Team India holds Russia; Women draw USA in Round 6

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open & Women

Photos: David Llada

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand helped the Indian men hold second-seed Russia to a draw in the sixth round of the 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open on Sunday. Meanwhile, the unbeaten Indian women’s team came close to defeat sole leaders United States but eventually had to settle for a draw.

Anand came up with a brilliant counter-attack to hold Ian Nepomniachtchi to a draw on the top board.

The score was the same between Russia and India. A draw on all four boards.  P Harikrishna held former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik to a draw on the second board while Vidit Gujrathi and B Adhiban drew with Nikita Vituigov and Dmitry Jakovenko on the last two boards.

Bo.	2	Russia (RUS)	Rtg	–	5	India (IND)	Rtg	2 : 2
6.1	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2768	–	GM	Anand, Viswanathan	2771	½ – ½
6.2	GM	Kramnik, Vladimir	2779	–	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	2743	½ – ½
6.3	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	2726	–	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2711	½ – ½
6.4	GM	Jakovenko, Dmitry	2747	–	GM	Adhiban, B.	2668	½ – ½

Women’s leader American team split the points for the first time with India – 2:2. For India, it’s the second draw in this event.

On the first and the third boards, Koneru Humpy and Tania Sachdev defeated Zatonskih Anna and Abrahamyan Tatev, on the second and the forth boards Irina Krush and Yu Jennifer defeated Harika Dronavalli and  Eesha Karavade.

Round 6 on 2018/09/30 at 15:00
Bo.	5	India (IND)	Rtg	–	10	United States of America (USA)	Rtg	2 : 2
1.1	GM	Koneru, Humpy	2557	–	IM	Zatonskih, Anna	2431	1 – 0
1.2	GM	Harika, Dronavalli	2500	–	GM	Krush, Irina	2423	0 – 1
1.3	IM	Tania, Sachdev	2400	–	WGM	Abrahamyan, Tatev	2361	1 – 0
1.4	IM	Karavade, Eesha	2374	–	FM	Yu, Jennifer	2268	0 – 1

With fives rounds still to come, Azerbaijan and Poland lead the open section while USA and Armenia top the women section.

Team pairings – Open

Round 7 on 2018/10/01 at 16:30
No.	SNo		Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team		SNo
1	11		POL	Poland	18½	12		:		12	19	Azerbaijan	AZE		4
2	18		CRO	Croatia	17	10		:		11	17½	United States of America	USA		1
3	6		UKR	Ukraine	15	10		:		10	16½	China	CHN		3
4	16		GER	Germany	16½	10		:		10	19	Netherlands	NED		13
5	15		CZE	Czech Republic	16	10		:		10	18	Israel	ISR		10
6	17		BLR	Belarus	15	10		:		10	16½	Armenia	ARM		8
7	5		IND	India	17½	9		:		10	15	Egypt	EGY		40
8	12		HUN	Hungary	15	9		:		9	17	France	FRA		7
9	57		ALG	Algeria	15	9		:		9	17	Spain	ESP		24
10	45		SRB	Serbia	15	9		:		9	16	Russia	RUS		2

Team pairings – Women

Round 7 on 2018/10/01 at 16:30
No.	SNo		Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team		SNo
1	12		ARM	Armenia	17½	11		:		11	17½	United States of America	USA		10
2	3		CHN	China	17	10		:		10	17½	Netherlands	NED		16
3	28		IRI	Iran	17	10		:		10	17½	Ukraine	UKR		2
4	18		ITA	Italy	17	10		:		10	18	Azerbaijan	AZE		11
5	20		ROU	Romania	17	10		:		10	16½	Uzbekistan	UZB		31
6	5		IND	India	18½	10		:		11	17	Georgia 1	GEO1		4
7	43		PHI	Philippines	16	9		:		9	17	Georgia 2	GEO2		14
8	8		KAZ	Kazakhstan	16½	9		:		9	15½	Argentina	ARG		30
9	37		PER	Peru	17½	9		:		9	16	Lithuania	LTU		34
10	23		SRB	Serbia	15½	9		:		9	16	Hungary	HUN		13