FIDE Online Olympiad kicks off on August 20
The 2021 FIDE Online Chess Olympiad kicks off tomorrow, August 20, with Division 4 and will last until September 15. 155 registered teams are ranked according to their Federation Performance Ranking (FPR) based on their results in the open and women’s section of the 2018 FIDE Olympiad in Batumi and the 2020 FIDE Online Olympiad. […]
Day 2: Wesley So joins leaders
Wesley So was the sole winner of Day 2, after managing to trick Dariusz Swiercz in a difficult rook endgame to earn the full point as Black. Meanwhile, the co-leaders Lenier Dominguez and Fabiano Caruana drew a complicated game, while Maxime Vachier-Lagrave held against Richard Rapport to maintain the lead with 1.5/2. Swiercz – So | 0-1, 45 moves Despite being well prepared […]