The fifth round of the Asian Cities Team Championship has been completed at the Ugra Chess Academy.
And this match day didn’t bring any sensation: the Surgut team defeated the women’s team of Tehran (Iran) with a score of 3:1. Ilia Iljiushenok and Ivan Bocharov won their games, Mohammadi – Pridorozhni and Kabanov – Asgharzadeh played to a draw.
The Tehran men’s team left no chance to team Moscow, winning with a score of 3.5:0.5. Vasilii Titarov made a draw with Abtin Atakhan.
The match between Tula and Baghdad ended in a draw: the win of the Iraqi master Hussein Ali Hussein Al-Ali was offset by the victory of the Russian Dmitrij Rodin.
Athletes from Colombo (Sri Lanka) beat Pavlodar (Kazakhstan) with a minimal score. Chess players from Penang (Malaysia) defeated Al Quds (Palestine) with a score of 3:1.
Malaysian team member Looi Xin Hao briefly commented on his game: “It turned out to be a fine game. We played the accepted Queen’s Gambit Accepted. I think I misplayed somewhere, trading queens. I probably should have kept them. But in any case, tactically, the opponent did not find a strike in the middlegame, after which I regained control of the position and managed to convert into a better ending.”
The youth team of Khanty-Mansiysk literally crushed Charikot (Nepal), winning the match with a score of 3.5:0.5. Bogdan Perchinsky, Dinis Sattarov and Aleksandr Machankin brought points to their team.
The leader of the Ugra team, Bogdan Perchinsky, says: “In my opinion, the fight was quite easy for me. My opponent chose a rare scheme and made a mistake in the opening. Not only did I get an advantage in development, but I also won material. Then my advantage only increased, and in the end, I managed to bring the game to a victory.”
The Sukhbaatar team (Mongolia) won with a clean score against Al Mahra (Yemen).
The Surgut team is in the lead with 10 match points, having won all the matches. The Tehran men’s team is 2 points behind.
Round 6 pairings:
Surgut – Penang
Tula – Tehran (men)
Moscow – Tehran (women)
Baghdad – Colombo
Pavlodar – Khanty-Mansiysk
Sukhbaatar – Al Quds
Charikot – Muscat
Al Mahra – bye