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2nd elllobregat Open R2: The Das defence

by Shahid Ahmed - 02/12/2021

IMs Arghyadip and Sayantan Das played solid to draw with GMs Karthikeyan Murali and Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli (ESP) in the second round of 2nd elllobregat Open 2021. Arghyadip prevented a strong attack, rendering both of them get into a difficult situation to make progress, Sayantan played the queen, knight and many pawns endgame well to force his opponent to go for the perpetual. 24 players are at 100% score of 2.0/2 including five Indians - GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Sethuraman S P, Visakh N R, Sankalp Gupta and IM Aditya Mittal. Round 3 starts today at 9:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Prraneeth, Manish and Aditya Samant impress

The Indian kids continue their good form. CM Prraneeth Vuppala, IM Manish Anto Cristiano and FM Aditya Samant held GM Jaime Santos Latasa (ESP), GM Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder (CHI) and IM Nikolozi Kacharava (GEO) respectively. Untitled Vaibhat Jayant Raut made his second consecutive draw against an IM, Lucian-Ioan Filip (ROU).

IM Arghyadip Das held GM Karthikeyan Murali to a draw | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Arghyadip - Karthikeyan: 0.5-0.5

IM Arghyadip Das played solid against GM Karthikeyan Murali in the Sicilian Pelikan variation.

Position after 28...f5

Black wants to break the kingside open via f5-f4. White made sure things don't go out of hand, 29.exf5 gxf5 30.f4 put a stop to that. 30...e4 might give Black a protected passed pawn but it is not easy to make a progress for either side without taking a big risk. Soon both players repeated moves to draw the game.

Arjun Erigaisi - Gerard: 1-0

IM Gerard Ayats Llobera (ESP) made a thematic exchange sacrifice. Later he went for an interesting exchange using tactics against GM Arjun Erigaisi.

Position after 29...Bxc3+

White cannot play 30.Qxc3 as Qxd6 puts Black in a very comfortable position due to firm placement of the knight at g3 and White's isolated weak pawns. 30.Kb1 was the only feasible choice for White. Now, Black decided to take the rook at e1. 30...Bxe1 is not the best choice as 30...Qc7 would have allowed Black to fight a bit longer. The game continued 31.Rxc6 bxc6 32.e5

Position after 32.e5

Black's best fighting chance was 32...Bb4. 32...Rxe5 abandoned all hope as 33.Qd8+ Kh8 34.Qf8 Rf5 35.Nd4 and it became just a matter of time for White to convert this into a victory.

Eduardo - Sayantan: 0.5-0.5

The former Venezuela no.1 GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli who now represents Spain made one last attempt against IM Sayantan Das in an interesting queen, knight and many pawns endgame.

Position after 35.h5

Black has to take on h5 whether you give a check at b2/c2 or not. He decided to take immediately 35...gxh5 and White forced a perpetual 36.Qe8+ Kg7 37.Qe5+ Kg8 and draw was the inevitable result. White could not have taken the d5 or b7 pawn as his own king was much more vulnerable than his opponent's.

IM Sayantan Das played the endgame well against GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli (ESP) | Photo: IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran

IM Manish Anto Cristiano F (pictured) - GM Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder (CHI): 0.5-0.5

IM Nikolozi Kacharava (GEO) - FM Aditya Samant (pictured): 0.5-0.5

GM Jaime Santos Latasa (ESP) - CM Prraneeth Vuppala (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Vaibhav Jayant Raut (pictured) - IM Lucian-Ioan Filip (ROU): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Club d'Escacs Barberà

Replay Round 2 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 2 results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
11
GMAbdusattorov Nodirbek264611 - 01IMMartinez Ramirez Lennis2458
44
245
GMMovsziszian Karen245710 - 11GMPonomariov Ruslan2633
2
346
IMDas Arghyadip24531½ - ½1GMKarthikeyan Murali2630
4
45
GMErigaisi Arjun262711 - 01IMAyats Llobera Gerard2448
50
549
IMZwirs Nico245010 - 11GMSethuraman S.P.2620
6
67
GMIturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo26061½ - ½1IMDas Sayantan2436
54
79
GMFedorchuk Sergey A.259411 - 01IMKaasen Tor Fredrik2432
56
851
GMKjartansson Gudmundur244310 - 11GMSafarli Eltaj2579
11
912
GMYuffa Daniil256711 - 01IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh2429
57
1053
IMPantzar Milton24411½ - ½1GMFier Alexandr2563
13
1114
GMMeshkovs Nikita255711 - 01GMPerez Mitjans Orelvis2425
59
1255
IMMolina Roberto Junio Brito243410 - 11GMStocek Jiri2557
15
1358
FMGarcia Ramos Daniel242810 - 11GMSuleymanli Aydin2541
18
1421
GMVetoshko Volodymyr25251½ - ½1IMMaltsevskaya Aleksandra2411
61
1560
IMGines Esteo Pedro Antonio241311 - 01GMLopez Martinez Josep Manuel2520
22

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Round 3 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
125
GMKrzyzanowski Marcin251022GMAbdusattorov Nodirbek2646
1
22
GMPonomariov Ruslan263322IMMuradli Mahammad2501
27
326
GMAsis Gargatagli Hipolito250222GMErigaisi Arjun2627
5
46
GMSethuraman S.P.262022IMBeerdsen Thomas2484
33
528
GMArizmendi Martinez Julen Luis249122GMFedorchuk Sergey A.2594
9
611
GMSafarli Eltaj257922GMGretarsson Helgi Ass2476
37
730
IMSaduakassova Dinara249122GMYuffa Daniil2567
12
838
IMVrolijk Liam247022GMMeshkovs Nikita2557
14
915
GMStocek Jiri255722IMSankalp Gupta2468
41
1018
GMSuleymanli Aydin254122IMAditya Mittal2459
43
1160
IMGines Esteo Pedro Antonio241322GMNarciso Dublan Marc2519
23
1224
GMVisakh N R251522FMHabans Aguerrea Javier2298
85
134
GMKarthikeyan Murali2630IMKacharava Nikolozi2469
39
1442
GMRios Cristhian Camilo2460GMIturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo2606
7
158
GMPuranik Abhimanyu2604IMDas Arghyadip2453
46

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