3rd Vizag GM Open R1-4: Konguvel makes a perfect start

by Shahid Ahmed - 13/06/2022

IM P Konguvel is a revered chess player and gentleman of the game. He is in a three-way lead 4/4 along with the top seed GM Farrukh Amonatov and GM Stupak Kirill at GITAM University 3rd Vizag GM International Open 2022. He scored sublime victories over GM Boris Savchenko and IM Nigmatov Ortik in the third and fourth round respectively. The perfect start by Konguvel does not surprise us. He is former National 'A' champion (1995) and has GM strength. He has all the norms, only the rating requirement is left to be fulfilled. The current rating system might make things difficult to increase by a lot for an adult. However, Konguvel is certainly going to strive for it. Round 5 starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Aditya Varun Gampa and Bharat Kumar Reddy impresses

There are two untitled players who are undefeated at 3.5/4 each. They are - Aditya Varun Gampa (1836) and Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri (2224). Aditya defeated GM Nguyen Duc Hoa (VIE, 2398) and drew with GM Nguyen Van Huy (VIE, 2383). Bharat defeated IM Shota Azaladze (GEO, 2429) and drew with IM Nitin S (2404).

IM P Konguvel has still got it | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Round 2: Mayank - Mitrabha: 1-0

CM Mayank Chakraborty (1978) scored the biggest upset of the second round when he beat GM Mitrabha Guha (2499).

Position after 19.Bc7

19.Rad1 was a better continuation. However, 19.Bc7 works too. 19...Qxc5 20.Bxb8 Na5 21.Qa4 Bc6 22.b4 Bxa4 23.bxc5 and White is completely winning. Mitrabha did not go down easily. He ensured his opponent earned the full point.

After IM Shahil Dey, CM Mayank Chakraborty is Assam's next big talent | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Round 3: Boris - Konguvel: 0-1

IM P Konguvel (2299) maneuvered his knights beautifully against GM Boris Savchenko (2524).

Position after 33...Nc4

Both knights at c4 and e4 are completely dominating the position. 34.Nxb5 Rxb5 35.Qd4 Qc5 36.Qxc5 Nxc5 37.Be2 Ne6 38.Bg3 Rxb4 39.cxb4 Nd4 and Black went on to win the game using his knights beautifully against the bishop pair.

FM Kashish Manoj Jain - GM Enamul Hossain (BAN): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Round 4: Konguvel - Ortik: 1-0

IM P Konguvel (2299) is in terrific form. He defeated IM Nigmatov Ortik (UZB, 2462) with a nice tactical shot.

Position after 33...f5

Find out the winning continuation for White after 33...f5.

IM P Konguvel is playing fantastic chess. However, he was forced to change rooms in the middle of his stay as tweeted by him

A total of 142 players including 16 GMs, 10 IMs and 2 WIMs are taking part from 13 countries across the world including India. The tournament is organized by Andhra Chess Association from 10th to 17th June 2022 at GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Replay Round 1-4 games

Round 4 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	1	GM	Amonatov Farrukh			TJK	2629		3	1 - 0	3	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj			IND	2271	Maharashtra	28
2	25	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy			IND	2299	Psbb	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Nigmatov Ortik			UZB	2462		8
3	9	GM	Stupak Kirill			BLR	2453		3	1 - 0	3	GM	Baghdasaryan Vahe			ARM	2267		30
4	33		Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri			IND	2224	Telangana	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Nitin S.			IND	2404	Tamil Nadu	14
5	18	GM	Nguyen Van Huy			VIE	2383		3	½ - ½	3		Aditya Varun Gampa			IND	1836	Andhra Pradesh	63
6	29	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.			IND	2270	Tamil Nadu	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Paichadze Luka			GEO	2555		2
7	3	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti			IND	2547	Telangana	2½	½ - ½	2½		Kaustuv Kundu			IND	2307	West Bengal	24
8	5	GM	Fedorov Alexei			BLR	2523		2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Abdyjapar Asyl			KGZ	2325		22
9	7	GM	Nikitenko Mihail			BLR	2475		2½	1 - 0	2½		Barath Kalyan M			IND	2232	Tamil Nadu	32
10	23		Subhayan Kundu			IND	2314	West Bengal	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Mirzoev Azer			AZE	2445		10
11	17	IM	Audi Ameya			IND	2395	Goa	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Ziatdinov Raset			USA	2183		34
12	11	GM	Neelotpal Das			IND	2431	West Bengal	2	1 - 0	2½	WFM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan			AZE	2115		36
13	53		Liyanage Pesandu Rashmitha			SRI	1902		2	0 - 1	2	GM	Savchenko Boris			RUS	2524		4
14	55		Velpula Sarayu			IND	1896	Telangana	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Mitrabha Guha			IND	2499	West Bengal	6
15	61		Adireddy Arjun			IND	1857	Telangana	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Azaladze Shota			GEO	2429		12

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	9	GM	Stupak Kirill			BLR	2453		4		4	GM	Amonatov Farrukh			TJK	2629		1
2	10	GM	Mirzoev Azer			AZE	2445		3½		4	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy			IND	2299	Psbb	25
3	22	IM	Abdyjapar Asyl			KGZ	2325		3½		3½	GM	Nikitenko Mihail			BLR	2475		7
4	14	IM	Nitin S.			IND	2404	Tamil Nadu	3½		3½	GM	Nguyen Van Huy			VIE	2383		18
5	63		Aditya Varun Gampa			IND	1836	Andhra Pradesh	3½		3½	IM	Audi Ameya			IND	2395	Goa	17
6	2	GM	Paichadze Luka			GEO	2555		3		3½		Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri			IND	2224	Telangana	33
7	26	FM	Aaryan Varshney			IND	2295	Delhi	3		3	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti			IND	2547	Telangana	3
8	4	GM	Savchenko Boris			RUS	2524		3		3	FM	Aradhya Garg			IND	2275	Delhi	27
9	6	GM	Mitrabha Guha			IND	2499	West Bengal	3		3	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.			IND	2270	Tamil Nadu	29
10	8	IM	Nigmatov Ortik			UZB	2462		3		3		Krishnan Ritvik			IND	2033	Maharashtra	43
11	24		Kaustuv Kundu			IND	2307	West Bengal	3		3	GM	Neelotpal Das			IND	2431	West Bengal	11
12	28	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj			IND	2271	Maharashtra	3		3	GM	Laxman R.R.			IND	2403	Tamil Nadu	15
13	16	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa			VIE	2398		3		3	FM	Jubin Jimmy			IND	2259	Kerala	31
14	20	IM	Gusain Himal			IND	2371	Western Railways	3		3		Arshpreet Singh			IND	1586	Haryana	103
15	30	GM	Baghdasaryan Vahe			ARM	2267		3		2½	GM	Fedorov Alexei			BLR	2523		5

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