IIFL Wealth 03+04: More grandmasters!
The story of the third and the fourth round was obviously Shardul becoming a grandmaster, but what Shardul has done unknowingly is make a some two hundred more kids dream of becoming like him. They say go big or go home. He has inspired them to take the bull by the horns and go for it. ChessBase India brings you a GIANT pictorial report with videos and important games.
IIFL Wealth 03+04: More grandmasters!
The story of the third and the fourth round was obviously Shardul becoming a grandmaster, but what Shardul has done unknowingly is make a some two hundred more kids dream of becoming like him. They say go big or go home.
He has inspired them to take the bull by the horns and go for it.
The Best Game of the Day prize #2 was won by Mumbai's Raahil Mullick for his exquisite kingside attack in the second round
[Event "IIFL Wealth 1st Mumbai International Che"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2016.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mullick, Raahil"]
[Black "Arya, Ranjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1584"]
[BlackElo "1211"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2016.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mullick, Raahil"]
[Black "Arya, Ranjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1584"]
[BlackElo "1211"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Re1 Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Qc8 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nf1 Nd8 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Ng3 Ne6 14. Nf5 g6 15.
Nh6+ Kg7 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Qd8 18. Qd2 Kg8 19. Qh6 Bf6 20. g3 Bg7 21. Qh3
Qf6 22. Kg2 Rae8 23. g5 Qe7 24. Rh1 h5 25. gxh6 Bf6 26. h7+ Kh8 27. Be3 Bg5 28.
Nxg5 Nxg5 29. Qg4 Nxh7 30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qh3+ Kg8 32. Rh1 f6 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34.
Rh7+ Ke6 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Qg7+ Kd8 37. Bh6 Rg8 38. Qxf6+ Kc8 39. Bg7 Kd7 40.
Qxg6 Re7 41. Qf5+ Kc6 42. Bf6 Rf7 43. Qe6 Rgf8 44. Bxe5 Rxf2+ 45. Kh3 R2f7 46.
Bf4 Rh8+ 47. Kg2 Rfh7 48. e5 Rh2+ 49. Kf3 Rd8 50. Qc4+ Kd7 51. e6+ Ke8 52. Qxc7
Rh8 53. Qf7# 1-0
O-O 9. Nbd2 Qc8 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nf1 Nd8 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Ng3 Ne6 14. Nf5 g6 15.
Nh6+ Kg7 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Qd8 18. Qd2 Kg8 19. Qh6 Bf6 20. g3 Bg7 21. Qh3
Qf6 22. Kg2 Rae8 23. g5 Qe7 24. Rh1 h5 25. gxh6 Bf6 26. h7+ Kh8 27. Be3 Bg5 28.
Nxg5 Nxg5 29. Qg4 Nxh7 30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qh3+ Kg8 32. Rh1 f6 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34.
Rh7+ Ke6 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Qg7+ Kd8 37. Bh6 Rg8 38. Qxf6+ Kc8 39. Bg7 Kd7 40.
Qxg6 Re7 41. Qf5+ Kc6 42. Bf6 Rf7 43. Qe6 Rgf8 44. Bxe5 Rxf2+ 45. Kh3 R2f7 46.
Bf4 Rh8+ 47. Kg2 Rfh7 48. e5 Rh2+ 49. Kf3 Rd8 50. Qc4+ Kd7 51. e6+ Ke8 52. Qxc7
Rh8 53. Qf7# 1-0
Nevertheless, in the third round game, he was no match for...
...Raunak Sadhwani (2104), who also won his fourth round game to move to 4.0/4
Abhinessh S. (1713)
Vrandesh Parekh's (1605) face says it all, losing to...
...Bangladeshi talent Mohammad Fahad Rahman (2278)
Mohammad is a talent to watch out for and he was on a month-long India tour which he is ending with the IIFL Wealth Mumbai Junior tournament 2016
Sankalp Gupta (2068) was the casualty of the third round as he lost to...
...unheralded B. Sriram (1596), who won the Best Game of the day prize for Round 03!
Many kids were unclear about the rules...
and the arbiters had their hands full solving their doubts.
Aryan Polakhare (1661)
Sankarsha Shelke (2032)
For my country!
