Nepal Wins Division 4(Pool A);Qualifies For Division 3 OF 2021 FIDE Online Chess Olympiad

Division 4 of  2021 FIDE Online Chess Olympiad, saw 60 National teams divided into 5 pools(12 teams each).From these 5 Pools (A to E), Top 3 Teams will qualify for Division 3 which will start from August 27.

(You read full report here from Peter Doggers )

The players as per the FIDE Regulations for Nepal are:

CM Bibek Thing(@biveklama), FM Rupesh Jaiswal(@rupeshjswl7), WFM Sujana Lohani(@Shockerlover), Sindira Joshi(@Sindira), Anisha Neupane(@AnishaLM10) ,Yubraj Paudel(@Yuvipaudel) where as reserve players was formed  with youth and experience as Current National Champion Purushottam Chaulagain(@purusottamchaulagain) ,Former National Champion FM Manish Hamal(@shivakaka)and talented  youngsters like NIken Kusatha(@nikenkusatha) , Kripa Adhikari(@kripaadhikari0), Sneha Yadav(@yadavsneha) and Aava Pudasaini(@aavap).

For this blog, we will focus a player's game per round.

Pool A, Round 1 Nepal-Lebanon (3.5 : 2.5)

Nepal started its campaign with win against Lebanon with 3 victories and a draw.  Unfortunately two players were disconnected and which resulted in two draws.

For this round we will focus on FM Rupesh Jaiswal (The youngest FM of Nepal)

Round 2 Nepal-Seychelles (4 : 1)
Once again there was two disconnections and Nepal won on rest of the boards to secure its second victory.

Round 3 Nepal-Laos (5 : 0)

For the third time disconnections hit, but Nepal sealed the match with victories  on 4 boards.

Round 4 Nepal - Brunei Darussalam (5 : 1)

 Nepal managed to win 4 games in a row  ,but disconnection issues didn't leave Nepal for the fourth time. (Note: The result needs to be adjusted in chess results site. in case of WFM Sujana  Lohani's Game.)

Round 5 Nepal-Fiji (4.5 : 1.5)
Nepal managed to win its fifth game in row with disconnections.  

Round 6 Nepal-Oman(3 : 3)

A wild round where both teams went toe to toe and secured a draw. There were three victories for each sides .

Round 7 Nepal-Hong Kong (4 : 2)

A very crucial round as Hong Kong were the favorites in this pool, unfortunately for them a member didn't follow fair play regulations which relegated their qualification spot  . There were 4 decisive games and  disconnection on Yubraj's board as his opponent didn't show up so Nepal got the point which secured the win for Nepal.

Round 8 Nepal-Maldives (4 : 2)

Nepal had to win against Maldives to get lead in the rankings as top 6 teams were divided by 1 point after round 7.Nepal managed to win on 4 boards to secure the victory.

For this round we will focus on FM Manish Hamal who is the first titled  chess player of Nepal.

All Games Of Round 8

Round 9 Nepal-Pakistan (2.5 : 3.5)

Nepal's only loss in this tournament was against Pakistan but Nepal managed to win last two games to qualify for division 3.

Round 10 Nepal -Bahrain (4 : 2)

Nepal managed just the thing mended after a loss ,a win. A win motivates players and  recognize that they can reach their goals via good chess.

Round 11  Nepal-Guam (4 : 2)
Nepal won with same score as last round  to secure first place(after fair play analysis) and qualified for division 3.

Nepal qualified for Division 3 as Pool A Winners along with Lebanon and Fiji after Fair play analysis. 

I would like to wish all the best to Team Nepal For Division 3(Pool A) which starts from 27th August.

Hope you enjoyed this blog. 

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