2022 Chennai Olympiad – Round 8
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.
Ben Nguku v Jaime Rodriquez Santiago
Martin Njoroge v Diego Zilleruelo Irizarry
Other African chess news
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!
IM Momchil Petkov v FM Harold Wanyama
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!
Nase Lungu v GM Emanuel Berg
Other news
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.
Gukesh D v Fabiano Caruana
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.
Links
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.
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Article by Kenya Chess Masala.
