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PSPB wins National Teams 2020 Open and Women with a round to spare

by Shahid Ahmed - 12/02/2020

PSPB has done it again. For the third consecutive year, PSPB has won National Teams 2020 in both Open and Women's section, with a round to spare. They just need to play the last round as a formality as the result is irrelevant for their championship standings. Delhi A got whitewashed 0-4 by PSPB in Open and LIC lost to the PSPB 1.5-2.5 in Women's. RSPB B is at the second position, followed closely by AAI in Open, four teams AAI, Tamil Nadu B, Air India and Telangana are tied at the second spot in the Women's section. In the final round it will be interesting to see who takes the remaining podium positions after PSPB as has been the case for the past two years. Photo: IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran

PSPB dominates for the third consecutive year in-a-row

Since 2018 PSPB has been dominant in both National Team Open and Women. They have won each time with a round to spare in each section. In the penultimate round, Delhi A lost to PSPB 0-4. Adhiban, Abhijeet, Lalith and Deep all four of them scored comfortable victories. Karthikeyan was rested for the first time in the tournament after playing seven consecutive games. The final round is just a formality for PSPB as mathematically neither RSPB A nor AAI can catch up with them.

Delhi A got whitewashed 0-4 against PSPB | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

Adhiban won his game in his signature style against Jatinder Kapoor (1586).

Jatinder - Adhiban, Round 8

Can you think like Adhiban here?

Find out the best continuation for white after 22.Rb1.

Adhiban won his game without breaking a sweat | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

Abhijeet Gupta scored a comfortable victory against Mayank Sharma (1711).

Abhijeet has played all eight games so far consecutively | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

Lalith scored an easy victory in 33 moves against Sanchit Anand (1891).

Deep scored a fine victory in 37 moves against Aansh Gupta (1900).

Deep scored his second victory of the tournament | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

The fight for the second place is still open. AAI drew with RSPB A without having a single game drawn. Harshit and Abhimanyu picked up the win for AAI, while Deepan and Swapnil scored their wins each for RSPB A.

AAI drew with RSPB A 2-2 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

Harshit Raja beat Ravi Teja with some sharp play in 34 moves.

Harshit - Ravi, Round 8

Find out the best continuation for white after 23...Bb7

Harshit played some sharp chess against Ravi | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

IM P Shyamnikhil lost to GM Abhimanyu Puranik after losing a pawn in the endgame.

Deepan scored a hard fought victory over Visakh N R. The game reached to a double knight vs rook endgame just after 33 moves, Deepan won the game using the correct technique and capitalized on Visakh's blunder in the next 31 moves.

Visakh - Deepan, Round 8

Find out the winning continuation after 49.a4

Any guesses what brought a smile on Deepan's face? | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

Swapnil Dhopade scored a fine victory over IM Sai Agni Jeevitesh J. In the Rook and few pawns endgame, Swapnil showcased the correct technique.

Swapnil - Sai Agni, Round 8

Find out the best continuation for white after 47...Kg7

Swapnil remains unbeaten in the tournament so far | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

RSPB B beat Telangana 2.5-1.5. C R G Krishna, Sayantan Das and Thejkumar drew with Arjun Erigaisi, Harsha Bharathakoti and Vinay Kumar Matta. Arghyadip Das scored the decisive victory for his team RSPB B when he beat Rahul Srivasthav P

Thejkumar's game being observed by his teammate Sayantan | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

FM Vinay Kumar Matta (2319) held GM Thejkumar M S (2438) to a draw.

Arghyadip capitalized on Rahul's blunder in the end and provided the team an important victory.

FM Prasenjit Dutta (2285) of Delhi B held IM Sidhant Mohapatra (2367) of Odisha A and Nilsu Pattanayak (1950) of Odisha A held IM Swayangsu Satyapragyan (2403) to a draw respectively.

PSPB Women's team also make a hat-trick with a round to spare

PSPB Women's team clinched their third consecutive National Team's title with a round to spare. In the penultimate round LIC lost to PSPB 1.5-2.5, Soumya and Rakshitta scored the wins for the team, Mary drew with Kiran and Padmini lost to Swati.

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

Padmini had a completely winning position against Swati. However she made an incorrect decision at a critical moment which allowed her opponent to equalize.

Padmini - Swati, Round 6

Find out the best continuation after 26...g5

Black has made a bluff with 26...g5, a final attempt to stir up trouble. White continued with 27.Nf5 which allowed black to get back in the game with 27...gxf4

Padmini suffered her first loss in the event | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

The fight for second place is still on as Air India beat AAI 3-1 to tie at the second spot with along with AAI, Tamil Nadu B and Telangana. Bhakti and Meenakshi beat Priyanka and Srija, Tania and Vijayalakshmi drew with Aakanksha and Nandhidhaa respectively.

 

Bhakti dominated in her game against Priyanka as the latter misplayed the opening and then couldn't get back in the game.

Tamil Nadu B defeated Tamil Nadu A 3.5-0.5 and Kerala lost to Telangana 1.5-2.5 to join AAI and AI at the shared second place heading into the final round.

