13th KIIT GM Open R5-7: Amonatov in a four-way lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/05/2022

Top seed and Tajikistan no.1 GM Farrukh Amonatov is in a four-way lead along with Boris Savchenko, Aleksej Aleksandrov and Azer Mirzoev at the conclusion of the seventh round of 13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022. Six players are trailing by a half point. Out of them, the only Indian player is WIM Arpita Mukherjee. She is undefeated so far and currently on a three-game winning streak. Praloy Sahoo, Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U and Rajanya Datta defeated IM Asyl Abdyjapar (KGZ), IM P Konguvel and IM Manish Anto Cristiano F respectively in the seventh round. Round 8 starts today at 3:00 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Arpita at the front among Indian players

The only woman who was part of both winning teams at National Women Team championship 2022 and All India Inter University Team Women tournament 2022, WIM Arpita Mukherjee scored a hat-trick. She is currently the highest scorer not only among women participants but also the Indian players at 5.5/7. She will face GM Alexei Fedorov in the eighth round.

Top seed GM Farrukh Amonatov en route his sixth round victory against IM Nitin S | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Round 5: Shiva - Ameya: 0.5-0.5

Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U (2064) had an incredible game against IM Ameya Audi (2389).

Position after 36...Qa6

Black should have played 34...Rxe6 when he had the chance. In the above position, 37.a3 would have ensured White maintaining a substantial advantage. 37.Nc7 allowed Black to get back in the game Qxa2+ 38.Rc2 Qb3 39.Rf1?? Black needed to play 39...g6 to win the game as there is no way for White to move the queen safely while keeping the c2-rook protected. Unfortunately for Black, he missed it. 39...Rg8 was played and the game ended in a draw via perpetual check in another eleven moves.

The last time Shiva and Ameya faced each other was in 3rd Gujarat Open, the result was the same, only the color was reversed | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Mayank - Konguvel: 1-0

Unlike the third round encounter against IM Asyl Abdyjapar (KGZ), this time CM Mayank Chakraborty (2015) did not let his winning opportunity in the queen and bishop endgame, slip against IM P Konguvel (2331).

Position after 35.c5

While 35.c5 is not immediately winning for White, it surely keeps White in the correct path. When you are doing everything right, it becomes extremely difficult for your opponent to find the correct defense. After all, the opponent is a human. 35...Qb3 36.c6 Qg3+ 37.Kh1 Qxh3+ 38.Bh2 Bxh2 39.Qg2!! and now White is completely winning. Moves like 39.Qg2 definitely gives a good satisfaction to make it on the board, the icing on the cake is the win.

CM Mayank Chakraborty played the endgame beautifully against IM P Konguvel | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Round 6: IM Sekhar Sahu - Eshan Bhattacharjee: 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Round 7: GM Karthikeyan P - FM Ram Aravind L N: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Round 7: Praloy Sahoo - IM Asyl Abdyjapar (KGZ): 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Round 7: Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U - IM P Konguvel: 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Laxman analyzes his loss against a 1938 rated player | Video: ChessBase India

Analyzing with a GM after you have lost the game | GM Laxman vs WCM Bristy Mukherjee | Video: ChessBase India

For more Round 6 and Round 7 photos, please click at the respective links.

A total of 175 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.

