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

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/02/2018

PSPB reigns supreme in both open and women section of 38th National Team and 16th National Team Championship for Women 2018 at the end of round 4 and 3 respectively. In open category, RSPB-A drew with RSPB-B, AAI defeated Odisha-A asnd Sports Control Board lost to LIC. GM M Shyam Sundar was held to a draw by 14-year old Sambit Panda of Odisha-A. Among women, AAI lost to PSPB, Air India whitewashed Punjab and Tamil Nadu defeated Odisha-KIIT. WIM Srija Seshadri of AAI defeated WGM Mary Ann Gomes of PSPB. The report contains games, analysis and photos from round 4 in open category and rounds 3 in women's category. Photos by IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran

PSPB asserts early dominance after the conclusion of day 3 in 38th National Team and 16th National Team Championship for Women 2018

PSPB defeated Air India by 3-1 and took a sole lead after the end of round 4 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

GM Srinath Narayanan of Air India managed to draw despite having an inferior position in the endgame against GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly of PSPB

GM G N Gopal of PSPB made a quick work of GM Tejas Bakre of Air India in just 24 moves in Sicilian Dragon Yugoslav Attack

AAI lost to PSPB 1.5-2.5 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

WIM Sakshi Chitlange held WGM Soumya Swaminathan to a draw | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

In a Classical Caro-Kann Defence, WIM Sakshi Chitlange of AAI allowed WGM Soumya Swaminathan to have some chances with 24.g5 but she chose to play 24.Rc1 instead, which turned things in favor of Sakshi. However both settled for a perpetual draw in a Queen ending eventually.

IM Padmini Rout of PSPB defeated WFM V Varshini of AAI by maneuvering her King beautifully throughout the endgame which gave her a huge advantage.

RSPB maintains harmony on and off the board as RSPB-A drew all their games with RSPB-B (2-2) | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

GM Shyam Sundar of AAI was held by 14-year old boy of Odisha-A, Sambit Panda | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

Despite getting good winning chances (32...Rd8), the 14-year old boy Sambit Panda of Odisha-A was unable to capitalize as he lacked experience against GM Shyam Sundar of AAI in Caro-Kann Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.

Round 4 on 2018/02/10 at 10:00

Bo.

Petroleum Sports Promotion Board

Rtg

Air India

Rtg

3 : 1

1.1

Ganguly, Surya Shekhar

2650

Narayanan, Srinath

2530

½ - ½

1.2

Adhiban, B.

2643

Swayams, Mishra

2439

½ - ½

1.3

Gopal, G.N.

2593

Bakre, Tejas

2444

1 - 0

1.4

Karthikeyan, Murali

2585

Satyapragyan, Swayangsu

2398

1 - 0

Bo.

Railway Sports Promotion Board - A

Rtg

Railway Sports Promotion Board - B

Rtg

2 : 2

2.1

Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.

2516

Nitin, S.

2402

½ - ½

2.2

Karthikeyan, P.

2464

Laxman, R.R.

2456

½ - ½

2.3

Swapnil, S. Dhopade

2531

Das, Arghyadip

2443

½ - ½

2.4

Thejkumar, M. S.

2500

Shyaamnikhil, P

2394

½ - ½

Bo.

Airport Authority of India

Rtg

Odisha-A

Rtg

3½: ½

3.1

Stany, G.A.

2500

Baivab, Mishra

2139

1 - 0

3.2

Narayanan.S.L,

2573

Rakesh, Kumar Nayak

2047

1 - 0

3.3

Shyam, Sundar M.

2521

Panda, Sambit

2085

½ - ½

3.4

Rajesh, V A V

2315

Nayak, Rajesh

2263

1 - 0

Bo.

Defence Accounts Sports Control Board

Rtg

Life Insurance Corporation

Rtg

1 : 3

4.1

Vikesh, Nandan Kumar

1838

Sriram, Jha

2388

0 - 1

4.2

Chandrasekhar, M K

1836

Sharma, Dinesh K.

