56th Biel MTO R4: Kashish Jain and Ajay Krishna shine in contrasting victories
FM Kashish Manoj Jain and IM Ajay Krishna S scored contrasting yet fantastic victories at 56th Biel Chess Festival MTO Round 4. Kashish positionally outplayed his opponent GM Nikita Meshkovs (LAT). Ajay on the other hand, launched a sound attack against GM Viktor Erdos (HUN) to register a victory. GM Yan Liu (CHN) has taken sole lead by winning against GM Aryan Chopra. IM Aditya S Samant held GM Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen (VIE) to a draw. GM Pranav Anand defeated IM Marco Materia (FRA) to join Aditya in a four-way pursuit 3.5/4 each. They both will face each other in Round 5 MTO which starts today from 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST along with GMT Round 4. Cover photo: Rupali Mullick and Shahid Ahmed. All photos are by Biel Chess Festival unless stated otherwise.
GMT R3: Vincent Keymer joins David Navara in the lead
Vincent Keymer (GER) defeated defending GMT champion Liem Quang Le (VIE), to join the lead with David Navara (CZE) with a score of 17/26. Arjun Erigaisi suffered his second loss against Bassem Amin (EGY) at this event.
GMT Round 3: Bassem - Arjun: 4-0
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2710) faced Egypt no.1 GM Bassem Amin (2694) thrice in 2018 in three Classical rated games. All of them ended in draws. This time, Arjun made a paltry mistake which shifted things in his opponent's favor.
Black is already behind a pawn. 23...Qxa7 would have been better than what was played Rxb2? 24.Rxf7! Rb6 25.Rb7 Rxb7 26.Qxb7 Qxb7 27.Bxb7 is winning for White.
MTO Round 4: Erdos - Ajay Krishna: 0-1
IM Ajay Krishna S (2390) launched a very nice attack to beat GM Viktor Erdos (HUN, 2571).
26...Ne3! is a remarkable interference. 27.Rxe3 runs into Qxc5. 27.Qxe3?? is out of question as f2+ finishes things in a hurry utilizing the queen and bishop battery. The game continued 27.Nxb7 Nxg4 28.Nxd8+ Rxd8 29.Rd6 Qb7 30.Red1 Nxf2 31.Kxf2 Qe4 32.Kg3 f2 33.Nxe6 dxe6 34.Rxd8 Qe1 35.R1d7+ Kg6 and it's over for White.
Kashish - Meshkovs
FM Kashish Manoj Jain (2375) had a better position against GM Nikita Meshkovs (LAT, 2565). 35.g5 completely disintegrated things for his opponent. White won the game in another six moves.
GMT Scoring
Rapid: Win = 2 points, Draw = 1 point and Loss = 0
Classical: Win = 4 points, Draw = 1.5 points and Loss = 0
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GMT Round 3 results
Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||
1 | 2 | 2690 | GM | Keymer, Vincent | 1 - 0 | GM | Le, Quang Liem | 2728 | 8 | |
2 | 3 | 2735 | GM | Yu, Yangyi | ½ - ½ | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | 2693 | 1 | |
3 | 4 | 2689 | GM | Navara, David | ½ - ½ | GM | Moussard, Jules | 2654 | 7 | |
4 | 5 | 2694 | GM | Amin, Bassem | 1 - 0 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | 2710 | 6 |
Current GMT standings
Round 4 pairings
Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||
1 | 8 | 2728 | GM | Le, Quang Liem | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun | 2710 | 6 | ||
2 | 7 | 2654 | GM | Moussard, Jules | GM | Amin, Bassem | 2694 | 5 | ||
3 | 1 | 2693 | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | GM | Navara, David | 2689 | 4 | ||
4 | 2 | 2690 | GM | Keymer, Vincent | GM | Yu, Yangyi | 2735 | 3 |
MTO Round 4 results
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||
1 | 9 | GM | Liu, Yan | 2542 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | GM | Aryan, Chopra | 2626 | 3 | PGN |
2 | 2 | GM | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | 2645 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 3 | IM | Samant, Aditya S | 2510 | 11 | PGN |
3 | 42 | IM | Sukandar, Irine Kharisma | 2358 | 2½ | 0 - 1 | 2½ | GM | Bu, Xiangzhi | 2676 | 1 | PGN |
4 | 4 | GM | Yuffa, Daniil | 2603 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | IM | Muthaiah, Al | 2445 | 21 | PGN |
5 | 8 | GM | Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto | 2553 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | IM | Harikrishnan, A Ra | 2406 | 32 | PGN |
6 | 10 | GM | Pranav, Anand | 2510 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | IM | Materia, Marco | 2436 | 25 | PGN |
7 | 18 | IM | Saraci, Nderim | 2472 | 2½ | 0 - 1 | 2½ | FM | Deuer, Marius | 2374 | 39 | PGN |
8 | 20 | IM | Chasin, Nico | 2455 | 2½ | 0 - 1 | 2 | Peng, Xiongjian | 2489 | 13 | PGN | |
9 | 34 | IM | Morawietz, Dieter | 2396 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | GM | Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel | 2591 | 5 | PGN |
10 | 6 | GM | Erdos, Viktor | 2571 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | IM | Ajay Krishna, S | 2390 | 35 | PGN |
Standings after Round 4
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | |
1 | 9 | GM | Liu, Yan | CHN | 2542 | 4 | 8 | 27 |
2 | 10 | GM | Pranav, Anand | IND | 2510 | 3,5 | 8,5 | 24 |
3 | 39 | FM | Deuer, Marius | GER | 2374 | 3,5 | 8 | 22,5 |
4 | 1 | GM | Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | 2676 | 3,5 | 7 | 25 |
5 | 11 | IM | Samant, Aditya S | IND | 2510 | 3,5 | 7 | 23 |
6 | 3 | GM | Aryan, Chopra | IND | 2626 | 3 | 10 | 22,5 |
7 | 32 | IM | Harikrishnan, A Ra | IND | 2406 | 3 | 8,5 | 25,5 |
8 | 8 | GM | Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto | CUB | 2553 | 3 | 8,5 | 23 |
9 | 12 | IM | Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn | CAN | 2495 | 3 | 8 | 23 |
10 | 2 | GM | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2645 | 3 | 8 | 22,5 |
Round 5 pairings
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 1 | GM | Bu, Xiangzhi | 2676 | 3½ | 4 | GM | Liu, Yan | 2542 | 9 | |
2 | 11 | IM | Samant, Aditya S | 2510 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Pranav, Anand | 2510 | 10 | |
3 | 39 | FM | Deuer, Marius | 2374 | 3½ | 3 | GM | Yuffa, Daniil | 2603 | 4 | |
4 | 32 | IM | Harikrishnan, A Ra | 2406 | 3 | 3 | GM | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | 2645 | 2 | |
5 | 3 | GM | Aryan, Chopra | 2626 | 3 | 3 | IM | Licznerski, Lukasz | 2430 | 26 | |
6 | 5 | GM | Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel | 2591 | 3 | 3 | Huang, Renjie | 2445 | 22 | ||
7 | 21 | IM | Muthaiah, Al | 2445 | 3 | 3 | GM | Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto | 2553 | 8 | |
8 | 35 | IM | Ajay Krishna, S | 2390 | 3 | 3 | IM | Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn | 2495 | 12 | |
9 | 13 | Peng, Xiongjian | 2489 | 3 | 3 | WGM | Vantika, Agrawal | 2428 | 28 | ||
10 | 17 | IM | Wang, Chen | 2477 | 3 | 3 | FM | Jain, Kashish Manoj | 2375 | 37 |