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The 8th round of the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 saw many exciting games and, with only 3 rounds to go, Armenia kept the sole leadership in the event. India maintained the sole leadership in the Women’s tournament with 15 match points, while Georgia emerged on the clear second place with 14 match points after a convincing 3.5-0.5 victory over Armenia.

As MrDodgy (aka ChessProblem) would put it, D Gukesh is the Alireza of the Chess Olympiad 2022. 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

The 8th round of the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 saw many exciting games and, with only 3 rounds to go, Armenia kept the sole leadership in the event. Armenia took a narrow 2.5-1.5 victory over India as GM Gabriel Sargissian defeated GM Pentala Harikrishna on the first board. The other three games ended in a draw. Replay the match here

The top-board match of the Women’s Chess Olympiad Round 8 between India and Ukraine finished in a draw with 2-2 result. All four games finished in a peaceful manner despite long and tense fights. Replay the match here

16-year-old Dommaraju Gukesh is having one of the best chess tournaments in his career! He scores incredible 8/8 points playing the first board for the India2 team at the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Chennai. Gukesh today defeated World No 5 Fabiano Caruana having black pieces.

David Howell is about to release his first ever Chessable course Grind Like a Grandmaster.

GM Sam Shankland yesterday played the illegal move which cost him a loss and the USA team left without an important victory. After moving the King to an attacked square, Shankland was forced to play the legal move with the same piece according to the touch-move rule, and any legal move with the King was immediately losing.

FIDE Press release: Year of the Woman in Chess Awards Granted in Chennai

We are happy to announce the winners of the Year of the Woman in Chess Awards honouring outstanding women and those supporting women in chess. The ceremony took place on the evening of August 5 in Chennai, India, as part of the 44th Chess Olympiad, and was broadcast live on our FIDE YouTube channel.

Only four rounds left to be played before the announcement of the Chess Olympiad 2022 Winners! Armenia is in the sole lead of the open section with 13 match points, and India’s women’s team scores perfect 14 match points to be in the sole lead of the Women’s section.

Only four rounds left to be played before the announcement of the Chess Olympiad 2022 Winners! Armenia is in the sole lead of the open section with 13 match points, and Uzbekistan, India2, India, USA, Germany and Kazakhstan share the second place with 12 match points.