Kolkata win Cities chess

For Kolkata, S S Ganguly and Atanu Lahiri scored a full point each. They will now take part in the World Cities Chess Championship to be held in China.

NCA team produced some excellent games to outwit Chennai 3-1. Saurabh Kherdekar, who faced IM Saravanan, was the sole NCA player to have drawn his game. S S Soman beat IM R B Ramesh, IM Anup Deshmukh defeated IM P Konguvel and Dilip Pagay outwitted FM T S Ravi.

In other key games, Mumbai thrashed Vijaywada 4-0, but their overall tally of 12 points couls take them to the fourth place.

Prize winning teams: 1. Kolkata, 15 points Rs 17,000. 2. NCA, 13 points Rs 11,000. 3. Chennai, 12.5, points Rs 8,300.

Board prize winners: 1. S S Ganguly Kolkata, 4.5/5 2. Pankaj Joshi Mumbai, 4/4 3. T S Ravi Chennai, 4.5/5, 4. Atanu Lahiri Kolkata, 4.5/5 5. Prasad Deshmukh Mumbai, 2.5/3.