Aditya Mittal (1960)
Dhairya Ghelani (1615)
Adarsh Tripathi (1518)
The games in full flow
Eleven-year-old Mrudul Dehankar (1731) is another talent to keep your eyes on
Here, she poses with her proud father
Vihaan Kumar Sheth of Kenya (!)
Vihaan has come all the way from Kenya to play in this amazing tournament; nevertheless, things weren't so rosy before he arrived here -- Vihaan lacked a FIDE ID. One cannot play in any international tournament without this ID.
Getting this FIDE identification number is a matter of few minutes. But a new problem arose: the website of the Kenyan Federation was hacked! So no work was possible on an urgent notice.
However, the Kenyan Federation officials were very supportive and someone worked overnight to get a FIDE ID for this boy so he could catch his flight in time!
The game seems to have captured her attention
Lollipop during the game is an ideal way to take in sugar...
...and there were many who took this idea seriously!
The queen is larger than her little hands!
Some positions make your expressions go crazy
Some kids resorted to bulletproof attire in their bid to win the game...
...while some thought hard to get their moves right.
...and more pressure!
View the complete pairing for Round 05 here.
Complete results of Round 04.
Watch the games LIVE by clicking the above link.
IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Open 2016
National U-13 champion Bhavik Bharambe (2064) registered a win over IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni (2297) in the third round...
...in the fourth round, he couldn't survive the might of GM Gagare.
[Event "IIFL Wealth 1st Mumbai-Open"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Bharambe, Bhavik C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Bharambe, Bhavik C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bf4 a4 10. bxa4 d6 11. Qb3 Ba5 12. Na3 Nbd7 13. Nb5 Re8 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15.
Bh3 h6 16. Ne1 Bxe1 17. Rxe1 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 Bc6 20. Red1 Qb7 21. Rd3
Nf8 22. c5 bxc5 23. Bxc5 Ng6 24. Rc1 Be4 25. Rd2 Bd5 26. Qd1 Bc6 27. Rb2 Red8
28. Qb3 Rd5 29. Qa3 Rdd8 30. Qb3 Bd5 31. Qa3 c6 32. Nc3 Qa6 33. Bf5 Rdb8 34.
Rcb1 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Qc4 36. Rb4 Qa6 37. Rb6 Qc4 38. Qb4 Rxa4 39. Rb8+ Kh7 40.
Qb2 Ra6 41. Be3 Ra5 42. Bb6 Rb5 43. Nxb5 cxb5 44. a3 Ne4 45. f3 Ng5 46. Qc2 e4
47. Qxc4 Bxc4 48. h4 1-0
O-O 9. Bf4 a4 10. bxa4 d6 11. Qb3 Ba5 12. Na3 Nbd7 13. Nb5 Re8 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15.
Bh3 h6 16. Ne1 Bxe1 17. Rxe1 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 Bc6 20. Red1 Qb7 21. Rd3
Nf8 22. c5 bxc5 23. Bxc5 Ng6 24. Rc1 Be4 25. Rd2 Bd5 26. Qd1 Bc6 27. Rb2 Red8
28. Qb3 Rd5 29. Qa3 Rdd8 30. Qb3 Bd5 31. Qa3 c6 32. Nc3 Qa6 33. Bf5 Rdb8 34.
Rcb1 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Qc4 36. Rb4 Qa6 37. Rb6 Qc4 38. Qb4 Rxa4 39. Rb8+ Kh7 40.
Qb2 Ra6 41. Be3 Ra5 42. Bb6 Rb5 43. Nxb5 cxb5 44. a3 Ne4 45. f3 Ng5 46. Qc2 e4
47. Qxc4 Bxc4 48. h4 1-0
IM Himanshu Sharma (2385) did not manage to get past....
