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Breaking news: India wins a historic double Gold at 45th Chess Olympiad

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/09/2024

India has won a historic double Gold medal at 45th Chess Olympiad 2024. Arjun Erigaisi scored the first win of the match over Jan Subelj. The second win was scored by D Gukesh against Vladimir Fedoseev. R Praggnanandhaa defeated Anton Demchenko. Vidit Gujrathi drew with Matej Sebenik. India won the match 3.5-0.5 against Slovenia, thus India secured a first-ever team Gold medal irrespective of the outcome of the last two boards. D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi has also secured individual board medals on Board no.1 and 3 respectively. India Women's team also won against Azerbaijan with the same score 3.5-0.5. They won a Gold scoring 19/22. Kazakhstan drew with USA, thus Indian Women have clinched a clear first place. This is the first time in history India has won a Gold and what a fantastic way to win it in both events. Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

India dominates both Open and Women

D Gukesh has won a Gold on Board no.1 for second consecutive Olympiad. Arjun Erigaisi bettered his previous Olympiads performance from Silver to Gold. Exact performance rating will be known after the round concludes. India scored tenth match win out of eleven. A new record has been set of scoring 21/22. Previous record (11 round Olympiad) was by USA and Ukraine scoring 20/22 at 42nd Olympiad 2016. The only way to better India's score is to win with a perfect score 22/22. So it will be nearly impossible to break it, equalling the score itself is a mammoth task. 

GM D Gukesh en route his win over GM Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO) | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

GM Arjun Erigaisi scored the first win of the day against GM Jan Subelj (SLO) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

45th Chess Olympiad 2024 Official logo | Photo: Official site

R Praggnanandhaa has defeated Anton Demchenko after the latter blundered in the endgame | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

Vidit Gujrathi drew with GM Matej Sebenik (SLO) | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

IM Divya Deshmukh, GM Harika Dronavalli and IM Vantika Agrawal defeated WGM Govhar Beydullayeva, IM Gunay Mammadzada and IM Khanim Balajayeva respectively. GM R Vaishali drew with IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva.

India - Azerbaijan: 3.5-0.5 | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

For the first time, India has won a Gold at Olympiad and it is at both events. China was the last country to win Gold in both events back in 2018. Detailed report, individual medals, interviews, games and more will be published tomorrow.

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Schedule

Everyday round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST from 11th to 22nd September 2024. The final round on 22nd September starts 11 a.m. local time, 1:30 p.m. IST. Rest day is on 17th September.

Watch Round 11 Open games

Watch Round 11 Women games

Standings after Round 10

Rk.SNoFED TeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
12IND
India1091019380,531,5127
23CHN
China108111733426,5135
326SLO
Slovenia108021631729117
41USA
United States of America107121532527129
54UZB
Uzbekistan107121532226,5129
615UKR
Ukraine107121529925,5121
716SRB
Serbia107121528825,5126
89HUN
Hungary1071215285,524,5128
917ARM
Armenia1071215283,525124
1013ESP
Spain1071215277,526117

Details

Round 11 pairings

No.SNo FEDTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamFED SNo
126
SLOSlovenia2916:1931½IndiaIND
2
213
ESPSpain2615:1524½Hungary *)HUN
9
33
CHNChina26½17:1527United States of AmericaUSA
1
44
UZBUzbekistan26½15:1526FranceFRA
14
516
SRBSerbia25½15:1525½UkraineUKR
15
617
ARMArmenia2515:1424IranIRI
10
724
BULBulgaria25½14:1428GermanyGER
7
832
GEOGeorgia25½14:1424PolandPOL
11
939
BRABrazil2414:1425½AzerbaijanAZE
12
1018
ROURomania24½14:1424MoldovaMDA
34
1141
KAZKazakhstan2614:1425TurkiyeTUR
22
1247
CHIChile21½14:1425GreeceGRE
23
135
NEDNetherlands24½13:1325LithuaniaLTU
29
1428
ITAItaly2413:1324½NorwayNOR
6
158
ENGEngland23½13:1323SlovakiaSVK
43
1666
FAIFaroe Islands21½13:1327Czech RepublicCZE
19
1750
CANCanada2213:1325VietnamVIE
21
1820
ISRIsrael2512:1324TurkmenistanTKM
73
1925
HUNHungary B2412:1225½PhilippinesPHI
51
2049
BELBelgium2312:1223½CroatiaCRO
27

Details

Standings after Round 10

Rk.SNoFED TeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
11IND
India108111733927,5130
210KAZ
Kazakhstan108111732127,5126
37USA
United States of America107211633328,5124
43POL
Poland107211632427129
59ESP
Spain1071215322,529117
611ARM
Armenia106311531827,5126
72GEO
Georgia106311530725,5127
814HUN
Hungary107121530328116
96AZE
Azerbaijan1063115295,526124
104CHN
China107031435531124

Details

Round 11 pairings

No.SNo FEDTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamFED SNo
110
KAZKazakhstan27½17:1628½United States of AmericaUSA
7
214
HUNHungary *)2815:1529SpainESP
9
31
INDIndia27½17:1526AzerbaijanAZE
6
43
POLPoland2716:1525½GeorgiaGEO
2
511
ARMArmenia27½15:1426½GermanyGER
8
64
CHNChina3114:1428VietnamVIE
20
75
UKRUkraine2414:1426RomaniaROU
22
824
ITAItaly23½14:1425BulgariaBUL
12
916
TURTurkiye2414:1423½UzbekistanUZB
34
1019
SRBSerbia2414:1427ArgentinaARG
26
1130
AUTAustria2213:1324FranceFRA
13
1232
SVKSlovakia2313:1322½NetherlandsNED
17
1318
MGLMongolia2413:1324SwedenSWE
33
1435
NORNorway23½13:1324½SwitzerlandSUI
21
1539
PERPeru2513:1325GreeceGRE
23
1625
ISRIsrael2713:1326½IranIRI
37
1727
CANCanada24½13:1323½LithuaniaLTU
45
1846
AUSAustralia22½13:1222½SloveniaSLO
28
1915
ENGEngland24½12:1225FinlandFIN
50
2049
HUNHungary C22½12:1224½Hungary BHUN
31

Details

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