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The online Olympiad playoff quarter-finals took place on Monday (local time) on the servers of Chess.com. Four exciting matches, two of which were decided by the blitz tie-breaks. Based on the results and the round of 16, the semi-finals – scheduled for Tuesday are – India against the United States and China against Russia. The 12 players and coaches of the Indian squad in a setting after a nerve-racking QF encounter against Ukraine at the [@FIDE_chess] Olympiad 2021. The first match was won by India 4-2, then Ukraine fought back 3.5-2.5 and finally India won the blitz tiebreaker 5-1. Pictures:...
