Two draws before the break: Serbia 2:2 with Sweden and Türkiye

Two matches, two 2:2 draws. Serbia drew with Sweden in the Open and Türkiye in the Women’s section in round six of the Samarkand Olympiad, played on September 21. Aleksandar Inđić, Teodora Injac and Alina Bivol scored wins, but neither Serbian team secured both match points.

Both teams head into the rest day with nine match points: four wins, one draw and one loss. The Open team has 15/24 board points, and the women 17/24.

Open: Inđić’s win secures a drawn match

Aleksandar Inđić beat Jung Min Seo with White on board two. It was Serbia’s only full point against Sweden: Alexey Sarana and Alexandr Predke drew with Black, while Velimir Ivić lost to Edvin Trost. Bojan Maksimović rested.

Inđić’s game, which ended after his 75th move, was the longest of the eight games played by Serbia’s teams in this round. His win over the Swedish international master balanced the decisive results, leaving the teams with one match point each.

Serbia was higher rated on every board, so 2:2 brings some disappointment. Still, two draws with Black and Inđić’s full point helped the team avoid a second match defeat.

Results in board order, White first:

• Board 1: Nils Grandelius - Alexey Sarana ½-½. Replay
• Board 2: Aleksandar Inđić - Jung Min Seo 1-0. Replay
• Board 3: Erik Blomqvist - Alexandr Predke ½-½. Replay
• Board 4: Velimir Ivić - Edvin Trost 0-1. Replay

Official results, match 12 · All games: Sweden - Serbia

Women: Injac and Bivol win, all four games decisive

The Women’s match produced the same team score through a very different distribution of points: all four games were decisive. Teodora Injac beat Ekaterina Atalik with Black, and Alina Bivol defeated Sila Caglar with White. Türkiye replied with wins on boards three and four, as Gulenay Aydin beat Elif Mehmed and Ceren Tirpan defeated Sofija Pogorelskih. Jovana Srdanović sat out the round.

Two wins on the top boards were not enough for a team victory. Following the defeat to Azerbaijan, Serbia earned one match point and reaches the break with the same match record as the Open team. Elif, who began with four straight wins, now has 4/6.

• Board 1: Ekaterina Atalik - Teodora Injac 0-1. Replay
• Board 2: Alina Bivol - Sila Caglar 1-0. Replay
• Board 3: Gulenay Aydin - Elif Mehmed 1-0. Replay
• Board 4: Sofija Pogorelskih - Ceren Tirpan 0-1. Replay

Official results, match 10 · All games: Türkiye - Serbia

Three wins to replay

Our picks are Inđić - Seo, Atalik - Injac and Bivol - Caglar. Inđić’s win balanced the Open match, while Injac and Bivol supplied two full points on the top boards of the Women’s match. Direct links appear alongside the results, and all eight games are available on the boards below.

A rest day before play resumes on September 23

Tuesday, September 22, is a rest day. Round seven starts on Wednesday, September 23, at noon in Serbia (CEST), or 3pm in Samarkand. Five rounds remain. Official schedule

Find the previous results and games in our round-five report, or follow the full series in our Olympiad special.

Replay all eight games

The four games from Sweden - Serbia come first, followed by the four from Türkiye - Serbia, in the board order listed above.