Indian men’s and women’s teams win the National Chess Olympiad

Indian men’s and women’s teams won the National Chess Olympiad and won the championship 2024-09-24 14:06:12.0 Source: Xinhuanet
Author: Zheng Zhi Wang Jingyu

According to FIDE news, the final round of the 45th Chess Olympiad Team Competition ended in Budapest, Hungary on the 22nd local time China’s men’s and women’s teams are ranked fourth and seventh respectively Another men’s and women’s team doubles Championship in history.

More than 190 men’s teams and more than 180 women’s teams participate in this Olympiad. There are four legs in the competition, and men’s and women’s groups are 11-round Swiss slow chess games. The first six rounds are held from the 11th to the 16th, with a break on the 17th, and the last five rounds are held from the 18th to the 22nd.

The Indian men’s team led by 2 points in the quarter finals and had a greater advantage in the match, essentially ensuring that they won the gold medal. On the same day, the team defeated the Slovenian team 3.5:0.5 and scored another 2 points. It reached the final gap with second place 4 points.

The Chinese men’s team, who were provisionally second after 10 rounds, faced the American team that day on points in that round. In the end the US team won the silver medal. Uzbekistan beat France to win bronze. After comparing the scores, China, Serbia, and Armenia, which have 17 points with the United States and Uzbekistan, are fourth to sixth respectively.

The Indian women’s team defeated the Azerbaijan team by the same score as the men’s team that day and had the last laugh in the women’s competition. Kazakhstan and the United States, who were previously second and third, were tied in this round of direct dialogue and won the silver and bronze medals respectively.

The Chinese women’s team, which played with a young lineup this time, sent Zhu Jin’er, Song Yuxin, Guo Qi and Lu Miaoyi to face the Vietnamese team in the final The team ended with a victory of 3.5:0.5, and finally seventh.

After the game, a stage awards ceremony was held. In the women’s group, Zhu Jin’er won the gold medal on platform one, while Song Yuxin and Lu Miaoyi won bronze medals on platform two and five respectively.