Welcome, everyone to a special Olympiad edition of the Osaka Papers.
The 45th Chess Olympiad held in Budapest, Hungary has come to an extraordinary conclusion. For team India it was a historic event, the top ranked women's team, and the highly touted open team both took home gold in their respective competitions.
Yet, for most teams such lofty goals, such as medalling, are far beyond the realms of possibility. Take Japan for instance: a relative minnow in the deep seas of the chess world, the nation has no grandmasters, nor women grandmasters, moreover, the women's and open teams were ranked 100th and 70th respectively.
One has to ask the question what can such a team do against the giants of the chess world?
The answer is quite simple...Giant Killing...they can go out there and KILL GIANTS.
Before we get into that, how about a few pics to prove that any of this actually happened.
Welcome, everyone to a special Olympiad edition of the Osaka Papers.
The 45th Chess Olympiad held in Budapest, Hungary has come to an extraordinary conclusion. For team India it was a historic event, the top ranked women's team, and the highly touted open team both took home gold in their respective competitions.
Yet, for most teams such lofty goals, such as medalling, are far beyond the realms of possibility. Take Japan for instance: a relative minnow in the deep seas of the chess world, the nation has no grandmasters, nor women grandmasters, moreover, the women's and open teams were ranked 100th and 70th respectively.
One has to ask the question what can such a team do against the giants of the chess world?
The answer is quite simple...Giant Killing...they can go out there and KILL GIANTS.
Before we get into that, how about a few pics to prove that any of this actually happened.