13th KIIT GM Open R2: Sarayu Velpula splits the point with GM Karthikeyan P

by Shahid Ahmed - 24/05/2022

Former National Under-13 Girls, current Telangana State Under-19 Girls and State Women champion, Sarayu Velpula held GM Karthikeyan P to a draw. The second round of 13th KIIT International Chess Festival also saw the seeded players score victories comfortably. Newly crowned National Amateur U-2300 champion, Koustav Chakraborty made things exciting against IM Mihail Nikitenko. A misjudgement in the endgame cost him the full point. 34 players are at 100% score 2/2. Today is the first of the two double rounds in this event. Round 3 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Top seeds are still unscathed

The top seed of the event is Tajikistan no.1 GM FST Farrukh Amonatov (2622). The highest rated Indian player in the event is GM Laxman R R (2420).

Former National Under-13 Girls champion, Sarayu Velpula held GM Karthikeyan P to a draw | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Raset Ziatdinov (USA) made the first move of Round 2 on GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) and IM Ravi Hegde's first board | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Laxman R R scored another comfortable victory | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Nikitenko - Koustav: 0.5-0.5

Newly crowned National Amateur U-2300 champion, Koustav Chakraborty (1945) almost managed to save the day against IM Mihail Nikitenko (2479).

Position after 30...g4

Black is suddenly back in the game 30...g4 31.Rh5 gxf3+ 32.Kf2 Ra8 33.Nd6 Bxd6 34.cxd6 Qxe4 35.Rch1 Qe3+ 36.Kf1

Position after 36.Kf1

The position is very sharp, although neither player is getting checkmated. The game continued 36...Qe2+ 37.Qxe2 fxe2+ 38.Kxe2 Kf7 and Black blundered in another four moves. Correct play could have had a different outcome altogether.

Koustav Chakraborty put up a good fight against IM Mihail Nikitenko | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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For more Round 2 photos, please click here.

A total of 174 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 2 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	1	GM	Amonatov Farrukh	2622	Tajikistan	1	1 - 0	1	IM	Hegde Ravi Gopal	2001	Karnataka	46
2	47		Shaik Sumer Arsh	1999	Telangana	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Paichadze Luka	2567	Georgia	2
3	3	GM	Fedorov Alexei	2529	Belarus	1	1 - 0	1	AFM	Pawar Harshit	1961	Delhi	51
4	50	AGM	Sahib Singh	1991	Delhi	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Savchenko Boris	2524	Russia	4
5	52		Atul Kumar	1953	Jammu & Kashmir	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2492	Belarus	5
6	6	IM	Nikitenko Mihail	2479	Belarus	1	1 - 0	1		Koustav Chakraborty	1945	West Bengal	53
7	7	GM	Mirzoev Azer	2476	Azerbaijan	1	1 - 0	1		Ankit Ray	1932	West Bengal	55
8	57		Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni	1912	Telangana	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Stupak Kirill	2440	Belarus	8
9	9	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2431	Bangladesh	1	1 - 0	1		Soni Krishan	1904	Delhi	59
10	61		Ayush Jha	1900	West Bengal	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Laxman R.R.	2420	Tamil Nadu	10
11	11	IM	Azaladze Shota	2420	Georgia	1	1 - 0	1		Mahendra Teja Mekala	1871	Andhra Pradesh	64
12	65	WFM	Baghirova Khatun	1866	Azerbaijan	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Nitin S.	2399	Tamil Nadu	12
13	66		Aditya P Melani	1855	Gujarat	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Gusain Himal	2396	Western Railway	13
14	14	IM	Audi Ameya	2389	Goa	1	1 - 0	1		Ghosh Samriddhaa	1844	West Bengal	70
15	69		Velpula Sarayu	1845	Telangana	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Karthikeyan P.	2361	Tamil Nadu	15
16	16	IM	Abdyjapar Asyl	2346	Kyrgyzstan	1	1 - 0	1		Jaiveer Mahendru	1832	Maharashtra	72
17	71		Tiwari Shivansh	1838	Madhya Pradesh	1	0 - 1	1	FM	Rohith Krishna S	2337	Tamil Nadu	17
18	18	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	2331	PSPB	1	1 - 0	1		Bhattacharya Niladri Shekhar	1816	West Bengal	74
19	73		Swayham P Das	1825	Gujarat	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	2327	Odisha	19
20	20	FM	Aaryan Varshney	2308	Delhi	1	1 - 0	1		Tamhankar Siddhant	1802	Maharashtra	76

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Round 3 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	19	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	2327	Odisha	2		2	GM	Amonatov Farrukh	2622	Tajikistan	1
2	2	GM	Paichadze Luka	2567	Georgia	2		2	FM	Aaryan Varshney	2308	Delhi	20
3	27	CM	Nayak Rajesh	2179	Odisha	2		2	GM	Fedorov Alexei	2529	Belarus	3
4	4	GM	Savchenko Boris	2524	Russia	2		2	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.	2269	Tamil Nadu	22
5	5	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2492	Belarus	2		2		Dhananjay S	2218	Chhattisgarh	26
6	31	WGM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	2098	Odisha	2		2	IM	Nikitenko Mihail	2479	Belarus	6
7	35		Praloy Sahoo	2065	West Bengal	2		2	GM	Mirzoev Azer	2476	Azerbaijan	7
8	8	GM	Stupak Kirill	2440	Belarus	2		2		Alekhya Mukhopadhyay	2162	West Bengal	28
9	37		Rakesh Kumar Nayak	2053	Odisha	2		2	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2431	Bangladesh	9
10	10	GM	Laxman R.R.	2420	Tamil Nadu	2		2	FM	Ram Aravind L N	2116	Tamil Nadu	30
11	39	CM	Aaditya Dhingra	2042	Haryana	2		2	IM	Azaladze Shota	2420	Georgia	11
12	12	IM	Nitin S.	2399	Tamil Nadu	2		2		Santu Mondal	2097	Delhi	32
13	13	IM	Gusain Himal	2396	Western Railway	2		2		Krishnan Ritvik	2023	Maharashtra	42
14	41	IM	Weerawardane Romesh	2027	Sri Lanka	2		2	IM	Audi Ameya	2389	Goa	14
15	44	CM	Mayank Chakraborty	2015	Assam	2		2	IM	Abdyjapar Asyl	2346	Kyrgyzstan	16
16	17	FM	Rohith Krishna S	2337	Tamil Nadu	2		2		Bagwe Gaurang	1789	Maharashtra	81
17	138		Ashvath Mittal	1419	Delhi	2		2	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	2331	PSPB	18
18	15	GM	Karthikeyan P.	2361	Tamil Nadu	1½		1½		Harini S.	2021	Tamill Nadu	43
19	21	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	2275	West Bengal	1½		1½		Velpula Sarayu	1845	Telangana	69
20	23	IM	Sangma Rahul	2232	Western Railway	1½		1½		Setumadhav Yellumahanthi	1801	Andhra Pradesh	77

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