In the fourth Pool A match of the FIDE World Women’s Team Chess Championship, India misplaced 1-3 to a powerful Russian workforce after two consecutive victories.
India, who’ve certified for the quarter-finals, will tackle France within the fifth and remaining preliminary match in a while Wednesday. Top Indian participant D Harika held Alexandra Goryachkina to a Mary Ann Gomes draw in opposition to Polina Shuvalova however Tania Sachdev and R Vaishali suffered losses because the workforce misplaced to Russia within the fourth spherical late Tuesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, Indian ladies defeated sturdy Armenia 2.5-1.5 within the third spherical. Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni registered vital victories to register a victory over Armenia. Harika had drawn in opposition to Elena Danielian whereas gifted teenager Vaishali misplaced to Lilit Mkrtchyan.
France defeated Azerbaijan @FIDE_chess World Women’s Team Championship #sitges And tomorrow is their probability to succeed in the quarter finals in the event that they beat India, and even have some draw. Difficult fifth match, however full religion in my probabilities… pic.twitter.com/Nx29Q90ZWl
— Sunway Chess Open (@SunwayChessOpen) September 28, 2021
After 4 rounds behind Russia (8), India and Armenia now have 5 factors every. A workforce will get two factors for profitable a match and one for a draw.
In the India-Russia encounter, high-ranked Katernya Lagno and Alexandra Kosteniuk put it as much as Tania Sachdev and Vaishali to assert the prevalence of the Russian workforce. India had defeated Spain 2.5-1.5 within the second spherical after a 2-2 draw with Azerbaijan within the first spherical.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
