13th KIIT GM Open R9: Amonatov on the verge of a triumph

by Shahid Ahmed - 29/05/2022

GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) scored another victory in the penultimate round. He defeated IM Mihail Nikitenko to extend his lead by a full point 8/9. The top seed is now just a draw away from winning 13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022. Six players are at 7/9 including IM Ameya Audi who will face Amonatov in the final round. KIIT's very own Nilsu Pattnaik and Daksh Goyal beat IM P Saravana Krishnan and IM P Konguvel, FM Ram Aravind L N and Ankit Ray drew with GM Ziaur Rahman (BAN) and IM Asyl Abdyjapar (KGZ) respectively. Final Round 10 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Can Ameya stop Amonatov?

Six Indians IM Nitin S, FM Rohith Krishna S, WIM Arpita Mukherjee, GM Laxman R R, IM Himal Gusain and untitled Nilsu Pattnaik are at 6.5/9 each. Four among them will face each other in the final round - Arpita will face Laxman and Nitin will go against Rohith.

GM Farrukh Amonatov needs a draw in the final round to win the tournament | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Nikitenko - Amonatov: 0-1

IM Mihail Nikitenko (2479) had a pleasant position for the better part of the game. However, the complex rook and bishop endgame featuring passed pawns induced some inaccuracies.

Position after 50...Bc8

The game continued 51.Kc3 Ke5 52.Rb8 Rg3+ 53.Kb4 Bxf5 and Black went on to win the game. Find out what White should have done differently.

IM Ameya Audi moved to 7/9 with a victory over FM Aaryan Varshney | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

WIM Arpita Mukherjee - IM Nitin S: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

FM Ram Aravind L N - GM Ziaur Rahman (BAN): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

What did the arbiter come to check? | Video: ChessBase India

13-Year-old Daksh Goyal beats IM P Konguvel | Video: ChessBase India

Nilsu Pattnayak - IM P Saravana Krishnan: 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Ankit Ray - IM Asyl Abdyjapar (KGZ): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Ankit Ray (1932) holds IM Asyl Abdyjapar (2346) to a draw | Video: ChessBase India

For more Round 9 photos, please click here.

Just go along with the strength of your child and don't pressurize them - Tajinder Singh | Video: ChessBase India

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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Round 9 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	6	IM	Nikitenko Mihail	2479	Belarus	6½	0 - 1	7	GM	Amonatov Farrukh	2622	Tajikistan	1
2	8	GM	Stupak Kirill	2440	Belarus	6½	½ - ½	6½	GM	Mirzoev Azer	2476	Azerbaijan	7
3	5	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2492	Belarus	6½	½ - ½	6	GM	Fedorov Alexei	2529	Belarus	3
4	4	GM	Savchenko Boris	2524	Russia	6	1 - 0	6	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	2327	Odisha	19
5	15	GM	Karthikeyan P.	2361	Tamil Nadu	6	0 - 1	6	IM	Azaladze Shota	2420	Georgia	11
6	21	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	2275	West Bengal	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Nitin S.	2399	Tamil Nadu	12
7	14	IM	Audi Ameya	2389	Goa	6	1 - 0	6	FM	Aaryan Varshney	2308	Delhi	20
8	2	GM	Paichadze Luka	2567	Georgia	5½	1 - 0	5½		Dhananjay S	2218	Chhattisgarh	26
9	30	FM	Ram Aravind L N	2116	Tamil Nadu	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2431	Bangladesh	9
10	10	GM	Laxman R.R.	2420	Tamil Nadu	5½	1 - 0	5½		Santu Mondal	2097	Delhi	32
11	37		Rakesh Kumar Nayak	2053	Odisha	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Gusain Himal	2396	Western Railway	13
12	17	FM	Rohith Krishna S	2337	Tamil Nadu	5½	1 - 0	5½		Koustav Chakraborty	1945	West Bengal	53
13	49		Pattnayak Nilsu	1992	KIIT	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.	2269	Tamil Nadu	22
14	23	IM	Sangma Rahul	2232	Western Railway	5	½ - ½	5½		Liyanage Pesandu Rashmitha	1730	Sri Lanka	94
15	55		Ankit Ray	1932	West Bengal	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Abdyjapar Asyl	2346	Kyrgyzstan	16
16	78		Daksh Goyal	1795	Delhi	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	2331	PSPB	18
17	27	CM	Nayak Rajesh	2179	Odisha	5	1 - 0	5		Chakrabarty Debasis	2008	Odisha	45
18	62		Adireddy Arjun	1898	Telangana	5	0 - 1	5		Alekhya Mukhopadhyay	2162	West Bengal	28
19	29		Rohit S	2141	Tamil Nadu	5	½ - ½	5		Shaik Sumer Arsh	1999	Telangana	47
20	31	WGM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	2098	LIC	5	1 - 0	5		Priyankara Chamil	1938	Sri Lanka	54

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Round 10 pairings

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

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