China Men, Women Pull Away in Homestretch

25 May 2012, Kuala Lumpur – The round 7 report on the Asian Nations Cup Chess Championship 2012 is hot from the press, written by Casto Abundo in China.

Round 7 Download PGN file Download games in pgn file for Men and Women. Watch Live Games Follow top board games live forMen and Women. Photo Album See many photos in Asian Chess Federation site. Video Reports Watch videos of rounds: Rd1,Rd2, Rd3, Rd 4, Blitz Results & Standings Round by round results inchess-results.com. Thre Highlights GM Wang Yue CHN 2690 Wang-Megaranto after 50.Kh4xg5 1:0 GM Li Chao CHN 2703 Hamdani-Li after 52...f4 0:1 GM Ding LIren CHN 2679 Ding-Muhammad after 58.a3 1:0 GM Nguyen Truong Son VIE 2656 Nguyen TS-Hari Krishna after 41.Rh4-h8 1:0 GM Parimarjan Negi IND 2640 Negi-Nguyen V H after 39.Qb8-c7 1:0

China Men, Women Pull Away in Homestretch China-1 blanked Indonesia 4:0 to pull away as pacesetting India was held to another 2:2 draw, this time by Vietnam. Chinese GMs Wang Yue, Li Chao, Ding Liren and Yu Yangyi scored the shutout. In the crucial India-Vietnam match, GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son of Vietnam beat GM Hari Krishna on board 2 but GM Parimarjan Negi evened the score for India on board 3 with a win over IM Nguyen Van Huy. The other two boards were drawn between GM Krishnan Sasikiran (above, right) and GM Le Quang Liem, and between GM Abhijeet Gupta and GM Dao Thein Hao on board 4. China-2 (left) was held to a 2:2 draw by Kazakhstan. Chinese GM Zhou Jianchao beat GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev but GM Anuar Ismagambetov struck back against GM Wen Yang as the other two boards were drawn. In other matches, Singapore outplayed Korea 3:1, Mongolia whitewashed Yemen 3½:½, Iraq outclassed Hong Kong 3:1 while Iran blanked Chinese Taipei 4:0. China-1 is a shoo-in for the title as they face the lower half in the remaining rounds. Match points after 7 rounds 13 - China 11 - India 9 - Kazakhstan, China-2 8 - Vietnam, Singapore, Mongollia 7 - Iran, Iraq 6 - Indonesia 5 - Korea, Yeman 2- Hong Kong 0 - Chinese Taipei In the women’s division, China-1 (left) beat Vietnam 3:1 on wins by Zhao Xue, Ju Wenjun and Huang Qian. Vietnam’s Mai Hung beat Shen Yang on board 3 to prevent a shutout. India (left) outclassed Singapore 3½:½ on wins by Tania Sachdev, Mary Ann Gomes and Padmini Rout. On board 1, WIM Anjela Khegay of Singapore held IM Eesha Karavade to a draw to prevent a shutout. Kazakhstan (left) edged Mongolia 2½:1½.on wins by WIM Gulmira Dauletova and WIM Madina Davletbayeva. In other matches, China-2 blanked Indonesia 4:0. China-3 was held to a 2:2 draw by Iran. Kazakhstan edged Mongolia 2½:1½. Match points after Rd 7: 14 - China 12 - India 10  China-2 9 - China-3 6 - Iran 5 - Indonesia, Kazakhstan 4 - Vietnam 3 - Mongolia 2 - Singapore Officials and Arbiters

Editor: Casto Abundo  Photos by Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh