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FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021
CountryChina (virtual host)
Nations152
Teams153
Dates20 August – 15 September
← 2020

The FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021 was the second FIDE Online Chess Olympiad, an annual online chess tournament organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) since 2020, following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was virtually hosted by China and took place from 20 August to 15 September 2021 on Chess.com's server. Russia finished first and the United States second, while China and India tied for the third place.

Background

Teams participating in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021
Legend:   Top Division   Second Division   Third Division   Fourth Division   Not participated

In July 2021, the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) announced that the second edition of the Online Chess Olympiad will be inaugurated on 13 August and last until 15 September. National federations intending to take part in the Olympiad confirmed their participation by 31 July and were to choose their top players and juniors to send for the event. The format of the tournament is the same as the first edition, the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020, which was created after the 44th Chess Olympiad was postponed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The inaugural date was later revised to 20 August.

China, the virtual hosts of the event, sent two teams to the tournament, one from the mainland and the other from Shenzhen, both playing under the Chinese flag. The authorities of Shenzhen, including the Shenzhen Longgang District Culture and Sports Bureau, the Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, Shenzhen Chess Academy and the Shenzhen Pengcheng Chess Club, sponsored the tournament. The Russian e-commerce company Simaland was also a partner. The tournament is broadcast live on FIDE's YouTube channel and on Chess.com.

Participating teams

153 teams participated, divided into 4 divisions. The top two teams in each division will advance to the quarter-finals while the other teams play against each other to qualify. The Afghanistan team withdrew from the event following the Taliban takeover of the country.

Participating teams in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021

Top Division

Division 2

Division 3

Division 4

Results

Division 4

Pool A

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TB1 TB2
1  Nepal 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 19 44
2  Lebanon 2 4 3 5 4 5 4 6 17 431⁄2
3  Hong Kong 2 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 17 391⁄2
4  Fiji 2 2 3 4 6 6 15 391⁄2
5  Oman 3 3 3 4 4 5 13 381⁄2
6  Pakistan 3 2 4 4 5 5 13 371⁄2
7  Maldives 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 5 13 361⁄2
8  Guam 2 2 4 3 2 3 5 5 10 341⁄2
9  Brunei ½ 1 ½ 2 2 4 5 5 4 08 27
10  Bahrain 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 4 4 05 251⁄2
11  Seychelles 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 02 161⁄2
12  Laos 0 0 2 0 1 1 ½ 1 2 2 2 00 111⁄2

Nepal, Lebanon and Fiji advanced to Division 3.

Pool B

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TB1 TB2
1  Kenya 4 5 5 4 20 471⁄2
2  Palestine ½ 3 4 6 6 19 441⁄2
3  Namibia ½ 4 4 5 5 6 18 41
4  Malawi ½ 4 4 4 5 5 5 16 421⁄2
5  Kuwait 2 4 4 5 4 3 4 13 37
6  Lesotho 3 2 3 5 12 351⁄2
7  Saudi Arabia ½ 2 2 2 3 4 3 5 5 4 10 32
8  Uganda 2 2 2 2 3 6 3 6 08 341⁄2
9  Qatar 1 2 ½ 1 3 3 3 4 6 07 271⁄2
10  Rwanda 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 4 6 05 22
11  Somalia 1 1 1 3 0 1 3 2 2 5 04 211⁄2
12  Eritrea 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 00 081⁄2

Kenya, Palestine, Namibia and Malawi advanced to Division 3.

Pool C

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TB1 TB2
1  Angola 5 6 6 6 4 6 6 6 4 5 22 591⁄2
2  Cyprus 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 6 6 18 42
3  Ethiopia 0 2 6 6 6 4 6 16 42
4  Jersey 0 0 5 4 3 4 5 6 15 361⁄2
5  Sudan ½ 4 1 3 2 4 3 5 5 14 351⁄2
6  Tanzania 0 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 12 361⁄2
7  Malta 2 3 2 4 3 4 5 5 10 351⁄2
8  Eswatini 0 2 0 3 4 2 2 3 5 5 6 10 32
9  Libya 0 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 08 311⁄2
10  Burundi 0 2 0 2 3 ½ 2 1 1 4 05 19
11  San Marino 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 02 16
12  Djibouti 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 00 08

Angola, Cyprus and Ethiopia advanced to Division 3.

