Mayukh misses against Deep
The average rating of the tournament is 2281 and average age is 25. The first round of the tournament saw several upsets and strong battles. That certainly speaks volumes about the strength of the field.
Final moments: GM Manik Mikulas (SVK) - GM Abhijeet Gupta | Video: ChessBase India
GM Manik Mikulas (SVK) played a solid draw against GM Abhijeet Gupta
The second-highest rated player of the event GM Karen H Grigoryan (ARM) won a nice game with a thematic exchange sacrifice against WIM Tejaswini G
The newly crowned 2nd Namma Bengaluru GM double champion - GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) scored a comfortable win over Rohit S
Mayukh - Deep
Position after 30.Rb7
The correct way to defend the above rook and same color bishop ending was to bring the king in action 30...Ke8. Instead, 30...Rc1+? invited trouble 31.Kh2 Be6?? the bishop got misplaced. 32.b6 Rc2 33.Rb8? Now White needed to play 33.b4. The reason is to ensure Black does not get time to take on f2. White is going to lose the b2-pawn anyway, so might as well use it displace Black's rook and keep the f2-pawn. 33...Rxf2 and Black eventually managed to get a queen vs rook and bishop endgame which ended in a draw as White had no way to break through the fortress.
FM Apoorv Kamble made a one move blunder in a seemingly balanced rook and bishop endgame against GM Sandipan Chanda
IM Neelash Saha - FM Dhananjay S: 0.5-0.5
FM Ram Aravind L N - IM Goutham Krishna H: 0.5-0.5
IM Mayank Chakraborty defended two pawns down tough endgame against IM-elect Nithin Babu
FM Niranjan Navalgund - IM Soham Kamotra: 0.5-0.5
IM Mehar Chinna Reddy C H - WGM Srija Seshadri: 0.5-0.5
GM Alexei Fedorov - Varun V (pictured): 0.5-0.5
GM Deepan Chakkravarthy - CM Naitik R Mehta: 0.5-0.5
Mahitosh Dey - IM Hari Madhavan N B: 0.5-0.5
FM Priyanshu Patil - IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete: 1-0
Samyak Dharewa - IM Viani Antonio Dcunha: 1-0
Final moments: IM Srihari L - Aanjaneya Phatak | Video: ChessBase India
Aanjaneya Phatak used his queen nicely to prevent his opponent, IM Srihari L's pawn from being promoted with the help of his rook
GM Van Nguyen Huy (VIE) - Arpith S Bijoy: 0.5-0.5
IM Shahil Dey - Aditya Varun Gampa: 0.5-0.5
CM Venkata Ruthvik Mummana - IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ): 0.5-0.5
FM Aarav Sinha - IM Subhayan Kundu: 0.5-0.5
WGM Priyanka Nutakki - IM Mohsen Elgabry (EGY): 1-0
Prakash Kunte, IA R Srivatsan and Vilas Mhatre were felicitated by a flower bouquet presented by Atharva Godbole at the inauguration ceremony in presence of IA Rajendra Shidore
Group photo of various titled players at the inauguration ceremony with the organizing team
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Round 1 results
| Bo. | White | Typ | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | Typ | Rtg | Club/City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Manik, Mikulas | 2273 | SVK | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | GM | Gupta, Abhijeet | 2576 | PSPB | ||||
| 2 | GM | Grigoryan, Karen H. | 2556 | ARM | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | WIM | Tejaswini, G | 2272 | AICF Pending | ||||
| 3 | GM | Teterev, Vitaly | 2266 | BLR | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | GM | Petrosyan, Manuel | 2544 | ARM | ||||
| 4 | GM | Pantsulaia, Levan | 2532 | GEO | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | FM | Rohit, S | 2266 | TN | ||||
| 5 | Mayukh, Majumder | 2265 | WB | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | GM | Sengupta, Deep | 2506 | PSPB | |||||
| 6 | GM | Chanda, Sandipan | 2485 | WB | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | FM | Apoorv, Kamble | 2264 | KA | ||||
| 7 | Shah, Jeet | 2261 | MH | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | IM | Ayush, Sharma | 2485 | MP | |||||
| 8 | IM | Neelash, Saha | 2460 | RLYS | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | FM | Dhananjay, S | 2250 | CG | ||||
| 9 | FM | Ojas, Kulkarni | 2248 | KA | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | GM | Savchenko, Boris | 2459 | RUS | ||||
