Farrukh Amonatov dominates 13th KIIT GM Open 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 30/05/2022

Top seed of the tournament, GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) scored an unbeaten 8.5/10 to win 13th KIIT International Chess Festival Category A, He finished a full point ahead of the competition. Nine players scored 7.5/10. GM Stupak Kirill and GM Boris Savchenko were placed second and third according to tie-breaks. IM Ameya Audi 7.5/10 is the highest finisher among Indians. He is also the highest placed non-GM player. WIM Arpita Mukherjee is the only other Indian among the top 10. She is also the top finisher among female participants. Total prize fund for Category A was ₹1300000. Top three prizes were ₹200000, ₹100000 and ₹80000 along with a trophy each. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Ameya fourth, Arpita top woman finisher

14-year-old Alekhya Mukhopadhyay (2162) scored 7/10. He is the highest untitled finisher. His no-draw approach earned him a 13th place finish and gained 14.4 Elo rating points.

Champion - GM Farrukh Amonatov 8.5/10 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

I would have been a singer if not a Chess player - GM Farrukh Amonatov | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up - GM Stupak Kirill 7.5/10 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up - GM Boris Savchenko 7.5/10 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

I don't understand why players play for a draw - GM Boris Savchenko | Video: ChessBase India

Top 3 (L to R) - 3rd GM Boris Savchenko, 2nd GM Stupak Kirill and 1st GM Farrukh Amonatov | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Arpita - Laxman: 1-0

WIM Arpita Mukherjee (2275) avenged her previous event loss against GM Laxman R R (2420). She got the same color once again and this time made the most out of her opportunity.

Position after 24...Nh5

White took the e5-pawn 25.Rxe5 deliberately knowing that Nh5 is on the horizon. Find out White's answer to the discover attack which is also a skewer.

WIM Arpita Mukherjee scored a nice victory over GM Laxman R R | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Aaryan - Ritvik: 1-0

Double IM-norm holder, FM Aaryan Varshney (2308) was kind enough to annotate his final round victory over Ritvik Krishnan (2023).

Position after 20...Qb8

A couple of moves ago, White sacrificed a pawn 18.d5 to blindside the b7-bishop. White has got a substantial positional advantage. Find out how Aaryan seized the advantage in the above position.

FM Aaryan Varshney - Ritvik Krishnan: 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Sumer - Rahul: 1-0

13-year-old Shaik Sumer Arsh (1999) showed great display of attack against IM Rahul Sangma (2232).

Position after 22...Rad8

Black's king is vulnerable. Find out the winning continuation for White after 22...Rad8.

Photo Gallery

GM Farrukh Amonatov - IM Ameya Audi: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Asyl Abdyjapar (KGZ) - Sahib Singh: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

4th IM Ameya Audi 7.5/10 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

I am always playing to win every tournament - IM Ameya Audi | Video: ChessBase India

10th WIM Arpita Mukherjee 7.5/10 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Highest untitled finisher, 13th - Alekhya Mukhopadhyay (left) 7/10 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

For more Round 10 and Prize Distribution Ceremony photos, please click at the respective links.

At one point I thought I may never return home - Sunyasakta Satpathy | Video: ChessBase India

A total of 175 players including 11 GMs, 14 IMs, a WGM and a WIM took part from 10 countries across the world including India in Category A. The tournament was organized by All Odisha Chess Association & KIIT University from 22nd to 29th May 2022 at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The ten-round Swiss league tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Round 10 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	1	GM	Amonatov Farrukh	2622	Tajikistan	8	½ - ½	7	IM	Audi Ameya	2389	Goa	14
2	7	GM	Mirzoev Azer	2476	Azerbaijan	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Savchenko Boris	2524	Russia	4
3	11	IM	Azaladze Shota	2420	Georgia	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Stupak Kirill	2440	Belarus	8
4	2	GM	Paichadze Luka	2567	Georgia	6½	½ - ½	7	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2492	Belarus	5
5	3	GM	Fedorov Alexei	2529	Belarus	6½	1 - 0	6½		Pattnayak Nilsu	1992	KIIT	49
6	13	IM	Gusain Himal	2396	Western Railway	6½	0 - 1	6½	IM	Nikitenko Mihail	2479	Belarus	6
7	21	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	2275	West Bengal	6½	1 - 0	6½	GM	Laxman R.R.	2420	Tamil Nadu	10
8	12	IM	Nitin S.	2399	Railways	6½	½ - ½	6½	FM	Rohith Krishna S	2337	Tamil Nadu	17
9	9	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2431	Bangladesh	6	1 - 0	6	WGM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	2098	LIC	31
10	15	GM	Karthikeyan P.	2361	Tamil Nadu	6	1 - 0	6		Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U	2064	Andhra Pradesh	36
11	19	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	2327	Odisha	6	½ - ½	6	FM	Ram Aravind L N	2116	Tamil Nadu	30
12	20	FM	Aaryan Varshney	2308	Delhi	6	1 - 0	6		Krishnan Ritvik	2023	Maharashtra	42
13	78		Daksh Goyal	1795	Delhi	6	½ - ½	6	CM	Nayak Rajesh	2179	Odisha	27
14	28		Alekhya Mukhopadhyay	2162	West Bengal	6	1 - 0	6		Liyanage Pesandu Rashmitha	1730	Sri Lanka	94
15	16	IM	Abdyjapar Asyl	2346	Kyrgyzstan	5½	½ - ½	5½	AGM	Sahib Singh	1991	Delhi	50
16	22	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.	2269	Tamil Nadu	5½	1 - 0	5½		Soni Krishan	1904	Delhi	59
17	47		Shaik Sumer Arsh	1999	Telangana	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	Sangma Rahul	2232	Western Railway	23
18	26		Dhananjay S	2218	Chhattisgarh	5½	1 - 0	5½		Ankit Ray	1932	West Bengal	55
19	48	CM	Kavinda Akila	1996	Sri Lanka	5½	1 - 0	5½		Rohit S	2141	Tamil Nadu	29
20	32		Santu Mondal	2097	Delhi	5½	1 - 0	5½		Badamundi Tapan	1663	Odisha	104

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	Amonatov Farrukh		TJK	2622	Tajikistan	8,5	63,5	68,5	57,25
2	8	GM	Stupak Kirill		BLR	2440	Belarus	7,5	63,5	68,0	48,75
3	4	GM	Savchenko Boris		RUS	2524	Russia	7,5	63,0	68,5	49,50
4	14	IM	Audi Ameya		IND	2389	Goa	7,5	62,0	67,0	48,50
5	3	GM	Fedorov Alexei		BLR	2529	Belarus	7,5	62,0	67,0	48,25
6	5	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej		BLR	2492	Belarus	7,5	62,0	66,0	47,00
7	7	GM	Mirzoev Azer		AZE	2476	Azerbaijan	7,5	61,5	67,0	48,75
8	11	IM	Azaladze Shota		GEO	2420	Georgia	7,5	60,5	64,5	45,75
9	6	IM	Nikitenko Mihail		BLR	2479	Belarus	7,5	58,0	62,5	43,75
10	21	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	w	IND	2275	West Bengal	7,5	55,5	60,0	45,00
11	12	IM	Nitin S.		IND	2399	Railways	7,0	61,5	65,5	42,75
12	2	GM	Paichadze Luka		GEO	2567	Georgia	7,0	59,0	63,5	42,75
13	28		Alekhya Mukhopadhyay		IND	2162	West Bengal	7,0	58,5	62,5	40,00
14	17	FM	Rohith Krishna S		IND	2337	Tamil Nadu	7,0	57,5	61,5	40,00
15	9	GM	Rahman Ziaur		BAN	2431	Bangladesh	7,0	57,0	62,0	41,25
16	20	FM	Aaryan Varshney		IND	2308	Delhi	7,0	55,0	59,0	38,75
17	15	GM	Karthikeyan P.		IND	2361	Tamil Nadu	7,0	51,5	56,0	37,50
18	22	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.		IND	2269	Tamil Nadu	6,5	58,5	63,5	39,00
19	30	FM	Ram Aravind L N		IND	2116	Tamil Nadu	6,5	57,5	61,5	38,50
20	19	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra		IND	2327	Odisha	6,5	56,5	59,5	34,50

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