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

by Shahid Ahmed - 08/04/2019

14 players are in the lead at the conclusion of round 3 of 19th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2019. All top seeds won their match with ease and cruised into the lead. Among the Indians, Deep Sengupta, Sriram Jha, Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi, Karthik Venkataraman, Abhijit Kunte and Neelash Saha are among the leaders. Top seed Nigel Short played some beautiful chess to score a win against the budding Filippino talent FM Alekhine Nourie. The Challenger section was pawned off with 100 players from 22 countries. The report contains positions, games and photos from round 3. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

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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