Chennai: Indian male and female players dominated and won the 2nd day of the 44th Chess Olympiad. The 44th Chess Olympiad is being held at the Battle Points Resort in Mamallapuram, near Chennai. On the 2nd day of the tournament, India A team played against Moldova in the open division yesterday.
Harikrishna Pendala, Arjun Erikaisi, SL Narayanan and Sasikiran were included in India A team. Vidit Gujarati was given a break. Playing with black pieces, Hari Krishna played against Shitko Ivan.
Hari Krishna who played with black pieces won. Playing with white pieces, Arjun Erikaisi drew the game against Magovi Antri. As a result, half a point was distributed to both of them. SL Narayanan won the match against Hamidevich Wladimir. Playing with the white pieces, Sasikiran tipped Julian Baldak.
Observer World Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway.
Subsequently, the Indian team won by 3.5-0.5. India B beat Estonia 4-0. Nikhil Sarin has been rested in the Indian B team. Thus Pragnananda burst into action. D. Gukesh defeated Geek Kalle, Pragnananda, Sugavin Grill and Athiban, Volodin defeated Alec Sander, Raunak Sadwani and Shiskov Andrey in this category.
India C team played against Mexico. Suryasekhar Ganguly, S.P. Sethu represented the Indian team
Raman, Abhijeet Gupta, Karthikeyan Murali came into play. Suryasekar Ganguly, who played with black pieces, drew with Hernandez Guerrero Gilberto. The match between SB Sethuraman and Ibra Shami Luis Fernando also ended in a draw.
Karthikeyan Murali defeated Capo Vidal Uriel. The match between Abhijeet Gupta and Diaz Rosas Julio Cesar ended in a draw. The Indian team won by 2.5 – 1.5 points. In the women’s division, the Indian A team met Argentina yesterday in their 2nd match. Koneru Hampi, playing with white pieces, drew the game against Suryal Marisha on the 44th move. As a result, half a point was distributed to both of them.
A foreign fan came to see.
Playing with black pieces, R. Vaishali defeated Campos Maria Jose and Tania Sachdev, Porta Rodas Anabola, Kulkarni Bhakti and Sarkis Maria Belan. With this, the Indian team beat Argentina by 3.5-0. India B team faced Latvia. Vandika Aggarwal also defeated Rokul Lara. Padmini Routh ended the match against Persina in a draw. Due to this he was also allotted half a point.
Meanwhile, Soumia Saminathan, Ter-Avedisjana defeated Agnesa Stefania and Mary Anne Gomez, Maklakova Nellija. As a result, the Indian team won by 3.5 – 0.5 points.
Indian C team played against Singapore. Isha Karwade, playing with black pieces, defeated Keke Angela on the 34th move. Similarly, Nandita defeated Mei-in-Immanu Ley.
Pratyusha Boda and Liu Yang finished in a draw against Hazel and Vishwa Vasnawala against Fang Kun. With this, the Indian team defeated Singapore with a score of 3-1. In yesterday’s match, the Indian team recorded 8 wins and 4 draws in the open category. In women’s category, Indian team got 8 wins and 4 draws.
Victory to the world champion The Norwegian team, which included world champion and number one Magnus Carlsen in the open division, played against Uruguay. Playing with white pieces, Carlson defeated the Uruguayan Meyer Jorge. Similarly, Norwegian team player Tari Aryan and Kristiansen Johan-Sebastian also tasted victory by defeating the opposing players. |