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KIIT Chess Festival: Grachev on song

by Priyadarshan Banjan - 27/05/2016

The All Odisha Chess Association is organising the annual KIIT International Festival that began on 23 May 2016 at the KIIT University in Bhubaneswar, Orissa.GM Boris Grachev is having a good tournament and is currently on 6.5/7, sole lead. GM Boris Grachev, the second seed, is having a good tournament and is currently on 6.5/7, sole lead. But the real star is ten-year-old Praggnanandhaa R. who is on course to set a record. A briefly illustrated report.

KIIT Chess Festival: Grachev on song

The All Odisha Chess Association is organising the annual KIIT International Festival that began on 23 May 2016 at the KIIT University in Bhubaneswar, Orissa. The time control is the usual Indian fare of 90 mins with 30 sec increment from move one.

 

The tournament consists of thirteen Grandmasters and fifteen International masters among the two hundred odd players competing. The top seeds GM Ivan Popov and GM Boris Grachev are no first timers in India, with both of them having high finishes at the Delhi and Chennai tournaments at the beginning of the year.

GM Boris Grachev is having a good tournament and is currently on 6.5/7, sole lead.

The third seed GM Karen Grigoryan (2616) lost to IM Shyaamnikhil P. (2415). Earlier he had lost to...

...the ten-year-old Praggnanandhaa R. (2368) who has been delivering a superlative 2594 performance, on the course for a GM-norm! He has held the top seed Popov, and grandmasters Chanda and Gleizerov to draws and is on 5.5/7. An IM norm, which is almost sealed, makes him probably the youngest International Master in the game's history!

GM Mikhail Mozharov (2560) not having the best of tournaments and is on 5.0/7.

WIM Anzel Laubscher (1851) of South Africa is on 2.5/7.

GM Sandipan Chanda (2585) and GM Diptayan Ghosh (2562) settled for a draw in their sixth round game and are on 6.0/7 and 5.5/7 respectively.

GM R.R. Laxman (2397)is on 5.5/7.

All the photos in this report are by Rupali Mullick, who is accompanying her son Raahil Mullick in this tournament.

Pairings for Round 08:

Bo. No.   Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts.   Name Rtg No.
1 2 GM Grachev Boris 2639   6 GM Sandipan Chanda 2585 5
2 16 IM Shyaamnikhil P 2415   GM Popov Ivan 2645 1
3 6 IM Ghosh Diptayan 2562   FM Praggnanandhaa R 2368 20
4 8 GM Rahman Ziaur 2521   GM Laxman R.R. 2397 19
5 30 CM Rathanvel V S 2315   GM Gleizerov Evgeny 2508 11
6 14   Gusain Himal 2440   FM Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari 2280 38
7 28 IM Sharma Dinesh K. 2322   5 GM Grigoryan Karen H. 2616 3
8 4 GM Amonatov Farrukh 2614 5   5   Sai Vishwesh.C 2267 45
9 26   Iniyan P 2336 5   5 GM Mozharov Mikhail 2560 7
10 34 GM Ziatdinov Raset 2304 5   5 GM Gagare Shardul 2514 10

Check the complete pairings here.

 

For chess fans of India and all over the world it has been extremely depressing and frustrating that the organizers have not provided any pictures, or even games in PGN for that matter, for such a prestigious tournament. 


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