1st Bangalore GM 2024 R1: Vinay Kumar outplays Sankalp Gupta

by Shahid Ahmed - 19/01/2024

FM Vinay Kumar Matta scored the biggest upset of the first round at 1st Bangalore GM 2024. Vinay completely outplayed Sankalp after getting a commanding position. WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty also scored a big win against GM Hesham Abdelrahman (EGY). The newly crowned Caplin Hastings Masters 2023-24 winner, GM Abhijeet Gupta is the top seed. The 007 of chess, GM Nigel Short (ENG), the legend is the second seed. Raghav V held the reigning National champion GM Sethuraman to a draw. A total of 207 players including 31 GMs, 40 IMs, 4 WGMs and 10 WIMs are taking part from 16 countries across the world in Open A. The total prize fund combining three categories is ₹5000000, ₹2500000 in Category A. The top three prizes are ₹450000, ₹350000 and ₹250000 along with a trophy each. Today is the first of the two double round day. Round 2 starts at 10 a.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Vishy Anand inaugurates the tournament

Local talent Sathvik Adiga held GM Diptayan Ghosh to a draw, after the latter missed his win in the final moments of the endgame. CM Joel Paul Ganta and Prudhvi Kumar V held GM Adham Fawzy (EGY) and GM Sayantan Das to a draw.

FM Vinay Kumar scored a big upset against GM Sankalp Gupta

Vinay - Sankalp

Position after 29.g5

Black's position is crippled mainly because despite having a bishop pair, it is of no use. White has positional advantage in almost all aspects. He just slowly outplayed his opponent and went on to win the game.

The recently crowned Caplin Hastings Masters 2023-24 winner - GM Abhijeet Gupta is the top seed

13-year-old Raghav V held the reigning National champion, GM Sethuraman S P to a draw

The legend - GM Nigel Short defeated IM Nisha Mohota comfortably

Sathvik - Diptayan

Position after 45.b4

45...e3 would have won the game for GM Diptayan Ghosh (2568). Instead, he opted for 45...axb4 which allowed White to connect the rooks on b-file 46.R7xb4 and 12-year-old Sathvik Adiga (2142) managed to salvage a half point.

Final moments: Sathvik Adiga vs GM Diptayan Ghosh | Video: ChessBase India

Sathvik Adiga made a nice save after GM Diptayan Ghosh missed his winning opportunity

CM Gaurav Rajesh Zagade missed plenty of winning opportunities against GM Lalit Rohit

Joel Paul Ganta - GM Adham Fawzy (EGY): 0.5-0.5

Prudhvi Kumar V - GM Sayantan Das: 0.5-0.5

GM Sandipan Chanda - CM John Veny Akkarakaran: 0.5-0.5

WIM Ivana Maria Furtado - IM Sharan Rao: 0.5-0.5

IM Nubairshah Shaikh - WIM Priyanka K: 0.5-0.5

WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty - GM Hesham Abdelrahman (EGY): 1-0

IM Kaustuv Kundu - CM Shadhursshaan R: 0-1

Simhadri Sai Hrushikesh - GM Vishnu Prasanna: 0.5-0.5

Indrajeet Mahindrakar blundered in a winning position against GM Venkatesh M R, and the game ended in a draw

Abhay Bandewar - IM Ameya Audi: 0.5-0.5

Round 1 in progress

Inauguration Ceremony

Vishy Anand and Karnataka Chief Minister - Siddaramaiah makes the inaugural first moves

Vishy Anand lights up the lamp

Vishy Anand makes the inaugural first move on GM Abhijeet Gupta's top board

The maestro - Vishy Anand sounds the gong at the inauguration ceremony

For more Inauguration Ceremony and Round 1 - Part 1 and Part 2 photos, please click at the respective links.

Video Gallery

A gala welcome to Vishy Anand | Video: ChessBase India

How does Vishy Anand want his legacy to be remembered | Video: ChessBase India

Vishy Anand inaugurates 1st Bangalore GM 2024 | Video: ChessBase India

A total of 207 players including 31 GMs, 40 IMs, 4 WGMs and 10 WIMs are taking part from 16 countries across the world in Open A. The eight-day ten round GM tournament is being organized by Bengaluru Urban District Chess Association at Sri Kanteerava Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka from 18th to 26th January 2024. The time control of the event is 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move. There are no Classical round on 22nd January 2024. A Blitz Open tournament will take place on that day.

Replay Round 1 games

Round 1 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	1	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2605	PSPB	0	1 - 0	0		Apaar, Saxena	2150	KAR	106	PGN
2	107		Raghav, V	2150	TN	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2594	PSPB	2	PGN
3	3	GM	Short, Nigel D	2592	ENG	0	1 - 0	0	IM	Mohota, Nisha	2147	PSPB	108	PGN
4	109		Sathvik, Adiga	2142	KAR	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	WB	4	PGN
5	5	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2541	WB	0	1 - 0	0	IM	Deshmukh, Anup	2139	MAH	110	PGN
6	111	FM	Matta, Vinay Kumar	2132	UBI	0	1 - 0	0	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2535	MAH	6	PGN
7	7	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	2525	PSPB	0	½ - ½	0	CM	Gaurav, Rajesh Zagade	2132	MAH	112	PGN
8	113	CM	Joel, Paul Ganta	2130	AP	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Fawzy, Adham	2522	EGY	8	PGN
9	9	GM	Iniyan, P	2515	TN	0	1 - 0	0		Nagare, Akhilesh	2123	MAH	114	PGN
10	115		Prudhvi, Kumar V	2123	AP	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Das, Sayantan	2514	RSPB	10	PGN
11	11	GM	Pranav, Anand	2513	KAR	0	1 - 0	0		Sudarshan, Bhat	2120	KAR	116	PGN
12	117	WIM	Nguyen, Thanh Thuy Tien	2118	VIE	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2504	WB	12	PGN
13	13	GM	Shyam, Sundar M.	2497	TN	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Sobh, Amrou	2117	EGY	118	PGN
14	119		Gandhi, Anish	2117	MAH	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2489	RUS	14	PGN
15	15	GM	Chanda, Sandipan	2486	WB	0	½ - ½	0	CM	John, Veny Akkarakaran	2112	KER	120	PGN
16	121		Vijayakumar, Rishi	2104	SCO	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Srihari, L R	2469	TN	16	PGN
17	17	IM	Muthaiah, Al	2464	TN	0	0 - 1	0	WIM	Luong, Phuong Hanh	2102	VIE	122	PGN
18	123	WFM	Deodhar, Vrushali Umesh	2100	MAH	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Stany, G.A.	2459	KAR	18	PGN
19	19	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2457	BLR	0	1 - 0	0	CM	Nagare, Kaivalya Sandip	2095	MAH	124	PGN
20	125	FM	Muhammed, Shuaau	2093	MDV	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Neelash, Saha	2446	WB	20	PGN

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB5
1	1	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	IND	2605	PSPB	1	1
	3	GM	Short, Nigel D	ENG	2592	ENG	1	1
	5	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2541	WB	1	1
	9	GM	Iniyan, P	IND	2515	TN	1	1
	11	GM	Pranav, Anand	IND	2513	KAR	1	1
	12	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	IND	2504	WB	1	1
	14	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2489	RUS	1	1
	18	GM	Stany, G.A.	IND	2459	KAR	1	1
	19	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	BLR	2457	BLR	1	1
	20	IM	Neelash, Saha	IND	2446	WB	1	1
	21	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	IND	2443	ICF	1	1
	22	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	IND	2441	MAH	1	1
	23	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	IND	2435	GOA	1	1
	26	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	IND	2426	TN	1	1
	27	IM	Tahbaz, Arash	IRI	2425	IRI	1	1
	30	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2422	ICF	1	1
	31	FM	Adireddy, Arjun	IND	2415	TEL	1	1
	33	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	IND	2407	KAR	1	1
	34	IM	Panda, Sambit	IND	2404	ODI	1	1
	35	IM	De Silva, L M S T	SRI	2398	SRI	1	1

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	70	IM	Avinash, Ramesh	2290	TN	1	1	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2605	PSPB	1
2	72	FM	Goutham, Krishna H	2288	KER	1	1	GM	Short, Nigel D	2592	ENG	3
3	76	FM	Wagh, Suyog	2266	MAH	1	1	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2541	WB	5
4	80		Saurabh, Anand	2243	BIH	1	1	GM	Iniyan, P	2515	TN	9
5	82	GM	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	2233	WB	1	1	GM	Pranav, Anand	2513	KAR	11
6	12	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2504	WB	1	1	GM	Teterev, Vitaly	2288	BLR	71
7	14	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2489	RUS	1	1		Srihari, L	2288	PUD	73
8	18	GM	Stany, G.A.	2459	KAR	1	1	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	2256	RSPB	79
9	86		Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	2204	UP	1	1	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2457	BLR	19
10	20	IM	Neelash, Saha	2446	WB	1	1	FM	Joshua, A P	2234	KAR	81
11	88		Dere, Pushkar	2191	MAH	1	1	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	2443	ICF	21
12	22	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2441	MAH	1	1	FM	Rosh, Jain	2221	DEL	85
13	90	WIM	Sharma, Isha	2183	KAR	1	1	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2435	GOA	23
14	26	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	2426	TN	1	1	WGM	Frayna, Janelle Mae	2197	PHI	87
15	92	IM	Sangma, Rahul	2182	GUJ	1	1	IM	Tahbaz, Arash	2425	IRI	27
16	30	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2422	ICF	1	1		Alekhya, Mukhopadhyay	2184	WB	89
17	96		Nithin, Babu	2177	KER	1	1	FM	Adireddy, Arjun	2415	TEL	31
18	98	CM	Nayak, Rajesh	2170	ODI	1	1	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2407	KAR	33
19	34	IM	Panda, Sambit	2404	ODI	1	1	CM	Rajarishi, Karthi	2183	TN	91
20	104	FM	Dhananjay, S	2151	CHAT	1	1	IM	De Silva, L M S T	2398	SRI	35

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