Battle Royale of Top Seeds China, India

 

20 May 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the latest news of the Asian Nations Cup from Casto Abundo in China.

Highlights GM Wang Hao CHN 2738 Wang Hao-Sasikiran after 35.Rg1 1:0 GM Pentala Harikrishna CHN 2693 Harikrishna-Wang Yue after 45.Rc8 1:0 GM Ding Liren CHN 2679 Ding-Negi after 44.Be5 1:0 GM Abhijeet Gupta IND 2644 Gupta-Yu after 73.Kf5 1:0 WGM Irene Sukandar INA 2288 Asian Woman Champion Sukandar-Pourkashiyan after 90.Nd7 1:0 Downbload PGN file Download games in pgn file for Men andWomen. Replay Live Games Follow top board games live for Men andWomen. Results and Standings Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and final standings Video of the Round Watch the video with interviews of players.

Battle Royale of Top Seeds China, India is a Draw The top two seeds China 1 and India played to a 2:2 draw to set the pace after 3 rounds of the Asian Nations Cup in Zaozhuang, China. Tied for the lead are Iran and China 2 men. In the Women’s, China 1 beat China 2 by 3:1 to grab solo lead of the round robin tournament. In an all-GM battle, Wang Hao beat Krishnan Sasikiran and Ding Liren beat Parimarjan Negi to score for China. But Hari Krishna Pentala beat GM Wang Yue and Abhijeet Gupta beat Yu Yangyi to even the score for India. Vietnam led by GM Le Quang Liem (right) vs. China 2 led by GM Zhou Weiqi China 2 edged Vietnam 2½-1½. Games were drawn on boards 1 to 3 but GM Wen Yang scored the winning point against IM Nguyen Van Huy. Mongolia led by IM Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan (right) vs. Iran led by GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami Iran also narrowly beat Mongolia 2½-1½. The winning point was scored by IM Puria Darini over FM Munkhgal Gombosuren. Singapore shocked Indonesia 3:1 on wins by IM Kevin Goh and IM Chan Peng Kong. Kazakhstan crushed Yemen 3½:½, Iraq blanked Chinese Taipei 4:0 while Korea shut out Hong Kong 4:0 China Women-2 led by WGM Tan Zhongyi (right) vs. China Women-1 led by GM Zhao Xue Kazakhstan led by WGM Flyura Khasanova (right) vs. young China Women's 3 led by WFM Zhai Mo. Mongolian Women led by Batchimeg Tuvshintugs (right) vs. Singapore led by WIM Khegay Anjela In other matches in the women’s section, the young China Women-3 team surprised Kazakhstan 3:1. India kept pace by beating Vietnam 3:1. Mongolia also beat Singapore 3:1 and Indonesia and Iran drew 2:2. Reigning Asian Woman Champion Irene Sukandar of Indonesia beat former Woman Champion Atousa Pourkashiyan of Iran. Four teams are tied for the lead in the Men’s. China 1 and 2, India and Iran have 5 Match Points each. Singapore and Iran follow with 4 points each. Vietnam and Mongolia have 3 points each. Indonesia, Korea, Yemen and Iraq have 2 points each. Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei are still scoreless . In the Women’s, China 1 leads alone with 6 Match Points. Iran is in second slot with 5 points. India and China 3 follow with 4 points each. Mongolia has 3 points. Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Indonesia and China 2 are tied with 2 points each. Singapore women are still scoreless.

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(Editor: Casto Abundo  Photos by Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh)