Chess Olympiad 2024, Round 11 Highlights: India wins gold in both open & women’s section; Gukesh, Arjun, Divya & Vantika win individual gold

OPEN SECTION

Board 1: Gukesh

Board 3: Arjun Erigaisi

WOMEN’S SECTION

Board 3: Divya Deshmukh

Board 4: Vantika Agrawal

Harika and Vantika register wins in their respective boards as India hands Azerbaijan a 3.5-0.5 loss in the final round. It’s almost certain that the women’s team is going to get the gold medal but we still have to wait a little more. 

Praggnanandhaa ends his chess Olympiad campaign with a win. He was equal for the majority part against Anton Demchenko but the Slovenian blundered to give India a win on the second board. 

And Gukesh wins his round as well! He outperforms Vladimir Fedoseev with ease to get his eighth win of the tournament. 

Divya Deshmukh wins her round too! She finishes the tournament with an incredible 9.5/11. 

Arjun’s win also makes sure that India takes the GOLD MEDAL in the open section!!! China has drawn two games and cannot catch India in the tie-breaks. 

USA’s Carissa Yip is crushing Kazakhstan’s Meruert Kamalidenova which means a draw would suffice gold for the India women’s team. 

Arjun is not one but two pawns up in the rook’s endgame and he should end the game anytime soon. 

Arjun gets a huge advantage after Subelj blunders with his rook to b7 check move. 

Alice Lee seemed to have recovered from a worse position against Nurman Alua. All three boards are equal in Kazakhstan vs USA women which is a good sign for India in the women’s section. 

Both Vaishali and Vantika are running low on time while playing with black pieces. However, the position is roundabout equal on both boards. 

Gukesh is now in a completely winning position. 

Gukesh consolidates his position against Fedoseev. He has plus 1.5 according to the engines at the moment. Can he get his eighth win of this tournament? 

Nurman Alua has a favourable position against USA’s Alice Lee, who made a blunder on the board 4. Kazakhstan can win it from here. 

Vantika Agrawal has 30 minutes less on the clock than Khanim Balajayeva in an equal position. This could be tricky for the Indian on board 4. 

Gukesh takes his bishop back to f5 and his advantage in the position seems to have fizzled out. 

Praggnanandhaa took 14 minutes to play his 14th move -- bishop to e4 and is 11 minutes down on the clock against Demchenko. 

The first game in the match between China and the USA in the 11th Round ended in a draw after a threefold repetition.

Vaishali is blitzing out her moves as the queens are already off the board by 15 moves. It’s a Catalan opening against Ulviyya Fataliyeva. 

Vantika and Khanim Balajayeva have the Moscow Variation of Sicilian Defense. 

India has a much stern task at hand in the women’s section where Azerbaijan is looking to sprawl. India must win this to stand a chance for the gold medal. 

Vidit exchanges his light-squared bishop for a knight with the white pieces against Matej Sebenik in the Sicilian Defense game. 

Arjun goes for the Scandinavian Defense against Jan Subelj who is almost 300 rated below him. 

Praggnanandhaa, meanwhile goes for Queen’s Gambit Accepted opening against Anton Demchenko. 

Gukesh develops his knights and light-squared bishop against Fedoseev in the Indian Game. 

The India men’s team beat No. 1 seed USA 2.5-1.5 in the 10th round of the Chess Olympiad 2024 on Saturday at the SYMA Sports and Conference Centre in Budapest, Hungary.

The women’s team also came back to winning ways, handing China a 2.5-1.5 loss.

In the open section, D. Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi continued their stellar run and struck for India. Gukesh beat World No. 2 Fabiano Caruana while Arjun got the better of Leinier Dominguez Perez, both with white pieces.

The 10th round will start at 11:00 local (Hungary) time, 14:30 IST. 

Board 1: Harika Dronavalli (2502) vs Gunay Mammadzada (2433)

Board 2: Ulviyya Fataliyeva (2378) vs Vaishali R. (2498)

Board 3: Divya Deshmukh (2483) vs Govhar Beydullayeva (2395)

Board 4: Khanim Balajayeva (2384) vs Vantika Agrawal (2370)

Board 1: Vladimir Fedoseev (2692) vs D Gukesh (2764)

Board 2: R. Praggnanandhaa (2750) vs Anton Demchenko (2597)

Board 3: Jan Subelj (2498) vs Arjun Erigaisi (2778)

Board 4: Vidit Gujrathi (2720) vs Matej Sebenik (2515)

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