<p>Russia emerged as the sole leader with a perfect 14/14 score. The Indian girlsbenefited from D Harika’s assault against Kateryna Lahno to come out trumps. Harika defeated Lahno in a keen contest while the other girls held their own to propel India to the joint second spot with four matches still to come in the Olympiad.<br /><br />Meanwhile, in the open section, the Indian men let slip a certain victory against Czech Republic to end up sharing the points with the European side.<br /><br />Results (round VII): Open: Czech Republic (9) drew India (9) 2-2 (David Navara lt to K Sasikiran; Victor Laznicka drew P Hari Krishna; Zbynek Hracek bt Surya Shekhar Ganguly; Vlastimil Babula drew GN Gopal); Ukraine (13) bt Georgia (11) 2.5-1.5; Armenia (11) lt to Azerbaijan (12) 1.5-2.5; Russia ‘B’ (10) lt to Russia ‘A’ (12) 1.5-2.5; USA (11) drew Poland 2-2; Brazil (9) lt to Hun (12) 1-3; Russia (10) drew Iran 2-2; China(11) bt Turkmenistan (9) 4-0; Belarus (11) bt England (9) 3-1; Netherlands (10) drew Cuba (10) 2-2; France (11) bt Spain (9) 2.5-1.5. Women: Ukraine (10) lt to India (12) 1.5-2.5 (Kateryna Lahno lt to D Harika; Natalia Zhukova drew Tania Sachdev; Inna Gaponenko drew Eesha Karavade; Mariya Muzychuk drew Subbaraman Meenakshi); Russia ‘A’ (14) bt Hungary (11).</p>
<p>Russia emerged as the sole leader with a perfect 14/14 score. The Indian girlsbenefited from D Harika’s assault against Kateryna Lahno to come out trumps. Harika defeated Lahno in a keen contest while the other girls held their own to propel India to the joint second spot with four matches still to come in the Olympiad.<br /><br />Meanwhile, in the open section, the Indian men let slip a certain victory against Czech Republic to end up sharing the points with the European side.<br /><br />Results (round VII): Open: Czech Republic (9) drew India (9) 2-2 (David Navara lt to K Sasikiran; Victor Laznicka drew P Hari Krishna; Zbynek Hracek bt Surya Shekhar Ganguly; Vlastimil Babula drew GN Gopal); Ukraine (13) bt Georgia (11) 2.5-1.5; Armenia (11) lt to Azerbaijan (12) 1.5-2.5; Russia ‘B’ (10) lt to Russia ‘A’ (12) 1.5-2.5; USA (11) drew Poland 2-2; Brazil (9) lt to Hun (12) 1-3; Russia (10) drew Iran 2-2; China(11) bt Turkmenistan (9) 4-0; Belarus (11) bt England (9) 3-1; Netherlands (10) drew Cuba (10) 2-2; France (11) bt Spain (9) 2.5-1.5. Women: Ukraine (10) lt to India (12) 1.5-2.5 (Kateryna Lahno lt to D Harika; Natalia Zhukova drew Tania Sachdev; Inna Gaponenko drew Eesha Karavade; Mariya Muzychuk drew Subbaraman Meenakshi); Russia ‘A’ (14) bt Hungary (11).</p>