13th KIIT GM Open R3-4: Nitin in a five-way lead
IM Nitin S is the only Indian player with a perfect score 4/4 at 13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022. The remaining four are - GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK), GM Aleksej Aleksandrov, GM Stupak Kirill and IM Shota Azaladze (GEO). Nitin won an exciting game against IM Mihail Nikitenko in the fourth round. IM Ameya Audi got himself very close to beating GM Boris Savchenko. Double IM-norm holder, FM Aaryan Varshney made an impressive draw against GM Luka Paichadze (GEO). CM Mayank Chakraborty was also on the brink of victory against IM Asyl Abdyjapar (KGZ). Round 5 starts today at 3:00 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
Exciting games
There were at least four games where the result could have gone either way. Seven players are trailing the leaders by a half point at 3.5/4 each.
Round 3: Aaryan - Luka: 0.5-0.5
FM Aaryan Varshney (2308) played really well to draw with GM Luka Paichadze (GEO, 2567).
Mayank - Asyl: 0.5-0.5
CM Mayank Chakraborty (2015) was on the verge of victory against IM Asyl Abdyjapar (KGZ, 2346).
While White promoted a queen 46.b8Q, Black is about to do the same and it is unstoppable. However, White can still win this. How?
Round 4: Ameya - Boris: 0.5-0.5
IM Ameya Audi (2389) had one of the most interesting games of the round. He had a Rook against his opponent GM Boris Savchenko's (2524) four pawns. It eventually became two.
Find out the winning continuation for White after 61...b4. The game continued 62.Qc7 Black was happy to exchange the queens Qxc7 63.Kxc7 b3 64.Ra1 b2 65.Rxa2 Bxa2 66.Bxg6 b1B 67.Bxb1 and it's a draw.
Nikitenko - Nitin: 0-1
IM Nitin S (2399) won a back and forth exciting game against IM Mihail Nikitenko (2479).
Both sides are trying to promote their respective passed pawns. The position is quite volatile and it's bound to be difficult to calculate all correct lines. White blundered 43.Rc5 Bxd7 and now Black is completely winning. White had his fair share of chances earlier.
For more Round 3 and Round 4 photos, please click at the respective links.
A total of 175 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.
Replay Round 3-4 games
Round 4 results
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | No. | ||||
1 | 1 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2622 | Tajikistan | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | GM | Laxman R.R. | 2420 | Tamil Nadu | 10 | ||
2 | 3 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2529 | Belarus | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | IM | Azaladze Shota | 2420 | Georgia | 11 | ||
3 | 14 | IM | Audi Ameya | 2389 | Goa | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Savchenko Boris | 2524 | Russia | 4 | ||
4 | 18 | IM | Konguvel Ponnuswamy | 2331 | PSPB | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2492 | Belarus | 5 | ||
5 | 6 | IM | Nikitenko Mihail | 2479 | Belarus | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | IM | Nitin S. | 2399 | Tamil Nadu | 12 | ||
6 | 7 | GM | Mirzoev Azer | 2476 | Azerbaijan | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | FM | Rohith Krishna S | 2337 | Tamil Nadu | 17 | ||
7 | 42 | Krishnan Ritvik | 2023 | Maharashtra | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | GM | Stupak Kirill | 2440 | Belarus | 8 | |||
8 | 34 | IM | Manish Anto Cristiano F | 2071 | Tamil Nadu | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | GM | Paichadze Luka | 2567 | Georgia | 2 | ||
9 | 9 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2431 | Bangladesh | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | Rohit S | 2141 | Tamil Nadu | 29 | |||
10 | 16 | IM | Abdyjapar Asyl | 2346 | Kyrgyzstan | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | Rakesh Kumar Nayak | 2053 | Odisha | 37 | |||
11 | 20 | FM | Aaryan Varshney | 2308 | Delhi | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | CM | Mayank Chakraborty | 2015 | Assam | 44 | ||
