12-year-old Arya Bhakta holds GM P Karthikeyan to a draw on day 1 of National Teams 2019
39th National Team Open and 17th National Team Women 2019 witnessed a record number of teams. Total 58 teams including 44 in open and 14 in women comprising of over 285 players from across the country are participating in this edition. Top seed in both open and women's category, PSPB would be looking forward to defending their title and winning it for the second consecutive year. In round 1, Rupesh Ranjan and Vikas Kumar Dwivedi of All Bihar CA held two strong GMs Swapnil Dhopade and M S Thej Kumar respectively to a draw. In round 2, 15-year old P Yutesh of Tamil Nadu SCA defeated India's 59th GM Visakh N R of AAI and 12-year old Arya Bhakta of Alekhine Chess Club-B held the reigning Commonwealth Champion GM P Karthikeyan. Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Top seeds sail smoothly on Day 1
Open:
PSPB made a clean sweep of 4-0 in the first two rounds against Services SCB and All Marathi CA- A respectively | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly was given a rest in round 2. GM G N Gopal played in board no.2 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
2nd seed Airport Authority of India won both of their matches. However India's 59th GM Visakh N R suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of 15-year old P Yutesh of Tamil Nadu SCA | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
RSPB-A won both of their matches, however three of them were held to a draw. GM Swapnil Dhopade and GM M S Thejkumar were halted by Rupesh Ranjan and Vikas Kumar Dwivedi of All Bihar CA - C respectively. In round 2, 12-year-old Arya Bhakta held reigning Commonwealth Champion IM P Karthikeyan to a draw | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
12-year-old multiple former West Bengal State age group champion, Arya Bhakta displayed strong chess by making his King the most advance piece on the board with the move 24. Kg5
Team Air India made a steady start by winning both matches convincingly 4-0 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
RSPB-B also made a dominant start with two 4-0 victories | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Round 1 results:
| Bo. | 1 | PSPB | Rtg | FED | - | 23 | Services SCB | Rtg | FED | 4 : 0 | ||||
| 1.1 | GM |
| 2636 | IND | - |
| 1580 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 1.2 | GM |
| 2601 | IND | - |
| 1945 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 1.3 | GM |
| 2560 | IND | - |
| 1587 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 1.4 | GM |
| 2555 | IND | - |
| 1627 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| Bo. | 24 | Chess Dragons, Kolkata | Rtg | FED | - | 2 | Airport Authority of India | Rtg | FED | 0 : 4 | ||||
| 2.1 |
| 1819 | IND | - | GM |
| 2538 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 2.2 |
| 1677 | IND | - | GM |
| 2512 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 2.3 |
| 1514 | IND | - | IM |
| 2517 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 2.4 |
| 1382 | IND | - | IM |
| 2505 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| Bo. | 3 | Railways SPB - A | Rtg | FED | - | 25 | All Bihar CA - C | Rtg | FED | 3 : 1 | ||||
| 3.1 | IM |
| 2451 | IND | - |
| 1525 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 3.2 | GM |
| 2488 | IND | - |
| 1898 | IND | ½ - ½ | |||||
| 3.3 | IM |
| 2476 | IND | - |
| 1500 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 3.4 | GM |
| 2470 | IND | - |
| 1687 | IND | ½ - ½ | |||||
| Bo. | 26 | All Marathi CA - C | Rtg | FED | - | 4 | Air India | Rtg | FED | 0 : 4 | ||||
| 4.1 |
| 1743 | IND | - | IM |
| 2381 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 4.2 |
| 1576 | IND | - | IM |
| 2468 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 4.3 |
| 1656 | IND | - | GM |
| 2572 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 4.4 |
| 1453 | IND | - | IM |
| 2184 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| Bo. | 5 | Railways SPB - B | Rtg | FED | - | 27 | City Chess Forum, Kolkata | Rtg | FED | 4 : 0 | ||||
| 5.1 | IM |
| 2428 | IND | - |
| 1745 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 5.2 | GM |
| 2417 | IND | - |
| 1527 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 5.3 | IM |
| 2445 | IND | - |
| 1470 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 5.4 | GM |
| 2441 | IND | - |
| 1364 | IND | 1 - 0 |
Round 2 results:
| Bo. | 12 | All Marathi CA - A | Rtg | FED | - | 1 | PSPB | Rtg | FED | 0 : 4 | ||||
| 1.1 |
| 2045 | IND | - | GM |
| 2601 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 1.2 |
| 1836 | IND | - | GM |
| 2594 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 1.3 |
| 2009 | IND | - | GM |
| 2560 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 1.4 |
| 1994 | IND | - | GM |
| 2555 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| Bo. | 2 | Airport Authority of India | Rtg | FED | - | 13 | Tamil Nadu SCA | Rtg | FED | 3 : 1 | ||||
| 2.1 | IM |
| 2473 | IND | - |
| 1825 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 2.2 | GM |
| 2512 | IND | - |
| 2065 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 2.3 | IM |
| 2517 | IND | - | AGM |
| 1968 | IND | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 2.4 | IM |
| 2505 | IND | - |
| 1911 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| Bo. | 14 | Alekhine Chess Club - B | Rtg | FED | - | 3 | Railways SPB - A | Rtg | FED | ½ :3½ | ||||
| 3.1 |
| 2009 | IND | - | IM |
| 2451 | IND | ½ - ½ | |||||
| 3.2 |
| 1919 | IND | - | GM |
| 2488 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 3.3 |
| 1870 | IND | - | IM |
| 2476 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 3.4 |
| 1964 | IND | - | GM |
| 2532 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| Bo. | 4 | Air India | Rtg | FED | - | 15 | Madhya Pradhesh CA | Rtg | FED | 4 : 0 | ||||
| 4.1 | GM |
| 2443 | IND | - | WCM |
| 1918 | IND | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 4.2 | IM |
| 2381 | IND | - | AIM |
| 1854 | IND | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 4.3 | IM |
| 2468 | IND | - |
| 1967 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 4.4 | GM |
| 2572 | IND | - | AFM |
| 1839 | IND | 1 - 0 | ||||
| Bo. | 16 | Pioneer Chess School, Kolkata | Rtg | FED | - | 5 | Railways SPB - B | Rtg | FED | 0 : 4 | ||||
| 5.1 |
| 1471 | IND | - | IM |
| 2395 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 5.2 |
| 1959 | IND | - | GM |
| 2417 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 5.3 |
| 1923 | IND | - | IM |
| 2445 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 5.4 |
| 1809 | IND | - | GM |
| 2441 | IND | 0 - 1 |
Women:
All teams got whitewashed by stop seeds
IM Soumya Swaminathan, WGM Mary Ann Gomes, IM Padmini Rout and WIM Pratyusha Bodda, all of them had a smooth victory against Rising Bengal.
