13th KIIT GM Open R9: Amonatov on the verge of a triumph
GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) scored another victory in the penultimate round. He defeated IM Mihail Nikitenko to extend his lead by a full point 8/9. The top seed is now just a draw away from winning 13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022. Six players are at 7/9 including IM Ameya Audi who will face Amonatov in the final round. KIIT's very own Nilsu Pattnaik and Daksh Goyal beat IM P Saravana Krishnan and IM P Konguvel, FM Ram Aravind L N and Ankit Ray drew with GM Ziaur Rahman (BAN) and IM Asyl Abdyjapar (KGZ) respectively. Final Round 10 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
Can Ameya stop Amonatov?
Six Indians IM Nitin S, FM Rohith Krishna S, WIM Arpita Mukherjee, GM Laxman R R, IM Himal Gusain and untitled Nilsu Pattnaik are at 6.5/9 each. Four among them will face each other in the final round - Arpita will face Laxman and Nitin will go against Rohith.
Nikitenko - Amonatov: 0-1
IM Mihail Nikitenko (2479) had a pleasant position for the better part of the game. However, the complex rook and bishop endgame featuring passed pawns induced some inaccuracies.
The game continued 51.Kc3 Ke5 52.Rb8 Rg3+ 53.Kb4 Bxf5 and Black went on to win the game. Find out what White should have done differently.
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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.
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Round 9 results
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | No. | ||||
1 | 6 | IM | Nikitenko Mihail | 2479 | Belarus | 6½ | 0 - 1 | 7 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2622 | Tajikistan | 1 | ||
2 | 8 | GM | Stupak Kirill | 2440 | Belarus | 6½ | ½ - ½ | 6½ | GM | Mirzoev Azer | 2476 | Azerbaijan | 7 | ||
3 | 5 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2492 | Belarus | 6½ | ½ - ½ | 6 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2529 | Belarus | 3 | ||
4 | 4 | GM | Savchenko Boris | 2524 | Russia | 6 | 1 - 0 | 6 | IM | Sidhant Mohapatra | 2327 | Odisha | 19 | ||
5 | 15 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | 2361 | Tamil Nadu | 6 | 0 - 1 | 6 | IM | Azaladze Shota | 2420 | Georgia | 11 | ||
6 | 21 | WIM | Arpita Mukherjee | 2275 | West Bengal | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | IM | Nitin S. | 2399 | Tamil Nadu | 12 | ||
7 | 14 | IM | Audi Ameya | 2389 | Goa | 6 | 1 - 0 | 6 | FM | Aaryan Varshney | 2308 | Delhi | 20 | ||
8 | 2 | GM | Paichadze Luka | 2567 | Georgia | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | Dhananjay S | 2218 | Chhattisgarh | 26 | |||
9 | 30 | FM | Ram Aravind L N | 2116 | Tamil Nadu | 5½ | ½ - ½ | 5½ | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2431 | Bangladesh | 9 | ||
10 | 10 | GM | Laxman R.R. | 2420 | Tamil Nadu | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | Santu Mondal | 2097 | Delhi | 32 | |||
11 | 37 | Rakesh Kumar Nayak | 2053 | Odisha | 5½ | 0 - 1 | 5½ | IM | Gusain Himal | 2396 | Western Railway | 13 | |||
12 | 17 | FM | Rohith Krishna S | 2337 | Tamil Nadu | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | Koustav Chakraborty | 1945 | West Bengal | 53 | |||
