The 2021 Online Chess Olympiad starts in a few hours. Division 4 is the starting division this year, with Pool A the first pool to kick off. It consists of teams in Asia (including Oceania) including Fiji, Guam and Hong Kong. The top 3 teams from this pool (and each of the Division 4 pools) qualify for the next round (Division 3). Pool A begins at 6pm Canberra time, and there will be 3 rounds today with 4 rounds on Saturday and Sunday. Based on rating, Pakistan and Lebanon look like the favourites to qualify, but Fiji and Guam are in with a chance to take 3rd, along with a few other teams.
There should be plenty of life coverage of the games, which will be hosted on chess.com. Details from chess.com are here while the official FIDE stream is at https://onlineolympiad.fide.com/stream
(** I am a paid official for this event, although I will not be involved in Pool A for this round **)
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