Budapest, India men's team scored another emphatic victory over Iran by a huge difference of 3.5 to 0.5 points to claim the gold medal in the open section of the 45th Chess Olympiad here on Thursday.
The Indians brought their tally to 16 points out of a possible 16.
World number four Arjun Erigaisi started the rampage with his black pieces and broke through the defenses of Bardiya Daneshwar, who proved no match against a highly skilled display from the Indian.
Following Arjun's victory, World Championship challenger D Gukesh outplayed Parham Maghsoodloo with black pieces, cheating the Iranian towards the end of the first time control.
R Praggnanandhaa tied with Amin Tabatabai to secure an Indian victory but Vidit Gujrathi had other plans as he outplayed Idani Pouya in all aspects of the game to give another big margin victory to the team.
For Arjun, this was another step towards the 2800 rating mark as he took his personal tally to a remarkable 7.5 points in eight games.
In the live ratings now, Arjun has 2793 points and if he crosses the 2800 mark, he will only be the 16th player in history and only the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to do so.
Following Arjun's example, Gukesh made sure to keep coming closer as well and his victory took him to 2785 rating points. This is the first time that there are two Indians in the top five in the world rankings.
Arjun again created early complications by trying to reverse Benoni with his black pieces. Daneshwar fell into some tactical tricks in the middle game and did not recover.
Gukesh also won with black and it was another queen's pawn game in which the Indian chose to play the Dubov variation. Maghsoodloo had some unwarranted complications and was caught off guard as the clocks ticked in the middle game.
The Iranian was soon separated from one piece by a handful of pawns, but was the victim of an easy tactical blow that ended the game.
Vidit Gujrathi opted for the Sozin variation against Pouya's Sicilian defense and his attack was simply overwhelming, while Praggnanandhaa took it slow to avoid any serious Tabatabai counterattack.
In the women's section, the Indian team was trailing 0-1, but maintained promising positions that could give the top-seeded women's team a 2.5-1.6 victory.
The Indians brought their tally to 16 points out of a possible 16.
World number four Arjun Erigaisi started the rampage with his black pieces and broke through the defenses of Bardiya Daneshwar, who proved no match against a highly skilled display from the Indian.
Following Arjun's victory, World Championship challenger D Gukesh outplayed Parham Maghsoodloo with black pieces, cheating the Iranian towards the end of the first time control.
R Praggnanandhaa tied with Amin Tabatabai to secure an Indian victory but Vidit Gujrathi had other plans as he outplayed Idani Pouya in all aspects of the game to give another big margin victory to the team.
For Arjun, this was another step towards the 2800 rating mark as he took his personal tally to a remarkable 7.5 points in eight games.
In the live ratings now, Arjun has 2793 points and if he crosses the 2800 mark, he will only be the 16th player in history and only the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to do so.
Following Arjun's example, Gukesh made sure to keep coming closer as well and his victory took him to 2785 rating points. This is the first time that there are two Indians in the top five in the world rankings.
Arjun again created early complications by trying to reverse Benoni with his black pieces. Daneshwar fell into some tactical tricks in the middle game and did not recover.
Gukesh also won with black and it was another queen's pawn game in which the Indian chose to play the Dubov variation. Maghsoodloo had some unwarranted complications and was caught off guard as the clocks ticked in the middle game.
The Iranian was soon separated from one piece by a handful of pawns, but was the victim of an easy tactical blow that ended the game.
Vidit Gujrathi opted for the Sozin variation against Pouya's Sicilian defense and his attack was simply overwhelming, while Praggnanandhaa took it slow to avoid any serious Tabatabai counterattack.
In the women's section, the Indian team was trailing 0-1, but maintained promising positions that could give the top-seeded women's team a 2.5-1.6 victory.
