The Indian women’s team and seven others qualified into the quarterfinals of the Asian Online Nations Cup Chess Team Championship on Chess.com. Joining India in the exciting knockout phase are, in order of finish, Philippines, Iran, Vietnam, Mongolia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Kyrgyzstan. Visit chess-results.com for results and standings and to download pgn files.
The Quarterfinals will be held 10am Friday (UAE time) 23rd October. Women’s pairings pit India vs. Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka vs. Philippines, Iran vs. Indonesia and Mongolia vs. Vietnam. Each duel consists of 2 matches. The first-named team in a duel has white on the odd-numbered boards and black on the even-numbered boards in the first match and vice versa for the return match.
In the preliminaries, the Indian team pulled away with a massive 16 match points out of a possible 18. In Monday’s three rounds, India crushed Philippines 3:1, then edged Kazakhstan 2.5-1.5 and similarly Vietnam 2.5-1.5. See photos of the Indian team.
The Philippines and Iran tallied 13 match points each. The Philippines lost to India in the 7th round then split the point with Mongolia 2:2 and bowed to Kazakhstan 2.5-1.5. See photos of the Philippine team.
Iran drew with Mongolia 2:2 in the 7th round, lost to Vietnam 2.5-1.5 then bounced back with a 3:1 victory over Jordan in the 9th round. The Iranian team is composed of, in photo from left, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, Mobinal Alinasab (not in photo), Anousha Mahdian, Anahita Zahedifar and Motahare Asadi.
Vietnam has 12 match points in a tie with Mongolia and Indonesia. See photos of Indonesian team.
Vietnam crushed Singapore 3.5-0.5 in the 7th round then edged Iran but lost to India 2.5-1.5 in the 9th round. The Vietnam team is composed of, in photo below from left, IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen, WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung, WGM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung, WIM Nguyen Thanh Thuy Tien (not in photo) and WIM Nguyen Hong Anh.
The Mongolian team is composed of, in photo from left, IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul, WIM Bayarjargal Bayarmaa, WIM Boldbaatar Altantuya, WFM Davaakhuu Munkhzul and Batkhishig Udval.
See photos of the Indonesian team. Rounding out the magic 8 are Sri Lanka and Kyrguzstan with 11 match points each.
The Sri Lanka team is composed of, in photo below from left, Nethmi Fernando, Tharushi Sandeepani, Ashvini Pavalachandran, WCM Niklesha Tharushi and WIM SD Ranasinghe.
The Kyrgyzstan team is composed of WIM Alexandra Samaganova, WFM Begimai Zairbek Kyzy, Diana Omurbekova, Nura Sovetbekova and Aiana Abaeva.
