Summary
The FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020 was an online chess tournament organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and hosted by Chess.com.[1] It was held between 24 July and 30 August. The event was organised after the 44th Chess Olympiad was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The final match between Russia and India was called off after several Indian team members experienced connectivity issues due to a global outage of Cloudflare servers; Russia and India were subsequently declared joint winners.[1] The second edition of the tournament was held in 2021.
| 2020 FIDE Online Chess Olympiad | |
|---|---|
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| Dates run | 24 July – 30 August |
| Teams | 163 |
| Nations | 162 |
| Venue | Online (hosted by Chess.com) |
| Location | Online |
| Team medalists | |
| Open |   India and  Russia
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Participating teams edit
Gazprom Brilliancy Prize edit
Gazprom sponsored a brilliancy prize for the event, with the judges being 14 popular streamers and YouTubers:[3] Anna Cramling, Maria Emelianova, Jesse February, Anna-Maja Kazarian, Daniel King, Ayelen Martinez, Carlos Matamoros Franco, Daniel Naroditsky, Antonio Radić, Michael Rahal, IM Eric Rosen, Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal (joint submission),[3] Fiona Steil-Antoni, and Simon Williams.[3] Nine of the games that were presented to the judges received votes, with the game totaling the most votes being Danyyil Dvirnyy–Alexei Shirov; Shirov, in the Slav Defense, executed a decisive queenside attack involving a queen sacrifice.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "India, Russia announced joint winners of Chess Olympiad after controversial finish". The Indian Express. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Teams". FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 (in Russian). Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Alexei Shirov wins Gazprom Brilliancy Prize". ChessBase. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
External links edit
- Official website