PRESENTS
3RD KOLKATA OPEN GRANDMASTER CHESS TOURNAMENT
DEDICATED TO
THE YEAR OF RUSSIA IN INDIA
MEDIA RELEASE AFTER ROUND 2
PRESENTS
3RD KOLKATA OPEN GRANDMASTER CHESS TOURNAMENT
DEDICATED TO
THE YEAR OF RUSSIA IN INDIA
MEDIA RELEASE AFTER ROUND 2
The results favoured the lower
rated players on the top boards of the 3rd Kolkata Open Grandmaster
Chess tournament being organised by Alekhine Chess Club at Gorky Sadan.
In second round action the three
super grandmasters had tough outings.
GM Krishnan Sasikiran faced the
Slav defence of Oliver Barbosa of the Philippines. He attacked on the queenside
and was in a better position throughout but he lost his way towards the end and
had to split the point.
GM Smbat Lputian of Armenia
faced a few anxious moments against the local Woman Grandmaster Nisha Mohota
before pocketing the point. He played the Nimzo Indian defence and in the
endgame pushed his pawns to register the victory in 50 moves.
GM Koneru Humpy also faced
resistance from IM S.Satyapragyan and eventually settled for the draw in 57
moves.
Local International Master
Saptarshi Roy playing with the white pieces lost to GM Viktor Laznicka of the
Czech Republic in only 42 moves of a Sicilian defence. He put up strong
resistance but eventually resigned in a losing position.
Another highly rated local
player Arghyadip Das held Grandmaster Sandipan Chanda with the black pieces. He
played the Sicilian defence and forced the draw in 26 moves by repetition of
moves.
International Master Akshayraj
Kore played well to split the point with GM Adly Ahmed of Egypt, the current
World Junior Champion.
Indian Grandmasters Neelotpal
Das,Tejas Bakre and Dibyendu Barua did win on a day of upsets.
Top Board Results:-
GM Krishnan Sasikiran (1.5) drew with Oliver Barbosa (1.5)
WGM Nisha
Mohota(1) lost to GM Smbat Lputian (2)
GM Koneru Humpy (1.5) drew with IM S.Satyapragyan (1.5)
IM Saptarshi Roy (1) lost to GM Viktor Laznicka (2)
GM Sandipan Chanda (1.5) drew with Arghyadip Das (1.5)
GM Alberto David (1) lost to IM Konguvel P. (2)
IM Akshyayraj Kore (1.5) drew with GM Adly Ahmed (1.5)
GM Nguyen Anh Dung (2) beat IM Vikramaditya Kamble (1)
GM Abdulla Al-Rakib (1) lost to M.S. Thejkumar(2)
IM Mahmood Lodhi (1) lost to GM Vladimir Dobrov (2)
Kenneth Sinha
Asstt. Secretary