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Six rounds of the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 are in the books and Armenia emerged as the sole leader of the Open section scoring perfect 12 match points! Armenia today took a narrow 2.5-1.5 victory against India2. Gukesh D managed to keep the 100% winning strike with 6/6 points, but it wasn’t enough as GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and GM Robert Hovhannisyan won their games on 3rd and 4th board (respectively) and brought the important victory to the team. Tomorrow is the free day and the games continue Friday, 5th of August.

With a convincing 3-1 victory over Georgia, India’s women’s team emerged as the sole leader of the Women’s Chess Olympiad 2022 with the maximum score of 12 match points. GM Humpy Koneru was victorious against GM Nana Dzagnidze on the first board, while IM Vaishali defeated IM Lela Javakhishvili. The games on the board two and four finished in a draw.

WGM Dina Belenkaya plays the second board for Israel Women’s team in the Women’s Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai. Dina won her game playing against WGM Hanna Marie Klek who made a crucial mistake in the 25th move and Belenkaya didn’t let go.

The hosting city of the first ever Chess Olympiad in India is decked up with chess colours. Chennai’s iconic bridge looks like an enormously big chess board, streets are decorated with chess murals, and the chess board paintings appeared on the Chennai Airport as well. The Airport’s food court area tables are now showing chess boards! See the photos below; Follow the event live

The sixth round of the Chess Olympiad 2022 has started in Chennai with the ceremonial first move made by Mr. Pradeep Sekar – Director of Citi Bank, and former member of the Indian National Team IM K. Murugan representing NLC. With only two teams tying for the top of Open section with the maximum score, and three teams sharing the top of Women’s section, the sixth round will determine who will go on tomorrow’s resting day leading the respective category.

The fourth round of the 2022 Chess Olympiad saw many upsets. One of them was Norway drawing against Mongolia as the match finished with the result of 2-2. However, the Mongolian team had a victory in the pocket as it turned out that Aryan Tari incorrectly claimed a threefold repetition against Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa.

Only two teams remain perfect at the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Chennai. India 2 and Armenia share the top with 10/10 match points, while Uzbekistan, India, USA, Cuba and Iran follow with 9 match points. The 6th round comes before tomorrow’s free day bringing the encounter of the leaders – India2 vs Armenia. India, Georgia and Ukraine are the only teams of the Women’s Chess Olympiad 2022 with the maximum score of 10 match points.

Only two teams remain perfect at the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Chennai. India 2 and Armenia share the top with 10/10 match points, while Uzbekistan, India, USA, Cuba and Iran follow with 9 match points. The 6th round comes before tomorrow’s free day bringing the encounter of the leaders – India2 vs Armenia.

India, Georgia and Ukraine are the only teams of the Women’s Chess Olympiad 2022 with the maximum score of 10 match points.

Chess Olympiad: Women’s section LIVE / Open section LIVE / Round 5 results (open section) / Round 6 team pairings