MP Masters 2021 R1-3: Franco Valencia Angela gains sole lead 3.0/3

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/11/2021

WIM Franco Angela (COL) has taken the sole lead by winning all three of her games. She beat Saurabh Choubey in the third round. Three players are trailing her by a full point. They are - Saurabh Choubey, IM Dinesh Kumar Sharma and IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni. The tournament is played in a single Round-Robin format with a time control of 90 minutes each + 30 seconds increment from move no.1. The average rating of the tournament is 2125. Blitz and Rapid Rating Round-Robin will take place on 25th and 26th November respectively. There is a spot open for each of those events. Round 4 starts today at 4:00 p.m. IST. Photo: Niklesh Jain

All decisive games so far

All twelve games played till the third round yielded decisive results only. The tournament witnesses the participation of two IMs, a WIM and a FM. If you are interested in playing Blitz and/or Rapid FIDE rating Round-Robin tournament on 25th and 26th November at the same venue, please contact: nikleshchess@yahoo.com. Only 18+ double vaccinated entries will be considered by the organizer.

WIM Franco Valencia Angela has taken sole lead 3.0/3 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

MP Masters Chess Festival 2021 is organized byChessbase India Training Academy Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Round 1: Aanjaneya - Angela: 0-1

Aanjaneya Phatak made a tactical error in an already difficult endgame against Franco Angela (COL) in the first round.

Position after 26.b4

26.b4 ran into 26...Rxc3 27.Rxc3 Bxb4 and Black gained a valuable pawn which gave her a decisive advantage.

Round 2: Indrajeet - Angela: 0-1

In the second round, Indrajeet Mahindrakar was unable to maximize his bishop pair against a rook. A strange backward move invited all kinds of trouble as he paid the price for neglecting development of pieces.

Position after 20.Qg3

Find out the winning continuation for Black after 20.Qg3.

D K Sharma - Sidhant: 1-0

IM D K Sharma won an interesting battle against FM Sidhant Gaikwad.

IM D K Sharma explains his game against FM Sidhant | Video: Hindi ChessBase India

Round 3: Sidhant - Vikramaditya: 1-0

Sidhant Gaikwad played enterprising chess to beat IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni in the third round.

Position after 18.Nd5

18.Nd5 is an excellent move. It uses the probable pin on the e-file after 18...cxd5 19.exd5 Qc7 and now White played another fantastic move 20.Qg5. There is absolutely no hurry in regaining the piece when you can only further your dominance on the kingside. Soon White focused both bishops on the kingside with a piercing attack.

Aanjaneya - D K Sharma: 1-0

Aanjaneya Phatak defeated IM D K Sharma with a beautiful attack using his active pieces.

Position after 33...gxf5

33...gxf5 tempts White to play 34.Nxf5 exf5 35.e6 which would have given White the full point a bit earlier. Aanjaneya eventually played Nxf5 after four more moves which gave him the win.

Aanjaneya scored a very nice victory against IM D K Sharma | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Angela - Saurabh: 1-0

White managed to create an isolated passed pawn on the d-file which became a thorn on black's territory.

Position after 31...Qc5

Black had to play 31...e4 to make sure things do not go out of hand. Find out how 31...Qc5 completely shifted things in White's favor.

Angela beat Saurabh to gain sole lead 3.0/3 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Photo Gallery:

Three players are at 2.0/3 including Saurabh Choubey | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Former National Blitz champion - IM D K Sharma 2.0/3 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni 2.0/3 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Replay the Live stream

MP Masters 2021 Classical Round 4 Live stream | Video: Hindi ChessBase India

Replay Round 1-3 games

Round 1-3 results

Round 1 on 2021/11/22 at 10:00 AM
Bo.	No.	FED	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	1	IND	2355	IM	Kulkarni Vikramaditya	1 - 0		Mahindrakar Indrajeet	IND	2129	8
2	2	IND	1937		Aishwin Daniel	0 - 1	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.	IND	2288	7
3	3	IND	2033	FM	Gaikwad Siddhant	0 - 1	AFM	Choubey Saurabh	IND	1953	6
4	4	IND	2212		Phatak Aanjaneya	0 - 1	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	COL	2089	5
Round 2 on 2021/11/22 at 04:00 PM
Bo.	No.	FED	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	8	IND	2129		Mahindrakar Indrajeet	0 - 1	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	COL	2089	5
2	6	IND	1953	AFM	Choubey Saurabh	1 - 0		Phatak Aanjaneya	IND	2212	4
3	7	IND	2288	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.	1 - 0	FM	Gaikwad Siddhant	IND	2033	3
4	1	IND	2355	IM	Kulkarni Vikramaditya	1 - 0		Aishwin Daniel	IND	1937	2
Round 3 on 2021/11/23 at 10:00 AM
Bo.	No.	FED	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	2	IND	1937		Aishwin Daniel	1 - 0		Mahindrakar Indrajeet	IND	2129	8
2	3	IND	2033	FM	Gaikwad Siddhant	1 - 0	IM	Kulkarni Vikramaditya	IND	2355	1
3	4	IND	2212		Phatak Aanjaneya	1 - 0	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.	IND	2288	7
4	5	COL	2089	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	1 - 0	AFM	Choubey Saurabh	IND	1953	6

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Standings after Round 3

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	5	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	COL	2089	3,0	0,0	3,00	3	2
2	6	AFM	Choubey Saurabh	IND	1953	2,0	0,0	2,00	2	1
	7	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.	IND	2288	2,0	0,0	2,00	2	1
4	1	IM	Kulkarni Vikramaditya	IND	2355	2,0	0,0	1,00	2	0
5	3	FM	Gaikwad Siddhant	IND	2033	1,0	0,0	2,00	1	0
	4		Phatak Aanjaneya	IND	2212	1,0	0,0	2,00	1	0
7	2		Aishwin Daniel	IND	1937	1,0	0,0	0,00	1	0
8	8		Mahindrakar Indrajeet	IND	2129	0,0	0,0	0,00	0	0

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