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19th Delhi GM Open R1: Shivika Rohilla stuns GM Laxman

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/03/2022

14-year-old Shivika Rohilla scored the biggest upset in the first round of 19th Delhi International GM Open 2022. The 1898-rated teenager from Delhi beat the Blitz king of India, GM Laxman R R who became unbeaten champion in 2nd SkillCraft - Omvati Memorial Rapid and Blitz Open, two days before the start of this event. The 19th edition of the biggest International GM Open tournament of the country is back after a two year hiatus due to Covid-19 pandemic. Bharat Singh Chauhan, Hony. Secretary of AICF and President of Delhi Chess Association announced that next edition will be held with a prize fund of ₹1.25 crore. Round 2 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Smooth sail for the top seeds

Ritvik Krishnan, Swayham P Das and WFM Chaitanya V beat IM Rahul Sangma, WIM Parnali S Dharia and WGM Varshini V each respectively. Shaik Sumer Arsh, Arjun Ghimire (NEP) and Hriday Panchal drew with IM Srihari L R, IM Viani Antonio D'cunha and IM Manish Anto Cristiano F.

Shivika Rohilla made a great start | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
When a 1898 rated player fools a grandmaster | GM Laxman vs Shivika Rohila | Video: ChessBase India

Gukesh - Sudarshan: 1-0

GM D Gukesh (2614) scored a very nice victory by launching an attack on his opponent Sudarshan Bhat's (2100) kingside.

Position after 16.Qh5

White did not need to be bothered about losing the d4-pawn. He knew that the attack on the kingside via 16.Qh5 will be decisive. 16...g6 17.Qh3 Nb3 18.Ne4 f5 19.exf6 Nxa1 20.Ng5 h5 21.f7+ and it's all over for Black.

Gukesh almost played like Paul Morphy | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Santu - Deepan: 0-1

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (2520) was completely winning against Santu Mondal (2063). However, in the final moments, the GM almost allowed his opponent to turn the tables.

Position after 40...Rb2

40...h3+ 41.Kf1 Rc4 was completely winning for Black. Yet 40...Rb2 created an opportunity for White to get back in the game. What was it?

Santu could have caused another upset of the first round | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
National Junior Champion IM Neelash Saha shows the power of bishop pair | Video: ChessBase India
A straightforward bishop ending showing the power of outside passer | Video: ChessBase India

Inaugural moves are made by Dr. Sanjay Kapoor, AICF President and Bharat Singh Chauhan, AICF Hony. Secretary | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Lighting of the lamp at the inauguration ceremony | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
Arjun Erigaisi (2660) headlines India's biggest open event in 2022 | Video: ChessBase India

For more Round 1 photos, please click here.

 

A total of 298 players including 21 GMs, 26 IMs, 3 WGMs and 6 WIMs are taking part from 13 federations across the world including India. The tournament is organized by Delhi Chess Association from 22nd to 29th March 2022 at Tivoli Grand Resort Hote, New Delhi. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1. Accelerated pairings are used in the first three rounds.

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Round 1 results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
175
Manigandan S S212700 - 10GMErigaisi Arjun2660
1
22
GMPonkratov Pavel264101 - 00Bala Kannamma P2120
76
377
WIMFranco Valencia Angela211600 - 10GMGupta Abhijeet2628
3
44
GMDelgado Ramirez Neuris262201 - 00Soham Datar2115
78
579
FMDutta Joydeep210100 - 10GMSethuraman S.P.2619
5
66
GMGukesh D261401 - 00Sudarshan Bhat2100
80
781
CMDhruv Khosla207200 - 10GMLalith Babu M R2558
7
88
GMVisakh N R252201 - 00CMKavinda Akila2068
82
983
Santu Mondal206300 - 10GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.2520
9
1010
GMIniyan P251601 - 00Mahindrakar Indrajeet2059
84
1185
Sri Sai Baswanth P205700 - 10GMMosadeghpour Masoud2511
11
1212
GMMitrabha Guha251001 - 00FMPurushothaman Thirumalai2055
86
1387
Hemanth Raam202600 - 10GMArjun Kalyan2506
13
1414
GMHarsha Bharathakoti249901 - 00Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U2022
88
1589
FMGaikwad Siddhant201600 - 10GMFawzy Adham2490
15
1616
GMKarthik Venkataraman248501 - 00AIMNagarkatte Vedant2013
90
1791
IMWeerawardane Romesh200500 - 10IMRaahul V S2478
17
1818
GMMirzoev Azer247601 - 00Bhattacharyya Soham2004
92
1993
Joel Paul Ganta200400 - 10IMTahbaz Arash2469
19
2020
IMKrishna C R G246601 - 00Ilamparthi A R1993
94

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
11
GMErigaisi Arjun266011GMKarthikeyan P.2397
36
238
IMSidhant Mohapatra235911GMPonkratov Pavel2641
2
33
GMGupta Abhijeet262811IMPadmini Rout2350
40
439
IMAnuj Shrivatri235011GMDelgado Ramirez Neuris2622
4
55
GMSethuraman S.P.261911Utsab Chatterjee2324
42
641
FMLiyanage Ranindu Dilshan234011GMGukesh D2614
6
77
GMLalith Babu M R255811IMSai Agni Jeevitesh J2316
44
843
IMRatnakaran K.231611GMVisakh N R2522
8
99
GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.252011FMRohith Krishna S2304
46
1045
Dhananjay S231011GMIniyan P2516
10
1111
GMMosadeghpour Masoud251111IMPalit Somak2300
48
1247
WGMDivya Deshmukh230111GMMitrabha Guha2510
12
1313
GMArjun Kalyan250611IMSharma Dinesh K.2283
50
1451
FMAaryan Varshney227711GMHarsha Bharathakoti2499
14
1515
GMFawzy Adham249011Rohit S2276
52
1654
Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri226311GMKarthik Venkataraman2485
16
1717
IMRaahul V S247811FMPoormosavi Seyed Kian2229
60
1855
WIMArpita Mukherjee226011GMMirzoev Azer2476
18
1919
IMTahbaz Arash246911FMDe Silva L M S T2220
62
2063
WGMSrija Seshadri221911IMKrishna C R G2466
20

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