Istanbul Chess Olympiad R9: Russia Loses to USA; Indian Men Draw with Georgia, Women Lose to Russia

India's top board - the very strong K Sasikiran Photo: David Llada Round 9 was played at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul on Thursday. The Indian team did their best to draw with Georgia in the open section. The Indian women's team did their best to hold up against Russia, but lost because of the very high rating of their opponents. Two more rounds are to be played. Though, the Indian men are out of medal contention, the Indian women have an easy tenth round against Israel and could be well on the winning dias after Round 11. Results Round 9 @ 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul Georgia (GEO)-India (IND) 2 : 2 9.1 GM Mchedlishvili, Mikheil...

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Istanbul Chess Olympiad Round 8: Indian Men Draw with Serbia, Women Beat Vietnam

Russia beat Ukraine in Round 8 The eighth round at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul saw India draw with Serbia. The board results included GM Sasikiran, Krishnan (2707) losing to GM Ivanisevic, Ivan (2645), GM Harikrishna, Pentala (2685) drawing with GM Perunovic, Milos (2614), GM Negi, Parimarjan (2664) drawing with GM Sedlak, Nikola (2549) and GM Gopal, Geetha Narayanan (2550) beat GM Popovic, Dusan (2579). In the women's section, the Indian team beat Vietnam nicely with the board results being WGM Le Thao Nguyen, Pham (2393) drawing with GM Dronavalli, Harika (2503), WIM Thi Mai Hung, Nguyen (2212)...

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Istanbul Chess Olympiad Round 7: Russians on the Rampage; Indian Men Draw with Argentina; Women Beat Estonia

Parimarjan Negi This is going to be surely the best India has ever done at the Chess Olympiads. In the seventh round, at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, India held Argentina to a creditable draw. There were fighting games on all boards despite what the scoresheet reads. Round 7 Results Argentina-India 1 GM Peralta, Fernando (2606) ½-½ GM Sasikiran, Krishnan (2707) 2 GM Flores, Diego (2589) ½-½ GM Harikrishna, Pentala (2685)3 GM Felgaer, Ruben (2570) 1-0 GM Negi, Parimarjan (2664)4 GM Mareco, Sandro (2589) 0-1 GM Gupta, Abhijeet (2637)In the women's section, India had a fantastic result. Round 7 Results Estonia-India 1 WIM...

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