On the third board, GM Arjun Erigaisi defeated GM Abhijeet Gupta when the latter blundered in a level position: Sethuraman-GM Vidit Gujrathi also following suit. Although Hari seemed to have a slight advantage, the game ended in a draw, with GM S.P. India 3 was a clash between two close friends, GM Pentala Harikrishna and GM Surya Ganguly, who have played each other for more than a dozen times of classical games in two decades, with not a single game ending decisively. team) and Sam Shankland, immediately after the dramatic happenings. Therefore, resignation! #ChessOlympiad /ogFjD0Kyzs Instead, 91.Qc4+ would have drawn the game, and given his team a 2.5-1.5 victory in the match.Ī horrible way to end the game for Sam Shankland, who probably thought he was in check, touched his king, then realized any king move is losing. Shankland immediately realized the blunder and had to resign, as he had touched the white king and was forced to play 91.Kc1, when Black would win with 91.Qb2 92.Kd1. When Hovhannisyan played 90.Qg2, Shankland assumed that his opponent had played 90.Qh1+ and immediately replied with 91.Kc2 in a reflexive action. queen and bishop should be a theoretical draw. Shankland had just played 90.b3 and seemed to have achieved a draw, as the resultant queen vs.
Because So came up with a beautiful concept in return, the game is analyzed in our Game of the Day: Melkumyan succumbed to the lure and played 18.e4 in just a couple of minutes. Just under an hour and a half into the match, GM Wesley So's game against GM Hrant Melkumyan took a dramatic turn when So's 18.Bh6 seemingly looked like a blunder, although played after more than 10 minutes of thinking. GM Levon Aronian was rested for the encounter, not being pitted against Armenia, his country of birth. The most crucial match of the day was the top board clash between tournament leader Armenia and the top-seeded U.S. WGM Mary Ann Gomes watched over by her teammate WGM Divya Deshmukh of India. GM Michael Adams of England with his teammate GM Luke McShane (left). A player's board presence, will to win, determination to give their maximum, and their utmost level of concentration are all a spectator's delight, not to mention a photographer's. The Olympiad tournament hall is an arena where you get to see the widest varieties of players from different parts of the world giving their best. It is not even necessary to look at the position on the board to enjoy the game. In such moments, it is sometimes enough just to observe the player to be entertained. Every player brings to the table a level of intensity that enables them to give their maximum effort to the game. You can also keep up with all the details of both events on our live events platform by following the respective links: 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad | 44th FIDE Women's Chess Olympiad.Ĭhess demands intense concentration. You can watch the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad and FIDE Women's Chess Olympiad live on /TV and on our Twitch channel, or catch all of our live broadcasts on /ChesscomLive.
How to watch the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad The 27th-seeded Greece defeated 11th-seeded India 2 by a 2.5-1.5 score, and 23rd-seeded Czech Republic held 13th-seeded Spain to a 2-2 draw. However, the 15th-seeded Bulgaria performed creditably on other boards to hold the fourth-seeded Poland to a 2-2 draw. WIM Oliwia Kiolbasa (2376) of Poland defeated Beloslava Krasteva (2249) of Bulgaria to maintain a score of 7/7 in a noteworthy performance. Ukraine, Armenia, and Georgia are tied for second-fourth places on 12 match points.
India surged ahead with 14 match points in the FIDE Women's Chess Olympiad with a 2.5-1.5 win over Azerbaijan even after IM Gunay Mammadzada defeated GM Koneru Humpy on the top board. In other noteworthy performances, 15th-seeded France held seventh-seeded the Netherlands to a 2-2 draw while 40th-seeded Kazakhstan defeated fourth-seeded Spain by a 2.5-1.5 score.
IM Conor Murphy (2404) of Ireland continued his impressive run to defeat GM Fawzy Adham of Egypt to maintain a 6/6 score.īy defeating world championship candidate GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2750) of Poland, GM Mark Paragua (2461) enabled his country, the 62nd-seeded Philippines, to hold fifth-seeded Poland to a 2-2 draw. GM Dommaraju Gukesh of India 2 maintained his clean record of 7/7 with a win with the black pieces over GM Carlos Albornoz of Cuba. Uzbekistan, India 2, India, the U.S., Germany, and Kazakhstan are among the teams tied for second through 13th places with 12 match points. Armenia retained the lead with 13 match points after the seventh round of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad as GM Gabriel Sargissian defeated GM Fabiano Caruana on the top board, and all other games also ended decisively. to a 2-2 draw in a dramatic conclusion to a tense match involving a touched-piece blunder by GM Sam Shankland. The 12th-seeded Armenia held the top-seeded U.S.