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Indian women bow 1-3 to Russia in world team chess championship
MARDIN (Turkey), December 27, 2011: The Indian women failed at the first major hurdle as
they went down 1-3 to Russia in the sixth round of the world women team chess championship. After a rocking first half that saw them win four and draw one match,
Koneru Humpy-led girls could not hold the nerves together and spoilt
what could have been a drawn match. Tania Sachdev lost on the third board from an advantageous middle game against
Valentina Gunina while Soumya Swaminathan misplayed a clearly drawn endgame
against Natalia Pogonina to give the Russian an easy victory. Earlier in the day Koneru Humpy had played out a
draw with Tatiana Kosintseva while Nadezhda Kosintseva also split the point with D Harika on the second board.
China meanwhile continued their rampaging act and scored a 3-1 victory
over Greece. World women champion Yifan Hou led from the front to give a
fine victory against Yelena Dembo and Zhao Xue overpowered Ekaterini
Fakhiridou to complete the rituals. In another match, Ukraine did well to hold
Gerogia 2-2 and that proved a good omen for the Indian girls as they
remained in sole second position despite the loss. South Africa succumbed to another 0-4 loss against Armenia while Turkey went down 0.5-3.5 to Vietnam.
With just three matches to come China seems to be running away with the
title with a perfect 12/12 while India is now second, three points behind.
Georgia and Russia share the third spot with eight points apiece while
Ukraine, Armenia and Vietnam share the fifth spot with six points each. Turkey, Greece and South Africa remain far behind on four, one and zero points respectively.
The Indian women are in a must win situation against Greece in the next
round and should that happen, they will need to score at least a draw in
the last two matches to ensure a medal.There is a definite chance of winning the silver still but gold seems
out of reach with Chinese on a roller coaster ride. |
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World chess champion Viswanathan Anand will get to defend his crown in
India. His title clash with Boris Gelfand of Israel will be held in Chennai in April-May next year. The Tamil Nadu government has agreed to
sponsor the event.
India's Anand wins world Chess title |
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