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PSPB on song; Kerala beat Tamilnadu
By Gopa Kumar, International
Arbiter
Gurgaon (22 Feb 10) :- Pre-match favourites Petroleum Sports
Promotion Board started their campaign in style in the 30th
National Club Open Team Chess Championship here at DAV Public
School as they overcame their rivals in the first two rounds
with an identical score of 4-0 without much struggle. PSPB
rested its top ranked player Grandmaster Sasikiran for the first
two rounds before walking away with perfect scores against Delhi
and Punjab.
Meanwhile, Kerala seeded eleventh in the tournament registered
first major upset as they stunned sixth Tamilnadu in a well
fought second round match. Seasoned campaigner OT Anilkumar gave
a perfect start for Kerala in the top table as he overcame
higher rated Ramnath Bhuvanesh. While Ganesh Bhat and Fide
Master P Maheswaran split the point on second table. Venkat
Sundarm registered a decisive result in favour of Tamilnadu
against Ameer PS in the third board. But young Salil Kumar made
the day memorable for Kerala as he beat higher rated H Venkatesh
to register a 2.5-1.5 win for Kerala against its neighbours.
Second seed Air India and third seed Railway Sports Promotion
Board ‘A’ team also shown their supremacy to defeat West Bengal
and Haryana ‘A’ respectively. Earlier in the first round Air
India defeated Uttarpradesh while Railway men overcame Services
Sports Control Board.
Results Round-2 : PSPB beat Punjab 4-0; West Bengal lost to Air
India .5-3.5; RSPB ‘A’ beat Haryana ‘A’ 3-1; Bihar ‘A’ lost to
RSPB ‘B’ .5-3.5; LIC beat Kamaksha HP 4-0; Kerala beat Tamilnadu
2.5-1.5; Uttarpradesh lost to Tata Consultancy Services 1-3;
Madhya Kshetra Shatranj Snagh ‘A’ lost to Delhi 1.5-2.5; All
India Electricity Sports Control Board lost to Services Sports
Control Board 0-4; Himachal Pradesh lost to Budhibal Kreeda
Trust 1-3; HBTI lost to Madhya Kshetra Shatranj Snagh ‘B’ 0-4;
Haryana ‘B’ drew with Bihar ‘B’ 2-2.
Results Round-1 : Delhi lost to PSPB 0-4; Air India beat Uttar
Pradesh 3.5-0.5; Services Sports Control Board lost to RSPB ‘A'
0.5-3.5; RSPB ‘B’ beat Himachal Pradesh 4-0; Madhya Kshetra
Shatranj Snagh ‘B’ lost to LIC 0-4; Tamil Nadu bt Haryana ‘B'
3.5-0.5; Budhibal Kreeda Trust lost to West Bengal 0-4; Punjab
bt Madhya Kshetra Shatranj Snagh ‘A' 4-0; Bihar ‘B' lost to
Bihar ‘A' 0.5-3.5; Hayrana ‘A' bt Electricity Board 4-0; AICF-Blind
lost to Kerala 1-3; TCS bt HBTI 4-0 .
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on February 22nd, 2010
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