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45th Chess Olympiad R6: India beats Hungary and Armenia, scores a double hat-trick, emerges sole leader

by Shahid Ahmed - 17/09/2024

One could not have asked for a better start for the Indian teams at the 45th Chess Olympiad 2024. India scored a double hat-trick of wins to emerge sole leader in both Open and Women events. Arjun Erigaisi and Vidit Gujrathi scored the key victories over Sanan Sjugirov and Benjamin Gledura respectively. D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa held the fort by making solid draws against Richard Rapport and Peter Leko respectively. IM Divya Deshmukh scored the sole win for her team against GM Elina Danielian. It helped the Indian Women's team beat Armenia 2.5-1.5. IM Tania Sachdev is the only one who had a winning chance against IM Anna Sargsyan. Today is the sole rest day of the event. India will face China in the Open and Georgia in Women in Round 7. This can prove to be the most critical round of the event to have serious implications for Gold. Round 7 starts tomorrow Wednesday 18th September at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

Arjun wins six in-a-row, Divya delivers the decisive win for Indian Women

World no.4, GM Arjun Erigaisi scored his sixth consecutive win. He is phenomenal form and his live rating is now 2791.3. He is certainly storming towards 2800 and doing it at the best event possible. Vietnam, China and Iran are trailing India by one point at 11/12 each. Vietnam drew with China 2-2 and Norway lost to Iran 1.5-2.5. Ten teams are at 10/12 each. Uzbekistan is at the top of them. Thus, top five teams in the Open section are all from Asia.

Indian Captains - GM Srinath Narayanan (sitting left) and GM Abhijit Kunte (standing right) analyzing with IM Tania Sachdev (center) and GM Vidit Gujrathi (sitting right) along with IM Sagar Shah (standing left) | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

India defeated the formidable Armenia 2.5-1.5. Armenia defeated China in the previous round. So this was a huge win for India. Georgia and Poland defeated Mongolia and China respectively by a minimum margin 2.5-1.5 each. They are the only two teams trailing India by one point 11/12 each.

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

Open: Hungary - India: 1-3

The game between GM Richard Rapport (2715) and GM D Gukesh (2764) was a relatively quiet draw. Before we witness Ding Liren and D Gukesh face each other, this was definitely an important match. Rapport was part of Ding's team and played a key role in him becoming the world champion. So it goes without saying that there is a good chance Rapport might once again be in the world champion's corner, this November.

Richard Rapport - D Gukesh: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

GM R Praggnanandhaa (2750) could not manage to find a breakthrough against GM Peter Leko (2666). Only one minor piece was exchanged in a 45-move battle.

Peter Leko and R Praggnanandhaa seen analyzing after their game | Photo: Amruta Mokal

The last time GM Sanan Sjugirov (2644) and GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) faced each other in a Classical rated game was back in December 2023 at Chennai Grand Masters. Arjun won that game.

Sanan - Arjun

Position after 41.Nb4?

Sanan made a slight inaccuracy in an equal rook and minor piece endgame 41.Nb4? Arjun seized his chance Kd7 42.Rd3+ Rxd3 43.Nxd3 Kc6 44.Kd2 Bd4 45.f3 Kd5 and Black won the game in another dozen moves.

Interview with Arjun Erigaisi | Video: ChessBase India
Sanan Sjugirov - Arjun Erigaisi, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Arjun Erigaisi scored his sixth win in-a-row | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Arjun Erigaisi has 2791.3 live rating, four Indians in World top 11 | Source: 2700chess.com

Over six years ago, GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720) played his sole Classical rated game against GM Benjamin Gledura (2628). It ended in a draw.

Vidit - Gledura

Position after 31.Rc8

31.Rc8 is a good move by White. Exchanging the rook lands White in a favorable endgame. Black needed to decline the exchange 31...Rd6 to continue the fight. 31...Rxc8 32.Bxc8 Nd6 33.Bf5 h6 34.h4 Ne6 35.Bg4 Ng7 36.Kf4 f6 37.b4 Kf7 38.e5 fxe5+ 39.Kxe5 White went on to convert his advantage into a win.

Vidit Gujarathi - Benjamin Gledura, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Vidit Gujrathi scored his fourth win of the event | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

Hungary - India: 1-3

Ding - Liem

Position after 46...Re6

The world champion, GM Ding Liren (CHN, 2736) made the grave mistake 47.Ra4?? GM Liem Quang Le (VIE, 2741) had no trouble seizing his chance Rb6 48.Ke2 d4 49.f3 f5 50.Ra5+ Kf4 and Black won the game in few more moves.

