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.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.
Pairings for Round 08:
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 2 | GM | Grachev Boris | 2639 | 6½ | 6 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | 2585 | 5 | |
2 | 16 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | 2415 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Popov Ivan | 2645 | 1 | |
3 | 6 | IM | Ghosh Diptayan | 2562 | 5½ | 5½ | FM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2368 | 20 | |
4 | 8 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2521 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Laxman R.R. | 2397 | 19 | |
5 | 30 | CM | Rathanvel V S | 2315 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Gleizerov Evgeny | 2508 | 11 | |
6 | 14 | Gusain Himal | 2440 | 5½ | 5½ | FM | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | 2280 | 38 | ||
7 | 28 | IM | Sharma Dinesh K. | 2322 | 5½ | 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.