13th KIIT GM Open R1: 10-year-old Sathvik Adiga stuns GM Raset Ziatdinov
10-year-old 1607-rated Sathvik Adiga scored the biggest upset of the first round against GM Raset Ziatdinov (USA, 2224). The 13th edition of KIIT International Chess Festival witnesses the participation of 174 players including 11 GMs, 14 IMs, a WGM and 3 WIM in Category A from 10 countries across the world including India. The Category B (Below 1900) has a total participation of 327 players. The total prize fund of the festival is ₹25,00,000. Category A, B and C has the prize fund of ₹13,00,000, ₹600000 and ₹600000 each respectively. Category C starts on 26th May. Round 2 starts today at 3:00 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
A smooth start for the top seeds
The top seed of the event is Tajikistan no.1 GM FST Farrukh Amonatov (2622). The highest rated Indian player in the event is GM Laxman R R (2420).
Prof.Achyuta Samanta, Founder of KIIT and KISS, Hon'ble MP Kandhamal, Sushil Kumar Lohani, IAS, Principal Secretary to Govt. of Odisha, Ranjan Mohanty, AICF Joint Secretary, Debabrata Bhatta, Joint Secretary, All Odisha Chess Association and IM FST Sekhar Chandra Sahu were present at the Inauguration Ceremony.
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For more Inauguration Ceremony and Round 1 photos of Category A and Category B, please click at the respective links.
A total of 174 players including 11 GMs, 14 IMs, a WGM and a WIM are taking part from 10 countries across the world including India in Category A. The tournament is organized by All Odisha Chess Association & KIIT University from 22nd to 29th May 2022 at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
Replay Round 1 games
Round 1 results
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | No. | ||||
1 | 86 | Rupam Mukherjee | 1768 | West Bengal | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2622 | Tajikistan | 1 | |||
2 | 2 | GM | Paichadze Luka | 2567 | Georgia | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | Sachi Jain | 1768 | Delhi | 87 | |||
3 | 88 | Hriday Panchal | 1766 | Delhi | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2529 | Belarus | 3 | |||
4 | 4 | GM | Savchenko Boris | 2524 | Russia | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | Nirnay Garg | 1755 | Haryana | 89 | |||
5 | 5 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2492 | Belarus | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | Jain Kushagra | 1749 | Maharashtra | 91 | |||
6 | 92 | Soboleva Anastasia | 1744 | Russia | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | IM | Nikitenko Mihail | 2479 | Belarus | 6 | |||
7 | 94 | Liyanage Pesandu Rashmitha | 1730 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | GM | Mirzoev Azer | 2476 | Azerbaijan | 7 | |||
8 | 8 | GM | Stupak Kirill | 2440 | Belarus | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | Kanishka S | 1723 | Tamil Nadu | 95 | |||
9 | 96 | Rout Yashita | 1718 | Odisha | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2431 | Bangladesh | 9 | |||
10 | 10 | GM | Laxman R.R. | 2420 | Tamil Nadu | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | Boramanikar Tanisha S | 1716 | Maharashtra | 97 | |||
11 | 98 | Anish Rooj | 1711 | West Bengal | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | IM | Azaladze Shota | 2420 | Georgia | 11 | |||
12 | 12 | IM | Nitin S. | 2399 | Tamil Nadu | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | Shounak Mazumder | 1709 | West Bengal | 99 | |||
13 | 13 | IM | Gusain Himal | 2396 | Western Railway | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | Arnab Debnath | 1691 | West Bengal | 101 | |||
