#it's chess olympiad

[die-auster]

A:tLA Olympics AU – Sokka

Not really Olympics so he'll have a reason to feel inferior, but in fact he's the one who inspired me for this AU. I will never stop admiring how smart he is.

FIDE is a part of International Olympic Committee, but they have their own Chess Olympiad.

"The Queen's Gambit" will forever be my chess inspiration.

Id in ALT.

This is the last one in my "atla olympics au" series (check the corresponding tag for other characters). There also are Olympics headcanons by other tumblr users (here and here), as well as a fanart

[witchlinda]

Former world champion and resident conspiracy nut Vladimir Kramnik at it again at the 2024 Chess Olympiad.

Photo by Maria Emelianova a.k.a PhotoChess

[afrotumble]

Kenya women's chess team competing against Palestine in Baku, Azerbaijan. 2016.

[myauditionfordrphil]

Currently obsessed with Chess (not the game but with the players with amount of reels showing up on my feed)

[mo-n-ro]

Vintage chess + checkers of the USSR. Olympic Games 80 (rare). Complete set (in excellent condition). Minsk of the BSSR. (bakelite figures, weighted).

[rightnewshindi]

चेस ओलंपियाड में स्वर्ण पदक जीतकर रचा इतिहास, अब मिलेगा 3.2 करोड़ का इनाम; नितिन नारंग ने की घोषणा

#News चेस ओलंपियाड में स्वर्ण पदक जीतकर रचा इतिहास, अब मिलेगा 3.2 करोड़ का इनाम; नितिन नारंग ने की घोषणा

Chess Olympiad 2024: अखिल भारतीय शतरंज महासंघ (एआईसीएफ) ने 45वें ओलंपियाड में स्वर्ण पदक जीतकर इतिहास रचने वाली भारतीय टीमों के लिए 3.2 करोड़ रुपये के इनाम की घोषणा की। एआईसीएफ के अध्यक्ष नितिन नारंग ने सम्मान समारोह के दौरान यह घोषणा की। भारत की पुरुष और महिला विजेता टीमों के प्रत्येक खिलाड़ी को 25 लाख रुपये मिलेंगे जबकि पुरुष और महिला टीमों के कोच अभिजीत कुंटे और श्रीनाथ नारायणन को 15-15 लाख…

[coachtortoise]

A puzzle worthy mate in 3 from GM Arjun Erigaisi’s Round 3 victory at the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest:

[galaxacious]

Shoutout to my favourite aussie player Bobby Cheng, who finished with an amazing 7/9 in this year's Chess Olympiad. We did decently this year with 45th in the open and 36th in the women's, considering there were 197 teams and Australia isn't particularly known for chess prowess. We're more swimmers and cricketers.

But this year, Bobby Cheng was a stand out player who defeated both English GM David Howell and Ukrainian GM Vasyl Ivanchuk:

In round 3, Cheng played as black against Ivanchuk, who in his heyday was a top 10-20 player and is still an astounding player. They had a drawn position until move 39 where Ivanchuk took what he believed to be a free pawn on c6:

But once Cheng's knight moves to d4, he forks white's bishop and queen. The queen can't move to defend the bishop without being taken and so the bishop is lost. Ivanchuk resigned after the bishop was taken.

In round 5, Cheng played as white against David Howell. The play was even until Howell missed an opportunity to make a check and Cheng took him in the endgame. The game ended soon after an interesting position here:

With white to move, Cheng couldn't take Howell's rook and promote to a queen as that would have left Howell without any moves, resulting in a stalemate. Cheng instead promoted to a knight, giving the black king a check, which allowed the black king to move out of the way of the last white pawn. With a second promotion soon to follow, Howell resigned.

So two excellent wins for Cheng against two very strong grandmasters. Cheng's final score was:

Which adds up to an incredible 7/9 with only one loss in the first round. Ukraine ended up coming 15th in the open and England 20th, so it was a great showing.

(Also a big shoutout to India for sweeping both the open and the womens! Looking forward to seeing Gukesh Dormmaraju play in the World Championship in a few months time.)

[geezliberia]

Georgina Sackie Makes History at Her First Olympiad, Earning the Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Title

Georgina Sackie is making waves in the world of chess, leaving an indelible mark at her very first Olympiad. Competing on the most challenging board, Sackie has consistently faced the strongest opponents from each team and performed remarkably well. With a score of 5.5/9, she has earned herself the prestigious Woman Candidate Master (WCM) title, an achievement that has the entire country beaming…

[witchlinda]

Im trying to find photos from the olympiads but fide hates us

[incognitopolls]

Note: Not counting raffles/sweepstakes/lotteries. If you got top 3 in a competition and personally consider that a form of winning, that counts as winning.

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[dozydawn]

IM Tania Sachdev plays in the Chess Olympiad, 2022. Photographed by Arun Sankar.

[myauditionfordrphil]

Both the men and women's team bringing the Gold back to the country where Chess was invented 👏

[radgritty]

Her name is Bodhana Sivanandan!

The figure was the highest rating for a player under 9 in the world. She was also the only girl in the top 10, the highest rated 8-year-old girl in the history of chess, and the third highest of any sex all time, according to Chess.com.

While Sivanandan is set to become one of the youngest participants in the 2024 Chess Olympiad, she won't be the youngest ever. In 2022, eight-year-old Randa Sedar played for Palestine. Other youngsters have also played for smaller nations.

This is Randa Sedar. I wish only the best for these two tiny champions.