Farrukh Amonatov wins 1st Maharashtra GM Open 2022, Arjun Kalyan third

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/06/2022

GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) won his second consecutive tournament, 1st Maharashtra International GM Open 2022 after winning 13th KIIT GM Open, ten days ago. GM Arjun Kalyan gave his heart out in scoring a win in the last round and that is exactly what he achieved. GM Alexej Aleksandrov and Arjun also finished with the same score as Amonatov 8.5/11. Amonatov won the event due to better tie-breaks, Alexej and Arjun had to settle for second and third places. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹2000000. Top three prizes were ₹300000, ₹200000 and ₹150000 along with a trophy each respectively. IM Bhakti Kulkarni 6.5/11 is the highest finisher among female participants. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Kaustuv Kundu scores his maiden IM-norm, Bhakti Best Woman

Kaustuv Kundu is the fourth player of the event to score an IM-norm. It was his first IM-norm. IM Srihari L R and WGM Divya Deshmukh won the Best Emerging Player award in Male and Female category. IM Srihari and IM Neelash Saha are the only two non-GMs to finish in top ten. They secured sixth and tenth place scoring 8/11 and 7.5/11 respectively. IM Anup Deshmukh won the Game of the Tournament prize among Game of the Round winners.

Champion - GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) 8.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Farrukh Amonatov wins the 1st Maharashtra International GM Open 2022 | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up - GM Aleksej Aleksandrov 8.5/11 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Second Runner-up - GM Arjun Kalyan 8.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Arjun Kalyan on his performance at the 1st Maharashtra International GM Open | Video: ChessBase India

Top 3 (L to R) - 1st GM Farrukh Amonatov, 2nd GM Aleksej Aleksandrov and 3rd GM Arjun Kalyan | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Alexei - Arjun Kalyan: 0-1

GM Arjun Kalyan (2477) was determined to score a win in the final round. It was evident from his play. When the opportunity arose, he did not hesitate to sacrifice his queen for three minor pieces.

Position after 27.Ne8

Arjun did not hesitate to play 27...Nxe8 28.Bxg7+ Nxg7 29.Qd1 Bxe6 30.Kg1 Rg5 31.Rxe6 Nxe6. Black was ahead in material and he went on to win the game.

GM Arjun Kalyan played exemplary chess on how to win a must-win game in the final round | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Deep Sengupta - IM Anuj Shrivatri: 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Neelash Saha - GM Boris Savchenko: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Mihail Nikitenko - IM Srihari L R: 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM N Krishna Teja - GM Lalit Rohit: 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Nguyen Duc Hoa (VIE) - GM Venkatesh M R: 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

FM Sharan Rao - GM Vishnu Prasanna: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Kaustuv Kundu - GM Enamul Hossain: 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Game of the Round #6 winner - GM Karthik Venkataraman | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Game of the Round #7 winner - GM Venkatesh M R | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Game of the Round #8 winner - WGM Divya Deshmukh | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Game of the Round #9 winner - GM Deep Sengupta | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Game of the Round #10 winner - GM Alexei Fedorov | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Game of the Round #11 winner - GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Game of the Tournament winner - IM Anup Deshmukh | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Prize Distribution Ceremony

4th GM Deep Sengupta 8/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

6th and Best Emerging Male award - IM Srihari L R 8/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

9th GM Venkatesh M R 7.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

10th IM Neelash Saha 7.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Best Female 1st - IM Bhakti Kulkarni 6.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Best Female 2nd and Best Emerging Female - WGM Divya Deshmukh 6.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Best Female 3rd WGM Priyanka Nutakki 6/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

For more Round 11 and Prize Distribution Ceremony photos, please click at the respective links.

