KIIT R02+03: Ten players on perfect score
Three rounds have been completed at the 10th KIIT International 2017. Out of the 251 players that are in action, only ten are on a perfect score with 3.0/3. In this report we analyze a nice win by the top seed Farrukh Amonatov, and we also see Diptayan Ghosh's endgame magic. Also worth noting is the crazy game between Utkal Ranjan Sahoo and Debashis Das. All in all it's a report loaded with chess analysis and lots of pictures!
The most interesting part of the tournament has begun. The rating difference between two opponents keeps getting smaller and we are witnessing some high quality chess. Saturday, 27th of May, was a double round day. The morning game was held at 9.30 a.m. while the evening one was at 4 p.m. After three rounds we have only ten players with the perfect score of 3.0/3.
The playing hall
GMs Andrey Deviatkin, Farrukh Amonatov and IM Muhammad Khusenkhojaev discuss a few things before the start of the round
The top seed of the tournament has things under control. He is on 3.0/3. In the second round he had a very exciting attacking game with the white pieces:
[Event "10th KiiT International Chess Festival -"]
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Subhayan, Kundu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[Annotator "Sagar,Shah"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Subhayan, Kundu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[Annotator "Sagar,Shah"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Nd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. Nf2 f5 14. O-O-O Kh8
15. Kb1 a5 16. g4 Ba6 17. Bf3 {The position is pretty normal. But now Subhayan
Kundu goes slightly berserk.} g5 $5 {Opening up your own king might not be the
wisest of ideas.} 18. h4 $1 {That's the reason why Farrukh is the top seed!}
fxg4 (18... gxf4 19. Nh3 $1 fxg4 20. Bxg4 $18) 19. hxg5 $5 {A very interesting
piece sacrifice.} (19. Bxg4 Rxf4 20. hxg5 $18) 19... gxf3 20. g6 Bh4 21. Rdg1
Ra7 $1 {Good defence by Subhayan.} 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Rg4 Bxf2 24. Qxf2 Be2 $2 (
24... Rg7 25. Rgh4 Kg8 26. Rxh7 Rxh7 27. Rxh7 Qe8 28. Qg1 Rxf4 29. Rh8+ Kxh8
30. Qh1+ Kg7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. g7+ Ke7 33. g8=Q+ Qf7 {The only move!} (33... Rf7
34. Qh4+ Kd7 35. Qa4+ $18) 34. Qhxf7+ Rxf7 35. Qb8 f2 36. Qd6+ {and its a draw
by perpetual. What a variation!}) 25. gxh7 $1 Rg7 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Qg3+ Kf7 (
27... Kh8 28. Rg1 {is finishing.}) 28. Rh6 $1 {You can bank on Farrukh to
finish this off accurately. Well, but he soon goes wrong!} Rh8 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30.
Qxe6 Qe7 31. Rf6+ Ke8 32. Qc6+ Qd7 33. Qxc5 $2 (33. Re6+ Kd8 34. Qa8+ Kc7 35.
Qa7+ Kc8 36. Qxc5+ Kd8 37. Rd6 {would have been the correct way.}) 33... d4 $2
(33... f2 $1 {And things are again a bit unclear.}) 34. e6 Qb7 35. Rg6 Qxh7 36.
Qc8+ {Quite a fascinating struggle!} 1-0
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Nd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. Nf2 f5 14. O-O-O Kh8
15. Kb1 a5 16. g4 Ba6 17. Bf3 {The position is pretty normal. But now Subhayan
Kundu goes slightly berserk.} g5 $5 {Opening up your own king might not be the
wisest of ideas.} 18. h4 $1 {That's the reason why Farrukh is the top seed!}
fxg4 (18... gxf4 19. Nh3 $1 fxg4 20. Bxg4 $18) 19. hxg5 $5 {A very interesting
piece sacrifice.} (19. Bxg4 Rxf4 20. hxg5 $18) 19... gxf3 20. g6 Bh4 21. Rdg1
Ra7 $1 {Good defence by Subhayan.} 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Rg4 Bxf2 24. Qxf2 Be2 $2 (
24... Rg7 25. Rgh4 Kg8 26. Rxh7 Rxh7 27. Rxh7 Qe8 28. Qg1 Rxf4 29. Rh8+ Kxh8
30. Qh1+ Kg7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. g7+ Ke7 33. g8=Q+ Qf7 {The only move!} (33... Rf7
34. Qh4+ Kd7 35. Qa4+ $18) 34. Qhxf7+ Rxf7 35. Qb8 f2 36. Qd6+ {and its a draw
by perpetual. What a variation!}) 25. gxh7 $1 Rg7 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Qg3+ Kf7 (
27... Kh8 28. Rg1 {is finishing.}) 28. Rh6 $1 {You can bank on Farrukh to
finish this off accurately. Well, but he soon goes wrong!} Rh8 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30.
