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The ceremonial first move of the 2022 Chess Olympiad Round 3

31 Jul, 2022by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

The third round of the 2022 Chess Olympiad kicked off in Chennai bringing interesting encounters between the leaders. Managing Director of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (CCPL) made the first ceremonial move to mark the beginning of the Round three as he played 1.c4 in the game between Pentala Harikrishna and Dimitrios Mastrovasilis.

The second round of the Olympiad featured the debut of World Champion Magnus Carlsen, playing on board one for Norway. One minute before the start of the round, all players were seated and ready, including Carlsen, with the exception of the other three Norway teammates, delayed outside due to the overgrowing level of chess enthusiasts filling the playing hall every day.

Interview with Randa Seder – the youngest participant of the 2022 Chess Olympiad

31 Jul, 2022by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

8-year-old Randa Seder is the youngest participant of the 2022 Chess Olympiad and plays for Palestine’s Women’s National team. She today won her first olympiad game, and Palestine’s Women’s team won the match against Comoros with the maximum 4/4 score. Eman Sawan, Taqwa Hamouri and Randa Seder were excited to win their match today and gave a short post-game interview which can be found below.

Interview with IM Jovanka Houska – Chess Olympiad 2022 R2

31 Jul, 2022by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

The second round of the 2022 Women’s Chess Olympiad brought several individual surprising results, but most of the team favorites managed to win their matches. England’s women’s team today won against Bolivia with the final 3-1 score, with WGM Katarzyna Toma losing to WFM Maria Eugenia Ramirez.

44th Chess Olympiad 2022 – Round 3 pairings

30 Jul, 2022by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

The third round of the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 is scheduled for Sunday, 31st of July, starting from 15:00 (GMT+5:30). Team pairings of both sections can be found below.
Results – Chess Olympiad 2022 round 2 (women’s section) / Results – Chess Olympiad 2022 round 2 (open section)

Team pairings Round 3 – Open section: