the previous seven Chess Olympiads, he did not participate in the 2014 edition, taking part in the Turkish league instead. At the inaugural Qatar Masters he scored 5.5/9 to tie for 25th place. Pentala started 2015 by scoring 7.5/10 for ninth place by tiebreak at Gibraltar, with several team events following including the World Team Championships in which he scored 5/9. In June, he won the 10th Edmonton International scoring 7.5/9, including a 5/5 start. An early second round exit from the World Cup against Sethuraman allowed Pentala to enter and tied for first from Gabriel Sargissian and Laurent Fressinet at the Isle of Man International on tiebreak, scoring 7/9. He rounded off the year by scoring an unbeaten 6/9 at the Qatar Masters Open for eleventh place on tiebreak. In February–March 2016, he participated in IMSA Elite Mind Games held in China. He finished the event placed seventh in the rapid and third in blitz events gaining a staggering 113 points in live ratings to reach the career best rating of 2774 in blitz. 2020–2022 In July 2020, he won with 5.5 points out of 7 games the Chess960 event, that was part of the chess tournament in Biel. Because of COVID-19, the players were separated from each other by plexiglass. He also represented India in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020 where India won the gold medal along with Russia. Through February and March 2022, Harikrishna played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022. In the first leg, he placed fourth in Pool D with a 2.5/6 result. In the second leg, he finished fourth in Pool B with a result of 2/6, finishing 23rd in the standings with two points. Team results Pentala has represented India at seven Chess Olympiads, making his debut at the age of 14 years 5 months during the 34th Chess Olympiad held in Istanbul with results as follows: {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" |- ! Olympiad ! Individual result ! Team result |- |Istanbul 2000 || 6.5/11 (27th) || 8th |- |Bled 2002 || 3.5/10 (102nd) || 29th |- |Calvia 2004 || 5.5/11 (62nd) || 6th |- |Turin 2006 || 8/12 (14th) || 30th |- |Dresden 2008 || 6/10 (13th) || 16th |- |Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 || 6/10 (19th) || 18th |- |Istanbul 2012 || 5.5/10 (12th) || 35th |} Pentala also took part in World Team Chess Championships, Asian Team Chess Championships and Asian Games