Aeroflot 2019 Round 1: Ganguly's play too hot for Pragg

The Cosmos Hotel where the Aeroflot Open 2019 is taking place | Photo: Ruchess.ru

The bright playing hall | Photo: Ruchess.ru

Wei Yi is the top seed of the tournament | Photo: Ruchess.ru

Fedoseev is the defending champion. He would be looking to win and book a spot at the Dortmund Masters once again | Photo: Ruchess.ru

Karthikeyan was playing against 2700+ opponent Kovalev. The game ended in a quick draw. It will be interesting to see if Karthikeyan can repeat his performance from the Gibraltar Masters 2019 where he finished runner-up. Lalith Babu (far end in yellow) lost to Inarkiev | Photo: Ruchess.ru

Delhi youngster Aryan Chopra began positively with a draw against Sanan Sjugirov. World Junior Champion Parham Maghsoodloo suffered a loss as he went down against Kulaots Kaido in round one | Photo: Ruchess.ru

The gritty Aditya Mittal, who has analyzed innumerable games in the past for ChessBase India, held Tigran Petrosian to a draw in round one | Photo: Ruchess.ru

After a solid Cairns Cup in USA, Harika started off with a nice win over Gordievsky

Praggnanandhaa fought hard but in the end could not hold against... | Photo: Ruchess.ru

... GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly | Photo: Amruta Mokal

There are some very interesting lines in the game, have a look at them and learn from Ganguly's play:

Overview of Indian results:

SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	1	Pts.	Rk.	Group
11	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2678	IND	1	1,0	2	Open A
14	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2651	IND	½	0,5	54	Open A
18	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2636	IND	1	1,0	13	Open A
38	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2601	IND	1	1,0	21	Open A
42	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2593	IND	1	1,0	23	Open A
45	GM	Nihal Sarin	2578	IND	1	1,0	8	Open A
47	GM	Vaibhav Suri	2575	IND	0	0,0	77	Open A
49	GM	Narayanan Srinath	2572	IND	½	0,5	42	Open A
55	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2560	IND	½	0,5	63	Open A
57	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2556	IND	0	0,0	94	Open A
63	GM	Aryan Chopra	2540	IND	½	0,5	65	Open A
65	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2538	IND	½	0,5	66	Open A
67	GM	Debashis Das	2532	IND	½	0,5	67	Open A
68	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2532	IND	0	0,0	81	Open A
71	GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	2524	IND	0	0,0	97	Open A
74	IM	Gukesh D	2508	IND	0	0,0	83	Open A
78	GM	Gagare Shardul	2495	IND	0	0,0	85	Open A
79	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2494	IND	0	0,0	98	Open A
84	IM	Iniyan P	2480	IND	½	0,5	48	Open A
87	GM	Harika Dronavalli	2471	IND	1	1,0	26	Open A
88	IM	Prithu Gupta	2470	IND	0	0,0	89	Open A
91	CM	Aditya Mittal	2454	IND	½	0,5	72	Open A
93	IM	Sadhwani Raunak	2448	IND	½	0,5	73	Open A
94	IM	Arjun Kalyan	2444	IND	½	0,5	49	Open A
95	IM	Raja Rithvik R	2443	IND	0	0,0	101	Open A

