Odisha-KIIT held Air India to a draw in round 3 of 16th National Team for Women 2018
by Shahid Ahmed - 10/02/2018
There is a four-way lead in the Open section between PSPB, RSPB-A, RSPB-B and Air India at six match points ea after the end of round 3 in the of 38th National Team Chess Championship 2018. In the Women's section, PSPB and AAI are the only two teams who have 100% match point at the end of round 2. Hometown girl, reigning State Junior champion, Smaraki Mohanty of Odisha-KIIT defeated former Asian Champion WGM Bhakti Kulkarni of Air India and her teammate Commonwealth under 14 gold medalist WFM Salonika Saina defeated experienced IM Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi. In this report you will find games from both sections and photos from both rounds. Photos: IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran
Odisha girls ground Air India in round 2 of 16th National Team Chess Championship for Women 2018
Arjuna Awardee IM D V Prasad makes the inaugural move of round 2 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
Untitled Smaraki Mohanty of Odisha-KIIT outplayed WGM Bhakti Kulkarni in Modern Benoni opening with Black pieces | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
You can improve your knowledge in the Benoni opening from this DVD by Mihail Marin:
WFM Salonika Saina of Odisha-KIIT defeated veteran IM Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi in a sharp game arising out of Ruy Lopez | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
Team Odisha-KIIT en route their way to a draw with Air India with a score of 2-2 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
WGM Soumya Swaminathan had a clinical win against Y Saranya in just 29 moves in Sicilian Velimirovic Attack | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
WGM Mary Ann Gomes was held by Divya Lakshmi R in English Opening | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
Simon Williams has a two volume ChessBase DVD on English Opening:
IM Nisha Mohota was held to a draw by J Saranya in Caro-Kann Defence | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
Round 2 on 2018/02/09 at 10:00
Bo.
1
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
Rtg
-
4
Tamilnadu
Rtg
3 : 1
1.1
IM
Karavade, Eesha
2386
-
Rindhiya, V
1848
1 - 0
1.2
WGM
Soumya, Swaminathan
2349
-
Saranya, Y
1966
1 - 0
1.3
WGM
Gomes, Mary Ann
2329
-
Divya, Lakshmi R (C)
1926
½ - ½
1.4
IM
Mohota, Nisha
2256
-
WFM
Saranya, J
2077
½ - ½
Bo.
5
Odisha-KIIT
Rtg
-
2
Air India
Rtg
2 : 2
2.1
Hansdah, Namita
1167
-
IM
Tania, Sachdev
2402
0 - 1
2.2
Smaraki, Mohanty
1814
-
WGM
Kulkarni, Bhakti
2290
1 - 0
2.3
WFM
Salonika, Saina
2151
-
IM
Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman
2352
1 - 0
2.4
CM
Aparajita, Gochhikar
1740
-
WGM
Meenakshi, Subbaraman
2193
0 - 1
Bo.
3
Airport Authority of India
Rtg
-
6
Life Insurance Corporation
Rtg
2½:1½
3.1
WIM
Pujari, Rucha
2171
-
WGM
Swati, Ghate
2222
0 - 1
3.2
WIM
Parnali, S Dharia
2144
-
WGM
Kiran, Manisha Mohanty
2101
½ - ½
3.3
WIM
Chitlange, Sakshi
2089
-
S.Jayaseeli,
1174
1 - 0
3.4
WFM
Varshini, V
2103
-
WFM
Bindu, Saritha K.
1565
1 - 0
Bo.
8
Telangana
Rtg
-
13
Karnataka
Rtg
4 : 0
4.1
AFM
Advaita, Sharma K
1302
-
Tejaswini, M P
0
1 - 0
4.2
Yagna, Priya Polisetty
1112
-
Sakshi, S Auradkar
0
1 - 0
4.3
Chaitanya, V.
1813
-
Anvita, Aparanji
0
1 - 0
4.4
Sanvee, R
0
-
Sahana, Gobbur
0
1 - 0
Bo.
10
Punjab
Rtg
-
7
Uttar Pradesh
Rtg
2½:1½
5.1
Sharma, Deepanshi
1222
-
Shweta, Priyadarshini
1600
1 - 0
5.2
Kaur, Mandeep
1036
-
Tiwari, Aradhana
1502
1 - 0
5.3
Smily, Goyal
0
-
Mishra, Riya
1430
0 - 1
5.4
Kaur, Parminder
1047
-
Jaiswal, Ayushi
1175
½ - ½
Bo.
