Divya Deshmukh eyes Gold at Asian Continental Women 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/06/2023

IM Divya Deshmukh defeated WIM Meruert Kamalidenova (KAZ) convincingly in the penultimate round of Asian Continental Women 2023. She needs a draw in the final round against WIM Xeniya Balabayeva (KAZ) to become a clear champion. WGM Mary Ann Gomes averted disaster in the opening against WIM Alua Nurmanova (KAZ). She turned things around eventually and won the game. Mary and top seed IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul (MGL) are at 6/8 each, a full point behind Divya 7/8. Both of them have medal chances. In the Open event, GM Abhimanyu Puranik defeated IM Aronyak Ghosh in a sharp battle. Abhimanyu along with three other players are at 6/8, a half point behind the sole leader GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB). Abhimanyu must win the last round to have medal hopes. Round 9 starts today at 10 a.m. local time, 9:30 a.m. IST. Photos: Kazakhstan Chess Federation

Abhimanyu Puranik has an outside chance

WGM Mary Ann Gomes joins the four-way lead 4/5 | Photo: Nursultan Sabdenov

Meruert - Divya

Position after 41...b3

WIM Meruert Kamalidenova (KAZ, 2350) could have stayed in the game had she played 42.Kg1 to unpin her bishop 42...Rc2 43.Bh3. Instead, 42.g4? turned things completely in Black's favor 42...Rc2 43.gxh5 gxh5 44.Kg3 b2 45.Bf3 Bxc6 46.Kf4 Bd7 47.Ke3 Be6 48.Kd3 Rh2 49.Be2 Bb3 and it's over.

Alua - Mary

Position after 13...0-0

WGM Mary Ann Gomes (2315) averted a disaster against WIM Alua Nurmanova (KAZ, 2102). Black went wrong early in the opening 11...Bxe5?? 12.fxe6! Bxd4+ 13.Kh1 0-0 and we reached the above position. Find out what White could have done in the above position. She missed her chance and played 14.Nd5? Mary eventually turned things around and won the game in another eleven moves.

WGM Mary Ann Gomes steered the ship through a storm and beat WIM Alua Nurmanova (KAZ)

GM Jingyao Tin (SGP) - GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB): 0.5-0.5

Abhimanyu - Aronyak

Position after 19.Qe2

IM Aronyak Ghosh (2534) opted for a sharp position 19...Bxb3, something where his opponent, GM Abhimanyu Puranik (2602) thrives in. 19...Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Nc5 21.Re1+ Kf8 and the black king would have been much safer, compared to what transpired in the game. 20.axb3 Bxd2 21.Bc6+ Ke7 22.fxe6 Bg5+ 23.Bd7 Qc7 24.exf7+ Kd7 25.Qg4+ Kc6 26.Qg2+ ensuring the king cannot hide away via b7 Kd6 27.Qxg5 White went on to win the game soon as it was not easy to defend the king.

GM Abhimanyu Puranik defeated IM Aronyak Ghosh in a sharp skirmish

A total of 87 players including 17 GMs and 21 IMs in the Open, 38 players including 5 IMs, 5 WGMs and 9 WIMs in the Women, are taking part from 18 countries across the world including India. The nine-round Swiss League Classical Rating tournament is taking place from 4th to 11th June 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is being organized by Ministry of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan, the Asian Chess Federation, and the Kazakhstan Chess Federation with the support of the Akimat of Almaty. The time control of the tournament is 90 minutes / 40 moves + 30 mins / end + 30 seconds increment per move starting from move no.1.

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Round 8 Open results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
8	2	5	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	IND	2602	5	1 - 0	5½	IM	Aronyak Ghosh	IND	2534	10
8	3	1	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	IND	2702	5	½ - ½	5		Utegaliyev Azamat	KAZ	2432	27
8	5	22	IM	Suleymenov Alisher	KAZ	2463	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	IND	2498	16
8	6	3	GM	Pranav V	IND	2608	4½	0 - 1	5	GM	Daneshvar Bardiya	IRI	2555	9
8	7	4	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2606	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Atabayev Saparmyrat	TKM	2433	26
8	9	13	GM	Das Sayantan	IND	2508	4½	0 - 1	4½	FM	Suyarov Mukhammadzokhid	UZB	2347	39
8	12	35	IM	Kazakov Konstantin	KAZ	2380	4	0 - 1	4	IM	Samant Aditya S	IND	2503	15
8	14	19	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	IND	2490	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Tologon Tegin Semetei	KGZ	2371	37
8	20	24	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F	IND	2436	3½	- - +	3½	FM	Mamedov Edgar	KAZ	2224	51
8	23	40	IM	Dushyant Sharma	IND	2345	3½	0 - 1	3½	FM	Ilkhomi Jaloliddin	TJK	1994	62

