Kolkata, Dec 22 :Top seeds India A teams won by the narrowest margin of 2.5-1.5 against their less fancied opponents Bangladesh and Indonesia in both the Men's and women's section on the opening day of the Tata Steel Asian team chess championship here Tuesday.

In men's contest, Parimarjan Negi of India A was the only player from India A to win his game while the rest - including the highest rated player of the meet Grandmaster P. Harikrishna - drew their games. Harikrishna had to share a point with Bangladesh Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman.

In the women's section, Esha Karwade of India A was upset by lower rated Baiq Vina Lestari of Indonesia.

The India B team started their campaign in style by winning all their games. After the 1st round India A , India B, Iran, Vietnam and Indonesia lead the field jointly with 2 points each in the men's section.

In the women's section, India A, Vietnam and Iran share the top spot with 2 points each.

The Iranian Men's and Women's team got off to a flying start by winning all their games at the Town Hall.

According to the new rules of Fide a team gets 2 points for winning and 1 point for a draw.

Results:

Men's section

India A (2) Bangladesh (0)

P. Harikrishna (0.5) drew with Ziaur Rahman (0.5)

Surya Sekhar Ganguly (0.5) drew with Niaz Murshed (0.5)

Parimarjan Negi (1) bt Md Jamal Uddin (0)

Deepan Chakraborty (0.5) drew with Md Abdul Malek (0.5)

Singapore (0) Vietnam (2)

Wu Shaobin (0) lost to Le Quang Liem (1)

Chua Zheng Yuan Terry (0) lost to Nguyem Ngoc Truong Son (1)

Lo Kin Mun Dominic (0) lost to Bui Vinh (1)

Tan Weiliang (0.5) drew with Dao Thien Hai (0.5)

Iran (2) Yemen (0)

Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (1) bt Sonbul Abdullah (0)

Elshan Moradabadi (1) bt Fouad Mofleh (0)

Mahjoob Morteza (1) bt Faraj Yahya (0)

Toufighi Homayoon (1) bt Al-Aqrabi Saleh (0)

Sri Lanka (0) India B(2)

H L M Hapuarachchi (0) lost to B Adhiban (1)

Dulan Edirisinghe (0) lost to S Satyapragyan (1)

R S Kalugampitiya (0) lost to Deep Sengupta (1)

G C Anuruddha (0) was absent against Himanshu Sharma (1)

Indonesia (2) Nepal (0)

Susanto Megaranto (1) Rajkishor Mahato (0)

Tirthnya Chandra Purnama (1) Punya man Karmacharya (0)

Anjas Novita (1) Sajan Pandey (0)

Kaiser Jenius Kakiki (1) Rajendra Prasad Srestha (0)

Women's Section

India 'A'(2) vs Indonesia (0)

Dronavlli Harika (1) bt Sukandar Irine Kharisma (0)

Eesha Karavade (0) lost to Lestari Baiq Vina (1)

Soumya Swaminathan (0.5) drew with Dewi Aa Ci Ra (0.5)

Kruttika Nadig (1) bt Sihite Chelsie Monica (0)

Singapore (1) vs India 'B' (1)

Tay Li Jin Jeslin (0.5) drew with Mary Ann Gomes (0.5)

Liu Yang (0.5) drew with Nisha Mohata (0.5)

Chan Wei Yi Victoria (0.5) Bhakti Kulkarni (0.5)

Neo Xiuwen Christabel (0.5) drew with Nimmy A. G. ()

Vietnam (2) vs Bangladesh (0)

Le Thanh Tu (0) lost to Nazrana Khan (1)

Pham Le Thao Nguyen () Jahanara Haque ()

Nguyen Thi Thanh An (1) bt Sultana Zakia (0)

Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (1) bt Masuda Begum (0)

Sri Lanka (2) vs Iran (0)

S. D. Ranasinghe (0) lost to Atausa Pourkashiyan (1)

Dinushki Premanath (0) lost to Shadi Paridar (1)

Lihini Walallawita (0) lost to Shayesteh Ghader Pour (1)

U. G. S. S. S. Udupitiya (0) lost to Hejazipour Mitra (1) (IANS)