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Asian Continental 2022 R2: Pranesh and Rakshitta score huge upsets

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/10/2022

The second round of the Asian Continental Chess Championship 2022 had plenty of upsets. The reigning National Sub-Junior Open champion IM Pranesh M scored a huge victory over the reigning National Rapid and Blitz champion, GM Aravindh Chithambaram. In the Women's event, the current National Junior Girls champion, WIM Rakshitta Ravi defeated former Asian Continental Women's champion, IM Bhakti Kulkarni. GM Aryan Chopra made a narrow escape against IM Shahil Dey. FM Ritviz Parab and FM Sambit Panda defeated GM Arjun Kalyan and GM Iniyan P respectively. Round 3 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Saparmyrat makes a sensational start

After drawing his first round game against the top seed, GM Praggnanandhaa, the Turkmenistan no.3 IM Saparmyrat Atabayev stunned the Olympiad Gold medalist GM Nodirbek Yakubboev. Delhi's very own IM-elect FM Aaryan Varshney and FM Kashish Manoj Jain defeated IM Abdimalik Abdisalimov (UZB) and IM Prraneeth Vuppala; IM Nitish Belurkar, IM P Saravana Krishnan, IM Shahil Dey, FM Ayush Sharma, FM Suyog Wagh, FM Ojasva Singh, IM Dushyant Sharma and FM Aradhya Garg drew with GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB), GM Mitrabha Guha, GM Aryan Chopra, IM Ajay Karthikeyan, GM Visakh N R, GM Pranav V, GM Sankalp Gupta and IM Harshavardhan G B respectively. In a battle of former National Junior Girls champions, WIM Srishti Pandey held WGM Priyanka Nutakki to a draw. WGM-elect WIM Sakshi Chitlange drew with IM Padmini Rout.

IM Pranesh M scored a huge win against GM Aravindh Chithambaram | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

WIM Rakshitta Ravi scored a big victory over IM Bhakti Kulkarni | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Open: Pranesh - Aravindh: 1-0

The reigning National Rapid and Blitz champion, GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2625) opted for the Kalashnikov variation in the Sicilian opening. A passive choice under time trouble turned things completely in favor of his opponent, IM Pranesh (2442).

Position after 24...f4

24...f4 was not a good choice. White thought that Ne7 or 24...Bxd5 25.exd5 Ne7 was a relatively better option.

IM Pranesh M talks about his win over GM Aravindh | Video: ChessBase India

GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB) - IM Nitish Belurkar: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM P Saravana Krishnan - GM Mitrabha Guha: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Yakubboev - Saparmyrat: 0-1

Turkmenistan no.3 IM Saparmyrat Atabayev (2433) sacrificed a pawn in the English opening against GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB,2663).

Position after 18...d5

19.exd5 Rad8 20.Rd1 Rfe8 Black's compensation for the pawn is the development and good coordination of his pieces. It will eventually fall as White cannot keep it protected for long. White's vulnerable king in the queen, rook and bishop endgame cost him the game.

Final moments: GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB) - IM Saparmyrat Atabayev (TKM) | Video: ChessBase India
Sensational Saparmyrat bests Nodirbek Yakubboev, after drawing with Praggnanandhaa | Video: ChessBase India

Aryan - Shahil: 0.5-0.5

GM Aryan Chopra (2629) made some significant mistakes in the bishop vs knight endgame against IM Shahil Dey (2395).

Position after 41.Kc1

The minor piece endgame is certainly not easy to play. 41.Kc1 invites trouble Kc4 42.b5 axb5 43.axb5 Kxb5 44.Bd4 Kc4 45.Bg7 Kd5 46.Kd1. Find out how should have Black continued to score the full point. Black loosened the grip a bit 46...Nc5 47.Ke1 Ke4 48.Bh6 Ne6. He still got a couple of more chances, however Aryan eventually escaped with a draw.

IM Shahil Dey had some great chances in the endgame against GM Aryan Chopra | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Sambit - Iniyan: 1-0

FM Sambit Panda (2362) got a fantastic position out of the opening against GM Iniyan P (2541).

Position after 14.cxb5

Iniyan capturing the c3-pawn and venturing out with his queen cost him a lot of tempi. First five out of ten moves were by the queen only. Sambit had no trouble converting his advantage into a win, finishing with a nice discover checkmate by promoting his pawn.

