GMs B. Adhiban and M.R. Lalith Babu scored impressive wins to guide India to a 2.5-1.5 win over China in the third round of the 2015 Indo-China chess summit here on Wednesday. The day also saw K. Sasikiran suffer a defeat against IM Wang Chen.
Lalith Babu outwitted the higher-rated Ding Liren by doubling up his rooks with the support of queen in the middle-game to gain a positional advantage which also saw the exchange of queens to leave a weak pawn structure to the Chinese opponent. On another board, Adhiban too rose to the occasion with a brilliant 25-move win over Wei Yi.
The results: Third round:India 2.5 bt China 1.5 (B. Adhiban bt Wei Yi; S.P. Sethuraman drew with Zhou Jianchao; Krishnan Sasikiran lost to Wang Chen; M.R. Lalith Babu bt Ding Liren).
