Friday, September 07, 2012

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

Men's Round 10
(13) India dw (15) Cuba 2-2

GM Krishnan Sasikiran (IND,2707) l GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (CUB,2725) 0-1 (W)
GM Pentala Harikrishna (IND,2685) l GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista (CUB,2711) 0-1 (B)
GM Parimarjan Negi (IND,2664) bt GM Yuniesky Quesada Perez (CUB,2626) 1-0 (W)
GM Abhijeet Gupta (IND,2637) bt IM Yusnel Bacallao Alonso (CUB,2583) 1-0 (B)

Women's Round 10
(6) India bt (25) Israel 3½-½

GM Harika Dronavalli (IND,2503) bt WIM Maya Porat (ISR,2295) 1-0 (W)
IM Tania Sachdev (IND,2379) bt WIM Marsel Efroimski (ISR,2174) 1-0 (B)
WGM Mary Ann Gomes (IND,2396) dw IM Masha Klinova (ISR,2317) ½-½ (W)
WGM Swaminathan Soumya (IND,2271) bt WFM Yuliya Shvayger (ISR,2202) 1-0 (B)

Sasi and Hari failed to overcome challnge of higher elo rated opponents ... Both gave fighting performance ... Sasi lost in 63 moves playing with white against Leinier Dominguez Perez ... Hari played with black and lost in 62 moves against Lazaro Bruzon Batista ... But this time again our last two boards helped us to drew this tie ... Negi defeated Yuniesky Quesada Perez with white in 45 moves ... Abhijeet continued with his good form and defeated Yusnel Bacallao Alonso in 40 moves playing with black.

Indian women scored dominating win against lower rated Israeli team ... Harika defeated Maya Porat in 36 moves playing with white ... Tania continued with her good form and defeated Efroimski in 55 moves playing with black ... Masha Klinova hold higher rated Mary after 55 moves ... Soumya beat Shvayger in 40 moves playing with black.

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