Indian men scored a comeback victory over Bulgaria with Krishnan Sasikiran and Sandipan Chanda coming out good in the eighth round of the 37th Chess Olympiad here.
TURIN: Indian men scored a comeback victory over Bulgaria with Krishnan Sasikiran and Sandipan Chanda coming out good in the eighth round of the 37th Chess Olympiad here.
While Viswanathan Anand played out his fifth draw on the trot, settling for peace this time with former world junior champion Kiril Georgiev, National Champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly suffered a defeat at the hands of Alexander Delchev.
India were saved the blushes, however, by a late onslaught by Krishnan Sasikiran and Sandipan Chanda, who beat Ivan Cheparinov and Vasil Spasov respectively to ensure victory over Bulgaria.
At the top of the table, Armenia yet again proved that they were the team to beat this time with a comprehensive 3-1 victory over Cuba. The Russians could only manage a 2-2 draw with Czech Republic which gave Armenia a two point lead over their nearest rivals, Russia and Ukraine.
While Armenia is on 24 points and the two teams trailing them on 22, there is a four-way tie for fourth spot with China, Georgia, France and United States on 21.5 points each.
Next in line is Czech Republic and Germany having 21 points each while India are joint 10th with 20.5.
With just five rounds remaining in the biggest chess event, the Indians next meet Uzbekistan and will hope for a huge victory to get back into reckoning for a medal.
Armenia is doing what Ukraine did in the previous edition - cruising past strong opposition with a good margin.
It was no different against Cuba as they got into the demolition act in the games they played white while getting easy draws with black.
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