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Upsets from the 2024 Chess Olympiad · Vincent Keymer and Anish Giri losing to “normal” Grandmasters

September 14, 2024 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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The Chess Olympiad always offers interesting pairings and brings very surprising upsets. This year is no exception. Super Grandmasters don’t often lose to mortals. When they do, I try to figure out what had gone wrong.

In round 3 of the 2024 Chess Olympiad, Italy faced the Netherlands and Lithuania faced Germany, resulting in two huge upsets on the first boards.

L. Lodici (2556) – A. Giri (2724)
Nimzo-Indian, St. Petersburg
2024 Olympiad, Rd.3, September 13th

T. Stremavicius (2527) – V. Keymer (2730)
Anti Nimzo-Indian, weird 3…h6
2024 Olympiad, Rd.3, September 13th

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