45th Chess Olympiad R5: Arjun Erigaisi scores fifth win in-a-row, India keeps leading in both Open and Women

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/09/2024

India maintains their impressive momentum by winning their fifth consecutive match at 45th Chess Olympiad 2024. India defeated Azerbaijan convincingly 3-1. Indian women won against Kazakhstan by a minimum margin 1.5-2.5. It was GM D Gukesh and GM Arjun Erigaisi who scored the key wins over GM Aydin Suleymanli (AZE) and GM Rauf Mamedov (AZE) respectively. GM Vidit Gujrathi missed a win over GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE). Among Women, GM Harika Dronavalli suffered her second loss of the event, it was against IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ). GM R Vaishali and IM Vantika Agrawal ensured the team's victory. IM Divya Deshmukh was held to a draw by WIM Xeniya Balabayeva (KAZ). India will face Hungary and Armenia in Open and Women's event respectively. Round 6 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Amruta Mokal

India, China, Vietnam and Hungary in Open, India, Armenia and Mongolia among Women are the leaders

Vietnam continues their fantastic run as they defeated Poland in Round 4. They are now in a four-way lead with a perfect score 10/10. China registered their second win in-a-row by a minimum margin 2.5-1.5. Ukraine lost to Hungary 1.5-2.5 as Richard Rapport scored the key win over Vasyl Ivanchuk. Sixth round battle between China and Vietnam on the top board is going to be an interesting encounter.

GM Arjun Erigaisi is the sole player in the Open section to score 5/5 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Armenia defeated one of the favorites in Women, China 1.5-2.5. Mongolia continues their dream run. They defeated USA 2.5-1.5, almost dashing their Gold hopes. India vs Armenia and Georgia vs Mongolia are certainly going to be the key matches of Round 6 before the sole rest day of the event.

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

Open: India - Azerbaijan: 3-1

GM D Gukesh (2764) and GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) scored fine wins against GM Aydin Suleymanli (2632) and GM Rauf Mamedov (2637) respectively. GM R Praggnanandhaa (2750) drew his second game in-a-row. This time against GM Nijat Abasov (2626). GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720) missed a win against GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2733) and it ended in a draw. GM Pentala Harikrishna was rested.

Gukesh - Suleymanli

Position after 10...Nh5?

GM D Gukesh lost the last Classical game against GM Aydin Suleymanli at Grand Swiss 2023. It was time for him to improve the head-to-head score. 10...Nh5 was a mistake by Black. Gukesh grabbed his chance 11.Nxe5 Nxg3 12.Bxf7+ Kf8 13.Ng6+ Kg7 14.fxg3 Kxf7 15.Nxh8+ Qxh8 16.d4 White grabbed a rook and pawn for two minor pieces, destroyed Black's castling rights and weakened the king's position. He could not recover for the rest of the game. Gukesh scored the first win of the round for his team.

D Gukesh - Aydin Suleymanli, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

D Gukesh scored another emphatic victory | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

Arjun - Rauf

Position after 30.Rd4

The sign of an extremely strong player is, taking advantage of a very small advantage and converting into a substantial one. 28.Bc6 Ra7 29.g5 Nd7 30.Rd4 and we reached the above position. 30...Nb6 31.Rb3 e5 32.Rdxb4 Nxd5 33.Rb8+ Kg7 34.Bxd5 Rxd5 35.R3b7 Rxb7 36.Rxb7 Rd4 37.b4 and White went on to win the game utilizing his connected passed pawns on the queenside. Arjun Erigaisi is an amazing form.

GM Arjun Erigaisi is playing simple and elegant chess | Photo: Amruta Mokal

A lot of eyes on Arjun-Rauf's game | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Mamedyarov - Vidit

Position after 24.Qb7?

GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov made the mistake of playing 24.Qb7? His opponent, GM Vidit Gujrathi correctly spotted 24...Qf5 threatening Bd5. 25.Ra8 Bd5 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Qb8+ Kf7 28.Qf4 e5 29.Qe3 g5 30.h3 h5 31.Qa7+

Position after 31.Qa7+

What Black needed to do to stop the checks is 31...Kg8 32.Qb8+ Qf8 White runs out of checks and the knight cannot be defended. Vidit misplayed after a few moves and allowed White to play 35.g4 preventing Black from playing g4 himself. The game eventually ended in a draw.

