India Beat Israel in Team Chess Match

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

Hi everyone,

India beat Israel with a score of 29.5-18.5 in the India-Israel 2012 match, a curtain raiser to the upcoming world chess championship 2012 in Moscow. Second highest rated Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran led his team to the victory with 7.5 out of a possible eight on the final day. He only conceded a draw to Vitali Golod. 

 

The Indian team was higher rated on all the boards so the result was expected. The best Israeli player was Ilia Smirin who scored 8 points in all and was especially effective in the last round where he scored 3.5/4. International Master Gil Popliski scored 4.5 points while Vitali Golod ended up with six points in all. Sasikiran was by far the best Indian as well as the best player in the meet scoring 9.5 points out of a possible 12. Chairman of Airports Authority of India Mr. V P Agrawal distributed the prizes in a ceremony organized soon after the matches.

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India Takes Lead in Team Chess Match Against Israel

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

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Grandmaster G N Gopal beat Israel's Tal Baron 4-0 to put India in a 9.5-6.5 lead over the Israel team on Tuesday. Indian team started with a 3-1 triumph in the blindfold category with Sasikiran breaking through Yadael Stapek and Gopal coming good against Tal Baron.


GM Gopal

Abhijeet was held to a draw by Vitaly Golod, while Adhiban was forced to split the point against Gil Popliski on the fourth board. In the rapid round top Israeli Ilya Smirin was back on the top board and drew with Sasikiran while Gupta was in for a shock as he lost to Golod. You can read the full story here.

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