FIDE Online World Corporate Championship: LIC, TCS Chennai and TCS Bangalore make strong finish
Day 2 of the FIDE Online World Corporate Championship witnessed the exit of all Indian teams at the conclusion of Stage 1. Team LIC, TCS Chennai and TCS Bangalore are the only three teams to finish in top five in their respective groups. TCS Bangalore remained undefeated throughout the event. However it was not enough as only group toppers advance to the knockout stage. Vaishali representing Autodesk scored 6.0/6. Ian Nepomniachtchi of SBER, Georg Meier and Alina Kashlinskaya of Grenke Bank and Anton Korobov of Sberbank Trade Union, are the notable top players to advance for their respective teams in the knockout stage., Photo: Amruta Mokal
No Indian team in the knockout stage
The highest rated Indian team LIC lived up to its expectation and finished third in East C group. However it was not enough as only the group topper advances to the next stage as per the tournament rules and regulations. Tata Consultancy Services Chennai had a real good chance but starting out Day 2 with a loss against CSOB diminished their chances. Thus no Indian team made it to the knockout stage. That's not all even Carlsen and Giri's teams Kindred and Optiver respectively were unable to advance to the next stage.
Replay all games of D K Sharma
LIC team performance
| 3. LIC (RtgAvg:2172, Captain: Sriram Jha / TB1: 16 / TB2: 8) | |||||||||||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FideID | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts. | Games | RtgAvg | |
| 1 | Gajendra Singh | 1850 | 5002923 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 2,5 | 6 | 2005 | |
| 2 | IM | Sharma Dinesh Kumar | 2289 | 5004110 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5,5 | 6 | 1863 |
| 3 | GM | Jha Sriram | 2379 | 5001668 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,0 | 6 | 1841 |
| 4 | WGM | Mohanty Kiran Manisha | 2168 | 5019575 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5,0 | 6 | 1696 |
Apart from LIC, Ernst & Young, E-Zest Solutions and Bosch Karnataka are three other teams which finished in top 10 in the first stage. Morgan Stanley (HUN) was the winner of the East C group which advanced to the next stage.
Final Standings of East C group
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | Morgan Stanley (HUN) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19,5 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2 | 4 | Gazprom | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17,0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 3 | 5 | LIC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16,0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 4 | 2 | Rosseti Volga | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15,5 | 9 | 0 | |
| 3 | WASKO | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15,5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Optiver | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15,5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 13 | Ernst & Young | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15,5 | 7 | 0 | |
| 8 | 8 | Tensor | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15,0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 9 | 14 | E-Zest Solutions | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14,5 | 7 | 0 | |
| 10 | 9 | Tata Consultancy Services Europe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13,5 | 7 | 0 | |
| 18 | Bosch Karnataka | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13,5 | 7 | 0 |
Praggnanandhaa went all out against Mariya because anything less than a win was not enough to fight for the top position of the group. Unfortunately for him it did not pay off.
Mariya Muzychuk - Praggnanandhaa, Round 6
16...Nxe4 does not work here and perhaps Praggnanandhaa knew this but had to take a chance anyway considering the tournament situation. White took 17.fxe4 and Mariya consolidated with ease and won the game.
TCS Chennai team performance
| 4. Tata Consultancy Services Chennai (RtgAvg:2087, Captain: Antony Rajaclimax / TB1: 16 / TB2: 9) | |||||||||||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FideID | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts. | Games | RtgAvg | |
| 2 | GM | Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa | 2608 | 25059530 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5,0 | 6 | 2390 |
| 4 | Rajaclimax Antony | 2059 | 5006392 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 6 | 2028 | |
| 5 | Sudhir Elias | 1724 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,5 | 6 | 1851 | ||
| 6 | Rajkumar Preethi | 1955 | 5027454 | + | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4,5 | 6 | 1918 | |
Tata Consultancy Services Chennai was the only Indian team to finish in top 10 in East E group.
Final Standings of East E group
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 3 | ERG | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19,0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2 | CSOB | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17,5 | 10 | 0 | |
| 3 | 8 | Kaspersky | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17,0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 4 | 7 | Tata Consultancy Services Chennai | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16,0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 5 | 6 | Credit Suisse | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16,0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 6 | 5 | Gordic | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15,5 | 8 | 0 | |
| 7 | 1 | BCG Gamma | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15,5 | 7 | 0 | |
| 8 | 12 | VK.com | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14,5 | 7 | 0 | |
| 9 | 10 | Rosseti | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14,0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 10 | 11 | Kaissa Consulting | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13,5 | 7 | 0 |
Tata Consultancy Services Bangalore remained unbeaten throughout the event and they also finished fourth in East F group. Despite not having a single titled player, they managed to hold their own against Alkaloid - a team comprising of two IMs and two WFMs.
