Budapest: World number four Grandmaster Arjun Erigay on Monday registered his sixth win in as many games in the ongoing 45th Chess Olympiad here, while the Indian team is on course to register its sixth consecutive win.
Errigasi scored on Russian-turned-Hungarian Sugirov Sanan in the sixth round in what proved to be a tough day for the Indian men.
On the top board, de Gukesh played an easy draw as black against top Hungarian Richard Rapport. Erigaysi won against Sanan Sugirov, while Praganananda decided to sign peace with former great Peter Leko.
With Vidit Gujarathi securing victory over Benjamin Gladura, the Indian men were on course to win by a margin of 3-1, which would also make them the sole leaders in the event as China were held to a draw by a spirited Vietnamese team Who scored the goal, another great 2-2 result.
In the women's category, Divya Deshmukh registered a much-needed win over Elena Danielyan to help India take an early lead against Armenia.
D Harika played out a draw with Lilit Mkrtchyan on first board, while R Vaishali drew against Mariam Mkrtchyan.
When the team was leading by a margin of 2-1, Tania Sachdev played a strong position and played a draw with Anna Sargsyan on the fourth board to help India win 2.5-1.5. orr pds pds
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Errigasi scored on Russian-turned-Hungarian Sugirov Sanan in the sixth round in what proved to be a tough day for the Indian men.
On the top board, de Gukesh played an easy draw as black against top Hungarian Richard Rapport. Erigaysi won against Sanan Sugirov, while Praganananda decided to sign peace with former great Peter Leko.
With Vidit Gujarathi securing victory over Benjamin Gladura, the Indian men were on course to win by a margin of 3-1, which would also make them the sole leaders in the event as China were held to a draw by a spirited Vietnamese team Who scored the goal, another great 2-2 result.
In the women's category, Divya Deshmukh registered a much-needed win over Elena Danielyan to help India take an early lead against Armenia.
D Harika played out a draw with Lilit Mkrtchyan on first board, while R Vaishali drew against Mariam Mkrtchyan.
When the team was leading by a margin of 2-1, Tania Sachdev played a strong position and played a draw with Anna Sargsyan on the fourth board to help India win 2.5-1.5. orr pds pds
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