{"id":11255,"date":"2022-08-03T23:27:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T23:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1090.fide.com\/?p=11255"},"modified":"2023-10-26T06:30:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T06:30:43","slug":"indian-eves-crush-georgia-to-jump-into-sole-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/indian-eves-crush-georgia-to-jump-into-sole-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian eves crush Georgia to jump into sole lead"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Led by Indian ace\u00a0Koneru Humpy<\/strong>, top-seeded Indian eves won their sixth straight match, defeating former champions Georgia in the sixth round of the 44th chess Olympiad by a score of 3-1 here at the Four Points by Sheraton.<\/p>

The early indications gave an even fight between the two teams, but Vaishali R (pictured above), playing on the third board, proved to be the key factor as she cruised to a fine victory at the expense of experienced International Master\u00a0Lela Javakhishvili<\/strong>\u00a0of Georgia.<\/p>

The Berlin Defence of Ruy Lopez has a solid reputation, but on this day, Vaishali was well-prepared to punish it. The symmetrical set-up by the Indian gave her a slight but long-lasting advantage in the middle game, and the Georgian felt the heat as her pieces gasped for breath. Finding some solace in an exchange that cost her two pieces for a rook, Javakhishvili fought on, but Vaishali was relentless and romped home in 36 moves.<\/p>

Grandmaster\u00a0D Harika<\/strong>\u00a0played out an easy draw with\u00a0Nino Batsiashvili<\/strong>\u00a0on the second board. The mother-to-be Indian kept things under check right from the word go with black pieces, and routine exchange of pieces led to a drawn rook and pawns endgame where neither player had any hesitation in signing the peace treaty.<\/p>

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On the top board, Indian ace\u00a0Koneru Humpy<\/strong>\u00a0facing\u00a0Nana Dzagnidze<\/strong>, had things under control, and the consistent threat of pawn promotion from the advanced passer on the queenside forced the Georgian to resign on the move 42.\u00a0<\/p>

On board four,\u00a0Tania Sachdev<\/strong>\u00a0held her forte quite nicely against\u00a0Salome Melia<\/strong>, and a draw was agreed on the 35th move.\u00a0This critical match victory will bolster Indian chances as their confidence in the rounds to come.\u00a0<\/p>

On the second table, Romania held mighty Ukraine to a 2-2 score and remains in the hunt for a podium finish.<\/p>

Irina Bulmaga<\/strong>\u00a0facing a former women\u2019s world champion GM\u00a0Mariya Muzychuk<\/strong>\u00a0played innovative and fearless attacking chess from the get-go. Irina sacrificed an exchange to break through the centre on move 27 and got winning chances in the ensuing ending.\u00a0Mariya<\/strong>\u00a0had to summon all her defensive skills to draw the inferior ending.<\/p>

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Mihaela Sandu<\/strong>\u00a0faced the elder of the Muzychuk sisters on the second board. Anna, only the fourth woman in chess history to attain a FIDE rating over 2600, played an aggressive game pushing pawns on the kingside from the white side in a Ruy Lopez and forced resignation before the first time control. Two other games in this tense match were drawn.\u00a0<\/p>

In a high stake clash, top teams Azerbaijan defeated Kazakhstan thanks to the victories on boards three and four.\u00a0<\/p>

On the third board,\u00a0Gulnar Mammodova<\/strong>\u00a0came out on top against\u00a0Xeniya Balabayeva<\/strong>\u00a0in a complex French Defence encounter in which Black had a clearly better position in the middlegame. On the fourth board,\u00a0Ulviyyan Fataliyeva<\/strong>\u00a0outwitted\u00a0Nakhbayeva Guliskhan<\/strong>\u00a0to hand the match 3-1 to Azerbaijan.<\/p>

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With five rounds still to come in the biggest chess extravaganza on the planet India A on 12 match points, has a full point lead over Romania and Azerbaijan, sitting on 11 match points. The battle resumes after the only rest day that will be preceded by the famous Bermuda party for the players and enthusiasts on late Wednesday night.<\/p>

