Russia won the National Elephant Network Olympiad championship for the second consecutive year

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 16 (Reporter Zheng Zhi) FIDE news, the 2021 FIDE Network Chess Olympiad team finals ended on the 16th, defending champion Russia defeated the United States team 3.5:2.5 in both rounds, winning the championship again.

In the final stage, the two teams play a two-legged match, and if they draw, they enter the super fast chess game, and if they draw, they enter the sudden death bonus. In the first leg, Russian men and women won one-and-one draw, Ademyev and Gordyatina scored two points for Russia, and the youth stage was one-and-one, but Russia still won 3.5:2.5.

In the second leg, the women's chess player became the key to the victory or defeat, the men's adult Taiwan two teams shook hands and made peace, the youth stage was mutually winning, relying on the key victory of Kostenyuk against Krusz, Russia won another 3.5:2.5 and won the championship.

The competition is divided into two stages: the preliminary round and the final. The preliminary stage starts in groups from low to high team level, and the winner is promoted to the previous zone to continue the battle. The 40 teams in the top zone are divided into four groups, and the top two in each group advance to the final stage of the competition. It is worth mentioning that the Russian team won 15 consecutive victories from the preliminary round to the final, showing its strong strength.

The Chinese team lost to Russia in the semi-finals and tied for third place with India, achieving a breakthrough in performance. In the first Cyber Elephant Olympiad in 2020, the Chinese team lost to the Ukrainian team in the sudden death fast chess tournament of the eight-place competition, stopping the top twelve. (End)