Pawan Dodeja spearheads his team d'pawn Chess Academy to a victory against Dynamic Chess Academy

Pawan Dodeja needed just a draw for his team to win. However, he is not someone who is just happy to settle for a draw. He wants to go for a win, not just because wants to win, it is because he knows how to win as he is familiar with these Rook and opposite color Bishop endgame.

Battle of the managers: Pawan Dodeja (d'pawn Chess Academy) faces off against Manish Parmar (Dynamic Chess Academy)

Check the entire game annotated by Pawan Dodeja:


Pawan says, "Thanks to ChessBase India and of course Sagar Shah for arranging these type of Tournaments. So you have tournament feel in your sweet home! :)"

You can download all games played in Rating 1800-2200 here

ICA, Akshayakalpa, TCAF and MCC lead at the end of round 1 in Rating 1000-1400 category

Only the champion of each group will qualify to the Semi-finals and remaining teams will play a swiss league tournament to determine their ranks.

Rating 1000-1400 cross table after round 1

Matrix Chess Academy and Matrix Chess Club dominates Rating 1400-1800 category at the end of Round 3

Champion of each group will qualify to the semi-finals and the fourth team will be the best second place finisher at the end of group stage. Remaining teams will play a round robin tournament to determine their place.

Rating 1400-1800 cross table after round 3 (Note: DBCA and ICA are yet to play their 3rd round match)

DBCA and OCR take early lead in Rating 1800-2200 category at the end of Round 2

Winner and runner-up of the group stage will qualify into the semi-finals. Remaining teams will play a swiss league tournament to determine their final position.

Rating 1800-2200 cross table after round 2

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