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Asian Individual 2025 R1: Paulo Bersamina holds Nihal Sarin to a draw

by Shahid Ahmed - 08/05/2025

Asian Individual Open and Women Chess Championship is back after skipping the previous edition in 2024. Why it did not take place or what happens to the qualification spots of that missing edition, is anybody's guess. GM Nihal Sarin is the top seed in the Men section. He was held to a draw by IM Paulo Bersamina (PHI) in the first round. IM Ameya Audi also shared the point with GM Abhimanyu Puranik. The reigning National Classical and Rapid Champions - GM Karthikeyan Venkataraman and GM Iniyan Pa made a winning start. In the Women's event, IM Vantika Agrawal, WGM Rakshitta Ravi and WGM Priyanka Nutakki scored a victory among the top Indians. Round 2 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Hossam El Baz / Asian Chess Federation

Vishwa Vasnawala shares the point with Padmini Rout

The first round witnessed several upsets. Gone are the days when the rating favorites are the favorite to win their first round games. The FIDE Women's World Cup 2023 winner, GM Aleksandra Goryachkina is playing in the 'Men section'. She defeated IM Prathamesh Mokal. The total prize fund is US$ 80000 combining Classical and Blitz events for both Men and Women. The top three prizes in Men are US$ 10000, 8000 and 6000, for Women they are US$ 7000, 6000 and 5000 respectively. Top ten in Men and top two in Women will qualify to their respective World Cup, slated to take place this year.

Paulo - Nihal

Position after 46.g3

GM Nihal Sarin (2693) proceeded with the obvious break 46...a4 47.Rxa4 Rxa4 48.bxa4 Rxb2+ 49.Nxb2 c4 50.Nxc4+ Kc5 Black is making an attempt to storm his king in supporting the passed d-pawn's promotion 51.Nb2 Kb4 52.Kg2 Kc3 53.Nd1+ Kc2 54.Nf2 d3 55.a5 Nc5 56.f4 d2 57.e5 fxe5 58.fxe5 Nd3 soon both sides promoted a queen and draw became the only outcome.

IM Paulo Bersamina (PHI) held the top seed GM Nihal Sarin to a draw | Photo: Hossam El Baz

IM Ameya Audi (pictured) held GM Abhimanyu Puranik to a draw | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Pranesh - Ranindu

Position after 40...Rf8??

Find out the winning combination which GM Pranesh M (2576) played in the game against IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage (SRI, 2387).

GM Pranesh M made a winning start against IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage (SRI) | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Senthil Maran K (pictured) - GM Aditya Mittal: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

WGM Gulmira Dauletova (KAZ), Technical Delegate, made the first move on Women's top board | Photo: Hossam El Baz

WIM Vishwa Vasnawala (pictured) drew with IM Padmini Rout

Round 1 Open in progress | Photo: Hossam El Baz

Round 1 Women in progress | Photo: Hossam El Baz

Replay Round 1 Open games

Replay Round 1 Women games

Round 1 Open results

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
1178
IMBersamina Paulo24260½ - ½0GMNihal Sarin2693
1
144
GMKarthikeyan Murali265801 - 00Cao Qingfeng2420
81
1986
IMAtakhan Abtin24100½ - ½0GMMendonca Leon Luke2630
9
11010
GMPuranik Abhimanyu26240½ - ½0IMAudi Ameya2408
87
11390
IMGarcia Jan Emmanuel240301 - 00GMPranav V2621
13
11592
IMArfan Aditya Bagus24020½ - ½0GMNarayanan S L2598
15
11794
IMBai Adelard23930½ - ½0GMGupta Abhijeet2577
17
11818
GMPranesh M257601 - 00IMLiyanage Ranindu Dilshan2387
95
11996
FMOmonov Asrorjon238700 - 10GMIniyan Pa2573
19
12198
IMAradhya Garg238300 - 10GMGanguly Surya Shekhar2569
21