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Round 8 Women results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Rtg	No.
8	1	5	WIM	Kamalidenova Meruert		2350	5	0 - 1	6	WGM	Divya Deshmukh		2389	2
8	2	20	WIM	Nurmanova Alua		2102	5	0 - 1	5	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann		2315	7
8	3	1	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag		2397	5	1 - 0	4½	WGM	Nandhidhaa P V		2363	4
8	5	11	WGM	Munkhzul Turmunkh		2259	4½	½ - ½	4½	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi		2225	13
8	6	10	WFM	Khamdamova Afruza		2260	4	1 - 0	4½	WIM	Makhija Aashna		2126	19
8	8	8	IM	Soumya Swaminathan		2293	3½	0 - 1	4	WIM	Kairbekova Amina		2146	17
8	11	16	IM	Mohota Nisha		2185	3½	½ - ½	3½	WCM	Bayasgalan Khishigbaatar		1811	28

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Standings after Round 8 in Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	7	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	UZB	2583	6,5	2523	36,5	39	0
2	9	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	IRI	2555	6	2518	37	40,5	0
3	22	IM	Suleymenov, Alisher	KAZ	2463	6	2499	36	38,5	0
4	5	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2602	6	2477	35	38,5	0
5	8	GM	Tin, Jingyao	SGP	2570	6	2432	35	39	0
6	18	IM	Nogerbek, Kazybek	KAZ	2493	5,5	2516	35,5	39,5	0
7	6	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ	2590	5,5	2493	39	43,5	0
8	27		Utegaliyev, Azamat	KAZ	2432	5,5	2493	37	39,5	0
9	10	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2534	5,5	2451	33,5	37	0
10	11		Pour Agha Bala, Amirreza	IRI	2523	5,5	2444	33,5	37	0

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Standings after Round 8 in Women

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	2	WGM	Divya, Deshmukh	IND	2389	7	2237	36,5	40,5	0
2	1	IM	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	MGL	2397	6	2265	34,5	38	0
3	7	WGM	Gomes, Mary Ann	IND	2315	6	2257	35,5	39,5	0
4	15	WIM	Balabayeva, Xeniya	KAZ	2186	5,5	2199	29,5	31,5	0
5	20	WIM	Nurmanova, Alua	KAZ	2102	5	2315	36,5	40,5	0
6	5	WIM	Kamalidenova, Meruert	KAZ	2350	5	2239	35	37	0
7	11	WGM	Munkhzul, Turmunkh	MGL	2259	5	2231	36	39,5	0
8	13	WIM	Chitlange, Sakshi	IND	2225	5	2229	31	34	0
9	6	WGM	Alinasab, Mobina	IRI	2347	5	2176	32	35	0
10	17	WIM	Kairbekova, Amina	KAZ	2146	5	2130	31	33,5	0

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Round 9 Open pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
9	3	27		Utegaliyev Azamat	KAZ	2432	5½		6	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	IND	2602	5
9	4	18	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek	KAZ	2493	5½		5½	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	IND	2702	1
9	5	39	FM	Suyarov Mukhammadzokhid	UZB	2347	5½		5½	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2606	4
9	6	10	IM	Aronyak Ghosh	IND	2534	5½		5½	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	KAZ	2590	6
9	7	15	IM	Samant Aditya S	IND	2503	5		5½		Pour Agha Bala Amirreza	IRI	2523	11
9	9	16	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	IND	2498	5		5	IM	Zhalmakhanov Ramazan	KAZ	2414	32
9	11	33	FM	Isanzhulov Arystan	KAZ	2408	5		4½	GM	Das Sayantan	IND	2508	13
9	12	3	GM	Pranav V	IND	2608	4½		4½		Askarov Bakhtiyar	KAZ	2337	42
9	14	48	FM	Orozbaev Eldiar	KGZ	2267	4½		4½	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	IND	2490	19

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Round 9 Women pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Rtg	No.
9	1	2	WGM	Divya Deshmukh		2389	7		5½	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya		2186	15
9	2	13	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi		2225	5		6	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag		2397	1
9	3	7	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann		2315	6		5	WGM	Alinasab Mobina		2347	6
9	6	19	WIM	Makhija Aashna		2126	4½		5	WIM	Kamalidenova Meruert		2350	5
9	7	9	FM	Kurmangaliyeva Liya		2264	4½		4½	WGM	Nandhidhaa P V		2363	4
9	10	27	WFM	Kaliakhmet Elnaz		1820	4		4	IM	Mohota Nisha		2185	16
9	13	8	IM	Soumya Swaminathan		2293	3½		3½	WCM	Rouda Essa Alserkal		1779	29

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