Air India maintains sole lead By Gopa Kumar, International Arbiter
Gurgaon (25 Feb 10) :- Second seed Air India defeated Railway
Sports Promotion Board A team 2.5 1.5 in the sixth round of
the ongoing National Club Team Chess Championship at DAV Public
School here on today and maintained their sole lead with 12
match points. For Air India, Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi and
Tejas Bakre had given perfect start by defeating International
Master Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury and Grandmaster R R Laxman on
first and second board while Satyapragyan split the points with
Thej Kumar. International Master Rathnakran secured the
consolation win for the Railway men by defeating G B Joshi on
the fourth board. Meanwhile defending champions Petroleum Sports
Promotion Board come back strongly after the shock defeat from
the hands of Air India in the fifth round to beat Tamilnadu 3.5
- .5.
In another sixth round matches, Railway Sports Promotion Board
B got better off Life Insurance Corporation of India 3 -1
while West Bengal beat Bihar A and Punjab outwitted Madhya
Kshetra Shatranj Sangh B team 3 1. Host Haryana overcome
Services Sports Control Board 3 1.
Meanwhile in the Womens section, continuing their fine run in
the championship Dibeyandu Barua Chess Academy defeated host
Haryana 4-0 while Tamilnadu beat Bihar with identical margin.
Results Round 6 (Open ) with match points :- Railway Sports
Promotion Board A (8) lost to Air India (12) 1.5 2.5 ;
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (10) beat Tamilnadu (7) 3.5 -
.5; Life Insurance Corporation of India (7) lost to Railway
Sports Promotion Board B (10) 1 -3; West Bengal (8) beat Bihar
A (6) 2.5 1.5 ; Madhya Kshetra Shatranj Sangh B (6) lost
to Punjab (8) 1-3 ; Kerala (6) lost to Tata Consultancy Services
(7) 0 - 4 ; Services Sports Control Board (5) lost to Haryana
A (7) 1 - 3 ; Uttarpradesh (7) beat Himachal Pradesh (4) 4-0 ;
Delhi (5) drew with Bihar B (5) 2 - 2 ; All India Electricity
Sports Control Board (6) beat Budhibal Kreeda Trust (4) 2.5
1.5 ; Haryana B (5) beat All India Chess Federation for Blind
(2) 3 - 1; Kamaksha HP (4) beat HBTI (2) 3.5 1.5 ; Madhya
Kshetra Shatranj Sangh A (5) got Bye.
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