Sayantan Das becomes India’s 81st GM after beating the opposition at the International Festival des Jeux in Cannes, France. Das entered the A Group of the tournament as an IM, chasing the 24 FIDE Elo points that would bring him to the 2500 mark and grant him the title of India’s newest grandmaster. Scoring 7.5/9, …
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This is the flash report for the final round of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad. The full report will be published on this page soon. Continuing with their good form in the event, Uzbekistan and Armenia prevailed over higher seeds Netherland and Spain respectively in the 11th and final round to tie for first-second places …
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The 12th-seeded Armenia defeated the sixth-seeded Azerbaijan with a convincing 3-1 victory to reach 17 match points and become the joint leaders at the end of the 10th and penultimate round of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad. Dramatic developments in the fifth hour of play enabled the 14th-seeded Uzbekistan to save a 2-2 draw against …
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The 14th-seeded young Uzbekistan team with an average age of 20 prevailed over the overnight leader, 12th-seeded Armenia, by a strong 3-1 score to jump into sole lead with 16 match points at the end of the ninth round of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad. The 11th-seeded India 2 held sixth-seeded Azerbaijan to a 2-2 …
Uzbekistan Jumps To Lead In Open; Four Share Lead In Women’s; Kiolbasa Advances To 9/9 Read More »
Continuing their remarkable run in the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad, the 12th-seeded Armenia defeated second-seeded India 2.5-1.5 and maintained their sole lead with 15 match points at the end of the eighth round. The 11th-seeded India 2 defeated the top-seeded U.S. by a 3-1 score. India 2 is tied for the second-third positions on 14 …
Armenia In Open, India In Women’s Maintain Lead; Gukesh Defeats Caruana To Score 8/8 Read More »
The 12th-seeded Armenia held the top-seeded U.S. to a 2-2 draw in a dramatic conclusion to a tense match involving a touched-piece blunder by GM Sam Shankland and retained the lead with 13 match points after the seventh round of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad. GM Gabriel Sargissian defeated GM Fabiano Caruana on the top …
Armenia Retains Lead In Open; India Widens Lead In Women’s; Gukesh 7/7 Read More »
GMs Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and Robert Hovhannisyan scored crucial wins to enable Armenia to prevail over India 2 with a 2.5-1.5 score and capture the lead with 12 match points at the end of the sixth round of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad. GM Fabiano Caruana scored his first victory in the tournament over GM Parham …
Armenia Sole Leader In Open, India In Women’s, Gukesh 6/6 On Top Board Read More »
11th-seeded India 2 scored an upset victory over fourth-seeded Spain, while 12th-seeded Armenia defeated 10th-seeded England, both with an identical score of 2.5-1.5, to jointly lead the open section with 10 match points at the end of the fifth round of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad. Young GM Dommaraju Gukesh defeated legendary GM Alexei Shirov …
India 2, Armenia Lead Open; India, Georgia, Romania Lead Women’s Read More »
Chess.com is excited to announce a regulation change to our most elite event. The 2022 Rapid Chess Championship is now open to all grandmasters, starting this weekend on May 14! With this change, more of your favorite players will have the chance to battle in the RCC. The larger field also means more diverse games, …
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The Russian Chess Federation’s appeal against GM Sergey Karjakin‘s six-month ban was dismissed by the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC). This opens the door for GM Ding Liren to replace Karjakin in the FIDE Candidates Tournament. The dismissal of the appeal was announced today on the FIDE website. It means that the six-month ban, …
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