Qxe6 Qe7 31. Rf6+ Ke8 32. Qc6+ Qd7 33. Qxc5 $2 (33. Re6+ Kd8 34. Qa8+ Kc7 35.
Qa7+ Kc8 36. Qxc5+ Kd8 37. Rd6 {would have been the correct way.}) 33... d4 $2
(33... f2 $1 {And things are again a bit unclear.}) 34. e6 Qb7 35. Rg6 Qxh7 36.
Qc8+ {Quite a fascinating struggle!} 1-0
You are a good player when you have an off day and still score 1.5/2. That's what Diptayan Ghosh (left) did. He won his game in the morning and drew his game against Gukesh (right) in the evening. Let's check the morning game first.
Senthil Maran vs Diptayan Ghosh
White has to sooner or later pick up the pawn on c2, and then we would transpose into a pawn ending. How do you assess that endgame? White to play.
The endgame is completely drawn, but Diptayan managed to trick his opponent. Check out how!
[Event "10th KiiT International Chess Festival -"]
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Senthil, Maran K"]
[Black "Ghosh, Diptayan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Sagar,Shah"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Qa4 Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ndc4 Be7 12. Ne3 Nb8 13. Nf5 Ne4 14. Bf4 Bg5
15. f3 Bxf4 16. fxe4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. exd5 Nxe5 19. Rac1 g6 20. Qd4 f6 21.
Nh6+ Kg7 22. Ng4 c5 23. Qf4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Qd6 25. e4 Rae8 26. Qf4 Re5 27. a3 a5
28. Qd2 a4 29. Qc2 Ba6 30. Rf2 Bb5 31. b3 axb3 32. Qxb3 Bd7 33. a4 Ree8 34. Rb2
Rb8 35. Rcb1 Rfc8 36. Qc4 Rc7 37. Qa6 c4 38. Rxb6 Rxb6 39. Qxb6 Qxb6+ 40. Rxb6
c3 41. Rb1 Bxa4 42. Rc1 c2 43. Kf2 f5 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Bf1 Ke5 47.
Bd3 Rc5 48. Kd2 Rxd5 49. Kc3 Rc5+ 50. Kd2 Kd4 {After a fighting game where
White has been holding his own against a strong GM, we reach the following
position. Should Senthil transpose the game into a pawn ending now?} 51. Bxc2
$1 {An excellent decision.} Bxc2 52. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 53. Kxc2 {So what is this pawn
endgame? Well it is a draw, but because Black's king is active, White has to
be careful.} Ke3 54. Kc3 h5 (54... Kf2 55. Kd4 Kg2 56. Ke5 Kxh2 57. Kxf5 Kxg3
58. Kg5 {is a draw. Hence Diptayan pushes his pawn to h5.}) (54... h6 55. Kc4
h5 56. Kd5 $11) 55. Kc2 (55. Kc4 {would have drawn too.} Kf3 56. Kd4 Kg2 57.
Ke3 $1 (57. Ke5 Kxh2 58. Kxf5 Kxg3 {loses.}) 57... Kxh2 58. Kf2 {is a draw.
This is the entire basis of White's defence.}) 55... Ke2 56. Kc3 Ke3 57. Kc2
Kf2 58. Kd2 Kf1 {This is a critical moment in the game now. Very tricky play
by Diptayan.} 59. Ke3 $4 (59. Kd3 $1 {It was important to understand that g2
and e3 correspond to each other. Only after the Black king steps on g2 should
white king go to e3.} Kg2 60. Ke3 $1 Kxh2 61. Kf2 $11) 59... Kg2 $1 60. Ke2 {
So what's the big difference asks Senthil Maran! If you take on h2, I am
anyway going to play Kf2 and draw the game! Well Diptayan had an ace under his
sleeve!} (60. Kf4 Kxh2 61. Kxf5 Kxg3 $19) 60... h4 $1 {A powerful move that
ends the game on the spot. if the pawn is taken the f-pawn runs through, or
else Black just picks up the g3 pawn! An endgame worthy of making it to any
manual.} 0-1
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Senthil, Maran K"]
[Black "Ghosh, Diptayan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Sagar,Shah"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Qa4 Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ndc4 Be7 12. Ne3 Nb8 13. Nf5 Ne4 14. Bf4 Bg5
15. f3 Bxf4 16. fxe4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. exd5 Nxe5 19. Rac1 g6 20. Qd4 f6 21.
