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  • Chess: Indian Men Prevail Over Bulgaria, Women Lose To Armenia

    INDIAN MEN PREVAIL OVER BULGARIA, WOMEN LOSE TO ARMENIA

    PTI
    Daily News & Analysis, India
    May 30 2006

    TURIN: The Indians had a mixed outing in the eighth round of the
    37th Chess Olympiad here with the men scoring a 2.5-1.5 victory over
    Bulgaria and the women suffering defeat at the hands of Armenia.

    While Viswanathan Anand played out his fifth draw on the trot -
    settling for peace with former world junior champion Kiril Georgiev
    of Bulgaria, national champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly went down against
    Alexander Delchev.

    It was only thanks to a late onslaught by Krishnan Sasikiran and
    Sandipan Chanda against Ivan Cheparinov and Vasily Spassov respectively
    that the Indian men were able to get past unscathed.

    Meanwhile, in the women's section, Indian mainstay Koneru Humpy fumbled
    against Lilit Mkrtchian and suffered her first defeat in the event as
    the Indian women lost to Armenia 1-2. D Harika also went down while
    the lone saving grace was Swati Ghate who won an engrossing battle
    on the third board to thwart a whitewash.

    At the top of the tables, the Armenian men yet again proved that
    they are the frontrunners this time with a comprehensive 3-1 victory
    over Cuba.

    The Russian men could only manage a 2-2 draw with Czech Republic which
    meant that Armenia took a two point lead over their nearest rivals. In
    the women's section, Russia drew with Czech Republic raising Ukraine's
    title hopes. The result narrowed Czechs' lead to half a point. The
    Ukrainians cruised to an easy 2-1 victory over Hungary.
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