P Harikrishna did well to hold highly regarded Peter Leko on the top board while GN Gopal split points with Csaba Balogh on the fourth, but Surya Shekhar Ganguly went down to Judit Polgar.
Armenia emerged early leaders after drubbing Israel 3.5-0.5. The United States went down to Russia 1-3 while lowest-ranked Egypt sprang a surprise by knocking 1.5 points off Ukraine.
The other match in the ten-team round-robin event was a 2-2 draw between China and Azerbaijan.
Published 17 July 2011, 16:28 IST