1st FIDE Olympiad for PwD 2023 R1-2: India makes a good start

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/02/2023

The first edition of FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities started on 30th January 2023. India is represented by five players - Soundarya Kumar Pradhan, IM Shashikant Kutwal, Kishan Gangolli, Darpan Inani and Naveen Kumar A. Apart from Soundarya, the remaining four have scored at least one win each. India as a team won both matches. They whitewashed Panama in the first and defeated Cuba 3-1 in the second round. Currently, six teams are at a perfect 4/4. Tenth seeded India will face the strong second seeded Israel in Round 3 which starts today at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE / Mark Livshitz

Two wins in-a-row

The six-round Swiss-league team event is played in a Classical time control at the 1st FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities. Team India is led by IM Shashikant Kutwal who is a former IPCA World Champion.

Team India with IA Mrityunjay Singh, the manager of the team, Bharat Singh Chauhan, Chairman, FIDE Advisory Board and FM FT FA Prasenjit Dutta, the coach of the team | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

1st Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities 2023 Official logo | Photo: Official site

Round 1: Panama - India: 0-4

IM Shashikant Kutwal (2182), Kishan Gangolli (2059), Darpan Inani (2016) and Naveen Kumar A (2014), all four scored comfortable victories in the first round against Panama.

Panama - India: 0-4

Elias Jimenez Moron (PAN) - IM Shashikant Kutwal: 0-1 | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Naveen Kumar A and Darpan Inani in action | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

The volunteer in the yellow t-shirt is making Darpan's moves on the DGT board after he plays them on his braille board.

Round 2: India - Cuba: 3-1

IM Shashikant Kutwal, Kishan Gangolli and Darpan Inani won their respective games. Both Shashikant and Darpan had to fight hard to score their wins. Soundarya Kumar Pradhan (1881) who replaced Naveen Kumar A, lost his game against a much stronger IM Pedro Morales Romero (2339).

Kishan - Alberto

Final position after 39.Rh6#

Kishan Gangolli made a picturesque checkmate against Alberto D Interian Rodriguez (2082).

India - Cuba: 3-1

Soundarya Kumar Pradhan had a very tough opponent in his first game at the event | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Photo Gallery

Inauguration Ceremony | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Various braille chess boards | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

GM FST Thomas Luther, Chair of the Players with Disabilities Commission (DIS) making the inaugural first move | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Players from 33 countries across the world are taking part in 26 teams | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Replay Round 1-2 games

Schedule

Everyday round starts at 7:30 p.m. IST from 30th January to 3rd February 2023. The final round on 4th February starts 3:30 p.m. IST. The time control is 40 moves in 90 minutes, plus 30 minutes, plus 30 seconds per move from move 1

Round 2 results

No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	7	IPCA	IPCA	3	2	1½	:	2½	2	3	Poland	POL	1
2	2	ISR	Israel	3	2	3½	:	½	2	3	Serbia 1	SRB	8
3	9	FID	FIDE	4	2	3	:	1	2	3	Hungary	HUN	3
4	10	IND	India	4	2	3	:	1	2	3	Cuba	CUB	5
5	6	PHI	Philippines	3½	2	2½	:	1½	2	2½	Czech Republic	CZE	11
6	12	ROU	Romania	4	2	1	:	3	1	2	ICCD	ICCD	13
7	26	ZIM	Zimbabwe	2	1	½	:	3½	2	2½	Serbia 2	SRB	18
8	4	CRO	Croatia	1½	0	1	:	3	0	½	Uzbekistan	UZB	20
9	14	GER	Germany	1	0	2	:	2	0	1	Kazakhstan	KAZ	21
10	22	ZAM	Zambia	0	0	½	:	3½	0	1	Venezuela	VEN	15
11	23	PAN	Panama	0	0	1	:	3	0	1	Bangladesh	BAN	16
12	17	TUR	Turkey	1	0	2	:	2	0	1½	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	24
13	19	MNE	Montenegro	1	0	3	:	1	0	0	Kenya	KEN	25

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Standings after Round 2

Rk.	SNo	FED	Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	10	IND	India	IND	2	2	0	0	4	7	6
2	9	FID	FIDE	FID	2	2	0	0	4	7	6
3	2	ISR	Israel	ISR	2	2	0	0	4	6,5	7
4	6	PHI	Philippines	PHI	2	2	0	0	4	6	7
5	18	SRB	Serbia 2	SRB	2	2	0	0	4	6	3,5
6	1	POL	Poland	POL	2	2	0	0	4	5,5	5
7	13	ICCD	ICCD	ICCD	2	1	1	0	3	5	6
8	12	ROU	Romania	ROU	2	1	0	1	2	5	3
9	7	IPCA	IPCA	IPCA	2	1	0	1	2	4,5	6
10	15	VEN	Venezuela	VEN	2	1	0	1	2	4,5	4

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Round 3 pairings

No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	1	POL	Poland	5½	4		:		4	7	FIDE	FID	9
2	10	IND	India	7	4		:		4	6½	Israel	ISR	2
3	18	SRB	Serbia 2	6	4		:		4	6	Philippines	PHI	6
4	13	ICCD	ICCD	5	3		:		2	4	Hungary	HUN	3
5	5	CUB	Cuba	4	2		:		2	5	Romania	ROU	12
6	15	VEN	Venezuela	4½	2		:		2	4½	IPCA	IPCA	7
7	8	SRB	Serbia 1	3½	2		:		2	4	Montenegro	MNE	19
8	11	CZE	Czech Republic	4	2		:		2	4	Bangladesh	BAN	16
9	20	UZB	Uzbekistan	3½	2		:		1	3	Germany	GER	14
10	21	KAZ	Kazakhstan	3	1		:		1	3	Turkey	TUR	17
11	24	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	3½	1		:		1	2½	Zimbabwe	ZIM	26
12	4	CRO	Croatia	2½	0		:		0	1	Panama	PAN	23
13	25	KEN	Kenya	1	0		:		0	½	Zambia	ZAM	22

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Links

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Tournament Regulations

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