19th BCC Open 2019 Round 6: Short and Gustafsson in joint lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/04/2019

It's Short vs. Gustafsson in round 7. It will be a battle between the top seed and the second seed which is like almost a virtual final. Short made a quick work of Susilodinata in just 27 moves and Gustafsson was held to a draw by Lalith Babu in just 26 moves. GM Deep Sengupta defeated IM Neelash Saha by showcasing the power of pawns. Viji continue her terrific form when she held GM Karthik Venkataraman to a draw despite being worse in the early endgame. GM Swapnil Dhopade escaped a massive scare when his opponent FM Riste Menkinoski was unable to convert a win and held Swapnil to a draw. FM Sauravh Khherdekar shocked GM Dibyendu Barua. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Short gets back in the lead

On the top board, reigning National Rapid Champion, GM M R Lalith Babu held the second seed of the tournament GM Jan Gustafsson to a draw arising out of English Opening Four Knight's variation. Neither side got any substantial advantage and a draw was agreed after 26 moves.

Gustafsson-Lalith ended sooner than one can expect | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Short made a quick work of FM Andrean Susilodinata of Indonesia | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Deep Sengupta played an instructive game where he used the power of pawns to the max and used almost all of them to get him advantage and eventually convert it into a win.

GM Deep Sengupta showcased the power of pawns to win against IM Neelash Saha | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

White is ahead in development but how should white continue to maximize it?

Which pawn White should use now to continue it's dominance?

It's time for White to use one last pawn to clinch the victory

Viji continues her fantastic form. Despite being worse in the early endgame, Viji managed to liquidate by exchanging the rooks at the right time and go into an Opposite Color Bishop endgame where Karthik had no chances of winning with correct play of Viji.

Viji continued her terrific form and held Karthik to a draw after a 5+ hours long grueling battle | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

FM Riste Menkinoski missed a golden opportunity and failed to convert a win against GM Swapnil Dhopade | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Louie Salvador of Chile continues his last night's momentum from Blitz and drew with GM Abhijit Kunte | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

FM Sauravh Khherdekar caused an upset when he defeated GM Dibyendu Barua | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Battle of the generations: West Bengal's one of the newest WIM Arpita Mukherjee defeated the state's one of the first WIM Saheli Dhar | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Round 6 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2633	5	½ - ½	4½	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2577	3
2	1	GM	Short Nigel D	2636	4½	1 - 0	4½	FM	Susilodinata Andrean	2296	25
3	4	GM	Sengupta Deep	2551	4	1 - 0	4		Neelash Saha	2303	23
4	5	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	2529	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel	2343	21
5	6	GM	Stella Andrea	2512	4	0 - 1	4	IM	Duong The Anh	2302	24
6	20	IM	Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman	2345	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2505	7
7	22	FM	Menkinoski Riste	2306	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Swapnil S. Dhopade	2488	9
8	27		Salvador Louie	2270	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Kunte Abhijit	2485	11
9	12	IM	Lou Yiping	2482	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Deshmukh Anup	2253	29
10	26	WIM	Luong Phuong Hanh	2273	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Horvath Jozsef	2479	13
11	14	IM	Pascua Haridas	2426	4	½ - ½	4	WFM	Cholleti Sahajasri	2232	31
12	30	FM	Sauravh Khherdekar	2247	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Barua Dibyendu	2409	15
13	32	IM	Damia Angelo	2215	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Schebler Gerhard	2385	17
14	18	GM	Sriram Jha	2381	4	½ - ½	4	WFM	Hng Mei-En Emmanuelle	2124	41
15	8	GM	Ly Moulthun	2490	3½	1 - 0	4		Razali Muhd Syukur	1792	112
16	10	GM	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	2487	3½	1 - 0	3½	CM	Laine Panu	2076	45
17	16	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	2398	3½	1 - 0	3½		Sonkalan Bharati	2092	43
18	94		Poh Yu Tian	1858	3½	0 - 1	3½	IM	Roy Prantik	2374	19
19	34	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	2197	3½	1 - 0	3½	WIM	Dhar-Barua Saheli	2038	53
20	84		Sanket Chakravarty	1887	3½	½ - ½	3½	WIM	Varshini V	2182	35

