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19th BCC Open 2019: Gustafsson takes sole lead, Lalith Babu and Short closes in

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/04/2019

Second seeded GM Jan Gustafsson took sole lead at the conclusion of round 5 after Karthik blundered a rook and Gustafsson won the game in just 23 moves. Kunte went for two minor pieces and two pawns for a rook but that did not turn out in his favor as Short utilized his pawns and rooks brilliantly to score a victory. Lalith Babu scored a victory over Villamayor Buenaventura after the latter got a bad pawn structure in Reti and then blundered an exchange. FM Susilodinata Andrean scored a nice victory over GM Ly Moulthun in Ruy Lopez Berlin. GM Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder of Chile won 19th BCC Open Blitz by scoring 12.0/15 . He won a Rolling Trophy and 12000 Baht as prize. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Karthik's horrifying blunder puts Gustafsson into sole lead

If there is one game that will haunt Karthik Venkataraman for a while then that will be the round 5 game of 19th BCC Open 2019 against GM Jan Gustafsson | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Things were going quite well for the 55th Indian GM Karthik Venkataraman but suddenly he made an irrevocable blunder.

Karthik has threatened a checkmate at g7. Blocking it is the only way to save it...

It is evident that Gustafsson is aiming for 23...Qg6 to stop the checkmate

However Karthik just played 23.Rf2 which is a game losing blunder

Last time they played in the same tournament was in 2011 where the result was same, Short won. Only this time the colors are reversed | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

On a regular day, 15.Rxc6 seems like a very logical move...

However, Short managed to gain some initiative and found a little trick too. Can you find it?

Lalith Babu took advantage of the weakened pawn structure of his opponent GM Villamayor Buenaventura in Open Catalan | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Swedish veteran GM Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez held GM Deep Sengupta to a fighting draw when the latter had to settle for a perpetual check | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Sriram Jha made a quick draw with Australian GM Zhao Zong-Yuan | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Neelash Saha held GM Andrea Stella to a draw in an Opposite Color Bishop ending which lasted for 40 moves | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

FM Andrean Susilodinata of Indonesia defeated GM Ly Moulthun of Australia | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The position is equal. However White can take some chances. How?

Two Indian legends: IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman continued her terrific form as she held GM Dibyendu Barua to a draw | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder wins 19th Bangkok Chess Club Open Blitz

GM Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder of Chile won 19th Bangkok Chess Club Open Blitz by scoring 12.0/15 . He won a Rolling Trophy and 12000 Baht as prize | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Former National Blitz Champion of India, IM Prantik Roy scored 11.5/15 and was declared as the 1st runner-up. He won cash prize | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Louie Salvador of Philippines scored 11.0/15 and he finished at 3rd position. He won cash prize | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

For more photos from the Blitz event, visit here

Hilarious reaction after getting flagged in a winning position with a Queen | Video: Shahid Ahmed
"I like to play Blitz too much" - GM Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder

Round 5 on 2019/04/10 at 11:00

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
17
GMKarthik Venkataraman250540 - 14GMGustafsson Jan2633
2
211
GMKunte Abhijit248540 - 1GMShort Nigel D2636
1
33
GMLalith Babu M R25771 - 0GMVillamayor Buenaventura2398
16
421
GMBellon Lopez Juan Manuel2343½ - ½GMSengupta Deep2551
4
518
GMSriram Jha2381½ - ½GMZhao Zong-Yuan2529
5
623
Neelash Saha2303½ - ½GMStella Andrea2512
6
725
FMSusilodinata Andrean22961 - 0GMLy Moulthun2490
8
815
GMBarua Dibyendu2409½ - ½IMVijayalakshmi Subbaraman2345
20
99
GMSwapnil S. Dhopade248831 - 03Saptorshi Gupta2051
48
1043
Sonkalan Bharati20923½ - ½3GMVasquez Schroeder Rodrigo2487
10
1154
Armstrong Malcolm J203530 - 13IMLou Yiping2482
12
1213
GMHorvath Jozsef247931 - 03Sarbojit Paul1984
62
1357
WCMVishwa Vasnawala201830 - 13IMPascua Haridas2426
14
1417
GMSchebler Gerhard238531 - 03Savige Colin B1952
68
1519
IMRoy Prantik23743½ - ½3Sanket Chakravarty1887
84
1663
Mueller Jens198130 - 13FMMenkinoski Riste2306
22
1724
IMDuong The Anh230231 - 03Tobor Mick1949
69
1886
Silva Winston Joseph R188030 - 13WIMLuong Phuong Hanh2273
26
1927
Salvador Louie227031 - 03Meenal Gupta1878
88
2029
IMDeshmukh Anup225331 - 03Avinash Ramesh1834
101