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
12
GMTabatabaei, M. AminIRI267010,0000
24
GMKarthikeyan, MuraliIND265810,0000
35
GMVokhidov, ShamsiddinUZB264110,0000
47
GMSalem, A.R. SalehUAE263110,0000
511
GMXu, XiangyuCHN262310,0000
612
GMDaneshvar, BardiyaIRI262110,0000
716
GMParavyan, DavidFID259610,0000
818
GMPranesh, MIND257610,0000
919
GMIniyan, PaIND257310,0000
1021
GMGanguly, Surya ShekharIND256910,0000

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Round 2 pairings

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
2158
IMIlamparthi A R246911GMTabatabaei M. Amin2670
2
2260
IMLou Yiping246711GMKarthikeyan Murali2658
4
247
GMSalem A.R. Saleh263111IMSrihari L R2468
59
2866
Kong Xiangrui246111GMPranesh M2576
18
2919
GMIniyan Pa257311IMWang Shixu B2462
63
21021
GMGanguly Surya Shekhar256911IMBegmuratov Khumoyun2461
65
21168
IMMahdavi Reza244511GMKarthik Venkataraman2565
22
21428
GMPranav Anand255511Meng Yihan2443
71
21572
IMHarshavardhan G B244111GMSethuraman S.P.2552
29
21974
Jiang Haochen243911IMAswath S2515
41

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Round 1 Women results

1757
Jiang Tianyu211800 - 10IMVantika Agrawal2377
7
1959
WIMKaldarova Ayaulym21150½ - ½0WGMNandhidhaa P V2363
9
11161
WIMVishwa Vasnawala20900½ - ½0IMPadmini Rout2359
11
11212
IMKamalidenova Meruert234501 - 00WIMPriyanka K2087
62
11969
WGMSwati Ghate203500 - 10WGMRakshitta Ravi2324
19
12020
WGMFrayna Janelle Mae231401 - 00WGMKiran Manisha Mohanty2031
70
12171
Arya G Mallar201400 - 10WGMBalabayeva Xeniya2311
21
12424
IMSavitha Shri B229800 - 10WCMKhalilova Madinabonu1987
74
12575
WIMGalas Bernadette198400 - 10WGMPriyanka Nutakki2277
25
12979
WFMPragnya H G19290½ - ½0WIMLatifah Laysa2262
29

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4 
12
GMGunina, ValentinaFID242510,0000
24
IMSong, YuxinCHN239710,0000
35
IMPham, Le Thao NguyenVIE238810,0000
46
IMAulia, Medina WardaINA237710,0000
57
IMVantika, AgrawalIND237710,0000
610
IMBatkhuyag, MunguntuulMGL235910,0000
712
IMKamalidenova, MeruertKAZ234510,0000
814
WIMKhamdamova, AfruzaUZB234410,0000
916
WGMNurman, AluaKAZ233810,0000
1017
IMBodnaruk, AnastasiaFID233210,0000

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Round 2 pairings

235
IMPham Le Thao Nguyen238811WGMSrija Seshadri2226
38
257
IMVantika Agrawal237711WIMSerikbay Assel2223
40
2841
WIMChitlange Sakshi221511WIMKhamdamova Afruza2344
14
21219
WGMRakshitta Ravi232411WFMArshiya Das2174
46
21421
WGMBalabayeva Xeniya231111IMMohota Nisha2161
48
21625
WGMPriyanka Nutakki227711WGMRouda Essa Alserkal2147
50
21931
WGMGomes Mary Ann225811WCMBuyankhishig Batpelden2081
63
2239
WGMNandhidhaa P V2363½½WFMDorokhina Elizaveta2135
53
22411
IMPadmini Rout2359½½WIMKaldarova Ayaulym2115
59
22515
WGMAlinasab Mobina2342½½WIMVishwa Vasnawala2090
61

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@ 09/05/2025 by Shahid Ahmed (en)

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