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Indian women's medal hopes dashed

NEW DELHI: India's medal hopes in the women's section suffered a decisive blow when it lost 1-3 to second seed China in 10th and penultimate round of the Chess Olympiad at Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, on Friday.

Eesha Karavade and S. Meenakshi lost in the middle boards while D. Harika and Nisha Mohota came out undefeated as India slipped to the tied seventh spot with 14 match-points.

Russian women ensured the title with a round to spare by reaching 20 match-points, after maintaining an all-win record.

In the open section, India, out of medal contention, defeated Switzerland 3-1 with K. Sasikiran and Surya Shekhar Ganguly winning with black pieces to provide the victory margin.

The results (10t {+h} round):

Open: Switzerland (11) lost to India (13) 1-3 (Yannick Pelletier lost to K. Sasikiran; Joseph Gallagher drew with P. Hari Krishna; Oliver Kurmann lost to Surya Shekhar Ganguly; Ralph Buss drew with G. N. Gopal); Ukraine (18) bt France (15) 3.5-0.5; China (14) lost to Russia One (17) 1.5-2.5; USA (14) lost to Israel (16) 1-3; Spain (15) bt Georgia (13) 3-1; Serbia (13) lost to Poland (15) 1-3; Czech Republic (13) lost to Armenia (15) 1.5-2.5; Hungary (15) bt Belarus (13) 3-1; Italy (14) drew with Azerbaijan (14) 2-2; Chile (12) lost to Russia Two (14) 1-3.

Women: India (14) lost to China (16) 1-3 (D. Harika drew with Hou Yifan; Eesha Karavade lost to Ju Wenjun; Subbaraman Meenakshi lost to Zhao Xue; Nisha Mohota drew with Huang Qian); Russia One (20) bt Bulgaria (14) 4-0; Georgia (15) drew with Ukraine (15) 2-2; Serbia (13) lost to Russia Two (15) 1-3; Armenia (13) lost to Poland (15) 1-3; Cuba (14) bt Latvia (12) 2.5-1.5; Azerbaijan (14) bt Hungary (12) 3-1; Peru (12) lost to USA (14) 0-4; Greece (13) drew with Russia Three (13) 2-2; Colombia (12) lost to Vietnam (14) 1.5-2.5 .

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