Commonwealth Chess: Abhijeet bags fifth title; Tania retains crown

Tania Sachdev retained the women’s title after an anxious wait.

Abhijeet (R) caught Arjun Erigaisi in a checkmating net in 39 moves to reach 7.5 points, while Tania Sachdev (L) took the women's title on superior tie-break score.

Abhijeet Gupta claimed his fifth title as India swept medals in all 16 sections of the Commonwealth chess championship here on Sunday.

After two other leaders, S. L. Narayanan and Aravindh Chithambaram drew their top board battle in 32 moves, Abhijeet caught Arjun Erigaisi in a checkmating net in 39 moves to reach 7.5 points.

Aravindh topped a three-way tie for the second spot with Swapnil Dhopade and Narayanan at seven points.

Tania Sachdev retained the women’s title after an anxious wait. After being tied at six points with Divya Deshmukh, Tania took the title on superior tie-break score. Bhakti Kulkarni came third.