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The Times of India
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Amit Karmarkar | TNN

Chess Olympiad: Why women's lead is less convincing

Top seeded India women, like their men counterparts, have also taken sole lead in the Olympiad in their section with six match wins in a row. But their streak has been less convincing. And there is a reason for it. The top-2 rated players in the men's section (Gukesh and Arjun) have scored 10 wins without defeat.

The same has been done by the weakest three players among women - five wins by Divya Deshmukh, three by Vantika Agrawal and two by Tania Sachdev.

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