2022 Olympiad in Chennai [28 July - 10 August]

[MichaelBaron]

New Zealand women performed well, especially considering how young they are. Vyanla Punsalan scored 8/10 at board 2 (some of her games were very entertaining, with my personal favourite her 15 move mate as Black in a Caro-Kann) and two conditional titles (rating requirements still to be met) were achieved - WCM for Weiyang Yu at board 4 and WFM for Anya Thurner at board 5.

Our open team was a bit unlucky in being in the bottom half of the score group in the last round so got a hard match instead of an easier one. Daniel Gong missed a few wins in his game and had to settle for a draw, leaving him half a point short of an IM norm, but his performance clearly showed the IM title is not out of reach. John Stark needed to win to get a direct FM title but couldn't quite pull it off.

Would John win his last round game, he would qualify for an FM title while rated 2028...and performing below his rating .

[Scott Colliver]

Would John win his last round game, he would qualify for an FM title while rated 2028...and performing below his rating .

I think the FM titles are conditional on a player getting their rating over 2100.

There are 44 conditional FM titles list here https://chess-results.com/tnr653631....art=60&flag=30

There were also 8 GM norms and 8 IM norms from the olympiad including 2 Sri Lankans and a Zimbabwian getting IM norms. https://chess-results.com/tnr653631....art=62&flag=30

[MichaelBaron]

I think the FM titles are conditional on a player getting their rating over 2100.

There are 44 conditional FM titles list here https://chess-results.com/tnr653631....art=60&flag=30

There were also 8 GM norms and 8 IM norms from the olympiad including 2 Sri Lankans and a Zimbabwian getting IM norms. https://chess-results.com/tnr653631....art=62&flag=30

The post I was quoting says ''direct'' title so I assumed its not conditional. Re players from no chess countries getting norms - I think its absolutely great! gives some of them a rare chance to fight for the norms and earn them fair and square!

[Kevin Bonham]

Pia Cramling again proves class is permanent, winning the gold medal for board 1 in the Women's Olympiad.

[Scott Colliver]

Pia Cramling again proves class is permanent, winning the gold medal for board 1 in the Women's Olympiad.

Yes, definitely. She played her first Olympiad in 1978 and has played on the Sweden Open team a number of times. It must also be great to play on a team with your daughter.

[heligan]

John Stark's rating has been over 2200 in the past so he easily meets the requirements for the direct FM title. Sad that he missed out.

[MichaelBaron]

Yes, definitely. She played her first Olympiad in 1978 and has played on the Sweden Open team a number of times. It must also be great to play on a team with your daughter.

And coached by Husband/daugher's father .