India, Sept. 20 -- For the third Fide Chess Olympiad in a row, the Indian women's team have been upset by Poland. The Poles have seemingly turned into kryptonite for the top seeds and defending champions.

Women's World Championship challenger, grandmaster R Vaishali lost to international master Aleksandra Maltsevskaya on Board 2, while Koneru Humpy, Divya Deshmukh and Vantika Agrawal drew their games as India lost 1.5-2.5 to Poland in Round 5 on Sunday.

In the Open section, R Praggnanandhaa rung in his first win of this Olympiad, defeating Anish Giri on the top board while reigning world champion D Gukesh, playing with the Black pieces, found his third win in a row, defeating Erwin L'Ami on Board 4 as the defending champions scored a 3-...