Results of round 1 for Indian players

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	5	55	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	IND	2560	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Kovalev Vladislav	BLR	2703	5
1	7	57	GM	Lalith Babu M R	IND	2556	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Inarkiev Ernesto	RUS	2692	7
1	11	61	IM	Sychev Klementy	RUS	2545	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	IND	2678	11
1	13	63	GM	Aryan Chopra	IND	2540	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	RUS	2663	13
1	14	14	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2651	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	IRI	2540	64
1	15	65	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	IND	2538	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Anton Guijarro David	ESP	2642	15
1	17	67	GM	Debashis Das	IND	2532	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	VEN	2640	17
1	18	18	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2636	0	1 - 0	0	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	IND	2532	68
1	21	71	GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	IND	2524	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Sarana Alexey	RUS	2630	21
1	24	24	GM	Grachev Boris	RUS	2626	0	1 - 0	0	IM	Gukesh D	IND	2508	74
1	28	28	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	ARM	2616	0	1 - 0	0	GM	Gagare Shardul	IND	2495	78
1	29	79	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	IND	2494	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Zhou Jianchao	CHN	2615	29
1	34	34	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	KAZ	2604	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Iniyan P	IND	2480	84
1	37	87	GM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2471	0	1 - 0	0	GM	Gordievsky Dmitry	RUS	2603	37
1	38	38	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2601	0	1 - 0	0	IM	Prithu Gupta	IND	2470	88
1	41	42	GM	Narayanan.S.L	IND	2593	0	1 - 0	0	IM	Warmerdam Max	NED	2450	92
1	42	93	IM	Sadhwani Raunak	IND	2448	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Tabatabaei M.Amin	IRI	2590	43
1	43	44	GM	Antipov Mikhail Al.	RUS	2589	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Arjun Kalyan	IND	2444	94
1	44	95	IM	Raja Rithvik R	IND	2443	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Nihal Sarin	IND	2578	45
1	46	97	WIM	Zhu Jiner	CHN	2442	0	1 - 0	0	GM	Vaibhav Suri	IND	2575	47
1	48	99	FM	Suleymenov Alisher	KAZ	2428	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Narayanan Srinath	IND	2572	49
1	49	91	CM	Aditya Mittal	IND	2454	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.	ARM	2595	41

Pairings for round 2:

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
2	4	38	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2601	1		1	GM	Safarli Eltaj	AZE	2681	10
2	5	11	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	IND	2678	1		1	GM	Svane Rasmus	GER	2599	40
2	6	39	GM	Donchenko Alexander	GER	2600	1		1	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2636	18
2	7	19	GM	Alekseenko Kirill	RUS	2634	1		1	GM	Narayanan.S.L	IND	2593	42
2	8	45	GM	Nihal Sarin	IND	2578	1		1	GM	Indjic Aleksandar	SRB	2630	20
2	12	87	GM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2471	1		1	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	ARM	2616	28
2	20	9	GM	Korobov Anton	UKR	2687	½		½	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	IND	2560	55
2	21	13	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	RUS	2663	½		½	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	IND	2538	65
2	22	66	GM	Stupak Kirill	BLR	2537	½		½	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2651	14
2	23	15	GM	Anton Guijarro David	ESP	2642	½		½	GM	Aryan Chopra	IND	2540	63
2	26	84	IM	Iniyan P	IND	2480	½		½	GM	Kobalia Mikhail	RUS	2627	22
2	27	23	GM	Paravyan David	RUS	2627	½		½	GM	Debashis Das	IND	2532	67
2	35	49	GM	Narayanan Srinath	IND	2572	½		½	IM	Sadhwani Raunak	IND	2448	93
2	36	94	IM	Arjun Kalyan	IND	2444	½		½	IM	Yakubboev Nodirbek	UZB	2569	50
2	37	74	IM	Gukesh D	IND	2508	0		0	GM	Maghsoodloo Parham	IRI	2666	12
2	39	37	GM	Gordievsky Dmitry	RUS	2603	0		0	GM	Gagare Shardul	IND	2495	78
2	40	47	GM	Vaibhav Suri	IND	2575	0		0	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	IND	2494	79
2	43	86	IM	Dai Changren	CHN	2473	0		0	GM	Lalith Babu M R	IND	2556	57
2	45	88	IM	Prithu Gupta	IND	2470	0		0	IM	Sychev Klementy	RUS	2545	61
2	46	68	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	IND	2532	0		0	IM	Kevlishvili Robby	NED	2463	89
2	48	70	IM	Lobanov Sergei	RUS	2526	0		0	IM	Raja Rithvik R	IND	2443	95
2	49	33	GM	Idani Pouya	IRI	2604	½		½	CM	Aditya Mittal	IND	2454	91
2	50	92	IM	Warmerdam Max	NED	2450	0		0	GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	IND	2524	71

Aeroflot 2019 Round 1: Ganguly's play too hot for Pragg

Overview of Indian results:

Results of round 1 for Indian players

Pairings for round 2:

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Results of round 1 for Indian players

Pairings for round 2:

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