all kings like an ace, remember the name it’s Gukesh”
Oliwia Kiolbasa is currently rocking the Women section of the Chess Olympiad 2022. She has collected 8,0/8 and is going for the fantastic 9,0/9. The game is of high importance for the medals race, as both Poland and India are in contention. All games from the round live here
Having collected 8,0/8, Gukesh is now the second strongest Indian player and has officially entered the world top 20 with live rating 2729 ELO. Read about D Gukesh scoring 8,0/8 here. Today he is facing Mamedyarov with the white pieces, in an attempt to jump to the incredible 9,0/9 and put India 2 ahead of competition in the race for gold in the Chess Olympiad 2022.
Arkady Dvorkovich is re-elected FIDE President! More than 155 federations voted for Dvorkovich’s ticket with Viswanathan Anand as a FIDE Deputy President, Zhu Chen as a FIDE Treasurer, Joran Aulin-Jansson as the FIDE Vice-President and Mahir Mammedov as the FIDE Vice-President.
With only three rounds to go at the 2022 Chess Olympiad, Armenia and India successfully keep the sole leadership of the Open and Women’s sections (respectively). The top-board encounter of the Open section will be played between Armenia and Uzbekistan, and India plays against Poland in the Women’s section.
