Gustafsson, Venkataraman and Kunte in a three-way lead in 19th BCC Open 2019

Three share a lead after round 4

The second seeded Gustafsson got a slight advantage in Queen's Indian Defence. He increased his advantage gradually and converted into a favorable minor piece endgame which he won eventually.

Second seed GM Jan Gustafsson defeated his compatriot GM Gerhard Schebler in just 35 moves | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Duong The Anh faced stiff challenge in the form of GM Karthik Venkataraman in Grunfeld Exchange. A tactical error cost Duong the entire game.

IM Duong The Anh went down against GM Karthik Venkataraman after Karthik declined Queen exchange multiple times to press for advantage | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

White's last move was 34.Qd5. Find out why it is a blunder

WIM Luong Phuong Hanh declined a threefold repetition which did not turn out in her favor and eventually she lost.

GM Abhijit Kunte is among the leaders with 4.0/4 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

A draw was agreed after 36 moves in an uneventful game where both Deep and Sriram blew the battle horn but only a minor piece became the casualty from each side.

Deep and Sriram's game left a lot to be desired | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Viji continues her terrific form. She played some fantastic chess and drew with GM Zhao Zong-Yuan in well fought draw | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Ly Moulthun was held to a draw by IM Neelash Saha | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Black has a strong pawn mass on the Queen-side. What is the best continuation for Black here?

It seems like Short is on a mission to play some beautiful chess in this tournament | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Find out the best continuation for Black here

Blitz Group Stage Gallery:

Tournament Organizer IO Kai Tuorila announces the rules and regulations for 19th BCC Open 2019 Blitz and participants listen eagerly | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The qualifiers draw their numbers for the final stage. GM Karthik Venkataraman, Dhrupad Kashyap and Sarthak Dutta are among the Indians who have qualified into the final 16 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Organizer vs. Organizer: Nerves, tension and time pressure! Sushrutha draws with Kai | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Round 4 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2633	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Schebler Gerhard	2385	17
2	4	GM	Sengupta Deep	2551	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Sriram Jha	2381	18
3	20	IM	Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman	2345	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	2529	5
4	6	GM	Stella Andrea	2512	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel	2343	21
5	24	IM	Duong The Anh	2302	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2505	7
6	8	GM	Ly Moulthun	2490	3	½ - ½	3		Neelash Saha	2303	23
7	26	WIM	Luong Phuong Hanh	2273	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Kunte Abhijit	2485	11
8	33		Langreck John	2203	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Short Nigel D	2636	1
9	34	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	2197	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2577	3
10	48		Saptorshi Gupta	2051	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Horvath Jozsef	2479	13
11	38		Looi Xin Hao	2145	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Barua Dibyendu	2409	15
12	16	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	2398	2½	1 - 0	2½	WIM	Dhar-Barua Saheli	2038	53
13	69		Tobor Mick	1949	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Roy Prantik	2374	19
14	22	FM	Menkinoski Riste	2306	2½	½ - ½	2½		Adarsh Tripathi	1840	99
15	98		Laohawirapap Prin	1844	2½	0 - 1	2½	FM	Susilodinata Andrean	2296	25
16	86		Silva Winston Joseph R	1880	2½	½ - ½	2½	WFM	Cholleti Sahajasri	2232	31
17	72		Nguyen Le Minh Phu	1934	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Swapnil S. Dhopade	2488	9
18	10	GM	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	2487	2	1 - 0	2		Runarsson Gunnar	1927	73
19	12	IM	Lou Yiping	2482	2	1 - 0	2		Yutithamnon Surapole	1914	77
20	14	IM	Pascua Haridas	2426	2	1 - 0	2	FM	Ismail Ahmad	1887	83