Ding Liren lost a rook endgame which ideally he should have drawn against Liem Quang Le | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Vietnam held China to a 2-2 draw | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Magnus Carlsen - Parham Maghsoodloo, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Parham Maghsoodloo played a perfect game and gave no chance to Magnus Carlsen, even in the endgame | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Norway - Iran: 1.5-2.5 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

World's youngest IM, 10-year-old Faustino Oro (ARG) made the ceremonial first move on Ding Liren - Liem Quang Le's board | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

Upsets:

USA - Romania: 2-2

Poland - Austria: 2-2

Azerbaijan - Lithuania: 1.5-2.5

Georgia - Spain: 2.5-1.5

Denmark - Czech Republic: 2-2

Canada - Turkiye: 2-2

Bangladesh - Hungary B: 2-2

Women: India - Armenia: 2.5-1.5

IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) scored the decisive victory over GM Elina Danielian (2393). GM Harika Dronavalli (2502), GM R Vaishali (2498) and IM Tania Sachdev (2386) drew with IM Lilit Mkrtchian (2366), WIM Mariam Mkrtchyan (2328) and IM Anna M Sargsyan (2364) respectively. Tania had a tiny window of opportunity in the endgame. However, she missed it.

Divya - Elina

Position after 17.Nxh7

16...Bc6? ignoring the h7-pawn was a bad idea. Divya seized her chance 17.Nxh7 Be7 18.Qg4 g6 19.Ng5 Bxg5 20.Bxg5 Kd7 21.c4 breaking the center is definitely a great idea for White as the black king is on d7. 21...dxc4 22.Bxg6! Black cannot take as Rbd1+ not only retrieves the sacrficed bishop but also wins the game immediately. 22...Rcf8 23.Be4 Kc8 24.Bf6 Rhg8 25.Qf3 White won the game eventually without much difficulty.

IM Divya Deshmukh - GM Elina Danielian, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

IM Divya Deshmukh powered Indian Women's team to a 2.5-1.5 victory over Armenia | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

Replay India - Armenia games

India - Armenia: 2.5-1.5

Sameer Pathak, CEO of Tech Mahindra Global Chess League, made the ceremonial first move on GM Harika Dronavalli and IM Lilit Mkrtchian's board | Photo: Maria Emelianova/chess.com

Upsets

Hungary - Peru: 2-2

Bulgaria - Austria: 2-2

Netherlands - Uzbekistan: 2-2

Australia - Israel: 2.5-1.5

Sweden - Portugal: 2-2

Croatia - Malaysia: 1-3

Replay live stream

Replay Round 6 Live Commentary by Amruta Mokal, IM Sagar Shah and GM Harshit Raja | Video: ChessBase India

Video Gallery

Round 6 recap by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India
India beats Hungary and Armenia, and the aftermath | Video: ChessBase India
Magnus Carlsen shares a laugh | Video: ChessBase India
Interview with team Guyana | Video: ChessBase India
10-year-old IM Faustino Oro and Tech Mahindra Global Chess League CEO - Sameer Pathak make the ceremonial first move of Round 6 | Video: ChessBase India
Magnus Carlsen observes D Gukesh and Ding Liren | Video: ChessBase India
Interview with WCM Zainab Darwish Almaamari (UAE) | Video: ChessBase India
Interview with team Haiti | Video: ChessBase India
Interview with WCM Yolanda Chang (NZL) | Video: ChesssBase India
Interview with team Bahamas | Video: ChessBase India

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. IST. Rest day is on 17th September.

Replay Round 6 Open games

Replay Round 6 Women games

Round 6 Open results

No.SNo FEDTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamFED SNo
13
CHNChina15½102:21016VietnamVIE
21
29
HUNHungary *)15101:31018IndiaIND
2
36
NORNorway159:915IranIRI
10
41
USAUnited States of America15½82:2813½RomaniaROU
18
520
ISRIsrael14½8:815UzbekistanUZB
4
65
NEDNetherlands13½83:1814½CroatiaCRO
27
728
ITAItaly13½81:3813EnglandENG
8
811
POLPoland1482:2813AustriaAUT
31
912
AZEAzerbaijan148:814½LithuaniaLTU
29
1032
GEOGeorgia15½8:815SpainESP
13
1146
ISLIceland13½8½:814FranceFRA
14
1215
UKRUkraine148:813MontenegroMNE
36
1347
CHIChile13½80:4812SerbiaSRB
16
1451
PHIPhilippines158:814ArmeniaARM
17
1530
DENDenmark11½72:2715½Czech RepublicCZE
19
1650
CANCanada11½72:2712½TurkiyeTUR
22
1743
SVKSlovakia12½71:3713½GreeceGRE
23
187
GERGermany1364:0712½VenezuelaVEN
67
1924
BULBulgaria1263:1612½MongoliaMGL
63
2065
BANBangladesh11½62:2612Hungary BHUN
25

