Poland gains sole lead
Philippines lost to Poland by a minimum margin 1.5-2.5. The only two unbeaten teams so far are - Poland and India. They will inevitably face each other in Round 5.
Hungary - India: 2-2
Kishan Gangolli (2059) scored the crucial and only victory of the round for India against Balazs Mate (2015). IM Shashikant Kutwal (2182) and Darpan Inani (2016) drew with FM Zoltan Istvan Zambo (2301) and Attila Paal-Szucs (2141) respectively.
Kishan - Balazs
Generally in team events, we do not see a lot of bold decisions made quite often on the board. The reason is simple, if a piece sacrifice goes wrong on the board, it might affect the entire team. However, Kishan was confident of 24.Nxf7!? as accepting the sacrifice does no good for Black because White takes the e6-pawn and then plays d5, gets a strong and beautiful pawn chain on the a2-g8 diagonal. Black took the bait 24...Qxf7 25.fxe6 Qh5? 26.Qxh5 Nxh5 27.Bg6 and Black lost further material.
White is winning here in various ways. Can you find the beautiful finish?
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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 4 results
| No. | SNo | Team | Team | Pts. | MP | Res. | : | Res. | MP | Pts. | Team | Team | SNo | ||
| 1 | 6 | PHI | Philippines | 9½ | 6 | 1½ | : | 2½ | 6 | 9 | Poland | POL | 1 | ||
| 2 | 3 | HUN | Hungary | 7 | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 6 | 10 | India | IND | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | ISR | Israel | 7½ | 4 | 3½ | : | ½ | 4 | 7½ | FIDE | FID | 9 | ||
| 4 | 16 | BAN | Bangladesh | 7½ | 4 | 1½ | : | 2½ | 4 | 7 | Cuba | CUB | 5 | ||
| 5 | 7 | IPCA | IPCA | 8 | 4 | 3 | : | 1 | 4 | 6½ | Serbia 2 | SRB | 18 | ||
| 6 | 8 | SRB | Serbia 1 | 6½ | 4 | 1½ | : | 2½ | 4 | 6 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 20 | ||
| 7 | 17 | TUR | Turkey | 6½ | 3 | 4 | : | 0 | 3 | 6 | ICCD | ICCD | 13 | ||
| 8 | 24 | KGZ | Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 3 | ½ | : | 3½ | 2 | 6½ | Croatia | CRO | 4 | ||
| 9 | 15 | VEN | Venezuela | 5 | 2 | 1½ | : | 2½ | 2 | 4½ | Czech Republic | CZE | 11 | ||
| 10 | 12 | ROU | Romania | 6 | 2 | 2½ | : | 1½ | 2 | 5 | Montenegro | MNE | 19 | ||
| 11 | 22 | ZAM | Zambia | 4 | 2 | ½ | : | 3½ | 1 | 4½ | Germany | GER | 14 | ||
| 12 | 26 | ZIM | Zimbabwe | 4 | 1 | ½ | : | 3½ | 1 | 3½ | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 21 | ||
| 13 | 23 | PAN | Panama | 1 | 0 | 3½ | : | ½ | 0 | 1½ | Kenya | KEN | 25 |
Standings after Round 4
| Rk. | SNo | FED | Team | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 1 | POL | Poland | POL | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11,5 | 44 | 38 | 107 | |
| 2 | 10 | IND | India | IND | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 34 | 97,5 | |
| 3 | 6 | PHI | Philippines | PHI | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 34,5 | 90,8 | |
| 4 | 2 | ISR | Israel | ISR | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 34,5 | 87,5 | |
| 5 | 7 | IPCA | IPCA | IPCA | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 32,5 | 83,5 | |
| 6 | 5 | CUB | Cuba | CUB | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9,5 | 29 | 36 | 79,5 | |
| 7 | 20 | UZB | Uzbekistan | UZB | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8,5 | 25 | 37 | 75,5 | |
| 8 | 17 | TUR | Turkey | TUR | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10,5 | 27,5 | 28,5 | 70,5 | |
| 9 | 3 | HUN | Hungary | HUN | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 36,5 | 81,5 | |
| 10 | 4 | CRO | Croatia | CRO | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 22,5 | 27 | 60,5 |
Round 5 pairings
| No. | SNo | Team | Team | Pts. | MP | Res. | : | Res. | MP | Pts. | Team | Team | SNo | ||
| 1 | 1 | POL | Poland | 11½ | 8 | : | 7 | 12 | India | IND | 10 | ||||
| 2 | 6 | PHI | Philippines | 11 | 6 | : | 6 | 11 | Israel | ISR | 2 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | CUB | Cuba | 9½ | 6 | : | 6 | 11 | IPCA | IPCA | 7 | ||||
| 4 | 20 | UZB | Uzbekistan | 8½ | 6 | : | 5 | 9 | Hungary | HUN | 3 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | CRO | Croatia | 10 | 4 | : | 5 | 10½ | Turkey | TUR | 17 | ||||
| 6 | 12 | ROU | Romania | 8½ | 4 | : | 4 | 8 | Serbia 1 | SRB | 8 | ||||
| 7 | 9 | FID | FIDE | 8 | 4 | : | 4 | 9 | Bangladesh | BAN | 16 | ||||
| 8 | 11 | CZE | Czech Republic | 7 | 4 | : | 4 | 7½ | Serbia 2 | SRB | 18 | ||||
| 9 | 21 | KAZ | Kazakhstan | 7 | 3 | : | 3 | 6 | ICCD | ICCD | 13 | ||||
| 10 | 14 | GER | Germany | 8 | 3 | : | 3 | 6½ | Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 24 | ||||
| 11 | 19 | MNE | Montenegro | 6½ | 2 | : | 2 | 6½ | Venezuela | VEN | 15 | ||||
| 12 | 22 | ZAM | Zambia | 4½ | 2 | : | 2 | 4½ | Panama | PAN | 23 | ||||
| 13 | 25 | KEN | Kenya | 2 | 0 | : | 1 | 4½ | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 26 |
