45th Chess Olympiad R3: Arjun Erigaisi annihilates Peter Prohaszka

by Shahid Ahmed - 14/09/2024

Indian teams scored hat-trick of wins at 45th Chess Olympiad 2024. The men's team defeated Hungary B in the Open section by 3.5-0.5. All three victors - GM D Gukesh, GM R Praggnanandhaa and GM Arjun Erigaisi scored contrasting victories. Gukesh outplayed his opponent positionally, Praggnanandhaa played a solid game and Arjun smashed his opponent with a brilliant attack. GM Vidit Gujrathi had to concede a draw when his opponent GM Gabor Papp forced a repetition. Switzerland went down to Indian women's team 1-3. Only GM Harika Dronavalli suffered a loss against the former Women's world champion, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk. The remaining three - GM R Vaishali, IM Divya Deshmukh and IM Vantika Agrawal scored convincing wins. Indian men will face Serbia and Women France in Round 4 which starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Indian teams score a hat-trick in both Open and Women

Unlike the previous round, the top seed, USA relatively scored a win comfortably over Bulgaria. Only, GM Fabiano Caruana had to fight a little longer until his opponent, GM Ivan Cheparinov crumbled in the endgame. The third round expectedly witnessed a lot of upsets. In the Open section, Italy defeated Netherlands 3-1, all four games were decisive. Lithuania beat Germany 2.5-1.5 when the Germany no.1, GM Vincent Keymer was humbled by the Lithuania no.4, GM Titas Stremavicius. France, Romania and Czech Republic lost by a minimum margin 1.5-2.5 against Montenegro, Sweden and Canada respectively.

Indian team wins their third match in-a-row without conceding single game | Photo: Amruta Mokal

The Women's event witnessed relatively fewer upsets. Hungary lost to Uzbekistan 1.5-2.5. Georgia, Poland, Azerbaijan and Germany were held to 2-2 draws by Romania, Greece, Argentina and Slovenia respectively.

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

Open: India - Hungary B: 3.5-0.5

GM D Gukesh (2764), GM R Praggnanandhaa (2750) and GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) scored contrasting victories over GM Adam Kozak (2609), GM Tamas Banusz (2605) and GM Peter Prohaszka (2542). Only GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720) was held to a draw by GM Gabor Papp (2550). GM Pentala Harikrishna was rested.

Gukesh - Kozak

Position after 23.Ba3

Hungary no.5, GM Adam Kozak had a first-hand experience of positional masterclass by his opponent GM D Gukesh. 23.Ba3 is the beginning of it. What ensued afterwards is a model game of how to gain and convert a positional advantage using the correct technique.

GM D Gukesh - GM Adam Kozak, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

D Gukesh outplayed his opponent Adam Kozak beautifully | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

Banusz - Praggnanandhaa

Position after 29.Nf3

GM R Praggnanandhaa could have gone for 29...g5 break in the above position. Instead, he went 29...Kg7 30.Be2 Qe7 a more cautious approach as he is playing a team event. He won an exchange in the next few moves and eventually went on to win the game.

GM R Praggnanandhaa scored a solid win over GM Tamas Banusz (HUN B) | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

GM R Praggnanandhaa and GM D Gukesh battling side-by-side for Team India | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Arjun - Prohaszka

Position after 24...Rf8?

GM Peter Prohaszka made the mistake of not advancing his pawn on the queenside a4. Instead, he played the passive 24...Rf8? 25.Rdg1 Kh8 26.e4 Rf7 27.Qd2 Qf8 28.d5! preventing any possible retreat/defence by the a2-bishop. 28...exd5 29.e5 Bxh4 30.e6 it wouldn't have been wrong if Black resigned here Rf6 31.e7! Qxe7 32.Qxh6+! gxh6 33.Rxh6+ Qh7 34.Rxh7#. What a fantastic game by Arjun.

Arjun Erigaisi - Peter Prohaszka, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

The World no.4, GM Arjun Erigaisi annihilated GM Peter Prohaszka | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Gabor Papp forced a draw against GM Vidit Gujrathi.

GM Vidit Gujrathi was forced a draw by repetition by his opponent GM Gabor Papp | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

India - Hungary B: 3.5-0.5

The greatest female chess player of all time - GM Judit Polgar made the ceremonial first move of Round 3 on GM Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) and GM Fabiano Caruana's (USA) board | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

All eyes were on Magnus Carlsen's first game at the 45th Olympiad after he arrived ten minutes late to his game | Photo: Amruta Mokal

As expected, the World no.1 won his game comfortably | Photo: Amruta Mokal

GM Roberto Garcia Pantejo (COL) - GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR), Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Why was Magnus Carlsen late for his game? | Video: ChessBase India

Magnus Carlsen watching his teammate Aryan Tari's game after finishing his own | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Magnus Carlsen spectates Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) vs Fabiano Caruana (USA) | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Team events are a great opportunity to learn from your peers - GM Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR) and GM Ediz Gurel (TUR) | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Upsets:

Italy - Netherlands: 3-1

Lithuania - Germany: 2.5-1.5

England - Denmark: 2-2

Iran - Georgia: 2-2

France - Montenegro: 1.5-2.5

Romania - Sweden: 1.5-2.5

Turkiye - Slovakia: 2-2

Czech Republic - Canada: 1.5-2.5

Mongolia - Israel: 2-2

Singapore - Tajikistan: 2-2

Belgium - South Korea: 2-2

Women: Switzerland - India: 1-3

GM Harika Dronavalli (2502) suffered the sole loss against GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2483). GM R Vaishali (2498), IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) and IM Vantika Agrawal (2370) scored convincing wins over WGM Ghazal Hakimifard (2192), WIM Sofiia Hryzlova (2188) and WFM Mariia Manko (2159) respectively.

