Priyanka Nutakki misses a win against Gunina, Srihari L R annihilates Abhijeet Gupta
GM Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI) has emerged the early sole leader by scoring win over GM Mukhiddin Madaminov (UZB). He is closely followed by 15 players including eight Indians at 2.5/3 each.
Women: Srija - Rakshitta: 1-0
WGM Srija Seshadri (2226) played two Classical rated games against WGM Rakshitta Ravi (2324) in 2018 and 2020. Srija won both of those games. The third one also went in her favor.
Black needed to play 31...f6 to connect the rooks after 32.Qa8+ Rc8 33.Qxa6 Kf7. However, 31...Rc8 directly cost Black both a6 and b5-pawns 32.Qxa6 Kg8 33.Rd5 Rd8 34.Re1 Kh7 35.Qxb5 and White is winning. The connected passed a and b-pawns helped White to win the game.
Gunina - Priyanka: 1-0
GM Valentina Gunina (2425) and WGM Priyanka Nutakki (2277) faced each other only once in a rated game at World Rapid Women 2023. Priyanka won that game. She found herself in a good situation to repeat the same result in their first-ever Classical rated game against each other.
43...Bxf4 44.gxf4 c5 45.Ke2 now Black needed to play Rh8 and it would have given her a decisive advantage. A win would not have been very far then. However, 45...Re8 was played in the game. 46.Kd2 cxd4 47.Rc7+ Re7? 48.Rxe7+ Kxe7 49.Nf1 b5? 50.b4+- White has completely turned things around in her favor. Priyanka lost the game which she should have won with correct play.
Men
Srihari - Abhijeet: 1-0
Last year, IM Srihari L R (2468) defeated GM Abhijeet Gupta (2577) with the black pieces in January. This time, Srihari defeated the five-time Commonwealth Gold medalist with the white pieces.
White kept rolling the g-pawn down the board 25.g4 Qd7 26.g5 Bg7 27.g6 Qf5 28.Rfg1 Bf6 29.Bh6 Rfe8 30.b4 e4 31.Ng4 e3 32.g7+ and it's over as Black has too many threats to overcome.
Replay Round 3 Open games
Replay Round 3 Women games
Round 3 Open results
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 4 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2658 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | GM | Iniyan Pa | 2573 | 19 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 55 | GM | Prraneeth Vuppala | 2474 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | GM | Xu Xiangyu | 2623 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 18 | GM | Pranesh M | 2576 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | IM | Ilamparthi A R | 2469 | 58 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2693 | 1½ | 1 - 0 | 2 | IM | Mahdavi Reza | 2445 | 68 | ||
| 3 | 10 | 52 | IM | Agmanov Zhandos | 2480 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2630 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 11 | 10 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2624 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Megaranto Susanto | 2477 | 54 | ||
| 3 | 13 | 59 | IM | Srihari L R | 2468 | 1½ | 1 - 0 | 1½ | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2577 | 17 | ||
| 3 | 14 | 64 | GM | Quizon Daniel | 2461 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2569 | 21 | ||
| 3 | 16 | 67 | GM | Zhalmakhanov Ramazan | 2456 | 1½ | 0 - 1 | 1½ | GM | Pranav Anand | 2555 | 28 | ||
| 3 | 17 | 29 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 2552 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | Jiang Haochen | 2439 | 74 |
Standings after Round 3
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | GM | Daneshvar, Bardiya | IRI | 2621 | 3 | 2492 | 3,5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2 | 58 | IM | Ilamparthi, A R | IND | 2469 | 2,5 | 2623 | 4,5 | 5,5 | 0 | |
| 3 | 59 | IM | Srihari, L R | IND | 2468 | 2,5 | 2604 | 4 | 4,5 | 0 | |
| 4 | 19 | GM | Iniyan, Pa | IND | 2573 | 2,5 | 2560 | 4,5 | 5,5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 71 | Meng, Yihan | CHN | 2443 | 2,5 | 2551 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 27 | GM | Grebnev, Aleksey | FID | 2556 | 2,5 | 2542 | 4,5 | 6 | 0 | |
| 7 | 4 | GM | Karthikeyan, Murali | IND | 2658 | 2,5 | 2520 | 4,5 | 6 | 0 | |
| 8 | 5 | GM | Vokhidov, Shamsiddin | UZB | 2641 | 2,5 | 2514 | 4,5 | 6 | 0 | |
| 9 | 115 | FM | Yang, Zilong | CHN | 2326 | 2,5 | 2504 | 3 | 4,5 | 0 | |
| 10 | 7 | GM | Salem, A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2631 | 2,5 | 2475 | 4 | 5,5 | 0 |
Round 4 pairings
