India starts as the top seed in Group B at World Teams 2022 starting today
Three months after winning the Bronze medal at the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022, Indian men's team will start their FIDE World Team Championship campaign on Sunday 20th November at Jerusalem, Israel. The tournament format is same as last year's World Women Team Championship 2021. The top four teams from each group will advance to the Quarterfinals. India finished at fourth place in the previous edition in 2019, they would definitely like to better that finish this time. Team India consists of Vidit Gujrathi, Nihal Sarin, S L Narayanan, Sethuraman S P, K Sasikiran and Abhijeet Gupta. Round 1 starts today at 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz
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India will face Israel and Poland in Round 1 and 2 from 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. IST respectively.
Team India
Group A pairings
Round 1 on 2022/11/20 at 1500 | |||||
No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
1 | Netherlands | Spain | : | ||
2 | France | Ukraine | : | ||
3 | South Africa | China | : | ||
Round 2 on 2022/11/20 at 1800 | |||||
No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
1 | Spain | China | : | ||
2 | Ukraine | South Africa | : | ||
3 | Netherlands | France | : | ||
Round 3 on 2022/11/21 at 1500 | |||||
No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
1 | France | Spain | : | ||
2 | South Africa | Netherlands | : | ||
3 | China | Ukraine | : | ||
Round 4 on 2022/11/21 at 1800 | |||||
No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
1 | Spain | Ukraine | : | ||
2 | Netherlands | China | : | ||
3 | France | South Africa | : | ||
Round 5 on 2022/11/22 at 1500 | |||||
No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
1 | South Africa | Spain | : | ||
2 | China | France | : | ||
3 | Ukraine | Netherlands | : |
Group B pairings
Round 1 on 2022/11/20 at 1500 | |||||
No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
1 | India | Israel | : | ||
2 | Poland | United States | : | ||
3 | Azerbaijan | Uzbekistan | : | ||
Round 2 on 2022/11/20 at 1800 | |||||
No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
1 | Israel | Uzbekistan | : | ||
2 | United States | Azerbaijan | : | ||
3 | India | Poland | : | ||
Round 3 on 2022/11/21 at 1500 | |||||
No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
1 | Poland | Israel | : | ||
2 | Azerbaijan | India | : | ||
3 | Uzbekistan | United States | : | ||
Round 4 on 2022/11/21 at 1800 | |||||
No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
1 | Israel | United States | : | ||
2 | India | Uzbekistan | : | ||
3 | Poland | Azerbaijan | : | ||
Round 5 on 2022/11/22 at 1500 | |||||
No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
1 | Azerbaijan | Israel | : | ||
2 | Uzbekistan | Poland | : | ||
3 | United States | India | : |
Schedule
Pool stage: 20th November - Round 1 at 6:30 p.m. IST and Round 2 at 9:30 p.m. IST.
21st November - Round 3 at 6:30 p.m. IST and Round 4 at 9:30 p.m. IST.
22nd November - Round 5 at 6:30 p.m. IST.
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