Replay Switzerland - India games

Divya Deshmukh checkmates her opponent with a pawn | Video: ChessBase India

GM R Vaishali, IM Divya Deshmukh and IM Vantika Agrawal powered the team to a 1-3 victory over Switzerland | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Switzerland - India: 1-3

Our CEO and Cofounder, IM Sagar Shah showing something on a phone to our ChessBase Germany team | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Round 3 in progress | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

Upsets

Hungary - Uzbekistan: 1.5-2.5

Georgia - Romania: 2-2

Greece - Poland: 2-2

Azerbaijan - Argentina: 2-2

Germany - Slovenia: 2-2

Replay live stream

Replay Round 3 Live Commentary by Amruta Mokal, IM Sagar Shah and GM Harshit Raja | Video: ChessBase India

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Interview with GM Srinath Narayanan | Video: ChessBase India

Fun chess with big pieces | Video: ChessBase India

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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. IST. Rest day is on 17th September.

Replay Round 3 Open games

Replay Round 3 Women games

Round 3 Open results

No.	SNo	FED	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	FED	SNo
1	24	BUL	Bulgaria	7	4	½	:	3½	4	7½	United States of America	USA	1
2	31	AUT	Austria	6½	4	1½	:	2½	4	7½	Hungary *)	HUN	9
3	2	IND	India	8	4	3½	:	½	4	7	Hungary B	HUN	25
4	26	SLO	Slovenia	8	4	1	:	3	4	7½	China	CHN	3
5	4	UZB	Uzbekistan	7	4	3½	:	½	4	7	Croatia	CRO	27
6	28	ITA	Italy	6½	4	3	:	1	4	6½	Netherlands	NED	5
7	29	LTU	Lithuania	7½	4	2½	:	1½	4	6½	Germany	GER	7
8	8	ENG	England	6½	4	2	:	2	4	5½	Denmark	DEN	30
9	10	IRI	Iran	6½	4	2	:	2	4	8	Georgia	GEO	32
10	33	ARG	Argentina	6	4	1	:	3	4	7	Poland	POL	11
11	12	AZE	Azerbaijan	7	4	3	:	1	4	7	Moldova	MDA	34
12	35	CUB	Cuba	6½	4	1½	:	2½	4	7½	Spain	ESP	13
13	14	FRA	France	6	4	1½	:	2½	4	7	Montenegro	MNE	36
14	37	AUS	Australia	6	4	1½	:	2½	4	7½	Ukraine	UKR	15
15	16	SRB	Serbia	6½	4	2½	:	1½	4	6½	Switzerland	SUI	38
16	39	BRA	Brazil	7½	4	1	:	3	4	7	Armenia	ARM	17
17	18	ROU	Romania	6½	4	1½	:	2½	4	7½	Sweden	SWE	40
18	41	KAZ	Kazakhstan	7½	4	1	:	3	4	7½	Vietnam	VIE	21
19	22	TUR	Turkiye	7	4	2	:	2	4	6½	Slovakia	SVK	43
20	44	COL	Colombia	7	4	½	:	3½	3	5½	Norway	NOR	6

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Standings after Round 3

Rk.	SNo	FED	Team	Games	+	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	2	IND	India	3	3	6	32	11,5	8
2	1	USA	United States of America	3	3	6	28	11	8
3	4	UZB	Uzbekistan	3	3	6	28	10,5	8
4	3	CHN	China	3	3	6	26	10,5	8
	21	VIE	Vietnam	3	3	6	26	10,5	8
6	12	AZE	Azerbaijan	3	3	6	26	10	8
7	11	POL	Poland	3	3	6	24	10	8
	13	ESP	Spain	3	3	6	24	10	8
	15	UKR	Ukraine	3	3	6	24	10	8
	17	ARM	Armenia	3	3	6	24	10	8

