Chennai, Dt
With the decisive victory of youngsters Pragganananda and Divya Deshmukh, India advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad, beating a strong rival like China 3-2. The Indian team finished first in the top division pool-A. India will now play the quarter-finals on August 9, the rivalry of which will be decided later.
India faced China in its ninth and final preliminary round and the four matches played between the two countries were drawn. While India's two victories were recorded from the under-20 board. With the help of which India became victorious. Pragganananda, 18, defeated Liu Yan of China to win her sixth consecutive bout. Former under-10 and 12 champion Divya Deshmukh defeated Jenner Zune.
Indian team captain Vidit Gujarati drew with Ding Liren, ranked third in the world. When p. Harikrishna also drew the match against Yangyi Yu. India topped Pool A with 12 points and 2.3 board points. India also became the first team to reach the quarterfinals of the Online Chess Olympiad. Earlier, India had beaten Georgia 3-2 in the seventh round. In the eighth round, India defeated Germany 4.5-1.3.
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