Asian Nations Cup Chess Championship 2016

asian nation cup chess team championship 2016

Question: Who is the captain of Indian men team which has won the Asian Nations Cup Chess championship-2016?
(a) B. Adhiban
(b) S.P. Sethuraman
(c) R.B. Ramesh
(d) Deep Sengupta
Ans (c)
Related facts:

  • Asian Nations Cup Chess championship-2016 was held on 28 March-7 April, 2016 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
  • Indian men team clinched the title with a decisive last round 3:1 victory over Vietnam and scored  17 Points.
  • World and Olympic champion China ranked second with 15 points.
  • Kazakhstan and Iran were ranked third and fourth respectively.
  • The men’s championship is conducted as a 9-round Swiss System among 22 teams.
  • This was the third time that Indian men won the event. Earlier India has won at Esfahan, Iran in 2005 and Kolkata 2009.
  • The Indian team is composed of Grnd Master B. Adhiban on top board, S.P. Sethuraman, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Krishnan Sasikiran and Deep Sengupta and captained by Grand Master R.B. Ramesh.
  • Individual board gold medalists are GM Bu Xiangzhi of China on board 1 by performance rating of 2765, Wang Yue of China on board 2, Vidit of India on board 3.
  • Defending champion China women’s team won the totle in Women’s category with 15 match points.
  • Uzbekistan in second place with 14 match points and Kazakhstan in third place with 13 match points.
  • The Indian women finished with 12 points followed by Vietnam 11.
  • Individual women board gold medalists are Ju Wenjun, Zhao Xue of China on boards 1 and 2, respectively, Irina Gevorgyan of Uzbekistan on board 3, Swaminathan Soumya of India on board 4 and Guo Qi of China on board 5.

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