2238

0 - 1

4.3

Pradip, Tiwari

1948

Deshmukh, Anup

2284

0 - 1

4.4

Ajay, Kumar Rai

1859

Bhandarkar, Dinesh

1703

1 - 0

Bo.

Bengal Chess-A

Rtg

Assam

Rtg

3½: ½

5.1

Bose, Sayan

1963

Santanu, Borpatra Gohain

1989

1 - 0

5.2

Debarshi, Mukherjee

2303

Trailokya, Nanda

1969

1 - 0

5.3

Sumit, Kumar

2191

Singh, Soram Rahul

1951

1 - 0

5.4

Arpan, Das

2192

Neelabh, Jyoti Borthakur

1794

½ - ½

Air India soared to second position after the end of round 3 as they whitewashed Punjab 4-0 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

Tamil Nadu defeated Odisha-KIIT 2.5-1.5 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

Round 3 on 2018/02/10 at 10:00

Bo.

Airport Authority of India

Rtg

Petroleum Sports Promotion Board

Rtg

1½:2½

1.1

WIM

Parnali, S Dharia

2144

Karavade, Eesha

2386

0 - 1

1.2

WIM

Chitlange, Sakshi

2089

WGM

Soumya, Swaminathan

2349

½ - ½

1.3

WIM

Srija, Seshadri

2252

WGM

Gomes, Mary Ann

2329

1 - 0

1.4

WFM

Varshini, V

2103

Padmini, Rout

2325

0 - 1

Bo.

Air India

Rtg

Punjab

Rtg

4 : 0

2.1

WGM

Kulkarni, Bhakti

2290

Sharma, Deepanshi

1222

1 - 0

2.2

Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman

2352

Kaur, Mandeep

1036

1 - 0

2.3

WGM

Meenakshi, Subbaraman

2193

Gupta, Rashmi

1167

1 - 0

2.4

WGM

Ramaswamy, Aarthie

2023

Kaur, Parminder

1047

1 - 0

Bo.

Tamilnadu

Rtg

Odisha-KIIT

Rtg

2½:1½

3.1

Rindhiya, V

1848

Smaraki, Mohanty

1814

1 - 0

3.2

Saranya, Y

1966

WFM

Salonika, Saina

2151

0 - 1

3.3

Divya, Lakshmi R (C)

1926

Sribrinda, Rout

1564

1 - 0

3.4

WFM

Saranya, J

2077

Aparajita, Gochhikar

1740

½ - ½

Bo.

Life Insurance Corporation

Rtg

Telangana

Rtg

3½: ½

4.1

WGM

Swati, Ghate

2222

AFM

Advaita, Sharma K

1302

1 - 0

4.2

WGM

Kiran, Manisha Mohanty

2101

Yagna, Priya Polisetty

1112

1 - 0

4.3

WFM

Bindu, Saritha K.

1565

Chaitanya, V.

1813

½ - ½

4.4

Anagha, Yardi

1333

Sanvee, R

1 - 0

Bo.

Odisha-MCF-5

Rtg

Himachal Pradesh

Rtg

3 : 1

5.1

Biswal, Gitashree

1452

Santosh, Kumari

1439

1 - 0

5.2

Shruti, Snehi

Chahat,

0 - 1

5.3

Rasmita, Kumari Patro

1073

Aditri, Nag

1 - 0

5.4

Sarangi, Yashaswini

1149

Nyasa, Zinta

1 - 0

Bo.

Karnataka

Rtg

Himachal Pradesh-A

Rtg

4 : 0

6.1

Tejaswini, M P

Arsha, Verma Sh Sanjay

1 - 0

6.2

Sakshi, S Auradkar

Kiran,

1 - 0

6.3

Anvita, Aparanji

Pingla, Devi

1 - 0

6.4

Sahana, Gobbur

Suman, Devi

1 - 0

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