45th Chess Olympiad R9: Uzbekistan halts India's winning streak, Vantika saves the day for India Women

Open: USA and China join Uzbekistan in pursuit, Women: Kazakhstan gains sole lead

India Open is playing solid and now just two match away from Gold. USA is quite possibly the final obstacle in their path to glory as India has already faced the remaining two pursuers - Uzbekistan and China. So the penultimate round will be a virtual final. For Indian Women's team, their match against China is also a make it or break it match. They must beat China and hope Georgia wins against the sole leader, Kazakhstan, to keep Gold chances. With the top two players suffering all losses among the members and the team losing sole lead, it will definitely be a daunting task to get back at the top again.

Open: India - Uzbekistan: 2-2

The first result of the match was a quick draw between GM Jakhongir Vakhidov (2571) and GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720). All Classical rated games between, GM D Gukesh (2764) and GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2766) ended in draws this year. This time also the result was the same. GM Javokhir Sindarov (2677) and GM R Praggnanandhaa (2750) haven't played much against each other since the last Olympiad. Sindarov put some pressure on Praggnanandhaa.

Sindarov - Praggnanandhaa

25.Nf6! is definitely putting some serious pressure to Black. However, Praggnanandhaa is a resilient player. 25...Qd8 26.Nh2 Be7 27.Rf1 Rc3 28.Nhg4 Qc8 29.Nxe8 Qxe8 30.Kg2 Ba3 and White did not get the attack he wanted. Soon the game ended in a draw via threefold repetition.

The only two Classical rated games played between GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) and GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (2650) last year ended in draws. The result was the same this time.

Arjun - Vokhidov

24.Qh4 c5 25.g5 Bb5 26.c4 Bc6 27.gxh6 Bxe4 28.Qxh4 is one of the possibilities, perhaps slightly better than what happened in the game. 24.Qg6 c5 25.Nxc5 and the game eventually ended in a draw.

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World no.1, GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2832) suffered his first loss of the event against GM Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO, 2692). Norway lost the match 1-3 against Slovenia.

Upsets:

Norway - Slovenia: 1-3

Armenia - Germany: 2.5-1.5

Moldova - Israel: 2.5-1.5

Women: USA - India: 2-2

GM R Vaishali (2498) lost to IM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova (2380). IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) and IM Tania Sachdev (2386) drew with IM Carissa Yip (2386) and IM Alice Lee (2384) respectively. IM Vantika Agrawal (2370) scored the important win against GM Irina Krush (2396) to save her team.

Krush - Vantika

Black already had a clear advantage. 24.Qc1? only increased her upperhand. 24...Bxc2 25.Qxc2 Nd3 26.Rf1 h5 27.Ne2 h4 28.h3 Kh7 29.Nc1 Nxc1 here N3f4 would have probably finished things sooner. Black won the game in few more moves after White made some egregious moves.

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Upsets

Kazakhstan - Poland: 2.5-1.5

Bulgaria - Vietnam: 1.5-2.5

Serbia - Uzbekistan: 2-2

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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.

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