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Sheikh Russel GM R2: Srinath catches Ziaur Rahman off-guard

by Shahid Ahmed - 21/10/2021

13 players including six Indians are at 100% score 2.0/2 at Sheikh Russel International GM 2021. They are - GMs Srinath Narayanan, Stany G A and Shyam Sundar M, IMs Aronyak Ghosh, Sayantan Das and Sammed Jaykumar Shete. All six of them will face each other in the third round. Srinath made a short work of Bangladesh's legendary GM Ziaur Rahman in just 20 moves. The host country's first-ever GM Niaz Murshed made a nice save against IM Mitrabha Guha using a nice tactic. Local talent WFM Noshin Anjum held much higher rated WIM Mobina Alinasab (IRI) to a draw. Round 3 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Lots of interesting draws

IM Aronyak Ghosh defeated GM Alexey Kislinsky (CZE). IMs Koustav Chatterjee, Neelash Saha, Seyed Khalil Mousavi (IRI), Mitrabha Guha, Shahil Dey, Fahad Rahman (BAN), CM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage (SRI), CM Zia Tahsin Tajwar (BAN) held GMs Deepan Chakkravarthy, Visakh N R, Laxman R R, Niaz Murshed (BAN), Stanislav Savchenko (UKR), Evgeny Gleizerov (RUS), Andrey Sumets (UKR) and P Karthikeyan to a draw each respectively.

GM Srinath Narayanan made a short work of GM Ziaur Rahman | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Asadli - Nubair: 1-0

IM Nubairshah Shaikh had an opportunity to save the game against GM Vugar Asadli (AZE) in the final moments of the endgame.

Position after 38.Qe7+

White is unable to move the rook from the back rank because of its king being at a precarious position. Thus, 38...Kc8 is the safer choice. White will have no other choice but to repeat moves 39.Qe8+ Kc7 40.Qe7+ and draw the game. However, Black made the grave mistake of venturing the king out in the open which is a natural instinct in these type of positions. 38...Kb6 39.Rb1+ Ka5 40.Qa3+ Qa4 41.Qc3+ Ka6 42.Rb3 and it is all over for Black.

Nubairshah almost managed to escape with a draw | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Ziaur - Srinath: 0-1

GM Srinath Narayanan made a short work of GM Ziaur Rahman (BAN) in just 20 moves.

Position after 19.Rd1

Things have gone terribly wrong for White. 20.Rd1 does not help either. Find out how should Black capitalize on the advantage.

Mitrabha - Niaz

IM Mitrabha Guha was having a better position against Bangladesh's first GM in history, Niaz Murshed. The veteran found a nice trick to make things interesting.

Position after 37.g4

White is threatening 38.Rxh6+ followed by checkmate in five more moves. The only way for Black to save the game is 37...Qxf3+ 38.Kxf3 d2 39.Rxh6+ Kxh6 40.Qh8+ and now White has to settle for a draw by perpetual check because White lacks enough piece to deliver a checkmate. Sometimes tactics can lead to an interesting draw, this game was just a prime example of that.

GM Niaz Murshed can still hold his own against strong young talents like IM Mitrabha Guha | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

GM Mikhail Ulybin (RUS) made a quick draw with GM Sergei Tiviakov (NED) | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

WIM Mobina Alinasab (IRI) - WFM Noshin Anjum: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Highlights

A few interesting finishes from Round 2

IM Harikrishnan A Ra lost to GM Stany G A

IM Mitrabha Guha drew with GM Niaz Murshed (BAN)

GM Alexander Zubarev (UKR) defeated IM Vignesh N R

IM P D S Girinath lost to GM Vadim Malakhatko (BEL)

IM Sayantan Das defeated Subhayan Kundu

Replay Round 2 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 2 results

Bo.No. NameGrTypFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameGrTypFEDRtg No.
128
GMUlybin MikhailS50RUS24431½ - ½1GMTiviakov SergeiNED2600
1
22
GMAsadli VugarU20AZE258511 - 01IMMohammad Nubairshah ShaikhIND2440
29
330
GMHaznedaroglu KivancTUR243810 - 11GMBernadskiy VitaliyUKR2580
3
46
GMIskandarov MisratdinAZE255211 - 01GMMirzoev AzerAZE2438
31
532
GMRahman ZiaurBAN243110 - 11GMNarayanan SrinathIND2540
7
68
GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.IND25351½ - ½1IMKoustav ChatterjeeU18IND2431
33
734
IMHarikrishnan.A.RaU20IND242910 - 11GMStany G.A.IND2522
9
810
GMShyam Sundar M.IND251811 - 01GMKarpatchev AleksandrS50RUS2427
35
912
GMVisakh N RIND25151½ - ½1IMNeelash SahaU20IND2421
36
1038
GMLaxman R.R.IND24111½ - ½1IMMousavi Seyed KhalilIRI2510
13
1116
Pranav VU16IND248910 - 11IMSammed Jaykumar SheteIND2413
37
1240
IMAbdisalimov AbdimalikU20UZB240610 - 11GMMosadeghpour MasoudIRI2486
17
1318
IMMitrabha GuhaU20IND24791½ - ½1GMMurshed NiazS50BAN2410
39
1442
IMShahil DeyU14IND23981½ - ½1GMSavchenko StanislavS50UKR2473
19
1520
GMRios Cristhian CamiloCOL24571½ - ½1GMHossain EnamulBAN2396
43

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Round 3 pairings

Bo.No. NameGrTypFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameGrTypFEDRtg No.
117
GMMosadeghpour MasoudIRI248622GMAsadli VugarU20AZE2585
2
23
GMBernadskiy VitaliyUKR258022GMRasulov VugarAZE2452
22
325
GMMalakhatko VadimBEL244422GMIskandarov MisratdinAZE2552
6
47
GMNarayanan SrinathIND254022IMAronyak GhoshU18IND2445
24
59
GMStany G.A.IND252222IMDas SayantanIND2444
26
637
IMSammed Jaykumar SheteIND241322GMShyam Sundar M.IND2518
10
71
GMTiviakov SergeiNED26001½2GMZubarev AlexanderUKR2395
44
827
GMGleizerov EvgenyS50RUS24431½1½GMKrasenkow MichalS50POL2578
4
95
GMSolodovnichenko YuriUKR25771½1½GMUlybin MikhailS50RUS2443
28
1036
IMNeelash SahaU20IND24211½1½GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.IND2535
8
1133
IMKoustav ChatterjeeU18IND24311½1½GMVisakh N RIND2515
12
1213
IMMousavi Seyed KhalilIRI25101½1½IMShahil DeyU14IND2398
42
1339
GMMurshed NiazS50BAN24101½1½GMDebashis DasIND2501
14
1443
GMHossain EnamulBAN23961½1½IMMitrabha GuhaU20IND2479
18
1519
GMSavchenko StanislavS50UKR24731½1½GMLaxman R.R.IND2411
38

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