Germany Men, Chinese Women In Lead

The men team are battling Bulgaria on Saturday Nov 4, from 1830 Indian Time (1300 GMT). Links directly to the board.

K.Sashikiran in action against V.Topalov. The three other Indians, P.Harikrishna, captain D.V.Prasad and Abhijit Kunte in a pre-game chat.

Indian men lost their second match in the 34th Chess Olympiad after the best performer Abhijit Kunte crashed to an unexpected defeat after making a blunder on move 17 against Kiril Georgiev. Krishnan Sashikiran surprised Veselin Topalov and came close to beating him but drew since twi knights don't mate a lone king. P.Harikrishna held Delchev comfortably and Prasad gave a 19-move draw with white  to Kolev. Indian men are on 17 points, still very good.

The Subbaraman sisters, Vijayalakshmi and Meenskshi excelled beating their opponents in a knight ending and a mating net respectively. Saheli Barua sadly was a victim of a big attack from the Azerbaijani player. A 2-1 victory gives India 13 points.

Germany is leading with 20.5 and Russia is behind with 19.5 points. In the women's event, China (16.5) moved into sole lead blanking Moldova 3-0 while Georgia (15.5) received a setback on Chiburdanidze's board and is in second place after beating Holland 2-1.

V.Topalov-K.Sashikiran
Board One

A.Kunte-K.Georgiev
Board Two

A.Delchev-P.Harikrishna
Board Three

D.V.Prasad-A.Kolev
Board Four
 

Indian women are playing Azerbaijan.

Vijayalakshmi is ready to start Saturday's game.

F.Babaeva-S.Vijayalakshmi
Board One

S.Meenakshi is ready to play Shukrova.

S.Meenakshi-M.Shukurova
Board Two

Saheli Barua is ready for her seventh round game.

Z.Mammadyarova-Saheli Barua
Board Three
 
 

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