Chess Olympiad 2024: Indian men and women continue their winning streak in Round 5

Indian men's and women’s teams continued their excellent winning streak, accumulating important wins on the fifth day of the ongoing Chess Olympiad on Sunday, September 15. The event is taking place at the SYMA Sports and Conference Centre in Budapest, Hungary,

Although the Indian women’s team struggled initially, they came out victorious on Sunday as both the Indian sides did exceptionally well in the first five rounds. While the men’s team defeated Azerbaijan by 3 - 1, the women’s side stunned Kazakhstan by 2.5 - 1.5.

Moving into the details of the Indian women, Dronavalli Harika suffered a defeat on the top board against Bibisara. However, other Indian women’s players reversed the team’s fortunes.

Vaishali R bagged an important win against Meruert Kamalidenova on the second board while Divya Deshmukh settled for a draw against Xeniya Balabayeva. On the other hand, Vantika Agarwal stunned Alua Nurman.

Meanwhile, the Indian men continued their domination in the fifth round. Arjun Erigaisi bagged his fifth consecutive win in a row beating World No. 4 Rauf Mamedov. Gukesh D stunned Aydin Suleymanli.

Praggnanandhaa R and Vidit Gujrathi settled for draws against Nijat Abasov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, respectively.

1884 participants, including 975 in the Open and 909 in the women’s section, are participating in the 45th Chess Olympiad in Hungary. The sixth round of the Chess Olympiad 2024, starts at 6:30 PM IST on Monday, September 16. With five rounds completed, six more rounds are scheduled to take place in the campaign.

197 teams from 195 nations in the Open section registered for the event while 183 from 181 nations in the women are part of the tournament.

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Chess Olympiad 2024: Indian men’s team results

Gukesh D 1 - 0 Aydin Suleymanli

Praggnanandhaa R 1/2 - 1/2 Nijat Abasov

Arjun Erigaisi 1 - 0 Rauf Mamedov

Vidit Gujrathi 1/2 - 1/2 Shakhriyar

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Chess Olympiad 2024: Indian women’s team results

Harika Dronavalli 0 - 1 Bibisara Assaubayeva

Vaishali R 1 - 0 Meruert

Divya Deshmukh 1/2 - 1/2 Xeniya Balabayeva

Vantika Agrawal 1 - 0 Alua Nurman

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Chess Olympiad 2024: Open section standings

*Top 10 teams after five rounds

Rank	Team	Points	TB	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1	India	10	108	2	2	2	2	2
2	China	10	86	2	2	2	2	2
3	Vietnam	10	83	2	2	2	2	2
4	Hungary	10	77.5	2	2	2	2	2
5	Iran	9	79.5	2	2	1	2	2
6	Norway	9	77	2	1	2	2	2
7	Uzbekistan	8	80	2	2	2	0	2
8	Azerbaijan	8	73	2	2	2	2	0
9	United States of America	8	72	2	2	2	0	2
10	Spain	8	72	2	2	2	2	0

Chess Olympiad 2024: Women’s section standings

*Top 10 teams after five rounds

Rank	Team	Points	TB	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1	India	10	93	2	2	2	2	2
2	Armenia	10	88	2	2	2	2	2
3	Mongolia	10	75	2	2	2	2	2
4	Poland	9	80	2	2	1	2	2
5	Georgia	9	79	2	2	1	2	2
6	China	8	95	2	2	2	2	0
7	United States of America	8	88.5	2	2	2	2	0
8	Hungary	8	74.5	2	2	0	2	2
9	Spain	8	74	2	2	2	0	2
10	Argentina	8	74	2	2	1	1	2