Bangkok 04+05: Swapnil leads the hunt

by Priyadarshan Banjan - 13/04/2016

The highest number of players in the tournament being Indians, the tournament is bound to witness some upsets. With 4.5/5, GM Swapnil Dhopade is in the pack of five contenders tied at the second spot. We bring you an illustrated report.

Bangkok 04+05: Swapnil leads the hunt

A record 320 players from more than 40 countries are competing in the 16th Bangkok Open tournament — Thailand and South-East Asia's strongest tournament of the year to date. The tourney is a nine round Swiss that began on 11 April 2016. Each player is accorded with a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game. In addition, there is a thirty seconds increment per move, starting from move one.

The highest number of players in the tournament being Indians, the tournament is bound to witness some upsets. There were quite a few of them in the fourth and the fifth rounds, but mostly at the lower echelons. We bring you some highlights of the Indian performance at Bangkok.

In the fourth round, GM Swapnil Dhopade (2499) met GM S.S. Ganguly (2647) and the game ended in a repetition

[Event "16th Bangkok Open 2016"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {700} Nf6 {2} 2. g3 {10} e6 {126} 3. Bg2 {18} d5 {17} 4. O-O {5} Be7 {5}
5. c4 {47} O-O {12} 6. d4 {4} dxc4 {28} 7. Ne5 {52} Nc6 {33} 8. Bxc6 {9} bxc6 {
5} 9. Nxc6 {5} Qe8 {13} 10. Nxe7+ {4} Qxe7 {7} 11. Na3 {15} Rd8 {368} 12. Qc2 {
50} Ba6 {73} 13. Nxc4 {12} c5 {10} 14. dxc5 {5} Qxc5 {4} 15. b3 {53} Bxc4 {471}
16. Bb2 {3} Rac8 {500} 17. Rac1 {530} Qa5 {379} 18. Bxf6 {2008} gxf6 {160} 19.
bxc4 {5} Rd2 {125} 20. Qe4 {5} Qe5 {329} 21. Qb7 {226} Qc7 {213} 22. Qf3 {70}
Qe5 {23} 23. Qb7 {435} Qc7 {32} 24. Qf3 {182} Qe5 {9} 25. Qb7 {13} 1/2-1/2

In the fifth round, he outplayed compatriot Arjun Kalyan (2299). With 4.5/5, Swapnil is in the pack of five contenders tied at the second spot.

[Event "Bangkok CC Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.04.13"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Black "Swapnil, S. Dhopade"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2016.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 c5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Bc3 Qd5 14. dxc5 Qxd3
15. Rxd3 Bxc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Rg8 20. g3 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rd1+ Kc7 23. c4 Rg4 24. b3 f5 25. Re1 Kd6 26. Kd2 e5 27. Rh1
Ke6 28. Re1 f6 29. Re3 f4 30. gxf4 Rxf4 31. Ke2 Rf5 32. b4 Rf4 33. b5 Na5 34.
Ra3 b6 35. Nd2 Kd6 36. Rd3+ Kc5 37. Rd7 Nxc4 38. Nxc4 Kxc4 39. Rxa7 Rf5 40. a4
Rxh5 41. Rb7 Kc5 42. Rc7+ Kb4 43. Rb7 Kxa4 44. Rxb6 Rf5 45. Rb8 h5 46. b6 Kb5
47. Ke3 Ka6 48. f3 Rf4 49. Kf2 h4 50. Kg2 Kb5 51. Rb7 Ka5 52. Rb8 Ka6 53. Kf2
Ka5 54. Kg2 Kb5 55. Rb7 Kc5 56. Rb8 Kc6 57. Kf2 f5 58. Kg2 Rb4 59. Rf8 f4 60.
Kh3 Rb3 61. Kg4 Rxb6 62. Kxh4 Kd5 63. Kg4 Kd4 64. Ra8 Rg6+ 65. Kf5 Rg1 66. Ra4+
Ke3 67. Ra3+ Kf2 68. Kxe5 Kg3 69. Ke4 Re1+ 70. Kd4 Kf2 71. Ra8 Kxf3 72. Kd3
Rd1+ 73. Kc2 Rd7 74. Rf8 Ke3 75. Re8+ Kf2 76. Rf8 f3 77. Rf6 Ke2 78. Re6+ Kf1
79. Rf6 f2 80. Rf8 Rg7 0-1

