World Team 2022 R5: Vidit and S L Narayanan propel India to the Quarterfinals
USA suffered a crushing defeat against India 1-3 in the fifth round of World Team Chess Championship 2022. Vidit Gujrathi and S L Narayanan scored emphatic victories over Hans Niemann and Varuzhan Akobian respectively. Both wins were scored with the black pieces. While Vidit launched a solid attack on the kingside, Narayanan showed his fantastic positional understanding. Nihal Sarin drew his game comfortably and Sethuraman S P escaped all difficulties to salvage a draw. India will face France in the Quarterfinals in a duel starting at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. IST today. Reigning World Blitz champion, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Vidit is probably going to be one of the most anticipated matches of the event. Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz
India set to clash with France today
Spain joined China, France and Ukraine in Group A and Azerbaijan, India and Poland joined Uzbekistan in Group B in the Knockout stage. It will be China vs Poland, Spain vs Azerbaijan, Ukraine vs Uzbekistan and France vs India in the Quarterfinals.
USA - India: 1-3
GM Vidit Gujrathi (2662) got a comfortable position early in the middlegame against GM Hans Niemann (2599).
Hans - Vidit
It is not easy to defend this especially as White's pieces are all over the board. There is a lack of coordination. 26.Re2 g3 crippling White's kingside further. Black needn't open up the g-file with gxh3 as it would have helped White only to defend his king and attack Black's vulnerable king. 27.Rxb7 a5 28.Qb6 Rxb7 29.Qxb7 Qf5 securing the c8-square for the rook. 30.Qc7 Rc8 31.Qe5 Qxe5 32.dxe5 Ne4 and it goes without saying that Black is winning here, thanks to White's bishop taking a nap at f1 and White's weak backrank.
Akobian - S L Narayanan
26.Ba3 allowed Black to jump his knight to f4. 26...Nf4 27.Bd6 Rc8 28.Qa1 Nh3+ 29.Kh1 Ng5 30.Bg2 f4 31.f3 Nd5 and S L Narayanan just weaved magic with knights showcasing his fantastic positional understanding winning the game.
Ivanchuk - Jorden
Vasyl Ivanchuk is a genius, a former World Rapid and Blitz champion. He is also an artist. So when he makes a beautiful move like this, it certainly delights the chess universe. The outcome of the game is not important here.
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Group A standings after Round 5
| Rk. | SNo | FED | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | |
| 1 | 5 | CHN | China | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 36 | 129 | |
| 2 | 1 | FRA | France | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11,5 | 21 | 98,5 | |
| 3 | 4 | ESP | Spain | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11,5 | 18 | 89,8 | |
| 4 | 3 | UKR | Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 91 | |
| 5 | 2 | NED | Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9,5 | 6 | 70 | |
| 6 | 6 | RSA | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1,5 | 0 | 18,8 |
Group B standings after Round 5
| Rk. | SNo | FED | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | |
| 1 | 6 | UZB | Uzbekistan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 113,8 | |
| 2 | 1 | AZE | Azerbaijan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11,5 | 30 | 110,3 | |
| 3 | 3 | IND | India | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 95,3 | |
| 4 | 5 | POL | Poland | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9,5 | 24 | 97,3 | |
| 5 | 4 | ISR | Israel | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9,5 | 14 | 93 | |
| 6 | 2 | USA | United States | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7,5 | 8 | 77,5 |
Quarterfinal pairings
| Quarterfinal - Round 1 (2022/11/23) | ||||
| No. | Team | Game 1 | MatchPts. | |
| 6 | China | 0 | ||
| 7 | Poland | 0 | ||
| 5 | Spain | 0 | ||
| 2 | Azerbaijan | 0 | ||
| 3 | Ukraine | 0 | ||
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 0 | ||
| 1 | France | 0 | ||
| 4 | India | 0 | ||
Schedule
The Knockout stage comprises a duel starting at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. IST from 23rd to 25th November 2022. In case of a tie, tie-breaks will take place at 12 a.m. IST. having the time control 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment. For more details, check the tournament regulations.
Time Control
The time control is 45 minutes + 10 seconds increment for the entire game.
Links
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World Team 2022 QF: India knocks out France in tie-breaks
@ 24/11/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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@ 22/11/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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@ 21/11/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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India starts as the top seed in Group B at World Teams 2022 starting today
@ 20/11/2022 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |