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13th KIIT GM Open R1: 10-year-old Sathvik Adiga stuns GM Raset Ziatdinov

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/05/2022

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).

10-year-old Sathvik Adiga scored the biggest upset of the first round | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Top seed of the tournament, GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK, 2622) started off with a victory over Rupam Mukherjee (1768) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Highest rated Indian in the field, GM Laxman R R defeated reigning National Sub-Junior Girls 2022 champion - Tanisha S Boramanikar (1716) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Kalinga Institute of Technology (KIIT) and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) founder - Prof. Dr. Achyuta Samanta seen lighting the lamp | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Inauguration Ceremony of 13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Inaugural first moves are being made | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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.

AICF Joint Secretary, Atul Kumar Gupta makes the inaugural first move on the top board | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Tournament hall - Category A | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Tournament hall - Category B | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Omkar Sameer Talwalkar - Visually Challenged | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Video Gallery

He cannot see, but is such a fighter - the story of Omkar Talwalkar | Video: ChessBase India
13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 Inauguration Ceremony | Video: ChessBase India
Finding stalemate ideas are never easy | Rupam Mukherjee vs GM Farrukh Amonatov | Video: ChessBase India
How to make a breakthrough in the endgame | Shadhursshaan R vs IM Ameya Audi | Video: ChessBase India
Knight vs Bishop Endgame - Who wins? Avigyan Ghosh vs Sriansh Das | Video: ChessBase India

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. NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/City No.
186
Rupam Mukherjee1768West Bengal00 - 10GMAmonatov Farrukh2622Tajikistan
1
22
GMPaichadze Luka2567Georgia01 - 00Sachi Jain1768Delhi
87
388
Hriday Panchal1766Delhi00 - 10GMFedorov Alexei2529Belarus
3
44
GMSavchenko Boris2524Russia01 - 00Nirnay Garg1755Haryana
89
55
GMAleksandrov Aleksej2492Belarus01 - 00Jain Kushagra1749Maharashtra
91
692
Soboleva Anastasia1744Russia00 - 10IMNikitenko Mihail2479Belarus
6
794
Liyanage Pesandu Rashmitha1730Sri Lanka00 - 10GMMirzoev Azer2476Azerbaijan
7
88
GMStupak Kirill2440Belarus01 - 00Kanishka S1723Tamil Nadu
95
996
Rout Yashita1718Odisha00 - 10GMRahman Ziaur2431Bangladesh
9
1010
GMLaxman R.R.2420Tamil Nadu01 - 00Boramanikar Tanisha S1716Maharashtra
97
1198
Anish Rooj1711West Bengal00 - 10IMAzaladze Shota2420Georgia
11
1212
IMNitin S.2399Tamil Nadu01 - 00Shounak Mazumder1709West Bengal
99
1313
IMGusain Himal2396Western Railway01 - 00Arnab Debnath1691West Bengal
101
14102
Shadhursshaan R1690Tamil Nadu00 - 10IMAudi Ameya2389Goa
14
1515
GMKarthikeyan P.2361Tamil Nadu01 - 00Nayak Sajan Kumar1681KIIT
103
16104
Badamundi Tapan1663Odisha00 - 10IMAbdyjapar Asyl2346Kyrgyzstan
16
1717
FMRohith Krishna S2337Tamil Nadu01 - 00Anushka Gupta1658West Bengal
105
18106
WCMChinnam Vyshnavi1657Andhra Pradesh00 - 10IMKonguvel Ponnuswamy2331PSPB
18
1919
IMSidhant Mohapatra2327Odisha01 - 00Mrinmoy Rajkhowa1652Assam
107
20108
Darsh Shetty1645Maharashtra00 - 10FMAaryan Varshney2308Delhi
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Round 2 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/City No.
11
GMAmonatov Farrukh2622Tajikistan11IMHegde Ravi Gopal2001Karnataka
46
247
Shaik Sumer Arsh1999Telangana11GMPaichadze Luka2567Georgia
2
33
GMFedorov Alexei2529Belarus11AFMPawar Harshit1961Delhi
51
450
AGMSahib Singh1991Delhi11GMSavchenko Boris2524Russia
4
552
Atul Kumar1953Jammu & Kashmir11GMAleksandrov Aleksej2492Belarus
5
66
IMNikitenko Mihail2479Belarus11Koustav Chakraborty1945West Bengal
53
77
GMMirzoev Azer2476Azerbaijan11Ankit Ray1932West Bengal
55
857
Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni1912Telangana11GMStupak Kirill2440Belarus
8
99
GMRahman Ziaur2431Bangladesh11Soni Krishan1904Delhi
59
1061
Ayush Jha1900West Bengal11GMLaxman R.R.2420Tamil Nadu
10
1111
IMAzaladze Shota2420Georgia11Mahendra Teja Mekala1871Andhra Pradesh
64
1265
WFMBaghirova Khatun1866Azerbaijan11IMNitin S.2399Tamil Nadu
12
1366
Aditya P Melani1855Gujarat11IMGusain Himal2396Western Railway
13
1414
IMAudi Ameya2389Goa11Ghosh Samriddhaa1844West Bengal
70
1569
Velpula Sarayu1845Telangana11GMKarthikeyan P.2361Tamil Nadu
15
1616
IMAbdyjapar Asyl2346Kyrgyzstan11Jaiveer Mahendru1832Maharashtra
72
1771
Tiwari Shivansh1838Madhya Pradesh11FMRohith Krishna S2337Tamil Nadu
17
1818
IMKonguvel Ponnuswamy2331PSPB11Bhattacharya Niladri Shekhar1816West Bengal
74
1973
Swayham P Das1825Gujarat11IMSidhant Mohapatra2327Odisha
19
2020
FMAaryan Varshney2308Delhi11Tamhankar Siddhant1802Maharashtra
76

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