Indian men have won the 2016 Asian Nations Cup Chess tournament by defeating Vietnam in the final round by 3-1 score played in Abu Dhabi. In the final round match, Indian Grandmasters S P Sethuraman & K Sasikiran won on the second and Fourth boards while, B Adhiban & Vidit Santosh Gujrathi drew their respective matches on top and Third boards. With this win India gained 17 points, 2 more than World and Olympiad champions China. India drew Mongolia and beat the rest of the teams in a 22 team tournament. It was overall 3rd time, Indian men won the event earlier they had won at Esfahan, Iran in 2005 & Kolkata 2009. In the women’s section, top seed China won the title with 15 points followed by Uzbekistan (14 points) at 2nd Kazakhstan (13 points) at 3rd position respectively. Indian women finished fourth position with 12 points.
India wins the Asian Nations Cup Chess tournament 2016
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