{"id":45005,"date":"2024-09-16T06:58:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T06:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/16\/chess-olympiad-indian-men-defeat-azerbaijan-women-beat-kazakhstan-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T06:58:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T06:58:51","slug":"chess-olympiad-indian-men-defeat-azerbaijan-women-beat-kazakhstan-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/16\/chess-olympiad-indian-men-defeat-azerbaijan-women-beat-kazakhstan-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Chess Olympiad: Indian Men Defeat Azerbaijan, Women Beat Kazakhstan &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Budapest<\/strong>: India secured victories in the fifth round of the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, with the men\u2019s team triumphing over Azerbaijan 3-1, while the women\u2019s team emerged victorious against Kazakhstan with a score of 2.5-1.5.<\/p>\n<p>Arjun Erigaisi continued his winning streak, achieving his fifth consecutive victory by defeating the world\u2019s No. 4, Rauf Mamedov.<\/p>\n<p>R Vaishali clinched a crucial victory on the second board against Meruert Kamalidenova. Divya Deshmukh, on the third board, was held to a draw by Xeniya Balabayava, marking Divya\u2019s first draw following four consecutive wins. On the fourth board, Vantika Agarwal secured a win over Alua Nurman.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s team maintained their undefeated streak, with Arjun, India\u2019s top-ranked player, overcoming Mamedov on the third board.<\/p>\n<p>D Gukesh clinched a victory on the top board against Aydin Suleymanli. R Praggnandhaa split points with Nijat Abasov on the second board, and Vidit Gujrathi drew with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.<\/p>\n<p>The Chess Olympiad is not only a testament to India\u2019s results but also a display of their potential, as evidenced by their round five victory over Azerbaijan. Gukesh commented, \u201cWe have a nice mood in the team, and we\u2019re having fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Budapest: India secured victories in the fifth round of the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, with the men\u2019s team triumphing over Azerbaijan 3-1, while the women\u2019s team emerged victorious against Kazakhstan with a score of 2.5-1.5. Arjun Erigaisi continued his winning streak, achieving his fifth consecutive victory by defeating the world\u2019s No. 4, Rauf Mamedov. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-88.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45007,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45005\/revisions\/45007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}