On Friday, July 29, the matches of the 1st round of the World Chess Olympiad 2022 took place in Chennai, India..

Ukrainian national teams also took part in matches in which they won crushing victories..

The men's team of Ukraine beat the team of Thailand (4:0). The victories were won by Andrey Volokitin, Yuri Kuzubov, Kirill Shevchenko, Vladimir Onischuk.

The women's team of Ukraine beat the team of South Africa (4:0). Anna Muzychuk, Anna Ushenina, Natalia Buksa, Yulia Osmak won their games.

In the second round, the Ukrainian men's team will play against the Albanian team, and the Ukrainian women's team will play against the Turkish team..

Note that initially the tournament was supposed to be held in Moscow, but the Russian Federation lost the right to host the championship after the military invasion of Ukraine.

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Earlier it was reported that Ukraine refused to send children to the World Chess Championship because of the participation of Russians there..