Chess Olympiad: Tania Sachdev stars against Hungary

Tania Sachdev battled long and hard to rake in a precious point as India A registered a sensational 2515 win against Hungary in the fourthround match of women section at the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram Chennai on MondayAfter Koneru Humpy Dronavalli Harika and R Vaishali ended with a draw in their respective encounters Sachdev rose brilliantly to the occasion She thrashed Zsoka Gaal to earn a decisive point as well as the match for the teamIt was a tough position and I was aware that our two boards had ended in a draw We had a strong opponent and now it is the time we have to play stronger teams So I think we need to be ready for the competition We are looking forward to the next game Sachdev said after the matchThe teams are well balanced and it is very important to take one round at a time All the games today were well fought said Abhijit Kunte coach of India womens A teamAlso Read Making the right moves With the Chess Olympiad underway former players and experts share key lessons to succeedThe 11th seeded Indian women B team also edged past Estonia with a similar 2515 score Vantika Agrawal extending her winning run clinched the winning point for the team while the other three games ended in drawsMeanwhile in a major upset of Day 4 former World Championship Challenger Fabiano Caruana of USA was beaten by Nodirbek Abdusattaarov of Uzbekistan With the help of the 17yearold prodigy Abdusattaarovs efforts Uzbekistan held the topseeded starstudded USA to a 22 drawIn the other open section fourth round matches India B emerged victorious by 31 against Italy Gukesh and Nihal Sarin scored victories while R Praggnanandhaa and Raunak Sadhwani conceded drawsGukesh played a fantastic game against Daniele Vocaturo who had held Magnus Carlsen to a draw on Sunday In a Queens Gambit Declined game Gukesh went on a pawn grabbing spree with tactical strokes and pocketed the point after 34 moves when his Queen rook and bishop surrounded his opponents kingThe secondseeded India A on the other hand held to a 22 draw by France with all the four board splitting points while India C lost to Spain by a 1525 scoreThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever