The biennial Olympiad, attracting nearly 200 squads representing countries around the globe, is the ultimate in team sport in chess. But that doesn’t mean don’t you can’t ride a hot individual horse to victory.
The Open and Women’s Olympiads, which concluded in thrilling fashion Tuesday in Chennai, India, featured two players who put on amazing streaks to give their teams a chance at a medal, only to fall tragically short at the finish line.
Young GM D. Gukesh has had a sensational run as top board for the young India 2 team with 8½ points in his first nine games before a brutal loss Monday to Uzbekistan star GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov ended his streak.