Replay completed games in Open

Replay completed games in Women

Round 8 results in Open

Bo.17  Delhi ARtg-1  Petroleum SPBRtg0 : 4
1.1
Jatinder, Kapoor
1586-GM
Adhiban, B.
26540 - 1
1.2
Mayank, Sharma Nandkishore
1711-GM
Gupta, Abhijeet
26080 - 1
1.3
Sanchit, Anand
1891-GM
Lalith, Babu M R
25500 - 1
1.4
Aansh, Gupta
1900-GM
Sengupta, Deep
25340 - 1
Bo.3  Airports Authority of IndiaRtg-2  Railways SPB ARtg2 : 2
2.1IM
Raja, Harshit
2472-IM
Ravi, Teja S.
24701 - 0
2.2GM
Puranik, Abhimanyu
2597-IM
Shyaamnikhil, P
24601 - 0
2.3GM
Visakh, N R
2518-GM
Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.
25450 - 1
2.4IM
Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J
2310-GM
Swapnil, S. Dhopade
24950 - 1
Bo.6  Railways SPB BRtg-4  TelanganaRtg2½:1½
3.1IM
Krishna, C R G
2443-GM
Erigaisi, Arjun
2563½ - ½
3.2IM
Das, Sayantan
2426-GM
Harsha, Bharathakoti
2495½ - ½
3.3GM
Thejkumar, M. S.
2438-FM
Matta, Vinay Kumar
2319½ - ½
3.4IM
Das, Arghyadip
2458-IM
Rahul, Srivatshav P
24741 - 0
Bo.8  Delhi BRtg-7  Odisha ARtg2 : 2
4.1FM
Prasenjit, Dutta
2285-IM
Sidhant, Mohapatra
2367½ - ½
4.2
Santu, Mondal
2093-
Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan
23360 - 1
4.3
Aradhya, Garg
2169-
Nayak, Rajesh
21691 - 0
4.4
Adarsh, Tripathi
2100-
Baivab, Mishra
2206½ - ½
Bo.5  Air India SPBRtg-18  Odisha BRtg3½: ½
5.1GM
Narayanan, Srinath
2535-
Samal, Ansuman
19101 - 0
5.2IM
Satyapragyan, Swayangsu
2403-
Pattnayak, Nilsu
1950½ - ½
5.3GM
Swayams, Mishra
2485-
Das, Susobhit
18461 - 0
5.4IM
Gokhale, Chandrashekhar
2158-
Mohanty, Ashutosh
13571 - 0

Complete results

Round 9 pairings in Open

No.SNoTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamSNo
11Petroleum SPB25½16:1122Odisha A7
23Airports Authority of India2112:1021½Gujarat A9
35Air India SPB19½10:1222Railways SPB B6
42Railways SPB A21½11:1120Telangana4
511Tamil Nadu A1910:1016½Delhi A17
610LIC209:1019Delhi B8

Complete pairings

Round 6 results in Women

Bo.7  LICRtg-1  Petroleum SPBRtg1½:2½
1.1WGM
Kiran, Manisha Mohanty
2170-WGM
Gomes, Mary Ann
2344½ - ½
1.2WGM
Swati, Ghate
2136-IM
Padmini, Rout
23721 - 0
1.3
Anagha, Yardi
1154-WGM
Soumya, Swaminathan
23690 - 1
1.4WFM
Bindu, Saritha K.
1583-WIM
Rakshitta, Ravi
22140 - 1
Bo.2  Air India SCBRtg-4  Airports Authority of IndiaRtg3 : 1
2.1IM
Kulkarni, Bhakti
2404-WIM
Priyanka, Nutakki
22121 - 0
2.2IM
Tania, Sachdev
2397-WIM
Aakanksha, Hagawane
2230½ - ½
2.3IM
Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman
2331-WIM
Nandhidhaa, P V
2339½ - ½
2.4WGM
Meenakshi, Subbaraman
2162-WGM
Srija, Seshadri
22051 - 0
Bo.3  Tamil Nadu BRtg-5  Tamil Nadu ARtg3½: ½
3.1WFM
Harshini, A
2194-
Divyabharathi, Masanam
17471 - 0
3.2WIM
Michelle Catherina, P
2175-
Bala, Kannamma P
2095½ - ½
3.3WIM
Varshini, V
2242-
Senthamizh, Yazhini S
16151 - 0
3.4WIM
Mahalakshmi, M
2255-
Harshini, B
16021 - 0
Bo.8  KeralaRtg-6  TelanganaRtg1½:2½
4.1
Anupam, M Sreekumar
1745-
Nanditha, V
17281 - 0
4.2
Anjitha, Krishnakumar
1445-
Kheerthi, Ganta
1683½ - ½
4.3
Sheena, E.
1731-
Velpula, Sarayu
18670 - 1
4.4
Sudha, P.
1816-
Natura, Bethi
13610 - 1

Complete results

Round 7 pairings in Women

No.SNoTeamPts.MPRes.:Res.MPPts.TeamSNo
11Petroleum SPB1712:613½Kerala8
26Telangana138:817Tamil Nadu B3
32Air India SCB168:714LIC7
44Airports Authority of India178:715Gujarat A9

Complete pairings



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