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India, Poland, Russia and the United States qualified for the semi-finals of the FIDE Online Olympiad on Saturday. Armenia missed its second match with India after conflict over a disconnect.
The FIDE Online Olympiad games can be found here as part of our live events platform. The playoffs are played August 27-30 with expert commentary on Chess.com/TV.
India-Poland
Round 1, 09:00 UTC = 2 am Pacific / 11:00 Central Europe
Round 2, 10:00 UTC = 3 am Pacific / 12:00 Central Europe
Russia-USA USA
Round 1, 4:00 p.m. UTC = 9 a.m. Pacific / 6:00 p.m. Central Europe
Round 2, 17:00 UTC = 10 am Pacific / 19:00 Central Europe
Armenia-India: 0-2 (2.5-9.5)
| Bo. | one | India | bone scan | 3½: 2½ | two | Armenia | bone scan |
| 1.1 | GM | Anand, Viswanathan | 2751 | ½ – ½ | GM | Aronian, Levon | 2778 |
| 1.2 | GM | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2636 | 1 – 0 | GM | Sargissian, Gabriel | 2693 |
| 1.3 | GM | Koneru, Humpy | 2483 | 0-1 | GM | Danielian, Elina | 2358 |
| 1.4 | GM | Great, Dronavalli | 2450 | 1 – 0 | AM | Mkrtchian, Lilith | 2306 |
| 1.5 | GM | Nihal, sarin | 2418 | 1 – 0 | GM | Martirosyan, Haik M. | 2278 |
| 1.6 | WIM | Vantika, Agrawal | 1729 | 0-1 | WGM | Sargsyan, Anna M. | 2304 |
| Bo. | two | Armenia | bone scan | 0: 6 | one | India | bone scan |
| 1.1 | GM | Aronian, Levon | 2778 | – – + | GM | Anand, Viswanathan | 2751 |
| 1.2 | GM | Sargissian, Gabriel | 2693 | – – + | GM | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2636 |
| 1.3 | GM | Danielian, Elina | 2358 | – – + | GM | Koneru, Humpy | 2483 |
| 1.4 | AM | Mkrtchian, Lilith | 2306 | – – + | GM | Great, Dronavalli | 2450 |
| 1.5 | GM | Martirosyan, Haik M. | 2278 | – – + | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | 1781 |
| 1.6 | WGM | Sargsyan, Anna M. | 2304 | – – + | WIM | Vantika, Agrawal | 1729 |
Sadly, the first match of the day was not decided on digital chess boards. Following a conflict over a disconnect, Armenia refused to play the second match, making India the first team to reach the semi-finals.
What happened is that GM Haik Martirosyan lost his game to GM Nihal Sarin due to a disconnect in what was a tied position. (Black had to be a bit careful though; in late position he would have lost if he hadn’t overprotected his e6-pawn.) With India scoring 3.5-2.5, this loss was crucial.
The game was declared lost to Armenia, who later protested that decision based on the fact that Martirosyan had not lost his connection to Zoom’s call. Chess.com technicians immediately checked the server logs and other information, but couldn’t find any problems.
Armenia’s appeal was rejected by the appeals committee, consisting of FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, Michael Khodarkovsky and Sava Stoisavljevic. The verdict (here in PDF) states that
“(…) the evidence of the site’s guilt must be straightforward and prove guilt beyond any doubt. No other reliable evidence of problems on the game server was presented to the Appeals Committee, other than the general conclusion provided by the Armenian team. “
In other words, a continuously running Zoom connection does not provide sufficient evidence that the reason for the disconnection was caused by the Chess.com server. The Lichess The platform also pointed this out on Twitter:
Sounds like a good time to remind people that a working Zoom call or being able to charge https://t.co/q4juMbNwSM does not mean that you can connect to the rest of the internet, and it does not prove that not being able to connect to a chess website is their fault.
– Lichess.org (@lichess) August 28, 2020
Not satisfied with this decision, Armenia then refused to play the second match, did not comply and lost 6-0.
Azerbaijan-Poland * 1-1 (6.5-6.5)
| Bo. | one | Azerbaijan | bone scan | 2: 4 | two | Poland | bone scan |
| 1.1 | GM | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2761 | 0-1 | GM | Doubt, Jan-Krzysztof | 2774 |
| 1.2 | GM | Mamedov, Rauf | 2691 | 0-1 | GM | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 2662 |
| 1.3 | AM | Mammadzada, Gunay | 2280 | ½ – ½ | GM | Socko, Monika | 2321 |
| 1.4 | AM | Mammadova, Gulnar | 2400 | 0-1 | AM | Cyfka, Karina | 2330 |
| 1.5 | GM | Asadli, Vugar | 2309 | ½ – ½ | AM | Gumularz, Szymon | 2277 |
| 1.6 | WGM | Balajayeva, Khanim | 2093 | 1 – 0 | WIM | Sliwicka, Alicja | 2059 |
| Bo. | two | Poland | bone scan | 1½: 4½ | one | Azerbaijan | bone scan |
| 1.1 | GM | Doubt, Jan-Krzysztof | 2774 | ½ – ½ | GM | Radjabov, Teimour | 2758 |
| 1.2 | GM | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 2662 | 0-1 | GM | Mamedov, Rauf | 2691 |
| 1.3 | GM | Socko, Monika | 2321 | 0-1 | AM | Mammadzada, Gunay | 2280 |
| 1.4 | AM | Cyfka, Karina | 2330 | 0-1 | WGM | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | 2310 |
| 1.5 | AM | Gumularz, Szymon | 2277 | 0-1 | GM | Asadli, Vugar | 2309 |
| 1.6 | WIM | Sliwicka, Alicja | 2059 | 1 – 0 | WGM | Balajayeva, Khanim | 2093 |
More drama was seen in the Azerbaijan-Poland match, but this time on the chessboard. Both countries won a match, so a game of Armageddon was needed to break the tie. The random pitch led to the game being played on the top female board this time, where IM Gunay Mammadzada had just beaten GM Monika Socko.
