1st FIDE Olympiad for PwD 2023 R5: India suffers a tough loss against Poland 3-1

by Shahid Ahmed - 04/02/2023

Poland is a very strong team. They are the top seed and currently the sole leader 10/10. They defeated India 3-1 in the penultimate round. IPCA is at sole second place 8/10, followed by four teams - Philippines, Israel, India and Hungary. India must win the last round and with the best possible game score to have medal chances. Poland needs a draw against Israel to clinch the Gold which might still not be enough for the latter to secure a medal. India faces Philippines in the final round. Soundarya Kumar Pradhan is substituted by Darpan Inani in the final round which starts today at 11 a.m. local time, 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE / Mark Livshitz

Medal hopes are there

First thing that India needs to do is to beat Philippines with the best possible score they can. Then hope all other results work out in their favor to secure a medal.

India suffered its first loss of the event against Poland | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

1st Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities 2023 Official logo | Photo: Official site

Poland - India: 3-1

Soundarya Kumar Pradhan (1881) lost to much stronger GM Marcin Tazbir (2507). IM Shashikant Kutwal (2182) also suffered a defeat against FM Marcin Molenda (2381). Kishan Gangolli (2059) and Naveen Kumar A drew with Pawel Piekielny (2230) and IM Jacek Stachanczyk (2189) respectively.

Poland - India: 3-1

Photo Gallery

Ceremonial first move of the fifth round by Alisa Maric and... | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

...Jelena Begovic | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Naveen Kumar spectating his teammates' games | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

The Arbiters' team | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Various braille chess boards | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

The tournament hall at Crowne Plaza Belgrade in Serbia | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Replay Round 5 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 5 results

No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	1	POL	Poland	11½	8	3	:	1	7	12	India	IND	10
2	6	PHI	Philippines	11	6	2	:	2	6	11	Israel	ISR	2
3	5	CUB	Cuba	9½	6	½	:	3½	6	11	IPCA	IPCA	7
4	20	UZB	Uzbekistan	8½	6	1½	:	2½	5	9	Hungary	HUN	3
5	4	CRO	Croatia	10	4	3½	:	½	5	10½	Turkey	TUR	17
6	12	ROU	Romania	8½	4	½	:	3½	4	8	Serbia 1	SRB	8
7	9	FID	FIDE	8	4	3	:	1	4	9	Bangladesh	BAN	16
8	11	CZE	Czech Republic	7	4	3	:	1	4	7½	Serbia 2	SRB	18
9	21	KAZ	Kazakhstan	7	3	2	:	2	3	6	ICCD	ICCD	13
10	14	GER	Germany	8	3	2	:	2	3	6½	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	24
11	19	MNE	Montenegro	6½	2	1	:	3	2	6½	Venezuela	VEN	15
12	22	ZAM	Zambia	4½	2	2½	:	1½	2	4½	Panama	PAN	23
13	25	KEN	Kenya	2	0	1	:	3	1	4½	Zimbabwe	ZIM	26

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo	FED	Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	POL	Poland	POL	5	5	0	0	10	14,5	79,5	61,5	176,3
2	7	IPCA	IPCA	IPCA	5	4	0	1	8	14,5	62	51,5	142,5
3	6	PHI	Philippines	PHI	5	3	1	1	7	13	65	56	137,5
4	2	ISR	Israel	ISR	5	3	1	1	7	13	63	58	146,3
5	10	IND	India	IND	5	3	1	1	7	13	63	55	130,5
6	3	HUN	Hungary	HUN	5	3	1	1	7	11,5	50	53	119
7	4	CRO	Croatia	CRO	5	3	0	2	6	13,5	43,5	44	115
8	8	SRB	Serbia 1	SRB	5	3	0	2	6	11,5	38,5	49,5	105,5
9	9	FID	FIDE	FID	5	3	0	2	6	11	45,5	56	106,3
10	20	UZB	Uzbekistan	UZB	5	3	0	2	6	10	47	59,5	118

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Round 6 pairings

No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	2	ISR	Israel	13	7		:		10	14½	Poland	POL	1
2	3	HUN	Hungary	11½	7		:		8	14½	IPCA	IPCA	7
3	10	IND	India	13	7		:		7	13	Philippines	PHI	6
4	9	FID	FIDE	11	6		:		6	13½	Croatia	CRO	4
5	20	UZB	Uzbekistan	10	6		:		6	10	Cuba	CUB	5
6	8	SRB	Serbia 1	11½	6		:		6	10	Czech Republic	CZE	11
7	17	TUR	Turkey	11	5		:		4	9	Romania	ROU	12
8	13	ICCD	ICCD	8	4		:		4	10	Bangladesh	BAN	16
9	18	SRB	Serbia 2	8½	4		:		4	10	Germany	GER	14
10	21	KAZ	Kazakhstan	9	4		:		4	9½	Venezuela	VEN	15
11	26	ZIM	Zimbabwe	7½	3		:		4	7	Zambia	ZAM	22
12	24	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	8½	4		:		0	3	Kenya	KEN	25
13	19	MNE	Montenegro	7½	2		:		2	6	Panama	PAN	23

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Links

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