India loses to Rest of World in Online Nations Cup

India went down to Rest of World 1.5-2.5 in second round of FIDE-Chess.com Online Nations Cup on Tuesday after drawing its lung-opener against USA. Former world champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Teimour Rjabov while world rapid champion Koneru Humpy could t break through defenses of former world champ Mariya Muzychuk. P Harikrishna and talented young Alireza Firouzja settled for a draw.

India loses to Rest of World

defeat of B hiban, who stepped in for Vidit Gujrathi, to Peruvian Jorge Cori meant India lost tie. Top-seeded China took le with its second win, defeating Europe 3-1 after winning first match by a similar margin against Rest of World. China is on top with 4 match points (2 per a match win) and 6 board points

Earlier in opening round, India split points with USA with Humpy posting a win over Anna Zatonkish while legendary Anand drew with highly-rated Hikaru Nakamura. Americans scored when Fabia Caruana put it across India .2 Gujrathi. match between P Harikrishna and Leinier Dominguez ended in a draw. In or matches, top-seeded China crushed Rest of World 3-1 while Russia shared hours with Europe in a 2-2 result.

India meets Europe and China in round three and four on Wednesday. event follows double round-robin format with two leing teams battling for title in "Superfinal". All matches involve four boards - represented by three men and a women player. rapid time-control is 25-minutes plus a 10-second increment per move.

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