Prakash Champion, Indian Bank takes the team title

Indian Tournaments 2002

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10th IBA Banks' Sports Board All India Inter-Bank,
Andheri Sports Complex, Bombay
February 25 to March 02, 2002

Prakash Champion, Indian Bank takes the team title

Grandmaster Elect G B Prakash of Indian Bank took the individual title with a better tie break in the 10th All India Inter Bank Chess tournament at Andheri Sports Complex, Bombay here today. In the seventh and final round Prakash took a quick draw against IM Ravi Hegde of Union Bank of India, logging 6.0 points. Topseed Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay joined Prakash, with a hard fought victory over IM Sudhakar Babu of Indian Bank. But a better progressive score gave Prakash the individual title. Earlier, in a crucial title battle Prakash had scored a 40 move victory over Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay. The fifth round game rose from Caro Kann and grew into an absorbing contest, before Prakash's resilience and time got the better of Thipsay.

In the team standings, it was Indian Bank again as they edged out hosts Union Bank of India in the final round claiming the team title. It was the last three boards that did the trick for Indian Bank, as Saimeera, Shantharam and Hariharan won their games taking their team's final tally to 21.0 points. Despite the wins of Thipsay and Tilak, Union Bank of India could manage only 21.0 points and took the second spot with a low tie break score. The final round defeat in the hands of Pravin Thipsay, saw IM Sudhakar Babu of Indian Bank finishing outside the prize list. The tournament was conducted by International Arbiter Pulekar and his team.

Final Placings

1-2 G B Prakash (Indian Bank), Pravin Thipsay (UBI)
3-5 Ravi Hegde and Sharad Tilak (both UBI), Moti Ram (SBP)
6-15 Arun Pandit, Anil Raje (both BOM), V G Sthalekar (RBI), N Neelakantan (CBI),
R S Tiwari (Nabard), S K Sinha (PNB), K Gopalakrishnan, V Hariharan, Saimeera Ravi & K V Shantharam (all Indian Bank)

Final Round Results

Ravi Hegde (UBI) 5.5 drew G B Prakash (IB) 6.0
Pravin Thipsay (UBI) 6.0 beat N Sudhakar Babu (IB) 4.5
Sharad Tilak (UBI) 5.5 beat D A Andurkar (RBI) 4.5
Arun Pandit (BOM) 5.0 drew V G Sthalekar (RBI) 5.0
N Neelakantan (CBI) 5.0 drew K Gopalakrishnan (IB) 5.0
Moti Ram (SBP) 5.5 beat V N Ghate (RBI) 4.5
Sameer Vyas (CBI) 4.0 lost to V Hariharan (IB) 5.0
K V Shantharam (IB) 5.0 beat A K Raizada (UBI) 4.0
R R Vasudevan (CB) 4.0 lost to S K Sinha (PNB) 5.0
Shyam Shetye (UBI) 4.0 lost to Saimeera Ravi (IB) 5.0