India B plays spoil sports for India A in women section

" We came out of grave " says Captain Nisha Mohota.
Kolkata, 25th December, 2009

The India B team surprised India A in the women’s section in the 4th round of the Tata Steel Team Chess Championship at town Hall in Kolkata on Friday. The premier Asian team event is being organized by Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy and All Sport Management. In the men’s section, India A continued to win and beat Vietnam 2.5-1.5 to lead the fray with 8 match points to their credit. They are closely followed by Iran on 7 points. Iran led by GM Eshan Ghaem Maghami beat Indonesia 3-1 to set up a 5th round clash with India A.

On the top board, GM P Harikrishna was surprised by GM Le Quang Liem, who had won the Kolkata open earlier this year.The Indian captain GM K Sasikiran against Nguyen Ngoe Troung Son, while Surya Sekhar Ganguly won a quick game against GM Dao Thien Hai with the black pieces in a Grunfeld defence.GM Parimarjan Negi drew his game against GM Nguyen Anh Dung

In the women’s section, Vietnam beat the Iran 2.5 -1.5 narrowly to lead this section with 7 points. India B spoilt India A’s chanhat ces by beating their 1st team 2.5 –1.5 in the most exciting match of the day.17-year-old class 12 student Bhakti Kulkarni played the game of her life to beat WGM Kruttika Nadig and help her team come back in the championship. “ We came back from the grave, when everybody had given us up” said captain Nisha Mohota after the game.” I had great faith in Bhakti and told her that she had to win her game today” she added. On the top board Mary Ann Gomes drew with D Harika, Nisha drew with Eesha Karwade while Padmini Rout held Tania Sachdev.

(courtesy of http://www.asianteamchess09.com/news.asp, Asian Chess Team 2009, Kolkata)