44th Chess Olympiad 2022 – Round 8 pairings

After escaping from a loss against USA, Armenia maintained the sole lead in the 2022 Chess Olympiad (open section) scoring 13 match points. Uzbekistan, India 2, India, USA, Germany and Kazakhstan are in a tie for the second place, with 12 match points each. India’s women’s team is the only one remaining with the perfect score and all 7 won matches. India has 14 match points and a 2-match-point advantage over Ukraine, Armenia and Georgia who tie for the second place. Results Round 7 open section / Results Round 7 women’s section
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Round 8 pairings are bringing interesting encounters between the leaders: Armenia meets India in the Open section, while India’s women’s team faces Ukraine. The 8th round starts Saturday, 6th of August at 15:00 (GMT+5:30). Women’s section LIVE / Open section LIVE

Round 8 team pairings (open section)

1	ARM	Armenia	19½	13		:		12	20	India *)	IND	2
2	USA	United States of America	18	12		:		12	22½	India 2	IND	11
3	GER	Germany	19	12		:		12	23	Uzbekistan	UZB	14
4	KAZ	Kazakhstan	20	12		:		11	19½	Azerbaijan	AZE	6
5	NED	Netherlands	20½	11		:		11	20	Hungary	HUN	19
6	IRI	Iran	19½	11		:		11	20	France	FRA	15
7	UKR	Ukraine	19½	10		:		11	19	Brazil	BRA	28
8	IND3	India 3	18	10		:		10	16	Peru	PER	37
9	LTU	Lithuania	17½	10		:		10	19	Croatia	CRO	17
10	SLO	Slovenia	18½	10		:		10	20½	Czech Republic	CZE	18
11	CHI	Chile	18½	10		:		10	19	Romania	ROU	20
12	CAN	Canada	17½	10		:		10	20	Turkey	TUR	21
13	SRB	Serbia	17	10		:		10	17½	Iceland	ISL	43
14	PHI	Philippines	18	10		:		10	19½	Greece	GRE	25
15	MDA	Moldova	18½	10		:		10	19½	Italy	ITA	26
16	AND	Andorra	17½	10		:		10	18	Cuba	CUB	32
17	NOR	Norway	18	9		:		9	15½	Slovakia	SVK	34
18	ESP	Spain	18	9		:		9	18	Egypt	EGY	38
19	MNE	Montenegro	19½	9		:		9	17	Poland	POL	5
20	ENG	England	18	9		:		9	15	Belgium	BEL	50
21	ISR	Israel	18½	9		:		9	20	Colombia	COL	51
22	ALB	Albania	17½	9		:		9	19	Denmark	DEN	27
23	AUS	Australia	18	9		:		9	18½	Finland	FIN	55
24	ARG	Argentina	19½	9		:		9	15½	Estonia	EST	57
25	IRL	Ireland	19	9		:		9	15	Austria	AUT	33
26	GEO	Georgia	19	8		:		8	15½	Venezuela	VEN	72
27	SWE	Sweden	15	8		:		8	12½	Zambia	ZAM	73
28	SUI	Switzerland	15½	8		:		8	16	Morocco	MAR	75
29	MGL	Mongolia	17	8		:		8	16	Japan	JPN	81
30	INA	Indonesia	17½	8		:		8	13	Yemen	YEM	82
31	PAR	Paraguay	17½	8		:		8	14½	Guatemala	GUA	83
32	URU	Uruguay	12½	8		:		8	15½	Panama	PAN	84
33	POR	Portugal	19½	8		:		8	17½	Iraq	IRQ	85
34	TJK	Tajikistan	17	8		:		8	17½	Singapore	SGP	56
35	KOR	South Korea	14½	8		:		8	16½	Mexico	MEX	62
36	BUL	Bulgaria	17	8		:		8	15½	Uganda	UGA	90
37	MNC	Monaco	15	8		:		8	15½	Latvia	LAT	64
38	BAN	Bangladesh	16	8		:		8	15	New Zealand	NZL	92
39	ECU	Ecuador	16	8		:		8	15	Angola	ANG	93
