PRESENTS

3RD KOLKATA OPEN GRANDMASTER CHESS TOURNAMENT

DEDICATED TO

THE YEAR OF RUSSIA IN INDIA

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GM Vladimir Dobrov of Russia was the first grandmaster to win his game at the 3^rd Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament being organised by Alekhine Chess Club at Gorky Sadan. He defeated Prasenjit Dutta in only 29 moves of a Queen’s pawn opening.

Shyam Nikhil caused a big upset by defeating IM Enamul Hossain of Bangladesh, the tenth seed. Hossain made a lot of weaknesses in his kingside by pushing his pawns and this was well exploited by the Indian youngster.

In another upset Swapnil Dhopade managed to draw against Ghaem Maghami of Iran Maghami surprisingly took a quick draw with the white pieces in 20 moves.

GM Krishnan Sasikiran also won easily against Taibur Rahman of Bangladesh in     36 moves of a Nimzo Indian Defence. Playing with the black pieces, it was an easy outing for the top seed who crashed through the queenside with his major pieces.

GM Sambat Lputian of Armenia also had it easy against IM Chandrasekhar Gokhale winning in  32 moves. Playing with the white pieces he won a pawn and eventually nursed his material advantage into a win.

Arjun Tewari tried out the Guioco Piano opening against GM Koneru Humpy but could not find the right plan and eventually had to concede defeat to the Indian wonder girl.  He did however manage to stretch the game to 51  moves.

GM Nguyen Ahn Dung of Vietnam won against Sohan Phadke in 28 moves of a Sicilian defence. He broke through on the queenside with his major pieces and forced his opponent to resign.

The local Grandmasters managed to win their games against their lower rated opponents. Sandipan Chanda the fifth seed managed to win against Mehdi Hasan of Bangladesh. Hasan tried to steer the game into a drawish ending but the experienced Sandipan managed to squeeze through in 59 moves.

Grandmasters Neelotpal Das and Dibyendu Barua also managed  to win their games. 

Top board results:-

Rahaman Taibur(0) lost to GM Krishnan Sasikiran (1)

GM Smbat Lputian(1) beat IM Chandrasekhar Gokhale (0)

Arjun Tewari (0) lost to GM Koneru Humpy (1)

GM Viktor Laznicka (1) beat IM Rahul Shetty (0)

Mehdi Hasan (0) lost to GM Sandipan Chanda (1)

GM Ghaem Maghami(.5) drew with Swapnil Dhopade (.5)

Shashikant Kutwal (0) lost to Alberto David (1)

GM Adly Ahmed (1) beat Akash Thakur (0)

Sohan Phadke (1) lost to GM Nguyen Ahn Dung (0)

IM Enamul Hossain (0) lost to Shyam Nikhil (1)

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