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PSPB wins National Team 2018 with a perfect score

by Shahid Ahmed - 15/02/2018

PSPB always performed strong in National Team Championship. However, this time they finished with 100% score 18/18 asnd 14/14 in both open and women's section respectively. Airport Authority of India scored 14/18 and finished in the 2nd position. Both RSPB-A and RSPB- B finished at 13/18 each. However due to a better tie-break score RSPB-B finished at 3rd position and RSPB-A at 4th. In the women's section, Air India finished at 2nd position with a score of 11/14 and Airport Authority of India scored 10/14 to secure 3rd position. All ten players of PSPB got a Board Prize each, followed by Airport Authority of India who got seven and Air India got five. We bring you prize distribution ceremony photos, final round photos and a game from the last round.

Petroleum Sports Promotion Board dominated 38th National Team and 16th National Team Championship for Women 2018

38th National Team Chess Champion - Team PSPB; L to R: Deep Sengupta, G N Gopal, D V Prasad (Coach), Surya Sekhar Ganguly, Baskaran Adhiban and Murali Karthikeyan

16th National Team Chess Champion for Women - PSPB; L to R: Nisha Mohota, Mary Ann Gomes, Padmini Rout, Eeshaa Karavade and Soumya Swaminathan

Surya Sekhar Ganguly scored 5/6 and secured 2nd position on Board No.1

Baskaran Adhiban scored 8/9 and secured 1st position on Board No. 1

G N Gopal scored 6/7 and secured 1st position on Board No. 3

Deep Sengupta scored 6/6 and secured 1st position on Board No. 4

Eeshaa Karavade scored 5.5/6 and secured 2nd position on Board No. 1

Soumya Swaminathan scored 4/6 and secured 4th position on Board No. 2

Mary Ann Gomes scored 4/6 and secured 3rd position on Board No. 3

Padmini Rout scored 5/5 and secured 1st position on Board No. 4

Nisha Mohota scored 4.5/5 and secured 1st position on Reserve Board

Reigning National Amateur champion Hemal Thanki drew with GM Baskaran Adhiban in Giuco Piano, although BSNL went down to PSPB 0.5-3.5

Team AAI defeated Team RSPB-A by 3-1 and secured 2nd position

Visakh N R of AAI defeated M S Thejkumar of RSPB-A in the last round, scored 6/7 and secured 4th position on Board No.3

Shyam Sundar of AAI defeated Swapnil Dhopade of RSPB-A in the last round, scored 5.5/7 asnd secured 5th position on Board No.3

V A V Rajesh of AAi scored 6/6 and secured 1st position on Board No.4

Team RSPB-B drew with Team Odisha-KIIT 2-2 in the last round and secured 3rd position

S Nitin of RSPB-B scored 6.5/9 and secured 4th position on Board No.1

CRG Krishna of RSPB-B scored 5.5/7 and secured 4th position on Board No.4

Air India defeated Tamil Nadu 0-4 in the last round and they were placed 2nd in Women's section

Tania Sachdev scored 5.5/6 and secured 3rd position on Board No. 1

Bhakti Kulkarni scored 5/7 and secured 3rd position on Board No. 2

Subbaraman Viujatayalakshmi scored 4/6 and secured 4th place on Board No. 3

Subbaraman Meenakshi scored 4.5/6 and secured 3rd place on Board No. 4

Airport Authority of India whitewashed Uttar Pradesh 0-4 and claimed the 3rd position

Rucha Pujari of AAI scored 3.5/6 and secured 4th position on Board No.1

Parnali Dharia of AAI scored 4/6 and secured 5th position on Board No. 2

Sakshi Chitlange scored 5/6 and secured 2nd position on Board No.3

Srija Seshadri of AAI scored 5/6 and secured 2nd position on Board No. 4

Top 10 standings of 38th National Team Chess Championship 2018

Top 5 standings of 16th National Team Chess Championship for Women 2018

The tournament was organized by KIIT University and All Odisha Chess Association from 8th to 14th February 2018 in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Total 48 teams including over 200 players across the country, participated in the tournament.

 

Previous round reports:

PSPB wins National Team 2018 with a round to spare

PSPB maintains their lead at National Team 2018

नेशनल टीम - पीएसपीबी को रोकना मुश्किल ही नहीं नामुमकिन !

PSPB takes sole lead in both Open and Women's category in National Team 2018

38वीं नेशनल टीम - पीएसपीबी को शुरुआती बढ़त

Odisha-KIIT held Air India to a draw in round 3 of 16th National Team for Women 2018

Surya Sekhar Ganguly held to a draw in the opening round of National Team 2018

नेशनल टीम -R1-बड़ी टीमों की बड़ी जीत ! गांगुली को करन नें चौंकाया !

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