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Chess Olympiad 2024: Indian men’s and women’s teams settle for draws in Round 9

Both the Indian men’s and women’s teams settled for draws against Uzbekistan and the United States of America in the ongoing Chess Olympiad at the SYMA Sports and Conference Centre in Budapest, Hungary, on Friday, September 20.

Moving into the details of the ninth round of the competition, Gukesh D competed with Nodirbek Abdusattorov while Praggnanandhaa R took on Javokhir Sindarov.

On the other hand, Arjun Erigaisi and Vidit Gujrathi registered draws against Shamsiddin and Jakhongir Vakhidov, respectively. It's worth noting that this was the first round for the Indian men's team without a win in the campaign.

Additionally, in the women’s section, Vaishali R started with a defeat against Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova. However, Divya Deshmukh and Tania Sachdev settled for draws in their respective contests against Carissa Yip and Alice Lee.

Vatika Agrawal registered a win against Irina Krush to increase the scores for both sides in the ninth round of the ongoing Chess Olympiad. The 10th round of the Chess Olympiad 2024 starts at 6:30 PM IST on Saturday, September 21.

A total of 975 players in the Open and 909 in the Women’s section are taking part in Hungary's ongoing 45th Chess Olympiad. With nine rounds completed, two more are scheduled in the tournament.

As many as 197 teams from 195 nations in the Open section registered for the event while 183 teams from 181 nations in the women's section are taking part in the tournament.


Chess Olympiad 2024: Indian men’s team Round 9 results

Gukesh D ½ - ½ Nodirbek Abdusattorov

Praggnanandhaa R ½ - ½ Javokhir Sindarov

Arjun Erigaisi ½ - ½ Shamsiddin

Vidit Gujrathi ½ - ½ Jakhongir Vakhidov


Chess Olympiad 2024: Indian women’s team Round 9 results

Vaishali R 0 - 1 Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova

Divya Deshmukh ½ - ½ Carissa Yip

Vantika Agrawal 1 - 0 Irina Krush

Tania Sachdev ½ - ½ Alice Lee


Chess Olympiad 2024: Open section standings

*Top 10 teams after nine rounds

RankTeamPointsTBRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Round 9
1India17322222222221
2United States of America15272.5222021222
3Uzbekistan15271.5222022221
4China15268222221022
5Slovenia14251.5220202222
6Ukraine14247222202022
7Serbia14234222022202
8Hungary14233222220220
9Armenia14232222022202
10Vietnam13248222221011

Chess Olympiad 2024: Women’s section standings

*Top 10 teams after nine rounds

RankTeamPointsTBRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Round 9
1Kazakhstan16263.5222202222
2India15279222222201
3China14296222200222
4Armenia14275222220121
5Poland14266.5221222120
6United States of America14265222202121
7Spain14264222022022
8Germany14243.5221122112
9Ukraine14243.5222112121
10Georgia14240.5221222012

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