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At Women’s World Chess Cup 2012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Semi Final
G2 - Dronavalli Harika (IND) dw Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) ½-½ (½-½1)

In the second match Harika needed victory to keep her challenge in this World Chess Cup but Stefanova used her all experience for comfortable draw ... After 12th move Harika tried variations but Stefanova didn't try anything stupid and defended well ... Match ended in a draw after 36 moves ... Still creditable performance by Harika in this tough tournament where she was seeded 12th..

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At Women’s World Chess Cup 2012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Semi Final
G1 - Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) bt Dronavalli Harika (IND) 1-0

Bad start in the semi-final for Harika playing with then Black ... Antoaneta Stefanova defeated Harika in 39 moves taking advantage of mistakes from her ... Now Stefanova is favorite for the final ... Tomorrow Harika will play must-win match.

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At Women’s World Chess Cup 2012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Quarter Final
TB1 - (4) Xue Zhao (CHN) l Dronavalli Harika (IND) 0-1 (1-2)
TB2 - Dronavalli Harika (IND) dw (4) Xue Zhao (CHN) ½-½ (2½-1½)

After amazing escape yesterday Harika take advantage of that to upset 4th seed Chinese Xue Zhao in the quarter-final ... In the first tie-break game she defeated Xue Zhao in 33 moves playing with the Black ... In the second tie-break game Xue Zhao tried hard for comeback but Harika hold her after marathon game which ended in draw after 85 moves ... In the semis Harika is facing former women's world champion Bulgarian Antoaneta Stefanova.

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At Women’s World Chess Cup 2012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Quarter Final
G2 - Dronavalli Harika (IND) dw (4) Xue Zhao (CHN) ½-½ (1-1)

Amazing escape for Harika against Zhao after early blunders in 70 moves ... Harika managed draw from hopeless situation but she played excellent defensive game in the end and created multiple traps for the Black ... Today they will play Tie-breaker.

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At Women’s World Chess Cup 2012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Quarter Final
G1 - (4) Zhao Xue (CHN) dw Dronavalli Harika (IND) ½-½

Good result for Harika against higher rated Chinese opponent in the quarter-final ... Playing with Black she managed to hold Xue after 35 moves.

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At Women’s World Chess Cup 2012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Round Three
G1 - Lela Javakhishvili (GEO) dw Dronavalli Harika (IND) ½-½
G2 - Dronavalli Harika (IND) bt Lela Javakhishvili (GEO) 1-0 (1½-½)

Yesterday Harika drew playing with Black after 31 moves against Lela ... Again this time Harika scored crucial victory playing with White in the second game after 47 moves ... With this win Harika enters into the quarter-final ... She will face Chinese 4th seed Zhao Xue.

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At Women’s World Chess Cup 2012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Round One
G1 - Denise Frick (RSA) l Humpy Koneru (IND) 0-1
G2 - Humpy Koneru (IND) bt Denise Frick (RSA) 1-0 (2-0)

G1 - Swaminathan Soumya (IND) dw Dronavalli Harika (IND) ½-½
G2 - Dronavalli Harika (IND) bt Swaminathan Soumya (IND) 1-0 (1½-½)

Round Two
G1 - Humpy Koneru (IND) l Natalia Zhukova (UKR) 0-1
G2 - Natalia Zhukova (UKR) bt Humpy Koneru (IND) 1-0 (2-0)

G1 - Dronavalli Harika (IND) bt Elina Danielian (ARM) 1-0
G2 - Elina Danielian (ARM) dw Dronavalli Harika (IND) ½-½ (½-1½)

Soumya was unlucky to face Harika in the first round ... After drawing the first game playing with White Somya lost the second game with Black against more experienced Harika ... Harika continued with her good form in the second round and won against her teammate of Armenian club “Mika” Elina Danielian ... Harika won the first game with white and then drew the second game.

Humpy started with convincing win over South African Denise Frick in the first round ... But lower rated Ukrainian Natalia Zhukova upset her in the second round ... Playing with White Humpy made blunders in the middle of the game and lost 1st game in 37 moves ... In the second game Humpy take too much risk for a win playing with Black but Natalia kept her focus and won this game also in 43 moves.

