Men
With match points being used there were no surprises, Indian A beating Bangladesh 2.5-1.5 courtesy of Negi Parimarjan’s win (see photo below), Vietnam just allowing Singapore half a point in a 3.5-0.5 win, and Iran, Indian B, and Indonesia blanking Yemen, Sri Lanka, and Nepal respectively 4-0.
So India has “dropped off” the lead on games points. But Bangladesh was always going to offer a fight, and with ten teams and seven rounds it is just the start of a long war!
All information with lots of pictures are available here: http://kolkata2009.blogspot.com
[Event “Tata Steel Asian Team Chess Championship 2009”]
[Site “Kolkata”]
[Date “2009.12.22”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Dronavalli, Harika”]
[Black “Irine Kharisma, Sukandar”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteELO “2467”]
[WhiteTitle “IM”]
[BlackELO “2304”]
[BlackTitle “WGM”]
[Source “MonRoi”]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.d4 O-O 8.Nbd2 Qe7 9.b3 b6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Bb7 13.Bb2 Nf6 14.Qc2 h6 15.Rfe1 Rfd8 16.Rad1 Rac8 17.Qb1 Qc7 18.Qc1 Be7 19.Qe3 Kf8 20.Bh3 Re8 21.Ne5 Rcd8 22.c5 Nd5 23.Qe4 Nf6 24.Qc2 bxc5 25.Nxf7 Kxf7 26.Bxe6 Kf8 27.Qg6 Bd6 28.dxc5 Bxc5 29.Rxd8 Bxf2 30.Kxf2 Rxd8 31.Bxf6 Qb6 32.Kg2 Rd2 33.Kh3 Rxh2 34.Kxh2 Qf2 35.Kh3 1-0
Nice game by Harika.