India At Chess Olympiad, Round 6: Divya Deshmukh's Victory Over Elena Danielian Helps Women Beat Armenia

D Harika played out a draw with Lilit Mkrtchian on the first board while R Vaishali followed suit against Mariyam Mkrtchyan.

As India gained a confident 2-1 lead, Tania Sachdev played it safe from a position of strength and played out a draw on the fourth board with Anna Sargasyan to help India win 2.5-1.5.

Competition Format And Scoring System:

The 45th Chess Olympiad's format is played in a Swiss system. The time control for all the games here are 90 minutes for the first 40 moves post which another 30 minutes are applied and an extra 30 seconds per move is added for the first move. At any time, players can take a draw. 11 rounds in total are played, and all teams are pooled in every round.

As per the rules, each round sees four players from each team take on four from the other. There is also a spot for a reserved player who can be used as a substitute in between rounds. The four games are played at the same time on four boards in replaced colours, with one game point allotted for a win and half game point for a draw.

Scores from each game is tallied together to work out which team will claim a win in the round. If a team wins the round, they are awarded two points, regardless of the game point margin, while a draw earns only a match point.

(with PTI inputs)