| 10 | GM | Stany, G.A. | 2454 | KA | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | FM | Aarav, Sarbalia | 2247 | KA | ||||
| 11 | FM | Ram, Aravind L N | 2245 | TN | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | IM | Goutham, Krishna H | 2449 | KL | ||||
| 12 | GM | Sanikidze, Tornike | 2448 | GEO | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | WFM | Kalyani, Sirin | 2243 | KL | ||||
| 13 | Nithin, Babu | 2242 | KL | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | IM | Mayank, Chakraborty | 2444 | AICF Pending | |||||
| 14 | IM | Nitish, Belurkar | 2441 | GA | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | Gawai, Siddhant | 2241 | MH | |||||
| 15 | FM | Navalgund, Niranjan | 2239 | KA | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | IM | Soham, Kamotra | 2422 | JK |
Standings after Round 1
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | Gr | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | IM | Sathvik, Adiga | IND | 2390 | KA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1,00 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 135 | IM | Rahman, Yehya | EGY | 1896 | EGY | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1,00 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | GM | Grigoryan, Karen H. | ARM | 2556 | ARM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | GM | Petrosyan, Manuel | ARM | 2544 | ARM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | GM | Pantsulaia, Levan | GEO | 2532 | GEO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | GM | Chanda, Sandipan | IND | 2485 | WB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | IM | Ayush, Sharma | IND | 2485 | MP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | 9 | GM | Savchenko, Boris | RUS | 2459 | RUS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | 10 | GM | Stany, G.A. | IND | 2454 | KA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 10 | 12 | GM | Sanikidze, Tornike | GEO | 2448 | GEO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | 14 | IM | Nitish, Belurkar | IND | 2441 | GA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 12 | 17 | FM | Borgaonkar, Akshay | PO12612_PUNE_20 | IND | 2418 | MH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 13 | 19 | IM | Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan | SRI | 2398 | SRI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | 24 | IM | Panda, Sambit | IND | 2391 | OD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 15 | 27 | IM | Harsh, Suresh | IND | 2389 | TN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 1 |
Round 2 pairings
| Bo. | White | Typ | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | Typ | Rtg | Club/City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Dzhumaev, Marat | 2352 | UZB | 1 | 1 | GM | Grigoryan, Karen H. | 2556 | ARM | |||||
| 2 | GM | Petrosyan, Manuel | 2544 | ARM | 1 | 1 | GM | Podolchenko, Evgeniy | 2307 | BLR | |||||
| 3 | FM | Jai, Sankar Subramanian | 2316 | TN | 1 | 1 | GM | Pantsulaia, Levan | 2532 | GEO | |||||
| 4 | IM | Utsab, Chatterjee | 2299 | WB | 1 | 1 | GM | Chanda, Sandipan | 2485 | WB | |||||
| 5 | IM | Ayush, Sharma | 2485 | MP | 1 | 1 | WGM | Priyanka, Nutakki | 2298 | AP | |||||
| 6 | GM | Savchenko, Boris | 2459 | RUS | 1 | 1 | FM | Nagarkatte, Vedant | 2296 | MH | |||||
| 7 | FM | Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy | 2295 | UP | 1 | 1 | GM | Stany, G.A. | 2454 | KA | |||||
| 8 | WGM | Gomes, Mary Ann | 2284 | PSPB | 1 | 1 | GM | Sanikidze, Tornike | 2448 | GEO | |||||
| 9 | CM | Sarveshwaran, V | 2234 | TN | 1 | 1 | IM | Nitish, Belurkar | 2441 | GA | |||||
| 10 | FM | Borgaonkar, Akshay | 2418 | MH | 1 | 1 | IM | Gochelashvili, David | 2227 | RUS | |||||
| 11 | IM | Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan | 2398 | SRI | 1 | 1 | FM | Patil, Priyanshu | 2222 | MH | |||||
| 12 | Samyak, Dharewa | 2209 | WB | 1 | 1 | IM | Panda, Sambit | 2391 | OD | ||||||
| 13 | IM | Sathvik, Adiga | 2390 | KA | 1 | 1 | Arnav, Agrawal | 2194 | UP | ||||||
| 14 | IM | Harsh, Suresh | 2389 | TN | 1 | 1 | CM | Mummana, Venkata Ruthvik | 2190 | AP | |||||
| 15 | Phatak, Aanjaneya | 2204 | MH NG | 1 | 1 | FM | Harshad, S | 2388 | TN |
