Kazakhstan broke into the Top 3 at the World Chess Olympiad.
Organization takes place in Chennai city of India. This happened after the victory of the women’s national team over Bulgaria in the ninth round. Zhansaya Abdumalik and Guliskhan Nakhbayeva won their games, while Bibisara Asaubayeva and Ksenia Balabayeva drew. Now the team has seven wins, a draw and a defeat. But the men’s team lost to Serbia with a score of 1:3. The confrontation of the best chess players in the world continues. Today, Kazakhstanis will play with a top team from India. Athletes call this match the most responsible match so ever.
Anuar Ismagambetov, Executive Director of the Kazakhstan Chess Federation: – Today, according to Kazakhstan time, the game starts at 15.30 and ends at about 20.30 – 21.00. Tomorrow the game starts in the morning, from 10.30 and will approximately end by 15.00 to 15.30. Then it will be clear, the organizers will count all the results. The World Chess Olympiad is held every two years. This year, about 190 countries took part in it.