FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020 Team Japan

Final Result

Team Japan finished 8th in Division 3. Leading up to the Olympiad, 7 members got together using Skype and Zoom, and worked hard to create a great team. They did not make the next round into Division 2 but they showed some fantastic spirit. Good job, Team Japan!

The position underneath everyone’s photos is from Akira’s game. He was unable to attend their final meeting over Zoom and missed the chance to be in the “team photo”. Instead of taking a photo to add, he asked to have this position there;) What is White’s next move?

Results

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■Division3 Day1

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■Division3 Day2

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■Division3 Day3

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■Division3 Day1

■Division3 Day2

■Division3 Day3

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Team Japan Members

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■OPEN

【Open board 1】
CM Tran Thanh Tu 2338

【Open board 2】
FM Watanabe Akira 2284

【Open U20 board 5】
CM Nakahara Kan 1699

【Open U20 Reserve】
CM Osaka Takuma 2048

■WOMEN’S

【Women board 3】
WCM Sakai Azumi 1731

【Women board 4】
WFM Hoshino Karen 1708

【Women U20 board 6】
WCM Hoshino Meilin 1373

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■OPEN

【Open board 1】
CM Tran Thanh Tu 2338

【Open board 2】
FM Watanabe Akira 2284

【Open U20 board 5】
CM Nakahara Kan 1699

【Open U20 Reserve】
CM Osaka Takuma 2048

■WOMEN’S

【Women board 3】
WCM Sakai Azumi 1731

【Women board 4】
WFM Hoshino Karen 1708

【Women U20 board 6】
WCM Hoshino Meilin 1373

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Schedule

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*Japan will play in DIVISION 3

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*Click here if you can’t see: Schedule
*The schedule may change without notice. Please check the official website for updated information. FIDE Online Olympiad
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*Japan will play in DIVISION 3
*Click here if you can’t see: Schedule
*The schedule may change without notice. Please check the official website for updated information. FIDE Online Olympiad

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Rules

Time control：15min + 5sec/move

Board composition：

board 1,2	Open
board 3,4	Women
board 5	U20 Open
board 6	U20 Woman

About DIVISION 3:
Composed of 50 teams (35 teams + 15 teams qualified from DIVISION 4)
50 teams are divided into 5 pools (from A to E), 10 teams each. Each pool plays a round robin of 9 rounds. The top three teams of each pool qualify for Division 2.

Support for the Team

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■1st streaming of the Online Chess Olympiad on our YouTube Channel is August 6th from 21:00

2018 Batumi Olympiad participant FM Kohei Yamada (@YamadaKohei) will talk about the rules, notable players and the members of Team Japan!
Please join him and give support to our Online Chess Olympiad members!