India At Chess Olympiad, Round 7: Gukesh Helps Men's Team Beat China In Open Section Thriller

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh came out victorious against Wei Yi, who played on Board 1, after China rested world champion Ding Liren. 

While on the other hand, Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandha and Pentala Harikrishna drew all their respective matches.

Praggnanandha played out a draw against Yangyi Yu, while Harikrishna pushed for a while but petered out to be equal in the ensuing rook and pawns endgame. 

Arjun, however, went for the kill against Bu Xiangzi, but the latter found a nice piece sacrifice to force a draw through repetition.

The 45th Chess Olympiad's format is played in a Swiss system. 

According to the rules, each round sees four players from each team take on four from the other, with a spot for the reserved player who can be used as a substitute in between the 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 are added to determine which team takes 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.