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At São Paulo / Bilbao Grand Slam Final, Bilbao

Round 10 - Saturday, October 13
Francisco Vallejo ½-½ Fabiano Caruana
Levon Aronian ½-½ Magnus Carlsen
Viswanathan Anand ½-½ Sergey Karjakin

Anand ended tournament in disappointing note as another draw with Karjakin playing with White ... All other matches also shared the point.

Magnus Carlsen takes title when he defeated co-leader Fabiano Caruana in blitz tiebreak winning both matches, 2-0 ... Other hand Anand finished on 5th position, only ahead of Francisco Vallejo.

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At 5th São Paulo / Bilbao Grand Slam Final, Bilbao

Round 9 - Friday, October 12
Sergey Karjakin 1-0 Francisco Vallejo
Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Viswanathan Anand
Fabiano Caruana 1-0 Levon Aronian

In 9th round all White wins ... Magnus Carlsen played creatively and aggressively against Anand and scored his first win over the world champion in classical time-controls in 30 moves ... Fabiano Caruana defeated Levon Aronian in 39 moves and managed to keep pace with Carlsen ... In other match Karjakin defeated Vallejo 38 moves.

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At São Paulo / Bilbao Grand Slam Final, Bilbao

Round 6 - Monday, October 8
Francisco Vallejo ½-½ Viswanathan Anand
Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Fabiano Caruana
Sergey Karjakin ½-½ Levon Aronian

Round 7 - Tuesday, October 9
Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Francisco Vallejo
Fabiano Caruana ½-½ Sergey Karjakin
Levon Aronian ½-½ Viswanathan Anand

Round 8 - Thursday, October 11
Francisco Vallejo ½-½ Levon Aronian
Viswanathan Anand ½-½ Fabiano Caruana
Sergey Karjakin ½-½ Magnus Carlsen

After 8 rounds Anand is still searching for his first win in the Grand Slam Final tournament which is now moved in Bilbao from São Paulo for the second leg ... Other hand WR #1 Magnus Carlsen showed excellent form winning 2 matches with white from 3 played in the second leg ... He take revenge beating leader Caruana in 6th round and then defeated Vallejo to share lead with Fabiano Caruana after 8 rounds.

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At São Paulo / Bilbao Grand Slam Final, São Paulo, Brazil

Round 5 - Saturday, September 29

Francisco Vallejo ½-½ Sergey Karjakin
Viswanathan Anand ½-½ Magnus Carlsen
Levon Aronian ½-½ Fabiano Caruana

Round 4 - Friday, September 28

Fabiano Caruana bt Francisco Vallejo 1-0
Magnus Carlsen dw Levon Aronian ½-½
Serguei Kariakin dw Viswanathan Anand ½-½

In fifth round Anand managed draw against Carlsen after 58 moves ... He was under trouble after making mistake early but managed to hold Carlsen ... So end of São Paulo leg Anand is on 4th position with 4 draw ... 6 points behind leader Fabiano Caruana.

The fourth draw in a row for Anand but Fabiano Caruana secured first leg's title with his third win in 4 matches.
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At 6th Women's Grand Prix, Ankara, Turkey

Final Standing
GM Humpy Koneru (IND,2593) 8½ pts
GM Anna Muzychuk (SLO,2606) 8 pts
GM Xue Zhao (CHN,2549) 7½ pts
GM Viktorija Cmilyte (LTU,2520) 6½ pts
WGM Lufei Ruan (CHN,2492) 6½ pts
IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul (MGL,2434) 6 pts
GM Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS,2524) 5½ pts
WGM Wenjun Ju (CHN,2528) 5 pts
GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL,2502) 4½ pts
WGM Betul Cemre Yildiz (TUR,2341) 3½ pts
GM Monika Socko (POL,2463) 2½ pts
WGM Kubra Ozturk (TUR,2294) 2 pts

Round one - Sunday September 16, 2012
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434) ½-½ GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524)
GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606) ½-½ WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528)
WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294) 0-1 WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492)
GM Socko Monika (POL,2463) 0-1 GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520)
WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341) 0-1 GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593)
GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549) 1-0 GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502)

