After two straight wins, India went down 1-3 to a formidable Russian staff in a fourth Pool A match within the FIDE World Women’s Team Chess Championship, right here.
India, which has certified for the quarterfinals, will face France within the fifth and ultimate preliminary match in a while Wednesday. D Harika, the highest Indian participant, held Aleksandra Goryachkina to a draw as did Mary Ann Gomes in opposition to Polina Shuvalova however Tania Sachdev and R Vaishali suffered defeats because the staff misplaced to Russia within the fourth spherical late on Tuesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Indian ladies had overwhelmed a robust Armenia 2.5-1.5 within the third spherical. Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni notched up the vital wins to arrange the victory over Armenia. Harika had settled for a draw in opposition to Elina Danielian whereas the gifted, younger Vaishali misplaced to Lilit Mkrtchian.
France 🇫🇷 defeated Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 at the moment on the @FIDE_chess World Women’s Team Championship in #Sitges and has an opportunity to advance to quarter finals tomorrow in the event that they beat India 🇮🇳, or even when there are some attracts. A troublesome fifth match, however assured of their possibilities… pic.twitter.com/Nx29Q90ZWl
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India and Armenia now have 5 factors every after 4 rounds behind Russia (8). A staff will get two factors for successful a match and one for a draw.
In the India-Russia encounter, the upper rated Katernya Lagno and Alexandra Kosteniuk put it throughout Tania Sachdev and Vaishali to say the Russian staff’s superiority. After drawing 2-2 with Azerbaijan within the opener, India had overwhelmed Spain 2.5-1.5 in spherical two.
