Chess Olympiad Round 9
FIDE.com Russia’s big advantage in the Open section melted in one day as they went down against USA, allowing three other teams to catch up on the shared first place. Alex Onischuk and Sergey Karjakin made a relati...
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Chess Olympiad Round 8
FIDE.com Russia made a huge step in their quest for the first gold medal since 2002 as they beat the defending champion and one of the main rivals – the team of Ukraine. Sergey Karjakin woke up in the perfect momen...
Chess Olympiad Round 7
FIDE.com After taking a short break with the previous round, the team of Russia has returned to the winning paths in the 7th round of the Chess Olympiad Open section. Russia and Azerbaijan signed three draws before the t...
Chess Olympiad round 6
FIDE.com The 6th round of the 40th Chess Olympiad was a showcase of classic monster matches. When Godzilla and King Kong fight you don’t get in the way. You step back and watch the destruction hoping you don’...
Chess Olympiad Round 5
FIDE.com The 5th round of the 40th Chess Olympiad saw match-ups of many powerhouse teams in the Open section. On the first match table, 2-time Olympiad Champion Armenia locked horns with the defending champions of Ukrain...
Chess Olympiad Round 4
FIDE.com In the 4th round of the World Chess Olympiad the teams of USA and India were paired to play on the first table. Just before the time control India’s leader Krishnan Sasikiran became entangled in the net of...
Chess Olympiad round 3 report
FIDE.com Round 3 of the World Chess Olympiad began the clash of intellectual titans when the higher rated teams were pitted against each other. Many matches could have swayed in either direction and the close contests ma...
Chess Olympiad R2
FIDE.com Ukraine, the defending champion defeated Qatar with a 3-1 score despite the loss by first board GM Vassily Ivanchuk to GM Mohamad Al-Modiahki. Ivanchuk was slightly better with black but he carelessly allowed th...
Chess Olympiad to start with R1
FIDE.com Record breaking 158 nations start competing today at the Wolrd Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey. The games begin at 15:00 local time and can be followed live at the official website. The drawing of colors was ...
FIDE Chess Olympiad 2012 starting in Istanbul
FIDE.com The 40th FIDE World Chess Olympiad will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, 27 August – 10 September. A record breaking 162 nations have registered for the competition with more than 1700 players and captains....