Uzbekistan team leads in open; Poland leads in women’s category

CHENNAI: After India 'B' played out a 2-2 draw against Azerbaijan in the 9th round of the open section, while India 'A' and 'C' teams registered identical 3-1 wins, Uzbekistan team now stands on top in the open category with Poland team on top in women's category at the 44th Chess Olympiad taking place in Mahabalipuram.

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Under the Open category, here are the top 10 teams until the 9th round:

Rank 1: Uzbekistan (Won-7) (Draw-2) (Loss-0)

Rank 2: India B team (Won-7) (Draw-1) (Loss-1)

Rank 3: Armenia (Won-7) (Draw-1) (Loss-1)

Rank 4: India A team (Won-7) (Draw-2) (Loss-1)

Rank 5: Netherlands (Won-6) (Draw-2) (Loss-1)

Rank 6: Azerbaijan (Won-6) (Draw-2) (Loss-1)

Rank 7: Turkey (Won-6) (Draw-2) (Loss-1)

Rank 8: Iran (Won-6) (Draw-2) (Loss-1)

Rank 9: USA (Won-6) (Draw-2) (Loss-1)

Rank 10: Serbia (Won-7) (Draw-0) (Loss-2)

Top 10 teams until the 9th round under women’s category:

Rank 1: Poland (Won-7) (Draw-1) (Loss-1)

Rank 2: India A team (Won-7) (Draw-1) (Loss-1)

Rank 3: Armenia (Won-7) (Draw-1) (Loss-1)

Rank 4: Georgia (Won-7) (Draw-1) (Loss-1)

Rank 5: Ukraine (Won-6) (Draw-2) (Loss-1)

Rank 6: Azerbaijan (Won-6) (Draw-2) (Loss-1)

Rank 7: Armenia (Won-7) (Draw-0) (Loss-2)

Rank 8: Germany (Won-7) (Draw-0) (Loss-2)

Rank 9: Indonesia (Won-7) (Draw-0) (Loss-2)

Rank 10: India B (Won-6) (Draw-1) (Loss-2)

Earlier on Sunday, Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa defeated Azerbaijan GM Vasif Durarbayli in 66 moves, while D Gukesh, Nihal Sarin drew their matches. Raunak Sadhwani lost to Nijat Abasov. While, India 'A' outperformed and defeated Brazil 3-1, while India 'C' beat Paraguay by a similar margin. Young GM Arjun Erigaisi and K Sasikiran starred for India 'A' with wins over Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian and Andre Diamant respectively.

In the women's section, the top-seeded India 'A' were handed a 2.5-1.5 defeat by fourth-seeded Poland, while No.2 seed Ukraine and No.3 seed Georgia played out a 2-2 draw.

The two other Indian teams -- 'B' and 'C' were on the winning side, thrashing Switzerland 4-0 and Estonia 3-1 respectively.

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