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1st Guwahati GM Open R1: 1336-rated Darsh Shetty upsets WGM Divya Deshmukh

by Shahid Ahmed - 15/03/2022

13-year-old Darsh Shetty scored the biggest upset in the first round of 1st Guwahati International GM Open 2022. The 1336-rated boy beat the newly crowned National Women champion, WGM Divya Deshmukh. She is rated 965 points higher than him but that did not stop the boy to play the endgame beautifully, seizing his opportunity. 11-year-old Arshiya Das (1407) got herself very close to winning against IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB, 2445). However, the experienced IM managed to escape with a draw. All other top seeds managed to win their respective games with ease. Round 2 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Arshiya Das shines against Ortik Nigmatov

Among other minor upsets, 16-year-old rated 1334 Anabil Goswami drew with IM Rahul Sangma. 14-year-old Gairick Saha held WGM Srija Seshadri to a draw.

Darsh Shetty scored a big win | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Arshiya - Nigmatov: 0.5-0.5

11-year-old Arshiya Das (1407) decided to sacrifice a pawn at first to launch an attack against IM Ortik Nigmatov's (UZB, 2445) kingside.

Position after 24...Nxe5

White played 24.Rf1 with the intention of playing f4. 24...Nxe5 only helped White's cause. The game continued in an almost forced line 25.Nxe5 Qxe5 26.f4 Qc7 27.fxg5 Bxg5 28.Bxg5 hxg5 29.Qxg5+ Kf8 30.Rxf7+!

Position after 30.Rxf7+

Not every attack has to culminate in a huge a material gain, sometimes gaining a pawn is enough too. 30.Rxf7+ allows White to gain a pawn. 30....Qxf7 31.Qxd8+ Kg7 32.Qg5+ Qg6 33.Qxg6+ Kxg6 34.Bxd5 exd5 the extra pawn is not too much now. Black overpushed things and arrived at a lost rook endgame.

Position after 44...Kg4

White is winning this endgame but it is not an easy one. The 11-year-old could not manage to find it, thus his opponent escaped with a draw. Can you find out the precise winning plan for White here?

She is born in 2010 and held a 2400+ rated IM to a draw - Arshiya Das from Tripura | Video: ChessBase India

Arshiya Das almost managed to defeat IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB) | Photo:  Aditya Sur Roy

Divya - Darsh: 0-1

13-year-old Darsh Shetty (1336) played amazing chess to beat the newly crowned National Women WGM Divya Deshmukh (2301).

Position after 29...Re6

The little boy showed great courage as he offered his rook for exchange 29...Re6. After 30.Rxe6 fxe6 31.Nd2 Ne2+ 32.Kh2 Ne4 Black just centralized his knight at d4 beautifully. How shall White break the bind? It is certainly not easy.

Position after 37...Rc2+

A few inaccuracies led to Black forcing the rook exchange 37...Rc2+ and liquifying the position to a winning knight endgame.

1336 rated Darsh Shetty stuns National Champion Divya Deshmukh (2301) in Guwahati | Video: ChessBase India
13-year-old Darsh Shetty (1336) speaks about how he beat WGM Divya Deshmukh | Video: ChessBase India

Darsh Shetty made a perfect start | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Highlights

A few interesting finishes

Prathamesh Sherla - GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez (PAR): 0-1

WGM Divya Deshmukh - Darsh Shetty: 0-1

Lighting of the lamp at the inauguration ceremony | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

North-East India's first IM Shahil Dey getting felicitated | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

14-year-old Gairick Saha held WGM Srija Seshadri to a draw | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

For more Round 1 photos, please click here.