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Round 4 pairings

No.	SNo	FED	Team	Pts.	MP	:	MP	Pts.	Team	FED	SNo
1	1	USA	United States of America	11	6	:	6	10	Ukraine	UKR	15
2	9	HUN	Hungary *)	10	6	:	6	9½	Italy	ITA	28
3	16	SRB	Serbia	9	6	:	6	11½	India	IND	2
4	3	CHN	China	10½	6	:	6	10	Armenia	ARM	17
5	21	VIE	Vietnam	10½	6	:	6	10½	Uzbekistan	UZB	4
6	11	POL	Poland	10	6	:	6	10	Lithuania	LTU	29
7	36	MNE	Montenegro	9½	6	:	6	10	Azerbaijan	AZE	12
8	40	SWE	Sweden	10	6	:	6	10	Spain	ESP	13
9	6	NOR	Norway	9	5	:	5	8½	Slovakia	SVK	43
10	32	GEO	Georgia	10	5	:	5	8½	England	ENG	8
11	30	DEN	Denmark	7½	5	:	5	8½	Iran	IRI	10
12	42	LAT	Latvia	8½	5	:	5	9	Turkiye	TUR	22
13	50	CAN	Canada	8½	5	:	5	8½	Greece	GRE	23
14	5	NED	Netherlands	7½	4	:	4	9½	North Macedonia	MKD	62
15	7	GER	Germany	8	4	:	4	8	Mongolia	MGL	63
16	65	BAN	Bangladesh	8	4	:	4	7½	France	FRA	14
17	66	FAI	Faroe Islands	6½	4	:	4	8	Romania	ROU	18
18	20	ISR	Israel	8	4	:	4	8½	Albania	ALB	68
19	69	SCO	Scotland	8½	4	:	4	7½	Bulgaria	BUL	24
20	25	HUN	Hungary B	7½	4	:	4	7½	Japan	JPN	70

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Round 3 Women pairings

No.	SNo	FED	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	FED	SNo
1	21	SUI	Switzerland	7	4	1	:	3	4	7	India	IND	1
2	14	HUN	Hungary *)	7½	4	1½	:	2½	4	7	Uzbekistan	UZB	34
3	2	GEO	Georgia	7	4	2	:	2	4	7	Romania	ROU	22
4	23	GRE	Greece	6½	4	2	:	2	4	8	Poland	POL	3
5	4	CHN	China	8	4	3½	:	½	4	6½	Italy	ITA	24
6	25	ISR	Israel	7½	4	1	:	3	4	6	Ukraine	UKR	5
7	6	AZE	Azerbaijan	7	4	2	:	2	4	8	Argentina	ARG	26
8	27	CAN	Canada	6½	4	½	:	3½	4	7½	United States of America	USA	7
9	8	GER	Germany	7	4	2	:	2	4	6½	Slovenia	SLO	28
10	29	CUB	Cuba	7½	4	1	:	3	4	8	Spain	ESP	9
11	10	KAZ	Kazakhstan	6½	4	3	:	1	4	5½	Austria	AUT	30
12	31	HUN	Hungary B	7½	4	1	:	3	4	8	Armenia	ARM	11
13	12	BUL	Bulgaria	7½	4	3	:	1	4	6½	Slovakia	SVK	32
14	33	SWE	Sweden	7	4	1	:	3	4	7½	France	FRA	13
15	35	NOR	Norway	7½	4	0	:	4	4	7	England	ENG	15
16	16	TUR	Turkiye	7½	4	2½	:	1½	4	8	Iran	IRI	37
17	38	EST	Estonia	7½	4	1½	:	2½	4	7½	Netherlands	NED	17
18	18	MGL	Mongolia	7	4	2½	:	1½	4	7½	Peru	PER	39
19	40	CRO	Croatia	7	4	1	:	3	4	6	Serbia	SRB	19
20	20	VIE	Vietnam	7½	4	4	:	0	4	7	Singapore	SGP	77

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Standings after Round 3

Rk.	SNo	FED	Team	Games	+	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	7	USA	United States of America	3	3	6	28	11	8
	9	ESP	Spain	3	3	6	28	11	8
	15	ENG	England	3	3	6	28	11	8
4	4	CHN	China	3	3	6	26	11,5	7
5	12	BUL	Bulgaria	3	3	6	26	10,5	8
	13	FRA	France	3	3	6	26	10,5	8
7	1	IND	India	3	3	6	26	10	8
8	34	UZB	Uzbekistan	3	3	6	26	9,5	8
9	5	UKR	Ukraine	3	3	6	26	9	8
	19	SRB	Serbia	3	3	6	26	9	8

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Round 4 pairings

No.	SNo	FED	Team	Pts.	MP	:	MP	Pts.	Team	FED	SNo
1	1	IND	India	10	6	:	6	10½	France	FRA	13
2	55	DEN	Denmark	8	4	:	4	9	Hungary *)	HUN	14
3	15	ENG	England	11	6	:	6	11½	China	CHN	4
4	5	UKR	Ukraine	9	6	:	6	10	Turkiye	TUR	16
5	7	USA	United States of America	11	6	:	6	10	Netherlands	NED	17
6	9	ESP	Spain	11	6	:	6	9½	Mongolia	MGL	18
7	19	SRB	Serbia	9	6	:	6	9½	Kazakhstan	KAZ	10
8	11	ARM	Armenia	11	6	:	6	11½	Vietnam	VIE	20
9	34	UZB	Uzbekistan	9½	6	:	6	10½	Bulgaria	BUL	12
10	2	GEO	Georgia	9	5	:	5	8½	Greece	GRE	23

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