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.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	2646	1	1 - 0	1	IM	Martinez Ramirez Lennis	2458	44
2	45	GM	Movsziszian Karen	2457	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2633	2
3	46	IM	Das Arghyadip	2453	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2630	4
4	5	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2627	1	1 - 0	1	IM	Ayats Llobera Gerard	2448	50
5	49	IM	Zwirs Nico	2450	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2620	6
6	7	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	2606	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Das Sayantan	2436	54
7	9	GM	Fedorchuk Sergey A.	2594	1	1 - 0	1	IM	Kaasen Tor Fredrik	2432	56
8	51	GM	Kjartansson Gudmundur	2443	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Safarli Eltaj	2579	11
9	12	GM	Yuffa Daniil	2567	1	1 - 0	1	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	2429	57
10	53	IM	Pantzar Milton	2441	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Fier Alexandr	2563	13
11	14	GM	Meshkovs Nikita	2557	1	1 - 0	1	GM	Perez Mitjans Orelvis	2425	59
12	55	IM	Molina Roberto Junio Brito	2434	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Stocek Jiri	2557	15
13	58	FM	Garcia Ramos Daniel	2428	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Suleymanli Aydin	2541	18
14	21	GM	Vetoshko Volodymyr	2525	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Maltsevskaya Aleksandra	2411	61
15	60	IM	Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio	2413	1	1 - 0	1	GM	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel	2520	22

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Round 3 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	25	GM	Krzyzanowski Marcin	2510	2		2	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	2646	1
2	2	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2633	2		2	IM	Muradli Mahammad	2501	27
3	26	GM	Asis Gargatagli Hipolito	2502	2		2	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2627	5
4	6	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2620	2		2	IM	Beerdsen Thomas	2484	33
5	28	GM	Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis	2491	2		2	GM	Fedorchuk Sergey A.	2594	9
6	11	GM	Safarli Eltaj	2579	2		2	GM	Gretarsson Helgi Ass	2476	37
7	30	IM	Saduakassova Dinara	2491	2		2	GM	Yuffa Daniil	2567	12
8	38	IM	Vrolijk Liam	2470	2		2	GM	Meshkovs Nikita	2557	14
9	15	GM	Stocek Jiri	2557	2		2	IM	Sankalp Gupta	2468	41
10	18	GM	Suleymanli Aydin	2541	2		2	IM	Aditya Mittal	2459	43
11	60	IM	Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio	2413	2		2	GM	Narciso Dublan Marc	2519	23
12	24	GM	Visakh N R	2515	2		2	FM	Habans Aguerrea Javier	2298	85
13	4	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2630	1½		1½	IM	Kacharava Nikolozi	2469	39
14	42	GM	Rios Cristhian Camilo	2460	1½		1½	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	2606	7
15	8	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2604	1½		1½	IM	Das Arghyadip	2453	46

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