19th BCC Open 2019 Round 3: India's strongest chess couple in the lead

Short is back to winning ways

A day after missing a win, Short showcased another brilliant combination to score a full point.

Top seed Nigel Short is back to winning ways in a spectacular fashion | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Nourie played 36...Qd7. Find out the correct continuation for White

Can you guess what Anup and Jan are looking at? | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Jan equalized with Black pieces in Symmetrical English opening. However, Anup got a clear advantage in the endgame which he could not capitalize.

Anup was dominating for the past few moves before Jan played 32...Bf6. It gave Anup a clear advantage. What is the best continuation for White here?

GM Deep Sengupta played clinically to defeat WIM V Varshini in Ruy Lopez | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Black's advantage is evident but what is the best move for Black here?

Australian GM Zhao Zong-Yuan made a quick work of FM Sauravh Khherdekar in just 27 moves | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Andrea Stella struggled for 31 moves to convert into a victory, after his opponent blundered a piece | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Seventh seeded Karthik Venkataraman exploited his opponent's King vulnerability and defeated IM Damia Angelo in just 26 moves | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

FM Teerapabpaisit Wisuwat lost to GM Ly Moulthun after the Grandmaster launched a devstating attacking on the former's Castled Kingside | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

White just played 29.Rh2. Find out the winning continuation for Black

GM Abhijit Kunte made a quick work of FM Ian Thompson in just 27 moves | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Sriram Jha scored a comfortable victory over Sonkalan Bharati | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Prantik Roy was held to a draw by Saptorshi Gupta | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Find the best move for Black here

IM Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi defeated Eng Jia Qian to move into the lead with 3.0/3 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Round 3 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	29	IM	Deshmukh Anup	2253	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2633	2
2	35	WIM	Varshini V	2182	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Sengupta Deep	2551	4
3	5	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	2529	2	1 - 0	2	FM	Sauravh Khherdekar	2247	30
4	37	FM	Habla Jony	2146	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Stella Andrea	2512	6
5	7	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2505	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Damia Angelo	2215	32
6	39	FM	Teerapabpaisit Wisuwat	2142	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Ly Moulthun	2490	8
7	11	GM	Kunte Abhijit	2485	2	1 - 0	2	FM	Thompson Ian D	2149	36
8	13	GM	Horvath Jozsef	2479	2	½ - ½	2		Looi Xin Hao	2145	38
9	17	GM	Schebler Gerhard	2385	2	1 - 0	2	FM	Reilly Tim	2140	40
10	43		Sonkalan Bharati	2092	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Sriram Jha	2381	18
11	19	IM	Roy Prantik	2374	2	½ - ½	2		Saptorshi Gupta	2051	48
12	55		Eng Jia Qian	2033	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman	2345	20
13	21	GM	Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel	2343	2	1 - 0	2		Armstrong Malcolm J	2035	54
14	69		Tobor Mick	1949	2	½ - ½	2	FM	Menkinoski Riste	2306	22
15	23		Neelash Saha	2303	2	1 - 0	2		Savige Colin B	1952	68
16	83	FM	Ismail Ahmad	1887	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Duong The Anh	2302	24
17	25	FM	Susilodinata Andrean	2296	2	½ - ½	2		Silva Winston Joseph R	1880	86
18	142		Alriyami Faris Rashid	1623	2	0 - 1	2	WIM	Luong Phuong Hanh	2273	26
19	1	GM	Short Nigel D	2636	1½	1 - 0	1½	FM	Nouri Alekhine	2001	58
20	3	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2577	1½	1 - 0	1½	FM	Wiwatanadate Poompong	2025	56
21	63		Mueller Jens	1981	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	2487	10
22	15	GM	Barua Dibyendu	2409	1½	1 - 0	1½		Sajjapornthep Jarunpol	1885	85
23	91		Wong Zhenyong Jayden	1869	1½	0 - 1	1½	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	2398	16
24	31	WFM	Cholleti Sahajasri	2232	1½	1 - 0	1½		Tuorila Kai	1927	74
25	33		Langreck John	2203	1½	1 - 0	1½		Frederiksen Erik	1873	90

