The Indian men and women teams scored victories against Egypt in the World teams' chess championship in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.With this win, the Indian men hold the fifth spot, a point ahead of Ukraine. Indian men's team comprises Grandmaster B Adhiban , Vidit Gujarathi, Murali Karthikeyan and Parimarjan Negi. In the women's championship Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Wafa Shrook but Tania Sachdev, Eesha Karavade and S Vijayalakshmi ensured an Indian triumph by winning on the remaining three boards and securing a 3-1 victory. After the win, the Indian eves remained on third spot on seven points. The world team is the premier team event with four boards in each round. For each win, the teams are awarded two points while the points are shared in the event of a draw. The Indian teams qualified to the championship by virtue of excellent results in the last Chess Olympiad where the men finished fourth and the women ended fifth.