Akshayakalpa Organic Karnataka State Open 2023 R3-4: The 1515s stir up trouble for the 2200+

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/05/2023

Two 1515 rated players caused trouble for two players rated 2200 and above. 14-year-old Atharva Kale outplayed FM FT Niranjan Navalgund. The 2200's small positional inaccuracy was caught by the teenager who seized his opportunity and went on to win the game. He is now one of the 18 players who has scored 4/4 at Akshayakalpa Organic Karnataka State Open Ratng Chess Championship 2023. The other 1515 rated player, Dhrikshu K Vasant drew against the third seeded FM Yashas D. The 2315-rated Yashas definitely had his fair share of chances to win the game, however he missed it. The top three titled players - GM Thej Kumar M S, IM Viani Antonio Dcunha and WIM Isha Sharma have made a perfect start 4/4. Round 5 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. All photos in this article are by Shahid Ahmed.

A dozen and a half at 4/4

After the conclusion of the fourth round, a panel discussion took place at Forum Mall. The discussion was about Chess moves for 21st century - How has chess shaped lives and career? The panel discussion members were - Raghavendra V, Vice President KSCA, Founder, Karnataka Chess School, Shashi Kumar, Co-Founder and CEO of Akshayakalpa Organic, GM Stany G A, WIM Isha Sharma, IM Viani Antonio Dcunha and Dr. Suraj Muralidhar, Commonwealth Bronze medalist, Consulting Eurologist, Board Member of Jupiter Hospital and Jupiter Group of Institutions.

Atharva Kale scored a big win over FM FT Niranjan Navalgund

Akshayakalpa Organic is the main sponsor of Karnataka State Open Chess Championship 2023 | Photo: Akshayakalpa Organic

Anuran - Likhit, Round 3

Black to play

Likhit Chilukuri (1976) is an exchange up. However, his opponent Anuran Ghosh (1362) has a pawn for it and lots of time on the clock, Black on the other hand had less than a minute to play the endgame. Can Black win this? In a practical game it is not so easy for Black to find the winning plan. The game continued for another 65 moves, Black made all attempts to win this but his opponent manage to hold the draw.

Anuran Ghosh and Likhit Chilukuri had one of the longest games of the third round

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The CEO and Co-Founder of Akshayakalpa, Shashi Kumar and Secretary of Karnataka State Chess Association, Aravind Shastry made the ceremonial first move of Round 3

Yashas - Dhrikshu, Round 4

White to play

1...Ne4 created a winning opportunity for White. 2.Bxe4 dxe4 3.Qc4 Qa3 is forced as Bd1 drops the bishop after Ne3. Now the bishop cannot be saved due to Qc8+ followed by Nf5+ fork threat. After 3...Qa3 4.Qc6 Qb3 5.Qxh6+ Ke8 6.Qc6+ Kf8 7.Qxb6 White gains a couple of pawns and can certainly push for a win. The game continued 2.Qc8+ Kg7 3.Ne3 Qe6 4.Qb7 Bb3 still Bxe4 would have given White an upper hand. 5.g4 h5 6.Qb8 Bc4 7.Nf5+ Kh7 8.Qf8 Qf6 and White's advantage was gone.

Dhrikshu K Vasant managed to draw against his 800 Elo rating points higher opponent - FM Yashas D

Atharva - Niranjan

Position after 26.Ng5!

25...Nd6 was a positional mistake as it allowed 26.Ng5! now Ne4 does not work due to 27.Bxg7+ Kxg7 28.Ne6+ followed by Rxe4. 26...Qxg5 27.Bxd6 Rg8 28.Re7 Rad8 29.Bg3 Be4 30.Rxb7 Rdf8 31.Kh2 Rf6 32.Qxa5 and White went on to win the game.

Srinivas - Nisha

White to play

The above position is quite an interesting double-edged one. Neither player can afford to make a mistake. It seemed like Nisha N Patkar (1617) was winning for the better part of the game against Srinivas Murthy N (1163). However, in reality it was not that easy. White kept fighting back in the game. The game continued 1.Rb8 Kg7 2.Bd4+ Kg6 3.R2b6+ Kg5?? Black had to play Kh5 to avoid any tactical combination. 4.Be3+ Kg4 5.Rg6+ Kh5 6.Rg5+ Kh6 7.Rf5+ and it's over.

Only a mistake in the end cost Nisha N Patkar the game which she could have won

IA Vasanth B H and FA Sahana Subramanya made the ceremonial first move of Round 4

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Panel discussion members (L to R): Raghavendra V, Vice President KSCA, GM Stany G A, WIM Isha Sharma, Dr. Suraj Muralidhar, Consulting Eurologist, IM Viani Antonio Dcunha and Shashi Kumar, CEO and Co-Founder of Akshayakalpa

