Round 2 of the Budapest Chess Olympiad Open section was played today. There were several upsets with lower rated teams holding the ground with top favorites.
50th seed Canada tied 6th seed Norway, who played without Magnus Carlsen. Mongolia and Ireland held Czech Republic and Israel respectively, while Venezuela tied Greece.
Round 3 pairings are below.
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Round 2 Results:
United States of America 4 – 0 Singapore
Hungary *) 3ยฝ – ยฝ Peru
Iceland 0 – 4 India
China 3ยฝ – ยฝ Chile
Egypt ยฝ – 3ยฝ Uzbekistan
Netherlands 2ยฝ – 1ยฝ Belgium
Canada 2 – 2 Norway
Germany 3 – 1 Philippines
Mexico 1 – 3 England
Portugal 1 – 3 Iran
Poland 3 – 1 Hungary C
Finland ยฝ – 3ยฝ Azerbaijan
Spain 3ยฝ – ยฝ Bosnia & Herzegovina
Paraguay 1ยฝ – 2ยฝ France
Ukraine 3ยฝ – ยฝ Uruguay
Estonia 1ยฝ – 2ยฝ Serbia
Armenia 3 – 1 Andorra
North Macedonia 1ยฝ – 2ยฝ Romania
Czech Republic 2 – 2 Mongolia
Ireland 2 – 2 Israel
Vietnam 3ยฝ – ยฝ Bangladesh
Faroe Islands 1 – 3 Turkiye
Greece 2 – 2 Venezuela
Albania ยฝ – 3ยฝ Bulgaria
Hungary B 3 – 1 Scotland
Japan 0 – 4 Slovenia
Croatia 3 – 1 Kyrgyzstan
Kosovo * 1ยฝ – 2ยฝ Italy
Lithuania 3ยฝ – ยฝ Turkmenistan
Bolivia 1ยฝ – 2ยฝ Denmark
Austria 2ยฝ – 1ยฝ United Arab Emirates
Costa Rica 0 – 4 Georgia
Argentina 2ยฝ – 1ยฝ New Zealand
Wales ยฝ – 3ยฝ Moldova
Cuba 3 – 1 South Africa
Algeria 1 – 3 Montenegro
Australia 3 – 1 Zimbabwe
Angola 1 – 3 Switzerland
Brazil 3ยฝ – ยฝ Ecuador
Luxembourg ยฝ – 3ยฝ Sweden
Kazakhstan 3ยฝ – ยฝ Monaco
Tajikistan 2 – 2 Latvia
Slovakia 3 – 1 Indonesia
Thailand 1 – 3 Colombia
Zambia 4 – 0 Vanuatu
Sao Tome and Principe 1ยฝ – 2ยฝ Panama
Morocco 2ยฝ – 1ยฝ Bahrain
Equatorial Guinea ยฝ – 3ยฝ Dominican Republic
Trinidad & Tobago 4 – 0 Palau
Ghana 0 – 4 Lebanon
South Korea 4 – 0 Mauritania
Guernsey 0 – 4 Madagascar
Chinese Taipei 3ยฝ – ยฝ Aruba
San Marino 0 – 4 El Salvador
Malaysia 3 – 1 Eritrea
Maldives 0 – 4 Sudan
Jordan 3ยฝ – ยฝ Guyana
Chad 0 – 4 Iraq
Seychelles ยฝ – 3ยฝ Jamaica
Nicaragua 4 – 0 Bermuda
Myanmar 2 – 2 Tunisia
Guatemala 2ยฝ – 1ยฝ Kuwait
Guam ยฝ – 3ยฝ Malta
Cape Verde 3ยฝ – ยฝ Togo
Mauritius ยฝ – 3ยฝ Cyprus
Fiji 0 – 4 Palestine
Ethiopia 2ยฝ – 1ยฝ Lesotho
Saint Lucia 2 – 2 Liechtenstein
Puerto Rico 3ยฝ – ยฝ Sierra Leone
Bhutan 1 – 3 Botswana
Pakistan 3 – 1 Qatar
Tanzania ยฝ – 3ยฝ “Hong Kong, China”
Brunei Darussalam 2ยฝ – 1ยฝ Dominica
Eswatini 1 – 3 Malawi
Netherlands Antilles 2ยฝ – 1ยฝ Bahamas
Papua New Guinea 1 – 3 Honduras
Afghanistan 3 – 1 Cayman Islands
Mozambique 4 – 0 Antigua and Barbuda
“Macau, China” 1 – 3 Cote dโIvoire
Jersey 3ยฝ – ยฝ Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti 2 – 2 Isle of Man
Haiti 4 – 0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Gabon 0 – 4 Sri Lanka
Barbados 4 – 0 US Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands 0 – 4 Saudi Arabia