Pool D

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TB1 TB2
1  Suriname 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 22 59
2  Aruba 6 5 4 5 6 5 6 20 52
3  Ghana 1 0 3 6 4 6 4 5 17 421⁄2
4  Cape Verde 0 3 3 5 5 6 6 14 42
5  São Tomé and Príncipe 0 1 0 3 5 4 3 4 1 3 14 271⁄2
6  Cameroon ½ 2 3 3 2 3 4 5 6 6 12 36
7  Gabon 0 0 1 1 4 3 4 4 5 5 11 291⁄2
8  Senegal 1 2 2 2 3 3 6 4 6 10 32
9  Gambia 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 3 4 3 4 07 26
10  Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 04 121⁄2
11  Sierra Leone 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 2 3 0 4 03 14
12  Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 00 02

Suriname, Aruba, Ghana and Cape Verde advanced to Division 3.

Pool E

Division 3

Pool A

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1  Malaysia 4 4 5 16 36
2  Chinese Taipei 3 3 14 301⁄2
3  Sri Lanka 4 3 4 4 5 6 13 361⁄2
4 IPCA 3 2 1 4 4 4 5 5 13 311⁄2
5  South Korea 3 5 4 4 5 11 33
6  Japan 2 2 4 08 29
7  Thailand 2 ½ 2 2 5 08 261⁄2
8  Nepal (A) 2 3 2 2 2 3 04 201⁄2
9  New Zealand 1 1 1 2 ½ 1 02 16
10  Fiji (A) ½ 0 1 1 ½ 3 01 101⁄2

Malaysia, Chinese Taipei and Sri Lanka advanced to Division 2.

Pool B

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1  Ireland 3 6 5 5 5 17 43
2  Lebanon (A) 5 3 3 5 6 5 14 381⁄2
3  Iraq 1 4 4 6 4 14 32
4  Jordan 3 3 2 5 4 12 32
5  Syria 0 3 3 6 6 5 10 311⁄2
6  Kenya (A) 1 6 4 08 27
7  Tunisia 1 2 1 3 3 4 4 08 23
8  Mozambique 1 ½ 0 0 0 3 4 5 05 16
9  Ethiopia (A) ½ 0 ½ 0 2 2 5 02 14
10  Cape Verde (A) 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 00 13

Ireland, Lebanon and Iraq advanced to Division 2.

Pool C

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1  Scotland 2 4 4 5 16 411⁄2
2  Angola (A) 4 3 4 5 5 15 39
3  Wales ½ 2 14 31
4  Zambia 2 3 4 5 5 4 11 301⁄2
5  Botswana ½ 4 3 5 5 4 11 29
6  Nigeria 2 2 ½ 2 4 4 2 5 08 26
7  United Arab Emirates 1 ½ 3 2 2 3 5 04 201⁄2
8  Palestine (A) 1 1 1 2 4 4 04 181⁄2
9 ICCD ½ ½ 1 1 4 3 2 3 04 171⁄2
10  Kosovo ½ 1 2 2 1 1 3 03 161⁄2

Scotland, Angola and Wales advanced to Division 2.

Pool D

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1  Bolivia 4 2 6 5 5 6 16 431⁄2
2  Uruguay 2 6 6 6 5 16 41
3  Paraguay 4 2 5 6 6 6 14 391⁄2
4  Trinidad and Tobago (A) ½ 4 4 4 6 14 341⁄2
5  Suriname (A) 0 0 1 ½ 5 08 191⁄2
6  Malawi (A) 0 0 2 1 3 5 4 07 21
7  Dominican Republic 1 ½ 2 5 6 06 231⁄2
8  Haiti (A) 1 3 0 3 04 201⁄2
9  Cyprus (A) ½ 0 0 0 1 1 3 03 101⁄2
10  Aruba (A) 0 1 0 2 02 151⁄2

Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay advanced to Division 2.

