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.
| 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 |
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