45th Chess Olympiad R1: India scores comfortable victories over Morocco and Jamaica

by Shahid Ahmed - 12/09/2024

Indian teams are off to a smooth start at 45th Chess Olympiad 2024. The men's team in the Open section scored a 4-0 whitewash over Morocco. All four players - GM R Praggnanandhaa, GM Arjun Erigaisi, GM Vidit Gujrathi and GM Pentala Harikrishna scored comfortable wins. In the Women's event, Jamaica lost to the top seed, India by 0.5-3.5. IM Tania Sachdev scored the smoothest win for the team. GM Vaishali almost allowed her opponent to get back in the final moments. IM Divya Deshmukh had to work to score a full point. WFM Raehanna Brown (JAM) held IM Vantika Agrawal to a draw. India will face Iceland in the Open event, Czech Republic in the Women. Round 2 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Amruta Mokal

Aronian, Mamedyarov and Yakubboev escape with a draw

The practical gap between top players and their much lower rated opponents is quite less than what their ratings might suggest. All thanks to computers getting much stronger and multitude of chess materials available easily. GM Levon Aronian (USA), GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB) and GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) escaped from jaws of individual defeat against FM Andre Mendez Machado (PAN), FM Quinn Cabralis (TTO) and Khwaira Anas (JOR) respectively.

India Open scored a 4-0 whitewash over Morocco | Photo: Amruta Mokal

45th Chess Olympiad 2024 Official logo | Photo: Official site

Open: India - Morocco: 4-0

GM R Praggnanandhaa (2750), GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778), GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720) and GM Pentala Harikrishna (2686) scored comfortable victories over IM Mohamed Tisir (2355), FM Jacques Elbilia (2343), FM Mehdi Pierre Ouakhir (2191) and Anas Moayad (2016) respectively. GM D Gukesh was rested.

GM R Praggnanandhaa - IM Mohamed Tissir (MAR), Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

India - Morocco: 4-0

India Open en route their 4-0 victory over Morocco | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Although, Panama lost to USA by 0.5-3.5, it was IM Roberto Carlos Sanchez Alvarez who held the sole draw against GM Wesley So.

Zoltán Polyánszky, President, Hungarian Chess Federation makes the inaugural first move on IM Roberto Carlos Sanchez Alvarez (PAN) and GM Wesley So's (USA) board | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

This year, the chess universe will miss the maestro GM Peter Leko's expert analysis in the commentary. However, for the first time in nearly five years, Peter Leko will be seen in action in a non-league Classical rating tournament at this Olympiad. El Salvador lost to Hungary 0-4.

GM Peter Leko (HUN) playing after so many years means it is a rare opportunity which photographers cannot afford to miss | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Domincan Republic - China: 0-4 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Uzbekistan (pictured) - Trinidad and Tobago: 3.5-0.5 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE, 2733) escaped with a draw against Khwaira Anas (JOR, 1994).

GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) survived a scare against Khwaira Anas (JOR) | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Khwaira Anas analyzing his game with IM Sagar Shah during live commentary | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Women: Jamaica - India: 0.5-3.5

GM Vaishali R (2498), IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) and IM Tania Sachdev (2386) scored the victories over WFM Adani Clarke (1919), WIM Rachel Miller (1912) and Gabriella Watson (1826) respectively. WFM Raehanna Brown (1910) held IM Vantika Agrawal (2370). Tania had the smoothest victory among her team members. Vaishali almost allowed her opponent to get back in the game when Adani blundered. Divya had to work for her win.

Jamaica - India: 0.5-3.5

Arkady Dvorkovich, FIDE President, made the inaugural first move on WFM Adani Clarke (JAM) and GM Vaishali R's board | Photo: Amruta Mokal

The India Women's team with GM FT Swayams Mishra | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

The Cramling mother-daughter duo - Pia and Anna won their respective games and Sweden won the match 0-4 against Fiji | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Round 1 in progress | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Replay live stream

Replay Round 1 Live Commentary by Amruta Mokal, IM Sagar Shah and GM Harshit Raja | Video: ChessBase India

Video Gallery

Round 1 recap by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Interview with FM Tinnakrit Arunnuntapanich (THA) and Sasinat Tawankanjana (THA) | Video: ChessBase India

FIDE's 100 years of history exhibition | Video: ChessBase India

The legend Judit Polgar on her extraordinary achievements | Video: ChessBase India

A look at the 45th Chess Olympiad Expo | Video: ChessBase India

India Open team arrive for Round 1 | Video: ChessBase India

Anish Giri's funny monologue before Round 1 | Video: ChessBase India

Interview with IM Ryosuke Nanjo (JPN) | Video: ChessBase India

Schedule

Everyday round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST from 11th to 22nd September 2024. The final round on 22nd September starts 11 a.m. IST. Rest day is on 17th September.

