Kushal dominates 19th Gran Hotel Bali Aficionados B, Aditya Varun Gampa second in Group A and Blitz

by Shahid Ahmed - 14/12/2022

17-year-old Kushal O scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win 19th Gran Hotel Bali Aficionados B group. He finished a half point ahead of the field. Aditya Varun Gampa finished second in both Group A and Blitz Nocturno. He scored 7/9 and 7/8 in those two events respectively. CM Md. Imran won the Blitz event scoring 7/8. The top three prizes in the Aficionados B group were €3100, €1400 and €1200 each. For Group A the prizes were, €1300, €1100 and €1000 each. For Blitz, it was €90, €60 and €50. All podium winners won a trophy along with their respective cash prizes. This was Kushal's first overseas triumph of his career and first Blitz tournament victory of the year for Imran. Photo: Organizer

Md. Imran wins Blitz Nocturno

Indian players continue their domination in Spain. The city of Benidorm in Alicante, Spain had two parallel events running from 3rd to 10/11th December 2022. While Indians missed a championship at Benidorm Open 2022, that changed at 19th Gran Hotel Bali Open 2022. Kushal O won the Aficionados B group, Aditya Varun Gampa secured second place in both Group A and Blitz, and Md. Imran clinched the Blitz event.

19th Gran Hotel Bali Aficionados B winner - Kushal O 8/9 | Photo: Organizer

17-year-old Kushal O made a blazing start by scoring seven consecutive wins to gain a full point lead 7/7, heading into the penultimate round. His fantastic start allowed him the cushion to draw the last two rounds and still finish ahead of the field by a half point.

Kushal O pondering over his plan | Photo: Organizer

Kushal O scored 8/9, remained undefeated and gained 174 Elo rating points

19th Gran Hotel Bali Group A and Blitz runner-up - Aditya Varun Gampa 7/9 and 7/8 | Photo: Organizer

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Aditya Varun Gampa scored an unbeaten 7/9 | Photo: Organizer

Aditya Varun Gampa defeated two IMs and gained 58.8 Elo rating points en route his 7/9, second place finish

L to R: Kushal O (Aficionados B winner), CM Shaik Sumer Arsh, Akshay Ramadugu (4th in Aficionados B) and Aditya Varun Gampa (Runner-up in Group A and Blitz) | Photo: Organizer

4th in Group A - Akshay Ramadugu 7/9 | Photo: Organizer

Blitz Nocturno winner - CM Md. Imran (left) in action | Photo: Organizer

CM Md. Imran scored 7/8 to win the Blitz Nocturno event and gained 55.6 Elo rating points

197 players from 13 countries took part in the Blitz event which started at 10:30 p.m. local time | Photo: Organizer

The tournament hall at Hotel Bali - Benidorm | Photo: Organizer

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The tournaments were organized by IO Alfonso Pedraza Mancilla from 3rd to 10th December 2022 at Hotel Bali in Benidorm, Spain. A total of 101 players including two GMs and five IMs in Group A and 219 players in Aficionados B group from 25 countries across the world, took part in the nine-round Swiss league event. The Blitz events took place on 8th and 9th December 2022. The time control for the Classical event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1, for Blitz it was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment.

Final standings in Group A

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	RtgN	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	6	FM	Davtyan David Arm.			__C	ARM	2329	2333	Basilio	7,5	41	50	39,5	2425	9	7,5	6,48	1,02	20	20,4
2	11		Aditya Varun Gampa	U16		_S_*	IND	2249	0		7	38,5	47	34,5	2377	9	7	5,53	1,47	40	58,8
3	9	FM	Luque Saiz Andres			__C*	ESP	2286	2292	Alaquas	7	38	47	34	2341	9	7	6,41	0,59	20	11,8
4	1	GM	Korneev Oleg			___*	ESP	2481	2575	Solvay	7	38	47	33,5	2489	7	6	5,84	0,16	10	1,6
5	5	FM	Mingarro Carceller Sergi			__C*	ESP	2330	2328	Vila-real	6,5	42	50,5	35	2346	9	6,5	6,22	0,28	20	5,6
6	16	IM	Rodriguez Lopez Rafael			___*	ESP	2189	2171	Individual	6,5	35	43	29,5	2166	9	6,5	6,70	-0,20	10	-2
7	18		Aguilera Lopez Alejandro			___*	ESP	2184	2185	Diagonal Alcorcón	6	45	53,5	36,5	2395	9	6	3,51	2,49	20	49,8
8	10	CM	Md Imran	U14		_S_*	IND	2279	0		6	43,5	51,5	35,5	2311	9	6	5,51	0,49	40	19,6
9	14	IM	Kovacevic Slobodan	S60		_VC*	SRB	2224	2224	Benimodo	6	40	49	31	2235	9	6	5,82	0,18	10	1,8
10	73		Chia Yu Zhe Ashton	U14		HS_*	SGP	1970	0		6	40	49	30,5	2335	9	6	2,00	4,00	40	160
11	21		Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia Daniel	U14		HS_*	ESP	2171	2236	Torres Blancas	6	39	46	31	2300	9	6	4,44	1,56	40	62,4
12	7	FM	Remolar Gallen Jose			H_C*	ESP	2305	2301	Monteolivete	6	39	45	33,5	2221	9	6	6,75	-0,75	20	-15
13	8	CM	Shaik Sumer Arsh	U14		_S_*	IND	2290	0		6	38	47	30	2194	9	6	6,97	-0,97	40	-38,8
14	3	IM	Sos Andreu Eric			__C*	ESP	2364	2351	Andreu Paterna	6	38	46	32	2247	9	6	7,16	-1,16	10	-11,6
15	4	IM	Granero Roca Antonio			__C*	ESP	2345	2344	Silla	6	37,5	45	31	2245	9	6	7,01	-1,01	10	-10,1

