19th BCC Open 2019: Poompong holds Short to a draw

Top seeds tumble in round 2

Poompong kept his cool and salvaged a draw after both escaped a loss and missed a win | Photo: Bangkok Chess Club

The game between Poompong and Short was a roller coaster ride, at one point, the legendary GM Nigel Short was completely winning which he missed then his opponent got a winnning chance which he also missed. Both missed them due to time pressure. In the end they had to settle for a threefold repetition draw.

White just played 39.Qd8. What is the best continuation for Black?

After a few moves, Poompong missed a golden opportunity

Short just played 41...Qa3 after the first time control got over. White missed an obvious chance. What did he miss?

Poompong talks about the game and more | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Find out the answer here:

GM Jan Gustafsson had faced no difficulty in defeating 12-year old WCM Vishwa Vasnawala when he sacrificed an exchange to gain initiative and eventually win the game | Photo: Bangkok Chess Club

Black just played 21...a3. Find out why it is a blunder.

12-year old FM Alekhine Nouri of Philippines held reigning National Rapid Champion GM M R Lalit Babu to a draw | Photo: Bangkok Chess Club

In Caro-Kann Advance variation, Lalith was worse out of the opening. He lost several tempi by moving his Bishop and Knight backwards, but Nouri was unable to capitalize on it.

Nouri has a development advantage and Black's King is still lying at the center of the board. How should he use it to his advantage?

Despite getting an advantageous position out of the opening in Caro-Kann Two Knight's variation, Swapnil failed to capitalize and got into time trouble

IM Lou Yiping of China lost to Mick Tobor of Germany after the former blundered a pawn in an exposed center.

White's King is still in the center. What should you do?

Tournament's Main Organizer IO Kai Tuorilla drew with GM Dibyendu Barua | Photo: Bangkok Chess Club

Even with his busy schedule, he doesn't miss the opportunity to congratulate his compatriot for his performance | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Tournament Organizer Kai Tuorila talks about the game, managing the tournament and playing it in each edition since he started organizing it and more | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Round 2 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	56	FM	Wiwatanadate Poompong	2025	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Short Nigel D	2636	1
2	2	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2633	1	1 - 0	1	WCM	Vishwa Vasnawala	2018	57
3	58	FM	Nouri Alekhine	2001	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2577	3
4	4	GM	Sengupta Deep	2551	1	1 - 0	1		Bhattacharya Niladri Shekhar	1998	59
5	61	CM	Goh Zi Han	1992	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	2529	5
6	6	GM	Stella Andrea	2512	1	1 - 0	1		Mohd Saprin Amir Ghaazi	1971	65
7	62		Sarbojit Paul	1984	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2505	7
8	8	GM	Ly Moulthun	2490	1	1 - 0	1		Sibi Visal R	1955	67
9	68		Savige Colin B	1952	1	1 - 0	1	GM	Swapnil S. Dhopade	2488	9
10	70		Tantipura Noppakorn	1945	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Kunte Abhijit	2485	11
11	12	IM	Lou Yiping	2482	1	0 - 1	1		Tobor Mick	1949	69
12	72		Nguyen Le Minh Phu	1934	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Horvath Jozsef	2479	13
13	74		Tuorila Kai	1927	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Barua Dibyendu	2409	15
14	76	WIM	Chandreyee Hajra	1916	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Schebler Gerhard	2385	17
15	18	GM	Sriram Jha	2381	1	1 - 0	1		Runarsson Gunnar	1927	73
16	78		Nandan Buragohain	1913	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Roy Prantik	2374	19
17	20	IM	Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman	2345	1	1 - 0	1	CM	Norris Damian C	1917	75
18	80		Nguyen Truong Bao Tran	1908	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel	2343	21
19	22	FM	Menkinoski Riste	2306	1	1 - 0	1		Yutithamnon Surapole	1914	77
20	82	WCM	Sim Jia Ru	1890	1	0 - 1	1		Neelash Saha	2303	23
21	24	IM	Duong The Anh	2302	1	1 - 0	1		Laurain Dominique	1908	79
22	84		Sanket Chakravarty	1887	1	0 - 1	1	FM	Susilodinata Andrean	2296	25
23	26	WIM	Luong Phuong Hanh	2273	1	1 - 0	1		Brunner Karl	1900	81
24	86		Silva Winston Joseph R	1880	1	1 - 0	1		Salvador Louie	2270	27
25	28		Larichev Dmitry	2267	1	0 - 1	1	FM	Ismail Ahmad	1887	83
26	88		Meenal Gupta	1878	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Deshmukh Anup	2253	29
27	30	FM	Sauravh Khherdekar	2247	1	1 - 0	1	CM	Nisban Cyrus	1878	87
28	92		Sandhiratne Akkarawut	1865	1	½ - ½	1	WFM	Cholleti Sahajasri	2232	31
29	32	IM	Damia Angelo	2215	1	1 - 0	1		Kollmann Robert	1874	89
30	34	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	2197	1	½ - ½	1		Wong Zhenyong Jayden	1869	91

