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

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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.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Tiviakov Sergei			NED	2600	0	1 - 0	0	WGM	Nandhidhaa P V			IND	2318	52
2	53	IM	Lodhi Mahmood		S50	PAK	2315	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Asadli Vugar		U20	AZE	2585	2
3	3	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy			UKR	2580	0	1 - 0	0	WIM	Alinasab Mobina			IRI	2309	54
4	55		Sanket Chakravarty		U18	IND	2288	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Krasenkow Michal		S50	POL	2578	4
5	5	GM	Solodovnichenko Yuri			UKR	2577	0	½ - ½	0	CM	Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan		U18	SRI	2273	56
6	57		Sourath Biswas		U16	IND	2270	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Iskandarov Misratdin			AZE	2552	6
7	7	GM	Narayanan Srinath			IND	2540	0	1 - 0	0	IM	Mohammad Minhaz Uddin			BAN	2264	58
8	59	FM	Subrota Biswas		U20	BAN	2248	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.			IND	2535	8
9	9	GM	Stany G.A.			IND	2522	0	1 - 0	0	IM	Abu Sufian Shakil			BAN	2247	60
10	61	FM	Piyumantha M Sasith Nipun		U20	SRI	2231	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Shyam Sundar M.			IND	2518	10
11	11	GM	Sadikhov Ulvi			AZE	2517	0	0 - 1	0	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee		U20	IND	2229	62
12	63	FM	Ahmed Sheikh Nasir			BAN	2228	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Visakh N R			IND	2515	12
13	13	IM	Mousavi Seyed Khalil			IRI	2510	0	1 - 0	0	FM	Chatterjee Debaraj			BAN	2226	64
14	65	FM	Rahman Md. Taibur			BAN	2223	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Debashis Das			IND	2501	14
15	15	GM	Sumets Andrey			UKR	2497	0	½ - ½	0	CM	Zia Tahsin Tajwar		U16	BAN	2212	66

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	28	GM	Ulybin Mikhail		S50	RUS	2443	1		1	GM	Tiviakov Sergei			NED	2600	1
2	2	GM	Asadli Vugar		U20	AZE	2585	1		1	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh			IND	2440	29
3	30	GM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc			TUR	2438	1		1	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy			UKR	2580	3
4	6	GM	Iskandarov Misratdin			AZE	2552	1		1	GM	Mirzoev Azer			AZE	2438	31
5	32	GM	Rahman Ziaur			BAN	2431	1		1	GM	Narayanan Srinath			IND	2540	7
6	8	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.			IND	2535	1		1	IM	Koustav Chatterjee		U18	IND	2431	33
7	34	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra		U20	IND	2429	1		1	GM	Stany G.A.			IND	2522	9
8	10	GM	Shyam Sundar M.			IND	2518	1		1	GM	Karpatchev Aleksandr		S50	RUS	2427	35
9	12	GM	Visakh N R			IND	2515	1		1	IM	Neelash Saha		U20	IND	2421	36
10	38	GM	Laxman R.R.			IND	2411	1		1	IM	Mousavi Seyed Khalil			IRI	2510	13
11	16		Pranav V		U16	IND	2489	1		1	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete			IND	2413	37
12	40	IM	Abdisalimov Abdimalik		U20	UZB	2406	1		1	GM	Mosadeghpour Masoud			IRI	2486	17
13	18	IM	Mitrabha Guha		U20	IND	2479	1		1	GM	Murshed Niaz		S50	BAN	2410	39
14	42	IM	Shahil Dey		U14	IND	2398	1		1	GM	Savchenko Stanislav		S50	UKR	2473	19
15	20	GM	Rios Cristhian Camilo			COL	2457	1		1	GM	Hossain Enamul			BAN	2396	43

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Tournament Regulations

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