Nh6+ Kg7 22. Ng4 c5 23. Qf4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Qd6 25. e4 Rae8 26. Qf4 Re5 27. a3 a5
28. Qd2 a4 29. Qc2 Ba6 30. Rf2 Bb5 31. b3 axb3 32. Qxb3 Bd7 33. a4 Ree8 34. Rb2
Rb8 35. Rcb1 Rfc8 36. Qc4 Rc7 37. Qa6 c4 38. Rxb6 Rxb6 39. Qxb6 Qxb6+ 40. Rxb6
c3 41. Rb1 Bxa4 42. Rc1 c2 43. Kf2 f5 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Bf1 Ke5 47.
Bd3 Rc5 48. Kd2 Rxd5 49. Kc3 Rc5+ 50. Kd2 Kd4 {After a fighting game where
White has been holding his own against a strong GM, we reach the following
position. Should Senthil transpose the game into a pawn ending now?} 51. Bxc2
$1 {An excellent decision.} Bxc2 52. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 53. Kxc2 {So what is this pawn
endgame? Well it is a draw, but because Black's king is active, White has to
be careful.} Ke3 54. Kc3 h5 (54... Kf2 55. Kd4 Kg2 56. Ke5 Kxh2 57. Kxf5 Kxg3
58. Kg5 {is a draw. Hence Diptayan pushes his pawn to h5.}) (54... h6 55. Kc4
h5 56. Kd5 $11) 55. Kc2 (55. Kc4 {would have drawn too.} Kf3 56. Kd4 Kg2 57.
Ke3 $1 (57. Ke5 Kxh2 58. Kxf5 Kxg3 {loses.}) 57... Kxh2 58. Kf2 {is a draw.
This is the entire basis of White's defence.}) 55... Ke2 56. Kc3 Ke3 57. Kc2
Kf2 58. Kd2 Kf1 {This is a critical moment in the game now. Very tricky play
by Diptayan.} 59. Ke3 $4 (59. Kd3 $1 {It was important to understand that g2
and e3 correspond to each other. Only after the Black king steps on g2 should
white king go to e3.} Kg2 60. Ke3 $1 Kxh2 61. Kf2 $11) 59... Kg2 $1 60. Ke2 {
So what's the big difference asks Senthil Maran! If you take on h2, I am
anyway going to play Kf2 and draw the game! Well Diptayan had an ace under his
sleeve!} (60. Kf4 Kxh2 61. Kxf5 Kxg3 $19) 60... h4 $1 {A powerful move that
ends the game on the spot. if the pawn is taken the f-pawn runs through, or
else Black just picks up the g3 pawn! An endgame worthy of making it to any
manual.} 0-1
When analyzing the above endgame I remembered an article I had written entitled Half knowledge is dangerous. It dealt with a similar endgame!
In the evening round, Diptayan was once again pushed to the wall by the 11-year-old D. Gukesh. The game ended in a draw, but in the last position Gukesh was clearly the one pushing.
[Event "10th KiiT International Chess Festival -"]
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ghosh, Diptayan"]
[Black "Gukesh, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nxf4+
15. gxf4 Bd6 16. e3 Qh4 17. Qe2 c6 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Kh1 f6 20. Nd3 Nb4 21. Nxb4
Bxb4 22. Rg1 Rad8 23. Qf3 b5 24. b3 e5 25. Ng3 Qe6 26. axb5 cxb5 27. d5 Qd7 28.
f5 Rf7 29. Ne4 a4 30. bxa4 bxa4 31. Rb1 Bf8 32. Rb6 Kh8 33. d6 Qa7 34. Rgb1
1/2-1/2
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ghosh, Diptayan"]
[Black "Gukesh, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nxf4+
15. gxf4 Bd6 16. e3 Qh4 17. Qe2 c6 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Kh1 f6 20. Nd3 Nb4 21. Nxb4
Bxb4 22. Rg1 Rad8 23. Qf3 b5 24. b3 e5 25. Ng3 Qe6 26. axb5 cxb5 27. d5 Qd7 28.
f5 Rf7 29. Ne4 a4 30. bxa4 bxa4 31. Rb1 Bf8 32. Rb6 Kh8 33. d6 Qa7 34. Rgb1
1/2-1/2
Watch out for this boy! D. Gukesh. He is the next big thing from Indian chess.
