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Chess Olympiad 2024: Indian men defeat Iran; women face their first defeat in Round 8

The Indian men’s team continued their dominance with a win over Iran in the eighth round of the Chess Olympiad at the SYMA Sports and Conference Centre in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday, September 19. The Indian women’s team, meanwhile, suffered their first defeat in the competition against Poland.

Moving into the details, the Indian men’s team was at its best, thanks to Gukesh D’s continued heroics against Iran. He took on Parham Maghsoodlo and secured a comprehensive win. Arjun Erigaisi and Vidit Gujrathi also bagged wins over Bardiya Daneshvar and Pouya Idani, respectively.

On the other hand, Praggnanandhaa R settled for a draw against Amin Tabatabaei. Nevertheless, the Indian men’s team ended the eighth round in their favor by 3.5 - 0.5.

Shifting our focus to the Indian women’s team, they faced their first loss of the competition against Poland, the second-seeded team.

Although Divya Deshmukh secured a win over Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Harika Dronavalli, and Vaishali R suffered defeats against Alina Kashlinkskaya and Monika Socko respectively. On the other hand, Vantika Agrawal settled for a draw against Alicja Sliwicka.

Nine-hundred and seventy-five players in the Open and 909 in the Women’s section are competing in Hungary's exciting 45th Chess Olympiad. The ninth round of the Chess Olympiad 2024, starts at 6:30 PM IST on Friday, September 20.

With eight rounds completed, three more rounds are scheduled in the tournament. It’s worth noting that 197 teams from 195 nations in the Open section registered for the event while 183 from 181 nations in the women are participating in the tournament.


Chess Olympiad 2024: Indian men’s team Round 8 results

Gukesh D 1 - 0 Parham Maghsoodloo

Praggnanandhaa R 1/2 - 1/2 Amin Tabatabaei

Arjun Erigaisi 1 - 0 Bardiya Daneshvar

Vidit Gujrathi 1 - 0 Pouya Idani


Chess Olympiad 2024: Indian women’s team Round 8 results

Harika Dronavalli 0 - 1 Alina Kashlinskaya

Vaishali R 0 - 1 Monika Socko

Divya Deshmukh 1 - 0 Aleksandra Maltsevskaya

Vantika Agrawal 1/2 - 1/2 Alicja Sliwicka


Chess Olympiad 2024: Open section standings

*Top 10 teams after eight rounds

RankTeamPointsTBRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8
1India1626222222222
2Uzbekistan14204.522202222
3Hungary1419222222022
4China13206.522222102
5United States of America13201.522202122
6Iran1318722122220
7Ukraine12201.522220202
8Vietnam1219722222101
9Germany1219622020222
10Spain12194.522220022

Chess Olympiad 2024: Women’s section standings

*Top 10 teams after eight rounds

RankTeamPointsTBRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8
1India14237.522222220
2Poland1423322122212
3Kazakhstan14205.522220222
4United States of America13226.522220212
5Armenia13219.522222012
6Ukraine13192.522211212
7China1223922220022
8Switzerland12198.522022022
9Vietnam1219722202022
10Spain1219022202202

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