Chess Olympiad: Indian teams continue winning spree
The Hindu
While second-seeded India 'A' rode on wins from GMs P Harikrishna and Arjun Erigaisi for a 3-1 victory against Greece, India 'B' swept past Switzerland 4-0 and the third team got the better of Iceland 3-1.
Indian teams continued their winning run in the Open section of the 44th Chess Olympiad with all three posting easy victories over their respective opponents here on Sunday.
While second-seeded India 'A' rode on wins from GMs P Harikrishna and Arjun Erigaisi for a 3-1 victory against Greece, India 'B' swept past Switzerland 4-0 and the third team got the better of Iceland 3-1.
Vidit S Gujrathi, playing on second board for India A, settled for a draw against GM Nikolaos Theodorou while K Sasikiran was held by Evgenios Ioannidis.
Speaking after beating Dimitrios Mastrovasilis, Harikrishna said his opponent put up a good resistance and towards the end, he had got a good combination of moves.
“Meeting the other Indian team depends on the pairing. Our focus is on playing the matches and not the teams," he said.
With the Indian teams doing well so far, they can run into one another in the competition.
The top-seeded Americans stamped their authority with a 3-1 win over 24th seed Georgia. Though Fabiano Caruana and Leinier Dominiguez Perez could not record wins, Lev Aronian and Sam Shakland got the job done by beating Mikheil Mchedlishvili and Tamaz Gelashvili respectively.