Asian chess: India A bag men's gold, Vietnam win women's title

Kolkata, Dec 28 : India A men's team overwhelmed Sri Lanka to annex the gold in the Tata Steel Asian Team Chess Championship which concluded here Monday.

In the women's section, overnight leaders, Vietnam crushed tail-enders Nepal 4-0 to total 11 points and get the gold.

India A men's side maintained their all-win record to finish with 14 points, well ahead of Vietnam and Iran who collected 11 each.

The Indians - represented by Krishnan Sasikiran, Surya Sekhar Ganguly, Parimarjan Negi and Deepan Chakraborty - had little difficulty in snuffing out a feeble challenge from the islanders.

Vietnam took the silver on the basis of better tie-breaking points while Iran had to be content with the bronze.

Managing 8 points, India B took the fifth spot.

The India A women, who had got a bye in the final round, ended on 10 points to take the silver.

India B women went down to Iran 3-1 to spoil their chances of getting the silver. They ended on nine match points along with Iran and were placed fourth on the tie-break losing the bronze to Iran in this section.

Results:

Men's: Sri Lanka (3) lost to India A (14); Iran (11) beat India B (8); Vietnam (11) beat Nepal (1); Bangladesh (8) beat Singapore (4);Yemen (2) lost to Indonesia (8)

Women's: Nepal (1) lost to Vietnam (13); Iran (9) beat India B (9); Indonesia (4) lost to Singapore (6); Sri Lanka (1) lost to Bangladesh (6)

Final Standings

Men's

Gold Medal : India A (14)

Silver Medal : Vietnam (11)

Bronze Medal : Iran (11)

Women's

Gold Medal : Vietnam (13)

Silver Medal : India A (10)

Bronze Medal : Iran (9)

Individual board prizes

Men's

1st Board : Gold Le Quang Liem (Vietnam)

2nd board : Gold: K Sasikiran (India)

3rd board : Gold: Surya Sekhar Ganguly (India)

4th Board : Gold : Parimarjan Negi (India )

5th board : Gold Nguyen Anh Dung (Vietnam )

Women's

1st board Gold : D Harika (India )

2nd board Gold : Pardar Shadi (Iran )

3rd board Gold: Nguyen Thi Thanh An (Vietnam )

4th Board Gold : Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (Vietnam )

5th Board Gold: Hoang Thi Nhu Y (Vietnam )