India nearly seal historic gold at Chess Olympiad in Open part | Chess Information

Arjun Erigaisi has put India getting ready to profitable a historic maiden gold within the Open part of the forty fifth Chess Olympiad with a victory over USA’s Leinier Dominguez Perez within the closing match of the tenth spherical, with solely a mathematical likelihood for China retaining the competition alive.
India, who beat USA 2.5-1.5, now lead with 19 factors, adopted by China (17 factors) and Slovenia (16 factors).
In line with FIDE’s put up on X, China nonetheless has an outdoor likelihood.
“China is now trailing India by two factors. If India loses within the closing spherical and China wins, the 2 groups will share first place. The tiebreaks will then determine the result, and though India has a significantly better tiebreak for the time being, there’s nonetheless a slim likelihood China can prevail,” the world chess physique posted.

Earlier on Saturday, D Gukesh put the Indian males’s crew heading in the right direction with a victory over USA’s Fabiano Caruana.
Gukesh, set to compete within the World Championship in November, showcased his expertise by defeating the higher-ranked Caruana in a strategic Catalan opening sport.
The Indian gained a bonus after capturing a pawn throughout the center sport. Caruana, below strain, made errors that allowed Gukesh to safe a profitable place.
The American crew initially took the lead when Wesley So triumphed over R Praggananandhaa. Vidit Gujrathi then performed solidly towards Levon Aronian to safe a draw.

Within the closing sport, Erigaisi secured the win towards Perez, sealing India’s victory.
On the ladies’s facet, Divya Deshmukh shone by defeating Ni Shiqun, contributing to India’s 2.5-1.5 victory over China. R Vaishali managed an important draw towards Guo Qi by means of a strategic transfer.
D Harika and Vantika Agarwal each held their positions successfully, securing attracts towards Zhu Jiner and Lu Miaoyi, respectively.

India and Kazakhstan share the lead after 10 rounds, each sitting at 17 factors—only one level forward of USA and Poland.