Ziaur Rahman scored two wins on day two and is now on 3.0/3
S. Vikramjit Singh was in stealth mode in the third round as he annihilated his opponent GM Nguyen Duc Hoa's king position
[Event "10th KiiT International Chess Festival -"]
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.27"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Singh, S. Vikramjit"]
[Black "Nguyen, Duc Hoa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Na6 9. Bd6 e5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O f6 (11... O-O-O {is the main move.})
12. Re1 Nh6 13. c5 {Black is already in huge trouble.} Qd5 14. Qc2 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 (15. Bc4 $1 {was also strong.} Qd4 16. gxf3 $1 $18) 15... Qe6 16. Qa4
O-O-O 17. Be2 (17. Bxc6 Nxc5 $1 18. Qxa7 {And although the complications end
in White's favour it is not so easy to calculate.}) 17... Nc7 18. Bc4 Qg4 19.
h3 Qf4 20. Rad1 a6 21. Bxc7 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Kxc7 23. Qa5+ Kb8 24. Bxa6 $1 Qf5 25.
Bxb7 {Destroying the king completely.} Qc2 26. Rd2 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 {A very nice
game by Vikramjit and a completely off day of Nguyen Duc Hoa.} 1-0
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.27"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Singh, S. Vikramjit"]
[Black "Nguyen, Duc Hoa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Na6 9. Bd6 e5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O f6 (11... O-O-O {is the main move.})
12. Re1 Nh6 13. c5 {Black is already in huge trouble.} Qd5 14. Qc2 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 (15. Bc4 $1 {was also strong.} Qd4 16. gxf3 $1 $18) 15... Qe6 16. Qa4
O-O-O 17. Be2 (17. Bxc6 Nxc5 $1 18. Qxa7 {And although the complications end
in White's favour it is not so easy to calculate.}) 17... Nc7 18. Bc4 Qg4 19.
h3 Qf4 20. Rad1 a6 21. Bxc7 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Kxc7 23. Qa5+ Kb8 24. Bxa6 $1 Qf5 25.
Bxb7 {Destroying the king completely.} Qc2 26. Rd2 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 {A very nice
game by Vikramjit and a completely off day of Nguyen Duc Hoa.} 1-0
Laxman is in great form these days. He recently won the Xtra time rapid rating tournament in Kolkata. And here he is on 3.0/3.
During the round Laxman came up to me and said, "Sagar I won the Xtratime Rapid tournament in Kolkata, but there is no report on it on ChessBase India." I told him that his report was right up there featured at the top! With a smile the blitz master went to his board. Later in the day, he sent me an sms saying "Thanks for the wonderful report on the Kolkata rapid!" Just in case you guys have missed it, do have a look at this huge report sent to us by Shahid Ahmed.
1.Nf3 and a smile on his face! That's how he wins his games! CRG Krishna is another player who has a 100% score.
Round three under way
The young Sreeshwan Maralakshakari held GM Adam Tukhaev to a draw in round two. A great defensive effort by the young boy who was worse for almost the entire game.
[Event "10th KiiT International Chess Festival -"]
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tukhaev, Adam"]
[Black "Sreeshwan, Maralakshikari"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Qe7+ 7. Be2 Qc7
8. d4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 Re8 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nf8 13. c5 Be7 14. d5 cxd5
15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qd4 Ng6 17. Rfc1 f5 18. Qc3 Nf4 19. Bb5 Nd5 20. Qa3 Rec8 21.
