Indian teams back to winning
ways at chess Olympiad

The Indian men's team bounced back from the loss against Russia in the previous round and scored a 2.5-1.5 victory over Norway in the fourth round of the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled, Slovenia, on Tuesday.

The Indian women continued to perform well and blanked Azerbaijan 3-0 to make their presence felt in the women's section.

Top seed Russia had another smooth outing against Georgia, overcoming them by a 3-1 margin. This was Russia's fourth straight victory in as many rounds.

Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran and Surya Shekhar Ganguly, the two losers from the previous rounds were rested from the Indian men's team which performed their duties quite well in the fourth round matches.

On the top board Grandmaster Pentyala Harikrishna got an easy draw against Einar Gausal with black pieces.

On the second board GM Abhijit Kunte took a cue from his young colleague and settled for the same result against Leif Johannessen while on the third board, double GM norm holder R B Ramesh put it across Bae Torstein.

GM Pravin Thipsay mishandled a near winning position and had to be content with a draw against Hersvik Daniel.

Among the Indian women, Woman Grandmaster Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi defeated Firuza Venikhanli with white pieces, Swati Ghate beat Zeinab Mamedjaroba and Subbaraman Meenakshi got the better of Shukurova Meihreban.

Earlier reports:
Round 3: Indian men falter against Russia
Round 2: India continue good showing at Chess Olympiad
Round 1: Indians off to a winning start at Chess Olympiad