Rising Bengal lost to the defending Champion PSPB 0-4 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Air India had no difficulty overcoming the challenge of UP CSA. WGM Subbaraman Meenakshi, IM Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi, WGM Bhakti Kulkarni and WGM Aarthie Ramaswamy, all four of them won their games with ease.
Air India defeated UP CSA 4-0 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Airport Authority of India, comprising of four WIMs, Sakshi Chitlange, Rucha Pujari, Nandhidhaa P V and Parnali Dharia won all their respective games.
TCF Kolkata lost to Airport Authority of India 0-4 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Bengal Tigresses defeated All Marathi CA 4-0 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
WGM Swathi Ghate and WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty led their team LIC to a 4-0 victory
WGM Swati Ghate of LIC spearheaded her team to 4-0 victory over Himachal Pradesh CA | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
Round 1 results:
| Bo. | 8 | Rising Bengal | Rtg | - | 1 | PSPB | Rtg | 0 : 4 | ||||
| 1.1 |
| 1389 | - | WGM |
| 2402 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 1.2 |
| 1351 | - | WGM |
| 2317 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 1.3 |
| 1616 | - | IM |
| 2315 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 1.4 |
| 1709 | - | WIM |
| 2275 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| Bo. | 2 | Air India | Rtg | - | 9 | U P CSA | Rtg | 4 : 0 | ||||
| 2.1 | WGM |
| 2161 | - |
| 1310 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 2.2 | IM |
| 2352 | - |
| 1331 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 2.3 | WGM |
| 2348 | - |
| 1447 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 2.4 | WGM |
| 2004 | - |
| 1135 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| Bo. | 10 | TCF, Kolkata | Rtg | - | 3 | Airport Authority of India | Rtg | 0 : 4 | ||||
| 3.1 |
| 0 | - | WIM |
| 2127 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 3.2 |
| 1308 | - | WIM |
| 2133 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 3.3 |
| 1238 | - | WIM |
| 2268 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 3.4 |
| 1209 | - | WIM |
| 2146 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| Bo. | 4 | Bengal Tigresses | Rtg | - | 11 | All Marathi CA | Rtg | 4 : 0 | ||||
| 4.1 |
| 1834 | - |
| 0 | 1 - 0 | ||||||
| 4.2 | WFM |
| 2184 | - |
| 1198 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 4.3 | WCM |
| 1915 | - |
| 0 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 4.4 | WIM |
| 1921 | - |
| 1088 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| Bo. | 12 | Ranga Reddy District | Rtg | - | 5 | Tamil Nadu | Rtg | 0 : 4 | ||||
| 5.1 |
| 0 | - | WCM |
| 2115 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 5.2 |
| 0 | - |
| 1977 | 0 - 1 | ||||||
| 5.3 |
| 0 | - |
| 1887 | 0 - 1 | ||||||
| 5.4 |
| 1130 | - |
| 1606 | 0 - 1 | ||||||
| Bo. | 6 | L I C | Rtg | - | 13 | Himachal Pradesh CA | Rtg | 4 : 0 | ||||
| 6.1 | WGM |
| 2229 | - |
| 1012 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 6.2 | WGM |
| 2069 | - |
| 0 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 6.3 |
| 0 | - |
| 0 | 1 - 0 | ||||||
| 6.4 | WFM |
| 1523 | - |
| 0 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| Bo. | 14 | Himachal Pradesh CA - A | Rtg | - | 7 | All Bihar CA | Rtg | 0 : 4 | ||||
| 7.1 |
| 0 | - |
| 1254 | 0 - 1 | ||||||
| 7.2 |
| 0 | - |
| 1803 | 0 - 1 | ||||||
| 7.3 |
| 0 | - |
| 1525 | 0 - 1 | ||||||
| 7.4 |
| 0 | - |
| 1657 | 0 - 1 |
Gallery:
Inauguration Ceremony is underway in presence of tournament director FT/IM Atanu Lahiri, BCA Officials and IA R Anantharam | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Guess the hand | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Air India and LIC Women's team | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Bengal vs. Bengal - TCF Seniors lost to Alekhine Chess Club-A by 0.5-3.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
TN vs. TN in round 1 - Virudhnagar DCA lost to Tamil Nadu SCA 0-4
Brothers till the end: All Marathi CA-B lost to All Marathi CA-A by 1.5-2.5 in the opening round. The most interesting part is all four games went over 3.5 hours
First interview of Soumya Swaminathan since she became an IM | Video: Shahid Ahmed
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