Round two - Monday September 17, 2012
GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524) ½-½ GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502)
GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593) ½-½ GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549)
GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520) 0-1 WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341)
WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492) 1-0 GM Socko Monika (POL,2463)
WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528) 1-0 WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294)
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434) ½-½ GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606)

Round three - Tuesday September 18, 2012
GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606) 1-0 GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524)
WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294) ½-½ IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434)
GM Socko Monika (POL,2463) ½-½ WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528)
WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341) 0-1 WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492)
GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549) 0-1 GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520)
GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502) bt 0-1 GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593)

Round four - Wednesday September 19, 2012
GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524) 0-1 GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593)
GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520) 1-0 GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502)
WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492) ½-½ GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549)
WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528) 1-0 WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341)
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434) 1-0 GM Socko Monika (POL,2463)
GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606) 1-0 WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294)

Round five - Friday September 21, 2012
WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294) ½-½ GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524)
GM Socko Monika (POL,2463) 0-1 GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606)
WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341) ½-½ IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434)
GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549) 1-0 WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528)
GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502) ½-½ WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492)
GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593) ½-½ GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520)

Round six - Saturday September 22, 2012
GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524) 1-0 GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520)
WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492) 0-1 GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593)
WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528) 1-0 GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502)
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434) 0-1 GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549)
GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606) 1-0 WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341)
WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294) 0-1 GM Socko Monika (POL,2463)

Round seven - Sunday September 23, 2012
GM Socko Monika (POL,2463) 0-1 GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524)
WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341) ½-½ WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294)
GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549) ½-½ GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606)
GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502) ½-½ IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434)
GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593) 1-0 WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528)
GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520) ½-½ WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492)

Round eight - Monday September 24, 2012
GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524) ½-½ WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492)
WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528) ½-½ GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520)
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434) ½-½ GM Koneru Humpy 2593)
GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606) ½-½ GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502)
WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294) ½-½ GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549)
GM Socko Monika (POL,2463) ½-½ WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341)

Round nine - Wednesday September 26, 2012
WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341) 1-0 GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524)
GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549) 1-0 GM Socko Monika (POL,2463)
GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502) 1-0 WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294)
GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593) 0-1 GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606)
GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520) ½-½ IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434)
WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492) ½-½ WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528)

Round ten - Thursday September 27, 2012
GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524) 1-0 WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528)
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434) ½-½ WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492)
GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606) ½-½ GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520)
WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294) 0-1 GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593)
GM Socko Monika (POL,2463) ½-½ GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502)
WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341) 0-1 GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549)

Round eleven - Friday September 28, 2012
GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549) ½-½ GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524)
GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502) 1-0 WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341)
GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593) 1-0 GM Socko Monika (POL,2463)
GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520) 1-0 WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294)
WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492) ½-½ GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606)
WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528) 0-1 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434)

Koneru Humpy won her final round game comfortably and won this GP by half point and now places second in the overall Grand Prix series.

Humpy lost playing with white in 9th game against top-seed Anna Muzychuk but won last two rounds and Anna managed only draw in last two rounds.

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Round 3 - Wednesday, September 26
Fabiano Caruana ½-½ Viswanathan Anand
Levon Aronian ½-½ Francisco Vallejo
Magnus Carlsen ½-½ Sergey Karjakin

Another draw for Anand in the third round ... All other boards also ended in draw.

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Round 2 - Tuesday, September 25
Francisco Vallejo 0-1 Magnus Carlsen
Sergey Karjakin 0-1 Fabiano Caruana
Viswanathan Anand ½-½ Levon Aronian

Round 1 - Monday, September 24
Viswanathan Anand ½-½ Francisco Vallejo
Levon Aronian 1-0 Sergey Karjakin
Fabiano Caruana 1-0 Magnus Carlsen

Anand is struggling with his form after three month layoff ... But after first round loss Carlsen responded with solid win in the second.

