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Gukesh outplays World no.3 Caruana, India on the verge of making history at 45th Chess Olympiad

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/09/2024

D Gukesh is playing phenomenal chess at 45th Chess Olympiad 2024. In his second consecutive Olympiad, he defeated the World no.3 - Fabiano Caruana. The World Championship challenger played fabulously to outplay his opponent, silencing all his critiques who feel the teenager is not elite yet. Arjun Erigaisi also continues his great form as he defeated Leinier Dominguez Perez. R Praggnanandhaa suffered the sole loss in the match against Wesley So. Vidit Gujrathi played solid and perfect chess to draw against Levon Aronian. India maintained their two point lead. A draw against Slovenia clinches Gold. However, in a worst case scenario, a loss for India and China beating USA would determine the medal based on tie-breaks. IM Divya Deshmukh powered Indian Women to a win over China. India must beat Azerbaijan in the final round and hope everything else works out to clinch a double Gold. Final Round 11 starts today at 11 a.m. local time, 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

India just a draw away in the Open, win in Women to claim double Gold

If the penultimate round battle between Uzbekistan and China ended in a draw, India would have won Gold in Open with a round to spare. However, that did not happen. There is a mathematical chance of China catching up to India. Considering the form and performance of India, it is very likely that they will be able to hold a draw against Slovenia. However, Slovenia won't go down without a fight because they have medal chances too.

GM D Gukesh has scored an unbeaten 8/9 on the top board with a 3041 performance | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Both India and Kazakhstan are at 17/20 each. India has a slightly better tie-breaks. They need to beat Azerbaijan first and hope Kazakhstan either draws or loses to USA. Then India becomes a clear champion in Women. However, if both India and Kazakhstan have the same result - win or draw, tie-breaks will come into play and Poland may join them, provided they beat Georgia.

IM Divya Deshmukh has scored a fantastic 8.5/10 on board no.3 and she is undefeated | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

45th Chess Olympiad 2024 Official logo | Photo: Official site

Open: India - USA: 2.5-1.5

GM D Gukesh (2764) and GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) scored the wins over GM Fabiano Caruana (2798) and GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2748) respectively. GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720) drew with GM Levon Aronian (2729). GM R Praggnanandhaa (2750) suffered the sole loss against GM Wesley So (2752).

Gukesh - Caruana

Position after 21.f4

Gukesh defeated Caruana in the eighth round of previous Olympiad. Out of their six Classical battles, both of them won a game each and the remaining four ended in draws. It goes without saying that Gukesh was determined and he is having the best tournament of his career. 21.f4 might seem harmless but it is posing some important questions to Black. 21...Qh5 22.f5 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Qe2 24.fxe6 Qxd2 25.exf7+ Kxf7 26.Qxc5 Kg8 27.Rf1 Kh7 tucking the king into safety 28.Qe5 pinning the knight and immobilising both rook and knight Qe3+ 29.Kh1 d3 well the pawn cannot promote but Black cannot do much either 30.Bh3 d2 31.Bg4 Qd3 32.Kg2 Qxc4 33.a4 Qc6 34.Qd4 Qg6?

Position after 34...Qg6?

Black should have brought the knight into play 34...Ng6 when he finally got a chance. 35.Rf4 Qg5 36.h4 Qg6 37.Qxd2 Rb8 38.Qd7 h5 39.Be6 Rb6 40.Bf7 White grabbed the h5-pawn and won the game in the next few moves.

D Gukesh - Fabiano Caruana, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

D Gukesh played fantastic chess to beat World no.3 - Fabiano Caruana | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza
Wesley So after beating R Praggnanandhaa | Video: ChessBase India

Arjun - Leinier

Position after 22...c5

Leinier sacrificed an exchange 22...c5 to regain some semblance of the position. 23.Nxa8 Rxa8 24.Nb5 Qc6 25.a4 g6 26.Rc3 Bxb5? Black needed to keep pieces on the board as the knight was not doing that much damage 27.axb5 Qxb5 28.Rd1 and White eventually converted his material advantage into a win.

Arjun Erigaisi - Leinier Dominguez Pereze, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Arjun Erigaisi has now scored an unbeaten 9/10 | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

Vidit Gujrathi played solid and perfect chess to draw against Levon Aronian | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

India - USA: 2.5-1.5

Replay India - USA games

Eighth Women's World Champion - GM Susan Polgar in presence of her sister - Sofia Polgar, made the ceremonial first move on D Gukesh and Fabiano Caruana's board | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

The legend - GM Lajos Portisch (HUN) receiving an award from the FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

If Uzbekistan and China drew their match against each other in the penultimate round, India would have won Gold with a round to spare.

