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Story summary
- Uzbekistan is favored to win the 208-team chess Olympiad in Samarkand.
- India, China and the United States are Uzbekistan’s main rivals.
- India’s top board Gukesh Dommaraju may play lower after shaky recent form.
- The U.S. team is led by world No 3 Fabiano Caruana and world No 5 Wesley So.
- England’s ageing squad seeded 12th is unlikely to finish in the top 15.
