Farrukh Amonatov dominates 13th KIIT GM Open 2022
Top seed of the tournament, GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) scored an unbeaten 8.5/10 to win 13th KIIT International Chess Festival Category A, He finished a full point ahead of the competition. Nine players scored 7.5/10. GM Stupak Kirill and GM Boris Savchenko were placed second and third according to tie-breaks. IM Ameya Audi 7.5/10 is the highest finisher among Indians. He is also the highest placed non-GM player. WIM Arpita Mukherjee is the only other Indian among the top 10. She is also the top finisher among female participants. Total prize fund for Category A was ₹1300000. Top three prizes were ₹200000, ₹100000 and ₹80000 along with a trophy each. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
Ameya fourth, Arpita top woman finisher
14-year-old Alekhya Mukhopadhyay (2162) scored 7/10. He is the highest untitled finisher. His no-draw approach earned him a 13th place finish and gained 14.4 Elo rating points.
Arpita - Laxman: 1-0
WIM Arpita Mukherjee (2275) avenged her previous event loss against GM Laxman R R (2420). She got the same color once again and this time made the most out of her opportunity.
White took the e5-pawn 25.Rxe5 deliberately knowing that Nh5 is on the horizon. Find out White's answer to the discover attack which is also a skewer.
Aaryan - Ritvik: 1-0
Double IM-norm holder, FM Aaryan Varshney (2308) was kind enough to annotate his final round victory over Ritvik Krishnan (2023).
A couple of moves ago, White sacrificed a pawn 18.d5 to blindside the b7-bishop. White has got a substantial positional advantage. Find out how Aaryan seized the advantage in the above position.
Sumer - Rahul: 1-0
13-year-old Shaik Sumer Arsh (1999) showed great display of attack against IM Rahul Sangma (2232).
Black's king is vulnerable. Find out the winning continuation for White after 22...Rad8.
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A total of 175 players including 11 GMs, 14 IMs, a WGM and a WIM took part from 10 countries across the world including India in Category A. The tournament was 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 had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
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Round 10 results
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | No. | ||||
1 | 1 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2622 | Tajikistan | 8 | ½ - ½ | 7 | IM | Audi Ameya | 2389 | Goa | 14 | ||
2 | 7 | GM | Mirzoev Azer | 2476 | Azerbaijan | 7 | ½ - ½ | 7 | GM | Savchenko Boris | 2524 | Russia | 4 | ||
3 | 11 | IM | Azaladze Shota | 2420 | Georgia | 7 | ½ - ½ | 7 | GM | Stupak Kirill | 2440 | Belarus | 8 | ||
4 | 2 | GM | Paichadze Luka | 2567 | Georgia | 6½ | ½ - ½ | 7 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2492 | Belarus | 5 | ||
5 | 3 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2529 | Belarus | 6½ | 1 - 0 | 6½ | Pattnayak Nilsu | 1992 | KIIT | 49 | |||
6 | 13 | IM | Gusain Himal | 2396 | Western Railway | 6½ | 0 - 1 | 6½ | IM | Nikitenko Mihail | 2479 | Belarus | 6 | ||
7 | 21 | WIM | Arpita Mukherjee | 2275 | West Bengal | 6½ | 1 - 0 | 6½ | GM | Laxman R.R. | 2420 | Tamil Nadu | 10 | ||
8 | 12 | IM | Nitin S. | 2399 | Railways | 6½ | ½ - ½ | 6½ | FM | Rohith Krishna S | 2337 | Tamil Nadu | 17 | ||
9 | 9 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2431 | Bangladesh | 6 | 1 - 0 | 6 | WGM | Kiran Manisha Mohanty | 2098 | LIC | 31 | ||
10 | 15 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | 2361 | Tamil Nadu | 6 | 1 - 0 | 6 | Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U | 2064 | Andhra Pradesh | 36 | |||
11 | 19 | IM | Sidhant Mohapatra | 2327 | Odisha | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | FM | Ram Aravind L N | 2116 | Tamil Nadu | 30 | ||
12 | 20 | FM | Aaryan Varshney | 2308 | Delhi | 6 | 1 - 0 | 6 | Krishnan Ritvik | 2023 | Maharashtra | 42 | |||
13 | 78 | Daksh Goyal | 1795 | Delhi | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | CM | Nayak Rajesh | 2179 | Odisha | 27 | |||
14 | 28 | Alekhya Mukhopadhyay | 2162 | West Bengal | 6 | 1 - 0 | 6 | Liyanage Pesandu Rashmitha | 1730 | Sri Lanka | 94 | ||||
15 | 16 | IM | Abdyjapar Asyl | 2346 | Kyrgyzstan | 5½ | ½ - ½ | 5½ | AGM | Sahib Singh | 1991 | Delhi | 50 | ||
16 | 22 | IM | Saravana Krishnan P. | 2269 | Tamil Nadu | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | Soni Krishan | 1904 | Delhi | 59 | |||
17 | 47 | Shaik Sumer Arsh | 1999 | Telangana | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | IM | Sangma Rahul | 2232 | Western Railway | 23 | |||
18 | 26 | Dhananjay S | 2218 | Chhattisgarh | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | Ankit Ray | 1932 | West Bengal | 55 | ||||
19 | 48 | CM | Kavinda Akila | 1996 | Sri Lanka | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | Rohit S | 2141 | Tamil Nadu | 29 | |||
20 | 32 | Santu Mondal | 2097 | Delhi | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | Badamundi Tapan | 1663 | Odisha | 104 |
Final standings
Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
1 | 1 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | TJK | 2622 | Tajikistan | 8,5 | 63,5 | 68,5 | 57,25 | ||
2 | 8 | GM | Stupak Kirill | BLR | 2440 | Belarus | 7,5 | 63,5 | 68,0 | 48,75 | ||
3 | 4 | GM | Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2524 | Russia | 7,5 | 63,0 | 68,5 | 49,50 | ||
4 | 14 | IM | Audi Ameya | IND | 2389 | Goa | 7,5 | 62,0 | 67,0 | 48,50 | ||
5 | 3 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | BLR | 2529 | Belarus | 7,5 | 62,0 | 67,0 | 48,25 | ||
6 | 5 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | BLR | 2492 | Belarus | 7,5 | 62,0 | 66,0 | 47,00 | ||
7 | 7 | GM | Mirzoev Azer | AZE | 2476 | Azerbaijan | 7,5 | 61,5 | 67,0 | 48,75 | ||
8 | 11 | IM | Azaladze Shota | GEO | 2420 | Georgia | 7,5 | 60,5 | 64,5 | 45,75 | ||
9 | 6 | IM | Nikitenko Mihail | BLR | 2479 | Belarus | 7,5 | 58,0 | 62,5 | 43,75 | ||
10 | 21 | WIM | Arpita Mukherjee | w | IND | 2275 | West Bengal | 7,5 | 55,5 | 60,0 | 45,00 | |
11 | 12 | IM | Nitin S. | IND | 2399 | Railways | 7,0 | 61,5 | 65,5 | 42,75 | ||
12 | 2 | GM | Paichadze Luka | GEO | 2567 | Georgia | 7,0 | 59,0 | 63,5 | 42,75 | ||
13 | 28 | Alekhya Mukhopadhyay | IND | 2162 | West Bengal | 7,0 | 58,5 | 62,5 | 40,00 | |||
14 | 17 | FM | Rohith Krishna S | IND | 2337 | Tamil Nadu | 7,0 | 57,5 | 61,5 | 40,00 | ||
15 | 9 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | BAN | 2431 | Bangladesh | 7,0 | 57,0 | 62,0 | 41,25 | ||
16 | 20 | FM | Aaryan Varshney | IND | 2308 | Delhi | 7,0 | 55,0 | 59,0 | 38,75 | ||
17 | 15 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | IND | 2361 | Tamil Nadu | 7,0 | 51,5 | 56,0 | 37,50 | ||
18 | 22 | IM | Saravana Krishnan P. | IND | 2269 | Tamil Nadu | 6,5 | 58,5 | 63,5 | 39,00 | ||
19 | 30 | FM | Ram Aravind L N | IND | 2116 | Tamil Nadu | 6,5 | 57,5 | 61,5 | 38,50 | ||
20 | 19 | IM | Sidhant Mohapatra | IND | 2327 | Odisha | 6,5 | 56,5 | 59,5 | 34,50 |