bharathh Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Looks like India will face off against Iran in the Open and Kazakhstan in the Womens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Mariyam said: Would upvote this a 100 times if I could. It was the far more experienced Wei Yi who crumbled under pressure. Gukesh found Ke4 to prevent the rook lining up on the file with the passer. Never did I think I’d stay up at midnight watching Chess! C’est la vie. Haven't been seriously following chess events for a few years now. Today was a rare day, and glad I stayed up for this. Amazing dance of knights that too in an endgame. Have seen plenty of great knight maneuvers in middlegames, more rare in endgames. Vishy was a master with knights, remember him bamboozling Topalov a few times in mid 2000s, one of them in MTel Masters in Sofia IIRC. Morozevich was another elite player who excelled in using his knights. Edited September 18 by Gollum Mariyam and Vickydev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Gukesh is 100% hiding his opening prep for the title match. Still TPR of close to 3000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickydev Posted September 18 Author Share Posted September 18 Oof thats a big win. Didn't think we'd do it tbh, only caught streams of some positions, thought Arjun might lose (Never a fan of king being so open in the middle game) and Gukesh would draw (with that knights vs rook end game). Wei Yi is a top scalp, has been amazing recently and beat Gukesh in a final too Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangeelaraja Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Gukesh just played the best game in this whole Olympiad. This will go down as one of his most memorable wins. Also shows that he has nerves and will be able to handle the pressure of the World Championship. Can't believe this guy is only 18 years. Once in a generation talent. Vickydev and Mariyam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangeelaraja Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 (edited) Round 8 - India to play Iran tomorrow, who have just been beaten Vietnam ( who drew China ) Parham is very very strong in Olympiads. He did not allow Carlsen( playing White ) to win a must win game. That’s how strong he is. Parham will have white against Gukesh tomorrow. Hope Gukesh is able to resist risk taking and play out a draw unless Parham blunders. Trust Arjun to convert a win. We have only a 1 point lead over Iran, the only other unbeaten team. Edited September 19 by rangeelaraja randomGuy, Vickydev and Mariyam 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real McCoy Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 On 9/17/2024 at 5:08 PM, Mariyam said: The format is called the Swiss System Let me give you an example. After 4 rounds India were 4 wins on 4. So they would play teams which are on a similar score. This ensures that you end up playing teams to your level. As a result the first tie break is cumulative score. After 4 rounds, a team with a LWWW sets you much behind a team with a WWWL, though their absolute scores are tied. As we are the only side on 6, we will be playing teams on 5 or 5.5 (if any). Tagging all other chess fans @Gollum @Real McCoy @Lannister @I6MTW @rangeelaraja @randomGuy Not much of a fan these days. I go through phases where I'm addicted to online chess especially during covid times. Luckily not this year. Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Arjun and vidit are +3 in their games vs Iran. Gukesh and Pragg about equal. Women all equal vs Poland for now. Vickydev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangeelaraja Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 (edited) Gukesh with Black on the verge of crushing Parham. This has been one of the most dominating performances by any open team in modern Chess Olympiad. Looking like a 3.5 (India ) - 0.5 ( Iran ) result. Edited September 19 by rangeelaraja Vickydev, Gollum and Mariyam 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 (edited) 9 minutes ago, rangeelaraja said: Gukesh with Black on the verge of crushing Parham. This has been one of the most dominating performances by any open team in modern Chess Olympiad. Looking like a 3.5 (India ) - 0.5 ( Iran ) result. Arjun and gukesh move closer to 2800. Arjun probably needs only 1 more win. Edited September 19 by randomGuy Mariyam, Gollum and Vickydev 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Don't want to jinx our team, so will wait for a few more days before rating this campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Uzbekistan and USA (better call them UN because of how they have poached their players from Italy, Philippines, Armenia, Cuba) will be our toughest tests, especially the latter. Vickydev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 23 minutes ago, rangeelaraja said: Gukesh with Black on the verge of crushing Parham. This has been one of the most dominating performances by any open team in modern Chess Olympiad. Looking like a 3.5 (India ) - 0.5 ( Iran ) result. Last team to have such an aura was probably 2002 Russia. Vickydev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 We beat Iran 3.5-0.5 Uzbekistan tomorrow, from the looks of it. Vickydev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 8/8 We need 5 team points in the next 3 rounds to beat the all time high score for teams in the Olympiads. randomGuy, Gollum and Vickydev 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Women going to lose against Poland. Harika having a shocker of a tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangeelaraja Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Both Harika and Humpy have underperformed for a very long time. We have new younger talent coming and they should make way for them especially when representing India at the Olympiad. Humpy is not playing this Olympiad but has won nothing of note for the longest time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickydev Posted September 20 Author Share Posted September 20 India v Uzbekistan in the open event today. Gukesh v Nodirbek is the clash of the next gen giants. Time for revenge for the last Olympiad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickydev Posted September 20 Author Share Posted September 20 Gukesh and Vidit have drawn their games. Arjun's game looks interesting Tough tie for the women against USA. All depends on Vantika again, Vaishali looks in trouble. The other games end in a draw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Tania should have won as she had better position. I guess she repeated thrice by mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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