Chennai: The Indian contingent opened their campaign with easy wins in the Open and women’s sections of the 44th Chess Olympiad on Saturday. All the six Indian teams won over their second-round opponents.
Chess Olympiad 2022: Results of India’s matches on Day 2
Open:
India A vs Moldova: 3.5-0.5
Ivan Schitco lost to P. Harikrishna; Andrei Macovei drew with Arjun Erigaisi; Vladimir Hamitevici lost to S. L. Narayanan; Iulian Baltag lost to K. Sasikiran
India B vs Estonia: 4-0
D. Gukesh beat Kiik Kalle; R. Praggnanandhaa beat Kirill Chukavin; B. Adhiban beat Aleksandr Volodin; Raunak Sadhwani beat Andrei Shishkov
India C vs Mexico: 2.5-1.5
Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero drew with Surya Shekhar Ganguly; Luis Fernando Ibarra Chami drew with S. P. Sethuraman; Julio Cesar Diaz Rosas drew with Abhijeet Gupta; Uriel Capo Vidal lost to M. Karthikeyan
Women
India A vs Argentina: 3.5-0.5
Koneru Humpy drew Zuriel Marisa, Vaishali R beat Campos Maria Jose, Tania Sachdev beat Borda Rodas Anapaola S, and Bhakti Kulkarni beat Sarquis Maria Belen
India B vs Latvia 3.5-0.5
Vantika Agrawal beat Rogule Laura, Padmini Rout drew Berzina Ilze, Soumya Swaminathan beat Ter-Avetisjana Agnesa Stepania, and Gomes Mary Ann beat Maklakova Nellija
India C vs Hong Kong 3-1
Eesha Karavade beat Khegay Anjela, Nandhidhaa P V beat Hng Mei-En Emmanuelle, Pratyusha Bodda drew Liu Yang Hazel, and Vishwa Vasnawala drew Fang Kun
