The Iranian women’s chess team beat host UAE-2 team 4-0 while the Iranian men’s outfit conceded a 3.5-0.5 defeat against the previous Olympiad bronze medalist India in the sixth round of the Asian Nations Cup Chess Team Championship organized by the UAE Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation at the Novotel Abu Dhabi Al Bustan hotel.
Iranian men’s and women’s national teams will face Vietnam and defending champion China on Sunday in the seventh round of the tournament.
The event is being held in the men’s and women’s divisions in three categories of standard, rapid and blitz chess and boasts 28 Grandmasters, 10 International Masters, 19 FIDE Masters and 3 Women FMs.
The 2016 Asian Nations Chess Cup is a team event for Asian chess federations taking place in Abu Dhabi, UAE from March 28 to April 5.
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