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China Leads Olympiad With Three Rounds To Go

AICF Admin 11 years ago

rd61China Leads Olympiad With Three Rounds To Go
By Arvind Aaron

India held defending champions Armenia to a creditable 2-2 draw with no decisive result on all four boards. After eight rounds, India’s neighbour, China are in sole lead with 14 match points. They inflicted a 3-1 defeat on Azerbaijan with wins on the lower boards.

Round eight result would be India’s best upset result this year in a team competition. All our four players were lower rated than their Armenian counterparts. Negi v Aronian, Sargissian v Sethuraman, Sasikiran v Movsesian, Akopian v Adhiban ended in draws for India’s memorable result against a defending champion of the Chess Olympiad.

The previous best was we were leading Russia 1.5-0.5 in Calvia 2004 against 2002 champions Russia after Anand defeated Morozevich on board one. Russians hit back on the lower boards to come from behind.

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China leads with 14 points. India shares the seventh place with twelve points. Russia slipped again after Kramnik suffered another defeat against Valejo. Russia drew Spain 2-2 and have perhaps lost the chance to win another Olympiad since 2002.

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However, in women, Russia maintained its winning spree. They crushed Hungary 3.5-0.5 to reach maximum 16 points. China beat Poland 3-1 to reach 14 points. India thrashed Indonesia 3-1 with wins on the lower boards of Mary Ann Gomes and Padmini Rout. Harika and Tania drew on the top board. All our opponents were lower rated.

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Fifth seed India shares sixth place with 12 points. India takes on third seed Ukraine in women and Argentina in men.

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 Photos : Grandmaster Mr. R.B.Ramesh and International Arbiter Mr.Gopakumar

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