13th KIIT GM Open R3-4: Nitin in a five-way lead

Exciting games

There were at least four games where the result could have gone either way. Seven players are trailing the leaders by a half point at 3.5/4 each.

Round 3: Aaryan - Luka: 0.5-0.5

FM Aaryan Varshney (2308) played really well to draw with GM Luka Paichadze (GEO, 2567).

Mayank - Asyl: 0.5-0.5

CM Mayank Chakraborty (2015) was on the verge of victory against IM Asyl Abdyjapar (KGZ, 2346).

While White promoted a queen 46.b8Q, Black is about to do the same and it is unstoppable. However, White can still win this. How?

Round 4: Ameya - Boris: 0.5-0.5

IM Ameya Audi (2389) had one of the most interesting games of the round. He had a Rook against his opponent GM Boris Savchenko's (2524) four pawns. It eventually became two.

Find out the winning continuation for White after 61...b4. The game continued 62.Qc7 Black was happy to exchange the queens Qxc7 63.Kxc7 b3 64.Ra1 b2 65.Rxa2 Bxa2 66.Bxg6 b1B 67.Bxb1 and it's a draw.

Nikitenko - Nitin: 0-1

IM Nitin S (2399) won a back and forth exciting game against IM Mihail Nikitenko (2479).

Both sides are trying to promote their respective passed pawns. The position is quite volatile and it's bound to be difficult to calculate all correct lines. White blundered 43.Rc5 Bxd7 and now Black is completely winning. White had his fair share of chances earlier.

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A total of 175 players including 11 GMs, 14 IMs, a WGM and a WIM are taking part from 10 countries across the world including India in Category A. The tournament is 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 has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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