1st FIDE Olympiad for PwD 2023 R4: India holds Hungary to a draw
India held Hungary to a draw in the fourth round of FIDE Olympiad for People with Disabilities 2023. Kishan Gangolli scored the key victory to make sure the team maintains their unbeaten streak. IM Shashikant Kutwal and Darpan Inani drew their respective games. Naveen Kumar A suffered the sole loss. Philippines lost to Poland 1.5-2.5. Thus, Poland has gained sole lead 8/8, followed by India at 7/8. India will face the tournament leader Poland in the penultimate round which will be like a virtual final. The result of this match will have huge implications on which team will fight for Gold. Round 5 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE / Mark Livshitz
Poland gains sole lead
Philippines lost to Poland by a minimum margin 1.5-2.5. The only two unbeaten teams so far are - Poland and India. They will inevitably face each other in Round 5.
Hungary - India: 2-2
Kishan Gangolli (2059) scored the crucial and only victory of the round for India against Balazs Mate (2015). IM Shashikant Kutwal (2182) and Darpan Inani (2016) drew with FM Zoltan Istvan Zambo (2301) and Attila Paal-Szucs (2141) respectively.
Kishan - Balazs
Generally in team events, we do not see a lot of bold decisions made quite often on the board. The reason is simple, if a piece sacrifice goes wrong on the board, it might affect the entire team. However, Kishan was confident of 24.Nxf7!? as accepting the sacrifice does no good for Black because White takes the e6-pawn and then plays d5, gets a strong and beautiful pawn chain on the a2-g8 diagonal. Black took the bait 24...Qxf7 25.fxe6 Qh5? 26.Qxh5 Nxh5 27.Bg6 and Black lost further material.
White is winning here in various ways. Can you find the beautiful finish?
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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 4 results
No. | SNo | Team | Team | Pts. | MP | Res. | : | Res. | MP | Pts. | Team | Team | SNo | ||
1 | 6 | PHI | Philippines | 9½ | 6 | 1½ | : | 2½ | 6 | 9 | Poland | POL | 1 | ||
2 | 3 | HUN | Hungary | 7 | 4 | 2 | : | 2 | 6 | 10 | India | IND | 10 | ||
3 | 2 | ISR | Israel | 7½ | 4 | 3½ | : | ½ | 4 | 7½ | FIDE | FID | 9 | ||
4 | 16 | BAN | Bangladesh | 7½ | 4 | 1½ | : | 2½ | 4 | 7 | Cuba | CUB | 5 | ||
5 | 7 | IPCA | IPCA | 8 | 4 | 3 | : | 1 | 4 | 6½ | Serbia 2 | SRB | 18 | ||
6 | 8 | SRB | Serbia 1 | 6½ | 4 | 1½ | : | 2½ | 4 | 6 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 20 | ||
7 | 17 | TUR | Turkey | 6½ | 3 | 4 | : | 0 | 3 | 6 | ICCD | ICCD | 13 | ||
8 | 24 | KGZ | Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 3 | ½ | : | 3½ | 2 | 6½ | Croatia | CRO | 4 | ||
9 | 15 | VEN | Venezuela | 5 | 2 | 1½ | : | 2½ | 2 | 4½ | Czech Republic | CZE | 11 | ||
10 | 12 | ROU | Romania | 6 | 2 | 2½ | : | 1½ | 2 | 5 | Montenegro | MNE | 19 | ||
11 | 22 | ZAM | Zambia | 4 | 2 | ½ | : | 3½ | 1 | 4½ | Germany | GER | 14 | ||
12 | 26 | ZIM | Zimbabwe | 4 | 1 | ½ | : | 3½ | 1 | 3½ | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 21 | ||
13 | 23 | PAN | Panama | 1 | 0 | 3½ | : | ½ | 0 | 1½ | Kenya | KEN | 25 |
Standings after Round 4
Rk. | SNo | FED | Team | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
1 | 1 | POL | Poland | POL | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11,5 | 44 | 38 | 107 | |
2 | 10 | IND | India | IND | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 34 | 97,5 | |
3 | 6 | PHI | Philippines | PHI | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 34,5 | 90,8 | |
4 | 2 | ISR | Israel | ISR | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 34,5 | 87,5 | |
5 | 7 | IPCA | IPCA | IPCA | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 32,5 | 83,5 | |
6 | 5 | CUB | Cuba | CUB | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9,5 | 29 | 36 | 79,5 | |
7 | 20 | UZB | Uzbekistan | UZB | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8,5 | 25 | 37 | 75,5 | |
8 | 17 | TUR | Turkey | TUR | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10,5 | 27,5 | 28,5 | 70,5 | |
9 | 3 | HUN | Hungary | HUN | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 36,5 | 81,5 | |
10 | 4 | CRO | Croatia | CRO | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 22,5 | 27 | 60,5 |
Round 5 pairings
No. | SNo | Team | Team | Pts. | MP | Res. | : | Res. | MP | Pts. | Team | Team | SNo | ||
1 | 1 | POL | Poland | 11½ | 8 | : | 7 | 12 | India | IND | 10 | ||||
2 | 6 | PHI | Philippines | 11 | 6 | : | 6 | 11 | Israel | ISR | 2 | ||||
3 | 5 | CUB | Cuba | 9½ | 6 | : | 6 | 11 | IPCA | IPCA | 7 | ||||
4 | 20 | UZB | Uzbekistan | 8½ | 6 | : | 5 | 9 | Hungary | HUN | 3 | ||||
5 | 4 | CRO | Croatia | 10 | 4 | : | 5 | 10½ | Turkey | TUR | 17 | ||||
6 | 12 | ROU | Romania | 8½ | 4 | : | 4 | 8 | Serbia 1 | SRB | 8 | ||||
7 | 9 | FID | FIDE | 8 | 4 | : | 4 | 9 | Bangladesh | BAN | 16 | ||||
8 | 11 | CZE | Czech Republic | 7 | 4 | : | 4 | 7½ | Serbia 2 | SRB | 18 | ||||
9 | 21 | KAZ | Kazakhstan | 7 | 3 | : | 3 | 6 | ICCD | ICCD | 13 | ||||
10 | 14 | GER | Germany | 8 | 3 | : | 3 | 6½ | Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 24 | ||||
11 | 19 | MNE | Montenegro | 6½ | 2 | : | 2 | 6½ | Venezuela | VEN | 15 | ||||
12 | 22 | ZAM | Zambia | 4½ | 2 | : | 2 | 4½ | Panama | PAN | 23 | ||||
13 | 25 | KEN | Kenya | 2 | 0 | : | 1 | 4½ | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 26 |