Indonesia's women's chess team battled to a 2-2 draw with favorites Kazakhstan with 14-year-old Dewi Citra playing the pivotal role in the second round of the Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany, on Friday.

"Citra executed well the homework prepared by trainer Lasha Jangjagava," team official Kristianus Liem said in a release.

Jangjagava of Georgia was hired to prepare team Indonesian for the Olympiad, which features 154 men's and 114 women's teams from 152 countries.

Citra, playing white, beat Guliskhan Nakhbayeva 2201 to 1802, despite having a lower world ranking than her opponent.

"On move 35, Citra launched her last winning maneuver by bringing her rook to H-7. That prompted Guliskhan to give up," Kristianus said.

"If Guliskhan had continued by taking the rook, a mating net would have been unavoidable."

"What an incredible example of psychological warfare by Citra," team Indonesia captain Sebastian Simanjuntak said.

"Jangjagava also deserves praise for his hard preparation work."

Kazakhstan stole a point against Aigerim Rysbayeva and defeated Desi Rachmawati in a lengthy 74-move game.

The other two matches between the teams ended in draws. The matches drew Irene Kharisma Sukandar against Gulmira Dauletova and Evi Lindiawati against Maria Sergeeva.

In the men's matches, Indonesia came from behind to record a 3-1 win over Botswana.

Susanto Megaranto, Johanes Simbolon and Tirta Chandra Purnama chalked up victories, but Irwanto Sadikin, Indonesia's only winner on points in its defeat by Uzbekistan on Thursday, was defeated.

The men's team will take on Afghanistan, while the women face 19th seed Greece in the third round.

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