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FIDE Online World Corporate Championship: LIC, TCS Chennai and TCS Bangalore make strong finish

by Shahid Ahmed - 21/02/2021

Day 2 of the FIDE Online World Corporate Championship witnessed the exit of all Indian teams at the conclusion of Stage 1. Team LIC, TCS Chennai and TCS Bangalore are the only three teams to finish in top five in their respective groups. TCS Bangalore remained undefeated throughout the event. However it was not enough as only group toppers advance to the knockout stage. Vaishali representing Autodesk scored 6.0/6. Ian Nepomniachtchi of SBER, Georg Meier and Alina Kashlinskaya of Grenke Bank and Anton Korobov of Sberbank Trade Union, are the notable top players to advance for their respective teams in the knockout stage., Photo: Amruta Mokal

No Indian team in the knockout stage

The highest rated Indian team LIC lived up to its expectation and finished third in East C group. However it was not enough as only the group topper advances to the next stage as per the tournament rules and regulations. Tata Consultancy Services Chennai had a real good chance but starting out Day 2 with a loss against CSOB diminished their chances. Thus no Indian team made it to the knockout stage. That's not all even Carlsen and Giri's teams Kindred and Optiver respectively were unable to advance to the next stage.

IM D K Sharma was top scorer of his team LIC | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Replay all games of D K Sharma

LIC team performance

  3. LIC (RtgAvg:2172, Captain: Sriram Jha / TB1: 16 / TB2: 8)
Bo.NameRtgFideID123456Pts.GamesRtgAvg
1Gajendra Singh1850500292310010½2,562005
2IMSharma Dinesh Kumar228950041101½11115,561863
3GMJha Sriram237950016681001013,061841
4WGMMohanty Kiran Manisha216850195751011115,061696

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Apart from LIC, Ernst & Young, E-Zest Solutions and Bosch Karnataka are three other teams which finished in top 10 in the first stage. Morgan Stanley (HUN) was the winner of the East C group which advanced to the next stage.

Final Standings of East C group

Rk.SNo TeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3 
11
Morgan Stanley (HUN)660019,5120
24
Gazprom641117,090
35
LIC632116,080
42
Rosseti Volga641115,590
3
WASKO641115,590
6
Optiver641115,590
713
Ernst & Young631215,570
88
Tensor632115,080
914
E-Zest Solutions631214,570
109
Tata Consultancy Services Europe631213,570
18
Bosch Karnataka631213,570

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Praggnanandhaa scored 5.0/6 and lost the only game to... | Photo: Niklesh Jain

...former Women's World Champion Mariya Muzychuk in the sixth round

Praggnanandhaa went all out against Mariya because anything less than a win was not enough to fight for the top position of the group. Unfortunately for him it did not pay off.

Mariya Muzychuk - Praggnanandhaa, Round 6

Position after 16...Nxe4

16...Nxe4 does not work here and perhaps Praggnanandhaa knew this but had to take a chance anyway considering the tournament situation. White took 17.fxe4 and Mariya consolidated with ease and won the game.

TCS Chennai team performance

  4. Tata Consultancy Services Chennai (RtgAvg:2087, Captain: Antony Rajaclimax / TB1: 16 / TB2: 9)
Bo.NameRtgFideID123456Pts.GamesRtgAvg
2GMRameshbabu Praggnanandhaa2608250595301111105,062390
4Rajaclimax Antony205950063921½0½114,062028
5Sudhir Elias172411½0002,561851
6Rajkumar Preethi19555027454+110½14,561918

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Tata Consultancy Services Chennai was the only Indian team to finish in top 10 in East E group.

