Month: September 2018

Round five of the 43rd Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia, was the final round before the one and only rest day in the tournament. Had one tried to predict the leading teams at this stage, the usual suspects of Russia, Ukraine, United States of America, Armenia, China, would certainly be featuring. […check it out!]

The story of the fourth round of the 43rd Chess Olympiad, in Batumi Georgia, was definitely second seeds, Russia losing to Poland. Don’t get me wrong, Poland are not a weak team by any means. However, they are not seeded #11 for nothing. There was definitely some advantage in strength […check it out!]

At the moment, it is France setting the pace at the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia. Led by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, they beat Algeria 3.5-0.5 to take a clean sweep of matches thus far. They are yet to lose a game and I am curious to see how long they […check it out!]

Round two of the 43rd Chess Olympiad, being held in Batumi, Georgia, was held on Tuesday 25th September. It began somewhat unpredictably, when Indian chess journalist, Niklesh Jain decided to propose to his Colombian girlfriend, Angela Franco. A surprised Angela accepted and the couple are now engaged — congratulations to […check it out!]

As expected, the opening round of the 43rd Chess Olympiad, being held in Batumi, Georgia, saw some quite barbarically mismatched pairings. For example, the United States of America vs Panama, saw 2776 (Wesley So) with white against 2391 (Robert Carlos Sanchez Alvarez) on board one. Things did not even up […check it out!]