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Farrukh Amonatov wins 1st Maharashtra GM Open 2022, Arjun Kalyan third

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/06/2022

GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) won his second consecutive tournament, 1st Maharashtra International GM Open 2022 after winning 13th KIIT GM Open, ten days ago. GM Arjun Kalyan gave his heart out in scoring a win in the last round and that is exactly what he achieved. GM Alexej Aleksandrov and Arjun also finished with the same score as Amonatov 8.5/11. Amonatov won the event due to better tie-breaks, Alexej and Arjun had to settle for second and third places. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹2000000. Top three prizes were ₹300000, ₹200000 and ₹150000 along with a trophy each respectively. IM Bhakti Kulkarni 6.5/11 is the highest finisher among female participants. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Kaustuv Kundu scores his maiden IM-norm, Bhakti Best Woman

Kaustuv Kundu is the fourth player of the event to score an IM-norm. It was his first IM-norm. IM Srihari L R and WGM Divya Deshmukh won the Best Emerging Player award in Male and Female category. IM Srihari and IM Neelash Saha are the only two non-GMs to finish in top ten. They secured sixth and tenth place scoring 8/11 and 7.5/11 respectively. IM Anup Deshmukh won the Game of the Tournament prize among Game of the Round winners.

Champion - GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) 8.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
GM Farrukh Amonatov wins the 1st Maharashtra International GM Open 2022 | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up - GM Aleksej Aleksandrov 8.5/11 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Second Runner-up - GM Arjun Kalyan 8.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
GM Arjun Kalyan on his performance at the 1st Maharashtra International GM Open | Video: ChessBase India

Top 3 (L to R) - 1st GM Farrukh Amonatov, 2nd GM Aleksej Aleksandrov and 3rd GM Arjun Kalyan | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Alexei - Arjun Kalyan: 0-1

GM Arjun Kalyan (2477) was determined to score a win in the final round. It was evident from his play. When the opportunity arose, he did not hesitate to sacrifice his queen for three minor pieces.

Position after 27.Ne8

Arjun did not hesitate to play 27...Nxe8 28.Bxg7+ Nxg7 29.Qd1 Bxe6 30.Kg1 Rg5 31.Rxe6 Nxe6. Black was ahead in material and he went on to win the game.

GM Arjun Kalyan played exemplary chess on how to win a must-win game in the final round | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Deep Sengupta - IM Anuj Shrivatri: 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Neelash Saha - GM Boris Savchenko: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Mihail Nikitenko - IM Srihari L R: 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM N Krishna Teja - GM Lalit Rohit: 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Nguyen Duc Hoa (VIE) - GM Venkatesh M R: 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

FM Sharan Rao - GM Vishnu Prasanna: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Kaustuv Kundu - GM Enamul Hossain: 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Game of the Round #6 winner - GM Karthik Venkataraman | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Game of the Round #7 winner - GM Venkatesh M R | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Game of the Round #8 winner - WGM Divya Deshmukh | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Game of the Round #9 winner - GM Deep Sengupta | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Game of the Round #10 winner - GM Alexei Fedorov | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Game of the Round #11 winner - GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Game of the Tournament winner - IM Anup Deshmukh | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Prize Distribution Ceremony

4th GM Deep Sengupta 8/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

6th and Best Emerging Male award - IM Srihari L R 8/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

9th GM Venkatesh M R 7.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

10th IM Neelash Saha 7.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Best Female 1st - IM Bhakti Kulkarni 6.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Best Female 2nd and Best Emerging Female - WGM Divya Deshmukh 6.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Best Female 3rd WGM Priyanka Nutakki 6/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

For more Round 11 and Prize Distribution Ceremony photos, please click at the respective links.