FM Sambit Panda has made a great start 1.5/2 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

FM Ayush Sharma - IM Ajay Karthikeyan: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

FM Suyog Wagh (pictured) - GM Visakh N R: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Pranav V - FM Ojasva Singh (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Ritviz - Arjun Kalyan: 1-0

Double IM-norm holder, FM Ritviz Parab (2337) played 1.g3 to beat GM Arjun Kalyan (2526).

Position after 17.d5

Ritviz felt Black should have gone 17...cxd5 18.Nxd5 to ensure his position does not get cramped up. 17...Qb8 made things too passive for Black 18.e5 Nf5 19.g4 and White's pieces became too strong for Black.

GM Sankalp Gupta - IM Dushyant Sharma: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Aaryan - Abdimalik: 1-0

IM-elect FM Aaryan Varshney (2312) scored a fantastic victory over IM Abdimalik Abdisalimov (UZB, 2457).

Position after 40.Ng5+

40.Ng5+ is such a beautiful move. Black obviously cannot take it as 40...hxg5 runs into 41.Bc5 followed by Qh3+. 40...Kh8 41.Ne6 Ra4 42.Bg5 another excellent move echoing the same idea of attacking through the h-file.

FM Aaryan Varshney (pictured) - IM Abdimalik Abdisalimov (UZB): 1-0 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Prraneeth - Kashish: 0-1

FM Kashish Manoj Jain's (2300) attack turned out to be stronger than IM Prraneeth Vuppala's (2451) as both sides launched a devastating attack on their opponent's king.

Position after 23.h6

23.h6 was a mistake. Find out why.

IM Prraneeth Vuppala - FM Kashish Manoj Jain: 0-1 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
IM Vaishali grinds a queen endgame against IM Chakravarthi Reddy | Video: ChessBase India

IM Harshavardhan G B - FM Aradhya Garg (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Women: Rakshitta - Bhakti: 1-0

IM Bhakti Kulkarni (2376) made a dubious choice of going into a double rook and minor piece endgame within the first ten moves of the game against WIM Rakshitta Ravi (2219).

Position after 24...d5

24...d5 did not help Black's case as 25.exd5+ cxd5 26.h6 only helps White. At firt she did not capture and went with 25.h6 R2g6 then she did take 26.exd5+ cxd5 27.cxd5+ Nxd5 28.h7 Rh8 28.Nc3 Nf6. The position soon liquidated into a knight endgame which White won with a beautiful finish.

Position after 62.Na8

Sometimes the position demands you to play 62.Na8. White is threatening 63.Nb6 to deflect the knight and promote her b-pawn. It is unstoppable.

"Oh no, not again" - WIM Srishti Pandey | Video: ChessBase India

WGM Priyanka Nutakki - WiM Srishti Pandey: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Final moments: IM Tania Sachdev vs WGM Srija Seshadri | Video: ChessBase India

IM Padmini Rout - WIM Sakshi Chitlange: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

WIM Aakanksha Hagawane (pictured) - IM Eesha Karavade: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Round 2 starting moments | Video: ChessBase India

A total of 91 players including 31 GMs and 39 IMs in the Open, 49 players including 7 IMs, 14 WGMs and 17 WIMs in the Women, are taking part from 13 countries across the world including India. The nine-round Swiss League tournament will take place from 26th October to 3rd November 2022 at The Leela Ambience Convention Hotel, Delhi. It is organized by Delhi Chess Association. The time control of the tournament is 90 Minutes for 40 moves + 30 Minutes with increment of 30 second from move 1.

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Round 2 Open results

Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.PGN
137
GMBilguun SumiyaMGL24671½ - ½1GMNarayanan.S.LIND2663
2PGN
239
IMUrazayev ArystanbekKAZ24581½ - ½1GMSethuraman S.P.IND2645
4PGN
343
IMPranesh MIND244211 - 01GMAravindh Chithambaram Vr.IND2625
6PGN
47
GMKarthikeyan MuraliIND262311 - 01GMVenkatesh M.R.IND2470
36PGN
545
IMSrihari L RIND243610 - 11GMAdhiban B.IND2603
10PGN
613
GMVokhidov ShamsiddinUZB25681½ - ½1IMNitish BelurkarIND2435
46PGN
715
GMMendonca Leon LukeIND255811 - 01IMAmartuvshin GanzorigMGL2406
55PGN
819
GMShyam Sundar M.IND251811 - 01FMSaydaliev SaidakbarUZB2376
63PGN
960
FMNurmamedov AzatTKM238210 - 11IMPranav AnandIND2502
22PGN
1024
IMKoustav ChatterjeeIND249611 - 01IMKrishna Teja NIND2359
67PGN
1164
Sanket ChakravartyIND237210 - 11GMBatchuluun TsegmedMGL2487
28PGN
1272
IMViani Antonio DcunhaIND23421½ - ½1IMAditya MittalIND2486
30PGN
1386
CMMuradov SoltanTKM223310 - 11GMAtabayev MaksatTKM2475
32PGN
1433
GMChanda SandipanIND247411 - 01FMSharan RaoIND2350
69PGN
1588
IMSaravana Krishnan P.IND21971½ - ½1GMMitrabha GuhaIND2474
34PGN