The complete results for Round 6 can be found at the official website for the Olympiad,\u00a0https:\/\/chessolympiad.fide.com\/women-results<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>

Standings after Round 6 can be found at\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/chessolympiad.fide.com\/women-standings<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>

Photo: Photo: Lennart Ootes, Mark Livshitz and Stev Bonhage<\/p>

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Led by Indian ace\u00a0Koneru Humpy, top-seeded Indian eves won their sixth straight match, defeating former champions Georgia in the sixth round of the 44th chess Olympiad by a score of 3-1 here at the Four Points by Sheraton. The early indications gave an even fight between the two teams, but Vaishali R (pictured above), playing on the third board, proved to be the key factor as she cruised to a fine victory at the expense of experienced International Master\u00a0Lela Javakhishvili\u00a0of Georgia. The Berlin Defence of Ruy Lopez has a solid reputation, but on this day, Vaishali was well-prepared to punish it. The symmetrical set-up by the Indian gave her a slight but long-lasting advantage in the middle game, and the Georgian felt the heat as her pieces gasped for breath. Finding some solace in an exchange that cost her two pieces for a rook, Javakhishvili fought on, but Vaishali was relentless and romped home in 36 moves. Grandmaster\u00a0D Harika\u00a0played out an easy draw with\u00a0Nino Batsiashvili\u00a0on the second board. The mother-to-be Indian kept things under check right from the word go with black pieces, and routine exchange of pieces led to a drawn rook and pawns endgame where neither player had any hesitation in signing the peace treaty. On the top board, Indian ace\u00a0Koneru Humpy\u00a0facing\u00a0Nana Dzagnidze, had things under control, and the consistent threat of pawn promotion from the advanced passer on the queenside forced the Georgian to resign on the move 42.\u00a0 On board four,\u00a0Tania Sachdev\u00a0held her forte quite nicely against\u00a0Salome Melia, and a draw was agreed on the 35th move.\u00a0This critical match victory will bolster Indian chances as their confidence in the rounds to come.\u00a0 On the second table, Romania held mighty Ukraine to a 2-2 score and remains in the hunt for a podium finish. Irina Bulmaga\u00a0facing a former women\u2019s world champion GM\u00a0Mariya Muzychuk\u00a0played innovative and fearless attacking chess from the get-go. Irina sacrificed an exchange to break through the centre on move 27 and got winning chances in the ensuing ending.\u00a0Mariya\u00a0had to summon all her defensive skills to draw the inferior ending. Mihaela Sandu\u00a0faced the elder of the Muzychuk sisters on the second board. Anna, only the fourth woman in chess history to attain a FIDE rating over 2600, played an aggressive game pushing pawns on the kingside from the white side in a Ruy Lopez and forced resignation before the first time control. Two other games in this tense match were drawn.\u00a0 In a high stake clash, top teams Azerbaijan defeated Kazakhstan thanks to the victories on boards three and four.\u00a0 On the third board,\u00a0Gulnar Mammodova\u00a0came out on top against\u00a0Xeniya Balabayeva\u00a0in a complex French Defence encounter in which Black had a clearly better position in the middlegame. On the fourth board,\u00a0Ulviyyan Fataliyeva\u00a0outwitted\u00a0Nakhbayeva Guliskhan\u00a0to hand the match 3-1 to Azerbaijan. With five rounds still to come in the biggest chess extravaganza on the planet India A on 12 match points, has a full point lead over Romania and Azerbaijan, sitting on 11 match points. The battle resumes after the only rest day that will be preceded by the famous Bermuda party for the players and enthusiasts on late Wednesday night. The complete results for Round 6 can be found at the official website for the Olympiad,\u00a0https:\/\/chessolympiad.fide.com\/women-results. Standings after Round 6 can be found at\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/chessolympiad.fide.com\/women-standings. Photo: Photo: Lennart Ootes, Mark Livshitz and Stev Bonhage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[158,209],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-11255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-chess-olympiad","tag-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11255"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11260,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11255\/revisions\/11260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11255"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=11255"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=11255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}