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A total of 141 players including 20 GMs, 29 IMs, 6 WGM and 9 WIMs participated from 13 countries across the world including India. The tournament was organized by Maharashtra Chess Association from 31st May to 8th June 2022 at Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, Maharashtra. The eleven-round Swiss league tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Round 11 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Amonatov Farrukh	2622	8	½ - ½	8	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2492	7
2	4	GM	Fedorov Alexei	2529	7	0 - 1	7½	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2477	13
3	9	IM	Aditya Mittal	2490	7	0 - 1	7	GM	Paichadze Luka	2567	2
4	5	GM	Sengupta Deep	2526	7	1 - 0	7	IM	Anuj Shrivatri	2356	35
5	18	IM	Neelash Saha	2439	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Savchenko Boris	2524	6
6	11	GM	Nikitenko Mihail	2479	7	0 - 1	7	IM	Srihari L R	2404	24
7	17	GM	Stupak Kirill	2440	7	1 - 0	7	CM	Kushagra Mohan	2343	40
8	29	IM	Krishna Teja N	2374	6½	1 - 0	6½	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2563	3
9	26	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2398	6½	0 - 1	6½	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2490	8
10	31	IM	Kulkarni Bhakti	2370	6½	0 - 1	6½	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	2478	12
11	43	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	2331	6½	½ - ½	6½	FM	Samant Aditya S	2433	20
12	73		Prasannaa.S	2164	6½	0 - 1	6½	GM	Nguyen Van Huy	2405	23
13	27	IM	Gusain Himal	2396	6½	1 - 0	6½		Srihari L	2178	71
14	53	FM	Sharan Rao	2274	6½	½ - ½	6	GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	2437	19
15	10	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2480	6	1 - 0	6	FM	Aaryan Varshney	2308	50

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	1	GM	Amonatov Farrukh		TJK	2622		8,5	73,0	78,5	60,25	2606
2	7	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej		BLR	2492		8,5	72,0	77,5	57,50	2613
3	13	GM	Arjun Kalyan		IND	2477		8,5	71,5	76,5	56,25	2623
4	5	GM	Sengupta Deep		IND	2526		8,0	73,0	77,0	53,25	2576
5	2	GM	Paichadze Luka		GEO	2567		8,0	71,5	77,0	55,00	2592
6	24	IM	Srihari L R		IND	2404		8,0	68,0	72,0	50,75	2552
7	17	GM	Stupak Kirill		BLR	2440		8,0	64,0	68,5	48,50	2449
8	6	GM	Savchenko Boris		RUS	2524		7,5	74,0	79,5	52,25	2557
9	8	GM	Venkatesh M.R.		IND	2490		7,5	66,0	71,0	46,75	2477
10	18	IM	Neelash Saha		IND	2439		7,5	65,0	70,0	45,00	2474
11	23	GM	Nguyen Van Huy		VIE	2405		7,5	61,5	65,5	43,50	2383
12	12	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2478		7,5	61,0	65,0	43,75	2391
13	27	IM	Gusain Himal		IND	2396		7,5	60,5	64,5	42,25	2367
14	29	IM	Krishna Teja N		IND	2374		7,5	56,5	60,5	41,00	2299
15	11	GM	Nikitenko Mihail		BLR	2479		7,0	70,5	74,5	44,50	2478
16	10	GM	Karthik Venkataraman		IND	2480		7,0	70,0	75,0	45,25	2446
17	53	FM	Sharan Rao		IND	2274		7,0	69,5	73,5	44,75	2505
18	20	FM	Samant Aditya S		IND	2433	Maharashtra	7,0	68,0	73,0	43,75	2413
19	9	IM	Aditya Mittal		IND	2490	Maharashtra	7,0	68,0	71,5	42,75	2468
20	45		Kaustuv Kundu		IND	2327		7,0	65,5	69,5	40,75	2446
21	40	CM	Kushagra Mohan		IND	2343		7,0	65,5	69,5	38,00	2392
22	32	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha		IND	2364		7,0	64,5	69,0	40,25	2322
23	4	GM	Fedorov Alexei		BLR	2529		7,0	64,0	68,0	40,25	2365
24	35	IM	Anuj Shrivatri		IND	2356		7,0	64,0	67,0	39,00	2335
25	106	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F		IND	2071		7,0	63,0	67,5	41,25	2457
26	15	IM	Nigmatov Ortik		UZB	2463		7,0	62,0	66,0	37,50	2382
27	43	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy		IND	2331		7,0	60,0	64,0	38,75	2320
28	33	GM	Karthikeyan P.		IND	2361		7,0	59,0	62,5	39,00	2222
29	3	GM	Lalith Babu M R		IND	2563		6,5	71,5	77,0	44,00	2453
30	26	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa		VIE	2398		6,5	69,5	74,0	40,50	2475
31	28	IM	Audi Ameya		IND	2389		6,5	68,0	73,5	42,25	2373
32	31	IM	Kulkarni Bhakti	w	IND	2370		6,5	67,5	72,0	38,50	2373
33	19	GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V		IND	2437		6,5	67,5	71,5	40,25	2386
34	71		Srihari L		IND	2178		6,5	65,0	68,5	37,50	2354
35	112	CM	Aaditya Dhingra		IND	2042		6,5	63,0	67,5	39,00	2407

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