Chennai, Aug 7 (IANS) Poland's Woman International Master Oliwia Kiolbasa continued her winning ways at the 44th Chess Olympiad held at Mamallapuram, defeating India's R. Vaishali and maintaining a perfect 9/9 score.Playing on the third board, the 22-year-old Kiolbasa, with an ELO rating of 2,383, overcame her strong Indian rival Woman Grandmaster (WGM)Vaishali (2,442) in a marathon 82 moves threatening to queen two of her pawns.This is Vaishali's first defeat in the Olympiad.In the process, fourth-seeded Poland defeated the top seeded India-1 Women's team 2.5 - 1.5 with Koneru Humpy, D. Harika, and Tania Sachdev splitting points with Alina Kashlinskaya, Monika Socko and Maria Malicka, respectively.Meanwhile in the Open section, India-2 team's top board player GM D.Gukesh (2,684) drew his game against Azerbaijan's GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2,759).With this draw, Gukesh remains undefeated in the Olympiad, though his winning roll has been halted.
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