The Indian teams faced a challenging tenth round at the Baku Olympiad on Monday, but that did not deter them from drawing their matches against the higher-rated teams. In the open’s section, the men played out a 2-2 draw against Russia. In the women’s section too, the team drew against Ukraine.

The Indian men’s team in the Open section went down to the table-toppers Ukraine, in the Round 9. The Indians looked positive entering the crucial round after they had defeated England in their previous round, but lost the match 2.5-1.5 to the Ukrainians.

The Indians fought back in style at the Baku Olympiad, by defeating England 2.5-1.5 in the 8th round on Saturday. The victory came as a much-needed boost to the Indian team, who were crushed 3-1 by one of the favourites USA in the seventh round.

Indian Chess teams started their campaign in the World Chess Olympiad with easy wins against lower-ranked Bolivia and Republic of Macedonia in the first round. The Indian team rested key players like GM Pentala Harikrishna and GM Harika Dronavalli for the clash.