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Round 3 Open pairings

Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
17
GMKarthikeyan MuraliIND262322IMKoustav ChatterjeeIND2496
24
210
GMAdhiban B.IND260322GMChanda SandipanIND2474
33
328
GMBatchuluun TsegmedMGL248722GMMendonca Leon LukeIND2558
15
432
GMAtabayev MaksatTKM247522GMShyam Sundar M.IND2518
19
522
IMPranav AnandIND250222GMRaja Rithvik RIND2470
35
61
GMPraggnanandhaa RIND26872IMPranesh MIND2442
43
72
GMNarayanan.S.LIND2663IMUrazayev ArystanbekKAZ2458
39
84
GMSethuraman S.P.IND2645GMBilguun SumiyaMGL2467
37
98
GMJumabayev RinatKAZ2620GMLaxman R.R.IND2378
62
1034
GMMitrabha GuhaIND2474GMPuranik AbhimanyuIND2603
11
1112
GMHarsha BharathakotiIND2582FMPanda SambitIND2362
66
1238
IMSamant Aditya SIND2467GMVokhidov ShamsiddinUZB2568
13
1346
IMNitish BelurkarIND2435IMSuleymenov AlisherKAZ2491
25
1447
IMAtabayev SaparmyratTKM2433IMShyaamnikhil PIND2489
27
1572
IMViani Antonio DcunhaIND2342GMKarthik VenkataramanIND2486
29

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Round 2 Women results

Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.PGN
121
WIMRakshitta RaviIND221911 - 01IMKulkarni BhaktiIND2376
4PGN
27
WGMDivya DeshmukhIND233810 - 11WGMNguyen Thi Mai HungVIE2217
23PGN
325
WIMSalonika SainaIND220910 - 11IMSoumya SwaminathanIND2326
10PGN
411
WGMPriyanka NutakkiIND23261½ - ½1WFMPandey SrishtiIND2213
24PGN
527
FMKurmangaliyeva LiyaKAZ219911 - 01WGMGomes Mary AnnIND2324
12PGN
619
WIMKairbekova AminaKAZ22311½ - ½1WGMSwati GhateIND2086
39PGN
741
WGMKiran Manisha MohantyIND203011 - 01WIMBalabayeva XeniyaKAZ2230
20PGN
847
WCMJannatul FerdousBAN186110 - 1½WGMYakubbaeva NilufarUZB2350
6PGN
91
IMTania SachdevIND2406½1 - 0½WGMSrija SeshadriIND2187
28PGN
103
IMPadmini RoutIND2390½½ - ½½WIMChitlange SakshiIND2208
26PGN

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Round 3 Women pairings

Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
110
IMSoumya SwaminathanIND232622FMKurmangaliyeva LiyaKAZ2199
27
223
WGMNguyen Thi Mai HungVIE221722WIMRakshitta RaviIND2219
21
31
IMTania SachdevIND24062WGMKiran Manisha MohantyIND2030
41
418
WIMSharma IshaIND2234WGMVantika AgrawalIND2362
5
56
WGMYakubbaeva NilufarUZB2350WIMKairbekova AminaKAZ2231
19
624
WFMPandey SrishtiIND2213WGMVo Thi Kim PhungVIE2335
9
738
WIMMakhija AashnaIND2090WGMPriyanka NutakkiIND2326
11
839
WGMSwati GhateIND2086WGMNandhidhaa P VIND2309
13
92
IMNomin-Erdene DavaademberelMGL240411WIMSalonika SainaIND2209
25
1020
WIMBalabayeva XeniyaKAZ223011IMPadmini RoutIND2390
3

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