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Final standings in Aficionados B

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	RtgN	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	69	Kushal O			___*	IND	1801	0	Velocity Chess Academy	8	45	52,5	43,5	2217	9	8	3,65	4,35	40	174
2	12	Aledo Yanguas David			__C*	ESP	1953	1956	ASSSA Enric Valor	7,5	45,5	56,5	37,5	2088	9	7,5	6,12	1,38	20	27,6
3	48	Lorenzo Calvo Damian Angel	U16		HS_*	ESP	1859	1861	Alzheimer Bierzo	7,5	44	51,5	38	2124	9	7,5	4,50	3,00	40	120
4	64	Ramadugu Akshay			___*	IND	1812	0		7	46,5	53,5	39	2031	9	7	4,36	2,64	40	105,6
5	59	Amoros Moran Jose Joaquin	S60		_VC*	ESP	1830	1842	Ibi	7	45,5	52,5	39	2088	8	6,5	3,78	2,72	20	54,4
6	1	Dura Olmos Gines Raul			__C*	ESP	1998	2009	Tabiya Alcoy	7	44,5	53,5	36,5	2042	9	7	6,52	0,48	20	9,6
7	35	Perez Garcia Juan Angel			___*	ESP	1893	1896	Ateneo Albacetense	7	43,5	51,5	39	2042	8	6,5	5,03	1,47	20	29,4
8	6	Vladut Matei			H__*	ROU	1979	0		7	42	49,5	33	2024	9	7	6,51	0,49	20	9,8
9	90	Perez Tomas Juan Manuel			___*	ESP	1736	1775	Marcos Frechín	7	39,5	46,5	32	2042	9	7	3,44	3,56	20	71,2
10	18	Hernando Santiago Alberto			___*	ESP	1936	1949	Promesas	7	36,5	43	31	1958	9	7	6,75	0,25	20	5
11	27	Ferro Martinez Damian			___*	CUB	1911	0	Reverte Minerals	6,5	45,5	54,5	37	1969	9	6,5	5,73	0,77	20	15,4
12	25	Oreshkin Vladislav			__C*	ESP	1912	1924	Alfaz del Pi	6,5	45	54	36	1948	9	6,5	6,02	0,48	20	9,6
13	44	Romera Carrion Ruben			H__*	ESP	1870	1890	Ciudad Real	6,5	43,5	52	36,5	2027	9	6,5	4,51	1,99	20	39,8
14	91	Prudhvi Kumar V			___*	IND	1733	0		6,5	43	51,5	33	2026	9	6,5	2,95	3,55	20	71
15	14	Gutierrez Marco Dario			__C*	ESP	1949	1964	Monteolivete	6,5	42,5	52,5	37	1978	9	6,5	6,11	0,39	20	7,8

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Final standings in Blitz Nocturno

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	RtgN	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	11	CM	Md Imran	U14			IND	2279	2179	7	35	43,5	33
2	14		Aditya Varun Gampa	U16			IND	2249	2149	7	34	42	35
3	97		Iravedra Ainkov Francisco	U14			ESP	1803	1651	7	33,5	40,5	30,5
4	20		Valdepenas Octavio Javier				ESP	2216	2203	7	32,5	38,5	30
5	22	CM	Horcajuelo Rocamora Martin	U14			ESP	2184	2094	7	32	39	30
6	12	FM	Castellanos Gomez Alejandro				ESP	2277	2168	7	31	39	30
7	6	FM	Remolar Gallen Jose				ESP	2305	2223	6,5	34,5	41	30,5
8	7	CM	Shaik Sumer Arsh	U14			IND	2290	2190	6	36	46	31
9	3	FM	Ortega Ruiz Jose Miguel				ESP	2354	2212	6	35,5	44	30
10	19	IM	Kovacevic Slobodan	S60			SRB	2224	2225	6	35	42,5	33

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