44th Chess Olympiad 2022 R3: India 2 scores a hat-trick of 4-0, Italy no.1 Vocaturo holds Carlsen

Italy beats Norway: 3-1

The biggest upset coming out of the third round is certainly Italy beating Norway convincingly 3-1. Italy did not conceded a single loss and Norway did two. Italy no.1 GM Daniele Vocaturo played solid to draw with the world champion and world no.1 Magnus Carlsen.

Open: India 1 - Greece: 3-1

GM Pentala Harikrishna (2720) scored a fantastic victory over GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis (2599) by destroying his kingside. GM Arjun Erigaisi (2689) was the other victor for India 1 against GM Nikolaos Theodorou (2575). GM Vidit Gujrathi (2714) and GM Krishnan Sasikiran (2638) drew their games against GM Nikolaos Theodorou (2575) and IM Evgenios Ioannidis (2459) respectively.

Harikrishna - Dimitrios

23...Na8 was a too deep of a maneuever which invited trouble. White happily accepted the invitation with 24.Bxh6! gxh6 25.Nf6+ Kg7 26.Qg4+ Kh8 now comes the next sacrifice 27.Bxd5 exd5 runs into 29.Nh5+ Kh7 30.Qf5+ Kh8 31.Nf6+-. 27...Bd3 was played in the game 28.Nh5+ Kh7 29.Be4+ and it's over for Black.

India 2 - Estonia: 4-0

GM D Gukesh (2684), GM Nihal Sarin (2651) GM R Praggnanandhaa (2648) and GM Raunak Sadhwani (2611) scored a victory each. Out of them, Praggnanandhaa was completely lost against Switzerland no.4, GM Yannick Pelletier (2551).

Pelletier - Praggnanandhaa

White had a decisive advantage for the better part of the game. One of the best chances was after 40...Ne4. 41.Bh5 would have left Black with little to no choice. Thankfully, he opted for 41.Bxd6. After missing several opportunities, White went on to lose the game on time.

Mexico - India 3: 0.5-3.5

GM Sethuraman S P (2623) and GM Abhijeet Gupta (2627) scored important victories for the team against GM Hannes Stefansson (2541) and GM Gudmundur Kjartansson (2448) respectively to earn their team a victory against Iceland.

Women: England - India 1: 1-3

IM Vaishali R (2442) and IM Bhakti Kulkarni (2373) scored important wins against WGM Katarzyna Toma (2303) and FM Akshaya Kalaiyalahan (2158). IM Tania Sachdev (2274) had a decisive advantage WIM Lan Yao (2274). However, she was unable to make the most out of it.

Indonesia - India 2: 1-3

WGM Vantika Agrawal (2371) and IM Soumya Swaminathan (2335) scored the key victories for India 2 against IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar (2373) and Fariha Mariroh (1839). IM Padmini Rout (2374) was completely winning against IM Medina Warda Aulia (2374), unfortunately the former missed her opportunity and her opponent escaped with a draw.

India 3 - Austria: 2.5-1.5

WGM Nandhidhaa P V got a walk over. WGM Pratyusha Bodda (2310) defeated WFM Elisabeth Hapala (2113). IM Eesha Karavade (2339) was held to a draw by WIM Katharina Newrkla (2265).

Italy - Norway: 3-1

GM Lorenzo Lodici (2553) and GM Franceso Sonis (2543) had won their games against GM John Ludvig Hammer (2638) and GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (2593) respectively. Italy no.1 GM Daniele Vocaturo (2616) was up against the world no.1 and world champion, Magnus Carlsen (2864). He had a solid position and managed to hold a draw.

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