Replay Round 1 Open games

Replay Round 1 Women games

Round 1 Open results

No.	SNo	FED	Team	Res.	:	Res.	Team	FED	SNo
1	92	PAN	Panama	½	:	3½	United States of America	USA	1
2	101	ESA	El Salvador	0	:	4	Hungary *)	HUN	9
3	2	IND	India	4	:	0	Morocco	MAR	93
4	94	DOM	Dominican Republic	0	:	4	China	CHN	3
5	4	UZB	Uzbekistan	3½	:	½	Trinidad & Tobago	TTO	95
6	96	LBN	Lebanon	0	:	4	Netherlands	NED	5
7	6	NOR	Norway	3½	:	½	South Korea	KOR	97
8	98	MAD	Madagascar	½	:	3½	Germany	GER	7
9	8	ENG	England	3½	:	½	Chinese Taipei	TPE	100
10	10	IRI	Iran	3½	:	½	Malaysia	MAS	102
11	103	SUD	Sudan	0	:	4	Poland	POL	11
12	12	AZE	Azerbaijan	3½	:	½	Jordan	JOR	105
13	107	JAM	Jamaica	0	:	4	Spain	ESP	13
14	14	FRA	France	3½	:	½	Nicaragua	NCA	108
15	109	TUN	Tunisia	0	:	4	Ukraine	UKR	15
16	16	SRB	Serbia	4	:	0	Guatemala	GUA	110
17	111	MLT	Malta	0	:	4	Armenia	ARM	17
18	18	ROU	Romania	4	:	0	Cape Verde	CPV	112
19	113	CYP	Cyprus	0	:	4	Czech Republic	CZE	19
20	20	ISR	Israel	4	:	0	Ethiopia	ETH	116

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.	SNo	FED	Team	Games	+	TB1	TB3
1	2	IND	India	1	1	2	4
	3	CHN	China	1	1	2	4
	5	NED	Netherlands	1	1	2	4
	9	HUN	Hungary	1	1	2	4
	11	POL	Poland	1	1	2	4
	13	ESP	Spain	1	1	2	4
	15	UKR	Ukraine	1	1	2	4
	16	SRB	Serbia	1	1	2	4
	17	ARM	Armenia	1	1	2	4
	18	ROU	Romania	1	1	2	4

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Round 2 pairings

No.	SNo	FED	Team	Pts.	MP	:	MP	Pts.	Team	FED	SNo
1	1	USA	United States of America	3½	2	:	2	3½	Singapore	SGP	45
2	9	HUN	Hungary *)	4	2	:	2	4	Peru	PER	53
3	46	ISL	Iceland	3	2	:	2	4	India	IND	2
4	3	CHN	China	4	2	:	2	4	Chile	CHI	47
5	48	EGY	Egypt	3½	2	:	2	3½	Uzbekistan	UZB	4
6	5	NED	Netherlands	4	2	:	2	3½	Belgium	BEL	49
7	50	CAN	Canada	4	2	:	2	3½	Norway	NOR	6
8	7	GER	Germany	3½	2	:	2	4	Philippines	PHI	51
9	52	MEX	Mexico	4	2	:	2	3½	England	ENG	8
10	54	POR	Portugal	3½	2	:	2	3½	Iran	IRI	10
11	11	POL	Poland	4	2	:	2	4	Hungary C	HUN	55
12	56	FIN	Finland	4	2	:	2	3½	Azerbaijan	AZE	12
13	13	ESP	Spain	4	2	:	2	3½	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	57
14	58	PAR	Paraguay	4	2	:	2	3½	France	FRA	14
15	15	UKR	Ukraine	4	2	:	2	4	Uruguay	URU	59
16	60	EST	Estonia	4	2	:	2	4	Serbia	SRB	16
17	17	ARM	Armenia	4	2	:	2	4	Andorra	AND	61
18	62	MKD	North Macedonia	4	2	:	2	4	Romania	ROU	18
19	19	CZE	Czech Republic	4	2	:	2	4	Mongolia	MGL	63
20	64	IRL	Ireland	3½	2	:	2	4	Israel	ISR	20