In the game of armageddon, Mammadzada was in full control the entire time and very close to keeping the boards as black, but despite having 13 seconds to eight for his opponent, he missed a knight check twice and then made his King will get caught in a mating net.
Previously, the USA had convincingly beaten Ukraine twice, but Azerbaijan-Poland went down the wire with a game of Armageddon on the women’s board, and yes, they saw another dramatic finish with Poland beating:#OnlineOlympiad pic.twitter.com/VYlNT5gams
– ChesscomNews (@ChesscomNews) August 28, 2020
Hungary-Russia 0-2 (4-8)
| Bo. | one | Russia | bone scan | 5: 1 | two | Hungary | bone scan |
| 1.1 | GM | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2778 | 1 – 0 | GM | Erdos, Viktor | 2580 |
| 1.2 | GM | Dubov, Daniil | 2770 | ½ – ½ | GM | Gledura, Benjamin | 2619 |
| 1.3 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | 2502 | 1 – 0 | GM | Hoang, Thanh Trang | 2338 |
| 1.4 | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 2517 | 1 – 0 | AM | Gara, Anita | 2279 |
| 1.5 | GM | Esipenko, Andrey | 2629 | ½ – ½ | GM | Kozak, Adam | 2438 |
| 1.6 | WGM | Shuvalova, Polina | 2379 | 1 – 0 | WFM | Gaal, Zsoka | 1816 |
| Bo. | two | Hungary | bone scan | 3: 3 | one | Russia | bone scan |
| 1.1 | GM | Banusz, Tamas | 2614 | 0-1 | GM | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2778 |
| 1.2 | GM | Gledura, Benjamin | 2619 | ½ – ½ | GM | Artemiev, Vladislav | 2769 |
| 1.3 | WGM | Papp, Petra | 2297 | 1 – 0 | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | 2521 |
| 1.4 | WGM | Gara, Ticia | 2274 | 1 – 0 | GM | Gunina, Valentina | 2427 |
| 1.5 | GM | Kozak, Adam | 2438 | ½ – ½ | GM | Sarana, Alexey | 2618 |
| 1.6 | WFM | Demeter, Dorina | 1885 | 0-1 | WGM | Shuvalova, Polina | 2379 |
Russia started with a landslide 5-1 win against Hungary, but things got unexpectedly close in the second leg. Hungary can be satisfied with their result, and leaving the tournament 3-3 against this team is something to be proud of.
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won a good game in the first round. Although he was winning quite early in the game, he found some nice moves to finish it off.
Ukraine-USA USA 0-2 (3.5-8.5)
| Bo. | one | U.S | bone scan | 4½: 1½ | two | Ukraine | bone scan |
| 1.1 | GM | So Wesley | 2741 | 1 – 0 | GM | Ivanchuk, Vasyl | 2686 |
| 1.2 | GM | Shankland, Sam | 2609 | ½ – ½ | GM | Korobov, Anton | 2794 |
| 1.3 | AM | Yip, Carissa | 2421 | 1 – 0 | AM | Osmak, Iulija | 2356 |
| 1.4 | AM | Zatonskih, Anna | 2327 | ½ – ½ | GM | Zhukova, Natalia | 2312 |
| 1.5 | GM | Xiong, Jeffery | 2730 | ½ – ½ | GM | Shevchenko, Kirill | 2425 |
| 1.6 | AM | Wang, Annie | 2384 | 1 – 0 | FM | Berdnyk, Mariia | 2169 |
| Bo. | two | Ukraine | bone scan | 2: 4 | one | U.S | bone scan |
| 1.1 | GM | Korobov, Anton | 2794 | 0-1 | GM | So Wesley | 2741 |
| 1.2 | GM | Shtembuliak, Evgeny | 2444 | 0-1 | GM | Shankland, Sam | 2609 |
| 1.3 | AM | Osmak, Iulija | 2356 | ½ – ½ | AM | Zatonskih, Anna | 2327 |
| 1.4 | AM | Gaponeko, Inna | 2375 | 1 – 0 | WGM | Abrahamyan, Tatev | 2358 |
| 1.5 | GM | Shevchenko, Kirill | 2425 | ½ – ½ | GM | Xiong, Jeffery | 2730 |
| 1.6 | WIM | Shpanko, Nadiia | 2069 | 0-1 | AM | Wang, Annie | 2384 |
It was the United States that achieved the most convincing victory, with 4.5-1.5 and 4-2 against Ukraine. From the first match, let’s look at the interesting draw between GM Anton Korobov and Sam Shankland.
Quarterfinal round | All the games
The FIDE Online Olympiad is a major online chess event for national teams that takes place from July 25 to August 30 on the Chess.com server. More than 1,500 participants and 163 teams from all over the world are playing.
Each team consists of six players, including at least two women, at least one player 20 years or younger, and at least one player 20 years or younger. The time control for all matches is 15 minutes for the game and an increment of five seconds per move, starting from the first move.
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