A tough day for the Indians
The second day was a tough day for Indians in the Open section. Six boys lost their games in the second round with the black pieces, two in the Girls. In the third round, GM Leon Luke Mendonca and IM Utsab Chatterjee are the only two to register a victory, while the remaining seven games in the Open ended in draws.
Open Round 2: Svane - Moksh: 0-1
IM Moksh Amit Doshi (2430) had one opportunity to turn things in his favor against GM Frederik Svane (GER, 2566).
26.a4 would have been fine for White. However, 26.c5 does not work as Black can take it. 26...Qxc5 27.Nxf6+ Kh8 28.Nd7 Rfd8 and there is no danger for Black. 27.Rxf6 is not a good idea as White loses the knight after Rfd8. There is no way to save the pinned knight. Unfortunately Moksh decided against taking the pawn and played 26...Qe6. The solitary window of opportunity was shut and White went on to win the game.
Round 3: Nesterov - Prraneeth: 0.5-0.5
IM Prraneeth Vuppala (2451) had an interesting game against GM Arseniy Nesterov (2567). It ended in a draw.
Girls Round 2: Priyanka - Gulenay: 1-0
WGM Priyanka Nutakki (2326) launched a very sound attack on WFM Gulenay Aydin's (TUR, 2109) kingside.
Black should have played 19...fxe4 to create some chances for herself. Instead, she opted for 19...Qf6 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.g4 and we reach the above position. Black is positionally lost here. 21...Bd7 22.gxh5 Rh8 23.h6+ Kf8 24.Ne4 Qf7 25.0-0-0 Well White has enough time to continue the attack, so putting the king into safety by doing a long castle is the right way. White eventually won the game comfortably.
Round 3: Maili-Jade - Priyanka: 0.5-0.5
WGM Maili-Jade Ouellet (CAN, 2177) missed a winning combination against WGM Priyanka Nutakki (2326).
30...Rc1 would have kept things in balance. Yet, 30...Ng6 is a huge mistake. White could have ended things immediately. Can you find out what did White miss?
Replay Round 2-3 Open games
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Round 3 results - Open and Girls
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 3 | 11 | 2 | GM | Nesterov Arseniy | FID | 2567 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | IM | Prraneeth Vuppala | IND | 2451 | 27 | ||
| 3 | 18 | 56 | FM | Rohith Krishna S | IND | 2370 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | IM | Gorshtein Ido | ISR | 2471 | 23 | ||
| 3 | 20 | 4 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | IND | 2558 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1½ | FM | Lux Hugo De Melo | BRA | 2309 | 67 | ||
| 3 | 22 | 8 | GM | Iniyan P | IND | 2541 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | IM | Manish Anto Cristiano F | IND | 2332 | 66 | ||
| 3 | 25 | 30 | IM | Neelash Saha | IND | 2446 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | FM | Guz Ari | ISR | 2305 | 70 | ||
| 3 | 28 | 36 | IM | Harshavardhan G B | IND | 2433 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | FM | Dauw Sterre | BEL | 2287 | 75 | ||
| 3 | 29 | 38 | IM | Moksh Amit Doshi | IND | 2430 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | IM | Ansat Aldiyar | KAZ | 2262 | 78 | ||
| 3 | 42 | 63 | Utsab Chatterjee | IND | 2345 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | Dimakis Stavros | GRE | 1832 | 112 | ||||
| 3 | 49 | 95 | Urbani Gabriel | ITA | 2129 | ½ | ½ - ½ | 0 | IM | Raahul V S | IND | 2333 | 65 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 18 | WGM | Ouellet Maili-Jade | CAN | 2177 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | WGM | Priyanka Nutakki | IND | 2326 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 26 | 36 | Ishvi Aggarwal | IND | 1964 | ½ | 1 - 0 | ½ | Saravanan Durga | SGP | 1736 | 53 | ||||
| 3 | 33 | 58 | Femil Chelladurai | IND | 1562 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | WFM | Gardiner Noa Saxon | RSA | 1266 | 66 |
Round 4 pairings - Open and Girls
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 4 | 12 | 48 | FM | Peyrer Konstantin | AUT | 2402 | 2 | 2 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | IND | 2558 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 18 | 27 | IM | Prraneeth Vuppala | IND | 2451 | 2 | 2 | FM | Rohith Krishna S | IND | 2370 | 56 | |||
| 4 | 22 | 43 | IM | Milikow Yoav | ISR | 2412 | 2 | 2 | Utsab Chatterjee | IND | 2345 | 63 | ||||
| 4 | 25 | 70 | FM | Guz Ari | ISR | 2305 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Iniyan P | IND | 2541 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 26 | 66 | IM | Manish Anto Cristiano F | IND | 2332 | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Budisavljevic Luka | SRB | 2524 | 10 | |||
| 4 | 29 | 68 | FM | Carlo Emanuele | ITA | 2306 | 1½ | 1½ | IM | Neelash Saha | IND | 2446 | 30 | |||
| 4 | 31 | 78 | IM | Ansat Aldiyar | KAZ | 2262 | 1½ | 1½ | IM | Harshavardhan G B | IND | 2433 | 36 | |||
| 4 | 32 | 88 | IM | Brahami Lamine | ALG | 2188 | 1½ | 1½ | IM | Moksh Amit Doshi | IND | 2430 | 38 | |||
| 4 | 54 | 65 | IM | Raahul V S | IND | 2333 | ½ | ½ | FM | Bettalli Francesco | ITA | 2267 | 77 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 7 | WGM | Priyanka Nutakki | IND | 2326 | 2½ | 2½ | WIM | Serikbay Assel | KAZ | 2181 | 16 | |||
| 4 | 17 | 15 | FM | Kurmangaliyeva Liya | KAZ | 2199 | 1½ | 1½ | Ishvi Aggarwal | IND | 1964 | 36 | ||||
| 4 | 28 | 39 | Gabbani Sara | ITA | 1944 | ½ | 1 | Femil Chelladurai | IND | 1562 | 58 |