40	UAE	United Arab Emirates	12½	8		:		8	14	Scotland	SCO	67
41	BOL	Bolivia	16½	8		:		8	14	Madagascar	MAD	104
42	FAI	Faroe Islands	13½	7		:		7	14½	Zimbabwe	ZIM	94
43	LBN	Lebanon	14	7		:		7	14	North Macedonia	MKD	61
44	WLS	Wales	11	7		:		7	14	South Africa	RSA	68
45	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	15½	7		:		7	12½	Syria	SYR	97
46	KOS	Kosovo	14½	7		:		7	15	South Sudan	SSD	109
47	NCA	Nicaragua	12½	7		:		7	15½	Dominican Republic	DOM	74
48	JAM	Jamaica	15	7		:		7	14½	Nigeria	NGR	78
49	LUX	Luxembourg	14½	7		:		7	12½	Ethiopia	ETH	110
50	MAS	Malaysia	15	7		:		7	15½	Myanmar	MYA	125
51	BOT	Botswana	13	7		:		7	14½	El Salvador	ESA	88
52	TTO	Trinidad & Tobago	15½	7		:		7	12½	Liechtenstein	LIE	126
53	CRC	Costa Rica	12½	6		:		6	12	Libya	LBA	122
54	TUN	Tunisia	14	6		:		6	14½	Namibia	NAM	121
55	ALG	Algeria	13	6		:		6	11½	Cape Verde	CPV	123
56	BAR	Barbados	13	6		:		6	14½	Jordan	JOR	99
57	THA	Thailand	14	6		:		6	12	Jersey	JCI	128
58	KSA	Saudi Arabia	12½	6		:		6	12½	Sudan	SUD	101
59	CYP	Cyprus	13	6		:		6	13	Afghanistan	AFG	132
60	SOM	Somalia	12	6		:		6	14½	Nepal	NEP	107
61	KEN	Kenya	14	6		:		6	14½	Puerto Rico	PUR	111
62	SRI	Sri Lanka	15	6		:		6	9	Cote d’Ivoire	CIV	137
63	HON	Honduras	9	6		:		6	11½	Liberia	LBR	138
64	STP	Sao Tome and Principe	11½	6		:		6	10	Malta	MLT	116
65	HKG	Hong Kong	14	6		:		6	12	Haiti	HAI	118
66	OMA	Oman	9	6		:		6	12½	Suriname	SUR	119
67	QAT	Qatar	13	6		:		6	12½	Saint Lucia	LCA	148
68	AHO	Netherlands Antilles	10½	5		:		6	10	Eritrea	ERI	174
69	ARU	Aruba	10½	5		:		5	8½	Mali	MLI	127
70	TOG	Togo	12	5		:		5	11	Mauritania	MTN	129
71	SMR	San Marino	10	5		:		5	10½	Bahrain	BRN	130
72	TPE	Chinese Taipei	13	5		:		5	11½	Eswatini	SWZ	167
73	TAN	Tanzania	11	5		:		5	11	Ghana	GHA	136
74	GUM	Guam	9½	5		:		5	14	Cameroon	CMR	162
75	GCI	Guernsey	10½	5		:		5	14½	Mozambique	MOZ	143
76	KUW	Kuwait	11	5		:		5	9	Dominica	DMA	180
77	MAW	Malawi	11	4		:		5	9	Bhutan	BHU	183
78	PLE	Palestine	10½	4		:		4	9	Papua New Guinea	PNG	168
79	SEN	Senegal	8½	4		:		4	8½	Gabon	GAB	169
80	GUY	Guyana	9½	4		:		4	9½	Brunei Darussalam	BRU	166
81	CAY	Cayman Islands	10	4		:		4	9½	Maldives	MDV	153
82	BAH	Bahamas	9½	4		:		4	9	Burundi	BDI	173
83	DJI	Djibouti	6½	4		:		4	10½	Nauru	NRU	160
84	LAO	Laos	9	4		:		4	9½	Timor-Leste	TLS	163
85	LES	Lesotho	9	4		:		4	10½	Chad	CHA	184
86	GEQ	Equatorial Guinea	5½	4		:		3	8	Mauritius	MRI	145
87	COD	Democratic Republic of the Congo	7	3		:		3	7½	Bermuda	BER	155
88	ISV	US Virgin Islands	9½	3		:		3	7½	Sierra Leone	SLE	156
89	SEY	Seychelles	8½	3		:		3	9	Palau	PLW	157
90	SKN	Saint Kitts and Nevis	5½	3		:		2	5½	Gambia	GAM	151
91	FIJ	Fiji	8	2		:		2	5½	British Virgin Islands	IVB	181
92	VIN	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10	2		:		2	5	Niger	NIG	187
93	CAF	Central African Republic	6	1		:		1	3½	Comoros	COM	185