IM Himanshu Sharma (2384) faced Dutch GM Benjamin Bok (2604) with the black pieces and failed to hold

[Event "16th Bangkok Open 2016"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Himanshu, Sharma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {113} c5 {0} 2. Nf3 {4} Nc6 {0} 3. d4 {94} cxd4 {0} 4. Nxd4 {3} Nf6 {36}
5. Nc3 {4} d6 {4} 6. Bg5 {23} e6 {10} 7. Qd2 {19} Be7 {6} 8. O-O-O {75} O-O {11
} 9. f4 {436} Nxd4 {14} 10. Qxd4 {4} Qa5 {3} 11. Bc4 {64} Bd7 {122} 12. e5 {220
} dxe5 {5} 13. fxe5 {5} Bc6 {6} 14. Bd2 {3} Nd7 {5} 15. Nd5 {7} Qc5 {20} 16.
Nxe7+ {6} Qxe7 {4} 17. Rhe1 {6} Rfd8 {6} 18. Qg4 {73} Nb6 {104} 19. Bf1 {332}
Rac8 {150} 20. Bh6 {2220} Rxd1+ {2210} 21. Rxd1 {12} f5 {438} 22. exf6 {270}
Qxf6 {7} 23. Be3 {74} Nd5 {19} 24. Bd4 {627} Qh6+ {71} 25. Kb1 {10} Ne3 {137}
26. Bxe3 {20} Qxe3 {6} 27. Bd3 {356} Rf8 {205} 28. b3 {98} e5 {395} 29. Qb4 {
574} Re8 {485} 30. Bc4+ {299} Kh8 {2} 31. Rf1 {10} h5 {225} 32. Bf7 {206} Rc8 {
218} 33. Bg6 {46} Kg8 {445} 34. Qc4+ {48} Kh8 {5} 35. Qb4 {3} Kg8 {7} 36. Qe7 {
80} Bd5 {140} 37. Qd7 {22} Qc5 {50} 38. Rd1 {25} Bxg2 {89} 39. Qf7+ {35} Kh8 {2
} 40. Bf5 {0} Bf3 {0} 41. Bxc8 1-0

GM S.L. Narayanan (2501) defeated Norwegian Kjetil Stokke (2354) in the fourth round, but succumbed to Loek Van Wely (2654) in the fifth, allowing the latter to walk into the lead with 5.0/5.

[Event "Bangkok CC Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.04.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "THA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rad1 cxd4 12. Nb5 Bc5 13. Bf4 Ba6 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Nb3 Rac8 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Bg5 d4 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Qd2 Rcd8 22. b3 Kg7 23. Rfe1 Re5 24. Qf4 Qe7 25. b4 d3 26. bxc5 dxe2 27.
Rxd8 Qxd8 28. c6 Qa5 29. Qc1 Rc5 30. Qa1 Qd2 31. Kg2 Bb5 32. Kg1 Rc3 33. a4
Bxc6 34. Bxe2 Qd5 35. f3 Rxf3 0-1

Another notable upset was caused by Abhishek Das (2241), who held Greek GM Stelios Halkias (2553)