13 | 49 | Pattnayak Nilsu | 1992 | KIIT | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | IM | Saravana Krishnan P. | 2269 | Tamil Nadu | 22 | |||
14 | 23 | IM | Sangma Rahul | 2232 | Western Railway | 5 | ½ - ½ | 5½ | Liyanage Pesandu Rashmitha | 1730 | Sri Lanka | 94 | |||
15 | 55 | Ankit Ray | 1932 | West Bengal | 5 | ½ - ½ | 5 | IM | Abdyjapar Asyl | 2346 | Kyrgyzstan | 16 | |||
16 | 78 | Daksh Goyal | 1795 | Delhi | 5 | 1 - 0 | 5 | IM | Konguvel Ponnuswamy | 2331 | PSPB | 18 | |||
17 | 27 | CM | Nayak Rajesh | 2179 | Odisha | 5 | 1 - 0 | 5 | Chakrabarty Debasis | 2008 | Odisha | 45 | |||
18 | 62 | Adireddy Arjun | 1898 | Telangana | 5 | 0 - 1 | 5 | Alekhya Mukhopadhyay | 2162 | West Bengal | 28 | ||||
19 | 29 | Rohit S | 2141 | Tamil Nadu | 5 | ½ - ½ | 5 | Shaik Sumer Arsh | 1999 | Telangana | 47 | ||||
20 | 31 | WGM | Kiran Manisha Mohanty | 2098 | LIC | 5 | 1 - 0 | 5 | Priyankara Chamil | 1938 | Sri Lanka | 54 |
Round 10 pairings
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | No. | ||||
1 | 1 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2622 | Tajikistan | 8 | 7 | IM | Audi Ameya | 2389 | Goa | 14 | |||
2 | 7 | GM | Mirzoev Azer | 2476 | Azerbaijan | 7 | 7 | GM | Savchenko Boris | 2524 | Russia | 4 | |||
3 | 11 | IM | Azaladze Shota | 2420 | Georgia | 7 | 7 | GM | Stupak Kirill | 2440 | Belarus | 8 | |||
4 | 2 | GM | Paichadze Luka | 2567 | Georgia | 6½ | 7 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2492 | Belarus | 5 | |||
5 | 3 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2529 | Belarus | 6½ | 6½ | Pattnayak Nilsu | 1992 | KIIT | 49 | ||||
6 | 13 | IM | Gusain Himal | 2396 | Western Railway | 6½ | 6½ | IM | Nikitenko Mihail | 2479 | Belarus | 6 | |||
7 | 21 | WIM | Arpita Mukherjee | 2275 | West Bengal | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Laxman R.R. | 2420 | Tamil Nadu | 10 | |||
8 | 12 | IM | Nitin S. | 2399 | Tamil Nadu | 6½ | 6½ | FM | Rohith Krishna S | 2337 | Tamil Nadu | 17 | |||
9 | 9 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2431 | Bangladesh | 6 | 6 | WGM | Kiran Manisha Mohanty | 2098 | LIC | 31 | |||
10 | 15 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | 2361 | Tamil Nadu | 6 | 6 | Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U | 2064 | Andhra Pradesh | 36 | ||||
11 | 19 | IM | Sidhant Mohapatra | 2327 | Odisha | 6 | 6 | FM | Ram Aravind L N | 2116 | Tamil Nadu | 30 | |||
12 | 20 | FM | Aaryan Varshney | 2308 | Delhi | 6 | 6 | Krishnan Ritvik | 2023 | Maharashtra | 42 | ||||
13 | 78 | Daksh Goyal | 1795 | Delhi | 6 | 6 | CM | Nayak Rajesh | 2179 | Odisha | 27 | ||||
14 | 28 | Alekhya Mukhopadhyay | 2162 | West Bengal | 6 | 6 | Liyanage Pesandu Rashmitha | 1730 | Sri Lanka | 94 | |||||
15 | 16 | IM | Abdyjapar Asyl | 2346 | Kyrgyzstan | 5½ | 5½ | AGM | Sahib Singh | 1991 | Delhi | 50 | |||
16 | 22 | IM | Saravana Krishnan P. | 2269 | Tamil Nadu | 5½ | 5½ | Soni Krishan | 1904 | Delhi | 59 | ||||
17 | 47 | Shaik Sumer Arsh | 1999 | Telangana | 5½ | 5½ | IM | Sangma Rahul | 2232 | Western Railway | 23 | ||||
18 | 26 | Dhananjay S | 2218 | Chhattisgarh | 5½ | 5½ | Ankit Ray | 1932 | West Bengal | 55 | |||||
19 | 48 | CM | Kavinda Akila | 1996 | Sri Lanka | 5½ | 5½ | Rohit S | 2141 | Tamil Nadu | 29 | ||||
20 | 32 | Santu Mondal | 2097 | Delhi | 5½ | 5½ | Badamundi Tapan | 1663 | Odisha | 104 |