World Chess C’ship: India beat Armenia

D Harika

The Indian team posted a second straight win in Pool A of the FIDE World Women's Team Chess Championship by beating Armenia 2.5-1.5 in the third round here on Tuesday.

With the win in Round 3, India moved up to the second spot on seven board points and five match points behind the formidable Russia (11 board points, six match points).

In the match against Armenia, Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni notched up the important wins to set up the victory. D Harika had settled for a draw against Elina Danielian while R Vaishali went down to Lilit Mkrtchian.

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