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Inauguration ceremony of 1st Guwahati GM Open 2022 | Video: ChessBase India
Aiming to create world class trainers - GM Pravin Thipsay and IM Vishal Sareen in Guwahati | Video: ChessBase India
The first ever GM tournament in North East India - Guwahati GM International Open 2022 | Video: ChessBase India

A total of 254 players including 13 GMs, 16 IMs, 2 WGMs and 3 WIMs are taking part from 11 federations across the world including India. The tournament is organized by All Assam Chess Association from 14th to 20th March 2022 at Guwahati, Assam. 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 1 results

Bo.No. NameTypRtgPts.ResultPts.NameTypRtg No.
11
GMPonkratov Pavel *)264101 - 00Biraj Baruah1489
128
2129
Sherla PrathameshU15148400 - 10GMDelgado Ramirez Neuris *)2622
2
37
GMMosadeghpour Masoud *)251101 - 00Vijay Chauhan1451
134
4135
Rajashekara N144300 - 10GMFawzy Adham *)2490
8
511
GMMirzoev Azer *)247601 - 00Kirison Engti1435
138
6139
Nilkamal Das143000 - 10IMTahbaz Arash *)2469
12
715
GMRios Cristhian Camilo *)244901 - 00Hiranya Das1411
142
8143
Arshiya DasU1514070½ - ½0IMNigmatov Ortik *)2445
16
9145
Debashish Deb Purakaystha140300 - 10IMAbdisalimov Abdimalik *)2435
18
10147
Avigyan GhoshU15138500 - 10Gholami Orimi Mahdi *)2420
20
1135
FMPoormosavi Seyed Kian *)222901 - 00Thong Teron1325
163
1243
WIMFranco Valencia Angela *)211601 - 00Litingse Sangtam S1266
171
1361
FMMuhammed Shuaau *)196901 - 00Swaraj Jyoti NeogU151138
189
1469
WFMBaghirova Khatun *)185501 - 00Rachit GianchandaniU151103
197
15204
AarohanU10000 - 10Kolomwe Willian *)1783
76
1697
Farooq Noor *)166601 - 00Mridusman Kashyap0
225
173
GMVisakh N R252201 - 00Rituraj Tamuli1480
130
18131
Anuraag Saikia146500 - 10GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.2520
4
195
GMStany G.A.251701 - 00Rajbeer Ahmed1461
132
20133
Amar Jyoti Kakoty145100 - 10GMIniyan P2516
6

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.No. NameTypRtgPts.ResultPts.NameTypRtg No.
168
Mohit Kumar Soni185611GMPonkratov Pavel *)2641
1
22
GMDelgado Ramirez Neuris *)262211WFMBaghirova Khatun *)1855
69
374
WCMBristy Mukherjee178811GMMosadeghpour Masoud *)2511
7
48
GMFawzy Adham *)249011Tadam Dupit1788
75
578
Lakshyesh Mohan GuptaU15177711GMMirzoev Azer *)2476
11
612
IMTahbaz Arash *)246911Karki Rajiv1776
79
782
AIMMandloi Mukesh174911GMRios Cristhian Camilo *)2449
15
816
IMNigmatov Ortik *)2445½½Anabil Goswami1334
158
918
IMAbdisalimov Abdimalik *)243511Iftikar Alom Mazumdar1748
83
1020
Gholami Orimi Mahdi *)242011Elangbam Shashikanta Singh1739
85
11104
Abhrojyoty NathU15162811FMPoormosavi Seyed Kian *)2229
35
12110
Dutta Samaritan160211WIMFranco Valencia Angela *)2116
43
13153
Batsah Arindom136011FMMuhammed Shuaau *)1969
61
1470
Aditya P Melani185211GMVisakh N R2522
3
1576
Kolomwe Willian *)178311GMKarthik Venkataraman2485
9
1638
WIMPriyanka K221511Farooq Noor *)1666
97
174
GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.252011Ghimire Arjun1838
71
1872
Gajanan Vijay Jayade182311GMStany G.A.2517
5
196
GMIniyan P251611Tamhankar Siddhant1804
73
2010
IMRaahul V S247811Neelabh Jyoti Borthakur1780
77

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