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The world is praising the performance of Gukesh in the Chess Olympiad 2024, where he is going strong with the team of India and has earned perfect 4,0/4 points. The chess community considers him a favorite for the World Chess Championship 2024 in Singapore.

Legendary chess player Vasyl Ivanchuk, who is currently making headlines at the Chess Olympiad, has signed a letter against the Kyrgyzstan Chess Federationresolution to restore the full membership rights of RCF.

Festival Internazionale di Scacchii Grand Hotel Adriatico took place 9-15 September in Italy. The event is a 9 round Swiss and players are divided into four different groups. The top group of Grand Hotel Adriatico Chess Festival was won by GM Daniel Alsina, who scored 6,5/9. With the same points is IM Konstantin Kavutskiy, but finished second with worse tiebreak.

Replay the games with analysis

Two years ago Arjun Erigaisi joined the 2700 ELO club. He competed for the India A team at the 44th Chess Olympiad.

China defeated Spain in round 5 of the Chess Olympiad 2024. Ding Liren held Shirov to a draw with the black pieces and Wei Yi scored the winning point. For Ding Liren this is a fourth consecutive draw at the Olympiad. So far he has lost 4,4 ELO points.

FIDE President Dvorkovich and the Chess Federation of Russia won their appeal against the FIDE Ethics Commission.

“It’s all about the squeeze!” says GM Matthew Sadler. After publishing a Budapest Gambit series in honor of the coming Chess Olympiad 2024, now GM Sadler is once again analyzing the top chess engines.

In a dramatic round 5 of the Women Chess Olympiad 2024, two of the top favorites for the gold medals of the competition China and USA – lost their matches.

China lost 2,5-1,5 against the team of Armenia, with IM Lilit Mkrtchian winning with black on board 1. USA managed to draw on three boards, but again the key game was on board 1, where WGM Turmunkh Munkhzul defeated IM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova.

A case of patriotism at the Chess Olympiad 2024 brought many smiles and anecdotes. Right into the #TweetOftheDay section!

When you can’t flag opponent, flag yourself!

After two players were forfeited for carrying a SIM card in round 3 and a “device” in round 4, now Mike Klein brings update from the head of fair play at the Chess Olympiad 2024 Bojana Bejatovic.

In round 5, besides the above mentioned two incidents, two players were forfeited for wristwatches and one for vape!