Top boards: Yusupov-Van Wely in Germany-Holland match. Hoang Trang Thanh versus Xie Jun in the Vietnam-China duel.
Top boards: Yusupov-Van Wely in Germany-Holland match.
Hoang Trang Thanh versus Xie Jun in the Vietnam-China duel.
Round 8 proved to be disastrous for India. Our men lost 1.5-2.5 to 19th seed Uzbekistan and our women (seed 24) lost to sixth seed Poland 1-2. IM P.Harikrishna shocked GM Zagrebelny and WGM S.Vijayalakshmi shocked men IM title holder Monika Socko. India is on 18.5 points and is losing steam after the good start. They could win by a big margin in the next round. Our women team are on 14 points.
Sashikiran held the advantage all through but lost to World No.13 Kasimdzhanov. Ganguly is in poor form and his slow play and time trouble resulted in his quick defeat. Barua and Safin offered a turned down many draws before a draw was agreed.
Russia beat Slovakia 3-1 to reach 22.5 points. Germany has 23.5, Ukraine 22, Armenia, Bulgaria 21.5.
China blanked Vietnam 3-0 to increase their lead to 19.5 points. Georgia is on 18 and Russia 17 are behind them.
India 18.5 lost to Uzbekistan..
K.Sashikiran. he turned down many draws from top
players.
Rustam Kasimdzhanov-K.Sashikiran
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P.Harikrishna, expected to score.
P.Harikrishna-S.Zagrebelny
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Young teams second oldest player, D.Barua.
S.Safin-D.Barua
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S.S.Ganguly back after a long rest.
S.S.Ganguly-Szhumaev
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Four
Indian Women Play Poland
Monika Socko-S.Vijayalakshmi
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S.Meenakshi-J.Dworakowska
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M.Zielinska-Pallavi Shah
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