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This is the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 live video in collaboration with Chessbase India and commentators IM Sagar Shah and BM Samay Raina – one of India’s best known stand-up comedians who is also a chess lover. 

Chess Olympiad 2022 | Women’s section LIVE / Chess Olympiad 2022 | Open section LIVE

Chess Olympiad 2022 | Women’s section LIVE / Chess Olympiad 2022 | Open section LIVE

This is the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 live video with GM Judit Polgar and GM Mihail Marin, in collaboration with FIDE. Chess Olympiad 2022 | Women’s section LIVE / Chess Olympiad 2022 | Open section LIVE

Happy birthday to Fabiano Caruana! We wish him beautiful games on the chess board!

The 16th World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen (who will not defend the World Champion title next year) arrived in Chennai enjoying the grand reception. He used Friday afternoon to play some football and rest from the trip, and also visited the town where he won the World Championship for the first time.

Chess Olympiad 2022 | Women’s section LIVE / Chess Olympiad 2022 | Open section LIVE

Chess Olympiad 2022 | Women’s section LIVE / Chess Olympiad 2022 | Open section LIVE

Team pairings round 2 / Board pairings round 2 (open section)

The 2022 Chess Olympiad kicked off today in Chennai, India. All the favorites won their matches of the first round, including the third seed Norway. GM Jon Ludvig Hammer played the second board for the Norwegian team, as the reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen wasn’t in the Round 1 teams’ composition. Norway played against Lebanon, winning the match with a convincing 3.5-0.5 result.

Five-time World Champion and Indian chess superstar Vishy Anand opened the first round of the 44th Chess Olympiad at 3 pm sharp this afternoon in the main hall of the Four Points by Sheraton Mahabalipuram Resort & Convention Center. Anand played the first move for GM Anna Muzychuk on board one of the Ukraine-South Africa match in the women’s section, while on the other boards, Sp

The first round of the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 concluded in Chennai with no major upsets. 76 teams of Open section and 70 teams of the Women’s event scored the maximum 4/4 victory in Round 1. Round 1 results (open section) / Round 1 results (women’s section)