Odisha: Going into Day 4 of the National Teams Chess Championship, being held in KIIT Campus, Bhubneshwar. PSPB continues to show dominance in both Open and Women team categories. With a fine match win over their rivals today, it’s safe to say that other teams are now fighting for the second spot.
On board one, PSPB locked horns with AAI. The former seized the match point with 3½: ½. PSPB is the only team fielding four grandmasters on all boards. Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Adhiban Baskaran, and Karthikeyan, Murali scored victories while G.N. Gopal was held to a draw.
Team pairings
| Round 8 on 2018/02/13 at 10:00 | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board | Odisha-KIIT | : | ||
| 2 | Railway Sports Promotion Board – A | Life Insurance Corporation | : | ||
| 3 | Railway Sports Promotion Board – B | Air India | : | ||
| 4 | Bengal Chess-B | Airport Authority of India | : | ||
| 5 | Bengal Chess-A | Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited | : | ||
| 6 | Tamilnadu | Defence Accounts Sports Control Board | : | ||
| 7 | Uttar Pradesh | Bihar | : | ||
| 8 | Odisha-MCF-2 | Odisha-A | : | ||
| 9 | Odisha-MCF-1 | Assam | : | ||
| 10 | Maharashtra-A | Gujarat | : | ||
| 11 | Andhra Pradesh | Services Sports Control Board | : | ||
| 12 | Odisha-B | Odisha-MCF-3 | : | ||
| 13 | Reserve Bank of India | Karnataka | : | ||
| 14 | Punjab | Odisha-MCF-4 | : | ||
| 15 | Telangana | Odisha-KCA | : | ||
| 16 | UP-Kaushambi Academy | Maharashtra-B | : | ||
| 17 | Himachal Pradesh-A | Haryana | : | ||
| 18 | Himachal Pradesh | spielfrei | 2 | : | |
Team Women
Team LIC delivered a tough fight to PSPB. In-form WGM Swati Ghate (LIC) defeated former World Junior Champion Soumya Swaminathan. WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty drew against WGM Mary Ann Gomes. But the 3rd and 4th boards of Team LIC faltered to their higher rated counterparts. S.Jayaseeli and WFM Bindu Saritha K. lost to IM Padmini Rout and IM Mohota Nisha respectively. PSPB took home the match point with 2½:1½
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Team pairings
| Round 6 on 2018/02/13 at 10:00 | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | Petroleum Sports Promotion Board | Odisha-KIIT | : | ||
| 2 | Air India | Airport Authority of India | : | ||
| 3 | Tamilnadu | Life Insurance Corporation | : | ||
| 4 | Himachal Pradesh-A | Uttar Pradesh | : | ||
| 5 | Himachal Pradesh | Telangana | : | ||
| 6 | Punjab | Karnataka | : | ||
| 7 | Odisha-MCF-5 | spielfrei | |||
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