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The top-board match of the Women’s Chess Olympiad Round 8 between India and Ukraine finished in a draw with 2-2 result. All four games finished in a peaceful manner despite long and tense fights. Replay the match here

16-year-old Dommaraju Gukesh is having one of the best chess tournaments in his career! He scores incredible 8/8 points playing the first board for the India2 team at the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Chennai. Gukesh today defeated World No 5 Fabiano Caruana having black pieces.

David Howell is about to release his first ever Chessable course Grind Like a Grandmaster.

GM Sam Shankland yesterday played the illegal move which cost him a loss and the USA team left without an important victory. After moving the King to an attacked square, Shankland was forced to play the legal move with the same piece according to the touch-move rule, and any legal move with the King was immediately losing.

FIDE Press release: Year of the Woman in Chess Awards Granted in Chennai

We are happy to announce the winners of the Year of the Woman in Chess Awards honouring outstanding women and those supporting women in chess. The ceremony took place on the evening of August 5 in Chennai, India, as part of the 44th Chess Olympiad, and was broadcast live on our FIDE YouTube channel.

Only four rounds left to be played before the announcement of the Chess Olympiad 2022 Winners! Armenia is in the sole lead of the open section with 13 match points, and India’s women’s team scores perfect 14 match points to be in the sole lead of the Women’s section.

Only four rounds left to be played before the announcement of the Chess Olympiad 2022 Winners! Armenia is in the sole lead of the open section with 13 match points, and Uzbekistan, India2, India, USA, Germany and Kazakhstan share the second place with 12 match points.

India’s women’s team extended the sole lead of the Women’s Chess Olympiad 2022. After yesterday’s narrow 2.5-1.5 victory over Azerbaijan, India scored in the 7th consecutive match and holds first place with the maximum of 14 match points. Ukraine, Armenia and Georgia follow with 12 match points, each.

The Olympiad is arguably the world’s largest team championship, played at the same time in a single venue. It’s so big – more than 350 four-player teams – that it typically takes two or more buildings to lodge all the games. Here in Chennai, the main venue hall has a capacity for 27 matches in the open category and 20 women’s matches, with more than 350 players.

After escaping from a loss against USA, Armenia maintained the sole lead in the 2022 Chess Olympiad (open section) scoring 13 match points. Uzbekistan, India 2, India, USA, Germany and Kazakhstan are in a tie for the second place, with 12 match points each. India’s women’s team is the only one remaining with the perfect score and all 7 won matches. India has 14 match points and a 2-match-point advantage over Ukraine, Armenia and Georgia who tie for the second place.