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Men's Round 11
(13) India l (7) Azerbaijan 1½-2½

GM Krishnan Sasikiran (IND,2707) dw GM Eltaj Safarli (AZE,2620) ½-½ (B)
GM Pentala Harikrishna (IND,2685) l GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE,2729) 0-1 (W)
GM Parimarjan Negi (IND,2664) dw GM Rauf Mamedov (AZE,2634) ½-½ (B)
GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal (IND,2550) dw GM Gadir Guseinov (AZE,2613) ½-½ (W)

Women's Round 10
(6) India bt (14) France 2½-1½

GM Harika Dronavalli (IND,2503) bt IM Almira Skripchenko (FRA,2442) 1-0 (B)
IM Tania Sachdev (IND,2379) dw IM Sophie Milliet (FRA,2411) (W) ½-½
WGM Mary Ann Gomes (IND,2396) l WGM Nino Maisuradze (FRA,2284) 0-1 (B)
WGM Swaminathan Soumya (IND,2271) bt WIM Andreea Bollengier (FRA,2253) 1-0 (W)

Terrific performance by our girls to finished on 4th position ... Our first top 5 finish in Chess Olympiad ... With this performance our women team is qualified for World Team Chess Championship 2013.

Also what a performance by Abhijeet and Tania to win individual medals ... First time we won individual medal in Open and Women section ... Abhijeet Gupta gets the Silver on the Fourth Board and Tania Sachdev gets the Bronze on the Third Board.

But very disappointed performance by our other men's team members and we finished on lowly 35th position.

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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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Men's Round 9
(13) India dw (26) Georgia 2-2

GM Krishnan Sasikiran (IND,2707) dw GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili (GEO,2659) ½-½ (B)
GM Pentala Harikrishna (IND,2685) dw GM Merab Gagunashvili (GEO,2578) ½-½ (W)
GM Abhijeet Gupta (IND,2637) bt GM Tornike Sanikidze (GEO,2585) 1-0 (B)
GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal (IND,2550) l GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO,2575) 0-1 (W)

Women's Round 9
(6) India l (2) Russian Federation 1-3

GM Harika Dronavalli (IND,2503) dw GM Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS,2530) ½-½ (W)
IM Eesha Sanjay Karavade (IND,2371) l IM Valentina Gunina (RUS,2507) 0-1 (B)
IM Tania Sachdev (IND,2379) dw GM Nadezhda Kosintseva (RUS,2524) ½-½ (W)
WGM Swaminathan Soumya (IND,2271) l GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS,2489) 0-1 (B)

Another disappointing show on top boards by our players ... Georgian players hold higher rated Sasi and Hari in their matches ... GN Gopal lost against Pantsulaia in 56 moves but Abhijeet played marathon match against Sanikidze and earned full point after 105 moves playing with black.

Harika and Tania hold their higher rated opponents playing with white ... Harika hold Kosintseva in 34 moves ... Tania hold Kosintseva in 33 moves ... But Eesha and Soumya lost playing with black ... Kosteniuk defeated Soumya in just 30 moves and Eesha lost against Gunina in 45 moves ... This loss will push us outside of top 5 in the standing.

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Men's Round 8
(13) India dw (20) Serbia 2-2

GM Krishnan Sasikiran (IND,2707) l GM Ivan Ivanisevic (SRB,2645) 0-1 (W)
GM Pentala Harikrishna (IND,2685) dw GM Milos Perunovic (SRB,2614) ½-½ (B)
GM Parimarjan Negi (IND,2664) dw GM Nikola Sedlak (SRB,2549) ½-½ (W)
GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal (IND,2650) bt GM Dusan Popovic (SRB,2579) 1-0 (B)

Women's Round 8
(6) India bt (28) Vietnam 2½-1½

GM Harika Dronavalli (IND,2503) dw WGM Pham Le Thao Nguyen (VIE,2393) ½-½ (B)
IM Eesha Sanjay Karavade (IND,2371) l WIM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (VIE,2212) 0-1 (W)
IM Tania Sachdev (IND,2379) bt WIM Le Kieu Thien Kim (VIE,2226 1-0 (B)
WGM Mary Ann Gomes (IND,2396) bt WIM Pham Bich Ngoc (VIE,2172) 1-0 (W)

Another disappointing result for us against lower rated opponents ... Serbia hold us 2-all draw ... Our top boards r screwing us in this Olympiad ... Today Sasi lost against lower rated Ivan Ivanisevic in 40 moves ... Sasi was under time pressure despite playing with white ... Hari and his opponent played very offensively ... They agreed draw after only 30 moves but only 6 pieces were on the board ... In another offensive match Negi managed draw after 42 moves ... This time only 5 pieces on the board, white had advantage of extra pawn ... Today GN Gopal saved an embarrassment ... He defeated Serbian GM Dusan Popovic playing with black after 55 moves.