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 | 28 | GM | Pranav Anand | 2555 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2693 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 40 | GM | Movahed Sina | 2518 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2658 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 7 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | 2631 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Prraneeth Vuppala | 2474 | 55 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 11 | GM | Xu Xiangyu | 2623 | 2½ | 2½ | IM | Srihari L R | 2468 | 59 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 115 | FM | Yang Zilong | 2326 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Pranesh M | 2576 | 18 | |||
| 4 | 7 | 19 | GM | Iniyan Pa | 2573 | 2½ | 2½ | Meng Yihan | 2443 | 71 | ||||
| 4 | 8 | 58 | IM | Ilamparthi A R | 2469 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Grebnev Aleksey | 2556 | 27 | |||
| 4 | 12 | 9 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2630 | 2 | 2 | IM | Gan-Erdene Sugar | 2464 | 61 | |||
| 4 | 13 | 56 | GM | Siddharth Jagadeesh | 2472 | 2 | 2 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2624 | 10 | |||
| 4 | 16 | 21 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2569 | 2 | 2 | GM | Rozum Ivan | 2439 | 73 |
Round 3 Women results
| 3 | 1 | 2 | GM | Gunina Valentina | 2425 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | WGM | Priyanka Nutakki | 2277 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 28 | WCM | Bayasgalan Khishigbaatar | 2265 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | IM | Vantika Agrawal | 2377 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 38 | WGM | Srija Seshadri | 2226 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | WGM | Rakshitta Ravi | 2324 | 19 | ||
| 3 | 10 | 4 | IM | Song Yuxin | 2397 | 1½ | 1 - 0 | 1½ | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | 2258 | 31 | ||
| 3 | 12 | 48 | IM | Mohota Nisha | 2161 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | WGM | Nandhidhaa P V | 2363 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 18 | 10 | IM | Batkhuyag Munguntuul | 2359 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | WIM | Priyanka K | 2087 | 62 | ||
| 3 | 21 | 24 | IM | Savitha Shri B | 2298 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | WIM | Gunawardhana Devindya Oshini | 2068 | 66 | ||
| 3 | 24 | 69 | WGM | Swati Ghate | 2035 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | WIM | Latifah Laysa | 2262 | 29 | ||
| 3 | 25 | 71 | Arya G Mallar | 2014 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | WGM | Zhapova Yana | 2258 | 32 | |||
| 3 | 28 | 75 | WIM | Galas Bernadette | 1984 | 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 | WIM | Chitlange Sakshi | 2215 | 41 |
Standings after Round 3
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 38 | WGM | Srija, Seshadri | IND | 2226 | 3 | 2356 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Gunina, Valentina | FID | 2425 | 3 | 2268 | 4 | 5,5 | 0 | |
| 3 | 17 | IM | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | FID | 2332 | 3 | 2231 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 4 | 14 | WIM | Khamdamova, Afruza | UZB | 2344 | 3 | 2210 | 4 | 5,5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 22 | WCM | Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene | MGL | 2302 | 3 | 2183 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 6 | 34 | WGM | Kurmangaliyeva, Liya | KAZ | 2246 | 2,5 | 2387 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 7 | 37 | WFM | Nurgaliyeva, Zarina | KAZ | 2235 | 2,5 | 2352 | 4,5 | 5,5 | 0 | |
| 8 | 28 | WCM | Bayasgalan, Khishigbaatar | MGL | 2265 | 2,5 | 2266 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 9 | 4 | IM | Song, Yuxin | CHN | 2397 | 2,5 | 2252 | 4,5 | 6 | 0 | |
| 10 | 7 | IM | Vantika, Agrawal | IND | 2377 | 2,5 | 2244 | 4,5 | 5,5 | 0 |
Round 4 pairings
| 4 | 3 | 3 | GM | Girya Olga | 2400 | 2½ | 3 | WGM | Srija Seshadri | 2226 | 38 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 7 | IM | Vantika Agrawal | 2377 | 2½ | 2½ | WGM | Kurmangaliyeva Liya | 2246 | 34 | |||
| 4 | 10 | 9 | WGM | Nandhidhaa P V | 2363 | 2 | 2 | WFM | Mohammadi Melika | 2205 | 42 | |||
| 4 | 13 | 41 | WIM | Chitlange Sakshi | 2215 | 2 | 2 | WGM | Nurman Alua | 2338 | 16 | |||
| 4 | 14 | 19 | WGM | Rakshitta Ravi | 2324 | 2 | 2 | IM | Mohota Nisha | 2161 | 48 | |||
| 4 | 16 | 46 | WFM | Arshiya Das | 2174 | 2 | 2 | WGM | Munkhzul Turmunkh | 2301 | 23 | |||
| 4 | 17 | 47 | WFM | Mikheeva Galina | 2162 | 2 | 2 | IM | Savitha Shri B | 2298 | 24 | |||
| 4 | 18 | 25 | WGM | Priyanka Nutakki | 2277 | 2 | 2 | WIM | Kaldarova Ayaulym | 2115 | 59 | |||
| 4 | 20 | 27 | WIM | Karimova Guldona | 2265 | 2 | 2 | WGM | Swati Ghate | 2035 | 69 | |||
| 4 | 23 | 11 | IM | Padmini Rout | 2359 | 1½ | 1½ | WCM | Buyankhishig Batpelden | 2081 | 63 |
