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The 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 concluded today in Chennai, India with the Closing ceremony. The exciting final round determined the Winners and medalists: Uzbekistan won gold medal with better tiebreaks over Armenia who finished second, while India2 claimed bronze.

Altogether with the Winners and medalists of the Chess Olympiad 2022, the best individual players per boards received special prizes and medals at the Closing ceremony of the event. GM Gukesh D won gold medal as the best individual Board 1 player with 9/11 points and 2867 rating performance.

Altogether with the Winners and medalists of the Women’s Chess Olympiad 2022, the best individual players per boards will receive special prizes and medals. The best Board 1 player of the Women’s section according to the rating performance is legendary Swedish GM Pia Cramling with 9.5/11 points and 2532 rating performance.

After a dramatic final round of the Chess Olympiad 2022, Uzbekistan won the Open tournament having better tiebreak criteria than Armenia, while Ukraine clinched gold of the Women’s Chess Olympiad thanks to better tiebreaks than Georgia. The event will be officially declared closed at the Awarding Ceremony which can be followed live:

The battles for the Women’s Chess Olympiad winner’s podium lasted till the very last minute of the final 11th round. Ukraine claimed gold for the first time since 2006 having better tiebreaks than Georgia who finished silver! Replay all games here

After 11 exciting rounds in a competition of 186 teams represented by more than 900 players, Uzbekistan wins the 44th Chess Olympiad! Replay all games here

Final report to follow

The 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 concluded today in Chennai after the thrilling final round. Uzbekistan and Armenia (the co-leaders of the open section after 10 played rounds) won their matches against Netherlands and Spain (respectively) to tie for the first place.

A dramatic final round marked the Women’s Chess Olympiad 2022. India’s women’s team headed into the last round as the sole leader of the event, but suffered a loss to USA dropping to the third position on the final rankings. Ukraine and Georgia won their matches against Poland and Azerbaijan (respectively) leaping to the shared first place.

The Armenian team defeated Azerbaijan in the 10th round of the 2022 Chess Olympiad, emerging on the top of the rankings in the co-lead with Uzbekistan. (Rankings after Round 10) Answering the question about the team’s secret for success, Sargissian said he is not sure if there is any: “Actually, this is a surprise not only for all the chess world, but also for us.

Chess is tough, and the life of a professional player is even more so. Maintaining your emotional stability throughout a tournament can be very testing, and things can change rapidly from one day to the next.

The match between the youth teams of India B and Uzbekistan was 2-1 for India B, thanks to Praggnanandhaa’s great win over Sindarov. Only Gukesh’s game remained: he was playing White against Abdusattorov.