Monday, September 03, 2012

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

Men's Round 6
(13) India vs (12) Israel 2-2

GM Krishnan Sasikiran (IND,2707) dw GM Boris Gelfand (ISR,2738) ½-½ (W)
GM Pentala Harikrishna (IND,2685) dw GM Emil Sutovsky (ISR,2687) ½-½ (B)
GM Parimarjan Negi (IND,2664) bt GM Maxim Rodshtein (ISR,2642) 1-0 (W)
GM Abhijeet Gupta (IND,2637) l GM Boris Avrukh (ISR,2605) 0-1 (B)

Women's Round 6
(6) India bt (9) Germany 3-1

GM Harika Dronavalli (IND,2503) dw IM Elisabeth Paehtz (GER,2483) ½-½ (W)
IM Eesha Sanjay Karavade (IND,2371) dw WGM Tetyana Melamed (GER,2356) ½-½ (B)
IM Tania Sachdev (IND,2379) bt WGM Melanie Ohme (GER,2337) 1-0 (W)
WGM Swaminathan Soumya (IND,2271) bt WGM Marta Michna (GER,2380) 1-0 (B)

Hari and Sutovsky agreed draw after 32 moves ... On top board Sasi hold Boris Gelfand after 43 moves ... Negi continued with his good run ... He defeated Maxim Rodshtein in 44 moves but Abhijeet Gupta got upset by Boris Avrukh in 54 moves ... After this round India slipped to 11th position in the standing.

In women's match, on last board Soumya scored upset win over German higher rated Marta Michna in just 29 moves ... On top board Paehtz hold Harika after 35 moves ... Eesha drew after 51 moves ... Tania defeated Melanie Ohme in 56 moves and gave India much needed victory after their poor result against Chinese in the previous round ... After this win Indian women moved up to 13th position from 22nd.

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