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Chess
By Rakesh Rao
Swati Ghate (left), who defeated World Cup winner Xu Yuhua of China, notes down her move in the fifth round of the Asian team chess championship at Jodhpur on Friday. — Photo: R.V. Moorthy
Swati lived up to her reputation of being an unpredictable performer by pulling off a surprising 55-move over World Cup winner Xu Yuhua on the second board for India `B.' But her teammates S. Meenakshi and Bhagyashree Thipsay, playing with white pieces, could not brighten up things further and China maintained itself on the top with 11 points after five rounds. In the men's section, too, China extended its occupation of the top table with a 3-1 drubbing of Kazakhstan and reached 14 points. Ye Jiangchaun, the Chinese spearhead, regained his winning touch against Darmen Sadvakosov, to led his team's emphatic victory. India `C', the surprise winner of the fifth round after its 3-1 triumph over India `B', moved to the second spot with 12.5 points. Vietnam, which held India `A' 2-2 after Dao Thien Hai stunned K. Sasikiran, is next with 12 points. India `C' was the surprise winner of the fifth round after its 3-1 triumph over India `B'. The Vietnamese women prevailed over Kazakhstan 2-1 to remain a point behind China. If Vietnam finds itself half-a-point ahead of India `A', it should thank India `C'. India `A', held by Vietnam in the morning after S. Vijayalakshmi committed two positional blunders to lose to Hoang Thanh Trang, found the going equally tough against India `C'. Playing without Vijaylakshmi, India `A' scored through Aarthie Ramaswamy on the second board against Saheli Dhar-Barua before Saimeera Ravi overpowered D. Harika in the battle of `reserves' to draw level. Meanwhile, Nisha Mohota was lucky to escape with a draw against Eesha Karavade on the top board. The results: Men (fifth round): China (14) bt Kazakhstan (10.5) 3-1 (Ye Jiangchuan bt Petr Sadvakasov; Zhang Zhong drew with Pavel Kostur; Xu Jun bt P. Kostenko; Zhang Pengxiang drew with Nurlan Ibraev). India `A' (11.5) drew with Vietnam (12) 2-2 (K. Sasikiran lost to Dao Thien Hai; Surya Sekhar Ganguly drew with Nguyen Anh Dung; P. Hari Krishna drew with Tu Hoang Thong; Abhijit Kunte bt to Quoc Khanh). India `C' (12.5) bt India `B' (10) 3-1 (Neelotpal Das drew with Koneru Humpy; Sriram Jha drew with Pravin Thipsay; Lanka Ravi bt Sandipan Chanda; Dinesh Sharma bt Tejas Bakre). Uzbekistan (10.5) bt Iran (9) 2.5-1.5 (Rustam Kasimdzhanov drew with Ehsan Ghaem Maghami; Saydali Yuldashev drew with Mahjoob Mortaza; Shukhrat Safin drew with Ghane Shojaat; Marat Dzhumaev bt Darban Mortaza). Turkmenistan (11.5) bt Sri Lanka (6.5) 4-0 (Amanmurat Kakageldiev bt G. L. Wijesuriya; Meylis Annaberdiev bt C.K.D. Fonseka; Artyk Overov bt G.C. Anuruddha; Hadjar Odeev bt D.R.N.K.B. Dehigama). Kyrgyzstan (9.5) bt Macau (4) (Milan Turpanov bt Soloman Celis; Talaybek Imanaliev bt Chang Hon Kun; Algis Shukuraliev bt Mak Keng Kei; Andrey Umarbekov drew with