By IANS,
Kolkata: India A men’s team overwhelmed Sri Lanka to annex the gold in the Tata Steel Asian Team Chess Championship which concluded here Monday.
In the women’s section, overnight leaders, Vietnam crushed tail-enders Nepal 4-0 to total 11 points and get the gold.
India A men’s side maintained their all-win record to finish with 14 points, well ahead of Vietnam and Iran who collected 11 each.
The Indians – represented by Krishnan Sasikiran, Surya Sekhar Ganguly, Parimarjan Negi and Deepan Chakraborty – had little difficulty in snuffing out a feeble challenge from the islanders.
Vietnam took the silver on the basis of better tie-breaking points while Iran had to be content with the bronze.
Managing 8 points, India B took the fifth spot.
The India A women, who had got a bye in the final round, ended on 10 points to take the silver.
India B women went down to Iran 3-1 to spoil their chances of getting the silver. They ended on nine match points along with Iran and were placed fourth on the tie-break losing the bronze to Iran in this section.
Results:
Men’s: Sri Lanka (3) lost to India A (14); Iran (11) beat India B (8); Vietnam (11) beat Nepal (1); Bangladesh (8) beat Singapore (4);Yemen (2) lost to Indonesia (8)
Women’s: Nepal (1) lost to Vietnam (13); Iran (9) beat India B (9); Indonesia (4) lost to Singapore (6); Sri Lanka (1) lost to Bangladesh (6)
Final Standings
Men’s
Gold Medal : India A (14)
Silver Medal : Vietnam (11)
Bronze Medal : Iran (11)
Women’s
Gold Medal : Vietnam (13)
Silver Medal : India A (10)
Bronze Medal : Iran (9)
Individual board prizes
Men’s
1st Board : Gold Le Quang Liem (Vietnam)
2nd board : Gold: K Sasikiran (India)
3rd board : Gold: Surya Sekhar Ganguly (India)
4th Board : Gold : Parimarjan Negi (India )
5th board : Gold Nguyen Anh Dung (Vietnam )
Women’s
1st board Gold : D Harika (India )
2nd board Gold : Pardar Shadi (Iran )
3rd board Gold: Nguyen Thi Thanh An (Vietnam )
4th Board Gold : Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (Vietnam )
5th Board Gold: Hoang Thi Nhu Y (Vietnam )