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India is the sole leader of Chess Olympiad 2024

Sergio — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 01:21:36 +0000

India has long been dubbed to be one of the favorites for the gold of the Chess Olympiad 2024. Captained by Srinath Narayanan and Abhijit Kunte, Indian teams boast a strong bid both in the open and women sections. The two teams have the highest combined ELO of the Chess Olympiad 2024. Now both the open and women teams are sole leaders of their respective sections.

Srinath Narayanan shared in a recent interview, “With each edition the Indian team definitely seems to be having a step up. […] I think being the seeding number of the team hardly matters. It comes down to individual matchups, and Olympiad is like an open event. I think having a young team is a bit of an advantage here, as the experience of playing opens is still fresh in their memories.”

In the next round the open team of India will meet China, with a possible Gukesh – Ding game. They just played in Saint Louis (replay here) and depending on board order and sit-outs we might see yet another clash. The chess community considers Gukesh a favorite for the World Chess Championship 2024 in Singapore. Even Ding Liren considers Gukesh favorite for the World Championship. One of the few to be on the opposite pole is Peter Heine Nielsen, coach of many times World Champion Magnus Carlsen, who says Ding Liren is favorite for the match with Gukesh.

The women team of India will meet the historically strong team of Georgia. Here the surprising star is IM Deshmukh Divya, who currently has 5,5/6 and is on her way to cross 2500 ELO.

More live (Open): Chess Olympiad 2024 live / Matches 1-26 live / Matches 26-50 live / Matches 51-75 live / Matches 75+ live / TCEC live / TCEC live 2

More live (Women): Matches 1-26 live / Matches 26-50 live / Matches 51-75 live / Matches 75+ live

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FIDE – Chess Olympiad 2024 has India as sole leaders

India is going to the only rest day of the 45th Chess Olympiad as the sole leader, having won all matches in both the open and women’s sections. Both teams have been winning confidently, without experiencing tough matches so far—a strong statement on their path to the gold medals.

Argentinian chess prodigy Faustino Oro, with a current rating of 2434 at just ten years old, made the first move in Round 6 for world champion Ding Liren, setting the games in motion.

India continued their pursuit of gold medals, defeating Hungary 3-1. Arjun Erigaisi remains the only player with a perfect score in the open section. In Round 6, he won against Sanan Sjugirov, a recent addition to the Hungarian team. Erigaisi is gaining 13 rating points in the Olympiad, elevating him to a career-high of 2791. The second win in the match was delivered by Vidit Gujrathi, while the games on first two boards ended in draws.

Incredible Vietnam halted China, tying the match 2-2. Wang Yue beat Tuan Minh Tran on the last board, but the leader of the Vietnamese team, Le Quang Liem, retaliated by defeating world champion Ding Liren.

“This is the first time that after the first half of the tournament, we are among the leaders,” commented Liem on the official broadcast. “I am very happy with the result and proud of my teammates. We are playing fantastically this time. Coming into this tournament, we had no expectations. We were initially ranked #21. We have never been this close to the medals before. We will enjoy the games and see what happens.”

Iran prevailed over Norway in a close match, thanks to a win on the fourth board, where Pouya Idani gained the upper hand over Frode Urkedal. Magnus Carlsen had a significant advantage in the middlegame against Parham Maghsoodloo but could only achieve a draw.

Uzbekistan had a tough match against Israel, as Sindarov blundered and lost to Nabaty. However, thanks to the wins of Abdusattorov and Yakubboev, the defending champions clinched the match victory. The USA continues to struggle, with four draws against Romania despite being the favorites on every board—a result that is hardly satisfying for the team of Fabiano Caruana.

After 6 rounds, India is the sole leader with 12 points, closely pursued by Vietnam, China, and Iran with 11 match points.

In the women’s section, India continues to delight their fans too. A convincing victory over Armenia was secured by Divya Deshmukh, who defeated Elina Danielian. Draws on the other boards cemented the result.

China, meanwhile, suffered a second consecutive loss. Poland pulled off this important victory by 2½-1½, thanks to Oliwia Kiolbasa, the heroine of the previous Olympiad, who beat Guo Qi. The other three games ended in draws. Georgia narrowly won against Mongolia, thanks to Melia Salome’s victory on the fourth board.

After six rounds, India leads with 12 match points, followed by Georgia and Poland with 11.

