1st Bikaner GM Open R4: Abhijeet and Tahbaz in the lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 04/10/2022

GM Abhijeet Gupta defeated IM Kushagra Mohan comfortably to maintain his lead at 1st Bikaner GM Open 2022. He is joined by IM Tahbaz Arash (IRI) who won against FM Ram Aravind L N in an interesting encounter. While, Kushagra got a worse position out of the Closed Sicilian opening, Ram Aravind faltered in the final moments of the endgame. IM Anuj Shrivatri saved a difficult position against GM Michal Krasenkow (POL). The teenager managed to salvage a draw eventually. Abhijeet will inevitably clash against Tahbaz in the fifth round, which starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Anuj survives against Krasenkow

Seven out of the top ten games ended decisively.

GM Abhijeet Gupta would certainly love to win the tournament in his home state | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Kushagra - Abhijeet: 0-1

Things went wrong for IM Kushagra Mohan (2395) right out of the opening against GM Abhijeet Gupta (2607).

Position after 16.Bxe5

16.0-0-0 Ng4 17.Nc3 was a relatively better choice for White. 17.Bxe5 Nxe5 18.Qc3+ Nc4 19.bxc4 Rhe8 20.c5 Qb5 21.0-0 Ne4 22.Bxe4 dxe4 White's position fell apart in a hurry.

Final moments: IM Kushagra Mohan vs GM Abhijeet Gupta | Video: ChessBase India

IM Kushagra Mohan - GM Abhijeet Gupta: 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Final moments: GM Michal Krasenkow (POL) vs IM Anuj Shrivatri | Video: ChessBase India

GM Michal Krasenkow (POL) - IM Anuj Shrivatri: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Sarthak Rawat - IM Anup Deshmukh: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The tournament hall | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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A total of 75 players including 10 GMs, 7 IMs and 4 WIMs are taking part from 13 countries across the world in the Category A. The nine-day ten-round Swiss league tournament is organized by Rajasthan Chess Association from 1st to 9th October 2022. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1. Category B witnesses the participation of 304 players from various parts of India along with players from Bangladesh and Nepal.

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Round 4 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	12	CM	KUSHAGRA MOHAN			IND	2395	3	0 - 1	3	GM	GUPTA ABHIJEET			IND	2607	2	PGN
2	18		OMIDI ARYA			IRI	2321	3	½ - ½	3	GM	SAVCHENKO BORIS			RUS	2550	4	PGN
3	22	FM	RAM ARAVIND L N			IND	2218	3	0 - 1	3	IM	TAHBAZ ARASH			IRI	2438	8	PGN
4	1	GM	PANTSULAIA LEVAN			GEO	2609	2½	1 - 0	2½		ARHAN CHETHAN ANAND			IND	2126	32	PGN
5	23	CM	MAYANK CHAKRABORTY			IND	2203	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	BATCHULUUN TSEGMED			MGL	2487	6	PGN
6	3	GM	KRASENKOW MICHAL			POL	2550	2	½ - ½	2½	IM	ANUJ SHRIVATRI			IND	2407	10	PGN
7	29	CM	AADITYA DHINGRA			IND	2154	2	0 - 1	2	GM	DEEPAN CHAKKRAVARTHY J.			IND	2451	7	PGN
8	9	GM	NEVEROV VALERIY			UKR	2431	2	0 - 1	2	GM	ZIATDINOV RASET			USA	2086	36	PGN
9	15	GM	NGUYEN DUC HOA			VIE	2360	2	1 - 0	2		VRASHANK CHOUHAN			IND	2107	34	PGN
10	31	FM	JAISWAL RUPESH			NEP	2135	2	½ - ½	2	IM	RAJESH V A V			IND	2334	16	PGN
11	17	IM	RATNAKARAN K.			IND	2329	2	½ - ½	2	CM	KAVINDA AKILA			SRI	2030	44	PGN
12	21	FM	ARADHYA GARG			IND	2284	2	1 - 0	2		DHYEY AGARWAL			IND	1739	66	PGN
13	39	CM	GARV GAUR			IND	2060	2	½ - ½	2		BHARADIA YASH			IND	2192	24	PGN
14	26		DHANANJAY S			IND	2181	2	0 - 1	2		ARORA HONI			IND	1682	70	PGN
15	41	AGM	VIGNESH B			IND	2050	2	0 - 1	1½	IM	NITIN S.			IND	2407	11	PGN

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	GUPTA ABHIJEET			IND	2607	4		4	IM	TAHBAZ ARASH			IRI	2438	8
2	4	GM	SAVCHENKO BORIS			RUS	2550	3½		3½	GM	PANTSULAIA LEVAN			GEO	2609	1
3	6	GM	BATCHULUUN TSEGMED			MGL	2487	3½		3½		OMIDI ARYA			IRI	2321	18
4	7	GM	DEEPAN CHAKKRAVARTHY J.			IND	2451	3		3	FM	ARADHYA GARG			IND	2284	21
5	10	IM	ANUJ SHRIVATRI			IND	2407	3		3	FM	RAM ARAVIND L N			IND	2218	22
6	36	GM	ZIATDINOV RASET			USA	2086	3		3	CM	KUSHAGRA MOHAN			IND	2395	12
7	70		ARORA HONI			IND	1682	3		3	GM	NGUYEN DUC HOA			VIE	2360	15
8	44	CM	KAVINDA AKILA			SRI	2030	2½		2½	GM	KRASENKOW MICHAL			POL	2550	3
9	24		BHARADIA YASH			IND	2192	2½		2½	GM	PAICHADZE LUKA			GEO	2527	5
10	11	IM	NITIN S.			IND	2407	2½		2½	CM	MAYANK CHAKRABORTY			IND	2203	23
11	14	GM	LAXMAN R.R.			IND	2378	2½		2½	FM	JAISWAL RUPESH			NEP	2135	31
12	16	IM	RAJESH V A V			IND	2334	2½		2½		PHATAK AANJANEYA			IND	2102	35
13	32		ARHAN CHETHAN ANAND			IND	2126	2½		2½	IM	RATNAKARAN K.			IND	2329	17
14	20		BALASUBRAMANIAM H			IND	2298	2½		2½	CM	GARV GAUR			IND	2060	39
15	42		MAHINDRAKAR INDRAJEET			IND	2050	2		2	GM	NEVEROV VALERIY			UKR	2431	9

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