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.SNoFED TeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
12IND
India660012145,52143
221VIE
Vietnam6510111231845
33CHN
China65101111917,545
410IRI
Iran651011112,517,541
54UZB
Uzbekistan65011011517,543
614FRA
France650110108,517,539
715UKR
Ukraine650110105,516,543
817ARM
Armenia650110104,516,543
99HUN
Hungary6501101041646
108ENG
England6420101041642

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Round 7 pairings

No.SNo FEDTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamFED SNo
12
INDIndia2112:1117½ChinaCHN
3
229
LTULithuania1710:1016Hungary *)HUN
9
310
IRIIran17½11:1118VietnamVIE
21
44
UZBUzbekistan17½10:1016½UkraineUKR
15
516
SRBSerbia1610:1016½NetherlandsNED
5
617
ARMArmenia16½10:1016EnglandENG
8
714
FRAFrance17½10:1018GeorgiaGEO
32
823
GREGreece16½9:917½United States of AmericaUSA
1
931
AUTAustria159:916½NorwayNOR
6
1018
ROURomania15½9:916PolandPOL
11
1140
SWESweden14½8:817GermanyGER
7
1212
AZEAzerbaijan15½8:816½KazakhstanKAZ
41
1313
ESPSpain16½8:814½LatviaLAT
42
1444
COLColombia16½8:817½Czech RepublicCZE
19
1520
ISRIsrael168:814IcelandISL
46
1622
TURTurkiye14½8:813½ChileCHI
47
1748
EGYEgypt14½8:815BulgariaBUL
24
1826
SLOSlovenia178:813½CanadaCAN
50
1927
CROCroatia15½8:816½PhilippinesPHI
51
2052
MEXMexico14½8:814½ItalyITA
28

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Round 6 Women pairings

No.SNo FEDTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamFED SNo
11
INDIndia1610:1016½ArmeniaARM
11
214
HUNHungary *)16½82:2815PeruPER
39
32
GEOGeorgia14½9:1014½MongoliaMGL
18
43
POLPoland169:817ChinaCHN
4
55
UKRUkraine1383:1814SerbiaSRB
19
620
VIEVietnam15½8:814AzerbaijanAZE
6
77
USAUnited States of America168:815SwitzerlandSUI
21
88
GERGermany14½8:½813ItalyITA
24
926
ARGArgentina158½:815SpainESP
9
1029
CUBCuba14½80:4813½KazakhstanKAZ
10
1112
BULBulgaria14½82:2813AustriaAUT
30
1213
FRAFrance148:½814½Hungary BHUN
31
1317
NEDNetherlands1382:2813½UzbekistanUZB
34
1416
TURTurkiye1372:2713SloveniaSLO
28
1532
SVKSlovakia12½72:2714RomaniaROU
22
1644
COLColombia1371:3712½GreeceGRE
23
1746
AUSAustralia13½7:713½IsraelISR
25
1848
BELBelgium137:712CanadaCAN
27
1915
ENGEngland12½6:½612MoldovaMDA
61
2033
SWESweden12½62:2611PortugalPOR
63

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.SNoFED TeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
11IND
India66001213718,546
22GEO
Georgia651011130,51744
33POL
Poland65101111018,539
47USA
United States of America65011012618,544
511ARM
Armenia6501101141843
610KAZ
Kazakhstan65011011217,543
718MGL
Mongolia6501101101647
89ESP
Spain65011010718,539
913FRA
France65011010717,543
106AZE
Azerbaijan64201010716,543

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Round 7 pairings

No.SNo FEDTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamFED SNo
11
INDIndia18½12:1117GeorgiaGEO
2
230
AUTAustria159:918½Hungary *)HUN
14
35
UKRUkraine1610:1118½PolandPOL
3
46
AZEAzerbaijan16½10:1017½KazakhstanKAZ
10
511
ARMArmenia1810:1018½United States of AmericaUSA
7
618
MGLMongolia1610:1018GermanyGER
8
79
ESPSpain18½10:1017½FranceFRA
13
827
CANCanada14½9:916½BulgariaBUL
12
939
PERPeru179:915NetherlandsNED
17
1023
GREGreece15½9:915½UzbekistanUZB
34
114
CHNChina18½8:916AustraliaAUS
46
1236
LATLatvia14½8:816EnglandENG
15
1338
ESTEstonia14½8:815TurkiyeTUR
16
1419
SRBSerbia158:818IranIRI
37
1520
VIEVietnam178:815Czech RepublicCZE
41
1642
MNEMontenegro168:816½SwitzerlandSUI
21
1722
ROURomania168:815LithuaniaLTU
45
1824
ITAItaly13½8:814LuxembourgLUX
53
1926
ARGArgentina15½8:817PhilippinesPHI
47
2028
SLOSlovenia158:813Bosnia & HerzegovinaBIH
56

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