Batumi Chess Olympiad Round 7: Indian men beat Egypt, Indian women draw against Georgia 1

by Sagar Shah - 02/10/2018

It was an easy round for the Indians against the Egyptians, but it turned out to be extremely dangerous. Vishy Anand was held to a quick draw by Bassem Amin and Vidit Gujrathi who was pressing throughout the game suddenly landed in a bad position. The onus was now on Harikrishna and Sasikiran to deliver. And they did! India managed to win with the narrowest of margins, but as coach R.B. Ramesh said after the match, "A win is a win!" In the women's section Georgia 1 is one of the strongest teams in women's chess out there. The Indian girls fought bravely and managed to hold their own against the Georgian women players. Full report with analysis by GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly and videos of coaches of Indian teams.

Let's begin with the overview in the open section by coach GM R.B. Ramesh:

Overview of round 7. India's 2.5-1.5 win over Egypt by GM. R.B. Ramesh

For Bassem Amin it was a big moment of playing his idol Vishy Anand

Bassem speaks to ChessBase India after his draw against Anand

On board two Harikrishna's opponent tried to deviate from the well known lines a bit too soon and was punished.

Analysis by GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly:

Vidit over-pushed a bit. He was clearly better but instead of finding a winning continuation, he got confused, consumed a lot of time and lost the game. Such things can happen under the pressure of playing at the Olympiad.

Vidit's defeat was compensated by Sasikiran playing an excellent game of chess!

Rank after Round 7 - Open

Rk.	SNo	Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	4	Azerbaijan	AZE	7	6	1	0	13	189,0	21,0	66
2	11	Poland	POL	7	6	1	0	13	175,5	20,5	61
3	1	United States of America	USA	7	6	1	0	13	160,5	20,5	59
4	8	Armenia	ARM	7	6	0	1	12	157,5	19,5	61
5	5	India	IND	7	5	1	1	11	155,5	20,0	59
6	24	Spain	ESP	7	5	1	1	11	153,5	20,5	57
7	10	Israel	ISR	7	4	3	0	11	152,5	20,0	60
8	7	France	FRA	7	5	1	1	11	150,5	20,0	60
9	3	China	CHN	7	5	1	1	11	149,0	18,5	59
10	6	Ukraine	UKR	7	5	1	1	11	142,0	17,0	61
11	16	Germany	GER	7	4	3	0	11	139,5	18,5	58
12	15	Czech Republic	CZE	7	5	1	1	11	137,0	18,0	59
13	13	Netherlands	NED	7	5	1	1	11	135,0	21,0	53
14	9	England	ENG	7	5	1	1	11	131,0	17,0	58
15	23	Iran	IRI	7	5	0	2	10	143,0	20,0	56
16	2	Russia	RUS	7	4	2	1	10	140,5	18,0	59
17	32	Sweden	SWE	7	5	0	2	10	139,0	19,0	55
18	38	Norway	NOR	7	4	2	1	10	138,0	20,5	52
19	27	Vietnam	VIE	7	4	2	1	10	132,0	19,5	52
20	22	Turkey	TUR	7	5	0	2	10	127,5	19,5	53

Women's section:

Humpy played out a draw against Nana Dzagnidze

Padmini Rout drew with ease against Bela Khotenashvili. It is surprising that she has been dropped for the eighth round

GM Jacob Aagaard recaps the match against Georgia

Rank after Round 7 - Women

Rk.	SNo	Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	12	Armenia	ARM	7	6	1	0	13	158,0	20,0	59
2	3	China	CHN	7	5	2	0	12	176,5	20,0	64
3	2	Ukraine	UKR	7	5	2	0	12	165,0	20,0	63
4	4	Georgia 1	GEO1	7	5	2	0	12	153,0	19,0	62
5	20	Romania	ROU	7	6	0	1	12	130,0	19,5	52
6	10	United States of America	USA	7	5	1	1	11	158,5	19,0	62
7	5	India	IND	7	4	3	0	11	157,5	20,5	59
8	11	Azerbaijan	AZE	7	5	1	1	11	149,0	20,0	55
9	18	Italy	ITA	7	5	1	1	11	149,0	19,0	60
10	13	Hungary	HUN	7	5	1	1	11	148,0	19,5	54
11	14	Georgia 2	GEO2	7	5	1	1	11	146,5	20,0	57
12	8	Kazakhstan	KAZ	7	4	3	0	11	141,5	20,0	54
13	1	Russia	RUS	7	5	0	2	10	143,0	19,5	56
14	28	Iran	IRI	7	5	0	2	10	137,5	18,5	58
15	7	Poland	POL	7	4	2	1	10	136,5	19,5	51
16	17	Mongolia	MGL	7	5	0	2	10	134,5	18,5	56
17	19	Vietnam	VIE	7	5	0	2	10	134,0	21,0	52
18	31	Uzbekistan	UZB	7	5	0	2	10	133,0	18,0	60
19	26	Czech Republic	CZE	7	5	0	2	10	128,0	19,5	52
20	34	Lithuania	LTU	7	4	2	1	10	124,5	18,0	53

Performance of India men's team

Performance of India women's team

Round 8 pairing

Batumi Chess Olympiad Round 7: Indian men beat Egypt, Indian women draw against Georgia 1

Analysis by GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly:

Rank after Round 7 - Open

Women's section:

Rank after Round 7 - Women

Watch the games of round 8 live