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. NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/City No.PGN
11
GMGupta, Abhijeet2605PSPB01 - 00Apaar, Saxena2150KAR
106PGN
2107
Raghav, V2150TN0½ - ½0GMSethuraman, S.P.2594PSPB
2PGN
33
GMShort, Nigel D2592ENG01 - 00IMMohota, Nisha2147PSPB
108PGN
4109
Sathvik, Adiga2142KAR0½ - ½0GMGhosh, Diptayan2568WB
4PGN
55
IMAronyak, Ghosh2541WB01 - 00IMDeshmukh, Anup2139MAH
110PGN
6111
FMMatta, Vinay Kumar2132UBI01 - 00GMSankalp, Gupta2535MAH
6PGN
77
GMLalit, Babu M R2525PSPB0½ - ½0CMGaurav, Rajesh Zagade2132MAH
112PGN
8113
CMJoel, Paul Ganta2130AP0½ - ½0GMFawzy, Adham2522EGY
8PGN
99
GMIniyan, P2515TN01 - 00Nagare, Akhilesh2123MAH
114PGN
10115
Prudhvi, Kumar V2123AP0½ - ½0GMDas, Sayantan2514RSPB
10PGN
1111
GMPranav, Anand2513KAR01 - 00Sudarshan, Bhat2120KAR
116PGN
12117
WIMNguyen, Thanh Thuy Tien2118VIE00 - 10GMMitrabha, Guha2504WB
12PGN
1313
GMShyam, Sundar M.2497TN0½ - ½0IMSobh, Amrou2117EGY
118PGN
14119
Gandhi, Anish2117MAH00 - 10GMSavchenko, Boris2489RUS
14PGN
1515
GMChanda, Sandipan2486WB0½ - ½0CMJohn, Veny Akkarakaran2112KER
120PGN
16121
Vijayakumar, Rishi2104SCO0½ - ½0IMSrihari, L R2469TN
16PGN
1717
IMMuthaiah, Al2464TN00 - 10WIMLuong, Phuong Hanh2102VIE
122PGN
18123
WFMDeodhar, Vrushali Umesh2100MAH00 - 10GMStany, G.A.2459KAR
18PGN
1919
GMFedorov, Alexei2457BLR01 - 00CMNagare, Kaivalya Sandip2095MAH
124PGN
20125
FMMuhammed, Shuaau2093MDV00 - 10IMNeelash, Saha2446WB
20PGN

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.SNo NameTypsexFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
11
GMGupta, AbhijeetIND2605PSPB1000,0001
3
GMShort, Nigel DENG2592ENG1000,0001
5
IMAronyak, GhoshIND2541WB1000,0001
9
GMIniyan, PIND2515TN1000,0001
11
GMPranav, AnandIND2513KAR1000,0001
12
GMMitrabha, GuhaIND2504WB1000,0001
14
GMSavchenko, BorisRUS2489RUS1000,0001
18
GMStany, G.A.IND2459KAR1000,0001
19
GMFedorov, AlexeiBLR2457BLR1000,0001
20
IMNeelash, SahaIND2446WB1000,0001
21
IMShyaamnikhil, PIND2443ICF1000,0001
22
IMSammed Jaykumar, SheteIND2441MAH1000,0001
23
IMNitish, BelurkarIND2435GOA1000,0001
26
IMIlamparthi, A RIND2426TN1000,0001
27
IMTahbaz, ArashIRI2425IRI1000,0001
30
GMDeepan, Chakkravarthy J.IND2422ICF1000,0001
31
FMAdireddy, ArjunIND2415TEL1000,0001
33
IMViani, Antonio DcunhaIND2407KAR1000,0001
34
IMPanda, SambitIND2404ODI1000,0001
35
IMDe Silva, L M S TSRI2398SRI1000,0001

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/City No.
170
IMAvinash, Ramesh2290TN11GMGupta, Abhijeet2605PSPB
1
272
FMGoutham, Krishna H2288KER11GMShort, Nigel D2592ENG
3
376
FMWagh, Suyog2266MAH11IMAronyak, Ghosh2541WB
5
480
Saurabh, Anand2243BIH11GMIniyan, P2515TN
9
582
GMRoy Chowdhury, Saptarshi2233WB11GMPranav, Anand2513KAR
11
612
GMMitrabha, Guha2504WB11GMTeterev, Vitaly2288BLR
71
714
GMSavchenko, Boris2489RUS11Srihari, L2288PUD
73
818
GMStany, G.A.2459KAR11IMRatnakaran, K.2256RSPB
79
986
Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy2204UP11GMFedorov, Alexei2457BLR
19
1020
IMNeelash, Saha2446WB11FMJoshua, A P2234KAR
81
1188
Dere, Pushkar2191MAH11IMShyaamnikhil, P2443ICF
21
1222
IMSammed Jaykumar, Shete2441MAH11FMRosh, Jain2221DEL
85
1390
WIMSharma, Isha2183KAR11IMNitish, Belurkar2435GOA
23
1426
IMIlamparthi, A R2426TN11WGMFrayna, Janelle Mae2197PHI
87
1592
IMSangma, Rahul2182GUJ11IMTahbaz, Arash2425IRI
27
1630
GMDeepan, Chakkravarthy J.2422ICF11Alekhya, Mukhopadhyay2184WB
89
1796
Nithin, Babu2177KER11FMAdireddy, Arjun2415TEL
31
1898
CMNayak, Rajesh2170ODI11IMViani, Antonio Dcunha2407KAR
33
1934
IMPanda, Sambit2404ODI11CMRajarishi, Karthi2183TN
91
20104
FMDhananjay, S2151CHAT11IMDe Silva, L M S T2398SRI
35

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