1st Guwahati GM Open R2-3: Anabil Goswami's magic number 1111

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/03/2022

15-year-old Anabil Goswami scored the biggest upset in Round 2 of 1st Guwahati International GM Open 2022. The 1334-rated boy from Tripura defeated IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB). Earlier he drew with IM Rahul Sangma in the first round. In the third round, Kumar Gaurav won against IM Arash Tahbaz (IRI). The 20-year-old persevered a tough position and waited for the right moment to strike against his opponent. 13-year-old Abhash Roimya Saikia drew with two GMs he faced on the same day - P Karthikeyan and Saptarshi Roy. Vaibhav Jayant Raut held GM Deepan Chakkravarthy to a draw. Round 4 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Kumar Gaurav strikes Arash Tahbaz

24 players are at 100% score of 3.0/3. Among them, only four untitled players are there - Mahdi Gholami Orimi (IRI, 2420), Kaustuv Kundu (2281), Kumar Gaurav (2025) and 14-year-old Arnab Debnath (1626).

1334-rated Anabil Goswami beats IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Round 2: Nigmatov - Anabil: 0-1

IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB) got the opportunity to strike first against Anabil Goswami.

Position after 23.Nf6+

22...Nb4 was a mistake which allowed White to play the exciting 23.Nf6+. White is completely winning irrespective of Black's response to it. 23...Kh8 and now White did not follow through correctly. He opted for the relatively weaker 24.Nxd7. Find out what was the better continuation for White.

Position after 27.d4

27.d4 is another mistake by White. Self-pinning the d-pawn was not a good idea. Find out how Black can gain an advantage here.

Anabil Goswami beats Ortik Nigmatov | Video: ChessBase India

Anabil Goswami scored a big win over IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Samaritan Dutta - WIM Franco Valencia Angela (COL): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Aditya P Melani - GM Visakh N R: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Saptarshi Roy - Rijied Katrai: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM P Karthikeyan - Abhash Roimya Saikia: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Uddipta Gogoi - IM Manish Anto Cristiano F: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Round 3: Mayank - Iniyan: 0-1

12-year-old Mayank Chakraborty put up a very good fight against GM Iniyan P.

Position after 66...Rc4

67.Rb6 was one of the best way to secure a draw as it threatens Nxf6. The game continued 67.Rb7 Bd4 68.Nxf6 Rc5 69.Nd7 Rxf5+ and soon White had to give up his knight for the b-pawn. Mayank had to defend rook vs rook and bishop endgame for 50-moves. However, it is not easy to defend. He walked into a trap on the 29th move and lost the game.

An instructive Rook vs Rook and Bishop endgame | Mayank vs Iniyan | Video: ChessBase India

Iniyan got away this time but Mayank certainly has it in him to thrive in a big match | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Kumar - Tahbaz: 1-0

IM Arash Tahbaz (IRI) was better for the majority of the game. However, Kumar Gaurav kept looking for his chances.

Position after 42.Qe7

White has only threat Black needs to be worried about - 43.Qxf8+ which exploits the back-rank weakness. Black fell for it 42...g4. White gained the rook, forcing Black to resign in three more moves.

Kumar Gaurav showed great tenacity | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Vaibhav Jayant Raut - GM Deepan Chakkravarthy: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Abhash Roimya Saikia - GM Saptarshi Roy: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Pulakesh Sahu - IM Rahul Sangma: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

WIM Franco Valencia Angela (COL) - Tanmay Rajbongshi: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

For more Round 2 and 3 photos, please click at the respective links.

