China-1 Grabs Solo Lead, Asian Nations

24 May 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the latest round-up report from Casto Abundo in China on the Asian Nations Team Cup 2012.

Round 6   Highlights GM Zhou Jianchao CHN 2609 Zhou-Sasikiran after 32.Kg1-g2 1:0 GM Abhijeet Gupta IND 2644 Gupta-Lou position after 53.Qc6-a4 1:0 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2626 Yu-Mahjoob position after 48.Nh4-f5+ 1:0 GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev KAZ 2595 Kazhgaleyev-Al-Ali after 39.c6 1:0 GM Susanto Megaranto INA 2517 Megaranto-Gundavaa after 25.Nc5-e6! The game continued 25... Qa3 26. Rf1 g6 27. Qg4 f5 28. Qe2 Rc8 29. Nf4 Bf6 30. Nxc6 Kg7 31. Ne6+ Kh8 32. Ned8 Bxd8 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Nxd8 Qxb4 35. Qf7+ Kh6 36. Ne6 1-0 Download PGN file Download games in pgn file for Men and Women. Watch Live Games Follow top board games live for Men and Women. Photo Album See many photos in Asian Chess Federation site. Results & Standings Round by round results in chess-results.com. Video Reports Watch videos of rounds: Rd1, Rd2, Rd3, Rd 4.

China-1 Grabs Solo Lead as China-2 Holds India to Draw China-1 beat Iran 3:1 to grab solo lead with help from China-2 which held pacesetting India to a 2:2 draw. Li Chao and Yu Yangyi scored for China-1, beating IM Seyedjavad and GM Mahjoob, respectively. GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami and IM Darini Puria salvaged two draws for Iran. GM Zhou Jianchao of China-2 (right) beat GM Sasikiran (left) but GM Abhijeet Gupta evened the score for India against IM Lou Yiping. The other two boards were drawn. Kazakhstan (above, left) beat Iraq 3:1 on wins by GMs Murtas Kazhgaleyev and Rustam Khusnutdinov. Vietnam blanked Chinese Taipei 4:0, Singapore did the same to Hong Kong. Mongolia and Indonesia drew 2:2. Korea and Yemen also drew 2:2. The standings after 6 rounds (Match points): 11 - China-1 10 - India 8 - Kazakhstan, China-2 7 - Vietnam 6 - Singapore, Mongolia, Indonesia 5 - Iran, Korea, Iraq and Yemen 2 - Hong Kong 0 - Chinese Taipei In the Women’s, China-1 (above, right) blanked Singapore 4:0 on wins by WGMs Ju Wenjun, Shen Yang, Huang Qian and Ding Yixin. India could only narrowly beat Iran 2½-1½. GM Harika Dronavalli beat WGM Atousa and three other boards were drawn. China-2 nearly whitewashed Mongolia 3½-½ on wins by WGM Zhang Xiaowen, Wang Jue and WGM Guo Qi. IM Batkhuyag saved Mongolia from a shutout by holding WGM Tan Zhongyi to a draw. China-3 and Indonesia drew 2:2. Kazakhstan and Vietnam also drew 2:2. China-2 nearly whitewashed Mongolia 3½-½ on wins by WGM Zhang Xiaowen, Wang Jue and WGM Guo Qi. IM Batkhuyag saved Mongolia from a shutout by holding WGM Tan Zhongyi to a draw. China-3 and Indonesia drew 2:2. Kazakhstan and Vietnam also drew 2:2.       Match points after Rd 6: 12 - China 10 - India 8 - China-2, China-3 5 - Indonesia, Iran 4 - Vietnam 3 - Mongolia, Kazakhstan 2 - Singapore China-3 (right) vs. Indonesia

(Editor: Casto Abundo  Photos by Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh)