Bangladesh Premier League 2022 R2: Gukesh's positional prowess

by Shahid Ahmed - 12/03/2022

Bangladesh Police registered the biggest victory of the event so far as Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society lost to the defending champions 0.5-3.5 in Round 2 of Golden Jubilee of Independence Premier Division Chess League 2021-22. Sheikh Russel Chess Club registered the second biggest win of the round against Manha's Castle. The lone point for Manha's Castle was scored by GM Harsha Bharathakoti who defeated GM Shyam Sundar M. Bangladesh Biman, Leonine Chess Club and Rupali Bank Krira Parisad were the other victors. Bangladesh Navy had the sole draw of the round against Titas Club. Round 3 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Bangladesh Police registers a big win

Arguably, GM Mitrabha Guha (Bangladesh Biman) had the most exciting game of the round against GM Reefat Bin Sattar (SAIF Sporting Club). GM D Gukesh's (Bangladesh Police) queen shuffle induced a mistake by his opponent FM Harshad S (Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society).

GM D Gukesh scored a solid victory | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

SAIF Sporting Club - Bangladesh Biman: 1.5-2.5

GM Abhimanyu Puranik and GM Mitrabha Guha scored victories for Bangladesh Biman. Bangladesh's legend GM Niaz Murshed scored the lone victory for SAIF Sporting Club. The most tumultuous game of the day was between Mitrabha and GM Reefat Bin Sattar.

Mitrabha - Reefat

Position after 29...Qe5+

The above diagram certainly gives one a clue that both players were not holding back on their punches. It was a very exciting game where both of them had their fair share of chances. Eventually, it was Reefat who made the last big mistake which cost him the game.

SAIF Sporting Club lost to Bangladesh Biman in a close fight | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

SAIF Sporting Club - Bangladesh Biman: 1.5-2.5

Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society - Bangladesh Police: 0.5-3.5

Vedant Panesar scored the sole draw for his team Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society against GM Abdullah Al Rakib of Bangladesh Police. To understand, what makes a strong player like Gukesh great at his game, you have to check out his win against FM Harshad S.

Harshad - Gukesh

Position after 20...Qb6

20...Qb6 is a simple move, asking White to play 21.b4 Qc7 and now White needed to play 22.Nd5 to stay in the game and not drop the c2-pawn. 22.Rxd8 was played and Rxd8 23.Rd1 Rc8 cost White the pawn. He made a bigger mistake and blundered his piece 24.Nd5 Qxc2 25.Qf3 e4 26.Qh5 g6 and it's over for White.

Vedant scored the sole half point for his team Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society - Bangladesh Police: 0.5-3.5

Leonine Chess Club - Shahin Chess Club: 2.5-1.5 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Bangladesh Navy - Titas Club: 2-2 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Rupali Bank Krira Parisad - Uttara Central Chess Club: 2.5-1.5 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Replay Round 2 games

There is one round every day starting at 3 p.m. BST (2:30 p.m. IST) from 10th to 20th March 2022, except the second and ninth round which starts at 4 p.m. BST (3:30 p.m. IST). The tournament is taking place at Asia Hotel & Resort, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Round 2 results

No.	Team	Team	Res.	:	Res.
1	SAIF Sporting Club	Bangladesh Biman	1½	:	2½
2	Manha's Castle	Sheikh Russel Chess Club	3	:	1
3	Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society	Bangladesh Police	½	:	3½
4	Leonine Chess Club	Shahin Chess Club	2½	:	1½
5	Bangladesh Navy	Titas Club	2	:	2
6	Rupali Bank Krira Parisad	Uttara Central Chess Club	2½	:	1½

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Round 3 pairings

No.	Team	Team	Res.	:	Res.
1	Uttara Central Chess Club	SAIF Sporting Club		:
2	Titas Club	Rupali Bank Krira Parisad		:
3	Shahin Chess Club	Bangladesh Navy		:
4	Bangladesh Police	Leonine Chess Club		:
5	Sheikh Russel Chess Club	Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society		:
6	Bangladesh Biman	Manha's Castle		:

Standings after Round 2

Rk.	SNo	FED	Team	Team	Group	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	5		Bangladesh Police	Bangladesh Police		2	2	0	0	4	6,0	0	6,0
2	7		Bangladesh Biman	Bangladesh Biman		2	2	0	0	4	5,0	0	6,5
3	10		Leonine Chess Club	Leonine Chess Club		2	1	1	0	3	4,5	0	6,5
4	8		Manha's Castle	Manha's Castle		2	1	0	1	2	4,5	0	2,5
5	4		Shahin Chess Club	Shahin Chess Club		2	1	0	1	2	4,5	0	1,5
6	3		Titas Club	Titas Club		2	0	2	0	2	4,0	0	4,3
7	12		SAIF Sporting Club	SAIF Sporting Club		2	1	0	1	2	4,0	0	4,0
8	11		Bangladesh Navy	Bangladesh Navy		2	0	2	0	2	4,0	0	3,8
9	1		Rupali Bank Krira Parisad	Rupali Bank Krira Parisad		2	1	0	1	2	4,0	0	3,5
10	2		Uttara Central Chess Club	Uttara Central Chess Club		2	0	1	1	1	3,5	0	2,0
11	6		Sheikh Russel Chess Club	Sheikh Russel Chess Club		2	0	0	2	0	2,5	0	0,0
12	9		Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society	Janata Bank Officer Welfa		2	0	0	2	0	1,5	0	0,0

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