The Gujarat Open begins!

Upsets, heartbreaks and time scrambles

The 1st Gujarat Grandmaster Open went underway at the Karnavati club, one of the most prestigious clubs in the Gujarati city of Ahmedabad, on Friday afternoon. The event is a 9 round Swiss which will be played over 7 days, until October 12, 2018. The rate of play is 90 minutes for the entire game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.

As is the case with so many Grandmaster opens, most of the games of the initial rounds were rather one-sided. However, there are always some spicy exceptions.

The biggest upset of the inaugural round came on the third board where 2615 rated Alexandr Predke was held to a draw by Maulik Raval (1993), a young local lad who overcame a rating difference of over 500 points! Of course, earning this half point was an arduous task for Raval as GM Predke tested him for over 90 moves before conceding a draw.

IM Anup Deshmukh also had a tough time in the opening round against Srithan Saypuri, a 13-year-old from Telangana. The Nagpur based International Master erred quite early in the game and Srithan pounced immediately with an enterprising knight sacrifice. Over the next few moves, the Telangana boy displayed excellent tactical prowess to put his opponent in a dead lost position.

However, IM Deshmukh, too, is not an easy nut to crack. He found his best possible chances and put up stiff resistance. Luckily for IM Deshmukh, Saypuri failed to find his best chances. Saypuri’s position slowly deteriorated and went from being a clear win to a heartbreaking loss.

After the game, IM Deshmukh, in a heartwarming gesture, acknowledged that he was completely lost and congratulated the boy on his excellent play. A hearty handshake followed before the players parted ways to prepare for their next battle.

A similar situation was seen on the 24th board where another teenager, Aryan Polakhare, had IM Fenil Shah walk a tightrope. In an incredibly complicated position, Aryan had generated a strong attack on his opponent’s king. A time scramble had worsened matters for both sides. On several occasions, IM Shah was seen waiting until the last second to make his move. But here again, it was the younger player whose nerves gave in. As the clock ticked down, Aryan blundered his queen and was forced to resign a few moves later.

Day 2

In another day full of excitement, the second round saw the second wave of title aspirants hit the top seeds. And this time, there were even more casualties.

On the fourth board, Ukrainian GM Adam Tukhaev had to sue for peace against Bangladeshi FM Mehdi Hasan Parag. A central pawn break in the Pirc Austrian attack had induced the exchange of a pair of rooks when Parag found a nice tactical sequence that forced more exchanges. By the 30th move, both sides had a rook, a knight and three pawns. After about 10 more moves, Tukhaev repeated the position to call it a day.

Two boards below on the pairing list, another Ukrainian Grandmaster, GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy was held to a draw Vinayak Kulkarni (2208). In fact, in this game, it was GM Bernadskiy who was in trouble at one point. Tons of exchanges in the game had led to an equal endgame by the 25th move. But just when it had begun to look innocuous, Bernadskiy let white take control of the position.

Kulkarni vs Bernadskiy

Here, after 27…Ne7, white simply hacked off the e7 knight with his bishop and pocketed a pawn after 29.Qb5. But in the next phase, Kulkarni rushed into a queen exchange that rendered the position equal. It is hard to believe at first that the position was equal since Kulkarni had an extra pawn in a knight endgame. But soon, the black knight turned out to be too active and this compensated for the pawn deficit. Forty-nine moves into the game, a draw was agreed via move repetition.

The biggest upset of the round was scored by the 14-year-old Tarun Kanyamarla who defeated IM Ponnuswamy Konguvel of Tamil Nadu with the black pieces. Players had castled on opposite wings in the Velimirovich attack of the Sicilian Defence. Out of the opening, IM Konguvel seemed to have the better position. His attack looked faster as his pawns had already broken into the enemy lines. But Kanyamarla defended well and, after a few mistakes by his opponent, was able to manoeuvre his queen into the white camp with decisive effect.

It wasn’t, however, all David slaying Goliath all around. It was indeed the grandmasters who won convincingly on several boards. A rather distinct game was the one on board 9 between India’s latest GM, Karthik Venkataraman and WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty.

Venkataraman went off road very early with 1.b3. Mohanty, perhaps, hadn’t expected her opponent to play this opening and ended up in a worse position quite early in the game. Her central pawn break on the 18th turn immediately spelt doom. The tactical sequence that followed left white with a decisive material advantage. By the 25th move, it was curtains.

If you would like to add 1.b3 to your opening arsenal, do check out Wesley So’s DVD, My secret weapon: 1.b3 which is currently on sale in the ChessBase India shop.

