The Chinese city of Shi Jiazhuang won all their matches to win the Asian Cities Team Championship for the Dubai Cup held from 21st to 29th April, 2011, in Jakarta, Indonesia.The team of GM Yu Yangyi, GM Li Chao, Wan Yunguo, GM Wang Rui and GM Zhang Pengxiang, scored a perfect 18 match points on the basis of 2-1-0 points per match.
The Bangalore Team (with a rating avarage of 2374), from another Asian Super Power India, consisting of IM M.S Tejkumar (2458), G.A Stany (2407), N Sanjay (2335) Arvind Shastry (2297) & Sriram Sarja (2219), which was captained by the seasoned Hanumantha finished 8th with a low profile performance despite being seeded 6th at the beginning of the championship!
The system of play is four board Swiss (all-play-all alternatively if circumstances make it possible) with each team having the right to field up to six players. Each Asian country has the right to send one city team to the championship. In some cases, the organizers may admit one additional city from a federation. The winning city in the Asian Cities Chess Championship is awarded custody of the challenge Dubai Cup.
Asian Chess Federation president Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifah Al Nahyan awarded the Dubai Cup to the Chinese city of Shi Jiazhuang with the check for $10,000, in the presence of the Senator GM Utut Adianto, Chairman of the Jakarta Asian Cities Organizing Committee.
Final Ranking : Top 10 (Out of a total of 24 teams)!
Rk.--- Team ----------- Win --- Draw--- Loss--- MP--- GP--- TB
1. Shi Jiazhuang ----- 9 -------- 0 ------ 0 --- 18 --- 27.5 --192
2. Astana --------------- 7 -------- 1 ------- 1 ---- 15 -- 25.5 --159.75
3. Tehran --------------- 6 ------- 1 ------- 2 ----- 13 -- 24 -- 132.5
4. Tagaytay ------------- 5 -------- 1 ------- 3 ---- 11 -- 26 -- 96.5
5. Palembang ---------- 5 --------- 1 -------- 3 ---- 11 -- 22.5 -- 105.25
6. Jakarta --------------- 5 --------- 1 ------- 3 ---- 11 -- 22.5 -- 97.75
7. Mashhad ------------ 5 --------- 1 ------ 3 ------ 11 -- 15.5 -- 98.75
8. Bangalore ---------- 5 ---------- 0 ------ 4 ------ 10 -- 23 --- 71
9. Abu Dhabi --------- 5 ---------- 0 ------ 4 ------- 10 -- 19 --- 56
10.Sydney ----------- 4 ---------- 2 ------ 3 -------- 10 -- 18.5 -- 79
Annotation
Tie Break1: Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses)
Tie Break2: Points (game-points)
Tie Break3: Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break (with real points)
MP: Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses)
GP: points (game-points)
A TEAM INDIA GAME FROM THE LAST ROUND!
White : FM Bilam Lal Shrestha (2129) Team Kathmandu
Black : IM M.S Thejkumar (2458) Team Bangalore
THE 17th ASIAN CITIES CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
Jakarta ; ROUND 9 ; Board 1
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.g3 h5 7.Bg2 h4 8.Be3 Be6 9.Ne2 Bd5 10.Bxd5 Qxd5 11.Rg1 hxg3 12.hxg3 e6 13.Nf4 Rh1 14.Rxh1 Qxh1+ 15.Kd2 Qh7 16.Qh5 Qxh5 17.Nxh5 Nd7 18.Rh1 Bd6 19.Bf4 Ke7 20.Bxd6+ Kxd6 21.Nf4 f5 22.c4 b6 23. Rh7 Bf8 24.b4 c5 25.dxc5+ bxc5 26.b5 Nf6 27.Rg7 Ke5 28.Kc2 Ne4 29.f3 Nd6 30.Kc3 Rh8 31.a4 Kf6 32.Nxe6 Kxe6 0–1
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