14 | 102 | Shadhursshaan R | 1690 | Tamil Nadu | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | IM | Audi Ameya | 2389 | Goa | 14 | |||
15 | 15 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | 2361 | Tamil Nadu | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | Nayak Sajan Kumar | 1681 | KIIT | 103 | |||
16 | 104 | Badamundi Tapan | 1663 | Odisha | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | IM | Abdyjapar Asyl | 2346 | Kyrgyzstan | 16 | |||
17 | 17 | FM | Rohith Krishna S | 2337 | Tamil Nadu | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | Anushka Gupta | 1658 | West Bengal | 105 | |||
18 | 106 | WCM | Chinnam Vyshnavi | 1657 | Andhra Pradesh | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | IM | Konguvel Ponnuswamy | 2331 | PSPB | 18 | ||
19 | 19 | IM | Sidhant Mohapatra | 2327 | Odisha | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | Mrinmoy Rajkhowa | 1652 | Assam | 107 | |||
20 | 108 | Darsh Shetty | 1645 | Maharashtra | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | FM | Aaryan Varshney | 2308 | Delhi | 20 |
Round 2 pairings
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | No. | ||||
1 | 1 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2622 | Tajikistan | 1 | 1 | IM | Hegde Ravi Gopal | 2001 | Karnataka | 46 | |||
2 | 47 | Shaik Sumer Arsh | 1999 | Telangana | 1 | 1 | GM | Paichadze Luka | 2567 | Georgia | 2 | ||||
3 | 3 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2529 | Belarus | 1 | 1 | AFM | Pawar Harshit | 1961 | Delhi | 51 | |||
4 | 50 | AGM | Sahib Singh | 1991 | Delhi | 1 | 1 | GM | Savchenko Boris | 2524 | Russia | 4 | |||
5 | 52 | Atul Kumar | 1953 | Jammu & Kashmir | 1 | 1 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2492 | Belarus | 5 | ||||
6 | 6 | IM | Nikitenko Mihail | 2479 | Belarus | 1 | 1 | Koustav Chakraborty | 1945 | West Bengal | 53 | ||||
7 | 7 | GM | Mirzoev Azer | 2476 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | Ankit Ray | 1932 | West Bengal | 55 | ||||
8 | 57 | Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni | 1912 | Telangana | 1 | 1 | GM | Stupak Kirill | 2440 | Belarus | 8 | ||||
9 | 9 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2431 | Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | Soni Krishan | 1904 | Delhi | 59 | ||||
10 | 61 | Ayush Jha | 1900 | West Bengal | 1 | 1 | GM | Laxman R.R. | 2420 | Tamil Nadu | 10 | ||||
11 | 11 | IM | Azaladze Shota | 2420 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | Mahendra Teja Mekala | 1871 | Andhra Pradesh | 64 | ||||
12 | 65 | WFM | Baghirova Khatun | 1866 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | IM | Nitin S. | 2399 | Tamil Nadu | 12 | |||
13 | 66 | Aditya P Melani | 1855 | Gujarat | 1 | 1 | IM | Gusain Himal | 2396 | Western Railway | 13 | ||||
14 | 14 | IM | Audi Ameya | 2389 | Goa | 1 | 1 | Ghosh Samriddhaa | 1844 | West Bengal | 70 | ||||
15 | 69 | Velpula Sarayu | 1845 | Telangana | 1 | 1 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | 2361 | Tamil Nadu | 15 | ||||
16 | 16 | IM | Abdyjapar Asyl | 2346 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1 | Jaiveer Mahendru | 1832 | Maharashtra | 72 | ||||
17 | 71 | Tiwari Shivansh | 1838 | Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | FM | Rohith Krishna S | 2337 | Tamil Nadu | 17 | ||||
18 | 18 | IM | Konguvel Ponnuswamy | 2331 | PSPB | 1 | 1 | Bhattacharya Niladri Shekhar | 1816 | West Bengal | 74 | ||||
19 | 73 | Swayham P Das | 1825 | Gujarat | 1 | 1 | IM | Sidhant Mohapatra | 2327 | Odisha | 19 | ||||
20 | 20 | FM | Aaryan Varshney | 2308 | Delhi | 1 | 1 | Tamhankar Siddhant | 1802 | Maharashtra | 76 |