World no. 4, Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi seized India's 6th victory at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, adding another required win to the Indian men's team.
Erigaisi scored over Russian-turned-Hungarian Sjugirov Sanan on what turned out to be a hard-fought day for India in the sixth round.
On the top board, D Gukesh played out an easy draw as black against top Hungarian Richard Rapport. Erigaisi won against Sanan Sjugirov while Praggnanandhaa drew another match against former great Peter Leko.
With Vidit Gujrathi scoring a victory over Benjamin Gledura, the Indian men were poised to win by a 3-1 margin which will also make them the sole leaders in the event as China were held to a draw by a spirited Vietnamese team that scored 2-2 result.
In the women’s section, Divya Deshmukh scored the much-needed victory over Elena Danielian to help India gain an early lead against Armenia.
D Harika played out a draw with Lilit Mkrtchian on the first board while R Vaishali followed the same suit against Mariyam Mkrtchyan.
With the team leading by a 2-1 margin, Tania Sachdev played it safe from a position of strength and played out a draw on the fourth board with Anna Sargsyan to help India win 2.5-1.5.
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