India Beats Iran, China Blanks Vietnam to Climb Back to Second

Tuesday, 12 December 2006 00:00

As India beat Iran 2.5-0.5 to move closer to the gold medal, a resurgent China team blanked Vietnam 3:0 to climb to solo second with 14 points in the race for silver at the homestretch of the Asian Games Chess Team Championship in Doha, Qatar. Within striking distance are Kazakhstan and Indonesia with 13 points each after beating Qatar and Jordan, respectively. In the running for bronze are 12 pointers Iran, Qatar, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Visit the Asian Games website. .

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

As India beat Iran 2.5-0.5 to move closer to the gold medal, a resurgent China team blanked Vietnam 3:0 to climb to solo second with 14 points in the race for silver at the homestretch of the Asian Games Chess Team Championship in Doha, Qatar. Within striking distance are Kazakhstan and Indonesia with 13 points each after beating Qatar and Jordan, respectively. Visit the Asian Games website.

Iran`s Ehsan Ghaem Maghami stopped the winning streak of Indian captain Krishnan Sasikiran with a draw in 37 moves. But Pentala Harikrishna and Humpy Koneru beat Elshan Moradiabadi and Atousa Pourkashian, respectively, for India`s victory.

The drubbing at the hands of India pushed Iran down to a share of 5th place with 12 points.

Dao Thein Hai sacrified a piece against china`s Bu Xiangzhi in order to get an attack going but the Chinese ace survived and won the endgame with his extra piece. Wang Yue made easy work of GM Nguyen Anh Dung in only 23 moves and Nguyen Thu Thanh An missed a mate in two combination starting with a Queen scrifice by Zhao Xue of China.

A 9-round Swiss System tournament among 21 teams seems like a round robin among the top teams. India plays Indonesia while China and Kazakhstan face off in the penultimate 8th round.

Kazakhstan smashed Qatar 2.5-0.5. Asian Games Rapid Chess gold medalist Murtas Kazhgaleyev caught IM Mohamad Al Sayed in an opening trap to win in just 19 moves. Darmen Sadvakasov beat Mohamed Al Mohdiaki in 33 moves but wife and former women`s world champion Zhu Chen drew with Dana Aketaeva to prevent a shutout.

China, Indonesia and Kazakhstan are battling it out for silver. In the running for bronze are 12 pointers Iran, Qatar, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The resugent Chinese team, from left, Bu Xiangzhi, Wang Yue and Zhao Xue.

The Philippine contingent, from left: Team Captain Wilfredo Abalos, IM Darwin Laylo, Jedara Docena, Ronald Dableo and coach Oliver Dimakiling.

Rank after round 7

Rank	SNo.	Team	Team	+	=	-	Pts.	BH.	MP
1	1	India	IND	7	0	0	18.5	82	14
2	2	China	CHN	5	0	2	14	88	10
3	8	Indonesia	INA	3	2	2	13	75	8
4	4	Kazakhstan	KAZ	5	0	2	13	74	10
5	3	Qatar	QAT	4	0	3	12	90	8
6	5	Iran	IRI	3	2	2	12	86	8
	6	Uzbekistan	UZB	4	0	3	12	86	8
8	10	Turkmenistan	TKM	4	0	3	12	78.5	8
9	12	Syria	SYR	3	2	2	10.5	74	8
10	9	Bangladesh	BAN	3	2	2	10.5	73	8
11	7	Vietnam	VIE	3	1	3	10	92.5	7
12	11	Mongolia	MGL	3	0	4	10	78	6
13	17	Philippines	PHI	1	3	3	10	66.5	5
14	13	Jordan	JOR	2	2	3	9.5	68.5	6
15	14	United Arab Emirates	UAE	3	1	3	9.5	61.5	7
16	20	Palestine	PLE	2	2	3	9.5	46.5	6
17	16	Japan	JPN	3	1	3	8.5	52.5	7
18	19	Bahrain	BRN	3	1	3	8	59	7
19	15	SriLanka	SRI	2	1	4	8	51.5	5
20	18	Nepal	NEP	3	0	4	7	54	6
21	21	Macau	MAC	1	0	6	3	53	2

Round 7 on 2006/12/12

7.1	5	Iran		.5 - 2.5	1	India
1	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	2581	.5 : .5	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2675
2	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	2539	0 : 1	GM	Harikrishna Pentala	2674
3	WIM	Pourkashian Atousa	2329	0 : 1	GM	Koneru Humpy	2545
7.2	3	Qatar		.5 - 2.5	4	Kazakhstan
1	GM	Al-Modiahki Mohamad	2550	0 : 1	GM	Sadvakasov Darmen	2596
2	IM	Al Sayed Mohamad N	2486	0 : 1	GM	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	2609
3	GM	Zhu Chen	2501	.5 : .5	WIM	Aketaeva Dana	2312
7.3	7	Vietnam		0 - 3	2	China
1	GM	Dao Thien Hai	2557	0 : 1	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	2671
2	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	2541	0 : 1	GM	Wang Yue	2644
3	WGM	Nguyen Thi Thanh An	2312	0 : 1	WGM	Zhao Xue	2467
7.4	13	Jordan		0 - 3	8	Indonesia
1		Samhouri Ahmed	2322	0 : 1	GM	Adianto Utut	2589
2	FM	Rimawi Bahjat T	2308	0 : 1	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2492
3	WIM	Jamalia Natalia	1988	0 : 1	WFM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	2239
7.5	6	Uzbekistan		2.5 - .5	11	Mongolia
1	GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	2672	1 : 0	FM	Batchuluun Cegmed	2404
2	GM	Barsov Alexei	2537	.5 : .5		Gundavaa Bayarsaihan	2237
3	WIM	Sabirova Olga	2230	1 : 0	WGM	Mongontuul Bathuyag	2383
7.6	9	Bangladesh		1.5 - 1.5	17	Philippines
1	IM	Hossain Enamul	2503	.5 : .5	IM	Laylo Darwin	2448
2	GM	Reefat Bin-Sattar	2489	0 : 1	IM	Dableo Ronald	2425
3		Akter Shamima Liza	2096	1 : 0		Docena Jedara	0
7.7	10	Turkmenistan		3 - 0	19	Bahrain
1	IM	Annaberdiev Meilis	2457	1 : 0	FM	Ayyad Maher	2137
2	IM	Amanov Mesgen	2339	1 : 0	FM	Ayyad Husain Abduljalil Saleh	2003
3	WGM	Geldyeva Mekhri	2273	1 : 0		Mutaywea Aysha	0
7.8	16	Japan		1.5 - 1.5	20	Palestine
1		Nanjo Ryosuke	2186	1 : 0		Tamra Attallah	2102
2		Kojima Shinya	2187	.5 : .5		Shobaita Talal	2183
3		Nakagawa Emiko	1933	0 : 1		Jaradat Shadia	0
7.9	18	Nepal		.5 - 2.5	12	Syria
1		Shresta Bilam Lal	2104	0 : 1	IM	Hakki Imad	2422
2		Surbir Lama	2095	.5 : .5		Bakr Jwan	2335
3		Khamboo Mona Lisa	0	0 : 1		Mir Mahmoud Afamia	1983
7.10	21	Macau		.5 - 2.5	15	SriLanka
1		Abelgas Rodolfo	0	.5 : .5		Russell M K A	2234
2		Mak Tong Kuan	0	0 : 1		Anuruddha G C	2204
3		Chan I Sin	0	0 : 1		Methmali Yasoda	1895