Iran, Australia, India and Kazakhstan Through to Men’s Semifinals

And then there were four. Iran, Australia, India and Kazakhstan conquered their respective opponents in Friday’s Quarterfinal matches of the $20,000 Asian Online Nations Cup Open Chess Team Championship in Chess.com.

Iran eliminated Singapore 4:0 in the first match and played to a 2:2 draw in the second. Kazakhstan blanked the Philippines 4:0 and followed up with 3:1 score in the second match. Australia crushed Indonesia 3:1 in the first round then clinched the slot with a 3.5-0.5 thrashing in the second round. India edged Mongolia 2.5-1.5 in both rounds to qualify for the Semifinals.

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The stage is set for exciting Semifinal matches between India and Kazakhstan and between Iran and Australia. There shall be two matches in each duel. The first named has white on boards 1 and 3 and black on board 2 and 4 in the first match and reverse colors for the return match.

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Replay games from Quarterfinal Matches

Round 1 on 2020/10/23 at 10:00
Bo.             Iran             Singapore 4:0 CHESS.COM LINKS
1/1 Idani, Pouya (w) Goh, Wei Ming Kevin (b) 1-0 https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622823630
1/2 Maghsoodloo, Parham (b) Tin, Jingyao (w) 1-0 https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622823718
1/3 Tabatabaei, M.Amin (w) Hsu, Li Yang (b) 1-0 https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622823752
1/4 Gholami, Aryan (b) Liu, Xiangyi (w) 1-0 https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622823820
Bo.             Kazakhstan             Philippines 4:0
2/1 Jumabayev, Rinat (w) Paragua, Mark (b) 1-0 https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622823926
2/2 Khusnutdinov, Rustam (b) Barcenilla, Rogelio (w) 1-0 https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622823976
2/3 Ismagambetov, Anuar (w) Bersamina, Paulo (b) 1-0 https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824031
2/4 Makhnev, Denis (b) Pascua, Haridas (w) 1-0 https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824086
Bo.             Mongolia             India 1.5:2.5
3/1 Amartuvshin, Ganzorig (w) Nihal, Sarin (b) 1-0 https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824198
3/2 Bilguun, Sumiya (b) Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (w) .5-.5 https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824254
3/3 Batchuluun, Tsegmed (w) Sethuraman, S.P. (b) 0-1 https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824301
3/4 Gan-Erdene, Sugar (b) Sasikiran, Krishnan (w) 0-1 https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824357
Bo.             Indonesia             Australia 1:3
4/1 Taher, Yoseph Theolifus (w) Smirnov, Anton (b) 0-1 https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824467
4/2 Megaranto, Susanto (b) Kuybokarov, Temur (w) .5-.5 https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824519
4/3 Priasmoro, Novendra (w) Illingworth, Max (b) 0-1 https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824571
4/4 Setyaki, Azarya Jodi (b) Ly, Moulthun (w) .5-.5 https://www.chess.com/live#g=5622824646
Round 2 on 2020/10/23 at 11:10
Bo.
            Singapore
            Iran
2:2 CHESS.COM LINKS
1/1 Goh, Wei Ming Kevin (w) Idani, Pouya (b) 0-1 https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005323
1/2 Villamayor, Buenaventura (b) Maghsoodloo, Parham (w) .5-.5 https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005413
1/3 Tin, Jingyao (w) Tabatabaei, M.Amin (b) .5-.5 https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005453
1/4 Hsu, Li Yang (b) Gholami, Aryan (w) 1-0 https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005509
Bo.
            Philippines
            Kazakhstan
1:3
2/1 Paragua, Mark (w) Jumabayev, Rinat (b) 0-1 https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005630
2/2 Barcenilla, Rogelio (b) Khusnutdinov, Rustam (w) .5-.5 https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005688
2/3 Bersamina, Paulo (w) Ismagambetov, Anuar (b) 0-1 https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005747
2/4 Gomez, John Paul (b) Makhnev, Denis (w) .5-.5 https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005817
Bo.
            India
            Mongolia
2.5:1.5
3/1 Adhiban, B. (w) Amartuvshin, Ganzorig (b) 1-0 https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005923
3/2 Nihal, Sarin (b) Bilguun, Sumiya (w) 1-0 https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623005984
3/3 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (w) Batchuluun, Tsegmed (b) 0-1 https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623006027
3/4 Sasikiran, Krishnan (b) Gan-Erdene, Sugar (w) .5-.5 https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623006091
Bo.
            Australia
            Indonesia
3.5-.5
4/1 Smirnov, Anton (w) Taher, Yoseph Theolifus (b) 1-0 https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623006227
4/2 Kuybokarov, Temur (b) Megaranto, Susanto (w) 1-0 https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623006282
4/3 Illingworth, Max (w) Priasmoro, Novendra (b) .5-.5 https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623006346
4/4 Ly, Moulthun (b) Setyaki, Azarya Jodi (w) 1-0 https://www.chess.com/live/game/5623006396