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44th FIDE World Chess Olympiad 2022 - Round 9 |
The Chess Olympiad 2022 which takes
place from the 29th of July to the 10th of August in Chennai, India, is
the 44th Chess Olympiad, aligned by FIDE. Olympiad matches consist of
two categories, the Open section and the Women’s section. Every
team consists of four players plus one reserve player. Olympiad will be
held in the format of a total of 11 rounds, in which the pairings will
be done under the Swiss system of Olympiad pairing system. |
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The 10th round of both the Women’s and the Open
categories was held on 8th of August, 2022 at 3.00 PM. A total of 185
teams participated in the Open section. In the 10th round of the Open
section Sri Lanka went against Bolivia, and won the match with 2.5 1.5
where FM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage, IM L M S T De Silva won their respective
games Mohamed Nabil Nazar drew his game. With that being said, Sri Lanka
is now currently in the 55th rank with a climb of 11 ranks from the last
round. The top three ranks of this section are still being compromised
between Uzbekistan, Armenia and India 2. Tomorrow in the 11th round the
Sri Lankan team is set to play against Romania. |
In the Women’s section, a
participation of a total of 158 teams could be seen. In the 10th round
the Sri Lankan team was set to play against the Dominican Republic. The
Sri Lankan team scored a total of 2.5 score with both Minethma Lasandi
Wickramasingh and Desandhi Gamage wining against their respective opponents
and H.M.H.J.Abesinghe obtaining a draw with her opponent. Unfortunately,
WIM S.D.Ranasinghe lost her match against her opponent which resulted
in the Dominican Republic scoring a total of 1.5 in the round. After this
round the Sri Lankan women’s team was placed 68th with India, Poland
and Azerbaijan obtaining the first top three slots. In the 11th round
Sri Lanka will go against Norway which has obtained rank 59 after the
10th round. |
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