Complete round 2 results

Round 3 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	29	IM	Deshmukh Anup	2253	2		2	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2633	2
2	35	WIM	Varshini V	2182	2		2	GM	Sengupta Deep	2551	4
3	5	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	2529	2		2	FM	Sauravh Khherdekar	2247	30
4	37	FM	Habla Jony	2146	2		2	GM	Stella Andrea	2512	6
5	7	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2505	2		2	IM	Damia Angelo	2215	32
6	39	FM	Teerapabpaisit Wisuwat	2142	2		2	GM	Ly Moulthun	2490	8
7	11	GM	Kunte Abhijit	2485	2		2	FM	Thompson Ian D	2149	36
8	13	GM	Horvath Jozsef	2479	2		2		Looi Xin Hao	2145	38
9	17	GM	Schebler Gerhard	2385	2		2	FM	Reilly Tim	2140	40
10	43		Sonkalan Bharati	2092	2		2	GM	Sriram Jha	2381	18
11	19	IM	Roy Prantik	2374	2		2		Saptorshi Gupta	2051	48
12	55		Eng Jia Qian	2033	2		2	IM	Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman	2345	20
13	21	GM	Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel	2343	2		2		Armstrong Malcolm J	2035	54
14	69		Tobor Mick	1949	2		2	FM	Menkinoski Riste	2306	22
15	23		Neelash Saha	2303	2		2		Savige Colin B	1952	68
16	83	FM	Ismail Ahmad	1887	2		2	IM	Duong The Anh	2302	24
17	25	FM	Susilodinata Andrean	2296	2		2		Silva Winston Joseph R	1880	86
18	142		Alriyami Faris Rashid	1623	2		2	WIM	Luong Phuong Hanh	2273	26
19	1	GM	Short Nigel D	2636	1½		1½	FM	Nouri Alekhine	2001	58
20	3	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2577	1½		1½	FM	Wiwatanadate Poompong	2025	56
21	63		Mueller Jens	1981	1½		1½	GM	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	2487	10
22	15	GM	Barua Dibyendu	2409	1½		1½		Sajjapornthep Jarunpol	1885	85
23	91		Wong Zhenyong Jayden	1869	1½		1½	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	2398	16
24	31	WFM	Cholleti Sahajasri	2232	1½		1½		Tuorila Kai	1927	74
25	33		Langreck John	2203	1½		1½		Frederiksen Erik	1873	90
26	160		Wettasinha Vasanta	1556	1½		1½	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	2197	34
27	45	CM	Laine Panu	2076	1½		1½		Sandhiratne Akkarawut	1865	92
28	51		Mikalsen Harald	2041	1½		1½		Laohawirapap Prin	1844	98
29	99		Adarsh Tripathi	1840	1½		1½		Arunnuntapanich Tinnakrit	2039	52
30	53	WIM	Dhar-Barua Saheli	2038	1½		1½		Leonardo Franklin	1596	149

Computer round 3 pairings

19th BCC Open 2019: Poompong holds Short to a draw

Top seeds tumble in round 2

Round 2 results

Round 3 pairings

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