Surgut Team Leads Asian Cities Chess Team Championship
The third round is completed in Khanty-Mansiysk.
The games of the third round of the Asian Cities Chess Team Championship have been played at the Ugra Chess Academy.
In the most important match of the round, or even the entire tournament, the Surgut team defeated the Tehran men's team with a score of 3:1. At the first table, Ilia Iljiushenok held a draw against Bardiya Daneshvar as Black. On the second table, Ivan Bocharov won a double-edged battle against Movahed Sina.
We give the floor to the winner: “Without computer analysis, it is still difficult to say what happened. However, judging by the opponent’s and my emotions, it was clear that many interesting things had taken place. Both sides had advantage in different moments, and perhaps subjectively we perceived it as stronger than it really was. I gained an edge when I managed to develop pieces, seize the center, while Black's forces were slow in development. I realized that my young opponent was overly reliant on specific variations, while it was necessary to understand that the position was too dangerous and not worth going there.”
On the third board, Aleksei Pridorozhni defeated Masoud Mosadeghpour, and the game Kabanov – Atakhan ended in a draw.
The match between Tula and the Tehran women's team ended in a draw. On the first board, Daniil Manelyuk defeated Tannaz Azali with the black pieces, and on the third, Melika Mohammadi was stronger than Dmitrij Rodin. It should be noted that this is already a third victory the Iranian player has scored in this tournament.
FIDE Master Daniil Manelyuk briefly commented on his game: “In fact, it was quite difficult: I didn’t play very well in the opening. The opponent sacrificed a pawn for the initiative and continued to play well. I think there were a couple of moments when she could have played stronger. But in the end, I succeeded in outsmarting her and getting out of the situation.”
Moscow beat the Malaysian team from Penang with a score of 3:1. The points were scored by Stanislav Khudyakov and Marat Gilfanov for whom it is a third win at the Asian Cities Championship.
The match Colombo – Muscat ended in a victory for the players from Sri Lanka with a score of 3:1. The Kathmandu – Al-Mahra match did not reveal the strongest - 2:2.
The tournament host’s youth team beat the representatives of Sukhbaatar with a score of 3:1. Bogdan Perchinsky, Dinis Sattarov, and Aleksandr Machankin shone in the match.
The Al Quds team had a bye.
Based on the results of three rounds, Surgut is in the lead with 6 match points. The Tula team is 1 point behind. The men's team of Tehran (9 individual points), the women's team of Tehran (8 individual points), Moscow (7.5 individual points), Colombo (7.5 individual points) and Baghdad (5.5 individual points) scored 4 points each.
Round 4 pairings:
Surgut – Tula
Colombo – Tehran (men)
Baghdad – Moscow
Khanty-Mansiysk – Tehran (women)
Kathmandu – Pavlodar
Penang – Al-Mahra
Muscat – Al Quds
Sukhbaatar – bye.
Photos: UgraMegaSport
