Kishan Gangolli wins Silver, Naveen Kumar Bronze at 1st FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities 2023
India drew with Philippines in the final round to finish fourth at 1st FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities. Kishan Gangolli won an individual Silver medal on Board no.3 and also Best game of the tournament prize. Naveen Kumar A secured a Bronze medal on Board no.5 (Reserve) scoring 2.5/5. India drew with Philippines in the final round to finish fourth. This is a great result considering, India started as the tenth seed, lost only one game to the eventual Gold medalist, Poland who scored a perfect 12/12. The sole draw was against the Bronze medal winning team. India missed a medal due to the third tie-break criteria, the second tie-break, Game Points was also same with Philippines - 15.
Poland wins Gold, IPCA Silver and Philippines Bronze
The top seed of the tournament, Poland, completely dominated the field scoring a perfect 12/12. Israel lost to them in the final round by 1-3. Hungary lost to IPCA 1.5-2.5 and thus, IPCA secured the Silver medal. Philippines drew with India and secured the Bronze.
India - Philippines: 2-2
Darpan Inani (2016) scored the sole win for the team against James Inifesto (1930). IM Shashikant Kutwal (2182) and Kishan Gangolli (2059) drew with FM Sander Severino (2364) and Henry Lopez (2102). Naveen Kumar A (2014) conceded the sole loss against Darry Bernaardo (2070). However, Naveen's queen exchange in the endgame almost paid off.
Darry - Naveen
A tricky pawn endgame which looks winning for White due to having an outside passed pawn on a-file. However, Black can save the game using a nice trick. Can you find what is it? Had Naveen drawn this game, India would have beaten Philippines and the team would get a Bronze, but unfortunately that did not happen.
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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 6 results
| No. | SNo | Team | Team | Pts. | MP | Res. | : | Res. | MP | Pts. | Team | Team | SNo | ||
| 1 | 2 | ISR | Israel | 13 | 7 | 1 | : | 3 | 10 | 14½ | Poland | POL | 1 | ||
| 2 | 3 | HUN | Hungary | 11½ | 7 | 1½ | : | 2½ | 8 | 14½ | IPCA | IPCA | 7 | ||
| 3 | 10 | IND | India | 13 | 7 | 2 | : | 2 | 7 | 13 | Philippines | PHI | 6 | ||
| 4 | 9 | FID | FIDE | 11 | 6 | 2 | : | 2 | 6 | 13½ | Croatia | CRO | 4 | ||
| 5 | 20 | UZB | Uzbekistan | 10 | 6 | 2½ | : | 1½ | 6 | 10 | Cuba | CUB | 5 | ||
| 6 | 8 | SRB | Serbia 1 | 11½ | 6 | 3 | : | 1 | 6 | 10 | Czech Republic | CZE | 11 | ||
| 7 | 17 | TUR | Turkey | 11 | 5 | 1½ | : | 2½ | 4 | 9 | Romania | ROU | 12 | ||
| 8 | 13 | ICCD | ICCD | 8 | 4 | 1½ | : | 2½ | 4 | 10 | Bangladesh | BAN | 16 | ||
| 9 | 18 | SRB | Serbia 2 | 8½ | 4 | 1½ | : | 2½ | 4 | 10 | Germany | GER | 14 | ||
| 10 | 21 | KAZ | Kazakhstan | 9 | 4 | ½ | : | 3½ | 4 | 9½ | Venezuela | VEN | 15 | ||
| 11 | 26 | ZIM | Zimbabwe | 7½ | 3 | 1 | : | 3 | 4 | 7 | Zambia | ZAM | 22 | ||
| 12 | 24 | KGZ | Kyrgyzstan | 8½ | 4 | 3 | : | 1 | 0 | 3 | Kenya | KEN | 25 | ||
| 13 | 19 | MNE | Montenegro | 7½ | 2 | 3½ | : | ½ | 2 | 6 | Panama | PAN | 23 |
Final standings after Round 6
| Rk. | SNo | FED | Team | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 1 | POL | Poland | POL | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17,5 | 114,5 | 86,5 | 250 | |
| 2 | 7 | IPCA | IPCA | IPCA | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 89,5 | 74,5 | 203 | |
| 3 | 6 | PHI | Philippines | PHI | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 91 | 80 | 190,5 | |
| 4 | 10 | IND | India | IND | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 81 | 77,5 | 176 | |
| 5 | 8 | SRB | Serbia 1 | SRB | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14,5 | 72,5 | 72,5 | 169,5 | |
| 6 | 20 | UZB | Uzbekistan | UZB | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12,5 | 70,5 | 82 | 169,8 | |
| 7 | 4 | CRO | Croatia | CRO | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15,5 | 66,5 | 66 | 163,5 | |
| 8 | 2 | ISR | Israel | ISR | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 88,5 | 88 | 197,8 | |
| 9 | 3 | HUN | Hungary | HUN | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 73 | 79,5 | 165,8 | |
| 10 | 9 | FID | FIDE | FID | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 68,5 | 82,5 | 163,3 |