Bd4 a6 22. Bf1 a5 23. b3 Qf4 24. Qb2 Bf6 25. Rc4 Qc7 26. Re1 Re8 27. Rcc1 Rad8
28. Bb5 Bd7 29. Bc4 Be6 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Qxf6 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Qxc5
34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Ng5 Qc3 37. Qxh7+ Kf8 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Nf3 Bd7
40. Qg5+ Kf8 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Rc1 Qg7 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. Nd4 Re4 45. Rd1 a4 46.
f3 Re3 47. Kf2 Rc3 48. Kg3 Kf6 49. Kf4 axb3 50. axb3 Be6 51. Rd2 Bxb3 52. Rb2
Be6 53. Rxb7 Rc4 54. Ke3 Ra4 55. Ne2 Ra3+ 56. Kf2 Ra2 57. Rc7 Rb2 58. Ke3 Rb3+
59. Rc3 Rb4 60. Nf4 Kg5 61. Nh3+ Kf6 62. Nf4 Kg5 63. g3 Rb2 64. h4+ Kf6 65. Ra3
Rb1 66. h5 Kg5 67. Ra8 Rb3+ 68. Kf2 Rb2+ 69. Kg1 Rb1+ 70. Kg2 Rb2+ 71. Kh3 Rb3
72. Rh8 Rxf3 73. h6 Rb3 1/2-1/2
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tukhaev, Adam"]
[Black "Sreeshwan, Maralakshikari"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Qe7+ 7. Be2 Qc7
8. d4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 Re8 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nf8 13. c5 Be7 14. d5 cxd5
15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qd4 Ng6 17. Rfc1 f5 18. Qc3 Nf4 19. Bb5 Nd5 20. Qa3 Rec8 21.
Bd4 a6 22. Bf1 a5 23. b3 Qf4 24. Qb2 Bf6 25. Rc4 Qc7 26. Re1 Re8 27. Rcc1 Rad8
28. Bb5 Bd7 29. Bc4 Be6 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Qxf6 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Qxc5
34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Ng5 Qc3 37. Qxh7+ Kf8 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Nf3 Bd7
40. Qg5+ Kf8 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Rc1 Qg7 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. Nd4 Re4 45. Rd1 a4 46.
f3 Re3 47. Kf2 Rc3 48. Kg3 Kf6 49. Kf4 axb3 50. axb3 Be6 51. Rd2 Bxb3 52. Rb2
Be6 53. Rxb7 Rc4 54. Ke3 Ra4 55. Ne2 Ra3+ 56. Kf2 Ra2 57. Rc7 Rb2 58. Ke3 Rb3+
59. Rc3 Rb4 60. Nf4 Kg5 61. Nh3+ Kf6 62. Nf4 Kg5 63. g3 Rb2 64. h4+ Kf6 65. Ra3
Rb1 66. h5 Kg5 67. Ra8 Rb3+ 68. Kf2 Rb2+ 69. Kg1 Rb1+ 70. Kg2 Rb2+ 71. Kh3 Rb3
72. Rh8 Rxf3 73. h6 Rb3 1/2-1/2
The battle between two state mates Utkal Ranjan Sahoo (left) and Debashis Das resulted in a crazy game where Utkal was able to trick his grandmaster opponent
[Event "10th KiiT International Chess Festival -"]
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Sagar,Shah"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Qc2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
Bg5 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. O-O-O Qf6
15. Bd3 Kg7 16. Ne1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 Rae8 20. Qc3 a5 21.
f3 Ba6 22. Nc2 Nc6 23. Qxf6+ Rxf6 24. b4 Ne5 25. b5 Bc8 26. Kd2 Be6 27. Kc3 Bf7
28. Rhe1 Nd7 29. Bd3 Nc5 30. Nd4 Bg6 31. Bc2 Rf7 32. Re2 h5 33. Rde1 Kf6 34.
Rf1 Rfe7 35. Rfe1 g4 36. Nc6 Re6 37. Kd2 gxf3 38. gxf3 Rg8 39. Rh2 Ree8 40. Rh4
Rg7 41. Nd4 Ne6 42. Nxe6 Rxe6 43. Rf4 Re5 44. g4 d5 45. gxf5 Bf7 46. cxd5 Rxd5+
47. Bd3 Be8 48. e4 Rg2+ 49. Ke3 Rc5 50. Rh4 Ra2 51. Kf4 Re5 52. Ke3 Rxa3 53. f4
Rc5 54. e5+ Kf7 55. Rxh5 Bxb5 56. Rd1 Rcc3 57. e6+ Kf6 (57... Kg8 58. Ke4 Rxd3
59. f6 Rxd1 60. f7+ Kg7 61. Rg5+ Kh7 62. f8=Q $18) 58. Rh7 Be8 (58... Rxd3+ 59.