Radolfo Abelgas). Malaysia (8.5) — bye. Men (fourth round): China bt Vietnam 2.5-1.5 (Ye Jiangchuan drew with Dao Thien Hai; Zhang Zhong bt Nguyen Ahn Dung; Xu Jun lost to To Quoc Khanh; Zhang Pengxiang bt Bao Quang). India `A' bt India `C' 2.5-1.5 (K. Sasikiran bt Neelotpal Das; Surya Sekhar Ganguly drew with Sriram Jha; Dibyendu Barua lost to Lanka Ravi; Abhijit Kunte bt Roktim Bandyopadhyay). India `B' drew with Kazakhstan 2-2 (Koneru Humpy drew with Darmen Sadvakasov; Pravin Thipsay drew with Pavel Kotsur; Sandipan Chanda bt Petr Kostenko; R. B. Ramesh lost to Bhaktiyan Askarov). Iran bt Turkmenistan 2.5-1.5 (Ehsan Ghaem Maghami lost to Meylis Kakageldiev; Mahjoob Morteza bt Meylis Annabezdiev; Ghanee bt Oveizov; Darban Morteza drew with Hadjar Odeev). Uzbekistan bt Malaysia 3-1 (Saydali Yudalchev bt Wong Zi Jing; Shukhrat Safin bt Marcus Chan; Marat Dzhumaev lost to Nicholas Chan; Tair Vakhidov bt Ismail Ahmed). Sri Lanka beat Macau 3.5-0.5 (G. L. Wijesuriya bt Soloman Celis; C. K. D. Fonseka bt Chan Hon Kun; G. C. Anuruddha drew with Mak Keng Kei; D. R. N. K. B. Dehigama bt Radolgo Abelgas). Krygyzstan — bye. Women (fifth round): China (11) bt India `B' (9) 2-1 (Zhu Chen bt S. Meenakshi; Xu Yuhua lost to Swati Ghate; Bhagyashree Thipsay lost to Wong Yu). Vietnam (10) bt Kazakhstan (10) 2-1 (Nguyen Thi Thanhan drew with Maria Sergeeva; Le Kiev Thien Kim bt Alfiya Turebayeva; Vo Hong Phuong drew with Assya Son). India `A' (7.5) drew with India `C' (7.5) 1.5-1.5 (Nisha Mohota drew with Eesha Karavade; Aarthie Ramaswamy bt Saheli Dhar-Barua; D. Harika lost to Saimeera Ravi). Iran (8) bt Malaysia (5.5) 2.5-0.5 (Atousa Pourkashian bt Siti Zulaika; Shadi Paridar drew with Roslina Marmono; Mona Sahmanmahini bt Lim Han Ying). Bangladesh (6.5) bt Kyrgyzstan (5) 2.5-0.5 (Rani Hamid drew with Irina Ostry; Zakia Sultana bt Aleksandra Samaganova; Afroza Khanam bt Janyl Tilenbaeva). Turkmenistan (6) bt Sri Lanka (3.5) 2-1 (Maisa Ovezova drew with Vineetha Wijesuriya; Bahar Hallaeva drew with Ayodhya Liyanagadar; Aykamar Myalikgulyeva bt Thilini Koswaththa). Women (fourth round): India `A' drew with Vietnam 1.5-1.5 (S. Vijayalakshmi lost to Hoang Thanh Trang; Nisha Mohota drew with Nguyen Thi Thanhan; D. Harika bt Le Kiev Thien Kim). China bt India `C' 3-0 (Zhu Chen bt Eesha Karavade; Xu Yuhua bt Anupama Gokhale; Wang Yu bt Saimeera Ravi). India `B' bt Iran 2.5-0.5 (S. Meenakshi drew with Atousa Pourkashian; Swati Ghate bt Shadi Paridar; Tania Sachdev bt Nina Hemmatizadeh). Kazakhstan bt Kyrgyzstan 2.5-0.5 (M. Sergeeva bt Irina Ostry; Alfiya Turebaeva bt Aleksandra Samaganova; Aigul Imanbaeva drew with Janyl Tilenbaeva). Turkmenistan bt Malaysia 1.5-1.5 (Maisa Ovezova lost to Siti Zulaika; Bahar Hallaeva drew with Roslina Marmono; Ay Myalikgulyeva bt Ruslan Haslindah). Bangladesh bt Sri Lanka 2-1 (Rani Hamid lost to Ayodhya Liyanagedara; Zakia Sultana bt Thushari Mahawaththa; Afroza Khanam bt Thilini Koswaththa).
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