The tournament halts for a one-day break and the competition will resume on September 18 with Round 7.

Written by WGM Anna Burtasova

Photos: Michal Walusza, Mark Livshitz and Maria Emelianova

Llobregat Female Blitz 2022 – Participants

Kamen — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 06:51:21 +0000

Llobregat Female Blitz will be held on December 3, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. Players receive 3 minutes, plus a 2-second increment starting from move one. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament.

The tournament is seperated in 4 sections : Group A | Group B | Master Blitz | Female Blitz

Starting list of players in Female Blitz section :

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	BUL	2426
2	WGM	Heinemann Josefine	GER	2300
3	WGM	Doluhanova Evgeniya	UKR	2294
4	WGM	Injac Teodora	SRB	2286
5	IM	Maltsevskaya Aleksandra	POL	2282
6	WGM	Lubbe Melanie	GER	2263
7	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2247
8	WGM	Pourkashiyan Atousa	USA	2247
9	WGM	Klek Hanna Marie	GER	2227
10	WGM	Priyanka Nutakki	IND	2226
11	WGM	Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii	MGL	2195
12	WGM	Navrotescu Andreea	FRA	2187
13	WIM	Llaneza Vega Patricia	ESP	2174
14	WGM	Arribas Robaina Maritza	CUB	2150
15	WIM	Fandino Reyes Roquelina	CUB	2090
16	WFM	Cosman Andreea-Marioara	ROU	2086
17	WFM	Guadamuro Torrente Anabel	ESP	2084
18	WFM	Pipiras Filipa Fortuna	POR	2049
19		Szczotka Klara	POL	1723
20		Seemann Pola	POL	1618
21		Garcia Rodriguez Laia	ESP	1611
22		Oniani Tamar	GEO	1602
23		Jannur Kupjasar	MGL	1582

Praggnanadhaa R and Nandhidhaa P V win Asian Continental Chess Championship 2022

nikita — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 14:25:53 +0000

India dominated the 2022 Asian Chess Championship, which came to an end in New Delhi on November 3. Indian players swept the podium in both open and women’s sections, with Rameshbabu Praggnanadhaa and Pallathur Venkatachalam Nandhidhaa winning the titles. Both events were 9-round Swiss tournaments with classical time control.

Praggnanandhaa scored unbeaten 7/9 points to be the sole winner of the open event, while six players tied for the second place. Tiebreaks criteria determined GM Bharathakoti Harsha silver and GM Adhiban bronze. Nandhidhaa P V scored 7.5 points to clinch the Women’s event and be a full point ahead of the runner-ups. WGM Nutakki Priyanka, WGM Deshmukh Divya and WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung tied for second place with 6.5 points, each, with tiebreaks criteria favoring WGM Nutakki Priyanka who came second, and WGM Deshmuk Divya who claimed bronze.

The event served as qualification for the next year’s FIDE World Cup with the top four players in the Open and two players in the Women’s category securing their spots in the World cup. Scroll down for final rankings of both events

Asian Continental Chess Championship 2022 – Praggnanandhaa R and Nandhidhaa P V clinch titles; Photo by Amit Sharma

Final rankings – Asian Continental Chess Championship 2022:

Rk.		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Praggnanandhaa R		IND	2687	7	2530	46	50
2	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti		IND	2582	6.5	2521	45	49
3	GM	Adhiban B.		IND	2603	6.5	2511	43	47
4	GM	Narayanan.S.L		IND	2663	6.5	2507	45	49
5	GM	Vokhidov Shamsiddin		UZB	2568	6.5	2507	44	47
6	GM	Sethuraman S.P.		IND	2645	6.5	2487	44	48
7	GM	Karthik Venkataraman		IND	2486	6.5	2430	41	44
8	IM	Pranesh M		IND	2442	6	2527	43	44
9	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha		IND	2342	6	2513	44	48
10	IM	Pranav Anand		IND	2502	6	2477	41	45
11	GM	Shyam Sundar M.		IND	2518	6	2468	42	46
12	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu		IND	2603	6	2454	40	44
13	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.		IND	2625	6	2446	42	46
14	IM	Vignesh N R		IND	2486	6	2387	37	40
15	IM	Koustav Chatterjee		IND	2496	5.5	2561	47	50
16	FM	Ayush Sharma		IND	2267	5.5	2528	41	45
17	GM	Karthikeyan Murali		IND	2623	5.5	2524	44	48
18	GM	Raja Rithvik R		IND	2470	5.5	2522	44	47
19	IM	Urazayev Arystanbek		KAZ	2458	5.5	2469	44	46
20	GM	Jumabayev Rinat		KAZ	2620	5.5	2442	40	44
21	IM	Samant Aditya S		IND	2467	5.5	2435	41	44
22	IM	Pranav V		IND	2530	5.5	2430	38	40
23	GM	Sankalp Gupta		IND	2502	5.5	2402	38	41
24	GM	Sengupta Deep		IND	2497	5.5	2400	35	38
25	GM	Yakubboev Nodirbek		UZB	2663	5.5	2390	36	39
26	IM	Atabayev Saparmyrat		TKM	2433	5	2610	49	54
27	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke		IND	2558	5	2544	46	49
28	GM	Atabayev Maksat		TKM	2475	5	2540	45	48
29	GM	Bilguun Sumiya		MGL	2467	5	2513	42	45
30	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete		IND	2408	5	2501	44	45
31	IM	Tologon Tegin Semetei		KGZ	2382	5	2478	35	38
32	IM	Raahul V S		IND	2333	5	2463	40	44
33	GM	Chanda Sandipan		IND	2474	5	2457	43	47
34	GM	Mitrabha Guha		IND	2474	5	2403	36	39
35	IM	Shyaamnikhil P		IND	2489	5	2398	37	40
36	GM	Iniyan P		IND	2541	5	2380	34	36
37	FM	Saydaliev Saidakbar		UZB	2376	4.5	2514	42	46
38	IM	Nigmatov Ortik		UZB	2433	4.5	2510	43	46
39	FM	Nurmamedov Azat		TKM	2382	4.5	2489	39	42
40	FM	Aaryan Varshney		IND	2312	4.5	2462	37	42
41	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj		IND	2300	4.5	2458	37	40
42	IM	Aditya Mittal		IND	2486	4.5	2456	43	47
43	IM	Anuj Shrivatri		IND	2407	4.5	2456	42	46
44	FM	Sharan Rao		IND	2350	4.5	2453	35	38
45	FM	Aradhya Garg		IND	2284	4.5	2447	38	42
46	IM	Harshavardhan G B		IND	2433	4.5	2433	38	41
47	IM	Nitish Belurkar		IND	2435	4.5	2428	41	43
48	IM	Srihari L R		IND	2436	4.5	2417	36	38
49	IM	Abdisalimov Abdimalik		UZB	2457	4.5	2395	33	36
50	GM	Batchuluun Tsegmed		MGL	2487	4.5	2376	33	36
51	IM	Suleymenov Alisher		KAZ	2491	4.5	2375	32	35
52	IM	Ajay Karthikeyan		IND	2441	4.5	2367	37	40
53	IM	Nitin S.		IND	2407	4.5	2354	34	36
54	IM	Atabayev Yusup		TKM	2490	4.5	2338	39	42
55	FM	Panda Sambit		IND	2362	4	2511	43	45
56	IM	Amartuvshin Ganzorig		MGL	2406	4	2489	40	43
57	FM	Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan		SRI	2310	4	2481	34	37
58	IM	Avinash Ramesh		IND	2338	4	2471	37	40
59	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.		IND	2197	4	2469	39	42
60	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F		IND	2332	4	2467	35	35
61	IM	Moksh Amit Doshi		IND	2430	4	2454	36	39
62	GM	Neelotpal Das		IND	2400	4	2444	38	40
63	FM	Kakabayev Mergen		TKM	2285	4	2438	30	33
64	GM	Hossain Enamul		BAN	2390	4	2422	35	37
65	IM	Dushyant Sharma		IND	2370	4	2405	33	33
66	IM	De Silva L M S T		SRI	2516	4	2358	32	35
67	GM	Laxman R.R.		IND	2378	3.5	2523	39	42
68	FM	Ritviz Parab		IND	2337	3.5	2494	38	41
69	FM	Wagh Suyog		IND	2351	3.5	2492	36	39
70	FM	Winkelman Albert		AUS	2229	3.5	2467	38	42
71	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra		IND	2343	3.5	2418	33	35
72	IM	Shahil Dey		IND	2395	3.5	2400	35	37
73		Sattarov Bobir		UZB	2433	3.5	2360	36	39
74		Sanket Chakravarty		IND	2372	3	2503	39	43
75	FM	Singh Ojasva		IND	2382	3	2419	34	36
76	FM	Jaiswal Rupesh		NEP	2135	3	2407	35	37
77	IM	Krishna Teja N		IND	2359	3	2402	35	36
78	GM	Visakh N R		IND	2566	3	2402	33	37
79	CM	Muradov Soltan		TKM	2233	3	2389	32	34
80	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.		IND	2242	3	2387	31	33
81	IM	Ratnakaran K.		IND	2329	3	2382	35	35
82	FM	Muhammed Shuaau		MDV	2010	2.5	2408	33	36
83		Dang Vu Dung		VIE	2017	2.5	2289	27	28
84	GM	Aryan Chopra		IND	2629	2	2433	35	38
85	GM	Venkatesh M.R.		IND	2470	2	2424	32	35
86	IM	Chakravarthi Reddy M		IND	2301	2	2405	29	30
87	IM	Vaishali R	w	IND	2451	2	2319	29	32
88	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala		IND	2451	2	2285	29	31
89	GM	Arjun Kalyan		IND	2526	1	2337	28	30
90		Schain Randolph		CAM	2165	1	2320	30	31
91	GM	Gupta Abhijeet		IND	2607	0	2394	26	27
92		Utsab Chatterjee		IND	2345	0	0	26	27