In women's match our bottom two boards gave good start for us ... Tania and Mary scored victory with black and white pieces respectively ... Tania defeated her opponent in 56 moves and Mary in 44 moves ... But Eesha had shocking defeat in hands of lower rated Nguyen Thi Mai Hung after 81 moves ... Harika manage hard fought draw against Nguyen after 99 moves and we laboured to victory against 28th ranked Vietnam.

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Men's Round 7
(13) India dw (29) Argentina 2-2

GM Krishnan Sasikiran (IND,2707) dw GM Fernando Peralta (ARG,2606) ½-½ (B)
GM Pentala Harikrishna (IND,2685) dw GM Diego Flores (ARG,2589) ½-½ (W)
GM Parimarjan Negi (IND,2664) l GM Ruben Felgaer (ARG,2570) 0-1 (B)
GM Abhijeet Gupta (IND,2637) bt GM Sandro Mareco (ARG,2589) 1-0 (W)

Women's Round 7
(6) India bt (49) Estonia 3-1

GM Harika Dronavalli (IND,2503) bt WIM Monika Tsiganova (EST,2164) 1-0 (B)
IM Tania Sachdev (IND,2379) bt WIM Tatjana Fomina (EST,2189) 1-0 (W)
WGM Mary Ann Gomes (IND,2396) bt WIM Triin Narva (EST,2028) 1-0 (B)
WGM Swaminathan Soumya (IND,2271) l WIM Regina Narva (EST,2042) 0-1 (W)

Very bad result for Indian men ... Our highly rated Sasi and Hari managed only draw against lowly rated Argentine in just 31 and 32 moves respectively in top two boards ... Negi lost playing with black against GM Ruben Felgaer in 36 moves ... Abhijeet saved a day for India after scoring hard fought win after 69 moves ... This was fouth draw in a row for Indian men ... Now they r on 14th position.

Other hand our women team missed chance of scoring all four wins ... Our all players from top three boards scored convincing win but surprisingly young Soumya lost against more than 200 points lower rated Estonian player in 44 moves ... Harika won on top boars in 41 moves ... Tania and Mary scored win in less moves ... Tania won it in 33 moves and Mary won it in 35 moves ... With this win Indian women moved to 8th position.

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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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Men's Round 5
(13) India dw (11) England 2-2

GM Krishnan Sasikiran (IND,2707) dw GM Michael Adams (ENG,2722) ½-½ (W)
GM Pentala Harikrishna (IND,2685) dw GM Gawain Jones (ENG,2653) ½-½ (B)
GM Parimarjan Negi (IND,2664) dw GM Nigel Short (ENG,2698) ½-½ (W)
GM Abhijeet Gupta (IND,2637) dw GM Nicholas Pert (ENG,2555) ½-½ (B)

Women's Round 5
(6) India l (1) China ½-3½

GM Harika Dronavalli (IND,2503) dw GM Yifan Hou (CHN,2599) ½-½ (B)
IM Eesha Sanjay Karavade (IND,2371) l GM Xue Zhao (CHN,2549) 0-1 (W)
IM Tania Sachdev (IND,2379) l WGM Wenjun Ju (CHN,2528) 0-1 (B)
WGM Mary Ann Gomes (IND,2396) l WGM Qian Huang (CHN,2449) 0-1 (W)

Indian men managed to hold higher rated British team ... On the first board Sasi hold higher Elo rated Michael Adams after 31 moves ... Hari and Abhijeet also managed draw against their respective opponents ... Parimarjan Negi also hold highly experienced Nigel Short in entertaining match.

But our women had disappointing one-sided loss against higher rated and top-seed Chinese team ... Only Harika managed draw against world champion Yifan Hou.