3rd Gujarat GM Open R4: 58-year-old Anilkumar calls his opponent's bluff

by Shahid Ahmed - 03/04/2022

IM Nitin S, GM Neelotpal Das, Anilkumar OT and IM Srihari L R are the four Indians among eight leaders 4.0/4 at 3rd Gujarat International GM Open 2022. The veteran from Kerala called his opponent IM Himal Gusain's bluff early in the opening and he could not recover for the rest of the game. Anilkumar will face Nitin in the fifth round. Neelotpal and Srihari scored relatively easier wins compared to Nitin. Kaustuv Kundu was completely winning for the better part of the game against Adham Fawzy. FM Suyog Wagh had a long grueling draw with Paraguay no.1 GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez. Round 5 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Vrushali Deodhar beats Anuj Shrivatri

Vrushali Umesh Deodhar scored a big win over IM Anuj Shrivatri. Gaurav Rajesh Zagade and CM Ojasva Singh drew with GM Stany G A and GM Sandipan Chanda each respectively.

Anilkumar OT is a very strong veteran whose rating does not show his actual strength | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Anilkumar - Himal: 1-0

IM Himal Gusain (2408) went for a dubious sacrifice early in the opening against Anilkumar O T (1915).

Position after 6...Bf5

The Bf5 idea works only when the knights are at f3 and f6 to prevent the king from escaping via f3 and also to not allow Qxd5. 6...Bf5 turned out to be premature which made it safer for White to take it 7.Qxf5. Now 7...Qxb2 is not dangerous as 8.Qxd5 Qxa1 is met by 9.Qb5. If Black decides to take away castling rights 8...Qc1+ 9.Ke2 Qb2+ and the king runs away 10.Kf3. Black managed to regain material 7...e5 8.Nd2 g6 9.Qc2 exf4 10.exf4. The price was certainly more than a pawn. Soon Black lost an exchange and could not recover for the rest of the game.

Adham - Kaustuv: 0.5-0.5

Kaustuv Kundu (2281) was winning for the better part of the game against GM Adham Fawzy (EGY, 2490).

Position after 32.Bf6

32...cxd3 33.Bxd8 is how the game continued which is also winning for Black. Find out a better continuation for Black which leaves his opponent little chance to save the game.

Kaustuv was completely winning against GM Adham Fawzy (EGY) for the majority of the game | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Both FM Suyog Wagh and Paraguay no.1 GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez had chances against each other | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

FM Sekar B - IM Vignesh N R: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Vrashank Chouhan - IM Diego Del Rey (ESP): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Harsha Bharathakoti - FM Kashish Manoj Jain: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

CM Ojasva Singh - GM Sandipan Chanda: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Cristhian Camilo Rios (COL) - CM Akila Kavinda (SRI): 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Akhilesh Nagare - IM P Konguvel: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Anuj Shrivatri - Vrushali Umesh Deodhar: 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Rahul Sangma - Om Nagnath Lamkane: 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Priyanshu Patil - WIM Arpita Mukherjee: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

WIM Priyanka K - Swayham P Das: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Mehar Chinna Reddy - Sunny Bedi: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Arvind Iyer - IM Ameya Audi: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Jagdish Barik - IM Suvrajit Saha: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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A total of 374 players including 14 GMs, 30 IMs and 3 WIM are taking part from 14 countries across the world including India. The tournament is organized by Gujarat State Chess Association from 31st March to 7th April 2022 at Karnavati Club, Ahmedabad. 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 4 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	38	FM	Wagh Suyog		2328	India	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Delgado Ramirez Neuris		2622	Paraguay	1
2	6	GM	Fawzy Adham		2490	Egypt	3	½ - ½	3		Kaustuv Kundu		2281	India	47
3	40	IM	Ratnakaran K.		2316	India	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Mirzoev Azer		2476	Azerbaijan	9
4	14	IM	Nigmatov Ortik		2445	Uzbekistan	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Deshmukh Anup		2190	India	59
5	46	FM	Sekar B		2283	India	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Vignesh N R		2444	India	15
6	16	IM	Abdisalimov Abdimalik		2435	Uzbekistan	3	1 - 0	3		Bhattacharyya Soham		2004	India	77
7	18	IM	Nitin S.		2427	India	3	1 - 0	3		Bhosale Shriraj		1959	India	85
8	80		Ilamparthi A R	U15	1993	India	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Hesham Abdelrahman		2424	Egypt	19
9	22	GM	Neelotpal Das		2409	India	3	1 - 0	3	AFM	Pawar Harshit	U15	1921	India	88
10	89		Anilkumar O.T.		1915	India	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Gusain Himal		2408	India	23
11	26	IM	Srihari L R		2400	India	3	1 - 0	3		Vaibhav Kalpaka	U15	1859	India	95
12	105		Vrashank Chouhan	U15	1790	India	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Del Rey Diego		2371	Spain	31
13	138		Majumder Shrayan		1686	India	3	½ - ½	3		Ritviz Parab		2349	India	35
14	2	GM	Savchenko Boris		2535		2½	1 - 0	2½	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi		2205	India	57
15	61		Gaurav Rajesh Zagade		2174	India	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Stany G.A.		2517	India	3
16	4	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti		2499	India	2½	½ - ½	2½	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj		2162	India	63
17	64	CM	Singh Ojasva		2141	India	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Chanda Sandipan		2485	India	7
18	65	IM	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam		2130	India	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Krishna C R G		2466	India	11
19	12	GM	Rios Cristhian Camilo		2449	Colombia	2½	0 - 1	2½	CM	Kavinda Akila		2068	Srilanka	69
20	66	FM	Ram Aravind L N		2127	India	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Neelash Saha		2445	India	13

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	9	GM	Mirzoev Azer		2476	Azerbaijan	4		4	GM	Neelotpal Das		2409	India	22
2	19	GM	Hesham Abdelrahman		2424	Egypt	4		4	IM	Nigmatov Ortik		2445	Uzbekistan	14
3	26	IM	Srihari L R		2400	India	4		4	IM	Abdisalimov Abdimalik		2435	Uzbekistan	16
4	18	IM	Nitin S.		2427	India	4		4		Anilkumar O.T.		1915	India	89
5	1	GM	Delgado Ramirez Neuris		2622	Paraguay	3½		3½	FM	Sekar B		2283	India	46
6	47		Kaustuv Kundu		2281	India	3½		3½	GM	Savchenko Boris		2535		2
7	55	FM	De Silva L M S T		2220	Srilanka	3½		3½	GM	Fawzy Adham		2490	Egypt	6
8	11	IM	Krishna C R G		2466	India	3½		3½	FM	Wagh Suyog		2328	India	38
9	13	IM	Neelash Saha		2445	India	3½		3½		Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri		2263	India	50
10	15	IM	Vignesh N R		2444	India	3½		3½	CM	Kavinda Akila		2068	Srilanka	69
11	17	GM	Laxman R.R.		2429	India	3½		3½		Garv Rai	U15	1869	India	94
12	31	IM	Del Rey Diego		2371	Spain	3½		3½		Majumder Shrayan		1686	India	138
13	83		Deodhar Vrushali Umesh		1974	India	3½		3½	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra		2359	India	32
14	35		Ritviz Parab		2349	India	3½		3½		Vrashank Chouhan	U15	1790	India	105
15	91		Om Nagnath Lamkane		1881	India	3½		3	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti		2499	India	4
16	3	GM	Stany G.A.		2517	India	3		3		Ilamparthi A R	U15	1993	India	80
17	77		Bhattacharyya Soham		2004	India	3		3	GM	Venkatesh M.R.		2493	India	5
18	7	GM	Chanda Sandipan		2485	India	3		3	FM	Muhammed Shuaau		1969	Maldives	84
19	81		Borgaonkar Akshay	U15	1985	India	3		3	GM	Huerga Leache Mikel		2471	Spain	10
20	23	IM	Gusain Himal		2408	India	3		3		Shah Vishwa		1911	India	90

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