Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic , FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and 2021 , with a rapid time control that affected players' online ratings.
Korobov went on two exchanges up and gave one back to score a win, which proved decisive for the final outcome in the match. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Vietnam scored a 3–1 victory against Uzbekistan thanks to wins by Lê Tuấn Minh and Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn over Javokhir Sindarov and Nodirbek Yakubboev, respectively.
On the first board in the match between Latvia and Bulgaria, Nurgyul Salimova found a tactical opportunity to convert her advantage by trapping the opponent's queen (see diagram). [37] [38] In the other matches involving strong teams, Georgia edged out Uzbekistan 2½–1½, Poland beat Turkey 3–1, and Azerbaijan played a 2–2 tie with Ukraine.
In August 2024, the Kyrgyzstan Chess Federation submitted a resolution to the FIDE Congress to restore the full membership rights of the Chess Federation of Russia and the Belarusian Chess Federation with an immediate effect, [10] which had to be discussed at the meeting of the General Assembly during the FIDE Congress at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest. [11]
The Chennai-born prodigy defeated defending champion, China's Ding Liren, in a dramatic match staged in Singapore which he had entered as the challenger. The FIDE World Chess Championship carries ...
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations compete in an Olympic-style event. [1] [2] The first unofficial edition, labelled as the "Chess Olympic Games", was held in Paris in 1924, and coincided with the Summer Olympic Games that took place in the city in the same year. [3]
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
In September 2024, Gukesh took part in the Chess Olympiad in Budapest as part of the Indian team. He did not lose a single match and won the individual gold medal with a score of nine across ten rounds. His performance on board one helped India to win their first-ever team gold medal at the Olympiad. [41]