India performed key roles of B Adhiban, D Harika and Nihal Sarin as they beat Ukraine through a tie-breaker to enter the semi-finals of the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad on Monday.
The blitz tie-break noticed India thrash their opponents 5-1, due to Adhiban, Harika, Sareen and R Vaishali’s last-four win.
India’s high ladies’s participant Koneru Humpy drew her sport towards Iuliza Osmak, whereas Vidit Gujrathi, enjoying on the highest board as a substitute of former world champion Viswanathan Anand, shared the distinction with veteran Vasil Ivanchuk.
In the blitz tie-break, Adhiban broke Kirill Shevchenko’s resistance in 36 strikes within the Larsen Indian variation sport.
The Ukrainian participant drew towards P Harikrishna in two common video games and defeated Vidit Gujrathi.
Ukraine bounced again from a 2-4 loss within the first spherical and compelled a blitz tie-break by beating India 3.5-2.5 within the second.
In the second spherical, R Pragyanand, enjoying instead of Nihal Sarin, registered the primary win for India, defeating Platon Galperin by white items. The younger GM underscored his superiority, successful simply 20 strikes within the Sicilian variation sport.
Harika prolonged India’s lead by defeating Natalia Zhukova in 32 strikes with white items. He defeated his opponent within the first sport of the quarter-finals.
Anand drew a second straight sport towards long-time rival Ivanchuk, whereas Vidit Gujrathi, who got here in for P Harikrishna, misplaced to Kirill Shevchenko.
However, Humpy’s defeat by the hands of IM Iulija Osmak in a marathon 114-move sport marked the victory for Ukraine.
In the primary set of matches, Anand and Ivanchuk performed out to a draw whereas Harikrishna, Humpy and Vaishali additionally shared the respect with their respective opponents. Harika and Sarin registered essential wins over Natalia Buxa and Platon Galperin.
India await the winner of the USA-Kazakhstan quarterfinals to be performed later tonight within the semi-finals on Tuesday.
Result: Quarterfinals: Round 1: India beat Ukraine 4-2. Second Round: India misplaced 2.5-3.5 to Ukraine (Anand drew Ivanchuk, Vidit Gujrathi misplaced to Shevchenko, Humpy misplaced to Osmak, Harika defeated Natalia Zhukova, Pragganandha defeated Galperin, Vaishali misplaced to Berdnik). tie break: India beat Ukraine 5-1 (Vidit Gujrathi defeated Ivanchuk, B Adhiban defeated Shevchenko, Humpy defeated Osmak, Harika defeated Buxa, Sarin defeated Galperin, Vaishali defeated Berdnik).
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS