As the Chess Olympiad 2024 advances, we are going to see exciting battles on the top boards today. Besides matches like USA – Ukraine, Hungary – Italy, and India – Serbia, we are going to see a regional derby. In match 77 the team of Australia will meet their neighbors from New Zealand.
The Australian chess player and Lichess streamer Christopher Skulte cheered on Twitter/X, “Flying over 24 hours across the world just to play your neighbor”
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Australia – New Zealand (live here)
| 27.1 | FM | Xie, Felix | 2320 | – | GM | Kuybokarov, Temur | 2562 | |
| 27.2 | IM | Renjith, Sravan | 2325 | – | GM | Cheng, Bobby | 2588 | |
| 27.3 | FM | Croad, Nicolas | 2195 | – | IM | Sardana, Rishi | 2477 | |
| 27.4 | FM | Gong, Daniel Hanwen | 2240 | – | GM | Smerdon, David C | 2475 |
Flying over 24 hours across the world just to play your neighbour. — Christopher Skulte (@ChrisSkulte) September 14, 2024
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