15th KIIT GM Open R2-4: Savchenko and Shaashvat make a perfect start

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/12/2024

GM Boris Savchenko and Shaashvat Gupta are the only two players to have won all of their games so far at 15th KIIT Festival Category A. Shaashvat defeated former National Sub-Junior Open champion, Daksh Goyal to score his fourth win in-a-row. Meanwhile, Savchenko had to work really hard against IM Viani Antonio Dcunha who only succumbed in the difficult rook, bishop and knight vs queen endgame. They both are closely followed by 15 players at 3.5/4, including the top seed, India's highest rated IM Aronyak Ghosh. 10-year-old Aadhya V is also in the chase at 3.5/4. Round 5 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

15 players at 3.5/4

Top seed, IM Aronyak Ghosh drew with GM Alexei Fedorov in Round 4. IM Kaustuv Kundu had a well contested draw against GM Saptarshi Roy. Utkal Ranjan Sahoo shared the point with GM Manik Mikulas (SVK). Venkatesh Das had a fighting draw against GM Jacek Stopa (POL).

Round 2 in progress | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Round 2: WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana (SRI) - GM Sayantan Das: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Viani - Savchenko, Round 4

Position after 38...Bxh3

IM Viani Antonio Dcunha (2383) played the forced sequence 39.Rxe5 Rxe5 40.Qxe8+ Rxe8 41.Rxe8+ Kh7 42.Kxh3 Qf5+ 43.Kh2 Qxf2 44.Ne4 Qf4+ 45.g3 hxg3+ 46.Nxg3 Qf2+ 47.Kh3 f5 now White needed to go 48.Bg8+ Kh6 49.Re6+ g6 50.Bf7 to stay in the game. Instead, he played 48.Re2 Qf3 49.Bc2 things became quite difficult for White before he blundered and went on to lose the game.

Shaashvat - Daksh

Position after 23.a4

Shaashvat Gupta (1790) made an attempt to break the queenside wide open to infiltrate with his queen and knight. He was successful 23.a4 bxa4 24.Na3 Rb8 25.Qa6 Rb6 26.Qxa5 Kb7 27.Nc4 Ra6 28.Qb4+ Ka7 29.Na5 and it all went downhill for Black for the former National Sub-Junior Open champion, Daksh Goyal (2117).

Odisha's very own Utkal Ranjan Sahoo has made a great start 3.5/4 | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

World Cadet Under-8 Open Silver medalist, Sattwik Swain 2/4 | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Notable results

Round 2

GM Alexander Fominyh - Srijon Saha: 0-1

Round 3

Rohith Yadav B R - GM Laxman R R: 0.5-0.5

IM Sekhar Chandra Sahu - Vihaan Karthikeya N: 0-1

IM Dinesh K Sharma - Afreed T Khan: 0.5-0.5

Bhuvan Krishna Prashanth - IM Krishnamoorthy Murugan: 0.5-0.5

IM Walaa Sarwat (EGY) - Sri Akhil Prasad: 0.5-0.5

Marium Fatima - WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty: 0.5-0.5

Mahish S A - WIM Rani Hamid (BAN): 0.5-0.5

Round 4

GM Alexei Fedorov - IM Aronyak Ghosh: 0.5-0.5

IM Kaustuv Kundu - GM Saptarshi Roy: 0.5-0.5

GM Manik Mikulas (SVK) - Utkal Ranjan Sahoo: 0.5-0.5

Venkatesh Das - GM Jacek Stopa (POL): 0.5-0.5

Anirudh R - IM Ratnakaran K: 1-0

Vikramaditya Abhijit Chavan - IM Dinesh K Sharma: 0.5-0.5

IM Krishnamoorthy Murugan - Vairaj Sogerwal: 0.5-0.5

IM Kudzanai Mamombe (ZIM) - Shrayan Majumder: 0-1

WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty - Puspal Datta: 0-1

WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana - Aditi Yogesh Kayal: 0.5-0.5

GM Alexander Fominyh - Tijil Singh: 0.5-0.5

IM Yehya Rahman (EGY) - Sai Sharma: 0-1

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.

