15th KIIT GM Open R1: Vineel and Suthershun draw with GMs

A smooth start for the top seeds

India's highest rated IM - Aronyak Ghosh is the top seed of the tournament. He is followed by GM Boris Savchenko and GM Cristhian Camilo Rios (COL). Adhiraj Mitra, Sri Akhil Prasad and Vatsal Singla held IM Attila Turzo (HUN), IM D K Sharma and IM Krishnamoorthy Murugan to a draw each respectively. Aamuktha Guntaka defeated WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty.

Chief Guest - India's second GM in history and AICF Vice President, Dibyendu Barua | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

KIIT, KISS and KIMS founder - Professor Achyuta Samanta | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Guest of Honor - Mr. David Anton Schmude, Chair of University Sports in Australia and Executive Committee Member of FISU | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Lighting of the lamp | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

GM Dibyendu Barua made the inaugural first moves on Category A and B | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Opening ceremony | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Players, parents and accompanying persons at the opening ceremony | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

The Guest of Honour, Mr. David Anton Schmude, Chair of University Sports in Australia and Executive Committee Member of FISU, shared his enthusiasm for the tournament’s scale. The welcome address was given by Prof. Saranjit Singh, Vice-Chancellor of KIIT, who highlighted the institution’s commitment to promoting sports. Adding further prestige, Prof. Baljit Singh Sekhon, Joint Secretary (Sports) of AIU, delivered an inspiring Address by the Guest of Eminence.

Tournament hall for Category B (Below 1900) | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Utkal Ranjan Sahoo, Odisha's highest rated player in the field, made a winning start | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

A total of 265 players including 12 GMs, 12 IMs, a WGM and 3 WIMs are taking part from 14 countries across the world including India in Category A. The tournament is organized by KIIT University from 2nd to 9th December 2024 at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Replay Round 1 games

Round 1 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	69		Daiwik, Jain	1948	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2547	1	PGN
2	2	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2473	0	1 - 0	0	WFM	Bristy, Mukherjee	1947	70	PGN
3	71		Goutham, Ramesh	1943	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2448	3	PGN
4	4	GM	Das, Sayantan	2437	0	1 - 0	0		Iniyan, R S	1943	72	PGN
5	73		Lakshmi, Charan Naidu G	1943	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2427	5	PGN
6	6	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2385	0	1 - 0	0		Yashad, Bambeshwar	1941	74	PGN
7	75		Shourya, Paul	1940	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2383	7	PGN
8	8	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2373	0	½ - ½	0	CM	Kavinda, Akila	1939	76	PGN
9	77		Chukka, Vineel Radha Karthik	1934	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy	2360	9	PGN
10	10	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	2358	0	1 - 0	0		Om, Nagnath Lamkane	1932	78	PGN
11	79		Narahari, Geethika Hasini	1928	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Manik, Mikulas	2326	11	PGN
12	12	GM	Stopa, Jacek	2323	0	½ - ½	0		Suthershun, A	1928	80	PGN
13	81		Khadanga, Omm Aditya	1926	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2310	13	PGN
14	14	FM	Aakash, G	2293	0	1 - 0	0		Ayaan, Garg	1922	82	PGN
15	83		Shaurya, Chaudhary	1922	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Saptarshi, Roy	2286	15	PGN
16	16		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2283	0	1 - 0	0		Sree, Shaunak Chanda	1918	84	PGN
17	85		Akshaya, Sathi	1917	0	1 - 0	0		Nithin, Babu	2282	17	PGN
18	18	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2269	0	+ - -	0		Priyankara, Chamil	1917	86
19	87	AIM	Adhiraj, Mitra	1913	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Turzo, Attila	2268	19	PGN
20	20	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	2265	0	1 - 0	0		Shreyash, Singh	1913	88	PGN

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	18	IM	Gochelashvili, David		RUS	2269	RUS	1	1	1,00
	46		Rupam, Mukherjee		IND	2004	WB	1	1	1,00
	54		Karan, J P		IND	1969	KL	1	1	1,00
	58	AGM	Prashanth, J Naik		IND	1963	KA	1	1	1,00
	95		Anirudh, R		IND	1888	TN	1	1	1,00
	98		Andalamala, Hemal Varshan		IND	1882	AP	1	1	1,00
	101		Daniel, Ajish		IND	1875	KL	1	1	1,00
	105	AIM	Saikat, Nath		IND	1867	DL	1	1	1,00
	107		Mahir, Taneja		IND	1867	DL	1	1	1,00
	137		Archisman, Patra		IND	1817	WB	1	1	1,00
	162		Srijon, Saha		IND	1789	WB	1	1	1,00
	172		Merryston, David Scanny		IND	1776	TN	1	1	1,00
	183		Bharathakoti, Sneha	w	IND	1753	TG	1	1	1,00
	184	AFM	Goddeti, Hima Tejaswini	w	IND	1751	AP	1	1	1,00
	196		Aryan, Behera		IND	1733	OR	1	1	1,00
	198		Diproneel, Barman		IND	1730	WB	1	1	1,00
	199		Aadhya, V		IND	1729	TN	1	1	1,00
	203		Vedant, Yogesh Kale		IND	1724	MAH	1	1	1,00
	204		Gade, Bhupesh		IND	1722	MAH	1	1	1,00
20	1	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2547	RSPB	1	0	0,00

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	1	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2547	1		1		Ram, Vishal Parab	2008	44
2	46		Rupam, Mukherjee	2004	1		1	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2473	2
3	3	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2448	1		1		Pruthu, Deshpande	2000	48
4	47	WIM	Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini	2001	1		1	GM	Das, Sayantan	2437	4
5	5	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2427	1		1		Karan, J P	1969	54
6	57		Badamundi, Tapan	1965	1		1	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2385	6
7	7	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2383	1		1		Challa, Saharsha	1966	56
8	58	AGM	Prashanth, J Naik	1963	1		1	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	2358	10
9	11	GM	Manik, Mikulas	2326	1		1	IM	Sahu, Sekhar Chandra	1958	64
10	13	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2310	1		1		Panigrahi, Manoj Kumar	1956	66
11	67		Rohith, Yadav B R	1956	1		1	FM	Aakash, G	2293	14
12	15	GM	Saptarshi, Roy	2286	1		1		Akshaya, Sathi	1917	85
13	95		Anirudh, R	1888	1		1		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2283	16
14	18	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2269	1		1		Nithik, Reddy Bhavanam	1903	91
15	97		Sattwik, Swain	1883	1		1	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	2265	20
16	98		Andalamala, Hemal Varshan	1882	1		1		Shirliyev, Allayar	2207	22
17	27		Majumder, Shrayan	2158	1		1		Daniel, Ajish	1875	101
18	105	AIM	Saikat, Nath	1867	1		1		Daksh, Goyal	2117	30
19	31	FM	Matta, Vinay Kumar	2112	1		1		Aamuktha, Guntaka	1874	102
20	107		Mahir, Taneja	1867	1		1	CM	Ahmed, Shafiq	2072	34

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15th KIIT GM Open R1: Vineel and Suthershun draw with GMs