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INDIA A and VIETNAM Captures Men and Womens Asian Team Championship Titles
India A men’s team annexed the gold in the Tata Steel Asian Chess Championship which concluded at the Town Hall on Monday.
In the final round India A overwhelmed Sri Lanka 4-0 to take their match score to 14 points well ahead of Vietnam and Iran who finished on 11 match points.India A were the only team to win all their matches. Vietnam took the silver on the basis of better tie-breaking points while Iran had to be content with the bronze.
In the women’s section, overnight leaders, Vietnam crushed tail-enders Nepal 4-0 to total 11 points and get the gold. The India A women, who had got a bye in the final round ended on 10 points to take the silver in this section. India B women,went down to Iran 3-1 to spoil their chances of getting the silver. They ended on 9 match points along with Iran and were placed 4th on tie break losing the bronze to Iran in this section.
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