A quick tour of the venue - 1st Guwahati GM Open 2022 | Video: ChessBase India

A total of 254 players including 13 GMs, 16 IMs, 2 WGMs and 3 WIMs are taking part from 11 federations across the world including India. The tournament is organized by All Assam Chess Association from 14th to 20th March 2022 at Guwahati, Assam. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1

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Round 3 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	Rtg	No.
1	34	FM	Aradhya Garg		2236	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Ponkratov Pavel		2641	1
2	35	FM	Poormosavi Seyed Kian		2229	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez Neuris		2622	2
3	39		Vaibhav Jayant Raut		2198	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.		2520	4
4	5	GM	Stany G.A.		2517	2	1 - 0	2	WIM	Parnali S Dharia		2224	36
5	41	CM	Mayank Chakraborty	U15	2164	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Iniyan P		2516	6
6	7	GM	Mosadeghpour Masoud		2511	2	1 - 0	2	WIM	Priyanka K		2215	38
7	45		Mahindrakar Indrajeet		2059	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Fawzy Adham		2490	8
8	9	GM	Karthik Venkataraman		2485	2	1 - 0	2		Arpan Das		2166	40
9	47		Imocha Laishram		2049	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Raahul V S		2478	10
10	11	GM	Mirzoev Azer		2476	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Mohota Nisha		2147	42
11	49		Kumar Gaurav		2025	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Tahbaz Arash		2469	12
12	13	IM	Krishna C R G		2466	2	1 - 0	2		Arindam Mukherjee		2094	44
13	51	FM	Gaikwad Siddhant		2016	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Das Sayantan		2459	14
14	15	GM	Rios Cristhian Camilo		2449	2	1 - 0	2		Praloy Sahoo		2047	48
15	17	IM	Shyaamnikhil P		2442	2	1 - 0	2		Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U		2022	50
16	53		Singh Soram Rahul		2006	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Abdisalimov Abdimalik		2435	18
17	19	IM	Nitin S.		2427	2	1 - 0	2		Arnav Maheshwari	U15	2010	52
18	59		Pradip Ghosh		1974	2	0 - 1	2		Gholami Orimi Mahdi		2420	20
19	21	IM	Gusain Himal		2408	2	1 - 0	2		Imtiaz Islam Bora		2004	54
20	23	IM	Shahil Dey	U15	2400	2	1 - 0	2		Trailokya Nanda		1973	60

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Round 4 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Ponkratov Pavel		2641	3		3	IM	Shyaamnikhil P		2442	17
2	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez Neuris		2622	3		3	IM	Nitin S.		2427	19
3	18	IM	Abdisalimov Abdimalik		2435	3		3	GM	Stany G.A.		2517	5
4	6	GM	Iniyan P		2516	3		3	IM	Gusain Himal		2408	21
5	20		Gholami Orimi Mahdi		2420	3		3	GM	Mosadeghpour Masoud		2511	7
6	8	GM	Fawzy Adham		2490	3		3	IM	Shahil Dey	U15	2400	23
7	26	IM	Ratnakaran K.		2316	3		3	GM	Karthik Venkataraman		2485	9
8	10	IM	Raahul V S		2478	3		3	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh J		2316	27
9	31		Kaustuv Kundu		2281	3		3	GM	Mirzoev Azer		2476	11
10	32	FM	Aaryan Varshney		2277	3		3	IM	Krishna C R G		2466	13
11	14	IM	Das Sayantan		2459	3		3		Kumar Gaurav		2025	49
12	105		Arnab Debnath	U15	1626	3		3	GM	Rios Cristhian Camilo		2449	15
13	3	GM	Visakh N R		2522	2½		2½	WGM	Srija Seshadri		2219	37
14	4	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.		2520	2½		2½		Joel Paul Ganta		2004	55
15	24	GM	Karthikeyan P.		2397	2½		2½		Vaibhav Jayant Raut		2198	39
16	56		Borgaonkar Akshay	U15	1985	2½		2½	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra		2359	25
17	61	FM	Muhammed Shuaau		1969	2½		2½	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F		2236	33
18	110		Dutta Samaritan		1602	2½		2	WGM	Divya Deshmukh		2301	29
19	12	IM	Tahbaz Arash		2469	2		2		Iftikar Alom Mazumdar		1748	83
20	22	GM	Saptarshi Roy		2402	2		2		Elangbam Shashikanta Singh		1739	85

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