1st FIDE Olympiad for PwD 2023 R1-2: India makes a good start
The first edition of FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities started on 30th January 2023. India is represented by five players - Soundarya Kumar Pradhan, IM Shashikant Kutwal, Kishan Gangolli, Darpan Inani and Naveen Kumar A. Apart from Soundarya, the remaining four have scored at least one win each. India as a team won both matches. They whitewashed Panama in the first and defeated Cuba 3-1 in the second round. Currently, six teams are at a perfect 4/4. Tenth seeded India will face the strong second seeded Israel in Round 3 which starts today at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE / Mark Livshitz
Two wins in-a-row
The six-round Swiss-league team event is played in a Classical time control at the 1st FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities. Team India is led by IM Shashikant Kutwal who is a former IPCA World Champion.
Round 1: Panama - India: 0-4
IM Shashikant Kutwal (2182), Kishan Gangolli (2059), Darpan Inani (2016) and Naveen Kumar A (2014), all four scored comfortable victories in the first round against Panama.
The volunteer in the yellow t-shirt is making Darpan's moves on the DGT board after he plays them on his braille board.
Round 2: India - Cuba: 3-1
IM Shashikant Kutwal, Kishan Gangolli and Darpan Inani won their respective games. Both Shashikant and Darpan had to fight hard to score their wins. Soundarya Kumar Pradhan (1881) who replaced Naveen Kumar A, lost his game against a much stronger IM Pedro Morales Romero (2339).
Kishan - Alberto
Kishan Gangolli made a picturesque checkmate against Alberto D Interian Rodriguez (2082).
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Replay Round 1-2 games
Schedule
Everyday round starts at 7:30 p.m. IST from 30th January to 3rd February 2023. The final round on 4th February starts 3:30 p.m. IST. The time control is 40 moves in 90 minutes, plus 30 minutes, plus 30 seconds per move from move 1
Round 2 results
No. | SNo | Team | Team | Pts. | MP | Res. | : | Res. | MP | Pts. | Team | Team | SNo | ||
1 | 7 | IPCA | IPCA | 3 | 2 | 1½ | : | 2½ | 2 | 3 | Poland | POL | 1 | ||
2 | 2 | ISR | Israel | 3 | 2 | 3½ | : | ½ | 2 | 3 | Serbia 1 | SRB | 8 | ||
3 | 9 | FID | FIDE | 4 | 2 | 3 | : | 1 | 2 | 3 | Hungary | HUN | 3 | ||
4 | 10 | IND | India | 4 | 2 | 3 | : | 1 | 2 | 3 | Cuba | CUB | 5 | ||
5 | 6 | PHI | Philippines | 3½ | 2 | 2½ | : | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | Czech Republic | CZE | 11 | ||
6 | 12 | ROU | Romania | 4 | 2 | 1 | : | 3 | 1 | 2 | ICCD | ICCD | 13 | ||
7 | 26 | ZIM | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | ½ | : | 3½ | 2 | 2½ | Serbia 2 | SRB | 18 | ||
8 | 4 | CRO | Croatia | 1½ | 0 | 1 | : | 3 | 0 | ½ | Uzbekistan | UZB | 20 | ||
9 | 14 | GER | Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | : | 2 | 0 | 1 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 21 | ||
10 | 22 | ZAM | Zambia | 0 | 0 | ½ | : | 3½ | 0 | 1 | Venezuela | VEN | 15 | ||
11 | 23 | PAN | Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 | : | 3 | 0 | 1 | Bangladesh | BAN | 16 | ||
12 | 17 | TUR | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 2 | : | 2 | 0 | 1½ | Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 24 | ||
13 | 19 | MNE | Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 3 | : | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kenya | KEN | 25 |
Standings after Round 2
Rk. | SNo | FED | Team | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 10 | IND | India | IND | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | |
2 | 9 | FID | FIDE | FID | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | |
3 | 2 | ISR | Israel | ISR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6,5 | 7 | |
4 | 6 | PHI | Philippines | PHI | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | |
5 | 18 | SRB | Serbia 2 | SRB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3,5 | |
6 | 1 | POL | Poland | POL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5,5 | 5 | |
7 | 13 | ICCD | ICCD | ICCD | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |
8 | 12 | ROU | Romania | ROU | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
9 | 7 | IPCA | IPCA | IPCA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4,5 | 6 | |
10 | 15 | VEN | Venezuela | VEN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4,5 | 4 |
Round 3 pairings
No. | SNo | Team | Team | Pts. | MP | Res. | : | Res. | MP | Pts. | Team | Team | SNo | ||
1 | 1 | POL | Poland | 5½ | 4 | : | 4 | 7 | FIDE | FID | 9 | ||||
2 | 10 | IND | India | 7 | 4 | : | 4 | 6½ | Israel | ISR | 2 | ||||
3 | 18 | SRB | Serbia 2 | 6 | 4 | : | 4 | 6 | Philippines | PHI | 6 | ||||
4 | 13 | ICCD | ICCD | 5 | 3 | : | 2 | 4 | Hungary | HUN | 3 | ||||
5 | 5 | CUB | Cuba | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 5 | Romania | ROU | 12 | ||||
6 | 15 | VEN | Venezuela | 4½ | 2 | : | 2 | 4½ | IPCA | IPCA | 7 | ||||
7 | 8 | SRB | Serbia 1 | 3½ | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Montenegro | MNE | 19 | ||||
8 | 11 | CZE | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 4 | Bangladesh | BAN | 16 | ||||
9 | 20 | UZB | Uzbekistan | 3½ | 2 | : | 1 | 3 | Germany | GER | 14 | ||||
10 | 21 | KAZ | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | : | 1 | 3 | Turkey | TUR | 17 | ||||
11 | 24 | KGZ | Kyrgyzstan | 3½ | 1 | : | 1 | 2½ | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 26 | ||||
12 | 4 | CRO | Croatia | 2½ | 0 | : | 0 | 1 | Panama | PAN | 23 | ||||
13 | 25 | KEN | Kenya | 1 | 0 | : | 0 | ½ | Zambia | ZAM | 22 |