National Teams 2019 Day 3: PSPB takes sole lead in both Open and Women section
PSPB defeated AAI in a nail biter finish after all games ended up in a draw. Team PSPB was waiting with baited breath and hoping for Aravindh to convert a long term advantage. Reigning National Champion, GM Aravindh Chithambaram did not disappoint and won a thriller finish which went down to the last seconds in four hour long thrill-ride. In the women section, PSPB women also had an exact same score, however they had three decisive results. Newly crowned Asian Continental Women's Champion IM Padmini Rout picked up the quickest win for her team as she outplayed current National Women's Champion WGM Bhakti Kulkarni. Soumya and Pratyusha were the other two to win for their team whereas Mary Ann lost against Viji which did not make a major impact in the final score. Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran/Shahid Ahmed.
Aravindh won a nail-biter thriller to give his team a sole lead at the conclusion of round 6
Reigning National Open Senior Champion GM Aravindh Chithambaram won a crucial game for PSPB to propel them into a sole lead | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Shyam sacrificed an exchange and then missed the right continuation. He played 29...d5. What was the better alternative?
World Junior Silver Medalist GM Abhimanyu Puranik held World Cup 2019 participant GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly to a draw | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
In Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence, Abhimanyu played some solid chess and did not give any chance to his opponent. The game ended up in a draw in Queen-Rook endgame.
Tricky Stany got tricked by GM Karthikeyan Murali in the endgame?
Karthikeyan decided to give up a piece for three pawns. What would you have opted for instead?
This looks a lot like loss, however Karthikeyan had something else in his mind and he snatched a half point
Stany made a wrong capture which resulted in a draw. Can you find the correct continuation for white to win?
India's 59th GM Visakh N R continued his terrific form and held GM Deep Sengupta to a draw | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Team RSPB-A lost to Team AAI by 1.5-2.5 in round 5 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
All Orissa CA lost to PSPB by 1.5-2.5 when GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly picked up the only win for his team in round 5 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
Team RSPB-B drew with Team Air India in round 5. Can you guess what joke Laxman cracked here so that all his teammates started laughing? | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Round 5 results
| Bo. | 3 | Railways SPB - A | Rtg | FED | - | 2 | Airport Authority of India | Rtg | FED | 1½:2½ | ||||
| 1.1 | GM |
| 2488 | IND | - | IM |
| 2473 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 1.2 | IM |
| 2476 | IND | - | GM |
| 2538 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 1.3 | GM |
| 2532 | IND | - | GM |
| 2512 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 1.4 | GM |
| 2470 | IND | - | IM |
| 2505 | IND | 0 - 1 | ||||
| Bo. | 1 | PSPB | Rtg | FED | - | 8 | All Orissa CA | Rtg | FED | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 2.1 | GM |
| 2636 | IND | - | IM |
| 2330 | IND | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 2.2 | GM |
| 2601 | IND | - |
| 2356 | IND | ½ - ½ | |||||
| 2.3 | GM |
| 2594 | IND | - |
| 2210 | IND | ½ - ½ | |||||
| 2.4 | GM |
| 2555 | IND | - |
| 2205 | IND | ½ - ½ | |||||
| Bo. | 5 | Railways SPB - B | Rtg | FED | - | 4 | Air India | Rtg | FED | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 3.1 | IM |
| 2395 | IND | - | GM |
| 2443 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 3.2 | IM |
| 2428 | IND | - | IM |
| 2381 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 3.3 | GM |
| 2417 | IND | - | IM |
| 2468 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 3.4 | IM |
| 2445 | IND | - | GM |
| 2572 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 9 | L I C | Rtg | FED | - | 6 | Bengal Red | Rtg | FED | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 4.1 | IM |
| 2259 | IND | - | FM |
| 2340 | IND | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 4.2 |
| 1829 | IND | - | GM |
| 2409 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 4.3 | GM |
| 2376 | IND | - | GM |
| 2556 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 4.4 | IM |
| 2274 | IND | - |
| 2332 | IND | ½ - ½ | |||||
| Bo. | 7 | Alekhine Chess Club - A - | Rtg | FED | - | 11 | Telangana SCA | Rtg | FED | 3½: ½ | ||||
| 5.1 | CM |
| 2324 | IND | - |
| 1854 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 5.2 |
| 2354 | IND | - |
