Top seed Russia played catch up with second seed India
on total points by sweeping Uzbekistan 4-0 in the
seventh round of the World Youth Chess Olympiad on
September 30. India also won but only by 2.5-1.5 against
Azerbaijan.
India and Russia are on top with 20 points out of 28
games. Two rounds remain to be played. India face
Hungary and Russia faces Turkey in round eight.
Russia is marginally favourites since they have won six
matches and drawn one to have 13 match points while
India is on 12 match points. Two rounds remain to be
played.
India was let down on the top by Priyadharshan whose
king was trapped in a cluster of enemy pieces. Debashis
Das and Aditya Udeshi gave us the wins against
Uzbekistan in the middle boards. In the bottom board,
Girish Koushik fought hard to draw with his rook against
two pieces of his opponent.
India are winners of the 2007 and 2008 editions and are
seeking a hat-trick this year. The event ends on Oct 2,
2009 after ten rounds.
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