Continuing their excellent form, defending champions Team Bangalore retained the National Cities Chess crown with a round to spare by recording their seventh straight victory at the Naivedhyam Celebrations Centre on Friday.
The experienced men from Bangalore, the runners-up of previous Asian Cities Chess Championship, have now qualified for the Asian meet scheduled to be held at Indonesia in April this year.
In the penultimate round on Friday, Bangalore men defeated Nagpur A with two wins and a draw (2.5-1.5) to continue their unbeaten run, raising their total tally of points to 14 and are three points ahead of top seed Pune A and Hyderabad, both tied with 11 points apiece.
On the top table contest, Bangalore IM Thejkumar, playing with black pieces, got the better of the English opening of Anup Deshmukh in 29 moves.
Explaining the details of the clash, Thejkumar said, "it was an English Opening game. I had two active pieces and his position was a bit passive after he missed a move and lost a piece after that there was nothing left."
However, city's rising star Gurpreet Singh Maras gave a reason to cheer when he outclassed the Queen pawn opening of Arvind Shastry with a Nimzo Indian defence of 63 moves.
Jayant Katdare went down fighting to N Sanjay in 35 moves, while Akash Thakur signed the peace treaty with GA Stany to allow Bangalore men to win the 7th round and collect full 14 match points.
On the second table, Hyderabad registered three victories and drew one game to outplay Eluru City with ease. The top seeded Pune outfit had no problems against Nagpur D on the third board, they had a fluent 4-0 victory to share their second spot with Hyderabad on match points, but are way ahead on the progressive scores.
Results (Round 7): Nagpur A (1.5) lost to Bangalore (2.5); Eluru City (0.5) lost to Hyderabad (3.5); Pune A (4) bt Nagpur D (0); Nagpur B (1) lost to Chandrapur (3); Pune B (2) drew with Nagpur F (2).
Standings: Bangalore (14, 23.5), Pune A (11, 22.5), Hyderabad (11, 21), Chandrapur (9, 17.5), Nagpur A (8, 19).
The experienced men from Bangalore, the runners-up of previous Asian Cities Chess Championship, have now qualified for the Asian meet scheduled to be held at Indonesia in April this year.
In the penultimate round on Friday, Bangalore men defeated Nagpur A with two wins and a draw (2.5-1.5) to continue their unbeaten run, raising their total tally of points to 14 and are three points ahead of top seed Pune A and Hyderabad, both tied with 11 points apiece.
On the top table contest, Bangalore IM Thejkumar, playing with black pieces, got the better of the English opening of Anup Deshmukh in 29 moves.
Explaining the details of the clash, Thejkumar said, "it was an English Opening game. I had two active pieces and his position was a bit passive after he missed a move and lost a piece after that there was nothing left."
However, city's rising star Gurpreet Singh Maras gave a reason to cheer when he outclassed the Queen pawn opening of Arvind Shastry with a Nimzo Indian defence of 63 moves.
Jayant Katdare went down fighting to N Sanjay in 35 moves, while Akash Thakur signed the peace treaty with GA Stany to allow Bangalore men to win the 7th round and collect full 14 match points.
On the second table, Hyderabad registered three victories and drew one game to outplay Eluru City with ease. The top seeded Pune outfit had no problems against Nagpur D on the third board, they had a fluent 4-0 victory to share their second spot with Hyderabad on match points, but are way ahead on the progressive scores.
Results (Round 7): Nagpur A (1.5) lost to Bangalore (2.5); Eluru City (0.5) lost to Hyderabad (3.5); Pune A (4) bt Nagpur D (0); Nagpur B (1) lost to Chandrapur (3); Pune B (2) drew with Nagpur F (2).
Standings: Bangalore (14, 23.5), Pune A (11, 22.5), Hyderabad (11, 21), Chandrapur (9, 17.5), Nagpur A (8, 19).
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