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Match Data

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Schedule

Leaderboard (Open)

Overview (Open)

India has nearly assured gold on the 2024 Budapest Olympiad after it defeated america 2.5-1.5. For India to not be topped the champions tomorrow, China has to beat america, India has to lose to Slovenia, and India’s huge tiebreak lead over China must be overcome by China. This state of affairs, particularly due to India’s huge tiebreak lead, is more and more unlikely, so with that cushion in thoughts, India’s chess tomorrow ought to be significantly calm. For its half, China did properly right this moment because it defeated the defending champion, Uzbekistan, whereas Slovenia’s reward for defeating the Netherlands is to face India tomorrow.

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The High Groups

On the outset, the India vs. United States match was not wanting so good for the highest seed, america. All boards had comparatively steady and equal, however difficult, positions, besides board 3, the place GM Arjun Erigaisi was making use of robust positional stress towards GM Leinier Dominguez Perez. Mentioned positional stress ultimately snowballed as Dominguez Perez went for an accurate change sacrifice, after which he performed an inaccurate followup with 25…g6 and 26…Bxb5. Arjun consolidated his benefit and pressed, changing precisely (bar maybe strikes 43 and 44):

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It seemed like america had the potential to bounce again, although, as GM Wesley So‘s compact construction on the kingside gave him the chance to infiltrate together with his queen, forcing GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu to weaken his kingside, permitting a tactic in a while after So’s kingside assault reached its climax:

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GM Wesley So vs. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu
Photograph: Michal Walusza / FIDE

Sadly for america, GM Fabiano Caruana‘s sport towards GM Gukesh Dommaraju was unraveling on the seams as, on the thirty fourth transfer, Caruana performed a seemingly innocuous transfer which simply gave up the highly effective handed pawn that was inflicting a lot turmoil in Gukesh’s place. In the end, Caruana’s sideline within the Closed Catalan backfired as Gukesh’s Catalan bishop ultimately determined the sport:

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With a draw on board 4 between GM Levon Aronian and GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, India secured victory towards america and can go into the ultimate spherical of the 2024 Budapest Olympiad with a snug lead.

After all, India can’t relaxation on its laurels but as China’s win towards Uzbekistan signifies that China remains to be in rivalry for gold, irrespective of how statistically unlikely. Like India, China additionally received with a 2.5-1.5 margin and with two wins, one loss, and a draw. China may have received with a good larger margin, nevertheless, as GM Ding Liren was once more successful right this moment, this time towards GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov. As was the case yesterday, although, Ding needed to make a tricky alternative amongst many interesting candidates, and after he didn’t discover the right sequence, Abdusattorov was in a position to clinch the draw:

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In flip, GM Wang Yue misplaced towards GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov because the latter’s rooks made an incursion on the 2nd rank:

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GM Yu Yangyi righted the ship, although, with a sudden dark-square-intense mating assault towards GM Javokhir Sindarov‘s king:

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With match equality across the nook, it was GM Wei Yi, who had a successful place for a very long time towards GM Nodirbek Yakubboev, who ultimately transformed in a troublesome queen vs. two rooks place:

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Hungary vs. Serbia and Ukraine vs. Armenia, which have been drawn, meant that the groups in shared third after spherical 9 will want a match win in spherical 11 to have the opportunity of a podium end.

The Largest Upsets (Video games)

Loris Nathoo of Guyana was rewarded for his daring play towards FM Quickly Wei Yee of Brunei Darussalam because the latter needed to sacrifice his queen to stave off Nathoo’s highly effective assault:

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Upsets (Groups)

Sensible Video games

Lichess streamer GM Toms Kantans received an attacking miniature as he sacrificed his queen towards IM Tarun Kanyamarala of Eire:

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Spherical 11 Pairings

Leaderboard (Ladies’s)

Overview (Ladies’s)

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The High Groups

The match between Kazakhstan and Georgia noticed 4 attracts, however these attracts have been something however quiet affairs. In truth, on boards 1, 2, and three, White was urgent, whereas on board 4, Black was in some unspecified time in the future even fully successful. On board 1, GM Nana Dzagnidze taking part in White and IM Bibisara Assaubayeva on the Black aspect selected to play a extremely unconventional King’s Indian Protection the place Black performed a king fianchetto on the kingside. Dzagnidze was a lot better, and never so simply because the engine favors house an excessive amount of, however in the end didn’t discover the exact continuation and needed to accept equality:

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In a extremely difficult attacking place worthy of a lot deeper additional evaluation, IM Meruert Kamalidenova had a big benefit towards IM Lela Javakhishvili, however after she performed a protected bishop retreat, too many items have been traded and the draw turned apparent:

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Board 3 between GM Nino Batsiashvili and WIM Xeniya Balabayeva additionally noticed twists and turns, however was in the end drawn. The sport of the match, nevertheless, was performed between WIM Alua Nurman and GM Bella Khotenashvili, the place, from a closed place within the Ruy Lopez, Khotenashvili outmaneuvered Nurman and gained a big benefit. The character of the sting needed to do with Khotenashvili’s highly effective pawns. Certainly, to interrupt by way of on the queenside together with her pawns, Khotenashvili sacrificed a knight on transfer 52, which later evaluation proved to be an incorrect determination. Nurman was not out of the woods simply but and needed to defend exactly. On transfer 61, the engine even gave a lead for Nurman, however the engine’s determination to play on in such a state of affairs just isn’t human in any respect, and with threat not being crucial in any respect, Nurman saved defending and ultimately drew the sport:

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In distinction to the chaotic attracts within the Georgia vs. Kazakhstan match, the India vs. China match was rather more tranquil. Boards 1, 2, and 4 noticed quite simple and quite non-confrontational attracts, nevertheless it was IM Divya Deshmukh who turned the tide for staff India as she received with astounding positional precision within the Petrov Protection towards WGM Shiqun Ni:

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The US’ win towards Ukraine and Poland’s win towards Germany have been important for mentioned groups’ podium hopes. Poland’s sole win got here from IM Oliwia Kiolbasa, who created a robust storm towards WGM Hanna Marie Klek‘s king:

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The US’ match was extra decisive, with boards 2 and three buying and selling blows. It was IM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova‘s lengthy endgame grind towards IM Yuliia Osmak which sealed the deal for america:

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The Largest Upsets (Video games)

Aisha Alazemi of Kuwait created a really robust and sudden assault towards Gerda Nevska of Guernsey as the previous determined to fort lengthy:

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Upsets (Groups)

Essa Mariam of the United Arab Emirates might not have performed probably the most excellent sport towards Victoria Bargan of Moldova, however the sport was a thrill to look at for spectators:

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Sensible Video games

WIM Valentina Jorquera Cabello of Chile performed a powerful attacking sport towards WIM Martina Korenova of the Czech Republic, discovering the very energetic line-opening 30. g4! in time stress:

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Spherical 11 Pairings

Olympiad Ways

The Turkish chess coach and FM Nazmi Can Doğan alias @NaSil is taking tactical snippets from the Olympiad:

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