World Rapid Champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Egyptian Grandmaster Amin B as India just managed to secure a 2.5-1.5 win against lowly Egypt in the 7th round of the 43rd Chess Olympiad on Monday.<\/p>\n
In the women section being held alongside, Indian women played out a hard-fought draw against experienced Georgia 1 team. All the games were drawn.<\/p>\n
For the Indian men, it was a chance to register a big victory against the lower-rated Egyptian team in their quest for a position at the podium but the sailing was not so smooth as GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (rated 2711) lost playing white against his much lower-rated opponent International Master Fawzy A in a queen pawn game.<\/p>\n
Swift victories by P Harikrishna against GM Adly A and ever-reliable GM K Sasikairan against Hesham A took India to a 2.5-1.5 victory.<\/p>\n
The women section was much closely fought with all games ending in draws with none of the players achieving a breakthrough.<\/p>\n
On the top board, India’s highest-rated women player Koneru Humpy, playing white, was held to a draw by Nana Dzagnidze in a dutch stonewall, D Harika drew Javakhishvili in a Sicilian defense game on the second board, Arjun awardee Tania Sachdeva drew Batsiashvili on the third board.<\/p>\n
In the fourth board also saw fortunes being equally divided between Padmini R and Khotenashvili.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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