Round 4 Complete results

Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	7	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2505	4		4	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2633	2
2	11	GM	Kunte Abhijit	2485	4		3½	GM	Short Nigel D	2636	1
3	3	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2577	3½		3½	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	2398	16
4	21	GM	Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel	2343	3½		3½	GM	Sengupta Deep	2551	4
5	18	GM	Sriram Jha	2381	3½		3½	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	2529	5
6	23		Neelash Saha	2303	3½		3½	GM	Stella Andrea	2512	6
7	25	FM	Susilodinata Andrean	2296	3½		3½	GM	Ly Moulthun	2490	8
8	15	GM	Barua Dibyendu	2409	3½		3½	IM	Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman	2345	20
9	9	GM	Swapnil S. Dhopade	2488	3		3		Saptorshi Gupta	2051	48
10	43		Sonkalan Bharati	2092	3		3	GM	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	2487	10
11	54		Armstrong Malcolm J	2035	3		3	IM	Lou Yiping	2482	12
12	13	GM	Horvath Jozsef	2479	3		3		Sarbojit Paul	1984	62
13	57	WCM	Vishwa Vasnawala	2018	3		3	IM	Pascua Haridas	2426	14
14	17	GM	Schebler Gerhard	2385	3		3		Savige Colin B	1952	68
15	19	IM	Roy Prantik	2374	3		3		Sanket Chakravarty	1887	84
16	63		Mueller Jens	1981	3		3	FM	Menkinoski Riste	2306	22
17	24	IM	Duong The Anh	2302	3		3		Tobor Mick	1949	69
18	86		Silva Winston Joseph R	1880	3		3	WIM	Luong Phuong Hanh	2273	26
19	27		Salvador Louie	2270	3		3		Meenal Gupta	1878	88
20	29	IM	Deshmukh Anup	2253	3		3		Avinash Ramesh	1834	101

Round 5 complete pairings

Round 2 Challengers results

Bo.	No.	Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	29	Wong Zi Yue	1619	1	0 - 1	1		Sacar Mohamad	2092	1
2	31	Rohan Nag Chowdhury	1598	1	0 - 1	1		Portugalera Ric	2075	3
3	4	Chirananthavat Theemathas	2042	1	1 - 0	1		Gaitan Jose Edmundo	1604	30
4	35	Veer Sethi	1559	1	0 - 1	1	WFM	Nguyen Thi Thuy Trien	2002	5
5	37	Kuich Gero	1533	1	0 - 1	1		Lozano Arvie	1989	7
6	8	Lysakov Anton	1987	1	0 - 1	1		Kunnavakkam Sudarshanagopal Vin	1562	34
7	39	Burbach Bruno	1497	1	0 - 1	1		Tushar Anand	1953	9
8	45	Buhagiar Melita Sunan	1360	1	0 - 1	1		Samrat Ghorai	1933	11
9	12	Brasoy Aksel	1900	1	1 - 0	1		Nicolas Liagre	1535	36
10	47	Langendoen Aad	1357	1	0 - 1	1		Shahid Ahmed S.K.	1900	13

Round 2 Challengers complete results

Round 3 Challengers pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1		Sacar Mohamad	2092	2		2		Nguyen Trong Hung	1853	17
2	3		Portugalera Ric	2075	2		2		Calacday Henry	1820	20
3	22		Borigas Edgardo	1745	2		2		Chirananthavat Theemathas	2042	4
4	5	WFM	Nguyen Thi Thuy Trien	2002	2		2		Schmidt Stephan	1731	23
5	7		Lozano Arvie	1989	2		2		Maunders Myiesha	1695	24
6	9		Tushar Anand	1953	2		2		Kapoor Satvik	1674	26
7	11		Samrat Ghorai	1933	2		2		De Jesus Normel Benigno	1648	27
8	34		Kunnavakkam Sudarshanagopal Vin	1562	2		2		Brasoy Aksel	1900	12
9	13		Shahid Ahmed S.K.	1900	2		2	WCM	Kong Zi Yau Bernadette	1357	46
10	48		Lian Kai En Gerard	1355	2		2		Lovejoy David	1877	14

Round 3 Challengers complete pairings

Gustafsson, Venkataraman and Kunte in a three-way lead in 19th BCC Open 2019