Indian men bounce back in chess Olympiad

After a 1-3 drubbing at the hands of Morocco in the first round of the biennial chess event, it was an impressive recovery by the Indians as they took the team score to a respectable 5 points out of a possible 8 games.

The second-seeded team shed the opening days blues and won on all four boards with Grand Masters Krishnan Sasikiran, P Harikrishna, Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Sandipan Chanda coming out trumps.

With 11 rounds still to go and Viswanathan Anand set to join the team anytime now, it seems on the cards that they will be in the reckoning for a medal but the defeat at the hands of Morocco in round one will certainly haunt the men for quite some time.

In the women’s section, the splendid start provided by Koneru Humpy went in waste after blunders by Swati Ghate and D Harika saw India settling for a draw with Vietnam in the second round.

The Indian eves looked set for a 3-0 victory after Humpy did the early damage on the first board but subsequent mistakes by Ghate and Harika produced the 1.5-1-5 result.

Category: Chess , The Chess Olympiad