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Indian Men, Women Win Round Six |
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Indian Men,
Women Win Round Six
By Arvind Aaron
Russia and Armenia went into lead in the Chess Olympiad at Dresden after
six rounds. They face in a crucial round seven battle on Nov 20. India
overcame Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.5-1.5 with Sasikiran scoring over
Predrag Nikolic in the top board.
Harikrishna had an extra pawn but could not win against Predojevic in
board two. Ganguly drew Saric and Chanda drew IM Stojanovic with the white
pieces.
India are tied for the third place on ten match points. Russia and Armenia
are leading with eleven match points. A team gets two points for a win,
one for a draw and zero for a defeat.
Indian won relied on wins from the lower boards of Swati Ghate and Mary
Ann Gomes to defeat lower rated Italy 2.5-1.5. Tania Sachdev got her queen
bottled up in the enemy territory and before she could swing it back, the
damage was done. Harika drew IM Elena Sedina for 2.5-1.5 result for the
Indians.
China is leading with maximum 12 points. India is tied for the seventh
place on nine points. India seed eleven, faces Bulgaria, seed 13 in the
seventh round.
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