Rxd3 Bxd3 (59... Rxd3+ 60. Ke4 $18) 60. Rf7#) 59. Rh6+ Kg7 60. Rh3 Kf6 61. Kd4
c5+ 62. Kd5 c4 63. Rh6+ Kg7 64. f6+ Kxh6 65. Rh1+ Bh5 66. Rxh5+ $1 Kxh5 67. f7
(67. Be4 $18 {would have finished the game.}) 67... Rxd3+ 68. Ke4 Rd6 (68...
Re3+ 69. Kf5 Rad3 70. f8=Q Rd5+ 71. Kf6 Kg4 72. Qg7+ Kxf4 73. Qc7+ Ke4 74. e7
Kd3 {would have been the way to draw the game. But of course it is very
difficult.}) 69. f8=Q Rxe6+ 70. Kf5 Rae3 71. Qh8+ Rh6 72. Qg7 $1 {A very
interesting end.} 1-0
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Sagar,Shah"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Qc2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
Bg5 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. O-O-O Qf6
15. Bd3 Kg7 16. Ne1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 Rae8 20. Qc3 a5 21.
f3 Ba6 22. Nc2 Nc6 23. Qxf6+ Rxf6 24. b4 Ne5 25. b5 Bc8 26. Kd2 Be6 27. Kc3 Bf7
28. Rhe1 Nd7 29. Bd3 Nc5 30. Nd4 Bg6 31. Bc2 Rf7 32. Re2 h5 33. Rde1 Kf6 34.
Rf1 Rfe7 35. Rfe1 g4 36. Nc6 Re6 37. Kd2 gxf3 38. gxf3 Rg8 39. Rh2 Ree8 40. Rh4
Rg7 41. Nd4 Ne6 42. Nxe6 Rxe6 43. Rf4 Re5 44. g4 d5 45. gxf5 Bf7 46. cxd5 Rxd5+
47. Bd3 Be8 48. e4 Rg2+ 49. Ke3 Rc5 50. Rh4 Ra2 51. Kf4 Re5 52. Ke3 Rxa3 53. f4
Rc5 54. e5+ Kf7 55. Rxh5 Bxb5 56. Rd1 Rcc3 57. e6+ Kf6 (57... Kg8 58. Ke4 Rxd3
59. f6 Rxd1 60. f7+ Kg7 61. Rg5+ Kh7 62. f8=Q $18) 58. Rh7 Be8 (58... Rxd3+ 59.
Rxd3 Bxd3 (59... Rxd3+ 60. Ke4 $18) 60. Rf7#) 59. Rh6+ Kg7 60. Rh3 Kf6 61. Kd4
c5+ 62. Kd5 c4 63. Rh6+ Kg7 64. f6+ Kxh6 65. Rh1+ Bh5 66. Rxh5+ $1 Kxh5 67. f7
(67. Be4 $18 {would have finished the game.}) 67... Rxd3+ 68. Ke4 Rd6 (68...
Re3+ 69. Kf5 Rad3 70. f8=Q Rd5+ 71. Kf6 Kg4 72. Qg7+ Kxf4 73. Qc7+ Ke4 74. e7
Kd3 {would have been the way to draw the game. But of course it is very
difficult.}) 69. f8=Q Rxe6+ 70. Kf5 Rae3 71. Qh8+ Rh6 72. Qg7 $1 {A very
interesting end.} 1-0
After her first round loss to Chandreyee Hajra, Padmini struck back with two wins and is now on 2.0/3.
After his brief stint in America for studies, Sahaj Grover is back to India and will be playing more tournaments in the country
India's latest IM P.Iniyan is on 2.5/3. It would interesting to see how he plays in this event. Do not miss the in depth article on him that covered his journey from being a 6-year-old chess enthusiast to Erode's first International Master.
Another talent to watch out for. 10-year-old Aditya Mittal, who is on 2.5/3. He is ChessBase India's prime annotator and has analyzed some excellent games in the past.
Can't reach the board, but is already on 2.0/3. That's Divya Deshmukh!
Her good friend Mrudul Dehankar is also on 2.0/3. Earlier in the first round Mrudul had defeated IM Rishi Sardana (2390)
After a long time we see D.V. Prasad back in action. He is in on 2.0/3 and still unbeaten.
Now that's called excellent multi-tasking. You are a part of the organizing team and you are still on 2.5/3. That's IM Sekhar Sahu for you!
