Saturday’s fifth round at the Women’s Chess Olympiad saw three teams emerge as co-leaders with perfect 10/10 match points, with top seeds India joined by Armenia and Mongolia after stunning upset victories. Armenia overcame what had been a highly dominant Chinese team, while Mongolia (pictured) shocked the United States. Both underdog teams continue to impress […]
Monthly Archives: September 2024
This year saw the rise of India in the chess world, with no fewer than three prodigies taking their places in the pantheon of the Top 10. Oddly, of the three, the one with the least fanfare is also the highest rated: Arjun Erigaisi, knocking on the door of 2800 no less. In rounds 3 […]
While the entire world at large has been caught up with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, some affected more obviously than others, one of the consequences for athletes specifically was the International Olympic Committee’s ban of Russian athletes from any event under its auspices. This in turn led to the similar ban in FIDE, a […]
Round 3 of the Chess Olympiad saw drama unfold both on and off the board, as Magnus Carlsen almost did not make it on time to the venue. As for surprising results, particularly shocking were the victories by Italy and Lithuania, who beat the Netherlands and Germany respectively. In both cases, the top representatives of […]
The third round of the Women’s Chess Olympiad in Budapest delivered excitement and surprises, with both upsets and closely fought draws reshaping the tournament landscape. The mix of expected results and surprises left 16 teams tied sharing the lead, all with perfect scores of 6/6. The biggest upset was suffered by the local squad, as […]
The second round of the Women’s Chess Olympiad saw most matches ending with expected victories for the tournament’s rating favourites. In terms of team results, the biggest upset of the round took place on board 36, where Singapore (the 77th seeds) stunned Latvia (36th) with a 2½-1½ victory. There were also surprises on a few […]
Most of the top-seeded teams grabbed a second consecutive match victory on the second day of action at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest. There were, however, three top-20 squads which were held to draws by lower-rated opposition: Norway (with Magnus Carlsen sitting out), the Czech Republic and Israel. They drew against Canada (seeded 50th), Mongolia […]
Technology has been evolving by leaps and bounds most especially in the last couple of years with the advent of image generating AIs and of course ChatGPT and its numerous rivals. We decided to ask the AIs to help produce some images in homage to the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, and as you can see […]
Deutsche Welle is a German public international broadcaster that produces news and information to a global audience in 30 languages. This week they had an article on the domination of a new generation of young Asian superstars in chess. The favourites at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, according to DW, are China, India and Uzbekistan. […]
FIDE and the Singapore Chess Federation have announced that search giant Google is the Title Sponsor of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Singapore, which takes place at Resorts World Sentosa in November. This is the first time the World Championship has been sponsored by a global technology leader. Congratulations to FIDE for arranging this […]