...GM Swapnil Dhopade (2488)
[Event "IIFL Wealth 1st Mumbai-Open"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Black "Swapnil, S Dhopade"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Black "Swapnil, S Dhopade"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. d4 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nd2
Nc6 9. Ndf3 Ne4 10. O-O Nd6 11. Bf4 f6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Rfe1 Re8
15. Re2 a5 16. Rae1 e6 17. h3 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Nd2 Bf8 20. c4 Nf5 21. c5
g5 22. Bh2 Kf7 23. g4 Nh4 24. f4 gxf4 25. Bxf4 Ng6 26. Bh2 e5 27. dxe5 Bxc5+
28. Kh1 fxe5 29. Bxe5 Bb4 30. Qc2 Raa8 31. a3 Bf8 32. Nf3 Kg8 33. Qf5 Qf7 34.
Bf6 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Bg7 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Nd4 Qxf5 38. gxf5 Nf4 39. Rc2 Kf6 40.
Kh2 Ke5 41. Nxc6+ Kxf5 42. a4 Ke4 43. Kg3 Rg8+ 44. Kh4 h6 45. Rf2 Rg5 46. Rxf4+
Kxf4 47. Nxa5 d4 48. Nb3 d3 49. a5 Rd5 0-1
Nc6 9. Ndf3 Ne4 10. O-O Nd6 11. Bf4 f6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Rfe1 Re8
15. Re2 a5 16. Rae1 e6 17. h3 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Nd2 Bf8 20. c4 Nf5 21. c5
g5 22. Bh2 Kf7 23. g4 Nh4 24. f4 gxf4 25. Bxf4 Ng6 26. Bh2 e5 27. dxe5 Bxc5+
28. Kh1 fxe5 29. Bxe5 Bb4 30. Qc2 Raa8 31. a3 Bf8 32. Nf3 Kg8 33. Qf5 Qf7 34.
Bf6 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Bg7 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Nd4 Qxf5 38. gxf5 Nf4 39. Rc2 Kf6 40.
Kh2 Ke5 41. Nxc6+ Kxf5 42. a4 Ke4 43. Kg3 Rg8+ 44. Kh4 h6 45. Rf2 Rg5 46. Rxf4+
Kxf4 47. Nxa5 d4 48. Nb3 d3 49. a5 Rd5 0-1
Although he lost to IM Stany in the fourth round, Likhit Chilukuri (1867) managed to trick veteran IM Sharad Tilak into a mate a game before. Likhit sets tactical traps. Many players fall into Likhit's traps. Be like Likhit.
Legendary IM Anup Deshmukh (2225) celebrated his birthday during the third round. We have a special birthday interview coming up!
Ketan Patil (1692) continued delivering notable performance by defeating IM Krishna Teja N. in the third round and holding Sekar B (2188) in the fourth.
Mumbai's IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni (2297) is having a torrid time; after losing to Bhavik in the third round, he lost to...
...WIM Parnali Dharia (2002)
The ever-solid Manush Shah (2002)
Senior Mumbai player Amardeep Bartakke (2084) has failed to find his grooving, and he lost to...
...Nikhil Magizhnan (1601), a young boy from Tamil Nadu
Speaking of young kids, ten-year-old Praggnanandhaa R (2174) is playing in the Open category
View the pairing for Round 05 here.
Complete results of Round 04.
Watch the games LIVE by clicking the above link.
Press Officer of te tournament R. Vasudevan with Vinay Shetty, the director of the famous Bourn-Vita tournaments of Mumbai that turned many a talent into strong chessplayers. These days, Mr Shetty works for spreading awareness about Thallasaemia.
ChessBase India conducted a two-day workshop at the tournament that was attended by almost all the players with their parents and friends.
IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal worked tirelessly all day spreading awareness about the power of the software
The organisers have provided Analysis rooms for players to analyse their games.
The top seeds have been making good use of this room to enjoy some more chess!
Karan Bhagat, MD and CEO of IIFL Wealth, speaking before the start of the fourth round
GM Shardul Gagare being felicitated by Karan and Shilpa Bhagat
The grandmaster was given a standing ovation!
The proud doctor capturing his son's moment of glory
Shilpa Bhagat and Karan Bhagat talked about IIFL's role in chess and what they think about the sport
IM Vishal Sareen has been one of the driving forces behind this event
FI Praful Zaveri, the man behind the tournament, is seen planning with Ronak Sheth, VP Marketing of IIFL Wealth
Of course, the technical arbiting team (and we need not say who these two gems are) is the reason we are able to see the games live!
Video Report by Vijay Kumar for Rounds 03 and 04:
Photos for ChessBase India