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The FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020 was an online chess tournament organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and hosted by Chess.com. [1] It was held between 24 July and 30 August. The event was organised after the 44th Chess Olympiad was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
Winner Runner-up Third Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020: Round robin: 10–26 Jan: 14 (11) Fabiano Caruana: Magnus Carlsen: Wesley So: Tata Steel Challengers 2020: Round robin: 10–26 Jan: 14 (0) David Anton Guijarro: Nodirbek Abdusattorov: Pavel Eljanov: Prague Chess Festival 2020: Round robin: 12–21 Feb: 10 (6) Alireza Firouzja: Vidit ...
The trophy is awarded to the team that has the best overall performance across the open and women's divisions. It was first awarded to Russian men's and women's teams at the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista in 1998. Russia won this trophy six times, China – three times, India and Ukraine – two times each.
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 ...
Quarter-finalist of the Chess World Cup 2023. Individual silver and team gold medals in the European Chess Club Cup 2022. Quarter-finalist of the Chess World Cup 2021. Captain of gold medal-winning Indian team in the Online Chess Olympiad 2020. [15] Runner-up of the 2020 Prague Chess Festival Masters. Winner of the 2019 Biel Chess Festival.
It was Carlsen's first defeat after a 125-game unbeaten streak in classical chess. [29] At the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020, he won bronze medal after the Polish team reached the semi-finals of the tournament and lost in a match-deciding tie-break 1-2 against India. [30]
The provisional total budget for the Chess Olympiad was €16.6 million, including €9 million for event services and operations as well as the hosting fee. [15] In June 2021, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, together with the president of the Hungarian Chess Federation László Szabó and the executive director of the National Sports Agency of Hungary Attila Mihok, signed the contract in ...