Chess Olympiad 2022

The India 'B' team settled for a bronze medal in the Open section while the India 'A' women's side also finished third in the Chess Olympiad.

He hailed India the motherland of chess. To make Tamil Nadu a pioneer in sports, the state government under its 'Dravidian model,' devised and has been implementing several schemes, he added. Tamil Nadu Sports Development Minister Siva V Meyyanathan hailed Chief Minister M K Stalin for his 'vision, mission and passion' that led to the Olympiad's stupendous success.

Women's side had one hand on trophy, but had a nightmarish final day to end third; Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh & Co settle for bronze too.

Grief still lingered in her tone, but in these moments of heartbreak could lie the seeds of their moments of glory. That would be the legacy of our bronze, though it could have been better,” she says. He said it happens to everyone, it’s normal, and you just have to move on, not think about the past. He felt devastated and shut himself in the room. But of all the matches, the law of averages caught up with her on the last day and she lost her first game of the campaign. Humpy has waged several battles and endured dizzying ups and downs herself, but in a defeated tone, she said: “Winning a bronze is indeed historic, but as a sportsperson, I am still grappling with the reality that we failed to win a tournament that we should have. Sometimes, on such monosyllabic words hinge the destiny of men and empires. The Indian refused and got beaten. We had worked so hard for all these months and reached so close, but to slip on the last day is devastating,” she reflected, concealing the pain in a half-smile. Both R Vaishali and Koneru Humpy were forced into draws by Gulrukhbegi Tokhirjonova and Irina Krush. Bhakti Kulkarni, who had replaced the experienced Harika Dronavalli who is in an advanced stage of pregnancy, too fumbled against Tatev Abrahamyan. “We missed her (Harika) but we had made a decision to not play her on the final day as her pregnancy was quite advanced,” Humpy said. Time will heal wounds and they will resign to the cruel denouement of the sporting gods. A historic medal, but a cruel souvenir of their most painful afternoon.

'The victory would be the most historic day in Uzbekistan chess. It's our independence day gift,' says Uzbekistan's coach after they win the Chennai Chess ...

The 17-year-old, the youngest-ever world champion was gifted a two-room apartment and a hefty prize-money. But he was considered as one of the finest players around and encountered the legendary Mikhail Tal and Tigran Petrosian. Tal was impressed with aggressive style of play and took him along with him for world tours. But he is widely regarded as the father of modern chess in Uzbekistan. In his memory, the government started the prestigious Tashkent Memorial at the Tashkent Chess Club, the nursery of all Grandmasters from the country. A philologist, another passion of his ended his life at the age of 32. We have a history and culture of playing chess that goes a long way back,” he says. He is a world champion, a national hero and gives stability on the first board.

Presiding over the closing ceremony, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said the state government has been implementing several schemes under the ...

To make Tamil Nadu a pioneer in sports, the state government under its ‘Dravidian model,’ devised and has been implementing several schemes, he added. Tamil Nadu Sports Development Minister Siva V Meyyanathan hailed Chief Minister M K Stalin for his ‘vision, mission and passion’ that led to the Olympiad’s stupendous success. He hailed India the motherland of chess.

Uzbekistan defeated Netherlands in the last round with a narrow 2.5-1.5 victory, while Armenia took a victory over Spain to join them on the top with 19 match ...

GM Mateusz Bartel was the best reserve (5th board player) of the Open section with 8.5/10 points and 2778 rating performance. GM Nino Batsiashvili was the best player of the second board with 7.5/10 points and performance of 2504. GM David Howell scored 7.5/8 points and played with the performance of 2898 to win gold as the best individual player of the 3rd board. The best Board 1 player of the Women’s section according to the rating performance is legendary Swedish GM Pia Cramling with 9.5/11 points and 2532 rating performance. WGM Jana Schneider was the best individual reserve player (5th board) with 9/10 points and a performance of 2414. WIM Oliwia Kiolbasa won the gold medal as the best player of the third board with 9.5/11 points and 2565 rating performance.

The Indians were no underdogs. Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Tania Sachdev, R Vaishali and Bhakti Kulkarni - a delightful mix of long-serving mould-breakers ...

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(Clockwise from left) Tania Sachdev, Koneru Humpy, R Vaishali and D Harika were part of the first Indian women's team to win a Chess Olympiad medal.

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The Indians were no underdogs. Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Tania Sachdev, R Vaishali and Bhakti Kulkarni - a delightful mix of long-serving mould-breakers ...

She was among the crew that fashioned a massive 3.5-0.5 win over Kazakhstan in the penultimate match-up but didn't quite hold up in the pressure-cauldron of the final round. Humpy broke Hungarian legend Judit Polgar's record by becoming a Grandmaster at 15 years - she was the first Indian female player to gain the GM title. She sat out the last two games but showed up with the rest of the team to answer questions from the press about their performance. After the final round games ended on Tuesday - with the gold and silver in the women's section going to Ukraine and Georgia respectively - India's medal fortunes hung in the balance. But for a brief while, even the bronze was in doubt. India did not lose their matches against the teams who finished ahead of them in the final standings - namely, Ukraine and Georgia. It was one of the reasons why a gold seemed probable.

Young Uzbekistan mens team blanked the top seeds and hosts India to clinch a gold medal in the open category in the 44th Chess Olympiad on the final day of ...

Ukraine and Georgia leapfrogged India A at the last moment, and all that was left was to calculate the complicated tiebreak by which Ukraine came out on top. The young Uzbek star had an excellent performance in Chennai, scoring 7 victories (five of them consecutive), 3 draws, and only one loss. One of the youngest teams on the roster, Uzbekistan defeated rating favourites the Netherlands by 2.5-1.5, to top the podium.