India’s chess prowess was on full show on the forty sixth Chess Olympiad, the place the boys’s crew secured a silver medal and the ladies’s crew introduced residence a bronze, alongside a number of particular person honours.
IMAGE: R Praggnanandhaa drew with Hungary’s Richard Rapport, whereas Arjun Erigaisi beat Peter Leko within the last spherical of the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand on Sunday. {Photograph}: Rafal Oleksiewicz/FIDE
Key Factors
- Indian males’s chess crew secured a silver medal on the forty sixth Chess Olympiad after a tie-break towards Hungary.
- The Indian girls’s chess crew clinched a bronze medal following a draw with Georgia.
- Uzbekistan received the gold within the Open part, whereas China claimed gold within the Ladies’s part.
- B Savitha Shri was a standout performer for the Indian girls, incomes a person gold medal.
The Indian males performed out a draw with Hungary and settled for the silver medal on a tie-break, whereas the ladies drew with Georgia to deliver residence the bronze within the forty sixth Chess Olympiad that concluded in Samarkand on Sunday.
India’s Sturdy Displaying at Chess Olympiad
The Uzbekistan crew regained the gold medal within the open part after successful the ultimate spherical sport towards Ukraine by a 2.5-1.5 factors.
The Uzbeks ended with 20 factors out of a doable 22, successful as many as 10 rounds and dropping a lone match towards Germany.
The Indian males ended up with 18 factors and have been tied for the second spot with Germany that defeated Holland.
Nonetheless, due to a greater tie-break rating, the Indian crew ended with silver whereas Germany needed to be content material with the bronze.
Ladies’s Group Secures Bronze
IMAGE: B Savitha Shri received the person gold medal for her efficiency on the Chess Olympiad. {Photograph}: Rafal Oleksiewicz/FIDE
Within the girls’s part, China annexed the gold with one other advantageous efficiency towards Vietnam, successful by a 3-1 margin. The Chinese language crew additionally ended with 20 factors in all, a few factors greater than second-placed Kazakhstan.
The Indian crew was but towards rescued by B Savitha Shri who has clearly been the most effective performer among the many Indian girls. Ending up with 9 factors out of her 10 video games, Savitha Shri was clearly the rationale why the Indian girls might win the bronze.
Because it occurred within the match, Humpy scored a fast victory over Nana Dzagnidze however Divya Deshmukh misplaced towards Bella Khotenashvili on fourth board.
After Vantika Agrawal was additionally held to a draw on the third board, a lot was left to Savitha Shri to outlive a really tough place the place her king was below fixed scrutiny. Savitha finally fought transfer for transfer to pressure the draw.
Particular person Honours for Indian Chess Stars
Along with the crew bronze, Savitha additionally received the person gold medal for her efficiency. Humpy and Vantika received the bronze whereas Divya Deshmukh acquired silver medal for her efficiency.
Among the many Indian males, Praggnanandhaa received the bronze for his efficiency however following a final spherical debacle, Gukesh narrowly missed out on gold.
Essential outcomes last spherical:
Open: Uzbekistan (20) beat Ukraine (Nodirbek Abdusattorov Igor Kovalenko; Javokhir Sindarov drew with Vasyl Ivanchuk; Nodirbek Yakubboev drew with Ihor Samunenkov; Mukhiddin Madaminov beat Roman Dehtiarov). India (18) drew with Hungary (17) 2-2 R Praggnanandhaa drew with Richard Rapport; Arjun Erigaisi beat Peter Leko; Nihal Sarin drew with Benjamin Gledura; D Gukesh misplaced to Gleb Dudin). Netherlands (15) misplaced to Germany (18) 1.5-2.5; Anish Giri drew with Vincent Keymer; Jorden Van Foreest misplaced to Matthias Bluebaum; Loek Van Wely drew with Svane Frederik; Casper Schoppen drew with Rasmus Svane.
Ladies: China (20) beat Vietnam 3-1 (Zhu JIner beat Pham le Thao Nguyen; Music Yuxin drew with Vo Thi Kim Phung; Lu Miaoyi beat Luong Phuong; Zhai Mo drew with Nguyen Thi Mai Hung). Poland (17) drew with Kazakhstan (18) 2-2 (Oliwia Kiolbasa drew with Bibisara Assaubayeva; Aleksandra Maltsevskaya beat Alua Nurman; Kulon Klaudia drew with Meruert Kamalidenova; Alicija Sliwicka misplaced to Elnaz Kaliakhmet); India (18) drew with Georgia (16) 2-2 (Koneru Humpy beat Nana Dzagnidze; Divya Deshmukh misplaced to Bella Khotenashvili; Vantika Agrawal drew with Lela Javakhishvili; B Savitha Shri drew with Meri Arabidze).