Final rankings – Asian Women’s Continental Chess Championship 2022:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	WGM	Nandhidhaa P V	IND	2309	7.5	2282	44	47
2	WGM	Priyanka Nutakki	IND	2326	6.5	2306	44	46
3	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2338	6.5	2259	44	48
4	WGM	Vo Thi Kim Phung	VIE	2335	6.5	2250	42	45
5	FM	Kurmangaliyeva Liya	KAZ	2199	6	2327	43	48
6	WGM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	VIE	2217	6	2273	42	46
7	IM	Padmini Rout	IND	2390	6	2267	45	48
8	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	IND	2162	5.5	2295	39	42
9	IM	Mohota Nisha	IND	2181	5.5	2273	36	39
10	WGM	Vantika Agrawal	IND	2362	5.5	2257	41	44
11	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	IND	2324	5.5	2230	42	44
12	WIM	Kairbekova Amina	KAZ	2231	5.5	2180	34	37
13	IM	Karavade Eesha	IND	2336	5.5	2177	36	39
14	IM	Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel	MGL	2404	5.5	2134	35	38
15	WGM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	IND	2030	5	2300	42	46
16	WIM	Rakshitta Ravi	IND	2219	5	2280	40	43
17	IM	Soumya Swaminathan	IND	2326	5	2264	49	54
18	IM	Tania Sachdev	IND	2406	5	2236	44	48
19	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	KAZ	2230	5	2209	39	40
20	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	IND	2238	5	2092	29	32
21	WIM	Salonika Saina	IND	2209	4.5	2315	38	41
22	WGM	Srija Seshadri	IND	2187	4.5	2292	41	44
23	WIM	Makhija Aashna	IND	2090	4.5	2240	44	47
24	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	IND	2208	4.5	2228	40	43
25	WIM	Cholleti Sahajasri	IND	2246	4.5	2209	41	44
26	WIM	Parnali S Dharia	IND	2136	4.5	2197	36	39
27	WFM	Pandey Srishti	IND	2213	4.5	2188	42	45
28	WIM	Sharma Isha	IND	2234	4.5	2159	37	40
29	WFM	Shohradova Lala	TKM	1856	4.5	2139	34	36
30	WFM	Munkhzul Davaakhuu	MGL	2218	4.5	2113	36	38
31	WIM	Bommini Mounika Akshaya	IND	2160	4.5	2077	31	33
32	WGM	Yakubbaeva Nilufar	UZB	2350	4	2256	44	46
33	WGM	Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii	MGL	2295	4	2197	35	37
34		Veliyeva Hurma	TKM	2003	4	2195	35	37
35	WGM	Dauletova Gulmira	KAZ	2260	4	2063	33	35
36	WGM	Varshini V	IND	2137	3.5	2271	41	44
37	WFM	Ovezdurdyyeva Jemal	TKM	2061	3.5	2231	37	39
38	WGM	Swati Ghate	IND	2086	3.5	2226	38	40
39	WFM	Lakshmi C	IND	1965	3.5	2212	34	37
40	WIM	Nguyen Thanh Thuy Tien	VIE	1910	3.5	2192	35	38
41		Ishvi Aggarwal	IND	1964	3.5	2178	35	36
42	WIM	Priyanka K	IND	2096	3.5	2131	33	36
43	WFM	Harshini A	IND	2149	3.5	2128	36	39
44	WIM	Mrudul Dehankar	IND	2168	3	2241	41	42
45	WIM	Ranasinghe S D	SRI	1675	3	2175	31	32
46	IM	Kulkarni Bhakti	IND	2376	3	2164	34	37
47	WIM	Tejaswini Sagar	IND	2112	3	2044	29	31
48	WCM	Jannatul Ferdous	BAN	1861	2	2174	33	35
49	WFM	Zairbek Kyzy Begimai	KGZ	1930	2	2031	29	31
50	WFM	Lohani Sujana	NEP	1716	0	0	26	27