Pool E

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1  Venezuela 5 6 6 6 18 461⁄2
2  El Salvador ½ 5 3 4 15 32
3  Jamaica ½ 4 5 5 6 14 371⁄2
4  Puerto Rico (A) ½ 3 5 6 11 30
5  Nicaragua 2 3 4 4 5 09 30
6  Panama 1 3 5 4 6 09 29
7  Barbados 1 2 3 3 5 06 23
8  Honduras 0 3 1 1 2 1 3 06 20
9  Namibia (A) 0 ½ 1 1 2 02 141⁄2
10  Ghana (A) 0 2 0 0 0 1 00 071⁄2

Venezuela, El Salvador and Jamaica advanced to Division 2.

Division 2

Pool A

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1  Indonesia 5 3 3 6 5 5 16 401⁄2
2  Philippines 4 5 4 41⁄2½ 4 5 16 36
3 Shenzhen (China) 5 6 3 13 38
4  Australia 1 2 1 4 6 10 29
5  Kyrgyzstan ½ 1 2 5 5 10 251⁄2
6  Singapore 3 2 4 5 09 301⁄2
7  Bangladesh 3 2 1 07 24
8  Ireland (A) 0 2 0 4 06 191⁄2
9  Lebanon (A) 1 1 3 0 ½ ½ 2 3 02 131⁄2
10  Chinese Taipei (A) 1 ½ 1 1 3 01 131⁄2

Indonesia, Shenzhen (China) and Australia advanced to Top Division.

Pool B

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1  Latvia 3 4 3 6 6 14 38
2  Moldova 2 4 4 14 35
3  Italy 3 4 3 3 6 6 13 361⁄2
4  Estonia 2 3 2 3 6 5 12 321⁄2
5  Uzbekistan 3 4 3 4 6 12 30
6  Malaysia (A) 3 3 2 08 28
7  Austria 3 3 4 08 26
8  Switzerland 0 2 3 4 5 4 07 221⁄2
9  Wales (A) ½ ½ 0 0 2 2 1 02 11
10  Iraq (A) 0 2 0 1 0 2 00 101⁄2

Latvia, Moldova and Italy advanced to Top Division.

Pool C

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1  Israel 3 6 5 5 5 17 41
2  Belarus 6 6 16 421⁄2
3  Sweden 3 5 5 13 34
4  Sri Lanka (A) 3 3 4 4 2 12 30
5  Montenegro 0 2 2 4 5 08 23
6  Albania 0 1 4 3 07 231⁄2
7  Portugal 1 1 2 2 3 4 2 6 05 221⁄2
8  Norway 4 2 04 221⁄2
9  Scotland (A) 1 0 4 04 18
10  Zimbabwe 1 ½ ½ 1 0 04 13

Israel, Belarus and Sweden advanced to Top Division.

Pool D

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1  Slovenia 4 2 5 5 6 5 16 401⁄2
2  Argentina 2 5 5 5 5 6 16 401⁄2
3  Brazil 4 1 5 4 3 5 5 15 35
4  Venezuela (A) 1 1 5 5 12 281⁄2
5  Algeria 1 2 1 08 24
6  Mexico 1 3 2 3 3 07 26
7  Angola (A) 0 1 1 ½ 4 3 6 07 221⁄2
8  Uruguay (A) 3 ½ 05 25
9  South Africa 1 1 1 3 3 2 02 161⁄2
10  Morocco ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 4 02 111⁄2

Slovenia, Argentina and Brazil advanced to Top Division.

Pool E

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1  Colombia 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 17 39
2  Cuba 3 3 4 4 5 6 16 371⁄2
3  Paraguay (A) 2 3 4 3 4 4 11 291⁄2
4  Chile 1 3 3 3 4 4 11 261⁄2
5  Ecuador 1 3 2 3 4 4 10 261⁄2
6  Bolivia (A) 2 3 3 3 4 07 25
7  Costa Rica 1 2 3 3 2 06 23
8  Jamaica (A) 1 1 2 3 2 5 5 05 24
9  Guatemala 1 2 2 4 1 3 03 201⁄2
10  El Salvador (A) 0 2 2 2 1 3 03 181⁄2

Colombia, Cuba and Paraguay advanced to Top Division.

