Indian men defeat Morocco: R Praggnanandhaa defeated Tissir Mohammed in a Sicilian defense match when D Gukesh, the contender for the global championship, took a rest in the first round.
In Hungary’s capital, Budapest, the Indian men began their 45th Chess Olympiad campaign with a convincing 4-0 victory over Morocco. afterwards the Indian ladies defeated Jamaican with ease, earning 3.5-0.5.
After that, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaise, and P Harikrishnaa all won easily as India got off to a perfect start.
In the women’s division, R Vaishali, Divya Deshmukh, and Tania Sachdev all achieved excellent wins while serving up the Indian eves versus Jamaica.
But Raehanna Brown held Vantika Agrawal on the third board, costing India half a point for her draw.
Indian men defeat Morocco 4-0 in the chess Olympiad:
When the opening round concluded, Praggnanandhaa faced a Sicilian, Mohamed, the top Moroccan, who only had himself to blame.
To bring the team’s first point home, the Indian made the most of his stronghold on the king side.
Vidit, who was obviously having fun, was following closely behind. Vidit took an early lead in a King pawn position, removed a piece, and never looked back.
Despite having to put in more effort, Erigaise, an Indian teenager presently rated fourth in the world, was never far from winning his match.
After making a piece sacrifice, he consumed enough resources to become his actual self, at which point White’s two pieces were helpless against a rook that was spitting fire from all directions.