Uzbekistan - China: 1.5-2.5 | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

Vishy Anand also tweeted about the mathematical possibility

Upsets:

Slovenia - Netherlands: 2.5-1.5

Norway - Moldova: 2-2

Brazil - Hungary B: 2.5-1.5

Croatia - Kazakhstan: 1.5-2.5

Lithuania - Slovakia: 2-2

Denmark - Chile: 1.5-2.5

Austria - Mexico: 2-2

Australia - Faroe Islands: 1.5-2.5

Turkmenistan - Singapore: 3-1

Japan - Iceland: 3-1

Women: India - China: 2.5-1.5

IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) scored the crucial and decisive win over WGM Shiqun Ni (2348). GM Harika Dronavalli (2502), GM R Vaishali (2498) and IM Vantika Agrawal (2370) drew their respective games against GM Jiner Zhu (2487), IM Guo Qi (2367) and IM Miaoyi Lu (2438).

GM Harika Dronavalli - GM Jiner Zhu: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

IM Guo Qi - GM R Vaishali: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

Divya - Shiqun

Position after 34.g4

34.g4 is the obvious break in the position. That is why Divya played 33.Rh1 in the previous move to keep h4-pawn protected. 34...hxg4 35.fxg4 g5? 36.hxg5 Rh8 37.Rh6 Rd6?? 38.Rxh8 Qxh8 39.Rxe6 and White won as Black cannot avoid material loss by any means. With this win, Divya became India no.2 among Women in live ratings.

Interview with IM Divya Deshmukh | Video: ChessBase India

IM Divya Deshmukh scored a crucial win over WGM Shiqun Ni | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

IM Divya Deshmukh is now World no.12 and India no.2 in live ratings | Source: 2700chess.com

Miaoyi and Vantika had a wild game which ended in a draw

IM Vantika Agrawal kept her calm to draw against IM Miaoyi Lu in a wild game | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

India - China: 2.5-1.5

Replay India - China games

Timur Turlov, President, Kazakhstan Chess Federation, made the ceremonial first move on GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) and IM Bibisara Assaubayeva's (KAZ) board | Photo: Maria Emelianova/chess.com

Upsets

Georgia - Kazakhstan: 2-2

Vietnam - Hungary: 1.5-2.5

France - Slovakia: 2-2

Uzbekistan - England: 3-1

Iran - Netherlands: 2-2

Lithuania - Switzerland: 2-2

Replay live stream

Replay Round 10 Live Commentary by Amruta Mokal, IM Sagar Shah and GM Harshit Raja | Video: ChessBase India

Video Gallery

Round 10 recap by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India
What are India's chances for double gold at the Chess Olympiad 2024 | Video: ChessBase India
China beats the defending champion - Uzbekistan| Video: ChessBase India
India beats USA and its aftermath | Video: ChessBase India
Round 10 starting moments | Video: ChessBase India
Clarification from the FIDE Fairplay Commission secretary on the Kramnik incident in India vs Uzbekistan | Video: ChessBase India

Schedule

Everyday round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST from 11th to 22nd September 2024. The final round on 22nd September starts 11 a.m. local time, 1:30 p.m. IST. Rest day is on 17th September.

Replay Round 10 Open games

Replay Round 10 Women games

Round 10 Open results

No.SNo FEDTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamFED SNo
12
INDIndia2917:1525½United States of AmericaUSA
1
29
HUNHungary *)22½142:21423½SerbiaSRB
16
34
UZBUzbekistan2515:1524ChinaCHN
3
415
UKRUkraine23½142:21423ArmeniaARM
17
526
SLOSlovenia26½14:1323NetherlandsNED
5
614
FRAFrance23½13:1322EnglandENG
8
710
IRIIran22132:21322½RomaniaROU
18
811
POLPoland22132:21323TurkiyeTUR
22
921
VIEVietnam23½13:1323½SpainESP
13
106
NORNorway22½122:21322MoldovaMDA
34
117
GERGermany25123:11221½ArgentinaARG
33
1212
AZEAzerbaijan22½123:11221CubaCUB
35
1323
GREGreece22½12:1222½MontenegroMNE
36
1440
SWESweden21½12:1223BulgariaBUL
24
1539
BRABrazil21½12:1222½Hungary BHUN
25
1627
CROCroatia2212:1223½KazakhstanKAZ
41
1729
LTULithuania23122:21221SlovakiaSVK
43
1830
DENDenmark2112:1219ChileCHI
47
1932
GEOGeorgia2312:1224PhilippinesPHI
51
2071
KGZKyrgyzstan23121:31124Czech RepublicCZE
19

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Standings after Round 10

Rk.SNoFED TeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
12IND
India1091019380,531,5127
23CHN
China108111733426,5135
326SLO
Slovenia108021631729117
41USA
United States of America107121532527129
54UZB
Uzbekistan107121532226,5129
615UKR
Ukraine107121529925,5121
716SRB
Serbia107121528825,5126
89HUN
Hungary1071215285,524,5128
917ARM
Armenia1071215283,525124
1013ESP
Spain1071215277,526117

