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32nd PSPB Inter Unit Rapid Team Pool R4-7: Isha Sharma takes down Padmini Rout

by Himank Ghosh - 10/03/2023

WIM Isha Sharma once again proved that she is capable of defeating much stronger players. In the 4th round of Pool 1, Isha Sharma scored a win over one of the most experienced players in Indian women chess, IM Padmini Rout. After 7 rounds of play, the pool stage has ended with ONGC A standing 1st in Pool 2, and IOC A with the top spot in Pool 1. Today is the final day of the Team championships - Semifinals, small finals and finals will take place today. All of the matches today are knockout matches. Duel Round 1 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: IA Vinita Shrotri

ONGC A tops Pool 2

ONGC A is the strongest team of pool 2, with the India no.2 Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi playing in board 1. As one could predict, ONGC finished 1st in Pool 2 with a perfect 14/14 score. BPCL and Oil-A stood 2nd and 3rd respectively. The Knockouts take place today - starting with the semifinals, the small finals and the finals!

GM Abhijeet Gupta (BPCL) scored a convincing win over IM Nisha Mohota (OIL- A) | Photo: IA Vinita Shrotri

GM Vidit Gujrathi (ONGC-A) - Bhavsar Krishnom (HPCL-A): 1-0 | Photo: IA Vinita Shrotri

Jaikumar Gehani (HPCL-A) - GM Koneru Humpy (ONGC-A) : 0-1 | Photo: IA Vinita Shrotri

Pool 2 Round 4: BPCL - OIL-A: 4-0

IOC-A finishes 1st in Pool 1

The team with 5 Grandmasters (Praggnanandhaa, Surya, Karthikeyan, Raunak, Adhiban) finished 1st in Pool 1 after 7 rounds of play. ONGC-B and IOC-B stood 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the duel (knockout matches) starting today, IOC-A takes on BPCL in the semifinals. Praggnanandhaa will face Abhijeet Gupta in the top board!

The match between IOC-A and MRPL in Round 4. | Photo: IA Vinita Shrotri

IM Eesha Karavade (IOC-B) - IM Raahul VS: 0-1 | Photo: IA Vinita Shrotri

Pool 1 Round 4: IOC B - ONGC B: 1.5-2.5

WIM Isha Sharma (2213, ONGC B) scored a big victory against one of the most experienced women players of the country, IM Padmini Rout (2389, IOC B).

Isha Sharma (ONGC B) - Padmini Rout (IOC B): 1-0 | Photo: IA Vinita Shrotri

Isha - Padmini

Position after 41...Bc6?

The game was pretty much balanced until this point, but now Padmini blundered with 41...Bc6. It was important to play ...Kg8! so that after Re1 (trying to win the e5 pawn), Black has ...e3 and the game is equalish in nature. But after 41...Bc6, Isha continued 42. Re1! and now there's no way to defend the e4-pawn. Isha Sharma went on to win the pawn and the game in a few moves.

Lalith Babu MR (ONGC-B) - Neelotpal Das (IOC-B): 1-0 | Photo: IA Vinita Shrotri

Pool 1 Round 4: IOC B - ONGC B: 1.5-2.5

Replay Pool 1 and Pool 2 Round 4-7 games

The star-studded playing hall at the PSPB Inter-unit Championships | Photo: IA Vinita Shrotri

Pool 1 Round 7 results

Round 7 on 2023/03/09 at 15:45 hrs
No.TeamTeamRes.:Res.
1  OIL-B  ONGC-B0:4
2  IOC AOD  IOC-B0:4
3  NRL  IOC-A0:4
4  MRPL  bye

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Pool 2 Round 7 results

Round 7 on 2023/03/09 at 15:45 hrs
No.TeamTeamRes.:Res.
1  HPCL-A  BCPL4:0
2  EIL  OIL-A0:4
3  HPCL-B  BPCL0:4
4  PETRONET LNG  ONGC-A0:4

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Pool 1 standings after Round 7

Rk.SNoTeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
11IOC-A66001302313356
23ONGC-B650111019,599,551,5
32IOC-B64029017,580,542,5
44MRPL62136092923
56IOC AOD60334062416
67NRL60243152010
75OIL-B60243141411

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Pool 2 standings after Round 7

Rk.SNoTeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
11ONGC-A770014026,515066
22BPCL760112025,514164
33OIL-A750210017,56644,5
46HPCL-B7403801448,537
55EIL721450923,523
64HPCL-A72054010,53924,5
78BCPL7025205,52414,5
87PETRONET LNG7016103,510,56,5

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Duel Round 1 pairings

Round 1 on 2023/03/10 at 09:30 hrs
No.TeamTeamRes.:Res.
1  ONGC-B  ONGC-A:
2  IOC-A  BPCL:
3  OIL-A  MRPL:
4  IOC-B  HPCL-B:
5  NRL  EIL:
6  IOC AOD  HPCL-A:
7  OIL-B  BCPL:
8  PETRONET LNG  not paired:

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