Battle of generations: Nasir Ali Syed against Sai Varshith Chilukuri. The young man looks really happy with his position!
The team of organizers who are ensuring that everything goes smoothly
The chief arbiter of the tournament Paul Arokia Raj is always a busy man!
The best part about the game of chess is that no matter whether you win or lose you get the same 32 pieces back in their initial position on the next day! Another chance to create a masterpiece! Good luck to all participants for round four.
Rank after Round 3
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | TJK | 2632 | TJK | 3,0 | 0,0 | 4,0 | 5,5 | ||
| 2 | 16 | GM | Laxman R.R. | IND | 2417 | TN | 3,0 | 0,0 | 4,0 | 5,0 | ||
| 55 | Singh S. Vikramjit | IND | 2213 | MANP | 3,0 | 0,0 | 4,0 | 5,0 | ||||
| 4 | 27 | IM | Ravi Teja S. | IND | 2369 | AP | 3,0 | 0,0 | 4,0 | 4,5 | ||
| 5 | 20 | IM | Das Sayantan | IND | 2396 | WB | 3,0 | 0,0 | 3,5 | 5,0 | ||
| 6 | 14 | IM | Nitin S. | IND | 2426 | TN | 3,0 | 0,0 | 3,5 | 4,5 | ||
| 51 | Sahoo Utkal Ranjan | IND | 2256 | KIIT | 3,0 | 0,0 | 3,5 | 4,5 | ||||
| 8 | 103 | Nayak Rajesh | IND | 2067 | ODI | 3,0 | 0,0 | 3,5 | 3,5 | |||
| 9 | 4 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | BAN | 2526 | BAN | 3,0 | 0,0 | 3,0 | 4,0 | ||
| 23 | IM | Krishna C R G | IND | 2392 | AP | 3,0 | 0,0 | 3,0 | 4,0 | |||
| 11 | 54 | IM | Chakravarthi Reddy M | IND | 2226 | TEL | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2,5 | 3,5 | ||
| 12 | 2 | GM | Ghosh Diptayan | IND | 2569 | WB | 2,5 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 6,5 | ||
| 204 | CM | Shahil Dey | IND | 1755 | ASSM | 2,5 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 6,5 | |||
| 14 | 34 | Arjun Kalyan | IND | 2322 | TN | 2,5 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 6,0 | |||
| 56 | CM | Aditya Mittal | IND | 2211 | MAH | 2,5 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 6,0 | |||
| 16 | 21 | Sidhant Mohapatra | IND | 2393 | ODI | 2,5 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 5,5 | |||
| 22 | IM | Iniyan P | IND | 2392 | TN | 2,5 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 5,5 | |||
| 44 | CM | Gukesh D | IND | 2283 | KAR | 2,5 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 5,5 | |||
| 52 | AGM | Fenil Shah | IND | 2252 | GUJ | 2,5 | 0,0 | 4,5 | 5,5 | |||
| 20 | 9 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | IND | 2457 | TN | 2,5 | 0,0 | 4,0 | 5,5 |
Round 4 on 2017/05/28 at 15:00 hrs
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2632 | 3 | 3 | IM | Krishna C R G | 2392 | 23 | |||
| 2 | 54 | IM | Chakravarthi Reddy M | 2226 | 3 | 3 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2526 | 4 | |||
| 3 | 14 | IM | Nitin S. | 2426 | 3 | 3 | IM | Ravi Teja S. | 2369 | 27 | |||
| 4 | 16 | GM | Laxman R.R. | 2417 | 3 | 3 | Sahoo Utkal Ranjan | 2256 | 51 | ||||
| 5 | 20 | IM | Das Sayantan | 2396 | 3 | 3 | Singh S. Vikramjit | 2213 | 55 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | GM | Ghosh Diptayan | 2569 | 2½ | 3 | Nayak Rajesh | 2067 | 103 | ||||
| 7 | 44 | CM | Gukesh D | 2283 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Deviatkin Andrei | 2481 | 6 | |||
| 8 | 9 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | 2457 | 2½ | 2½ | Srijit Paul | 2248 | 53 | ||||
| 9 | 48 | Saurabh Anand | 2266 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Babujian Levon | 2438 | 10 | ||||
| 10 | 12 | GM | Reefat Bin-Sattar | 2437 | 2½ | 2½ | CM | Aronyak Ghosh | 2191 | 59 |