The star studded PSPB team
The National team Championships will begin from the 7th to the 12th of February 2020 in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
The PSPB team like every year is extremely strong and the favourites to win the title
With a rating average of 2605, the PSPB team would give any top team even at the Olympiad a run for their money!
The biggest challenge for team PSPB will come from Railways Sports Promotion Board - A team
GM Deepan Chakkravarthy on the top board can beat any GM on a given day | Photo: Niklesh Jain
The Airport Authority of India is quite a strong team!
Abhimanyu Puranik is closing in on the 2600 mark and is just three Elo points away. He will be trying to cross that milestone in this event | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Team Air India is not a team to be taken lightly!
Railways B team with two GMs and three IMs will also be in the medal contention
Women's Event
The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) was the defending champion and will be looking to make a repeat performance this year! | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Along with four experienced players - Soumya, Padmini, Mary and Nisha, the team also has a young talent - Rakshitta Ravi
Soumya Swaminathan will hold fort on board one for team PSPB | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Team Air India with Tania, Viji, Bhakti, Meenakshi and Aarthie are very well poised to give PSPB a tough fight
Will Air India be able to beat PSPB to the gold medal | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Tamil Nadu team has an extremely strong team with all the young talents of the state
R. Vaishali will be looking to cross the 2400 mark here
| Photo: Amruta Mokal
Team AAI has a rating average of 2249
The tournament schedule
Prize Money:
The prize money of the National Team Championships is pretty low. However, the main aim of the event is not just prize money. There is a lot of prestige at stake and the players employed with different organizations (PSPB, Railways, AAI and states) will be looking to make sure that they win a medal.
Open team
| No. | Team | RtgAvg |
| 1 | Petroleum SPB | 2605 |
| 2 | Railways SPB A | 2490 |
| 3 | Airports Authority of India | 2472 |
| 4 | Air India SPB | 2461 |
| 5 | Railways SPB B | 2442 |
| 6 | Odisha A | 2267 |
| 7 | Delhi B | 2183 |
| 8 | Telangana | 2102 |
| 9 | Gujarat A | 2100 |
| 10 | LIC | 2086 |
| 11 | Tamil Nadu A | 2074 |
| 12 | Gujarat D | 2023 |
| 13 | Bihar B | 1980 |
| 14 | Bihar A | 1873 |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 1830 |
| 16 | Defence Accounts SCB | 1828 |
| 17 | Maharashtra A | 1817 |
| 18 | All Rajputana C | 1763 |
| 19 | Odisha B | 1762 |
| 20 | Maharashtra B | 1741 |
| 21 | Delhi A | 1739 |
| 22 | Gujarat B | 1704 |
| 23 | All Rajputana A | 1703 |
| 24 | Services SCB | 1698 |
| 25 | Uttar Pradesh | 1690 |
| 26 | Bihar C | 1677 |
| 27 | Himachal Pradesh A | 1663 |
| 28 | Gujarat C | 1609 |
| 29 | Maharashtra C | 1595 |
| 30 | Haryana A | 1536 |
| 31 | AI Reserve Bank SCC | 1527 |
| 32 | Tamil Nadu B | 1469 |
| 33 | Andhra Pradesh A | 1465 |
| 34 | All Rajputana B | 1380 |
| 35 | Haryana B | 1293 |
| 36 | Himachal Pradesh B | 1165 |
| 37 | Andhra Pradesh B | 1131 |
| 38 | Jammu & Kashmir | 1000 |
Women Starting list
| No. | Team | RtgAvg |
| 1 | Petroleum SPB | 2336 |
| 2 | Air India SCB | 2332 |
| 3 | Tamil Nadu B | 2259 |
| 4 | Airports Authority of India | 2249 |
| 5 | Tamil Nadu A | 1865 |
| 6 | Telangana | 1796 |
| 7 | LIC | 1752 |
| 8 | Kerala | 1669 |
| 9 | Gujarat A | 1636 |
| 10 | Odisha | 1514 |
| 11 | Bihar A | 1495 |
| 12 | Delhi | 1482 |
| 13 | Gujarat D | 1292 |
| 14 | Gujarat C | 1188 |
| 15 | Gujarat B | 1177 |
| 16 | Himachal Pradesh A | 1063 |
| 17 | Himachal Pradesh B | 1000 |
