The Montenegrin national team, after two consecutive defeats, defeated Romania 2,5:1,5 in the seventh round of the Chess Olympiad for people with complete and partial vision loss.
The victory of the Montenegrin team, as has become the practice in Vrnjacka Banja, was announced by Vjekoslav Vulević on the second board in an effective final against Georg Bratu.
On the third board, Mihai Dima brought his team a draw by defeating Radovan Damjanović in the Sicilian variation.
Predrag Nikač triumphed over Mihail Pribeanu in a calm Sicilian defense on the first board and at that moment seemed to secure a draw for his team.
On the fourth board, Milan Ivanović, in the Sicilian game, after a gross oversight and leaving a pawn on e4, managed to skillfully fight for a draw against Julijan Strete in the endgame and secure an important victory for coach Radenko Lacmanović's team before the last two rounds.
After the seventh round, Montenegro is in 11th place with seven points.
Poland leads the table with 12 points, one more than Spain and Venezuela.
In the next round, Montenegrin chess players will play against Hungary, which has won the same number of points in the previous part of the competition.
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