Indian men win silver; women take bronze in Asian Nations Cup
Indian men's chess team thrashed Iraq 4-0 to win silver while their women counterparts bagged a bronze in the Asian Nations Cup that concluded here on Saturday.
Top-rated K. Sasikiran rested himself while P. Harikrishna, Parimarjan Negi, Abhijeet Gupta and G.N. Gopal completed a easy victory to collect 15 points to finish second to top seed China-1.
China-1 beat Mongolia 3.5-0.5 to win the gold while China-2 won the bronze medal.
In the women's section, China-1 won the ninth match in a row to deservingly win the gold medal while China-2 won the silver ahead of India with better tie-break.
China-1 finished with 18 points while China-2 and India collected identical 14 points each. In the individual encounter, China-2 had beaten India in the first round itself and that had more game points to stake its claim for the silver.
The Indian women had to be content with the bronze medal after a 2.5-1.5 victory over China-3 in the final round. In the last three editions, the Indian women's team had won the silver.
The results: Final round (team points in bracket): China-1 (17) bt Mongolia (8) 3.5-0.5; Iraq (9) lost to India (15) 0-4; Chinese Taipei (0) lost to China-2 (13) 0-4; Hong Kong (2) lost to Vietnam (12) 0-4; Iran (11) bt Kazakhstan (9) 3.5-0.5; Yemen (5) lost to Singapore (10) 0.5-3.5; Korea (5) lost to Indonesia (10) 1-3.
Indians: Abdulwahhab Ahmed Abdulsattar lost to P. Harikrishna; Parimarjan Negi bt Al-Ali Hussein; Zozek Salah Mohammed lost to Abhijeet Gupta; G.N. Gopal bt Sabah Nori Rabeea.
Women: Mongolia (3) lost to China-1 (18) 0.5-3.5; Indonesia (7) lost to Vietnam (8) 1.5-2.5; Iran (8) bt Kazakhstan (5) 3-1; Singapore (2) lost to China-2 (14) 0-4; India (14) bt China-3 (11) 2.5-1.5.
Indians: D. Harika bt Zhai Mo; Ni Shiquin drew with Tania Sachdev; Mary Ann Gomes drew with Lei Tingjie; Li Xueyi drew with Padmini Rout.
Top-rated K. Sasikiran rested himself while P. Harikrishna, Parimarjan Negi, Abhijeet Gupta and G.N. Gopal completed a easy victory to collect 15 points to finish second to top seed China-1.
China-1 beat Mongolia 3.5-0.5 to win the gold while China-2 won the bronze medal.
In the women's section, China-1 won the ninth match in a row to deservingly win the gold medal while China-2 won the silver ahead of India with better tie-break.
China-1 finished with 18 points while China-2 and India collected identical 14 points each. In the individual encounter, China-2 had beaten India in the first round itself and that had more game points to stake its claim for the silver.
The Indian women had to be content with the bronze medal after a 2.5-1.5 victory over China-3 in the final round. In the last three editions, the Indian women's team had won the silver.
The results: Final round (team points in bracket): China-1 (17) bt Mongolia (8) 3.5-0.5; Iraq (9) lost to India (15) 0-4; Chinese Taipei (0) lost to China-2 (13) 0-4; Hong Kong (2) lost to Vietnam (12) 0-4; Iran (11) bt Kazakhstan (9) 3.5-0.5; Yemen (5) lost to Singapore (10) 0.5-3.5; Korea (5) lost to Indonesia (10) 1-3.
Indians: Abdulwahhab Ahmed Abdulsattar lost to P. Harikrishna; Parimarjan Negi bt Al-Ali Hussein; Zozek Salah Mohammed lost to Abhijeet Gupta; G.N. Gopal bt Sabah Nori Rabeea.
Women: Mongolia (3) lost to China-1 (18) 0.5-3.5; Indonesia (7) lost to Vietnam (8) 1.5-2.5; Iran (8) bt Kazakhstan (5) 3-1; Singapore (2) lost to China-2 (14) 0-4; India (14) bt China-3 (11) 2.5-1.5.
Indians: D. Harika bt Zhai Mo; Ni Shiquin drew with Tania Sachdev; Mary Ann Gomes drew with Lei Tingjie; Li Xueyi drew with Padmini Rout.
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