44th FIDE World Chess Olympiad 2022 - Round 11
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.
Today, 10th of August, 2022 marks
the last ever round of the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 giving a conclusion
to the past two weeks filled with dedication of teams all around the globe
who gathered to Chennai, India to go head-to-head against each other to
win the title “the strongest chess nation of the world” and
many more.
The 11th round of both the Women’s
and the Open categories was held on 10th of August, 2022 at approximately
3.00PM. A total of 188 teams participated in the Open section. In the
11th round of the Open section Sri Lanka went against Romania, in which
unfortunately the Sri Lankan team had to face defeat due to Romania obtaining
a score of 3 points while only leaving one point to the Sri Lankan team
which was gained by the combination of the two draws made by Ranindu Liyanage
and L.M.S.T De Silva. With that the Sri Lankan team acquired the rank
number 68. After the 11th round today, which was also the last ever round
of the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022, the teams that obtained the top three
leading spots making them the winners of the open section were Uzbekistan,
Armenia and India 2 respectively.
In the Women’s section, a
participation of a total of 162 teams could be seen. In the 11th round
the Sri Lankan team was paired with Norway. Unfortunately, the Sri Lankan
team could only score a total of 1.5 points against their opponents, with
H.M.H.J.Abesinghe winning against her opponent and Desandhi Gamage obtaining
a draw and the other team members all witnessing a defeat against their
respective opponents. The Sri Lankan team was announced to be placed rank
number 83.The medal winners of this section were Ukraine Georgia and India
with the United States placing 4th.
With the end of all the matches
of the 44th Chess Olympiad today in Chennai, Sri Lanka impressed us with
their quite amazing scores and dedication with the Sri Lankan team from
the Open section obtaining the rank 68, even after being placed rank 112
in the beginning and obtaining a Category Prize in Group C as the 4th
place and the Sri Lankan team from the Women’s section acquiring
rank 83, also while obtaining a Category Prize in Group D as the 3rd place.
And what makes this event more memorable for Sri Lankan is FM Ranindu
Liyanage gaining his first-ever IM norm.
The 44th chess Olympiad that was
held in India for the first time ever saw a record number of teams taking
part in the open and women’s sections. Tamil Nadu Chief M.K.Stalin
presided over the closing ceremony saying “efforts were on to make
Tamil Nadu a global destination for sports” and extended greetings
to the next host for the FIDE Chess Olympiad Budapest in Hungary.
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