India Clinches Gold in Asian Games. China, Qatar Race for Silver

Wednesday, 13 December 2006 00:00

The Indian team of Krishnan Sasikiran, Pentala Harikrishna and Humpy Koneru, in photo with Asian Games Competition Manager Yousif Ahmed Ali, beat Indonesia 2.5-0.5 to clinch the gold medal with one round to spare in the Asian Games Chess Team Championship. India has 21 points, an unreachable 5.5 points ahead of second running China with 15.5 followed by Qatar with 15 points and Kazakhstan with 14.5 points. Exciting last round matches are India-Kazakhstan, China-Bangladesh and Qatar-Iran. Visit the Asian Games website. .

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By Casto Abundo, Chief Arbiter, 15th Asian Games, Doha 2006

The Indian team of Krishnan Sasikiran, Pentala Harikrishna and Humpy Koneru, in photo with Asian Games Competition Manager Yousif Ahmed Ali, beat Indonesia 2.5-0.5 to clinch the gold medal with one round to spare in the Asian Games Chess Team Championship. India has 21 points, an unreachable 5.5 points ahead of second running China with 15.5 followed by Qatar with 15 points and Kazakhstan with 14.5 points. Exciting last round matches are India-Kazakhstan, China-Bangladesh and Qatar-Iran.

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Rank after round 8

Rank	Team	Gam.	+	=	-	Pts.	BH.
1	India	8	8	0	0	21	106
2	China	8	5	1	2	15.5	112
3	Qatar	8	5	0	3	15	111.5
4	Kazakhstan	8	5	1	2	14.5	101.5
5	Uzbekistan	8	4	1	3	13.5	112.5
6	Iran	8	3	3	2	13.5	112
7	Indonesia	8	3	2	3	13.5	107.5
8	Bangladesh	8	4	2	2	13.5	94.5
9	Philippines	8	2	3	3	13	85
10	Mongolia	8	4	0	4	12.5	100
11	Turkmenistan	8	4	0	4	12	105
12	United Arab Emirates	8	3	2	3	11	84.5
13	Jordan	8	3	2	3	11	80.5
14	Bahrain	8	4	1	3	11	70.5
15	Vietnam	8	3	1	4	10.5	118.5
16	Syria	8	3	2	3	10.5	97
17	SriLanka	8	3	1	4	10.5	66.5
18	Japan	8	3	2	3	10	68.5
19	Palestine	8	2	2	4	9.5	67
20	Nepal	8	3	0	5	7.5	68
21	Macau	8	1	0	7	3	74

Round 8 on 2006/12/13 at 1500

8.1	8	Indonesia		.5 - 2.5	1	India
1	GM	Adianto Utut	2589	0 : 1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2675
2	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2492	.5 : .5	GM	Harikrishna Pentala	2674
3	WFM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	2239	0 : 1	GM	Koneru Humpy	2545
8.2	4	Kazakhstan		1.5 - 1.5	2	China
1	GM	Sadvakasov Darmen	2596	1 : 0	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	2671
2	GM	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	2609	.5 : .5	GM	Wang Yue	2644
3	WIM	Aketaeva Dana	2312	0 : 1	WGM	Zhao Xue	2467
8.3	10	Turkmenistan		0 - 3	3	Qatar
1	IM	Annaberdiev Meilis	2457	0 : 1	GM	Al-Modiahki Mohamad	2550
2	IM	Amanov Mesgen	2339	0 : 1	IM	Al Sayed Mohamad N	2486
3	WGM	Geldyeva Mekhri	2273	0 : 1	GM	Zhu Chen	2501
8.4	6	Uzbekistan		1.5 - 1.5	5	Iran
1	GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	2672	1 : 0	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	2581
2	GM	Barsov Alexei	2537	0 : 1	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	2539
3	WIM	Sabirova Olga	2230	.5 : .5	WIM	Pourkashian Atousa	2329
8.5	12	Syria		0 - 3	9	Bangladesh
1	IM	Hakki Imad	2422	0 : 1	IM	Hossain Enamul	2503
2		Bakr Jwan	2335	0 : 1	GM	Reefat Bin-Sattar	2489
3		Mir Mahmoud Afamia	1983	0 : 1		Akter Shamima Liza	2096
8.6	11	Mongolia		2.5 - .5	7	Vietnam
1	FM	Batchuluun Cegmed	2404	.5 : .5	GM	Dao Thien Hai	2557
2		Gundavaa Bayarsaihan	2237	1 : 0	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	2541
3	WGM	Mongontuul Bathuyag	2383	1 : 0	WGM	Nguyen Thi Thanh An	2312
8.7	17	Philippines		3 - 0	20	Palestine
1	IM	Laylo Darwin	2448	1 : 0		Tamra Attallah	2102
2	IM	Dableo Ronald	2425	1 : 0		Shobaita Talal	2183
3		Docena Jedara	0	1 : 0		Jaradat Shadia	0
8.8	14	United Arab Emirates		1.5 - 1.5	16	Japan
1	GM	Talib Moosa	2365	1 : 0		Nanjo Ryosuke	2186
2	IM	Hassan Abdullah	2311	0 : 1		Kojima Shinya	2187
3	WFM	Saleh Noura Mohd	1879	.5 : .5		Nakagawa Emiko	1933
8.9	15	SriLanka		2.5 - .5	18	Nepal
1		Russell M K A	2234	.5 : .5		Shresta Bilam Lal	2104
2		Anuruddha G C	2204	1 : 0		Surbir Lama	2095
3		Methmali Yasoda	1895	1 : 0		Khamboo Mona Lisa	0
8.10	19	Bahrain		3 - 0	21	Macau
1	FM	Ayyad Maher	2137	1 : 0		Abelgas Rodolfo	0
2	FM	Ayyad Husain Abduljalil Saleh	2003	1 : 0		Mak Tong Kuan	0
3		Mutaywea Aysha	0	1 : 0		Chan I Sin	0