FIDE Online Olympiad for PWD R1: India 1 and 4 make a winning start

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/11/2020

India 1 and India 4 make a winning start by registering victories over Azerbaijan and Venezuela. IM Shashikant Kutwal who is also the captain of the team, Kishan Gangolli and WIM Jennitha Anto K registered emphatic victories to secure a victory for the team India 1. Marimuthu, Krishna and Sanjay ensured India 4's win over higher rated Venezuela. Both wins for team India came in the form of 3-1. With six more rounds to go for the Swiss league stage, India 1 definitely has good chances to advance to the knockout stage. Today Sunday 22nd November India 1 will face Argentina and India 4 will go up against Ukraine 2 in Round 2 starting from 7:30 p.m. IST.

India 1 and India 4 make winning start

Shashikant, Kishan and Jennitha are the spearheads for India 1

The medal hopes for India 1 resides on IM Shashikant Kutwal, Kishan Gangolli and WIM Jennitha Anto. All three made an emphatic winning start in Round 1 of FIDE Online Olympiad for People with Disabilities. If these three continue their momentum then India 1 will definitely reach the Knockout stage after the conclusion of seven rounds of Swiss league. India 4 also made a winning start over higher rated Venezuela as Marimuthu, Krishna and Sanjay scored three important victories for their team to register a 3-1 victory over their opponents.

Azerbaijain - India 1: 1-3

IM Shashikant Kutwal (2182) scored a fine victory against Aydin Shahpalangov (1945)

Shahpalangov - Aydin

Position after 24.Kd2

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Kishan Gangolli (2128) scored a win with ease as his opponent Gennadiy Gelman (1793) blundered a pawn in the opening first and then blundered the queen in the next six moves.

In an already difficult position, Naveen Kumar defended his pawns incorrectly and then blundered a checkmate in another five moves.

Habibulla - Naveen

Position after 27.Rb6

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WIM Jennitha Anto K (2001) played bravely and her opponent Nadezhda Belyayeva succumbed to her attack.

Jennitha - Nadezhda

Position after 20...c4

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Azerbaijan lost to India 1 1-3

India 2 - Israel: 0.5-3.5

Soundarya Kumar Pradhan (1746) was the only player to score from India 2 as he drew with WFM Aleksandra Aleksandrova (1780) in a topsy-turvy battle. Soundarya had an early advantage but he couldn't maintain it, eventually salvaged a draw in the endgame from a difficult position.

India 2 lost to Israel 0.5-3.5

Ukraine 3 - India 3: 2.5-1.5

Udupa Krishna (1733) scored the sole victory for the team when he capitalized on his opponent Svitlana Solomna's (1434) tactical error.

Megha Chakraborty (1232) held Vyacheslav Anikeev (1841) to a draw.

Ukraine 3 beat India 3 by 2.5-1.5

India 4 - Venezuela: 3-1

K Marimuthu, R Krishna and S Kavlekar score victories to make sure India 4 beats Venezuela by 3-1.

India 4 scored a good win against higher rated Venezuela by 3-1

Replay all games of Indian teams of Round 1

Standings after Round 1

Rk.	SNo	Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Poland 1	POL 1	1	1	0	0	2	4,0	0,0
	2	Germany	GER	1	1	0	0	2	4,0	0,0
	12	Ukraine 2	UKR 2	1	1	0	0	2	4,0	0,0
	17	Poland 2	POL 2	1	1	0	0	2	4,0	0,0
	19	Romania 1	ROU 1	1	1	0	0	2	4,0	0,0
	21	Spain	ESP	1	1	0	0	2	4,0	0,0
	22	Colombia 1	COL 1	1	1	0	0	2	4,0	0,0
	23	Philippines 2	PHI 2	1	1	0	0	2	4,0	0,0
	26	Russia 3	RUS 3	1	1	0	0	2	4,0	0,0
	27	Turkey 1	TUR 1	1	1	0	0	2	4,0	0,0
	29	France	FRA	1	1	0	0	2	4,0	0,0
12	4	Israel	ISR	1	1	0	0	2	3,5	0,0
	20	Hungary	HUN	1	1	0	0	2	3,5	0,0
14	6	Russia 1	RUS 1	1	1	0	0	2	3,0	0,0
	7	Ukraine 1	UKR 1	1	1	0	0	2	3,0	0,0
	8	India 1	IND 1	1	1	0	0	2	3,0	0,0
	10	North Macedonia	MKD	1	1	0	0	2	3,0	0,0
	15	Poland 3	POL 3	1	1	0	0	2	3,0	0,0
	18	Chile	CHI	1	1	0	0	2	3,0	0,0
	25	Argentina	ARG	1	1	0	0	2	3,0	0,0
	28	Belarus	BLR	1	1	0	0	2	3,0	0,0
	44	India 4	IND 4	1	1	0	0	2	3,0	0,0

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