1st FIDE Olympiad for PwD 2023 R4: India holds Hungary to a draw

by Shahid Ahmed - 03/02/2023

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.

India held the third seeded Hungary to a 2-2 draw | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

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

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

Position after 24.Nxf7!?

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.

Position after 55...Be6

White is winning here in various ways. Can you find the beautiful finish?

Hungary - India: 2-2

Photo Gallery

Ceremonial first move of the fourth round | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Team FIDE | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

The tournament hall at Crowne Plaza Belgrade in Serbia | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Replay Round 4 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 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

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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

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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

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