It was heartbreaking for India, joint world champions, within the semi-finals of the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad as USA received the blitz tiebreak 4.5 to 1.5.
India received the primary spherical 4–1 however made a scintillating comeback, USA being knocked out at house for a vital blitz tiebreak within the second spherical (4–2).
In the tiebreak, Kewal De Harika received towards Nazi Naikidze, whereas Nihal Sarin drew with Avender Liang.
P Harikrishna misplaced to Jeffrey Jeong, B Adhiban misplaced to Roy Robson, whereas Koneru Humi misplaced to Irina Crush and Vaishali R was defeated by Thalia Cervantes Landero.
In the primary spherical, Viswanathan Anand defeated Jeong whereas Vaishali R defeated Thalia. Harikrishna, enjoying from his base in Prague, defeated Darius Swierz and Harika, enjoying from his house in Hyderabad, defeated Anna Zatonskin to register a 4–1 win for India.
Nihal Sarin and Koneru Humpy drew their video games on Liang and Irina respectively as India assured their victory.
A effective tactical blow towards Swiercz helped Harikrishna declare a full level for India. The first spherical ended as a heavy defeat for USA. Harika saved her stability defending her sport from a troublesome place however took benefit of her opponent’s mistake to win.
In the second spherical, Anand misplaced to Zion, Vidit Gujrathi was overwhelmed by Roy, and R Pragyanandha was subdued by Liang, whereas Hump and Vaishali drew their video games towards Irina and Cervantes as USA received 4–2. achieved.
Meanwhile, Russia beat China 2-0 within the second semi-final.
Earlier, within the quarter-finals, India defeated Ukraine, whereas the Americans beat Kazakhstan after a primary spherical draw, Russia beat Hungry’s hopes 7–5 and China beat Poland 8.5–3.5 within the different quarter-finals. Won matches.
The remaining might be performed between the US and Russia on Wednesday.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS