44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022

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44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022

Post by Mick Norris » Tue Jun 07, 2022 11:42 am

11 Rounds Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)

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Women’s team – WGM/IM Jovanka Houska, WGM Katarzyna Toma, FM Akshaya Kalaiyalahan, WIM Lan Yao and WCM Zoe Varney, supported by Captain IM Lorin D’Costa and ECF Women’s Director Agnieszka Milewska
Open team – GM Michael Adams, GM Luke McShane, GM Gawain Jones, GM David Howell, GM Ravi Haria, supported by Captain IM Malcolm Pein.
ECF Arbiters
The English Chess Federation is the only federation to have more than one appointee.
Congratulations to Alex Holowczak and Shohreh Bayat, and also to Lara Barnes who has been appointed as a Match Arbiter.
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The USA announced the following line-up with an average rating of 2772 for the top 4 players.

Fabiano Caruana: 2783
Levon Aronian: 2775
Wesley So: 2775
Lenier Dominguez: 2754
Sam Shankland: 2718
The top 4 are all ranked among the world's top 12 players, while Shankland is currently 25th. Three-time gold-medalist Levon Aronian will play his first team event event for the USA after his transfer from Armenia.
Russia would be key contenders for gold medals, but FIDE suspended their national teams along with Belarus from taking part in the Chess Olympiad due to the invasion of Ukraine.

According to chess24's sources, China's participation this year appears to be in doubt, which means the Olympiad could be without two of the favourites.

France, on paper also contenders for the top spots, were dealt a huge blow as their star players Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Alireza Firouzja both decided to skip the Olympiad.
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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022

Post by David Sedgwick » Tue Jun 07, 2022 5:48 pm

Mick, Thank you for posting all these links.
Mick Norris wrote:
Tue Jun 07, 2022 11:42 am

ECF Arbiters
The English Chess Federation is the only federation to have more than one appointee.
Congratulations to Alex Holowczak and Shohreh Bayat, and also to Lara Barnes who has been appointed as a Match Arbiter.
The announcement on the ECF website was initially inexact and that had a knock-on effect on the two sentences which you quoted.

Here is the full amended test:
ECF Website wrote:
The arbiter appointments for the Chennai Olympiad have been announced at https://arbiters.fide.com/news/7464. There is a relevant article at https://www.fide.com/news/1801.

There are 22 senior roles and the arbiters appointed to these positions come from 21 Federations. The English Chess Federation is the only Federation to have more than one senior appointee.

Congratulations to Alex Holowczak and Shohreh Bayat, and also to Lara Barnes who has been appointed as a Match Arbiter.

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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022

Post by Paul Cooksey » Tue Jun 07, 2022 7:30 pm

I had to google what TAP is. I suspect Alex is in charge of pairings, which does sound important

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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022

Post by David Sedgwick » Tue Jun 07, 2022 10:04 pm

Paul Cooksey wrote:
Tue Jun 07, 2022 7:30 pm
I had to google what TAP is. I suspect Alex is in charge of pairings, which does sound important
Yes, it was easier to understand when it was called the Pairings Committee. It is indeed important, but so are all the arbiter roles at the Olympiad.

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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Tue Jun 07, 2022 10:10 pm

Why might China be missing - is it still Covid related stuff?
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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022

Post by Ken Norman » Wed Jun 08, 2022 3:43 pm

Where is Chennai? I have never come across the name.
I looked in my old school atlas and it is not shown.
I assume it must be a new city like Islamabad that was built after 1947.

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Post by IM Jack Rudd » Wed Jun 08, 2022 3:51 pm

Known as Madras until 1996.

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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Wed Jun 08, 2022 4:11 pm

I had to check with someone today what the former name of Chennai was. But in all seriousness, why would you post on an internet forum to say you had looked in an old school atlas, when you could, um, look on the internet? :D Don't get me wrong, I like looking in old books as well. Name-changing or rebranding is a funny business, but it does lead to interesting history.

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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022

Post by Chris Rice » Fri Jul 22, 2022 2:03 pm

44th Chess Olympiad 2022 Anthem Bollywood style and featuring all the top Indian players

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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022

Post by JustinHorton » Fri Jul 22, 2022 2:07 pm

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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022

Post by LawrenceCooper » Fri Jul 22, 2022 4:38 pm

JustinHorton wrote:
Fri Jul 22, 2022 2:07 pm
No Radjabov
I guess he wants to make sure he's fully recovered in case he ends up in the world championship match.

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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022

Post by Angus French » Fri Jul 22, 2022 6:36 pm

LawrenceCooper wrote:
Fri Jul 22, 2022 4:38 pm
JustinHorton wrote:
Fri Jul 22, 2022 2:07 pm
No Radjabov
I guess he wants to make sure he's fully recovered in case he ends up in the world championship match.
The referenced Chess24.com article reports Radjabov as saying he was shattered by the experience of playing in the Candidates and caught Covid after returning.

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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022

Post by LawrenceCooper » Fri Jul 22, 2022 9:02 pm

Angus French wrote:
Fri Jul 22, 2022 6:36 pm
LawrenceCooper wrote:
Fri Jul 22, 2022 4:38 pm
JustinHorton wrote:
Fri Jul 22, 2022 2:07 pm
No Radjabov
I guess he wants to make sure he's fully recovered in case he ends up in the world championship match.
The referenced Chess24.com article reports Radjabov as saying he was shattered by the experience of playing in the Candidates and caught Covid after returning.
I wasn't expecting anyone to take my comment seriously!

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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022

Post by Nick Grey » Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:03 pm

Akshaya Kalaiyalahan and Zoe Varney playing Kingston invitational and Mike Healey will also be part of Wales womens party. Great Chess by 10 local players. I will watch tomorrow. Chennai can wait for a week. :D

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Re: 44th Olympiad, Chennai 28 July to 10 August 2022

Post by NickFaulks » Sat Jul 23, 2022 9:12 am

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