India ‘B’ drew 2-2 against Azerbaijan in the ninth round of the open, while teams India ‘A’ and ‘C’ recorded identical 3-1 wins in the 44th chess Olympics in Mamallapuram on 7 August 2022.

Teenage grandmaster D Gukesh saw his winning streak end after drawing Shakhriyar Mamedyarov after winning eight in a row.

His sensational career included wins over world number 5 Fabiano Caruana and former world championship challenger Alexei Shirov.

Fellow teenager Gukesh GM R Praggnanandhaa rounded India ‘B’ against Azerbaijan, beating Vasif Durarbayli on 66 shots. Raunak Sadhwani fell to Nijat Abasov, while Nihal Sarin drew with Rauf Mamedov.

India ‘A’ beat Brazil 3-1, while India ‘C’ beat Paraguay by the same margin. Young GMs Arjun Erigaisi and K Sasikiran shone for India ‘A’ with wins over Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian and Andre Diamant respectively.

Meanwhile, leaders Armenia were shocked by Uzbekistan, who posted a 3-1 win. The defeat to Armenia left the field open for Uzbekistan who took first place.

On the women’s side, 1st seed India ‘A’ was beaten 2.5-1.5 by 4th seed Poland, while 2nd seed Ukraine and Georgia, 3rd seed, drew 2-2.

Georgia has caught up with India’s “A” by 15 match points, while Ukraine is one point behind.

Two other Indian teams, ‘B’ and ‘C’, were on the winning side, beating Switzerland 4-0 and Estonia 3-1 respectively.

Results

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Open: India “A” beat Brazil 3-1 (P Harikrishna tied Param Maghdoodloo, Vidit S Gujrathi tied Alexandr Fier, Arjun Erigaisi beat Krikov Sevag Mekhitarian, K Sasikiran beat Andre Diamant).

India “B” drew with Azerbaijan 2-2 (D Gukesh drew with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Nihal Sarin drew with Rauf Mamedov, R Praggnanandhaa beat Vasif Durarbayli, Raunak Sadhwani lost to Nijat Abasov).

India “C” beat Paraguay 3-1 (Surya Shekhar Ganguly lost to Axel Bachmann, SP Sethuraman beat Rami Delgado, Karthikeyan Murali beat Jose Fernando Cubas, Abhimanyu Puranik beat M Ruben D Zacarias).

Women: India “A” lost to Poland 1.5-2.5 (Koneru Humpy drew with Alina Kashlinskaya, D Harika drew with Monika Socko, Oliwia Kiolbasa beat R Vaishali, Tania Sachdev drew with Maria Malicka).

India “B” beat Switzerland 4-0 (Vantika Agrawal beat Lena Georgescu, Padmini Rout beat Ghazal Hakimifard, Mary Ann Gomes beat Gundula Heinatz, Divya Deshmukh beat Camille De Seroux).

India “C” beat Estonia 3-1 (Easha Karavade drew with Mai Narva, PV Nandhidhaa beat Margareth Olde, Varshini Sahiti beat Anastassia Sinisina, Vishwa Vasnawala drew with Sofia Blokhin).