Indian Team crushes Paraguay, Women outclass Argentina in round five of Olympiad

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open & Women

Photos Courtesy: Niklesh Jain/ ChessBase India

Team India bounced back from the fourth-round setback after an impressive 3.5-0.5 victory over Paraguay in the fifth round of the 43rd Chess Olympiad, Batumi. Meanwhile, the Indian Women’s team which has not lost any round till date outshined Argentina with 3.5-0.5 score yesterday.

Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand had lost his previous round game to Word no.2 Fabiano Caruana of USA. However, he soon recovered to post a victory against GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez of Paraguay in just 26 moves.

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A minor upset was caused on board two after P Harikrishna was held to a draw by  Guillermo Vazquez. But Adhiban Baskaran and Sasikiran Krishnan had ensured the team’s win before that game ended.

Vidit Gujrathi was rested in the fifth round.

Bo.	5	India (IND)	Rtg	–	51	Paraguay (PAR)	Rtg	3½: ½
8.1	GM	Anand, Viswanathan	2771	–	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	2619	1 – 0
8.2	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	2743	–	IM	Vazquez, Guillermo	2468	½ – ½
8.3	GM	Adhiban, B.	2668	–	FM	Almiron, Antonio	2358	1 – 0
8.4	GM	Sasikiran, Krishnan	2672	–	CM	Jodorcovsky Werjivker, Paulo	2275	1 – 0

The Indian women scored a 3.5-0.5 victory defeating Argentina. On the top board, Koneru Humpy registered a smooth win against Carolina Lujan.

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On the second, Harika Dronavalli survived a near-fatal game while duo Tania Sachdev and Eesha Karavade did what was needed to post a crushing victory.

IM Padmini Rout was once against rested.

Bo.	30	Argentina (ARG)	Rtg	–	5	India (IND)	Rtg	½ :3½
4.1	IM	Lujan, Carolina	2350	–	GM	Koneru, Humpy	2557	0 – 1
4.2	WGM	Amura, Claudia	2249	–	GM	Harika, Dronavalli	2500	½ – ½
4.3	WIM	Fernandez, Maria Florencia	2219	–	IM	Tania, Sachdev	2400	0 – 1
4.4	WIM	Martinez, Ayelen	2215	–	IM	Karavade, Eesha	2374	0 – 1

Team pairings – Open

Round 6 on 2018/09/30 at 16:30
No.	SNo		Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team		SNo
1	4		AZE	Azerbaijan	16	10		:		10	15	Czech Republic	CZE		15
2	11		POL	Poland	16	10		:		10	13½	Ukraine	UKR		6
3	10		ISR	Israel	16	9		:		9	14½	Germany	GER		16
4	56		BIH	Bosnia & Herzegovina	16	8		:		9	14	United States of America	USA		1
5	23		IRI	Iran	15½	8		:		8	14	China	CHN		3
6	2		RUS	Russia	14	8		:		8	15½	India	IND		5
7	9		ENG	England	12½	8		:		8	15	France	FRA		7
8	13		NED	Netherlands	16½	8		:		8	14½	Georgia 3	GEO3		65
9	38		NOR	Norway	15½	8		:		8	14	Croatia	CRO		18
10	22		TUR	Turkey	15	8		:		8	12½	Belarus	BLR		17

Team pairings – Women

Round 6 on 2018/09/30 at 16″30
No.	SNo		Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team		SNo
1	5		IND	India	16½	9		:		10	15½	United States of America	USA		10
2	2		UKR	Ukraine	15½	9		:		9	15	China	CHN		3
3	1		RUS	Russia	15½	8		:		9	14½	Armenia	ARM		12
4	11		AZE	Azerbaijan	15½	8		:		8	14½	Latvia	LAT		42
5	18		ITA	Italy	14	8		:		8	15½	Cuba	CUB		22
6	4		GEO1	Georgia 1	14½	9		:		9	15½	Georgia 2	GEO2		14
7	34		LTU	Lithuania	14	8		:		8	14½	Kazakhstan	KAZ		8
8	40		CAN	Canada	15	8		:		8	14	Uzbekistan	UZB		31
9	26		CZE	Czech Republic	15½	8		:		8	14	Iran	IRI		28
10	17		MGL	Mongolia	13½	8		:		8	14½	Romania	ROU		20