India, Qatar Share Lead in Asian Games Team Championship

Thursday, 07 December 2006 00:00

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India and host Qatar share the lead with 5.5 points after two rounds of the Asian Games Chess Team Championship in Doha. India blanked Turkmenistan 3:0 while Qatar beat Indonesia 2.5-.5 to lead the 21-team field. Close behind with 5 points each are Vietnam and Uzbekistan.

The Indian team of GM`s Krishnan Sasikiran, Pentala Harikirshna and Koneru Humpy outclassed the Turkmenistan trio of IMs Meilis Annaberdiev and Mesgen Amanov and WGM Mekhri Geldyeva, respectively. Added to their first round 2.5:0.5 victory over Mongolia, the shutout brought India`s total to 5.5 points.

The Qatar team beat Indonesia with wins by the husband and wife team of GM Mohammed Al Mohdiaki and former Women`s World Champion Zhu Chen over GM Utut Adianto and WFM Irine Sukandar, respectively. The other game between Qatari IM Mohamad Al Sayed and GM Susanto Megaranto was drawn. Qatar had earlier blanked Jordan 3:0 in the first round, bringing their total to 5.5 points.

It is a close race among the top third of the field. Vietnam beat Kazakhstan 2.5:0.5 while Uzbekistan upset China 2:1 to trail close behind with 5 points each. In the third round, Qatar goes up against India while Vietnam faces Kazakhstan in the crucial matches. Visit the Asian Games website.

A bird`s eye view of the playing hall.

Results of Round 2 on 2006/12/07

2.1	6	Uzbekistan		2 - 1	2	China
1	GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	2672	.5 : .5	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	2671
2	GM	Barsov Alexei	2541	.5 : .5	GM	Wang Yue	2644
3	WIM	Sabirova Olga	2230	1 : 0	WGM	Zhao Xue	2467
2.2	3	Qatar		2.5 - .5	8	Indonesia
1	GM	Al-Modiahki Mohamad	2550	1 : 0	GM	Adianto Utut	2589
2	IM	Al Sayed Mohamad N	2486	.5 : .5	GM	Megaranto Susanto	2492
3	GM	Zhu Chen	2501	1 : 0	WFM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	2239
2.3	1	India		3 - 0	10	Turkmenistan
1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2675	1 : 0	IM	Annaberdiev Meilis	2457
2	GM	Harikrishna Pentala	2674	1 : 0	IM	Amanov Mesgen	2339
3	GM	Koneru Humpy	2545	1 : 0	WGM	Geldyeva Mekhri	2273
2.4	7	Vietnam		2.5 - .5	4	Kazakhstan
1	GM	Dao Thien Hai	2557	1 : 0	GM	Sadvakasov Darmen	2596
2	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	2541	1 : 0	GM	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	2609
3	WGM	Nguyen Thi Thanh An	2312	.5 : .5	WIM	Aketaeva Dana	2312
2.5	5	Iran		1.5 - 1.5	9	Bangladesh
1	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	2581	.5 : .5	IM	Hossain Enamul	2503
2	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	2539	1 : 0	GM	Reefat Bin-Sattar	2489
3	WIM	Pourkashian Atousa	2329	0 : 1		Akter Samima	2096
2.6	21	Macau		0 - 3	11	Mongolia
1		Abelgas Rodolfo	0	0 : 1	FM	Batchuluun Cegmed	2404
2		Mak Tong Kuan	0	0 : 1		Gundavaa Bayarsaihan	2237
3		Chan I Sin	0	0 : 1	WGM	Mongontuul Bathuyag	2383
2.7	14	United Arab Emirates		1.5 - 1.5	17	Philippines
1	GM	Talib Moosa	2365	1 : 0	IM	Laylo Darwin	2448
2	IM	Hassan Abdullah	2311	.5 : .5	IM	Dableo Ronald	2425
3	WFM	Saleh Noura Mohd	1879	0 : 1		Docena Jedara	0
2.8	19	Bahrain		2 - 1	15	Sri Lanka
1	FM	Ayyad Maher	2137	1 : 0		Russell M K A	2234
2	FM	Ayyad Husain Abduljalil Saleh	2003	1 : 0		Anuruddha G C	2204
3		Mutaywea Aysha	0	0 : 1		Methmali Yasoda	1895
2.9	12	Syria		3 - 0	16	Japan
1	IM	Hakki Imad	2447	1 : 0		Nanjo Ryosuke	2186
2		Bakr Jwan	2335	1 : 0		Kojima Shinya	2187
3		Mir Mahmoud Afamia	1983	1 : 0		Nakagwa Emiko	1933
2.10	18	Nepal		0 - 3	13	Jordan
1		Shrest Bilam Lal	2104	0 : 1		Samhouri Ahmed	2322
2		Surbir Lama	2095	0 : 1	FM	Rimawi Bahjat T	2308
3		Khamboo Mona Lisa	0	0 : 1	WIM	Jamalia Natalia	1988

Standings after round 2

Rank	Team	Gam.	+	=	-	Pts.
1	India	2	2	0	0	5.5
	Qatar	2	2	0	0	5.5
3	Vietnam	2	2	0	0	5
4	Uzbekistan	2	2	0	0	5
5	China	2	1	0	1	4
6	Bangladesh	2	1	1	0	4
7	Iran	2	1	1	0	4
8	Mongolia	2	1	0	1	3.5
9	Indonesia	2	1	0	1	3.5
10	Kazakhstan	2	1	0	1	3
	Turkmenistan	2	1	0	1	3
12	Jordan	2	1	0	1	3
13	Syria	2	1	0	1	3
14	Bahrain	2	1	0	1	2.5
15	Philippines	2	0	1	1	2
16	United Arab Emirates	2	0	1	1	2
17	Sri Lanka	2	0	0	2	1.5
18	Macau	2	1	0	1	1.5
19	Palestine	2	1	0	1	1.5
20	Japan	2	0	0	2	0
21	Nepal	2	0	0	2	0

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