Complete round 5 results

Round 6 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
12GMGustafsson Jan26335GMLalith Babu M R25773
21GMShort Nigel D2636FMSusilodinata Andrean229625
34GMSengupta Deep255144Neelash Saha230323
45GMZhao Zong-Yuan252944GMBellon Lopez Juan Manuel234321
56GMStella Andrea251244IMDuong The Anh230224
620IMVijayalakshmi Subbaraman234544GMKarthik Venkataraman25057
722FMMenkinoski Riste230644GMSwapnil S. Dhopade24889
827Salvador Louie227044GMKunte Abhijit248511
912IMLou Yiping248244IMDeshmukh Anup225329
1026WIMLuong Phuong Hanh227344GMHorvath Jozsef247913
1114IMPascua Haridas242644WFMCholleti Sahajasri223231
1230FMSauravh Khherdekar224744GMBarua Dibyendu240915
1332IMDamia Angelo221544GMSchebler Gerhard238517
1418GMSriram Jha238144WFMHng Mei-En Emmanuelle212441
158GMLy Moulthun24904Razali Muhd Syukur1792112
1610GMVasquez Schroeder Rodrigo2487CMLaine Panu207645
1716GMVillamayor Buenaventura2398Sonkalan Bharati209243
1894Poh Yu Tian1858IMRoy Prantik237419
1934WIMArpita Mukherjee2197WIMDhar-Barua Saheli203853
2084Sanket Chakravarty1887WIMVarshini V218235

 

Complete round 6 pairings

Round 3 Challenger pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
11
Sacar Mohamad209221 - 02Nguyen Trong Hung1853
17
23
Portugalera Ric207521 - 02Calacday Henry1820
20
322
Borigas Edgardo174520 - 12Chirananthavat Theemathas2042
4
45
WFMNguyen Thi Thuy Trien200221 - 02Schmidt Stephan1731
23
57
Lozano Arvie198921 - 02Maunders Myiesha1695
24
69
Tushar Anand19532½ - ½2Kapoor Satvik1674
26
711
Samrat Ghorai193320 - 12De Jesus Normel Benigno1648
27
834
Kunnavakkam Sudarshanagopal Vin156221 - 02Brasoy Aksel1900
12
913
Shahid Ahmed S.K.190021 - 02WCMKong Zi Yau Bernadette1357
46

Complete round 3 pairings

Round 4 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
113Shahid Ahmed S.K.190033Sacar Mohamad20921
214Lovejoy David187733Portugalera Ric20753
34Chirananthavat Theemathas204233Kunnavakkam Sudarshanagopal Vin156234
427De Jesus Normel Benigno164833WFMNguyen Thi Thuy Trien20025
577Catayas Rodrigo033Lozano Arvie19897
62Manaog Stewart2080Tushar Anand19539
726Kapoor Satvik16742Samrat Ghorai193311
810Naudin Yvan193722Nicolas Liagre153536
912Brasoy Aksel190022Htet Htet Than Sein153238
1039Burbach Bruno149722Loyaga Nathaniel186516

 

Complete round 4 results