12
Himachal Pradesh-A
Rtg
-
9
Odisha-MCF-5
Rtg
0 : 4
6.1
Arsha, Verma Sh Sanjay
0
-
Biswal, Gitashree
1452
0 - 1
6.2
Kiran,
0
-
Dibyashrita, Swain
1052
0 - 1
6.3
Pingla, Devi
0
-
Shruti, Snehi
0
0 - 1
6.4
Suman, Devi
0
-
Rasmita, Kumari Patro
1073
0 - 1
Round 2 open section
PSPB had no difficulty whitewashing (4-0) Bengal Chess-B | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
Tamil Nadu was unable to score against AAI | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
Reigning National Amateur Champion, Hemal Thanki of BSNL played solid and drew with India's 47th GM Himanshu Sharma | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
Susobhit Das of Odisha MCF-1 drew with GM Tejas Bakre of Air India | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
Round 2 on 2018/02/09 at 10:00
Bo.
1
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
Rtg
-
9
Bengal Chess-B
Rtg
4 : 0
1.1
GM
Adhiban, B.
2643
-
Kaustuv, Kundu
2336
1 - 0
1.2
GM
Gopal, G.N.
2593
-
Sonkalan, Bharati
2164
1 - 0
1.3
GM
Karthikeyan, Murali
2585
-
Saptorshi, Gupta
2087
1 - 0
1.4
GM
Sengupta, Deep
2572
-
Sayantan, Chandra
1854
1 - 0
Bo.
11
Tamilnadu
Rtg
-
2
Airport Authority of India
Rtg
0 : 4
2.1
Sathya, Giri V
1913
-
IM
Stany, G.A.
2500
0 - 1
2.2
Barath, Kalyan M
2127
-
GM
Shyam, Sundar M.
2521
0 - 1
2.3
Hari, Madhavan N B
2086
-
IM
Visakh, N R
2457
0 - 1
2.4
Kumar, S. (C)
1922
-
IM
Rajesh, V A V
2315
0 - 1
Bo.
3
Railway Sports Promotion Board - A
Rtg
-
12
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Rtg
3½: ½
3.1
GM
Himanshu, Sharma
2425
-
Thanki, Hemal Karsanji
2073
½ - ½
3.2
GM
Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.
2516
-
Ram, S. Krishnan
2197
1 - 0
3.3
IM
Karthikeyan, P.
2464
-
Sudhakar, Prem Dutt
1737
1 - 0
3.4
GM
Swapnil, S. Dhopade
2531
-
Jayakumar, P.
1875
1 - 0
Bo.
13
Odisha-MCF-1
Rtg
-
4
Air India
Rtg
½ :3½
4.1
Samal, Ansuman
2022
-
GM
Narayanan, Srinath
2530
0 - 1
4.2
Pattnayak, Nilsu
1987
-
IM
Swayams, Mishra
2439
0 - 1
4.3
Das, Susobhit
1856
-
GM
Bakre, Tejas
2444
½ - ½
4.4
Rabindra, Kumar Ojha
1721
-
IM
Satyapragyan, Swayangsu
2398
0 - 1
Bo.
5
Railway Sports Promotion Board - B
Rtg
-
14
Assam
Rtg
4 : 0
5.1
IM
Nitin, S.
2402
-
Santanu, Borpatra Gohain
1989
1 - 0
5.2
IM
Das, Arghyadip
2443
-
Trailokya, Nanda
1969
1 - 0
5.3
IM
Krishna, C R G
2416
-
Singh, Soram Rahul
1951
1 - 0
5.4
IM
Shyaamnikhil, P
2394
-
Neelabh, Jyoti Borthakur
1794
1 - 0
Round 3 open section
LIC went down 0-4 against top seed PSPB | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
GM Baskaran Adhiban smashed IM D K Sharma in French Tarrasch in just 25 moves
Team AAI lost to Team RSPB-B (Clockwise from top left: IM S Nitin, GM R R Laxman, IM Arghyadip Das and IM C R G Krishna) by 1.5-2.5 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
GM R R Laxman of RSPB-B won in a long Rook and opposite color Bishop ending against GM S L Narayanan of AAI
IM Sidhant Mohapatra of Odisha-KIIT drew with GM Himanshu Sharma of RSPB-A | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
Team Odisha KIIT lost to Team RSPB-A (Clockwise from Top left: GM Himanshu Sharma, GM Deepan //chakravarthy, GM Swapnil Dhopade and GM M S Thejkumar) by 1.5-2.5 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
