<p>Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta scored a crucial win over Lou Yiping as India secured a 2-2 draw against China-2 in the sixth round of the Asian Nations Chess Cup, here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Top rated Krishnan Sasikiran struggled for form and lost to Zhao Jianchao on the top board and the situation was looking grim for the Indians but Gupta pulled a rabbit out of the hat to defeat Yiping.<br /><br />Expectedly, the second and third board games were drawn by P Harikrishna and Parimarjan Negi, giving the team a 2-2 draw from what looked like a certain defeat.<br /><br />China-1 meanwhile shot to the sole lead on 11 points, defeating Iran by a 3-1 margin.<br />The Indian men are now in sole second spot, a full point behind while China-2 is not too far away on eight points along with Kazakhstan.<br /><br />In the women’s championship the Indian eves remained on course for a podium finish defeating Iran by a 2.5-1.5 margin.</p>
<p>Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta scored a crucial win over Lou Yiping as India secured a 2-2 draw against China-2 in the sixth round of the Asian Nations Chess Cup, here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Top rated Krishnan Sasikiran struggled for form and lost to Zhao Jianchao on the top board and the situation was looking grim for the Indians but Gupta pulled a rabbit out of the hat to defeat Yiping.<br /><br />Expectedly, the second and third board games were drawn by P Harikrishna and Parimarjan Negi, giving the team a 2-2 draw from what looked like a certain defeat.<br /><br />China-1 meanwhile shot to the sole lead on 11 points, defeating Iran by a 3-1 margin.<br />The Indian men are now in sole second spot, a full point behind while China-2 is not too far away on eight points along with Kazakhstan.<br /><br />In the women’s championship the Indian eves remained on course for a podium finish defeating Iran by a 2.5-1.5 margin.</p>