#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.

[twnj]

(See previous post for context)

Russian Chess Magazine 64 with Mikhail Kudermetov on the front cover.

Headline: A new generation of chess masters

Article: What does Mikhail Kudermetov have to say about...anything at all?

Cock and mustache by Choji

Headcanon madness inspired by the amazing GM shikatema world from Grandmaster by @notquitejiraiya

Help with translation from the lovely @generousbarbaracowboy

[myauditionfordrphil]

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

[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).

[otakusfans]

AnyBody here play chess?.

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[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.)

[rightnewshindi]

भारतीय शतरंज खिलाड़ी डी गुकेश ने चेस ओलंपियाड 2024 में रचा इतिहास, अमेरिका को पछाड़कर जीता गोल्ड मेडल

भारतीय शतरंज खिलाड़ी डी गुकेश ने चेस ओलंपियाड 2024 में रचा इतिहास, अमेरिका को पछाड़कर जीता गोल्ड मेडल #News #BreakingNews #ViralNews #Update #Trending #Info #HindiNews #CurrentAffrairs #NewsUpdate #RightNewsIndia #RightNews

Chess Olympiad 2024: भारतीय शतरंज खिलाड़ी डी गुकेश ने चेस ओलंपियाड 2024 में इतिहास रच दिया है। उन्होंने फाइनल मुकाबले में शानदार खेल दिखाया और भारत के लिए गोल्ड जीता। 45वें ओलंपियाड खेल में डी गुकेश ने अब पूरी दुनिया में भारत का मान बढ़ाया है। 45वें शतरंज ओलंपियाड के 10वें राउंड में भारतीय खिलाड़ियों ने अमेरिका को 2.5-1.5 से हराकर गोल्ड मेडल पर कब्जा जमा लिया है। डी गुकेश ने फाबियानो कारुआना को…

[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

[coachtortoise]

IM/WGM Meruert Kamalidenova played an incredible game in the first round of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024. See her victory with annotations here: https://dailychessmusings.com/2024/09/20/plenty-of-hidden-gems-played-at-the-45th-fide-chess-olympiad-2024/

[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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[myauditionfordrphil]

Gukesh and Pragg out there making me feel useless

[dozydawn]

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

[universeofstars18]

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