Friday, August 31, 2012

Chess News
At 40th World Chess Olympiad 2012, Istanbul, Turkey

Men's Round 4
(13) India dw (5) USA 2-2

GM Krishnan Sasikiran (IND,2707) l GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2778) 0-1 (B)
GM Pentala Harikrishna (IND,2685) bt GM Gata Kamsky (USA,2746) 1-0 (W)
GM Parimarjan Negi (IND,2664) dw GM Alexander Onishuk (USA,2666) ½-½ (B)
GM Abhijeet Gupta (IND,2637) dw GM Varuzhan Akobian (USA,2617 ½-½ (W)

Women's Round 4
(6) India dw (19) Serbia 2-2

GM Harika Dronavalli (IND,2503) dw IM Natasa Bojkovic (SRB,2392) ½-½ (W)
IM Eesha Sanjay Karavade (IND,2371) l WGM Maria Manakova (SRB,2304) 0-1 (B)
IM Tania Sachdev (IND,2379) bt WIM Marija Rakic (SRB,2300) 1-0 (W)
WGM Mary Ann Gomes (IND,2396) dw WGM Ana Benderac (SRB,2266) ½-½ (B)

Indian men performed really well to hold tough USA ... Hikaru defeated Sasi in 39 moves on top board but Hari responded beating experienced and higher rated Gata Kamsky in 41 moves ... On last two boards matches ended in draw in contrasting style ... So after 4 rounds our men team is on 11th position.

In women's match on 3rd board Tania defeated Marija Rakic in 48 moves to give lead to India ... Ana Benderac hold Mary Gomes on the last board ... But on 2nd board Maria Manakova scored upset win over Eesha in 64 moves ... On the first board Harika was in trouble in the late but she survived marathon match which ended in a draw after 108 moves ... After 4 rounds our women team is on 9th position.

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