Onlypunjab.com (press release), India
Nov. 1, 2004
Indian men score over Armenia, women draw with Poland
Source : Spain-Chess-India
The fifth seeded Indians beat fourth seeded Armenia 2.5-1.5 with the
top three boards drawn.
Surya Sekhar Ganguly (2559), the reigning Indian national champion,
dealt the final blow by beating Gabriel Sargissian (2611), who is rated
more than 50 elo points above him.
In the women’s section, the sixth seed Indian women drew with seventh
seeds Poland 1.5-1.5 as all three games ended in draws.
Koneru Humy (2503) drew with Iweta Radzewicz, while S Vijayalakshmi
(2411) drew with Joanna Dworakowska (2393) and D Harika (2391) drew
with Marta Zielinska (2395).
The Indian men lie sixth with 14 points, while the women are fifth with
10.5 points.
In the sixth round, the Indian men will meet the Netherlands, who also
have 14 points like India, while the Indian women will meet a fancied
Hungarian side which has 10 points.
In other fifth round matches, second seed Ukraine was held to a 2-2 tie
by third seed Israel as the two teams played draws on all four boards.
Bulgaria routed Scotland 3.5-0.5 to occupy the fourth place on 14.5
along with top seed and defending champions Russia.