Two wins in-a-row

The six-round Swiss-league team event is played in a Classical time control at the 1st FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities. Team India is led by IM Shashikant Kutwal who is a former IPCA World Champion.

Team India with IA Mrityunjay Singh, the manager of the team, Bharat Singh Chauhan, Chairman, FIDE Advisory Board and FM FT FA Prasenjit Dutta, the coach of the team | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

1st Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities 2023 Official logo | Photo: Official site

Round 1: Panama - India: 0-4

IM Shashikant Kutwal (2182), Kishan Gangolli (2059), Darpan Inani (2016) and Naveen Kumar A (2014), all four scored comfortable victories in the first round against Panama.

Panama - India: 0-4

Elias Jimenez Moron (PAN) - IM Shashikant Kutwal: 0-1 | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Naveen Kumar A and Darpan Inani in action | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

The volunteer in the yellow t-shirt is making Darpan's moves on the DGT board after he plays them on his braille board.

Round 2: India - Cuba: 3-1

IM Shashikant Kutwal, Kishan Gangolli and Darpan Inani won their respective games. Both Shashikant and Darpan had to fight hard to score their wins. Soundarya Kumar Pradhan (1881) who replaced Naveen Kumar A, lost his game against a much stronger IM Pedro Morales Romero (2339).

Kishan - Alberto

Final position after 39.Rh6#

Kishan Gangolli made a picturesque checkmate against Alberto D Interian Rodriguez (2082).

India - Cuba: 3-1

Soundarya Kumar Pradhan had a very tough opponent in his first game at the event | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Photo Gallery

Inauguration Ceremony | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Various braille chess boards | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

GM FST Thomas Luther, Chair of the Players with Disabilities Commission (DIS) making the inaugural first move | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Players from 33 countries across the world are taking part in 26 teams | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Replay Round 1-2 games

Schedule

Everyday round starts at 7:30 p.m. IST from 30th January to 3rd February 2023. The final round on 4th February starts 3:30 p.m. IST. The time control is 40 moves in 90 minutes, plus 30 minutes, plus 30 seconds per move from move 1

Round 2 results

No.SNo TeamTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamTeam SNo
17
IPCAIPCA321½:2½23PolandPOL
1
22
ISRIsrael323½:½23Serbia 1SRB
8
39
FIDFIDE423:123HungaryHUN
3
410
INDIndia423:123CubaCUB
5
56
PHIPhilippines3½22½:1½22½Czech RepublicCZE
11
612
ROURomania421:312ICCDICCD
13
726
ZIMZimbabwe21½:3½22½Serbia 2SRB
18
84
CROCroatia1½01:30½UzbekistanUZB
20
914
GERGermany102:201KazakhstanKAZ
21
1022
ZAMZambia00½:3½01VenezuelaVEN
15
1123
PANPanama001:301BangladeshBAN
16
1217
TURTurkey102:201½KyrgyzstanKGZ
24
1319
MNEMontenegro103:100KenyaKEN
25

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Standings after Round 2

Rk.SNoFED TeamTeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3 
110IND
IndiaIND2200476
29FID
FIDEFID2200476
32ISR
IsraelISR220046,57
46PHI
PhilippinesPHI2200467
518SRB
Serbia 2SRB2200463,5
61POL
PolandPOL220045,55
713ICCD
ICCDICCD2110356
812ROU
RomaniaROU2101253
97IPCA
IPCAIPCA210124,56
1015VEN
VenezuelaVEN210124,54

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Round 3 pairings

No.SNo TeamTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamTeam SNo
11
POLPoland5½4:47FIDEFID
9
210
INDIndia74:46½IsraelISR
2
318
SRBSerbia 264:46PhilippinesPHI
6
413
ICCDICCD53:24HungaryHUN
3
55
CUBCuba42:25RomaniaROU
12
615
VENVenezuela4½2:24½IPCAIPCA
7
78
SRBSerbia 13½2:24MontenegroMNE
19
811
CZECzech Republic42:24BangladeshBAN
16
920
UZBUzbekistan3½2:13GermanyGER
14
1021
KAZKazakhstan31:13TurkeyTUR
17
1124
KGZKyrgyzstan3½1:12½ZimbabweZIM
26
124
CROCroatia2½0:01PanamaPAN
23
1325
KENKenya10:0½ZambiaZAM
22

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Links

Official site

Tournament Regulations