Kenya 4 – 0 Burkina Faso
Laos 0 – 4 Liberia
Namibia 3ยฝ – ยฝ Comoros Islands
Cambodia 0 – 4 Suriname
Cameroon 3 – 1 Grenada
Belize 0 – 4 Oman
Uganda – not paired
Nigeria – not paired
Syria – not paired
Yemen – not paired
Nepal – not paired
Libya – not paired
South Sudan – not paired
Somalia – not paired
Gambia – not paired
Senegal – not paired
Mali – not paired
Burundi – not paired
Niger – not paired
Central African Republic – not paired
Refugees – not paired
Round 3 Pairings:
Bulgaria – United States of America
Austria – Hungary *)
India – Hungary B
Slovenia – China
Uzbekistan – Croatia
Italy – Netherlands
Lithuania – Germany
England – Denmark
Iran – Georgia
Argentina – Poland
Azerbaijan – Moldova
Cuba – Spain
France – Montenegro
Australia – Ukraine
Serbia – Switzerland
Brazil – Armenia
Romania – Sweden
Kazakhstan – Vietnam
Turkiye – Slovakia
Colombia – Norway
Czech Republic – Canada
Mongolia – Israel
Greece – Ireland
Venezuela – Latvia
Singapore – Tajikistan
Dominican Republic – Iceland
Chile – Trinidad & Tobago
Lebanon – Egypt
Belgium – South Korea
Philippines – Madagascar
Chinese Taipei – Mexico
Peru – El Salvador
Malaysia – Portugal
Hungary C – Sudan
Jordan – Finland
Bosnia & Herzegovina – Iraq
Jamaica – Paraguay
Uruguay – Nicaragua
Guatemala – Estonia
Andorra – Malta
Cape Verde – North Macedonia
Bangladesh – Cyprus
Palestine – Faroe Islands
Ethiopia – Albania
Scotland – Puerto Rico
Botswana – Japan
Kyrgyzstan – Pakistan
“Hong Kong, China” – Kosovo *
Turkmenistan – Brunei Darussalam
Malawi – Bolivia
United Arab Emirates – Netherlands Antilles
Honduras – Costa Rica
New Zealand – Afghanistan
Mozambique – Wales
South Africa – Cote dโIvoire
Jersey – Algeria
Zimbabwe – Haiti
Sri Lanka – Angola
Barbados – Zambia
Ecuador – Saudi Arabia
Kenya – Luxembourg
Monaco – Liberia
Indonesia – Namibia
Suriname – Thailand
Panama – Cameroon
Oman – Morocco
Vanuatu – Tunisia
Liechtenstein – Myanmar
Isle of Man – Saint Lucia
Uganda – Djibouti
Sierra Leone – Libya
Bhutan – Sao Tome and Principe
Bahrain – Qatar
Tanzania – Equatorial Guinea
Palau – Dominica
Eswatini – Ghana
Mauritania – Bahamas
Papua New Guinea – Guernsey
Aruba – Cayman Islands
Antigua and Barbuda – San Marino
Eritrea – “Macau, China”
Democratic Republic of the Congo – Maldives
Guyana – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Gabon – Chad
US Virgin Islands – Seychelles
Bermuda – British Virgin Islands
Kuwait – Burkina Faso
Laos – Guam
Togo – Comoros Islands
Cambodia – Mauritius
Grenada – Fiji
Lesotho – Belize
Nigeria – not paired
Syria – not paired
Yemen – not paired
Nepal – not paired
South Sudan – not paired
Somalia – not paired
Gambia – not paired
Senegal – not paired
Mali – not paired
Burundi – not paired
Niger – not paired
Central African Republic – not paired
Refugees – not paired
