India ‘A’ team crush SL to win Asian team chess

The India A team convincingly won the men's title in the Asian team chess championship with a 4-0 win over Sri Lanka, in the seventh and final round, reports HT Correspondent.

The India A team convincingly won the men's title in the Asian team chess championship with a 4-0 win over Sri Lanka, in the seventh and final round on Monday. Vietnam beat Iran to the silver medal on better tie-break score. India finished with 14 points, while Vietnam and Iran logged 11 each.

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In the women's section, overnight leaders, Vietnam crushed tail-enders Nepal 4-0 to total 11 points and get the gold. India, who had got a bye in the final round, ended on 10 points to take the silver. Vietnam won the bronze in the women's section.

Results

Men: Sri Lanka (3) lost to India A (14); Iran(11) beat India B (8); Vietnam (11) beat Nepal (1); Bangladesh (8) beat Singapore (4); Yemen (2) lost to Indonesia (8).

Women: Nepal (1) lost to Vietnam (13); Iran (9) beat India B (9); Indonesia (4) lost to Singapore (6); Sri Lanka (1) lost to Bangladesh (6).

Final Standings

Men's

Gold Medal : India A (14)
Silver Medal : Vietnam (11)
Bronze Medal : Iran (11)

Women's

Gold Medal : Vietnam (13)
Silver Medal : India A (10)
Bronze Medal : Iran (9)
Individual prizes

Men's

1st Board: Gold: Quang Liem (Vietnam); 2nd board: Gold: K Sasikiran (India); 3rd board: Gold: SS Ganguly (India); 4th Board: Gold: Parimarjan Negi (India ); 5th board: Gold: Anh Dung (Vietnam )

Women's

1st board: Gold: D Harika (India ); 2nd board: Gold: Pardar Shadi (Iran); 3rd board: Gold: Thanh An (Vietnam); 4th Board: Gold: Mai Hung (Vietnam); 5th Board: Gold: Nhu Y (Vietnam).