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44th Chess Olympiad 2022 – R1 Pairings

Everything is set for the start of the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai, India. The event was officially opened today at the glorious ceremony and the first round starts Friday, 15:00 (GMT+5:30).

During the Opening ceremony of the event, the drawing of lots determined the first board colours of each team. The top seeds tomorrow meet with the underdogs. USA faces Angola having black pieces on the top board, India is white against Zimbabwe, and Norway is black against Lebanon.

Indian women’s team will be black against Tajikistan, Ukraine meets South Africa as White and Georgia will play against Iraq in the first round in the Women’s Olympiad 2022. Scroll down for R1 pairings of both sections. Click here for all board pairings

Chess Olympiad 2022 | Women’s section games LIVE / Chess Olympiad 2022 | Open section games LIVE

Team pairings round 1 / Board pairings round 1 (open section) / Board pairings round 1 (women section)

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2022 Chess Olympiad playing venue – Photo: Lennart Ootes

Round 1 pairings – Chess Olympiad 2022 Open section:

No.Team WhiteTeam Black
1India *)Zimbabwe
2AngolaUnited States of America
3LebanonNorway
4SpainWales
5SyriaPoland
6AzerbaijanAlgeria
7JordanNetherlands
8UkraineThailand
9SudanGermany
10EnglandCyprus
11United Arab EmiratesIndia 2
12ArmeniaMadagascar
13NicaraguaIran
14UzbekistanNepal
15JamaicaFrance
16India 3South Sudan
17EthiopiaCroatia
18Czech RepublicPuerto Rico
19Sri LankaHungary
20RomaniaBotswana
21HondurasTurkey
22IsraelNetherlands Antilles
23MaltaSerbia
24GeorgiaMalawi
25HaitiGreece
26ItalySuriname
27QatarDenmark
28BrazilNamibia
29LibyaAustralia
30ArgentinaCape Verde
31BarbadosSweden
32CubaMyanmar
33LiechtensteinAustria
34SlovakiaMali
35JerseyLithuania
36SwitzerlandMauritania
37BahrainPeru
38EgyptSaudi Arabia
39AfghanistanMontenegro
40KazakhstanChinese Taipei
41SomaliaSlovenia
42ChileKenya
43GhanaIceland
44CanadaLiberia
45Sao Tome and PrincipeMongolia
46IndonesiaHong Kong
47PalestineParaguay
48MoldovaGuam
49MozambiqueUruguay
50BelgiumKuwait
51MauritiusColombia
52PhilippinesOman
53ArubaPortugal
54AlbaniaSaint Lucia
55TogoFinland
56SingaporeSenegal
57GambiaEstonia
58AndorraGuyana
59MaldivesIreland
60Faroe IslandsSan Marino
61BermudaNorth Macedonia
62MexicoSierra Leone
63PalauBulgaria
64LatviaBahamas
65TanzaniaBangladesh
66EcuadorNauru
67RwandaScotland
68South AfricaCameroon
69Timor-LesteKyrgyzstan
70BoliviaDemocratic Republic of the Congo
71Brunei DarussalamKosovo
72VenezuelaEswatini
73Papua New GuineaZambia
74MoroccoGabon
75GuernseyDominican Republic
76Costa RicaFiji
77Cayman IslandsTunisia
78NigeriaBurundi
79EritreaLuxembourg
80MalaysiaUS Virgin Islands
81DjiboutiJapan
82YemenCentral African Republic
83SeychellesGuatemala
84PanamaSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
85DominicaIraq
86TajikistanBritish Virgin Islands
87LaosSouth Korea
88El SalvadorBhutan
89ComorosMonaco
90UgandaEquatorial Guinea
91NigerTrinidad & Tobago
92New ZealandSaint Kitts and Nevis

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Round 1 pairings – Chess Olympiad 2022 Women’s section:

No.TeamTeam
1TajikistanIndia *)
2UkraineSouth Africa
3IraqGeorgia
4PolandSyria
5MonacoFrance
6AzerbaijanUnited Arab Emirates
7Puerto RicoUnited States of America
8GermanyZambia
9BotswanaArmenia
10KazakhstanGuatemala
11WalesIndia 2
12HungaryPanama
13JapanSpain
14CubaUganda
15ZimbabweBulgaria
16India 3Hong Kong
17JamaicaNetherlands
18SerbiaSri Lanka
19South KoreaIsrael
20RomaniaKenya
21LibyaEngland
22SlovakiaNepal
23AndorraCzech Republic
24VietnamThailand
25SurinameItaly
26SloveniaHaiti
27MaltaGreece
28MongoliaOman
29MozambiqueSwitzerland
30EstoniaPalestine
31BarbadosPeru
32IndonesiaHonduras
33EthiopiaColombia
34SwedenFiji
35Timor-LesteAustralia
36BrazilTunisia
37Trinidad & TobagoAustria
38IranKosovo
39GuamPhilippines
40ArgentinaMalawi
41SudanTurkey
42LithuaniaNamibia
43Chinese TaipeiCroatia
44EgyptCyprus
45Cape VerdeFinland
46UzbekistanGhana
47ArubaDenmark
48NorwaySenegal
49PalauBelgium
50LatviaKuwait
51MyanmarIreland
52MalaysiaEswatini
53MauritiusMoldova
54MexicoGuyana
55EritreaSingapore
56CanadaTogo
57BahamasChile
58VenezuelaCameroon
59MaldivesPortugal
60BoliviaJersey
61BahrainIceland
62AlgeriaLiberia
63Sao Tome and PrincipeCosta Rica
64BangladeshTanzania
65Sierra LeoneEcuador
66MontenegroBhutan
67BurundiParaguay
68NigeriaCentral African Republic
69ComorosAngola
70AlbaniaDjibouti
71GabonNorth Macedonia
72ScotlandGambia
73LaosLebanon
74New ZealandMali
75RwandaDominican Republic
76El SalvadorSaudi Arabia
77SeychellesUruguay
78NicaraguaSomalia
79South SudanKyrgyzstan

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