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Round 11 pairings

No.SNo FEDTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamFED SNo
126
SLOSlovenia2916:1931½IndiaIND
2
213
ESPSpain2615:1524½Hungary *)HUN
9
33
CHNChina26½17:1527United States of AmericaUSA
1
44
UZBUzbekistan26½15:1526FranceFRA
14
516
SRBSerbia25½15:1525½UkraineUKR
15
617
ARMArmenia2515:1424IranIRI
10
724
BULBulgaria25½14:1428GermanyGER
7
832
GEOGeorgia25½14:1424PolandPOL
11
939
BRABrazil2414:1425½AzerbaijanAZE
12
1018
ROURomania24½14:1424MoldovaMDA
34
1141
KAZKazakhstan2614:1425TurkiyeTUR
22
1247
CHIChile21½14:1425GreeceGRE
23
135
NEDNetherlands24½13:1325LithuaniaLTU
29
1428
ITAItaly2413:1324½NorwayNOR
6
158
ENGEngland23½13:1323SlovakiaSVK
43
1666
FAIFaroe Islands21½13:1327Czech RepublicCZE
19
1750
CANCanada2213:1325VietnamVIE
21
1820
ISRIsrael2512:1324TurkmenistanTKM
73
1925
HUNHungary B2412:1225½PhilippinesPHI
51
2049
BELBelgium2312:1223½CroatiaCRO
27

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Round 10 Women pairings

No.SNo FEDTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamFED SNo
12
GEOGeorgia23½142:21625½KazakhstanKAZ
10
220
VIEVietnam26½14:1325½Hungary *)HUN
14
31
INDIndia2515:1429½ChinaCHN
4
43
POLPoland24½14:1425GermanyGER
8
57
USAUnited States of America2614:1422½UkraineUKR
5
69
ESPSpain27142:21425½ArmeniaARM
11
76
AZEAzerbaijan23½13:1322½MongoliaMGL
18
812
BULBulgaria22½12:1325½IsraelISR
25
913
FRAFrance22122:21221SlovakiaSVK
32
1034
UZBUzbekistan20½123:11223½EnglandENG
15
1136
LATLatvia21½12:1221½TurkiyeTUR
16
1237
IRIIran24½122:21220½NetherlandsNED
17
1338
ESTEstonia21½12:1221½SerbiaSRB
19
1445
LTULithuania21½122:21222½SwitzerlandSUI
21
1522
ROURomania23123:11221BrazilBRA
43
1650
FINFinland23½12:1221ItalyITA
24
1770
MASMalaysia2212½:1223½ArgentinaARG
26
1873
TKMTurkmenistan23½121:31122GreeceGRE
23
1944
COLColombia21110:41120½CanadaCAN
27
2029
CUBCuba21½11:1120AustraliaAUS
46

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Standings after Round 10

Rk.SNoFED TeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
11IND
India108111733927,5130
210KAZ
Kazakhstan108111732127,5126
37USA
United States of America107211633328,5124
43POL
Poland107211632427129
59ESP
Spain1071215322,529117
611ARM
Armenia106311531827,5126
72GEO
Georgia106311530725,5127
814HUN
Hungary107121530328116
96AZE
Azerbaijan1063115295,526124
104CHN
China107031435531124

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Round 11 pairings

No.SNo FEDTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamFED SNo
110
KAZKazakhstan27½17:1628½United States of AmericaUSA
7
214
HUNHungary *)2815:1529SpainESP
9
31
INDIndia27½17:1526AzerbaijanAZE
6
43
POLPoland2716:1525½GeorgiaGEO
2
511
ARMArmenia27½15:1426½GermanyGER
8
64
CHNChina3114:1428VietnamVIE
20
75
UKRUkraine2414:1426RomaniaROU
22
824
ITAItaly23½14:1425BulgariaBUL
12
916
TURTurkiye2414:1423½UzbekistanUZB
34
1019
SRBSerbia2414:1427ArgentinaARG
26
1130
AUTAustria2213:1324FranceFRA
13
1232
SVKSlovakia2313:1322½NetherlandsNED
17
1318
MGLMongolia2413:1324SwedenSWE
33
1435
NORNorway23½13:1324½SwitzerlandSUI
21
1539
PERPeru2513:1325GreeceGRE
23
1625
ISRIsrael2713:1326½IranIRI
37
1727
CANCanada24½13:1323½LithuaniaLTU
45
1846
AUSAustralia22½13:1222½SloveniaSLO
28
1915
ENGEngland24½12:1225FinlandFIN
50
2049
HUNHungary C22½12:1224½Hungary BHUN
31

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