TCS Bangalore team performance
| 4. Tata Consultancy Services Bangalore (RtgAvg:1866, Captain: Shanmugasundaram Ramesh / TB1: 15,5 / TB2: 10) | |||||||||||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FideID | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts. | Games | RtgAvg | |
| 2 | Nallusamy Velmurugan | 1753 | 5065569 | 1 | 0 | 1,0 | 2 | 1835 | |||||
| 3 | Cs Rajesh | 2150 | 5025184 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4,0 | 6 | 1991 | |
| 4 | Pugazhendhi Praveenkumar | 1589 | 35005375 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 2,5 | 5 | 1897 | ||
| 5 | Shanmugasundaram Ramesh | 1970 | 5025230 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4,0 | 5 | 1722 | ||
| 6 | Palaniappan Saraswathi | 1292 | 35053973 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 6 | 1564 | |
Final Standings of East F group
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | Emphie Solutions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19,0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2 | 5 | State Bank of Mongolia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18,5 | 11 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | RFSO Lokomotiv | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16,0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 4 | 12 | Tata Consultancy Services Bangalore | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15,5 | 10 | 0 | |
| 5 | 19 | MMK | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15,5 | 7 | 0 | |
| 6 | 11 | EPAM Ukraine | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15,0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 7 | 4 | Bosch | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15,0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 8 | 13 | Cognizant Karnataka | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15,0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 9 | 6 | Czech National Bank | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14,5 | 8 | 0 | |
| 10 | 7 | European Patent Office The Hague | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14,5 | 6 | 0 |
Nihal Sarin spearheaded the team with an unbeaten 5.5/6 but his team members were unable to provide thus his team had a disappointing finish.
Akshayakalpa Farms and Foods team performance
| 30. Akshayakalpa Farms and Foods (RtgAvg:1480, Captain: Shashi Kumar / TB1: 10 / TB2: 4) | |||||||||||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FideID | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts. | Games | RtgAvg | |
| 1 | GM | Sarin Nihal | 2620 | 25092340 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5,5 | 6 | 1958 |
| 2 | Kumar Shashi | 1300 | 25660683 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2,0 | 6 | 1438 | |
| 3 | Babu Rajesh | 1000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1,5 | 6 | 1567 | ||
| 4 | Kadwekar Shraddha | 987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1,0 | 6 | 1340 | ||
TCS Bangalore and Cognizant Karnataka are the only two Indian teams to finish in the East F top 10 in Stage 1.
Final Standings of East F group
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | Emphie Solutions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19,0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2 | 5 | State Bank of Mongolia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18,5 | 11 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | RFSO Lokomotiv | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16,0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 4 | 12 | Tata Consultancy Services Bangalore | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15,5 | 10 | 0 | |
| 5 | 19 | MMK | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15,5 | 7 | 0 | |
| 6 | 11 | Epam Ukraine | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15,0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 7 | 4 | Bosch | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15,0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 8 | 13 | Cognizant Karnataka | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15,0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 9 | 6 | Czech National Bank | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14,5 | 8 | 0 | |
| 10 | 7 | European Patent Office The Hague | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14,5 | 6 | 0 |
Vaishali scores 100%
Vaishali won all six of her games but unfortunately her teammates could not score as much as needed. Autodesk as a team won only the first match and drew the last four which wasn't enough.
Autodesk team performance
| 8. Autodesk (RtgAvg:1801, Captain: Vinesh Jethva / TB1: 13 / TB2: 6) | |||||||||||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FideID | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts. | Games | RtgAvg | |
| 1 | Blumenthal Max | 1441 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,0 | 6 | 2143 | ||
| 2 | WGM | R Vaishali | 2393 | 5091756 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6,0 | 6 | 1734 |
| 3 | Zafirov Stefan | 2065 | 2604787 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4,0 | 6 | 1608 | |
| 4 | Jethva Vinesh | 1304 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,0 | 6 | 1433 | ||
Final standings of West B group
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | PT Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20,5 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2 | 4 | Deloitte New York | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17,5 | 8 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2 | American Express | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16,0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 4 | 8 | Airbnb California | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15,0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15,0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Sun Distribution | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14,5 | 8 | 0 | |
| 7 | 5 | Amazon US-West | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13,5 | 6 | 0 | |
| 8 | 11 | Autodesk | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13,0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12,5 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Intelix Synergy | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12,5 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 16 | IQVIA | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12,5 | 7 | 0 |
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EDIT: TCS Chennai rank corrected and TCS Bangalore standings added
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