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2nd elllobregat Open R1: Aditya Samant stuns Vitaliy Bernadskiy

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/12/2021

FM Aditya Samant scored the biggest upset of the first round as he beat one of the tournament favorite, GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR) at 2nd elllobregat Open 2021. The 15-year-old boy holds an IM-norm, and he has won two rating tournaments this year, Rapid and Classical in September and November respectively at his home city, Pune. A total of 157 players including 37 GMs, 34 IMs, 3 WGMs and 2 WIMs are taking part from 41 countries across the world. The total prize fund of the event is €25400, the first prize is €10000. Karthikeyan Murali, Arjun Erigaisi, Sethuraman, Visakh N R and Sankalp Gupta made a winning start among Indian GMs.

Prraneeth draws with Iniyan

CM Prraneeth Vuppala who holds an IM-norm drew with GM Iniyan P. The only Indian woman taking part in this event, WIM Isha Sharma also made an impressive start as she drew with IM Bharath Subramaniyam H. Untitled Vaibhav Jayant Raut continues his good form from 53rd Barbera del Valles Open 2021, as he drew with IM IM Claudio Javier Minzer (ARG).

Aditya Samant stunned GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy

Karthikeyan - Marta: 1-0

GM Karthikeyan Murali executed a beautiful combination against IM Marta Garcia Martin (ESP).

Position after 25...h5

Try to think like Karthikeyan and find the beautiful finish for White after 25...h5.

Fourth seeded Karthikeyan scored an emphatic victory

Cadilhac - Arjun Erigaisi: 0-1

FM Igor Tokuichi Kikuchi Cadilhac (BRA) did not respond correctly to GM Arjun Erigaisi's attack on the kingside.

Position after 29...Qh4

Black has a simple threat of Qxf2+ and exploit White's back-rank weakness, White completely ignored it. 30.Bxf8 Qxf2+ 31.Kh1 Ne5 and White had to resign as the queen does not have any more safe squares where it can also prevent back-rank checkmate threat.

It goes without saying that Arjun Erigaisi is in top form | Photo: Lennart Ootes

CM Prraneeth Vuppala (pictured) - GM Iniyan P: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

WIM Isha Sharma (pictured) - IM Bharath Subramaniyam H: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Claudio Javier Minzer (ARG) - Vaibhav Jayant Raut (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Club d'Escacs Barberà

Replay Round 1 games

The tournament is taking place at Hotel Playafels, at Castelldefels, Barcelona in Spain from 30th November to 8th December 2021. Every day game starts at 9:30 p.m. IST, except the last round which starts at 2:30 p.m. IST. Time control is 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes/end + 30 seconds increment per move starting from move 1.

Round 1 results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
176
GMPogorelov Ruslan233800 - 10GMAbdusattorov Nodirbek2646
1
22
GMPonomariov Ruslan263301 - 00WGMHeinemann Josefine2336
77
378
FMKlimkowski Jan23330½ - ½0GMSantos Latasa Jaime2633
3
44
GMKarthikeyan Murali263001 - 00IMGarcia Martin Marta2324
79
580
FMCadilhac Igor Tokuichi Kikuchi232300 - 10GMErigaisi Arjun2627
5
66
GMSethuraman S.P.262001 - 00IMCruz Filemon2310
81
782
FMBarbero Sendic Alejandro230700 - 10GMIturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo2606
7
88
GMPuranik Abhimanyu26040½ - ½0FMDudognon Thibault2305
83
984
FMKenneskog Theodor230200 - 10GMFedorchuk Sergey A.2594
9
10135
Flaata Alexander R.206100 - 10FMHabans Aguerrea Javier2298
85
1186
FMSamant Aditya S229701 - 00GMBernadskiy Vitaliy2592
10
1211
GMSafarli Eltaj257901 - 00FMSeemann Jakub2296
87
1388
FMSchippers Maurice229000 - 10GMYuffa Daniil2567
12
1413
GMFier Alexandr256301 - 00CMLiyanage Ranindu Dilshan2282
89
1590
IMPomes Marcet Juan227500 - 10GMMeshkovs Nikita2557
14

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
11
GMAbdusattorov Nodirbek264611IMMartinez Ramirez Lennis2458
44
245
GMMovsziszian Karen245711GMPonomariov Ruslan2633
2
346
IMDas Arghyadip245311GMKarthikeyan Murali2630
4
45
GMErigaisi Arjun262711IMAyats Llobera Gerard2448
50
549
IMZwirs Nico245011GMSethuraman S.P.2620
6
67
GMIturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo260611IMDas Sayantan2436
54
79
GMFedorchuk Sergey A.259411IMKaasen Tor Fredrik2432
56
851
GMKjartansson Gudmundur244311GMSafarli Eltaj2579
11
912
GMYuffa Daniil256711IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh2429
57
1053
IMPantzar Milton244111GMFier Alexandr2563
13
1114
GMMeshkovs Nikita255711GMPerez Mitjans Orelvis2425
59
1255
IMMolina Roberto Junio Brito243411GMStocek Jiri2557
15
1358
FMGarcia Ramos Daniel242811GMSuleymanli Aydin2541
18
1421
GMVetoshko Volodymyr252511IMMaltsevskaya Aleksandra2411
61
1560
IMGines Esteo Pedro Antonio241311GMLopez Martinez Josep Manuel2520
22

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