The fourth spherical of the Chess Olympiad in Budapest skilled large tremors as a number of the prime groups slipped up whereas India consolidated their place on the prime of the standings. The Indian gamers additionally noticed their scores rise within the dwell scores.
After the fourth spherical there are solely eight groups left within the Chess Olympiad standings which have eight match factors: India, Spain, China, Vietnam, Azerbaijan, Poland, Hungary, and Ukraine (listed in accordance with tiebreaks).
India defeated Serbia 3.5-0.5 on Saturday with Gukesh (vs GM Alexandr Predke), Arjun Erigaisi (vs GM Aleksandar Indjic) and Vidit Gujrathi (vs GM Velimir Ivic) all profitable their matches whereas Praggnanandhaa had accepted a draw on board 2 in opposition to GM Alexey Sarana.
Gukesh floor out a medical win after almost six hours of chess. His win noticed him vault into the fifth spot within the FIDE dwell scores (that are up to date in real-time as in comparison with FIDE’s revealed scores that are up to date on the finish of each month).
Interactive: How Gukesh defeated Serbian GM Alexandr Predke
Within the dwell scores, Gukesh is now rated at 2772.7, which places him one spot behind compatriot Arjun Erigaisi, who holds on to fourth spot.
India’s Gukesh in motion in Spherical 4 of the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024 in opposition to Serbian GM Alexandr Predke. (PHOTO: FIDE/Anna Shtourman)
Arjun Erigaisi is rated 2785.0 within the dwell scores. Because of his performances on the Olympiad, Praggnanandhaa now has a dwell ranking of 2753.4, which places him within the tenth spot within the dwell rankings.
Interactive: How Arjun Erigaisi defeated Serbian GM Aleksandar Indjic
This implies there are actually three Indian chess gamers within the prime 10 of the dwell scores. Chess legend Viswanathan Anand, who’s India’s first ever grandmaster, holds the eleventh spot within the FIDE dwell scores.
USA, Uzbekistan upset at FIDE Olympiad
The open part of the FIDE Olympiad on Satruday noticed large upsets as the highest seeded American crew was handed defeat by the Ukrainians within the fourth spherical whereas Uzbekistan, the defending champions on the Olympiad, additionally misplaced to Vietnam.
In USA’s case, they’re lacking the companies of their prime ranked participant Hikaru Nakamura, who excused himself saying there was no incentive for him to play on the crew occasion since there aren’t any factors on provide for the Candidates cycle.
Workforce USA determined to relaxation the veteran participant Levon Aronian within the fourth spherical.
Whereas Fabiano Caruana claimed a straightforward win on the highest board for USA by defeating Andrei Volokitin, Leinier Dominguez and Ruslan Ponomariov drew on board three. However Wesley So was handed a crushing defeat by the veteran Vasyl Ivanchuk, a participant who’s from Viswanathan Anand’s period.
Wesley So was handed a crushing defeat by the Ukraine veteran Vasyl Ivanchuk. (PHOTO: FIDE/Michal Walusza)
Ukraine’s Anton Korobov then took down Ray Robson, who was slotted in within the absence of Aronian by USA.
When Korbov was requested later about Ukraine’s possibilities within the match he joked: “There are seven rounds to go; it’s going to be a catastrophe! The common age of our crew is like 100 years outdated.”
Uzbekistan additionally suffered catastrophe in spherical 4. They had been handed defeat by the Vietnamese crew. The Uzbek crew had not misplaced a single match within the 2022 Olympiad, noticed Le Tuan Minh (2564) defeat Javokhir Sindarov (2677), after which Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (2633) prevail over Nodirbek Yakubboev (2666).