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A total of 141 players including 20 GMs, 29 IMs, 6 WGM and 9 WIMs participated from 13 countries across the world including India. The tournament was organized by Maharashtra Chess Association from 31st May to 8th June 2022 at Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, Maharashtra. The eleven-round Swiss league tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Round 11 results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
11
GMAmonatov Farrukh26228½ - ½8GMAleksandrov Aleksej2492
7
24
GMFedorov Alexei252970 - 1GMArjun Kalyan2477
13
39
IMAditya Mittal249070 - 17GMPaichadze Luka2567
2
45
GMSengupta Deep252671 - 07IMAnuj Shrivatri2356
35
518
IMNeelash Saha24397½ - ½7GMSavchenko Boris2524
6
611
GMNikitenko Mihail247970 - 17IMSrihari L R2404
24
717
GMStupak Kirill244071 - 07CMKushagra Mohan2343
40
829
IMKrishna Teja N23741 - 0GMLalith Babu M R2563
3
926
GMNguyen Duc Hoa23980 - 1GMVenkatesh M.R.2490
8
1031
IMKulkarni Bhakti23700 - 1GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.2478
12
1143
IMKonguvel Ponnuswamy2331½ - ½FMSamant Aditya S2433
20
1273
Prasannaa.S21640 - 1GMNguyen Van Huy2405
23
1327
IMGusain Himal23961 - 0Srihari L2178
71
1453
FMSharan Rao2274½ - ½6GMVishnu Prasanna. V2437
19
1510
GMKarthik Venkataraman248061 - 06FMAaryan Varshney2308
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Final standings

Rk.SNo NamesexFEDRtgIClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 Rp
11
GMAmonatov FarrukhTJK26228,573,078,560,252606
27
GMAleksandrov AleksejBLR24928,572,077,557,502613
313
GMArjun KalyanIND24778,571,576,556,252623
45
GMSengupta DeepIND25268,073,077,053,252576
52
GMPaichadze LukaGEO25678,071,577,055,002592
624
IMSrihari L RIND24048,068,072,050,752552
717
GMStupak KirillBLR24408,064,068,548,502449
86
GMSavchenko BorisRUS25247,574,079,552,252557
98
GMVenkatesh M.R.IND24907,566,071,046,752477
1018
IMNeelash SahaIND24397,565,070,045,002474
1123
GMNguyen Van HuyVIE24057,561,565,543,502383
1212
GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.IND24787,561,065,043,752391
1327
IMGusain HimalIND23967,560,564,542,252367
1429
IMKrishna Teja NIND23747,556,560,541,002299
1511
GMNikitenko MihailBLR24797,070,574,544,502478
1610
GMKarthik VenkataramanIND24807,070,075,045,252446
1753
FMSharan RaoIND22747,069,573,544,752505
1820
FMSamant Aditya SIND2433Maharashtra7,068,073,043,752413
199
IMAditya MittalIND2490Maharashtra7,068,071,542,752468
2045
Kaustuv KunduIND23277,065,569,540,752446
2140
CMKushagra MohanIND23437,065,569,538,002392
2232
IMViani Antonio DcunhaIND23647,064,569,040,252322
234
GMFedorov AlexeiBLR25297,064,068,040,252365
2435
IMAnuj ShrivatriIND23567,064,067,039,002335
25106
IMManish Anto Cristiano FIND20717,063,067,541,252457
2615
IMNigmatov OrtikUZB24637,062,066,037,502382
2743
IMKonguvel PonnuswamyIND23317,060,064,038,752320
2833
GMKarthikeyan P.IND23617,059,062,539,002222
293
GMLalith Babu M RIND25636,571,577,044,002453
3026
GMNguyen Duc HoaVIE23986,569,574,040,502475
3128
IMAudi AmeyaIND23896,568,073,542,252373
3231
IMKulkarni BhaktiwIND23706,567,572,038,502373
3319
GMVishnu Prasanna. VIND24376,567,571,540,252386
3471
Srihari LIND21786,565,068,537,502354
35112
CMAaditya DhingraIND20426,563,067,539,002407

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