Petroleum Sports Promotion Board perfect at 21st National Team Women 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 13/04/2024

PSPB scored a perfect 14/14 to win 21st National Team Chess Championship 2024 Women. PSPB won the tournament with a round to spare. They finished a staggering three points ahead of the competition. Telangana scored sole 11/14 to secure second place. Life Insurance Corporation of India was placed third scoring 10/14. PSPB defeated both runners-up convincingly. They registered whitewash victories in three out of their seven matches. This is PSPB's first National Team Women title since 2020. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹500000. Top three prizes were ₹125000, ₹100000 and ₹75000 each. Photos: Himachal Pradesh State Chess Association

PSPB regains their title for the first time in a little over four years

PSPB dominated the tournament by winning all their matches. They became the champion by defeating Madhya Pradesh A 4-0. PSPB was the favorite to win the tournament as it was the only team full of titled players. The defending champion AAI did not defend their title.

Champion - PSPB 14/14

Runner-up - Telangana 11/14

Second Runner-up - LIC 10/14

Champion in both Open and Women - RSPB A and PSPB

PSPB team performance

4th Bihar B 9/14

5th Punjab A 8/14

6th Madhya Pradesh A 8/14

7th Gujarat A 8/14

8th Tamil Nadu A 8/14

9th Odisha A 7/14

10th Gujarat B 7/14

Individual Board prizes

Board #1 Gold - WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty (LIC) 92.9% 6.5/7

Board #1 Silver - Neha Singh (Bihar B) 78.6% 5.5/7

Board #1 Bronze - Smaraki Mohanty (Odisha A) 71.4% 5/7

Board #2 Gold - WIM Sarayu Velpula (Telangana) 91.7% 5.5/6

Board #2 Silver - WGM Mary Ann Gomes (PSPB) 83.3% 5/6

WGM Mary Ann Gomes won Silver last year on board no.4.

Board #2 Bronze - WGM Swati Ghate (LIC) 78.6% 5.5/7

Board #3 Gold - WIM Tejaswini Sagar (Gujarat B) 85.7% 6/7

Board #3 Silver - IM Nisha Mohota (PSPB) 83.3% 5/6

Board #3 Bronze - Rebecca Jesumarian (Tamil Nadu A) 78.6% 5.5/7

Board #4 Gold - IM Soumya Swaminathan (PSPB) 100% 7/7

Board #4 Silver - Pranjal Malhotra (Punjab A) 71.4% 5/7

Bronze #4 Bronze - Kirthika B (Telangana) 64.3% 4.5/7

Board #5 Gold - WIM Saina Salonika (PSPB) 100% 4/4

Board #5 Silver - Avika Panwar (Madhya Pradesh A) 91.7% 5.5/6

Board #5 Bronze - Manya Abhishek Drolia (Gujarat A) 75% 3/4

Photo Gallery

Lighting of the lamp

Players in action

Arbiters and Officials

Trophies for the prize winners

Players and accompanying persons at the closing ceremony

The tournament hall at SAI Indoor Stadium in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

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Round 7 results

No.	SNo	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	SNo
1	5	Tamil Nadu A	14½	8	½	:	3½	12	21	Petroleum Sports Promotion Board	1
2	4	Life Insurance Corporation of India	14	8	2½	:	1½	9	15	Bihar B	6
3	2	Telangana	16½	9	2½	:	1½	7	14	Gujarat B	3
4	9	Madhya Pradesh A	12½	6	3	:	1	7	17	Odisha A	7
5	16	Jammu & Kashmir	9	6	0	:	4	6	11½	Gujarat A	8

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo	Team	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	Petroleum Sports Promotion Board	7	7	0	0	14	24,5	383,3	58
2	2	Telangana	7	5	1	1	11	19	295,5	49,5
3	4	Life Insurance Corporation of India	7	5	0	2	10	16,5	260,3	48
4	6	Bihar B	7	4	1	2	9	16,5	249	45
5	13	Punjab A	7	4	0	3	8	16,5	193,5	37
6	9	Madhya Pradesh A	7	4	0	3	8	15,5	200,3	33,5
7	8	Gujarat A	7	3	2	2	8	15,5	190,3	36,5
8	5	Tamil Nadu A	7	4	0	3	8	15	224,3	37
9	7	Odisha A	7	3	1	3	7	18	217,8	45
10	3	Gujarat B	7	3	1	3	7	15,5	227,5	40,5

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