The Organizing team of BUDCA with the panel discussion members

A signboard at the mall for the Panel Discussion

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Round 4 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	Rtg	No.
1	1	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha		2417	3	1 - 0	3		Sujay, B M		1571	37
2	41		Rishabh, Kumara		1545	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Thejkumar, M. S.		2384	2
3	3	FM	Yashas, D.		2315	3	½ - ½	3		Dhrikshu, K Vasant		1515	45
4	42		Sumeetkumar, M S		1520	3	0 - 1	3	WIM	Sharma, Isha		2275	4
5	5	FM	Sharan, Rao		2248	3	1 - 0	3		Krupha, S Ukkali	F11	1481	49
6	44		Atharva, Kale	U15	1515	3	1 - 0	3	FM	Navalgund, Niranjan		2200	6
7	7		Shet, Prajwal P		2096	3	½ - ½	3		Thejas, K		1422	57
8	54		Adrij, Bhattacharyya	U13	1438	3	0 - 1	3		Apoorv, Kamble	U15	1981	10
9	58		Prasanth, Bhuvan Krishna	U11	1417	3	0 - 1	3		Augustin, A		1953	12
10	13		Parthasarathy, R		1938	3	1 - 0	3		Raveesh, Kote	U15	1417	59
11	16		Sathvik, Adiga	U13	1906	3	½ - ½	3		Aneesh, Adiga	U15	1416	61
12	63		Prasiddhi, Bhat		1409	3	0 - 1	3		Balkishan, A.		1817	19
13	64		Aditya, Saxena	U13	1404	3	0 - 1	3		Gavi, Siddayya		1764	21
14	22		Leelajai, Krishna N		1756	3	0 - 1	3		Aaditya, Ranjan Sahu	U13	1403	65
15	67		Niranjan, J Warrier	U15	1398	3	1 - 0	3		Swara, Lakshmi S Nair		1693	23
16	90		Abhay, Chetty	U13	1338	3	1 - 0	3		Shree, Krishna Pranama		1654	25
17	26		Siddhanth, Poonja	U11	1648	3	1 - 0	3		Abhimaan, S Nair	U15	1300	103
18	28		Dilip, Kumar Pedda		1641	3	1 - 0	3		Ashok, Abijeeth		1276	112
19	30		Ajith, M.P.		1626	3	1 - 0	3		Udupi, Avani Acharya		1262	118
20	113		Gopika, M		1274	3	0 - 1	3		Dhanush, Ram M		1601	34

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	4	WIM	Sharma, Isha		w	2275	DK	4	9	10,5	11,00	0	4
2	19		Balkishan, A.			1817	Mysore	4	9	10,5	10,50	0	4
3	28		Dilip, Kumar Pedda			1641	Bengaluru Urban	4	9	10	10,00	0	4
4	2	GM	Thejkumar, M. S.			2384	Mysore	4	9	9	9,00	0	4
5	12		Augustin, A			1953	Kodagu	4	8,5	10	10,00	0	4
	21		Gavi, Siddayya			1764	Bengaluru Urban	4	8,5	10	10,00	0	4
7	90		Abhay, Chetty	U13		1338	Bengaluru Urban	4	8,5	9,5	9,50	0	4
8	13		Parthasarathy, R			1938	Bengaluru Urban	4	8,5	9	9,50	0	4
9	5	FM	Sharan, Rao			2248	DK	4	8,5	8,5	9,00	0	4
10	26		Siddhanth, Poonja	U11		1648	Bengaluru Urban	4	8	9,5	10,50	0	4
11	1	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha			2417	DK	4	8	9	9,50	0	4
12	10		Apoorv, Kamble	U15		1981	Bengaluru Urban	4	8	9	9,00	0	4
13	44		Atharva, Kale	U15		1515	Bengaluru Urban	4	7,5	9,5	10,00	0	4
14	30		Ajith, M.P.			1626	Mysore	4	7,5	9	9,00	0	4
15	67		Niranjan, J Warrier	U15		1398	Bengaluru Urban	4	7,5	8,5	8,50	0	4
16	65		Aaditya, Ranjan Sahu	U13		1403	Bengaluru Urban	4	7	9	9,00	0	4
17	34		Dhanush, Ram M			1601	DK	4	7	8	9,00	0	4
18	35		Ramachandra, Bhat	S60		1598	Sirsi	4	7	8	8,00	0	4
19	16		Sathvik, Adiga	U13		1906	Bengaluru Rural	3,5	9,5	11	9,25	0	3
20	11		Likhit, Chilukuri			1976	Bengaluru Urban	3,5	9	11,5	10,25	0	3

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	Rtg	No.
1	34		Dhanush, Ram M		1601	4		4	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha		2417	1
2	2	GM	Thejkumar, M. S.		2384	4		4		Siddhanth, Poonja	U11	1648	26
3	4	WIM	Sharma, Isha		2275	4		4		Dilip, Kumar Pedda		1641	28
4	35		Ramachandra, Bhat	S60	1598	4		4	FM	Sharan, Rao		2248	5
5	10		Apoorv, Kamble	U15	1981	4		4		Ajith, M.P.		1626	30
6	12		Augustin, A		1953	4		4		Atharva, Kale	U15	1515	44
7	65		Aaditya, Ranjan Sahu	U13	1403	4		4		Parthasarathy, R		1938	13
8	19		Balkishan, A.		1817	4		4		Niranjan, J Warrier	U15	1398	67
9	21		Gavi, Siddayya		1764	4		4		Abhay, Chetty	U13	1338	90
10	50		Samuel, Mathew	U15	1472	3½		3½	FM	Yashas, D.		2315	3
11	45		Dhrikshu, K Vasant		1515	3½		3½		Shet, Prajwal P		2096	7
12	8		Sudhir, S.		2084	3½		3½		Matthew, R Joseph	U15	1452	52
13	55		Medhansh, Rathi	U15	1435	3½		3½		Sudarshan, Bhat		2020	9
14	57		Thejas, K		1422	3½		3½		Likhit, Chilukuri		1976	11
15	60		Akshaya, Sathi	F13	1416	3½		3½		Sathvik, Adiga	U13	1906	16
16	61		Aneesh, Adiga	U15	1416	3½		3½		Nambiar, Vivek		1870	17
17	66		Adarsh, D	U13	1402	3½		3½		Vivekananda, L		1687	24
18	80		Anuran, Ghosh		1362	3½		3½		Pranav, A J		1588	36
19	119		Aarav, Das	U11	1258	3½		3½		Amith, A		1560	40
20	6	FM	Navalgund, Niranjan		2200	3		3½		Prajwal, Nayak		1200	143