44th Chess Olympiad 2022 R4: The Young Guns of India 2 continue their roar, Abdusattorov capsizes Caruana

Uzbekistan denies USA

The dark horse of the tournament in the Open section is certainly Uzbekistan. The team has the reigning World Rapid champion in the form of Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Apart from Jakhongir Vakhidov who is born in 1995, the remaining four members are born on or after 2002. The captain of the team is Ivan Sokolov, the man who has trained Alireza Firouzja and many other strong world class talents. Poland, Azerbaijan and Norway were held to draws by Romania, Turkey and Mongolia; Israel and Slovakia defeated Ukraine and Netherlands respectively. In the Women's event, the only upset of the round was Romania beating Germany by minimum margin.

Open: India 1 - Greece: 3-1

GM Pentala Harikrishna (2720), GM Vidit Gujrathi (2714), GM Arjun Erigaisi (2689) and GM S L Narayanan (2659) all four drew their respective games.

India 2 - Italy: 3-1

GM D Gukesh (2684) captalized on his opponent, Italy no.1 GM Daniele Vocaturo's (2616) positional inaccuracy.

Gukesh - Vocaturo

23...Na7 is where it started to go wrong for Black. 24.Rxb6 Rc3 25.Qb1 Qc5 26.Rd1 Rc2+ 27.Kf1 Rd8 and we reached the above position. Gukesh found a very nice trick in this position. Try to find out what it is.

Women: India 1 - Hungary: 2.5-1.5

GM Koneru Humpy (2586) was completely winning against GM Thanh Trang Hoang (2376). She missed her opponent's defense and the game ended in a draw. GM Harika Dronavalli (2517) had the quickest result of the team as she drew with WGM Ticia Gara (2367) in just 13 moves via repetition. IM Tania Sachdev's (2399) sole victory over WIM Zsoka Gaal (2313) ensured the team's victory over Hungary by a minimum margin.

India 2 - Estonia: 2.5-1.5

WGM Vantika Agrawal (2371) scored her fourth consecutive win of the event. She defeated WGM Mai Narva (2385) convincingly. WGM Divya Deshmukh (2319) had a solitary opportunity to seize her advantage against WFM Sofia Blokhin (1996). She missed it and the game ended in a draw.

USA - Uzbekistan: 2-2

One of the tournament favorites, USA had a difficult time overcoming Uzbekistan. Former World Championship Challenger and World no.2, Fabiano Caruana (2783) went down against the reigning World Rapid champion, Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2688). Levon Aronian (2775) and Sam Shankland (2720) were held to draws by Nodirbek Yakubboev (2620) and Jakhongir Vakhidov (2564).

Caruana - Abdusattorov

44.Qxf5 turned out to be the decisive mistake. Find out why.

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Everyday round starts at 3 p.m. IST from 29th July to 8th August 2022. The final round on 9th August starts 10 a.m. IST. Rest day is on 4th August 2022.

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