India finishes 6th; Iran Wins the Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Development Group Cup

The Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Development Group Cup has been conquered by the Iranian team with a round to go in the Shanghai cooperation organization international team chess tournament – 2019 being played in the Sheraton Hotel, Qingdao.

Iran has won all their 8 matches played to take their tally to 16 points, 4 points ahead of the nearest rival Belarus and Russia. The second seed Iran with an average rating of 2450 surprised all by winning all their matches en route to conquer the Jiaozhou Bay Development Group Cup.

Indians after faltering to Uzbekistan in 6th round had played well to hold China ‘A’ to a draw through a win by GM Venkatesh over GM Xu Yinglun and Bhakti Kulkarni’s yet another creditable draw against highly rated GM Wen Yang in the 7th round.

By the end of the 8th round, Indians have assured themselves in the prize list at 6th place with 7 points by defeating Pakistan 2.5 to .5.

The top seed Belarus with an average rating of 2519 edged out Russia on the Tiebreak to finish second, both teams had 14 match points each.

Indian team having seeding no 3 in the event performed below par and managed only the last prize, 6th. Individual performance is mentioned below:

6. India (RtgAvg:2373, TB1: 7 / TB2: 12,5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Games	RtgAvg
1	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2414	IND	5005779	0	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	0	4,0	9	2351
2	IM	Krishna C R G	2379	IND	5018625	½	1	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	3,0	9	2183
3	WGM	Kulkarni Bhakti	2325	IND	5019516	½	1	½	0	1	1	½	1	0	5,5	9	1959

Player info

Venkatesh M.R. GM 2414 IND Rp:2308
Rd.	SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Res.	Bo.
1	9	IM	Xu Zhihang	2389	CHN	4,5	w 0	1
2	13	CM	Orozbaev Eldiar	1909	KGZ	3,5	s ½	1
3	1	GM	Kovalev Vladislav	2590	BLR	6,0	w ½	1
4	16	GM	Idani Pouya	2460	IRI	6,5	s ½	1
5	25	FM	Karimov Alisher	2145	TJK	1,5	w 1	1
6	27	IM	Nigmatov Ortik	2246	UZB	5,0	w 0	1
7	6	GM	Xu Yinglun	2478	CHN	5,0	s 1	1
8	19	IM	Lodhi Mahmood	2335	PAK	2,0	w ½	1
9	21	GM	Zvjaginsev Vadim	2603	RUS	7,0	s 0	1
Krishna C R G IM 2379 IND Rp:2058
Rd.	SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Res.	Bo.
1	8	IM	Ma Zhonghan	2371	CHN	4,5	s ½	2
2	14		Zairbek Kyzy Begimai	1708	KGZ	0,5	w 1	2
3	2	GM	Zhigalko Sergei	2699	BLR	7,5	s 0	2
4	17	GM	Darini Pouria	2560	IRI	7,5	w 0	2
5	24		Kabilov Amin	2130	TJK	4,0	s ½	2
6	28	WGM	Kurbonboeva Sarvinoz	2129	UZB	3,5	s 0	2
7	5	GM	Bai Jinshi	2469	CHN	7,0	w 0	2
8	20		Omer Khan	0	PAK	2,0	s 1	2
9	22	GM	Kobalia Mikhail	2578	RUS	5,5	w 0	2
Kulkarni Bhakti WGM 2325 IND Rp:2039
Rd.	SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Res.	Bo.
1	7		Mu Ke	0	CHN	6,0	w ½	3
2	15		Akmatbekov Chubak	0	KGZ	2,0	s 1	3
3	3	IM	Zarubitski Viachaslau	2268	BLR	5,5	w ½	3
4	18	IM	Gholami Aryan	2329	IRI	8,5	s 0	3
5	26	WFM	Antonova Nadezhda	1940	TJK	2,0	w 1	3
6	29	WIM	Baymuratova Sevara	2130	UZB	1,0	w 1	3
7	4	GM	Wen Yang	2588	CHN	7,0	s ½	3
8	30		Waqar Ahmad Madni	2023	PAK	1,0	w 1	3
9	23	FM	Murzin Volodar	2351	RUS	6,5	s 0	3