[Event "16th Bangkok Open 2016"]
[Site "Bangkok"]
[Date "2016.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abhishek, Das"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventCountry "THA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {0} e5 {105} 2. Nf3 {38} Nc6 {19} 3. Nc3 {5} Nf6 {18} 4. Bb5 {6} Bc5 {34}
5. O-O {57} O-O {49} 6. Nxe5 {163} Nxe5 {27} 7. d4 {15} Bd6 {10} 8. f4 {19}
Neg4 {66} 9. e5 {910} Be7 {106} 10. h3 {712} d6 {878} 11. Be2 {1185} dxe5 {558}
12. fxe5 {11} Nxe5 {909} 13. dxe5 {11} Qxd1 {698} 14. Rxd1 {72} Nd7 {7} 15. Nb5
{576} Bc5+ {476} 16. Kh1 {9} Bb6 {38} 17. Bf4 {100} Nc5 {97} 18. Be3 {616} Ne6
{795} 19. Bxb6 {46} axb6 {33} 20. Bg4 {715} Nc5 {483} 21. Nxc7 {194} Bxg4 {6}
22. hxg4 {10} Ra4 {7} 23. Nd5 {31} Rxg4 {48} 24. c3 {405} b5 {217} 25. Rd4 {16}
Rxd4 {96} 26. cxd4 {2} Rd8 {21} 27. Ne7+ {7} Kf8 {39} 28. Nf5 {3} Ne6 {75} 29.
Rd1 {16} Rd5 {39} 30. Rc1 {57} f6 {45} 31. Rc8+ {171} Kf7 {4} 32. Rb8 {38} fxe5
{60} 33. dxe5 {8} Rxe5 {57} 34. Rxb7+ {5} Kf6 {33} 35. Nd6 {107} Nd4 {25} 36.
Kg1 {24} h5 {80} 37. Rb6 {22} Ke7 {88} 38. b3 {61} Kd7 {107} 39. Nf7 {64} Re1+
{73} 40. Kh2 {0} Ke7 {0} 41. Ng5 {158} Re2 {719} 42. a4 {72} bxa4 {33} 43. bxa4
{5} Ra2 {80} 44. Ra6 {42} Nf5 {414} 45. Nh3 {194} h4 {216} 46. Ng5 {258} Ra3 {
159} 47. Re6+ {123} Kd7 {206} 48. Re4 {211} Ne3 {109} 49. Nf3 {103} g5 {57} 50.
Nxg5 {212} Nxg2 {10} 51. Kxg2 {6} Rg3+ {7} 1/2-1/2

The hospitality in Bangkok is , without questions, something that gives this city its identity!

Rankings after Round 05:

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	3	GM	Van Wely Loek			NED	2654	5,0	0,0	16,0	16,00	5,0	15,0	3084	10	7,7
2	1	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco			ESP	2691	4,5	0,0	18,0	15,75	4,0	14,5	2680	10	3,0
3	7	GM	Bok Benjamin			NED	2604	4,5	0,0	17,5	15,25	4,0	14,5	2668	10	6,2
4	11	GM	Swapnil S. Dhopade			IND	2499	4,5	0,0	15,0	13,00	4,0	14,0	2632	10	8,2
5	49		Nie Xinyang	U18		CHN	2227	4,5	0,0	15,0	13,00	4,0	13,5	2575	40	80,8
6	5	GM	Gustafsson Jan			GER	2629	4,5	0,0	14,5	12,75	4,0	13,5	2584	10	0,3
7	4	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar			IND	2647	4,0	0,0	17,5	13,25	3,0	13,5	2519	10	-2,6
8	10	GM	Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan	U18		IND	2501	4,0	0,0	16,5	11,50	4,0	14,0	2522	10	3,8
9	20	FM	Yeoh Li Tian	U18		MAS	2400	4,0	0,0	16,0	11,00	4,0	13,0	2451	10	4,7
10	23	IM	Dimakiling Oliver			PHI	2372	4,0	0,0	15,5	12,00	3,0	13,0	2356	10	3,1
11	19	IM	Roy Prantik			IND	2402	4,0	0,0	15,5	11,50	3,0	12,5	2393	10	0,5
12	22	IM	Himanshu Sharma			IND	2384	4,0	0,0	15,5	11,00	4,0	13,0	2426	10	4,3
13	39	FM	Pitra Andika			INA	2260	4,0	0,0	15,5	11,00	4,0	12,0	2460	20	25,2
14	2	GM	Short Nigel D			ENG	2671	4,0	0,0	15,0	11,50	4,0	12,0	2445	10	-5,6
15	16	IM	Liang Awonder	U18		USA	2410	4,0	0,0	15,0	10,50	4,0	13,0	2481	10	5,6

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Pairings for Round 06

Photos by the Bangkok Chess Club