GM Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijan Captain, watches his teammate GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov escape jaws of defeat against GM Vidit Gujrathi | Photo: Amruta Mokal

India - Azerbaijan: 3-1

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Ivanchuk - Rapport

Position after 19...Rad8

GM Vasyl Ivanchuk's king is not in grave danger even though it may seem so. 20.Bh6 e6 21.Bxf8 keeps White in the game. However, 20.Be5? e6-+ 21.Qf6 Rxd5+ 22.Ke4 Rxe5+ and GM Richard Rapport won the game in four more moves.

GM Richard Rapport (HUN) won a wild game against GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR) | Photo: Amruta Mokal

GM Wei Yi (CHN) scored the crucial win over GM David Anton Guijjaro (ESP) to power his team China to a 2.5-1.5 victory | Photo: Amruta Mokal

China won their second consecutive match by a minimum margin | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Vietnam continues their giant-killer run. They defeated Poland 2.5-1.5 | Photo: Maria Emelianova/chess.com

Mustafa - Magnus

Position after 27...b4

The world no.1, GM Magnus Carlsen was in a bit of trouble against the Turkiye no.4, GM Mustafa Yilmaz. White needed to improve his bishop's position 28.Bc2 Qxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Kg7 30.Bb3 Bc6 31.Rd6 Rc8 32.Re6 would have given White a decisive advantage.

Mustafa Yilmaz - Magnus Carlsen, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

GM Mustafa Yilmaz put the World no.1, GM Magnus Carlsen in quite a bit of pickle | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Magnus Carlsen enjoying his teammates's games | Photo: FIDE/Michal Walusza

Upsets:

Vietnam - Poland: 2.5-1.5

Montenegro - Germany: 2.5-1.5

Iceland - Bulgaria: 2.5-1.5

Hungary B - Chile: 1.5-2.5

Slovenia - Philippines: 1.5-2.5

Women: Kazakhstan - India: 1.5-2.5

GM Harika Dronavalli (2502) suffered her second loss of the event. This time against IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (2482). GM R Vaishali (2498) and IM Vantika Agrawal (2370) scored the victories over IM Meruert Kamalidenova (2352) and WIM Alua Nurman (2324) respectively. IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) was held to a draw by WIM Xeniya Balabayeva (2335). IM Tania Sachdev was rested.

Bibisara - Harika

Position after 20.Kf1

Despite playing an unsound variation in the Petroff Defence, GM Harika Dronavalli managed to get a significant advantage in the queenless middlegame. Black needed to regroup her pieces to maintain the pressure. 20...Ne3+? just did the opposite 21.Bxe3 Bxe3 22.a4 alleviated the pressure and Black's attacking chances dwindled. White eventually went on to win the game.

Interview with IM Vantika Agrawal | Video: ChessBase India

IM Vantika Agrawal and GM R Vaishali scored comfortable wins over WIM Alua Nurman and IM Meruert Kamalidenova | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Replay Kazakhstan - India games

Kazakhstan - India: 1.5-2.5

Upsets

China - Armenia: 1.5-2.5

Mongolia - USA: 2.5-1.5

Peru - England: 2.5-1.5

Replay live stream

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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 5 Open games