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	पंजाब के अरविंदर प्रीत बने नेशनल अमेच्यौर चैम्पियन @ 18/11/2018 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
	Vintage Vishy wins blitz and hearts in Kolkata @ 16/11/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	What lies under the surface! @ 13/11/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	6 major things that happened on the final day of Tata Steel Chess India Rapid 2018 @ 12/11/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Tata Steel India Rapid Day 2: Nakamura sets the stage on fire! @ 11/11/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Tata Steel India Round 1-3: Harikrishna, Mamedyarov and Aronian lead with 2.0/3 @ 10/11/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	The opening ceremony of the first super tournament on Indian soil @ 09/11/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	The Aagaard challenge from Quality Chess Academy camp in Greece @ 06/11/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Sammed Shete wins the Pursue your Chess scholarship of Rs.50,000 @ 05/11/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	The exciting new features of ChessBase 15 @ 02/11/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Celebrate this Diwali with ChessBase 15 and huge discounts! @ 02/11/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Kavitha JE bags the Homepreneur Award 2018 @ 26/10/2018 by Nongsha Angom (en)
	India wins the 3rd India China Summit @ 26/10/2018 by Aditya Pai (en)
	CBIJ #11: What it takes to become a national champion? @ 25/10/2018 by Avathanshu Bhat (en)
	3rd India China Summit: China makes a strong comeback! @ 20/10/2018 by Aditya Pai (en)
	3rd India China Summit: India leads after three rounds @ 19/10/2018 by Aditya Pai (en)
	गुजरात इंटरनेशनल - मार्टिन नें जीता खिताब ,विघनेश उपविजेता ! @ 14/10/2018 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
	How a bunch of Indians went to Spain and gained 4359 Elo points! @ 13/10/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	गुजरात इंटरनेशनल - स्टेनी को विघनेश का झटका , गरबा के रंग में रंगे खिलाड़ी @ 11/10/2018 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
	Gujarat GM Open R8: Vignesh catches Stany in the lead! @ 11/10/2018 by Aditya Pai (en)
	Everything is back in stock - New Quality Chess Books have arrived! @ 10/10/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Gujarat GM Open R6+7: Stany the unstoppable @ 10/10/2018 by Aditya Pai (en)
	गुजरात इंटरनेशनल - हर्षा बने ग्रांड मास्टर , स्टेनी को सयुंक्त बढ़त @ 09/10/2018 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
	Gujarat GM Open 2018 R5: GA Stany leads with Levon Babujian @ 09/10/2018 by Aditya Pai (en)
	Gujarat Open 2018 Round 3+4: Harsha Bharathakoti becomes India's 56th GM! @ 08/10/2018 by Aditya Pai (en)
	How can team India win a medal at the Batumi Olympiad 2018? @ 05/10/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Batumi Chess Olympiad: India's chances of a podium finish diminish after a catastrophic ninth round @ 04/10/2018 by Aditya Pai (en)
	Batumi Chess Olympiad: Sasikiran helps India edge out Czech Republic, women suffer their first loss @ 03/10/2018 by Aditya Pai (en)
	बातुमि ओलंपियाड - क्या इतिहास बस चार कदम दूर ? @ 02/10/2018 by Niklesh Jain (hi)
	Batumi Chess Olympiad Round 7: Indian men beat Egypt, Indian women draw against Georgia 1 @ 02/10/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Batumi Olympiad 2018 Round 6: The peaceful men, violent women @ 01/10/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Batumi Olympiad 2018 Round 5: Indian victory over South America @ 30/09/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Batumi Olympiad round 4: USA too strong for team India, women beat Poland @ 28/09/2018 by Aditya Pai (en)
	Batumi Olympiad 2018: India too strong for Canada, Serbia hold Indian girls @ 27/09/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Olympiad round 2: The Madras Tiger roars after 12 years! @ 26/09/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Olympiad round 1: Did Humpy ever take a break from chess?! @ 25/09/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Live Games and Updates of Team india from Batumi Olympiad 2018 @ 24/09/2018 by ChessBase India (en)
	My experience of spending 50 days in Barcelona @ 19/09/2018 by Kavisha Shah (en)
	Historical moment: Super tournament to be held in India for the first time ever! @ 15/09/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	Priyanka K wins the MKG Scholarship for Rs.50,000 @ 02/08/2018 by Sagar Shah (en)
	DPS North Kolkata ends 11-year reign of South Point @ 31/05/2018 by Shahid Ahmed (en)