Top Division

Pool A

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1  Kazakhstan 2 4 4 16 34
2  China 5 2 5 5 6 4 14 381⁄2
3  Iran 4 5 4 3 3 14 35
4  Indonesia (A) 1 1 5 3 4 11 28
5  Armenia 4 2 1 3 3 10 28
6  Romania 2 1 3 3 3 07 22
7  Mongolia 2 1 3 3 4 06 23
8  Greece ½ 0 3 2 3 3 3 4 06 21
9  Georgia 2 3 3 3 2 03 21
10  Australia (A) ½ ½ 3 2 2 4 03 191⁄2

Kazakhstan and China advanced to the playoffs.

Pool B

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1  India 4 4 5 3 3 4 5 6 16 371⁄2
2  Hungary 2 4 4 3 5 15 33
3  Azerbaijan 2 2 3 3 5 4 12 321⁄2
4 Shenzhen (China) (A) 1 2 3 4 09 271⁄2
5  France 3 3 2 3 09 271⁄2
6  Slovenia (A) 3 4 4 3 3 09 27
7  Sweden (A) 2 ½ 4 2 4 08 271⁄2
8  Belarus (A) 3 2 ½ 07 261⁄2
9  Moldova (A) 1 1 1 ½ 3 3 2 ½ 04 151⁄2
10  Egypt 0 2 2 3 ½ 01 151⁄2

India and Hungary advanced to the playoffs.

Pool C

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1  Russia 6 5 4 5 6 6 5 18 46
2  Ukraine 3 5 15 331⁄2
3  Germany 0 4 4 5 4 6 14 351⁄2
4  Israel (A) 1 2 4 6 6 10 31
5  Spain 2 2 3 4 4 09 29
6  Italy (A) 1 3 1 3 08 241⁄2
7  Argentina (A) 0 ½ 2 3 5 07 221⁄2
8  Latvia (A) 0 2 2 2 3 3 04 201⁄2
9  Czech Republic 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 3 03 13
10  Paraguay (A) 0 0 02 141⁄2

Russia and Ukraine advanced to the playoffs.

Pool D

Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TB1 TB2
1  Poland 3 5 3 4 16 371⁄2
2  United States 4 4 16 361⁄2
3  Canada 3 4 4 5 5 13 31
4  Peru ½ 2 4 12 281⁄2
5  Cuba (A) 1 2 4 2 3 3 5 08 27
6  Netherlands 3 2 2 4 2 3 08 241⁄2
7  Brazil (A) 2 4 4 06 23
8  Colombia (A) 2 ½ 3 05 231⁄2
9  England 1 3 2 3 04 201⁄2
10  Turkey 2 1 1 3 3 02 18

Poland and the United States advanced to the playoffs.

Playoffs

Quarter Finals (13 September) Semi Finals (14 September) Final (15 September)
               
C2  Ukraine 2 1
B1  India 4 5
B1  India 5 2
D2  United States 1 4
A1  Kazakhstan 4 2
D2  United States 2 4
D2  United States
C1  Russia
A2  China 4
D1  Poland 2
A2  China 2
C1  Russia 4
C1  Russia
B2  Hungary

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Russia Russia
Alexander Grischuk
Daniil Dubov
Aleksandra Goryachkina
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Andrey Esipenko
Polina Shuvalova
Vladislav Artemiev
Vladimir Fedoseev
Kateryna Lagno
Valentina Gunina
Volodar Murzin
Leya Garifullina
United States United States of America
Jeffery Xiong
Ray Robson
Irina Krush
Anna Zatonskih
Awonder Liang
Thalia Cervantes Landeiro
Dariusz Swiercz
Nazi Paikidze
China China
Ding Liren
Wei Yi
Hou Yifan
Ju Wenjun
Xu Zhihang
Zhu Jiner
Yu Yangyi
Bu Xiangzhi
Lei Tingjie
Huang Qian
Wang Shixu B
Ning Kaiyu
India India
Viswanathan Anand
Vidit Gujrathi
Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli
Nihal Sarin
Vaishali Rameshbabu
Pentala Harikrishna
Adhiban Baskaran
Tania Sachdev
Bhakti Kulkarni
Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu
Savitha Shri Baskar

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