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 *) 3½ – ½ Peru
Iceland 0 – 4 India
China 3½ – ½ Chile
Egypt ½ – 3½ Uzbekistan
Netherlands 2½ – 1½ Belgium
Canada 2 – 2 Norway
Germany 3 – 1 Philippines
Mexico 1 – 3 England
Portugal 1 – 3 Iran
Poland 3 – 1 Hungary C
Finland ½ – 3½ Azerbaijan
Spain 3½ – ½ Bosnia & Herzegovina
Paraguay 1½ – 2½ France
Ukraine 3½ – ½ Uruguay
Estonia 1½ – 2½ Serbia
Armenia 3 – 1 Andorra
North Macedonia 1½ – 2½ Romania
Czech Republic 2 – 2 Mongolia
Ireland 2 – 2 Israel
Vietnam 3½ – ½ Bangladesh
Faroe Islands 1 – 3 Turkiye
Greece 2 – 2 Venezuela
Albania ½ – 3½ Bulgaria
Hungary B 3 – 1 Scotland
Japan 0 – 4 Slovenia
Croatia 3 – 1 Kyrgyzstan
Kosovo * 1½ – 2½ Italy
Lithuania 3½ – ½ Turkmenistan
Bolivia 1½ – 2½ Denmark
Austria 2½ – 1½ United Arab Emirates
Costa Rica 0 – 4 Georgia
Argentina 2½ – 1½ New Zealand
Wales ½ – 3½ Moldova
Cuba 3 – 1 South Africa
Algeria 1 – 3 Montenegro
Australia 3 – 1 Zimbabwe
Angola 1 – 3 Switzerland
Brazil 3½ – ½ Ecuador
Luxembourg ½ – 3½ Sweden
Kazakhstan 3½ – ½ Monaco
Tajikistan 2 – 2 Latvia
Slovakia 3 – 1 Indonesia
Thailand 1 – 3 Colombia
Zambia 4 – 0 Vanuatu
Sao Tome and Principe 1½ – 2½ Panama
Morocco 2½ – 1½ Bahrain
Equatorial Guinea ½ – 3½ Dominican Republic
Trinidad & Tobago 4 – 0 Palau
Ghana 0 – 4 Lebanon
South Korea 4 – 0 Mauritania
Guernsey 0 – 4 Madagascar
Chinese Taipei 3½ – ½ Aruba
San Marino 0 – 4 El Salvador
Malaysia 3 – 1 Eritrea
Maldives 0 – 4 Sudan
Jordan 3½ – ½ Guyana
Chad 0 – 4 Iraq
Seychelles ½ – 3½ Jamaica
Nicaragua 4 – 0 Bermuda
Myanmar 2 – 2 Tunisia
Guatemala 2½ – 1½ Kuwait
Guam ½ – 3½ Malta
Cape Verde 3½ – ½ Togo
Mauritius ½ – 3½ Cyprus
Fiji 0 – 4 Palestine
Ethiopia 2½ – 1½ Lesotho
Saint Lucia 2 – 2 Liechtenstein
Puerto Rico 3½ – ½ Sierra Leone
Bhutan 1 – 3 Botswana
Pakistan 3 – 1 Qatar
Tanzania ½ – 3½ “Hong Kong, China”
Brunei Darussalam 2½ – 1½ Dominica
Eswatini 1 – 3 Malawi
Netherlands Antilles 2½ – 1½ Bahamas
Papua New Guinea 1 – 3 Honduras
Afghanistan 3 – 1 Cayman Islands
Mozambique 4 – 0 Antigua and Barbuda
“Macau, China” 1 – 3 Cote d’Ivoire
Jersey 3½ – ½ 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 3½ – ½ 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 d’Ivoire
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
