PSPB takes sole lead in both Open and Women's category in National Team 2018
by Shahid Ahmed - 10/02/2018
PSPB reigns supreme in both open and women section of 38th National Team and 16th National Team Championship for Women 2018 at the end of round 4 and 3 respectively. In open category, RSPB-A drew with RSPB-B, AAI defeated Odisha-A asnd Sports Control Board lost to LIC. GM M Shyam Sundar was held to a draw by 14-year old Sambit Panda of Odisha-A. Among women, AAI lost to PSPB, Air India whitewashed Punjab and Tamil Nadu defeated Odisha-KIIT. WIM Srija Seshadri of AAI defeated WGM Mary Ann Gomes of PSPB. The report contains games, analysis and photos from round 4 in open category and rounds 3 in women's category. Photos by IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran
PSPB asserts early dominance after the conclusion of day 3 in 38th National Team and 16th National Team Championship for Women 2018
PSPB defeated Air India by 3-1 and took a sole lead after the end of round 4 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
GM Srinath Narayanan of Air India managed to draw despite having an inferior position in the endgame against GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly of PSPB
GM G N Gopal of PSPB made a quick work of GM Tejas Bakre of Air India in just 24 moves in Sicilian Dragon Yugoslav Attack
AAI lost to PSPB 1.5-2.5 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
WIM Sakshi Chitlange held WGM Soumya Swaminathan to a draw | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
In a Classical Caro-Kann Defence, WIM Sakshi Chitlange of AAI allowed WGM Soumya Swaminathan to have some chances with 24.g5 but she chose to play 24.Rc1 instead, which turned things in favor of Sakshi. However both settled for a perpetual draw in a Queen ending eventually.
IM Padmini Rout of PSPB defeated WFM V Varshini of AAI by maneuvering her King beautifully throughout the endgame which gave her a huge advantage.
RSPB maintains harmony on and off the board as RSPB-A drew all their games with RSPB-B (2-2) | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
GM Shyam Sundar of AAI was held by 14-year old boy of Odisha-A, Sambit Panda | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
Despite getting good winning chances (32...Rd8), the 14-year old boy Sambit Panda of Odisha-A was unable to capitalize as he lacked experience against GM Shyam Sundar of AAI in Caro-Kann Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.
Round 4 on 2018/02/10 at 10:00
Bo.
1
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
Rtg
-
4
Air India
Rtg
3 : 1
1.1
GM
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar
2650
-
GM
Narayanan, Srinath
2530
½ - ½
1.2
GM
Adhiban, B.
2643
-
IM
Swayams, Mishra
2439
½ - ½
1.3
GM
Gopal, G.N.
2593
-
GM
Bakre, Tejas
2444
1 - 0
1.4
GM
Karthikeyan, Murali
2585
-
IM
Satyapragyan, Swayangsu
2398
1 - 0
Bo.
3
Railway Sports Promotion Board - A
Rtg
-
5
Railway Sports Promotion Board - B
Rtg
2 : 2
2.1
GM
Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.
2516
-
IM
Nitin, S.
2402
½ - ½
2.2
IM
Karthikeyan, P.
2464
-
GM
Laxman, R.R.
2456
½ - ½
2.3
GM
Swapnil, S. Dhopade
2531
-
IM
Das, Arghyadip
2443
½ - ½
2.4
GM
Thejkumar, M. S.
2500
-
IM
Shyaamnikhil, P
2394
½ - ½
Bo.
2
Airport Authority of India
Rtg
-
10
Odisha-A
Rtg
3½: ½
3.1
IM
Stany, G.A.
2500
-
Baivab, Mishra
2139
1 - 0
3.2
GM
Narayanan.S.L,
2573
-
Rakesh, Kumar Nayak
2047
1 - 0
3.3
GM
Shyam, Sundar M.
2521
-
Panda, Sambit
2085
½ - ½
3.4
IM
Rajesh, V A V
2315
-
Nayak, Rajesh
2263
1 - 0
Bo.
17
Defence Accounts Sports Control Board
Rtg
-
6
Life Insurance Corporation
Rtg
1 : 3
4.1
Vikesh, Nandan Kumar
1838
-
GM
Sriram, Jha
2388
0 - 1
4.2
Chandrasekhar, M K
1836
-
IM
Sharma, Dinesh K.
2238
0 - 1
4.3
Pradip, Tiwari
1948
-
IM
Deshmukh, Anup
2284
0 - 1
4.4
Ajay, Kumar Rai
1859
-
Bhandarkar, Dinesh
1703
1 - 0
Bo.
7
Bengal Chess-A
Rtg
-
14
Assam
Rtg
3½: ½
5.1
Bose, Sayan
1963
-
Santanu, Borpatra Gohain
1989
1 - 0
5.2
Debarshi, Mukherjee
2303
-
Trailokya, Nanda
1969
1 - 0
5.3
Sumit, Kumar
2191
-
Singh, Soram Rahul
1951
1 - 0
5.4
Arpan, Das
2192
-
Neelabh, Jyoti Borthakur
1794
½ - ½
Air India soared to second position after the end of round 3 as they whitewashed Punjab 4-0 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
Tamil Nadu defeated Odisha-KIIT 2.5-1.5 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