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Round 1 Women pairings

No.	SNo	FED	Team	Res.	:	Res.	Team	FED	SNo
1	84	JAM	Jamaica	½	:	3½	India	IND	1
2	14	HUN	Hungary *)	4	:	0	Puerto Rico	PUR	101
3	2	GEO	Georgia	4	:	0	United Arab Emirates	UAE	85
4	86	PAN	Panama	0	:	4	Poland	POL	3
5	4	CHN	China	4	:	0	South Africa	RSA	87
6	88	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	½	:	3½	Ukraine	UKR	5
7	6	AZE	Azerbaijan	4	:	0	Nicaragua	NCA	91
8	92	JOR	Jordan	0	:	4	United States of America	USA	7
9	8	GER	Germany	4	:	0	Andorra	AND	94
10	95	BOT	Botswana	0	:	4	Spain	ESP	9
11	10	KAZ	Kazakhstan	4	:	0	Uruguay	URU	96
12	97	TTO	Trinidad & Tobago	0	:	4	Armenia	ARM	11
13	12	BUL	Bulgaria	4	:	0	Zimbabwe	ZIM	99
14	100	JPN	Japan	0	:	4	France	FRA	13
15	103	KOR	South Korea	0	:	4	England	ENG	15
16	16	TUR	Turkiye	4	:	0	Honduras	HON	104
17	105	MAD	Madagascar	0	:	4	Netherlands	NED	17
18	18	MGL	Mongolia	4	:	0	Guatemala	GUA	106
19	107	THA	Thailand	½	:	3½	Serbia	SRB	19
20	20	VIE	Vietnam	4	:	0	Tunisia	TUN	108

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.	SNo	FED	Team	Games	+	TB1	TB3
1	2	GEO	Georgia	1	1	2	4
	3	POL	Poland	1	1	2	4
	4	CHN	China	1	1	2	4
	6	AZE	Azerbaijan	1	1	2	4
	7	USA	United States of America	1	1	2	4
	8	GER	Germany	1	1	2	4
	9	ESP	Spain	1	1	2	4
	10	KAZ	Kazakhstan	1	1	2	4
	11	ARM	Armenia	1	1	2	4
	12	BUL	Bulgaria	1	1	2	4

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Round 2 pairings

No.	SNo	FED	Team	Pts.	MP	:	MP	Pts.	Team	FED	SNo
Round 2 on 2024/09/12 at 15:00
1	1	IND	India	3½	2	:	2	4	Czech Republic	CZE	41
2	54	ECU	Ecuador	4	2	:	2	4	Hungary *)	HUN	14
3	42	MNE	Montenegro	4	2	:	2	4	Georgia	GEO	2
4	3	POL	Poland	4	2	:	2	2½	Brazil	BRA	43
5	44	COL	Colombia	4	2	:	2	4	China	CHN	4
6	5	UKR	Ukraine	3½	2	:	2	4	Lithuania	LTU	45
7	46	AUS	Australia	4	2	:	2	4	Azerbaijan	AZE	6
8	7	USA	United States of America	4	2	:	2	4	Philippines	PHI	47
9	48	BEL	Belgium	4	2	:	2	4	Germany	GER	8
10	9	ESP	Spain	4	2	:	2	3	Hungary C	HUN	49
11	50	FIN	Finland	4	2	:	2	4	Kazakhstan	KAZ	10
12	11	ARM	Armenia	4	2	:	2	4	Mexico	MEX	51
13	52	EGY	Egypt	4	2	:	2	4	Bulgaria	BUL	12
14	13	FRA	France	4	2	:	2	4	Luxembourg	LUX	53
15	15	ENG	England	4	2	:	2	4	Denmark	DEN	55
16	56	BIH	Bosnia & Herzegovina	4	2	:	2	4	Turkiye	TUR	16
17	17	NED	Netherlands	4	2	:	2	4	North Macedonia	MKD	57
18	58	MNC	Monaco	4	2	:	2	4	Mongolia	MGL	18
19	19	SRB	Serbia	3½	2	:	2	4	Scotland	SCO	59
20	60	IRL	Ireland	4	2	:	2	4	Vietnam	VIE	20

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