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Chess Olympiad: Indian men score a resounding 3-1 victory over Spain

Samarkand (Uzbekistan): The Indian men's team continued its fine performance, defeating Spain 3-1, with world champion D Gukesh showing the way with a very clean victory over former world championship challenger Alexei Shirov.

On a day when Arjun Erigaisi paved the way for team India to go one-up early thanks to a finely crafted attacking game on the second board, R Praggnanandhaa was held to a draw by David Anton Guijarro, while Nihal Sarin achieved the same result against Jaime Santos Latasa.

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