|
|
|
Club India In Joint Second Place |
|
Club India In Joint Second Place
By Arvind Aaron
Club India team tasted its first defeat when they were defeated 1.5-2.5 by
Qi Yuan Club of China in the fourth round of the 1st Asia Club Cup at
Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates on Dec 28.
The lone decisive result came from the top board where R.R. Laxman was
defeated by Grand Master Wang Hao. In the other three boards, Indians were
lower rated on all of them but made creditable draws. Deep Sengupta, P.
Karthikeyan and S. Nitin held 2500+ rated opponents like GM Zhou Jianchao,
Zhou Weiqi, GM Weng Yang to draws.
In the points table, Al-Ain Chess Club of UAE, the hosts who are
represented by four European Grandmasters and one Chinese grandmaster are
on top with 14/16. Tied for the second place on 12.5 points are Club
India, Vietnam Victory Club and Qi Yuan Club.
Three rounds remain to be played. In the fifth round on Monday evening,
Club India face Tagaytay Chess Club of the Philippines. In the first two
rounds, Club India beat Sri Lanka Chess Club and Yemen Chess Club 4-0.
This event carries a prize fund of US$60,000 with the winning team getting
US$20,000. The 30-team tournament has 30 grandmasters among the
participants
More News
Home Published
on 30th December, 2008
|
|
|
|
Forthcoming Events |
|
|
North 24 PGS FIDE Rated
at Kolkotta from 10 -15, April, 2009 |
|
|
P.K.V.Memorial FIDE
Rated April 17 - 21 April, 2009 |
|
|
International Rotary
FIDE Rated Open,
Apr 23 - 28 Apr , Kodugnallur,
Trichur, Kerala |
|
|
02nd Mumbai
Mayors Cup GM Open at Mumbai, April 30 - 10 May, 2009
|
|
|
A2H First All India FIDE Rating at Hyderabad, May 03 - 08 May,
2009 |
|
|
Late Shri.Babukaka Shirgaonkar at
Sangli, May 11 - 17 May, 2009 |
|
|
03rd
Thrissur FIDE Rating at Thrissur, May 19 -24 May, 2009 |
|
|
Late
Sou.Meenatai Shirgaonkar Women Rating at Sangli, May 20 -26
May, 2009 |
|
|
01st Kota FIDE Rating Chess Tournament at
Kota, May 24 - 30 May, 2009 |
|
|
More... |
|
|