Final Standings of East E group

Rk.SNo TeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3 
13
ERG651019,0110
22
CSOB650117,5100
38
Kaspersky641117,090
47
Tata Consultancy Services Chennai641116,090
56
Credit Suisse632116,080
65
Gordic632115,580
71
BCG Gamma631215,570
812
VK.com631214,570
910
Rosseti630314,060
1011
Kaissa Consulting631213,570

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Tata Consultancy Services Bangalore remained unbeaten throughout the event and they also finished fourth in East F group. Despite not having a single titled player, they managed to hold their own against Alkaloid - a team comprising of two IMs and two WFMs.

TCS Bangalore team performance

  4. Tata Consultancy Services Bangalore (RtgAvg:1866, Captain: Shanmugasundaram Ramesh / TB1: 15,5 / TB2: 10)
Bo.NameRtgFideID123456Pts.GamesRtgAvg
2Nallusamy Velmurugan17535065569101,021835
3Cs Rajesh215050251841011014,061991
4Pugazhendhi Praveenkumar15893500537501½012,551897
5Shanmugasundaram Ramesh19705025230111014,051722
6Palaniappan Saraswathi129235053973½½10114,061564

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Final Standings of East F group

Rk.SNo TeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3 
11
Emphie Solutions651019,0110
25
State Bank of Mongolia651018,5110
33
RFSO Lokomotiv640216,080
412
Tata Consultancy Services Bangalore642015,5100
519
MMK631215,570
611
EPAM Ukraine641115,090
74
Bosch640215,080
813
Cognizant Karnataka631215,070
96
Czech National Bank640214,580
107
European Patent Office The Hague622214,560

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Nihal Sarin scored an unbeaten 5.5/6 | Photo: Alina L'Ami

Nihal Sarin spearheaded the team with an unbeaten 5.5/6 but his team members were unable to provide thus his team had a disappointing finish.

Akshayakalpa Farms and Foods team performance

  30. Akshayakalpa Farms and Foods (RtgAvg:1480, Captain: Shashi Kumar / TB1: 10 / TB2: 4)
Bo.NameRtgFideID123456Pts.GamesRtgAvg
1GMSarin Nihal262025092340½111115,561958
2Kumar Shashi1300256606830100102,061438
3Babu Rajesh10000001½01,561567
4Kadwekar Shraddha9870000101,061340

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TCS Bangalore and Cognizant Karnataka are the only two Indian teams to finish in the East F top 10 in Stage 1.

Final Standings of East F group

Rk.SNo TeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3 
11
Emphie Solutions651019,0110
25
State Bank of Mongolia651018,5110
33
RFSO Lokomotiv640216,080
412
Tata Consultancy Services Bangalore642015,5100
519
MMK631215,570
611
Epam Ukraine641115,090
74
Bosch640215,080
813
Cognizant Karnataka631215,070
96
Czech National Bank640214,580
107
European Patent Office The Hague622214,560

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Vaishali scores 100%

Vaishali won all six of her games but unfortunately her teammates could not score as much as needed. Autodesk as a team won only the first match and drew the last four which wasn't enough.

Vaishali delivered as required and scored 6.0/6 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Autodesk team performance

  8. Autodesk (RtgAvg:1801, Captain: Vinesh Jethva / TB1: 13 / TB2: 6)
Bo.NameRtgFideID123456Pts.GamesRtgAvg
1Blumenthal Max14411000001,062143
2WGMR Vaishali239350917561111116,061734
3Zafirov Stefan206526047871011104,061608
4Jethva Vinesh13041000012,061433

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Final standings of West B group

Rk.SNo TeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3 
11
PT Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok660020,5120
24
Deloitte New York640217,580
32
American Express641116,090
48
Airbnb California632115,080
57
Twitter631215,070
63
Sun Distribution632114,580
75
Amazon US-West630313,560
811
Autodesk614113,060
99
Facebook631212,570
10
Intelix Synergy623112,570
16
IQVIA623112,570

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World Corporate Championship | Day 2 | Eastern Pool | Video: FIDE
World Corporate Championship | Day 2 | Western Pool | Video: FIDE

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EDIT: TCS Chennai rank corrected and TCS Bangalore standings added