Round 3 complete results

Round 4 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2633	3		3	GM	Schebler Gerhard	2385	17
2	4	GM	Sengupta Deep	2551	3		3	GM	Sriram Jha	2381	18
3	20	IM	Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman	2345	3		3	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	2529	5
4	6	GM	Stella Andrea	2512	3		3	GM	Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel	2343	21
5	24	IM	Duong The Anh	2302	3		3	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2505	7
6	8	GM	Ly Moulthun	2490	3		3		Neelash Saha	2303	23
7	26	WIM	Luong Phuong Hanh	2273	3		3	GM	Kunte Abhijit	2485	11
8	33		Langreck John	2203	2½		2½	GM	Short Nigel D	2636	1
9	34	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	2197	2½		2½	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2577	3
10	48		Saptorshi Gupta	2051	2½		2½	GM	Horvath Jozsef	2479	13
11	38		Looi Xin Hao	2145	2½		2½	GM	Barua Dibyendu	2409	15
12	16	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	2398	2½		2½	WIM	Dhar-Barua Saheli	2038	53
13	69		Tobor Mick	1949	2½		2½	IM	Roy Prantik	2374	19
14	22	FM	Menkinoski Riste	2306	2½		2½		Adarsh Tripathi	1840	99
15	98		Laohawirapap Prin	1844	2½		2½	FM	Susilodinata Andrean	2296	25
16	86		Silva Winston Joseph R	1880	2½		2½	WFM	Cholleti Sahajasri	2232	31
17	72		Nguyen Le Minh Phu	1934	2		2	GM	Swapnil S. Dhopade	2488	9
18	10	GM	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	2487	2		2		Runarsson Gunnar	1927	73
19	12	IM	Lou Yiping	2482	2		2		Yutithamnon Surapole	1914	77
20	14	IM	Pascua Haridas	2426	2		2	FM	Ismail Ahmad	1887	83

Complete round 4 pairings

Challengers

Round 1 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Name	Rtg	No.
1	1		Sacar Mohamad	2092	0	1 - 0	0	Aarav Kumar Koni Dena	1263	51
2	52		Rolston Daniel Haruma	1245	0	½ - ½	0	Manaog Stewart	2080	2
3	3		Portugalera Ric	2075	0	1 - 0	0	Tuorila Nina	1241	53
4	54		Chua Yaw Teng Leonidas	1240	0	0 - 1	0	Chirananthavat Theemathas	2042	4
5	5	WFM	Nguyen Thi Thuy Trien	2002	0	1 - 0	0	Rishi Kapoor	1231	55
6	56		Kalagara Aniketh	1227	0	1 - 0	0	Mahendran T.	2000	6
7	7		Lozano Arvie	1989	0	1 - 0	0	Mekarapiruk Nathasha	1221	57
8	58		Bhandari Neel	1220	0	0 - 1	0	Lysakov Anton	1987	8
9	9		Tushar Anand	1953	0	1 - 0	0	Koh Wei Le Gladys	1211	59
10	60		Vogelsanger Nicolas	1205	0	1 - 0	0	Naudin Yvan	1937	10

Complete results

Round 2 pairings

Bo.	No.	Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	29	Wong Zi Yue	1619	1		1		Sacar Mohamad	2092	1
2	31	Rohan Nag Chowdhury	1598	1		1		Portugalera Ric	2075	3
3	4	Chirananthavat Theemathas	2042	1		1		Gaitan Jose Edmundo	1604	30
4	35	Veer Sethi	1559	1		1	WFM	Nguyen Thi Thuy Trien	2002	5
5	37	Kuich Gero	1533	1		1		Lozano Arvie	1989	7
6	8	Lysakov Anton	1987	1		1		Kunnavakkam Sudarshanagopal Vin	1562	34
7	39	Burbach Bruno	1497	1		1		Tushar Anand	1953	9
8	45	Buhagiar Melita Sunan	1360	1		1		Samrat Ghorai	1933	11
9	12	Brasoy Aksel	1900	1		1		Nicolas Liagre	1535	36
10	47	Langendoen Aad	1357	1		1		Shahid Ahmed S.K.	1900	13

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Short is back to winning ways

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