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Round 8 team pairings (women’s section):

1	IND	India *)	21	14		:		12	21	Ukraine	UKR
2	GEO	Georgia	18½	12		:		12	22½	Armenia	ARM
3	IND3	India 3	18½	11		:		11	21½	Poland	POL
4	ROU	Romania	18	11		:		11	20	Azerbaijan	AZE
5	KAZ	Kazakhstan	18½	11		:		11	17	Slovakia	SVK
6	BUL	Bulgaria	20½	11		:		11	20½	Greece	GRE
7	MGL	Mongolia	20	11		:		10	18½	Hungary	HUN
8	USA	United States of America	20	10		:		10	17½	Czech Republic	CZE
9	VIE	Vietnam	17½	10		:		10	19	Germany	GER
10	ESP	Spain	21	10		:		10	18½	Italy	ITA
11	NED	Netherlands	17	10		:		10	19½	Peru	PER
12	SRB	Serbia	17	10		:		10	21	Indonesia	INA
13	SWE	Sweden	19½	10		:		10	18½	Israel	ISR
14	IRI	Iran	19	10		:		10	17½	England	ENG
15	CRO	Croatia	16½	10		:		9	17½	India 2	IND2
16	BRA	Brazil	17½	9		:		9	18	France	FRA
17	CUB	Cuba	16	9		:		9	17½	Austria	AUT
18	SLO	Slovenia	20	9		:		9	18½	Philippines	PHI
19	SUI	Switzerland	17	9		:		9	18½	Norway	NOR
20	EST	Estonia	17½	9		:		9	14½	Latvia	LAT
21	CAN	Canada	20	9		:		8	17	Colombia	COL
22	ALG	Algeria	19	8		:		8	15	Argentina	ARG
23	TUR	Turkey	16	8		:		8	17½	Bangladesh	BAN
24	LTU	Lithuania	17½	8		:		8	15½	Ecuador	ECU
25	MNE	Montenegro	15½	8		:		8	14	Egypt	EGY
26	FIN	Finland	14½	8		:		8	15½	Albania	ALB
27	MKD	North Macedonia	14	8		:		8	18	Uzbekistan	UZB
28	DEN	Denmark	15½	8		:		8	19	New Zealand	NZL
29	BEL	Belgium	16½	8		:		8	16½	Dominican Republic	DOM
30	IRL	Ireland	17	8		:		8	16½	El Salvador	ESA
31	MAS	Malaysia	14½	8		:		8	15	Uruguay	URU
32	MEX	Mexico	14	8		:		8	18½	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ
33	SGP	Singapore	15½	8		:		8	15½	Iraq	IRQ
34	CHI	Chile	17½	8		:		8	16½	Hong Kong	HKG
35	JAM	Jamaica	14	8		:		8	16	Venezuela	VEN
36	AUS	Australia	15½	7		:		7	15½	United Arab Emirates	UAE
37	BOL	Bolivia	15	7		:		7	12½	Botswana	BOT
38	ISL	Iceland	14	7		:		7	12	Guatemala	GUA
39	PAN	Panama	14½	7		:		7	13	Paraguay	PAR
40	SRI	Sri Lanka	14	7		:		7	14	Nigeria	NGR
41	ANG	Angola	15½	7		:		7	16	Zimbabwe	ZIM
42	TPE	Chinese Taipei	14	7		:		7	14	Tajikistan	TJK
43	KEN	Kenya	17	7		:		7	14½	Monaco	MNC
44	POR	Portugal	12½	6		:		6	12	Andorra	AND
45	THA	Thailand	14	6		:		6	15½	Costa Rica	CRC
46	HAI	Haiti	11	6		:		6	13	Scotland	SCO
47	LBN	Lebanon	14	6		:		6	12	Suriname	SUR
48	NCA	Nicaragua	13½	6		:		6	10½	Malta	MLT
49	RSA	South Africa	12	6		:		6	12½	Palestine	PLE
50	HON	Honduras	12	6		:		6	12	Syria	SYR
51	TUN	Tunisia	12½	6		:		6	12½	Zambia	ZAM
52	ETH	Ethiopia	13	6		:		6	11	Wales	WLS
53	JPN	Japan	13	6		:		6	14	Cyprus	CYP
54	BRN	Bahrain	12½	6		:		6	13½	Uganda	UGA
55	KOR	South Korea	13	6		:		6	10	Lesotho	LES
56	LBA	Libya	10½	5		:		6	12	Ghana	GHA
57	NEP	Nepal	12	5		:		5	10	Guam	GUM
58	MAD	Madagascar	9½	5		:		5	9	Sudan	SUD
59	OMA	Oman	12½	5		:		5	9	Namibia	NAM
60	ARU	Aruba	13	5		:		5	11½	Mozambique	MOZ
61	KUW	Kuwait	11	5		:		5	10	Barbados	BAR
62	GUY	Guyana	10½	5		:		5	11½	Fiji	FIJ
63	JCI	Jersey	12	5		:		5	10	Timor-Leste	TLS
64	TTO	Trinidad & Tobago	10½	5		:		5	10	Cote d’Ivoire	CIV
65	MDV	Maldives	10	5		:		5	9	Kosovo	KOS
66	KSA	Saudi Arabia	10	5		:		4	8½	Malawi	MAW
67	SEN	Senegal	8½	4		:		4	8	Togo	TOG
68	LBR	Liberia	7½	4		:		4	9½	Palau	PLW
69	TAN	Tanzania	9½	4		:		4	10½	Myanmar	MYA
70	SWZ	Eswatini	10	4		:		4	8½	Bhutan	BHU
71	MRI	Mauritius	12	4		:		4	7½	Somalia	SOM
72	ERI	Eritrea	8	4		:		4	5	Burundi	BDI
73	LAO	Laos	9	4		:		3	7½	Cape Verde	CPV
74	DJI	Djibouti	5	3		:		3	10	Bahamas	BAH
75	CMR	Cameroon	6½	3		:		3	7½	South Sudan	SSD
76	COM	Comoros	6½	2		:		2	5	Sierra Leone	SLE
77	SEY	Seychelles	6	2		:		2	6	Central African Republic	CAF
78	PUR	Puerto Rico *)	12	7		:		7	16	Moldova	MDA
79	GAM	Gambia	4	1		:		1	5½	Gabon	GAB
80	MLI	Mali	5	2	2	:	0	0	0	bye

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