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Round 7 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	5	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2492	Belarus	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Amonatov Farrukh	2622	Tajikistan	1
2	2	GM	Paichadze Luka	2567	Georgia	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2431	Bangladesh	9
3	8	GM	Stupak Kirill	2440	Belarus	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Fedorov Alexei	2529	Belarus	3
4	4	GM	Savchenko Boris	2524	Russia	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Azaladze Shota	2420	Georgia	11
5	14	IM	Audi Ameya	2389	Goa	5	0 - 1	5	GM	Mirzoev Azer	2476	Azerbaijan	7
6	136		Eshan Bhattacharjee	1440	West Bengal	4½	0 - 1	4½	IM	Nikitenko Mihail	2479	Belarus	6
7	22	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.	2269	Tamil Nadu	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Nitin S.	2399	Tamil Nadu	12
8	15	GM	Karthikeyan P.	2361	Tamil Nadu	4½	½ - ½	4½	FM	Ram Aravind L N	2116	Tamil Nadu	30
9	31	WGM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	2098	LIC	4½	½ - ½	4½	FM	Aaryan Varshney	2308	Delhi	20
10	21	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	2275	West Bengal	4½	1 - 0	4½		Koustav Chakraborty	1945	West Bengal	53
11	10	GM	Laxman R.R.	2420	Tamil Nadu	4	1 - 0	4	WCM	Bristy Mukherjee	1887	West Bengal	63
12	35		Praloy Sahoo	2065	West Bengal	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Abdyjapar Asyl	2346	Kyrgyzstan	16
13	17	FM	Rohith Krishna S	2337	Tamil Nadu	4	1 - 0	4		Priyankara Chamil	1938	Sri Lanka	54
14	36		Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U	2064	Andhra Pradesh	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	2331	PSPB	18
15	19	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	2327	Odisha	4	1 - 0	4		Bagwe Gaurang	1789	Maharashtra	81
16	23	IM	Sangma Rahul	2232	Western Railway	4	1 - 0	4		Anushka Gupta	1658	West Bengal	105
17	27	CM	Nayak Rajesh	2179	Odisha	4	½ - ½	4		Uddipan Roy	1453	West Bengal	135
18	44	CM	Mayank Chakraborty	2015	Assam	4	0 - 1	4		Alekhya Mukhopadhyay	2162	West Bengal	28
19	55		Ankit Ray	1932	West Bengal	4	1 - 0	4		Rohit S	2141	Tamil Nadu	29
20	94		Liyanage Pesandu Rashmitha	1730	Sri Lanka	4	½ - ½	4		Santu Mondal	2097	Delhi	32

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	1	GM	Amonatov Farrukh	2622	Tajikistan	6		6	GM	Savchenko Boris	2524	Russia	4
2	7	GM	Mirzoev Azer	2476	Azerbaijan	6		6	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2492	Belarus	5
3	6	IM	Nikitenko Mihail	2479	Belarus	5½		5½	GM	Paichadze Luka	2567	Georgia	2
4	3	GM	Fedorov Alexei	2529	Belarus	5½		5½	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	2275	West Bengal	21
5	9	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2431	Bangladesh	5½		5½	GM	Stupak Kirill	2440	Belarus	8
6	22	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.	2269	Tamil Nadu	5		5	GM	Laxman R.R.	2420	Tamil Nadu	10
7	11	IM	Azaladze Shota	2420	Georgia	5		5	IM	Sangma Rahul	2232	Western Railway	23
8	12	IM	Nitin S.	2399	Tamil Nadu	5		5	WGM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	2098	LIC	31
9	28		Alekhya Mukhopadhyay	2162	West Bengal	5		5	IM	Audi Ameya	2389	Goa	14
10	35		Praloy Sahoo	2065	West Bengal	5		5	GM	Karthikeyan P.	2361	Tamil Nadu	15
11	30	FM	Ram Aravind L N	2116	Tamil Nadu	5		5	FM	Rohith Krishna S	2337	Tamil Nadu	17
12	19	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	2327	Odisha	5		5		Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U	2064	Andhra Pradesh	36
13	20	FM	Aaryan Varshney	2308	Delhi	5		5		Ankit Ray	1932	West Bengal	55
14	13	IM	Gusain Himal	2396	Western Railway	4½		5		Rajanya Datta	1589	West Bengal	116
15	26		Dhananjay S	2218	Chhattisgarh	4½		4½		Aditya P Melani	1855	Gujarat	66
16	76		Tamhankar Siddhant	1802	Maharashtra	4½		4½	CM	Nayak Rajesh	2179	Odisha	27
17	32		Santu Mondal	2097	Delhi	4½		4½		Priansh Das	1754	KIIT	90
18	69		Velpula Sarayu	1845	Telangana	4½		4½		Rakesh Kumar Nayak	2053	Odisha	37
19	94		Liyanage Pesandu Rashmitha	1730	Sri Lanka	4½		4½		Harini S.	2021	Tamil Nadu	43
20	135		Uddipan Roy	1453	West Bengal	4½		4½		Pattnayak Nilsu	1992	KIIT	49

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