12 | 36 | Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U | 2064 | Andhra Pradesh | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | Baivab Mishra | 2219 | Odisha | 25 | ||||
13 | 57 | Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni | 1912 | Telangana | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | IM | Gusain Himal | 2396 | Western Railway | 13 | |||
14 | 61 | Ayush Jha | 1900 | West Bengal | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | 2361 | Tamil Nadu | 15 | |||
15 | 62 | Adireddy Arjun | 1898 | Telengana | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | IM | Sidhant Mohapatra | 2327 | Odisha | 19 | |||
16 | 63 | WCM | Bristy Mukherjee | 1887 | West Bengal | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | WIM | Arpita Mukherjee | 2275 | West Bengal | 21 | ||
17 | 22 | IM | Saravana Krishnan P. | 2269 | Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | Mahendra Teja Mekala | 1871 | Andhra Pradesh | 64 | |||
18 | 66 | Aditya P Melani | 1855 | Gujarat | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | IM | Sangma Rahul | 2232 | Western Railway | 23 | |||
19 | 26 | Dhananjay S | 2218 | Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | Ghosh Samriddhaa | 1844 | West Bengal | 70 | ||||
20 | 69 | Velpula Sarayu | 1845 | Telangana | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | CM | Nayak Rajesh | 2179 | Odisha | 27 |
Round 5 pairings
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | No. | ||||
1 | 8 | GM | Stupak Kirill | 2440 | Belarus | 4 | 4 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2622 | Tajikistan | 1 | |||
2 | 11 | IM | Azaladze Shota | 2420 | Georgia | 4 | 4 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2492 | Belarus | 5 | |||
3 | 12 | IM | Nitin S. | 2399 | Tamil Nadu | 4 | 3½ | GM | Mirzoev Azer | 2476 | Azerbaijan | 7 | |||
4 | 4 | GM | Savchenko Boris | 2524 | Russia | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Abdyjapar Asyl | 2346 | Kyrgyzstan | 16 | |||
5 | 17 | FM | Rohith Krishna S | 2337 | Tamil Nadu | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2431 | Bangladesh | 9 | |||
6 | 36 | Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U | 2064 | Andhra Pradesh | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Audi Ameya | 2389 | Goa | 14 | ||||
7 | 2 | GM | Paichadze Luka | 2567 | Georgia | 3 | 3 | IM | Weerawardane Romesh | 2027 | Sri Lanka | 41 | |||
8 | 42 | Krishnan Ritvik | 2023 | Maharashtra | 3 | 3 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2529 | Belarus | 3 | ||||
9 | 43 | Harini S. | 2021 | Tamill Nadu | 3 | 3 | IM | Nikitenko Mihail | 2479 | Belarus | 6 | ||||
10 | 10 | GM | Laxman R.R. | 2420 | Tamil Nadu | 3 | 3 | Priyankara Chamil | 1938 | Sri Lanka | 54 | ||||
11 | 15 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | 2361 | Tamil Nadu | 3 | 3 | Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni | 1912 | Telangana | 57 | ||||
12 | 44 | CM | Mayank Chakraborty | 2015 | Assam | 3 | 3 | IM | Konguvel Ponnuswamy | 2331 | PSPB | 18 | |||
13 | 53 | Koustav Chakraborty | 1945 | West Bengal | 3 | 3 | FM | Aaryan Varshney | 2308 | Delhi | 20 | ||||
14 | 55 | Ankit Ray | 1932 | West Bengal | 3 | 3 | IM | Saravana Krishnan P. | 2269 | Tamil Nadu | 22 | ||||
15 | 23 | IM | Sangma Rahul | 2232 | Western Railway | 3 | 3 | Velpula Sarayu | 1845 | Telangana | 69 | ||||
16 | 94 | Liyanage Pesandu Rashmitha | 1730 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | Dhananjay S | 2218 | Chhattisgarh | 26 | |||||
17 | 118 | Sinthia Sarkar | 1569 | West Bengal | 3 | 3 | Alekhya Mukhopadhyay | 2162 | West Bengal | 28 | |||||
18 | 136 | Eshan Bhattacharjee | 1440 | West Bengal | 3 | 3 | IM | Manish Anto Cristiano F | 2071 | Tamil Nadu | 34 | ||||
19 | 35 | Praloy Sahoo | 2065 | West Bengal | 3 | 3 | Daaevik Wadhawan | 1603 | Delhi | 113 | |||||
20 | 19 | IM | Sidhant Mohapatra | 2327 | Odisha | 2½ | 2½ | Soham Dey | 1928 | West Bengal | 56 |