Replay Round 5 Women games

Round 5 Open results

No.	SNo	FED	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	FED	SNo
1	2	IND	India	15	8	3	:	1	8	13	Azerbaijan	AZE	12
2	15	UKR	Ukraine	12½	8	1½	:	2½	8	12½	Hungary *)	HUN	9
3	13	ESP	Spain	13½	8	1½	:	2½	8	13	China	CHN	3
4	21	VIE	Vietnam	13½	8	2½	:	1½	8	12½	Poland	POL	11
5	22	TUR	Turkiye	11½	7	1	:	3	7	12	Norway	NOR	6
6	10	IRI	Iran	11½	7	3½	:	½	7	11	Canada	CAN	50
7	33	ARG	Argentina	10½	6	1	:	3	6	12½	United States of America	USA	1
8	4	UZB	Uzbekistan	11½	6	3½	:	½	6	11½	Moldova	MDA	34
9	35	CUB	Cuba	10½	6	1	:	3	6	10½	Netherlands	NED	5
10	36	MNE	Montenegro	10½	6	2½	:	1½	6	11½	Germany	GER	7
11	8	ENG	England	10½	6	2½	:	1½	6	10	Australia	AUS	37
12	14	FRA	France	11	6	3	:	1	6	12	Switzerland	SUI	38
13	39	BRA	Brazil	11	6	1½	:	2½	6	9½	Serbia	SRB	16
14	17	ARM	Armenia	11½	6	2½	:	1½	6	10½	Sweden	SWE	40
15	18	ROU	Romania	11	6	2½	:	1½	6	11½	Kazakhstan	KAZ	41
16	44	COL	Colombia	11½	6	1½	:	2½	6	12	Israel	ISR	20
17	46	ISL	Iceland	11	6	2½	:	1½	6	10½	Bulgaria	BUL	24
18	25	HUN	Hungary B	10½	6	1½	:	2½	6	11	Chile	CHI	47
19	26	SLO	Slovenia	12	6	1½	:	2½	6	12½	Philippines	PHI	51
20	27	CRO	Croatia	11½	6	3	:	1	6	11	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	57

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo	FED	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	2	IND	India	5	5	0	0	10	108	18	30
2	3	CHN	China	5	5	0	0	10	86	15,5	30
3	21	VIE	Vietnam	5	5	0	0	10	83	16	28
4	9	HUN	Hungary	5	5	0	0	10	77,5	15	29
5	10	IRI	Iran	5	4	1	0	9	79,5	15	28
6	6	NOR	Norway	5	4	1	0	9	77	15	27
7	4	UZB	Uzbekistan	5	4	0	1	8	80	15	30
8	32	GEO	Georgia	5	3	2	0	8	75	15,5	28
9	12	AZE	Azerbaijan	5	4	0	1	8	73	14	30
10	1	USA	United States of America	5	4	0	1	8	72	15,5	26

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Round 6 pairings

No.	SNo	FED	Team	Pts.	MP	:	MP	Pts.	Team	FED	SNo
1	3	CHN	China	15½	10	:	10	16	Vietnam	VIE	21
2	9	HUN	Hungary *)	15	10	:	10	18	India	IND	2
3	6	NOR	Norway	15	9	:	9	15	Iran	IRI	10
4	1	USA	United States of America	15½	8	:	8	13½	Romania	ROU	18
5	20	ISR	Israel	14½	8	:	8	15	Uzbekistan	UZB	4
6	5	NED	Netherlands	13½	8	:	8	14½	Croatia	CRO	27
7	28	ITA	Italy	13½	8	:	8	13	England	ENG	8
8	11	POL	Poland	14	8	:	8	13	Austria	AUT	31
9	12	AZE	Azerbaijan	14	8	:	8	14½	Lithuania	LTU	29
10	32	GEO	Georgia	15½	8	:	8	15	Spain	ESP	13
11	46	ISL	Iceland	13½	8	:	8	14	France	FRA	14
12	15	UKR	Ukraine	14	8	:	8	13	Montenegro	MNE	36
13	47	CHI	Chile	13½	8	:	8	12	Serbia	SRB	16
14	51	PHI	Philippines	15	8	:	8	14	Armenia	ARM	17
15	30	DEN	Denmark	11½	7	:	7	15½	Czech Republic	CZE	19
16	50	CAN	Canada	11½	7	:	7	12½	Turkiye	TUR	22
17	43	SVK	Slovakia	12½	7	:	7	13½	Greece	GRE	23
18	7	GER	Germany	13	6	:	7	12½	Venezuela	VEN	67
19	24	BUL	Bulgaria	12	6	:	6	12½	Mongolia	MGL	63
20	65	BAN	Bangladesh	11½	6	:	6	12	Hungary B	HUN	25