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Round 4 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	6	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2385	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2547	1	PGN
2	7	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2383	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2473	2	PGN
3	3	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2448	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	2358	10	PGN
4	5	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2427	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Saptarshi, Roy	2286	15	PGN
5	11	GM	Manik, Mikulas	2326	2½	½ - ½	3		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2283	16	PGN
6	142		Vihaan, Karthikeya N	1808	3	½ - ½	2½	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2373	8	PGN
7	154	AFM	Venkatesh, Das	1795	3	½ - ½	2½	GM	Stopa, Jacek	2323	12	PGN
8	160		Shaashvat, Gupta	1790	3	1 - 0	2½		Daksh, Goyal	2117	30	PGN
9	199		Aadhya, V	1729	3	½ - ½	2½	AFM	Janukshan, B	2024	40	PGN
10	105	AIM	Saikat, Nath	1867	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Das, Sayantan	2437	4	PGN
11	13	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2310	2½	1 - 0	2½		Samarth, Jain	1845	120	PGN
12	21		Harshit, Ranjan Sahu	2210	2½	1 - 0	2½		Rohith, Yadav B R	1956	67	PGN
13	144		Shreyas,	1806	2½	0 - 1	2		Karan, J P	1969	54	PGN
14	146		Darsh, Shetty	1804	2½	½ - ½	2		Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha	1967	55	PGN
15	150		Arghya, Sen	1801	2½	1 - 0	2		Niladri, Banerjee	1962	60	PGN
16	45	CM	Nimay, Agrawal	2006	2	½ - ½	2½		Srijon, Saha	1789	162	PGN
17	167		Gogte, Soumil	1785	2½	½ - ½	2		Arnav, Mahesh Koli	1961	62	PGN
18	70	WFM	Bristy, Mukherjee	1947	2	1 - 0	2½		Subhrajit, Dey	1778	171	PGN
19	178		Rishit, Sharma	1764	2½	1 - 0	2		Goutham, Ramesh	1943	71	PGN
20	190		Rudra, Rajeev	1744	2½	0 - 1	2		Lakshmi, Charan Naidu G	1943	73	PGN

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2473	RUS	4	9	12	12,00
2	160		Shaashvat, Gupta	IND	1790	MH	4	8,5	10,5	10,50
3	5	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	IND	2427	WB	3,5	9,5	12,5	10,75
4	6	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	BLR	2385	BLR	3,5	9,5	11	9,25
5	16		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	IND	2283	OR	3,5	8,5	10,5	9,00
	199		Aadhya, V	IND	1729	TN	3,5	8,5	10,5	9,00
7	3	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	COL	2448	COL	3,5	8,5	10,5	8,75
8	1	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2547	RSPB	3,5	8,5	9,5	7,75
9	142		Vihaan, Karthikeya N	IND	1808	TG	3,5	7,5	9	7,50
10	15	GM	Saptarshi, Roy	IND	2286	Rlys	3,5	7,5	9	7,25
11	21		Harshit, Ranjan Sahu	IND	2210	OR	3,5	7	8,5	7,50
12	13	GM	Laxman, R.R.	IND	2310	ICF	3,5	7	8	6,75
13	10	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	VIE	2358	VIE	3,5	7	8	6,25
14	4	GM	Das, Sayantan	IND	2437	WB	3,5	6,5	8,5	7,50
15	154	AFM	Venkatesh, Das	IND	1795	WB	3,5	5,5	6,5	5,00
16	150		Arghya, Sen	IND	1801	WB	3,5	5	6,5	5,75
17	178		Rishit, Sharma	IND	1764	GJ	3,5	4,5	5	4,50
18	7	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	IND	2383	KA	3	9,5	11,5	7,50
19	74		Yashad, Bambeshwar	IND	1941	CT	3	9	11	7,50
20	46		Rupam, Mukherjee	IND	2004	WB	3	9	11	7,00

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2473	4		3½	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2448	3
2	10	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	2358	3½		4		Shaashvat, Gupta	1790	160
3	1	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2547	3½		3½	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2310	13
4	4	GM	Das, Sayantan	2437	3½		3½		Harshit, Ranjan Sahu	2210	21
5	16		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2283	3½		3½	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2427	5
6	15	GM	Saptarshi, Roy	2286	3½		3½	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2385	6
7	142		Vihaan, Karthikeya N	1808	3½		3	GM	Ziatdinov, Raset	2063	35
8	37		Siddhanth, Poonja	2042	3		3½		Arghya, Sen	1801	150
9	154	AFM	Venkatesh, Das	1795	3½		3		Abhishek, T M	2030	39
10	40	AFM	Janukshan, B	2024	3		3½		Rishit, Sharma	1764	178
11	27		Majumder, Shrayan	2158	2½		3½		Aadhya, V	1729	199
12	42		Soham, Roy	2016	3		3	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2383	7
13	8	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2373	3		3		Rupam, Mukherjee	2004	46
14	48		Pruthu, Deshpande	2000	3		3	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy	2360	9
15	54		Karan, J P	1969	3		3	GM	Manik, Mikulas	2326	11
16	12	GM	Stopa, Jacek	2323	3		3	WFM	Bristy, Mukherjee	1947	70
17	73		Lakshmi, Charan Naidu G	1943	3		3	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2269	18
18	74		Yashad, Bambeshwar	1941	3		3	IM	Turzo, Attila	2268	19
19	22		Shirliyev, Allayar	2207	3		3		Anirudh, R	1888	95
20	77		Chukka, Vineel Radha Karthik	1934	3		3	FM	Matta, Vinay Kumar	2112	31

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