India A emerge sole leader in women’s section at 44th Chess Olympiad × Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Chess World Chess Championship News India A emerges as sole leader in women s section at 44th Chess Olympiad India B women's team beat Netherlands 3-1 in the tenth round of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai on Monday. (Pic credit: FIDE/Lennart Ootes & Stev Bonhage) 2 Reactions Like Like Excited Happy Anxious Angry Sad Comment Share Suhas Nayse EXPERT Follow Modified 09 Aug 2022 India emerged as the sole leader in the women’s section after the tenth round of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu on Monday. Koneru Humpy, Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni notched up wins as India A pulled off a convincing 3.5-0.5 win against Kazakhstan. Top-seed India A were delivered a winning start in the penultimate round by Koneru Humpy. The experienced campaigner Humpy outwitted Zhansaya Abdumalik. R Vaishali had to share a point against Bibisara Assaubayeva which was the only positive result for Kazakhstan on Monday. In-form Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni tilted the result of the match in India’s favor after getting a win over Zeniya Balabayeva and Guliskhan Nakhbayeva in their respective games. With just one more round remaining, India A have grabbed the leading spot with 17 points. Poland, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine jointly hold second position with 16 points each. View this post on Instagram Instagram Post India B and India C also registered identical 3-1 wins in their respective tenth round matches. While India B downed The Netherlands with Padmini Rout, Mary Ann Gomes and Divya Deshmukh scoring victories, India C trounced Sweden. PV Nandhidhaa and Pratyusha Bodda scored victories for India C whereas Eesha Karavade and M Varshini Sahiti settled for draws. In other women’s section matches, Georgia held Poland to a 2-2 draw while Ukraine beat Germany with a 2.5-1.5 score. Azerbaijan blanked Armenia 4-0 in the most one-sided match on the top board. View this post on Instagram Instagram Post India A men s team beat Iran in open section Meanwhile, in the open section, India A carved out a 2.5-1.5 win against Iran. Vidit Gujrathi and SL Narayanan posted victories for India while Arjun Erigaisi drew his encounter. Pentala Harikrishna ended up on the losing side. The other two Indian teams in the open section, India B and India C, settled for a 2-2 draw against Uzbekistan and Slovakia, respectively. View this post on Instagram Instagram Post Gukesh suffers first defeat of the tournament D. Gukesh, who had been going great guns with a sensational 8.5/9, suffered his first defeat of the event when he lost to Nodirbek Abdusattorov in an intense game. Armenia registered a fabulous 3-1 victory against Azerbaijan. The USA, having a comparatively easy draw, thrashed Turkey 3-1 while Serbia drew against the Netherlands 2-2. Armenia and Uzbekistan have emerged as joint leaders in the open section with 17 points each. Hosts India A, India B and USA are in second place with 16 points each. The host teams need to pull off dominating wins in the final round to emerge on top. View this post on Instagram Instagram Post Chess Olympiad Results Open India A beat Iran 2.5-1.5 GM Maghsoodloo beat GM Harikrishna GM Vidit Gujarathi beat GM Tabatabaei GM Idani drew with GM Arjun Erigaisi GM Narayanan beat IM Daneshvar India B drew with Uzbekistan 2-2 GM D Gukesh lost to GM Abdusattorov GM Yakubboev drew with GM Sarin GM Pragnanandhaa beat GM Sindarov GM Vakhidov drew with GM Adhiban India C drew with Slovakia 2-2 GM Ganguly drew with GM Pechac IM Gazik beat GM Sethuraman GM Karthikeyan drew with IM Druska GM Repka lost to GM Puranik. View this post on Instagram Instagram Post Women India A beat Kazakhstan 3.5-0.5 GM Koneru Humpy beat GM Abdumalik IM Assaubayeva drew with IM Vaishali IM Tania Sachdev beat WIM Balabayeva IM Nakhbayeva lost to IM Bhakti Kulkarni India B beat Netherlands 3-1 GM Peng beat WGM Vantika IM Padmini beat FM Van Foreest WIM Ratsma lost to WGM Gomes WGM Divya beat IM Lanchava India C beat Sweden 3-1 IM Karavade drew with GM Cramling WIM Agrest lost to WGM Nandhidhaa WIM Sahithi drew with WFM Cramling Bellon, WIM Johansson lost to WGM Pratyusha. × Rate this story! Thank You! LIVE POLL Q. 0 votes so far Edited by Diptanil Roy 2 Reactions Like Like Excited Happy Anxious Angry Sad Share Comments Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? 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