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Round 5 Women pairings

No.	SNo	FED	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	FED	SNo
1	10	KAZ	Kazakhstan	12	8	1½	:	2½	8	13½	India	IND	1
2	14	HUN	Hungary *)	12½	6	4	:	0	6	12	Estonia	EST	38
3	4	CHN	China	15½	8	1½	:	2½	8	14	Armenia	ARM	11
4	18	MGL	Mongolia	12	8	2½	:	1½	8	14½	United States of America	USA	7
5	34	UZB	Uzbekistan	12	8	1½	:	2½	7	12	Georgia	GEO	2
6	3	POL	Poland	13	7	3	:	1	7	12	Turkiye	TUR	16
7	6	AZE	Azerbaijan	12	7	2	:	2	7	11	Ukraine	UKR	5
8	8	GER	Germany	11	6	3½	:	½	6	12	Sweden	SWE	33
9	35	NOR	Norway	10	6	1½	:	2½	6	12½	Spain	ESP	9
10	12	BUL	Bulgaria	12	6	2½	:	1½	6	10½	Latvia	LAT	36
11	13	FRA	France	11	6	3	:	1	6	13	Iran	IRI	37
12	39	PER	Peru	12½	6	2½	:	1½	6	11	England	ENG	15
13	17	NED	Netherlands	10½	6	2½	:	1½	6	11	Croatia	CRO	40
14	19	SRB	Serbia	10½	6	3½	:	½	6	11½	Czech Republic	CZE	41
15	42	MNE	Montenegro	12	6	1	:	3	6	12½	Vietnam	VIE	20
16	21	SUI	Switzerland	11½	6	3½	:	½	6	8	Brazil	BRA	43
17	24	ITA	Italy	10½	6	2½	:	1½	6	12½	Philippines	PHI	47
18	50	FIN	Finland	12½	6	1	:	3	6	12	Argentina	ARG	26
19	52	EGY	Egypt	10½	6	½	:	3½	6	11	Cuba	CUB	29
20	30	AUT	Austria	9½	6	3½	:	½	6	10½	Luxembourg	LUX	53

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo	FED	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	1	IND	India	5	5	0	0	10	93	16	30
2	11	ARM	Armenia	5	5	0	0	10	88	16,5	29
3	18	MGL	Mongolia	5	5	0	0	10	75	14,5	29
4	3	POL	Poland	5	4	1	0	9	80	16	27
5	2	GEO	Georgia	5	4	1	0	9	79	14,5	28
6	4	CHN	China	5	4	0	1	8	95	17	31
7	7	USA	United States of America	5	4	0	1	8	88,5	16	31
8	14	HUN	Hungary	5	4	0	1	8	74,5	16,5	25
9	9	ESP	Spain	5	4	0	1	8	74	15	29
10	26	ARG	Argentina	5	3	2	0	8	74	15	28

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Round 6 pairings

No.	SNo	FED	Team	Pts.	MP	:	MP	Pts.	Team	FED	SNo
1	1	IND	India	16	10	:	10	16½	Armenia	ARM	11
2	14	HUN	Hungary *)	16½	8	:	8	15	Peru	PER	39
3	2	GEO	Georgia	14½	9	:	10	14½	Mongolia	MGL	18
4	3	POL	Poland	16	9	:	8	17	China	CHN	4
5	5	UKR	Ukraine	13	8	:	8	14	Serbia	SRB	19
6	20	VIE	Vietnam	15½	8	:	8	14	Azerbaijan	AZE	6
7	7	USA	United States of America	16	8	:	8	15	Switzerland	SUI	21
8	8	GER	Germany	14½	8	:	8	13	Italy	ITA	24
9	26	ARG	Argentina	15	8	:	8	15	Spain	ESP	9
10	29	CUB	Cuba	14½	8	:	8	13½	Kazakhstan	KAZ	10
11	12	BUL	Bulgaria	14½	8	:	8	13	Austria	AUT	30
12	13	FRA	France	14	8	:	8	14½	Hungary B	HUN	31
13	17	NED	Netherlands	13	8	:	8	13½	Uzbekistan	UZB	34
14	16	TUR	Turkiye	13	7	:	7	13	Slovenia	SLO	28
15	32	SVK	Slovakia	12½	7	:	7	14	Romania	ROU	22
16	44	COL	Colombia	13	7	:	7	12½	Greece	GRE	23
17	46	AUS	Australia	13½	7	:	7	13½	Israel	ISR	25
18	48	BEL	Belgium	13	7	:	7	12	Canada	CAN	27
19	15	ENG	England	12½	6	:	6	12	Moldova	MDA	61
20	33	SWE	Sweden	12½	6	:	6	11	Portugal	POR	63

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