INDIANS BEAT ARMENIANS AGAIN, WIN MATCH 2-0

Press Trust of India
Dec 2 2008
India

New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) Indian junior team proved their mettle again
and defeated Armenia 3-1 in the third and final match to clinch the
bilateral friendship series 2-0 at the Russian Center for Science
and Arts here today.

Riding high on the success of World Junior Champion Abhijeet Gupta
and GM S Arun Prasad, the Indian team completed an emphatic victory
after the last game was drawn by Deep Sengupta.

Earlier in the day, World under-16 champion B Adhiban had played a
quick draw.

Overall, the Indians won 6 games, lost two and drew the reaming
four. The first match had ended in a 2.5-1.5 victory for the home team
while the second was drawn 2-2 with decisive results on all boards.

Arun Prasad turned out to be the mainstay for team India on the second
board winning two games against Hrant Melkumyan besides the lone draw
that he conceded. Adhiban had a similar score playing white in all
the three games.

Abhijeet Gupta won two and lost one against 2006 World junior champion
Zaven Andriasian while Deep Sengupta and G Rohit lost one game each
besides the draw that Deep obtained against Samvel Ter Sahakyan in
the final round.

Things turned out India’s way early in the day as all of them got
positions they had expected apart from Adhiban who played it safe
with white and drew quickly in a Berlin defense game.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress