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Sheikh Russel GM R1: Arpita Mukherjee stuns Ulvi Sadikhov

by Shahid Ahmed - 20/10/2021

The first round of Sheikh Russel International GM Tournament 2021 witnessed plenty of exciting games. WIM Arpita Mukherjee scored the biggest upset victory against GM Ulvi Sadikhov (AZE) who made an incorrect exchange sacrifice and then misplaced his queen. Among other upsets, Sanket Chakravarty held the Polish super strong veteran GM Michal Krasenkow to a solid draw. CM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan (SRI), Bangladesh's Md. Taibur Rahman, CM Zia Tahsin Tajwar, WCM Walijah Ahmed and Md. Sajidul Haque drew with GMs Yuri Solodovnichenko (UKR), Debashis Das, Andrey Sumets (UKR), P Karthikeyan and IM Srijit Paul respectively. Round 2 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Sanket holds Krasenkow to a draw

A total of 102 players from 18 countries across the world including 32 GMs, 20 IMs, a WGM and 3 WIMs are taking part in this nine-round invitational tournament. Total prize fund is US$ 55000, first prize US$ 10000.

WIM Arpita Mukherjee scored an upset victory over GM Ulvi Sadikhov (AZE) | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Sanket - Krasenkow: 0.5-0.5

16-year-old untitled Sanket Chakravarty held the legendary Polish GM Michal Krasenkow to a solid draw in the first round.

Sanket Chakravarty made a great start | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Stany - Abu Sufian: 1-0

GM Stany G A and IM Abu Sufian Shakil (BAN) both made few errors in the endgame which almost allowed the latter to escape with a draw.

Position after 73.Kf5

Black's last hope of fighting for a draw here is 73...Re3 74.Rxe3 Kxe3 75.h7 e1=Q 76.h8=Q. However, Black missed this opportunity and promoted immediately 73...e1=Q 74.Rxe1 Kxe1 75.Kg6 Kf2 76.Kh7 and it's over for Black.

Stany and Abu Sufian had an exciting endgame | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Sadikhov - Arpita: 0-1

GM Ulvi Sadikhov (AZE) made a dubious exchange sacrifice, misplaced his queen and could not recover for the rest of the game against WIM Arpita Mukherjee.

Position after 19.Qa2

19.Nxa4 would have been a relatively better continuation for White. The game continued 19...Nf5 20.Ncxe4 Bg7 21.Bf3 Nxe3 and things fell apart for White rapidly.

Highlights

A few interesting finishes from Round 1

Sourath Biswas lost to GM Misratdin Iskandarov (AZE)

GM Srinath Narayanan defeated IM Minhaz Uddin (BAN)

GM Stany G A defeated IM Abu Sufian Shakil (BAN)

Sheikh Russel GM 2021 Round 1 highlights | Video: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Photo Gallery:

Inaugural moves are being made | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

The tournament hall | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

GM P Karthikeyan - WCM Walijah Ahmed (BAN): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

For more Round 1 photos, please click here.

Replay Round 1 games

The tournament is taking place at Hotel Purbani International, Dhaka in Bangladesh from 19th to 27th October 2021. Time control is 90'/40 + 30' + 30" per move. Round 1-8 starts at 3 p.m. local time (2:30 p.m. IST). Round 9 will start at 11:00 a.m. local time (10:30 a.m. IST).

Round 1 results

Bo.No. NameGrTypFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameGrTypFEDRtg No.
11
GMTiviakov SergeiNED260001 - 00WGMNandhidhaa P VIND2318
52
253
IMLodhi MahmoodS50PAK231500 - 10GMAsadli VugarU20AZE2585
2
33
GMBernadskiy VitaliyUKR258001 - 00WIMAlinasab MobinaIRI2309
54
455
Sanket ChakravartyU18IND22880½ - ½0GMKrasenkow MichalS50POL2578
4
55
GMSolodovnichenko YuriUKR25770½ - ½0CMLiyanage Ranindu DilshanU18SRI2273
56
657
Sourath BiswasU16IND227000 - 10GMIskandarov MisratdinAZE2552
6
77
GMNarayanan SrinathIND254001 - 00IMMohammad Minhaz UddinBAN2264
58
859
FMSubrota BiswasU20BAN224800 - 10GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.IND2535
8
99
GMStany G.A.IND252201 - 00IMAbu Sufian ShakilBAN2247
60
1061
FMPiyumantha M Sasith NipunU20SRI223100 - 10GMShyam Sundar M.IND2518
10
1111
GMSadikhov UlviAZE251700 - 10WIMArpita MukherjeeU20IND2229
62
1263
FMAhmed Sheikh NasirBAN222800 - 10GMVisakh N RIND2515
12
1313
IMMousavi Seyed KhalilIRI251001 - 00FMChatterjee DebarajBAN2226
64
1465
FMRahman Md. TaiburBAN22230½ - ½0GMDebashis DasIND2501
14
1515
GMSumets AndreyUKR24970½ - ½0CMZia Tahsin TajwarU16BAN2212
66

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.No. NameGrTypFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameGrTypFEDRtg No.
128
GMUlybin MikhailS50RUS244311GMTiviakov SergeiNED2600
1
22
GMAsadli VugarU20AZE258511IMMohammad Nubairshah ShaikhIND2440
29
330
GMHaznedaroglu KivancTUR243811GMBernadskiy VitaliyUKR2580
3
46
GMIskandarov MisratdinAZE255211GMMirzoev AzerAZE2438
31
532
GMRahman ZiaurBAN243111GMNarayanan SrinathIND2540
7
68
GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.IND253511IMKoustav ChatterjeeU18IND2431
33
734
IMHarikrishnan.A.RaU20IND242911GMStany G.A.IND2522
9
810
GMShyam Sundar M.IND251811GMKarpatchev AleksandrS50RUS2427
35
912
GMVisakh N RIND251511IMNeelash SahaU20IND2421
36
1038
GMLaxman R.R.IND241111IMMousavi Seyed KhalilIRI2510
13
1116
Pranav VU16IND248911IMSammed Jaykumar SheteIND2413
37
1240
IMAbdisalimov AbdimalikU20UZB240611GMMosadeghpour MasoudIRI2486
17
1318
IMMitrabha GuhaU20IND247911GMMurshed NiazS50BAN2410
39
1442
IMShahil DeyU14IND239811GMSavchenko StanislavS50UKR2473
19
1520
GMRios Cristhian CamiloCOL245711GMHossain EnamulBAN2396
43

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Links

Tournament Regulations

Bangladesh Chess Federation