The Kenyan Open team drew their match against Puerto Rico yesterday while the Ladies team squeezed past Monaco 3-1 during the 8th round of the 2022 Chennai Olympiad.
A surprising result was Jamaica, ranked 108th crushing Nigeria 4-0, ranked 78th.
Tanzania drew 2-2 with Ghana, while Egypt went down to Spain 3.5-0.5.
Uganda lost 3-1 to Bulgaria, with FM Harold Wanyama holding IM Momchil Petkov, rated 2510, to a draw!
Nase Lungu of Zambia was back in the news after his famous draw against GM Jon Ludvig Hammer of Norway in round five. In round eight, he defeated GM Emanuel Berg of Sweden!
GM Dommaraju Gukesh continues to bulldoze his way through the event with another win against GM Fabiano Caruana, helping his India B team score a decisive 3-1 victory over the USA.
This is what Chessbase India had to say about the victory over the star studded team.
Armenia squeezed past India with a narrow 2.5-1.5 win to retain the lead at the top.
In the Ladies section, India held Ukraine to a 2-2 draw to retain the lead.
The 2022 Chess Olympiad: Opening Ceremony.
2022 Chennai Olympiad – Round 1 report.
2022 Chennai Olympiad – Round 2 report.
2022 Chennai Olympiad – Round 3 report.
2022 Chennai Olympiad – Round 4 report.
2022 Chennai Olympiad Round 5 report.
2022 Chennai Olympiad Round 6 report.
2022 Chennai Olympiad Round 7 report.
More photos of the Opening Ceremony.
2022 Chess Olympiad on chess-results.com.
2022 Chess Olympiad – African teams on the way.
Article by Kenya Chess Masala.
