Istanbul, October 30 : The new-look Indian team continued their good performance in the second round on Monday as the men outplayed Mongolia by 3-while the women held formidable Georgians to a 1.5-1.5 draw here in the 34th Chess Olympiad.The top seed Russians, dropped a half point in the men's section and were relegated to the second spot behind Hungary that scored a perfect 4-0 on the second day in succession.In the major board of the day, Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran crushed Hatanbaatar to give an early lead to his team. Springing a major surprise in the Moscow Variation, Sasikiran subdued the opposition and launched an attack against the King right from the word go.After an error on the 10th move, Hataanbatar was forced to expose his King and soon sasikiran ripped open the King's side to force a checkmate. The game lasted a mere 18 moves.On the second board, GM Abhijit Kunte drew with D Shravdroj from the black side of a Nimzo Indian Defence. Abhijit equalised easily from the opening and was surprised by the frequency of the exchanges offered by his opponent.As the game progressed, there was little hope for winning for both and the game was agreed drawn.International Master P Harikrishna had an easy outing against Odondoo Ganbold.