| 2252 | IND | 1 - 0 | ||||||
| 5.3 |
| 2340 | IND | - |
| 2042 | IND | 1 - 0 | ||||||
| 5.4 |
| 2164 | IND | - |
| 2239 | IND | ½ - ½ |
Round 6 results
| Bo. | 2 | Airport Authority of India | Rtg | FED | - | 1 | PSPB | Rtg | FED | 1½:2½ | ||||
| 1.1 | GM |
| 2538 | IND | - | GM |
| 2636 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 1.2 | GM |
| 2512 | IND | - | GM |
| 2601 | IND | 0 - 1 | ||||
| 1.3 | IM |
| 2517 | IND | - | GM |
| 2560 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 1.4 | IM |
| 2505 | IND | - | GM |
| 2555 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 4 | Air India | Rtg | FED | - | 3 | Railways SPB - A | Rtg | FED | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 2.1 | GM |
| 2443 | IND | - | IM |
| 2451 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 2.2 | IM |
| 2381 | IND | - | GM |
| 2488 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 2.3 | IM |
| 2468 | IND | - | IM |
| 2476 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 2.4 | GM |
| 2572 | IND | - | GM |
| 2532 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 6 | Bengal Red | Rtg | FED | - | 7 | Alekhine Chess Club - A - | Rtg | FED | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 3.1 | FM |
| 2340 | IND | - | CM |
| 2324 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 3.2 | GM |
| 2409 | IND | - |
| 2354 | IND | ½ - ½ | |||||
| 3.3 | GM |
| 2556 | IND | - |
| 2340 | IND | ½ - ½ | |||||
| 3.4 |
| 2332 | IND | - |
| 2164 | IND | 1 - 0 | ||||||
| Bo. | 20 | Andhra Pradesh SA - B | Rtg | FED | - | 5 | Railways SPB - B | Rtg | FED | ½ :3½ | ||||
| 4.1 |
| 1775 | IND | - | IM |
| 2428 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 4.2 |
| 1881 | IND | - | GM |
| 2417 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 4.3 |
| 1928 | IND | - | IM |
| 2445 | IND | ½ - ½ | |||||
| 4.4 |
| 1776 | IND | - | GM |
| 2441 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| Bo. | 10 | Bengal Blue | Rtg | FED | - | 9 | L I C | Rtg | FED | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 5.1 |
| 2340 | IND | - | IM |
| 2259 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 5.2 |
| 2014 | IND | - |
| 1829 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||||
| 5.3 |
| 2311 | IND | - |
| 1906 | IND | 0 - 1 | ||||||
| 5.4 |
| 2053 | IND | - | IM |
| 2274 | IND | ½ - ½ |
PSPB Women takes sole lead at the conclusion of round 4
PSPB Women defeated Air India in a close match with a score of 2.5-1.5 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran
IM Soumya Swaminathan got a huge space advantage by continuously knocking her opponent's queenside knight around and then it was just a matter of technique to net the full point.
White has a huge space advantage. How should white convert this?
WGM Mary Ann Gomes suffered the only defeat from her team when she got into an inferior opening arising out of TLC system against IM Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
Black just played 28...Qf6. Find out the winning combination for white here
Team Airport Authority of India bounced back with an emphatic victory over Tamil Nadu defeating them by 3.5-0.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
All Bihar CA got whitewashed by Bengal Tigresses 0-4 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Round 4 results:
| Bo. | 1 | PSPB | Rtg | - | 2 | Air India | Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 1.1 | WGM |
| 2402 | - | WGM |
| 2161 | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 1.2 | WGM |
| 2317 | - | IM |
| 2352 | 0 - 1 | ||||
| 1.3 | IM |
| 2315 | - | WGM |
| 2348 | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 1.4 | WIM |
| 2275 | - | WGM |
| 2004 | ½ - ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 5 | Tamil Nadu | Rtg | - | 3 | Airport Authority of India | Rtg | ½ :3½ | ||||
| 2.1 |
| 1668 | - | WIM |
| 2127 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 2.2 | WCM |
| 2115 | - | WIM |
| 2133 | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 2.3 |
| 1977 | - | WIM |
| 2176 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 2.4 |
| 1887 | - | WIM |
| 2146 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| Bo. | 7 | All Bihar CA | Rtg | - | 4 | Bengal Tigresses | Rtg | 0 : 4 | ||||
| 3.1 |
| 1254 | - |
| 1834 | 0 - 1 | ||||||
| 3.2 |
| 1803 | - | WFM |
| 2184 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 3.3 |
| 1525 | - | WCM |
| 1915 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 3.4 |
| 1657 | - |
| 1785 | 0 - 1 |
Gallery:
Double Header: Stany gets tricked and Aravindh ascends! | Video: Shahid Ahmed
Diptayan talks about beating Karthikeyan Murali unprepared | Video: Shahid Ahmed
GM Srinath Narayanan shares his Kolkata memories | Video: Shahid Ahmed
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