Complete Round 6 results

Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Short Nigel D	2636	5½		5½	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2633	2
2	3	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2577	5		5	IM	Lou Yiping	2482	12
3	17	GM	Schebler Gerhard	2385	5		5	GM	Sengupta Deep	2551	4
4	24	IM	Duong The Anh	2302	5		5	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	2529	5
5	7	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2505	4½		5	FM	Sauravh Khherdekar	2247	30
6	20	IM	Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman	2345	4½		4½	GM	Ly Moulthun	2490	8
7	9	GM	Swapnil S. Dhopade	2488	4½		4½	WIM	Luong Phuong Hanh	2273	26
8	22	FM	Menkinoski Riste	2306	4½		4½	GM	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	2487	10
9	11	GM	Kunte Abhijit	2485	4½		4½	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	2197	34
10	13	GM	Horvath Jozsef	2479	4½		4½		Salvador Louie	2270	27
11	25	FM	Susilodinata Andrean	2296	4½		4½	IM	Pascua Haridas	2426	14
12	41	WFM	Hng Mei-En Emmanuelle	2124	4½		4½	GM	Villamayor Buenaventura	2398	16
13	31	WFM	Cholleti Sahajasri	2232	4½		4½	GM	Sriram Jha	2381	18
14	19	IM	Roy Prantik	2374	4½		4½		Looi Xin Hao	2145	38
15	44	WFM	Cramling Bellon Anna	2089	4		4	GM	Stella Andrea	2512	6
16	15	GM	Barua Dibyendu	2409	4		4		Saptorshi Gupta	2051	48
17	21	GM	Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel	2343	4		4	FM	Wiwatanadate Poompong	2025	56
18	23		Neelash Saha	2303	4		4	FM	Nouri Alekhine	2001	58
19	60		Hansing Saphong	1997	4		4		Larichev Dmitry	2267	28
20	29	IM	Deshmukh Anup	2253	4		4		Sarbojit Paul	1984	62

Complete Round 7 pairings

Round 4 Challenger results

Bo.	No.	Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	13	Shahid Ahmed S.K.	1900	3	1 - 0	3		Sacar Mohamad	2092	1
2	14	Lovejoy David	1877	3	0 - 1	3		Portugalera Ric	2075	3
3	4	Chirananthavat Theemathas	2042	3	1 - 0	3		Kunnavakkam Sudarshanagopal Vin	1562	34
4	27	De Jesus Normel Benigno	1648	3	½ - ½	3	WFM	Nguyen Thi Thuy Trien	2002	5
5	77	Catayas Rodrigo	0	3	0 - 1	3		Lozano Arvie	1989	7
6	2	Manaog Stewart	2080	2½	1 - 0	2½		Tushar Anand	1953	9
7	26	Kapoor Satvik	1674	2½	0 - 1	2		Samrat Ghorai	1933	11
8	10	Naudin Yvan	1937	2	½ - ½	2		Nicolas Liagre	1535	36
9	12	Brasoy Aksel	1900	2	½ - ½	2		Htet Htet Than Sein	1532	38
10	39	Burbach Bruno	1497	2	0 - 1	2		Loyaga Nathaniel	1865	16

Complete Round 4 results

Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Name	Rtg	No.
1	3		Portugalera Ric	2075	4		4	Shahid Ahmed S.K.	1900	13
2	7		Lozano Arvie	1989	4		4	Chirananthavat Theemathas	2042	4
3	5	WFM	Nguyen Thi Thuy Trien	2002	3½		3½	Manaog Stewart	2080	2
4	1		Sacar Mohamad	2092	3		3½	De Jesus Normel Benigno	1648	27
5	11		Samrat Ghorai	1933	3		3	Sushrutha Reddy	1627	28
6	34		Kunnavakkam Sudarshanagopal Vin	1562	3		3	Lovejoy David	1877	14
7	16		Loyaga Nathaniel	1865	3		3	Rohan Nag Chowdhury	1598	31
8	51		Aarav Kumar Koni Dena	1263	3		3	Calacday Henry	1820	20
9	21		Jourde Michel	1749	3		3	Catayas Rodrigo	0	77
10	22		Borigas Edgardo	1745	3		3	Hanif Mollah	1721	101

Complete Round 5 pairings

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