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IMAGE: R Praggnanandhaa did the star flip for India ‘B’ towards Azerbaijan, beating Vasif Durarbayli in 66 strikes on the Chess Olympiad on Sunday. {Photograph}: FIDE/Vasif Durarbayli
India ‘B’ performed out a 2-2 draw towards Azerbaijan within the ninth spherical of the open part, whereas India ‘A’ and ‘C’ groups registered an identical 3-1 wins within the forty fourth Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram, Chennai, on Sunday.
Teenaged Grandmaster D Gukesh noticed his profitable streak come to a halt after he drew his prime board sport towards Shakhriyar Mamedyarov after having notched up eight victories on the trot.
His sensational run included wins over World No.5 Fabiano Caruana and former World championship challenger Alexei Shirov.
Gukesh’s fellow teenaged GM R Praggnanandhaa did the star flip for India ‘B’ towards Azerbaijan, beating Vasif Durarbayli in 66 strikes. Raunak Sadhwani went right down to Nijat Abasov, whereas Nihal Sarin drew with Rauf Mamedov.
India ‘A’ defeated Brazil 3-1, whereas India ‘C’ beat Paraguay by an analogous margin. Younger GM Arjun Erigaisi and Ok Sasikiran starred for India ‘A’ with wins over Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian and Andre Diamant respectively.
In the meantime, leaders Armenia had been shocked by Uzbekistan who posted a 3-1 win. Armenia’s defeat leaves the sector open with Uzbekistan climbing to the highest place.
Within the ladies’s part, the top-seeded India ‘A’ had been handed a 2.5-1.5 defeat by fourth-seeded Poland, whereas No.2 seed Ukraine and No.3 seed Georgia performed out a 2-2 draw.
Georgia caught up with India ‘A’ with 15 match factors, whereas Ukraine lies one level behind.
The 2 different Indian groups — ‘B’ and ‘C’ had been on the profitable aspect, thrashing Switzerland 4-0 and Estonia 3-1 respectively.
Outcomes – (India’s matches)
Open:
India ‘A’ beat Brazil 3-1 (P Harikrishna drew to Param Maghdoodloo, Vidit S Gujrathi drew with Alexandr Fier, Arjun Erigaisi beat Krikov Sevag Mekhitarian, Ok Sasikiran beat Andre Diamant).
India ‘B’ drew with Azerbaijan 2-2 (D Gukesh drew with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Nihal Sarin drew with Rauf Mamedov, R Praggnanandhaa beat Vasif Durarbayli, Raunak Sadhwani misplaced to Nijat Abasov).
India ‘C’ beat Paraguay 3-1 (Surya Shekhar Ganguly misplaced to Axel Bachmann, S P Sethuraman beat Rami Delgado, Karthikeyan Murali beat Jose Fernando Cubas, Abhimanyu Puranik beat M Ruben D Zacarias).
Girls:
India ‘A’ misplaced to Poland 1.5-2.5 (Koneru Humpy drew with Alina Kashlinskaya, D Harika drew with Monika Socko, Oliwia Kiolbasa beat R Vaishali, Tania Sachdev drew with Maria Malicka).
India ‘B’ beat Switzerland 4-0 (Vantika Agrawal beat Lena Georgescu, Padmini Rout beat Ghazal Hakimifard, Mary Ann Gomes beat Gundula Heinatz, Divya Deshmukh beat Camille De Seroux).
India ‘C’ beat Estonia 3-1 (Easha Karavade drew with Mai Narva, P V Nandhidhaa beat Margareth Olde, Varshini Sahiti beat Anastassia Sinisina, Vishwa Vasnawala drew with Sofia Blokhin).
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