The Asian Women Continental Chess Championship 2022

Sergio — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 21:35:12 +0000

The Asian Women Continental Chess Championship 2022 is starting this October 26 in New Delhi, India. Tania Sachdev is top seeded in the event, where 48 titled players, 14 WGMs, and 7 IMs are participating. Her main competitors are Davaademberel Nomin-Erdene, Agrawal Vantika, Padmini Rout, Bhakti Kulkarni, Eesha Karavade, Vo Thi Kim Phung, Deshmukh Divya, Soumya Swaminathan, etc. Scroll down for the full participants list

Asian Continental 2022 open participants / Asian Continental 2022 women participants / Live games will be daily on Chessdom.com

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— Tania Sachdev (@TaniaSachdev) October 24, 2022

The Asian Women Continental Chess Championship 2022 participants

1	IM	Tania Sachdev	IND	2406
2	IM	Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel	MGL	2404
3	WGM	Vantika Agrawal	IND	2396
4	IM	Padmini Rout	IND	2390
5	IM	Kulkarni Bhakti	IND	2376
6	IM	Karavade Eesha	IND	2336
7	WGM	Vo Thi Kim Phung	VIE	2335
8	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2330
9	IM	Soumya Swaminathan	IND	2326
10	WGM	Priyanka Nutakki	IND	2326
11	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	IND	2324
12	WGM	Nandhidhaa P V	IND	2309
13	WIM	Kairbekova Amina	KAZ	2305
14	WGM	Yakubbaeva Nilufar	UZB	2303
15	WIM	Sharma Isha	IND	2298
16	WGM	Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii	MGL	2295
17	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	IND	2293
18	WGM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	VIE	2258
19	WIM	Mrudul Dehankar	IND	2256
20	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	IND	2252
21	WGM	Dauletova Gulmira	KAZ	2249
22	WGM	Srija Seshadri	IND	2248
23	WIM	Cholleti Sahajasri	IND	2246
24	WIM	Rakshitta Ravi	IND	2238
25	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	KAZ	2220
26	WIM	Salonika Saina	IND	2209
27	FM	Kurmangaliyeva Liya	KAZ	2199
28	WFM	Pandey Srishti	IND	2173
29	IM	Mohota Nisha	IND	2166
30	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	IND	2162
31	WIM	Bommini Mounika Akshaya	IND	2152
32	WFM	Harshini A	IND	2149
33	WFM	Munkhzul Davaakhuu	MGL	2143
34	WIM	Parnali S Dharia	IND	2136
35	WGM	Varshini V	IND	2126
36	WIM	Tejaswini Sagar	IND	2112
37	WIM	Makhija Aashna	IND	2090
38	WGM	Swati Ghate	IND	2086
39	WFM	Ovezdurdyyeva Jemal	TKM	2061
40	WIM	Priyanka K	IND	2052
41	WGM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	IND	2030
42		Veliyeva Hurma	TKM	2003
43	WFM	Lakshmi C	IND	1965
44		Ishvi Aggarwal	IND	1964
45	WFM	Zairbek Kyzy Begimai	KGZ	1930
46	WIM	Nguyen Thanh Thuy Tien	VIE	1923
47	WCM	Jannatul Ferdous	BAN	1861
48	WFM	Shohradova Lala	TKM	1856
49	WFM	Lohani Sujana	NEP	1716
50	WIM	Ranasinghe S D	SRI	1690