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19th BCC Open 2019 Round 6: Short and Gustafsson in joint lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/04/2019

It's Short vs. Gustafsson in round 7. It will be a battle between the top seed and the second seed which is like almost a virtual final. Short made a quick work of Susilodinata in just 27 moves and Gustafsson was held to a draw by Lalith Babu in just 26 moves. GM Deep Sengupta defeated IM Neelash Saha by showcasing the power of pawns. Viji continue her terrific form when she held GM Karthik Venkataraman to a draw despite being worse in the early endgame. GM Swapnil Dhopade escaped a massive scare when his opponent FM Riste Menkinoski was unable to convert a win and held Swapnil to a draw. FM Sauravh Khherdekar shocked GM Dibyendu Barua. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Short gets back in the lead

On the top board, reigning National Rapid Champion, GM M R Lalith Babu held the second seed of the tournament GM Jan Gustafsson to a draw arising out of English Opening Four Knight's variation. Neither side got any substantial advantage and a draw was agreed after 26 moves.

Gustafsson-Lalith ended sooner than one can expect | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Short made a quick work of FM Andrean Susilodinata of Indonesia | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Deep Sengupta played an instructive game where he used the power of pawns to the max and used almost all of them to get him advantage and eventually convert it into a win.

GM Deep Sengupta showcased the power of pawns to win against IM Neelash Saha | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

White is ahead in development but how should white continue to maximize it?

Which pawn White should use now to continue it's dominance?

It's time for White to use one last pawn to clinch the victory

Viji continues her fantastic form. Despite being worse in the early endgame, Viji managed to liquidate by exchanging the rooks at the right time and go into an Opposite Color Bishop endgame where Karthik had no chances of winning with correct play of Viji.

Viji continued her terrific form and held Karthik to a draw after a 5+ hours long grueling battle | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

FM Riste Menkinoski missed a golden opportunity and failed to convert a win against GM Swapnil Dhopade | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Louie Salvador of Chile continues his last night's momentum from Blitz and drew with GM Abhijit Kunte | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

FM Sauravh Khherdekar caused an upset when he defeated GM Dibyendu Barua | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Battle of the generations: West Bengal's one of the newest WIM Arpita Mukherjee defeated the state's one of the first WIM Saheli Dhar | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Round 6 results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
12
GMGustafsson Jan26335½ - ½GMLalith Babu M R2577
3
21
GMShort Nigel D26361 - 0FMSusilodinata Andrean2296
25
34
GMSengupta Deep255141 - 04Neelash Saha2303
23
45
GMZhao Zong-Yuan252941 - 04GMBellon Lopez Juan Manuel2343
21
56
GMStella Andrea251240 - 14IMDuong The Anh2302
24
620
IMVijayalakshmi Subbaraman23454½ - ½4GMKarthik Venkataraman2505
7
722
FMMenkinoski Riste23064½ - ½4GMSwapnil S. Dhopade2488
9
827
Salvador Louie22704½ - ½4GMKunte Abhijit2485
11
912
IMLou Yiping248241 - 04IMDeshmukh Anup2253
29
1026
WIMLuong Phuong Hanh22734½ - ½4GMHorvath Jozsef2479
13
1114
IMPascua Haridas24264½ - ½4WFMCholleti Sahajasri2232
31
1230
FMSauravh Khherdekar224741 - 04GMBarua Dibyendu2409
15
1332
IMDamia Angelo221540 - 14GMSchebler Gerhard2385
17
1418
GMSriram Jha23814½ - ½4WFMHng Mei-En Emmanuelle2124
41
158
GMLy Moulthun24901 - 04Razali Muhd Syukur1792
112
1610
GMVasquez Schroeder Rodrigo24871 - 0CMLaine Panu2076
45
1716
GMVillamayor Buenaventura23981 - 0Sonkalan Bharati2092
43
1894
Poh Yu Tian18580 - 1IMRoy Prantik2374
19
1934
WIMArpita Mukherjee21971 - 0WIMDhar-Barua Saheli2038
53
2084
Sanket Chakravarty1887½ - ½WIMVarshini V2182
35

Complete Round 6 results

Round 7 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
11
GMShort Nigel D2636GMGustafsson Jan2633
2
23
GMLalith Babu M R257755IMLou Yiping2482
12
317
GMSchebler Gerhard238555GMSengupta Deep2551
4
424
IMDuong The Anh230255GMZhao Zong-Yuan2529
5
57
GMKarthik Venkataraman25055FMSauravh Khherdekar2247
30
620
IMVijayalakshmi Subbaraman2345GMLy Moulthun2490
8
79
GMSwapnil S. Dhopade2488WIMLuong Phuong Hanh2273
26
822
FMMenkinoski Riste2306GMVasquez Schroeder Rodrigo2487
10
911
GMKunte Abhijit2485WIMArpita Mukherjee2197
34
1013
GMHorvath Jozsef2479Salvador Louie2270
27
1125
FMSusilodinata Andrean2296IMPascua Haridas2426
14
1241
WFMHng Mei-En Emmanuelle2124GMVillamayor Buenaventura2398
16
1331
WFMCholleti Sahajasri2232GMSriram Jha2381
18
1419
IMRoy Prantik2374Looi Xin Hao2145
38
1544
WFMCramling Bellon Anna208944GMStella Andrea2512
6
1615
GMBarua Dibyendu240944Saptorshi Gupta2051
48
1721
GMBellon Lopez Juan Manuel234344FMWiwatanadate Poompong2025
56
1823
Neelash Saha230344FMNouri Alekhine2001
58
1960
Hansing Saphong199744Larichev Dmitry2267
28
2029
IMDeshmukh Anup225344Sarbojit Paul1984
62

Complete Round 7 pairings

Round 4 Challenger results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
113
Shahid Ahmed S.K.190031 - 03Sacar Mohamad2092
1
214
Lovejoy David187730 - 13Portugalera Ric2075
3
34
Chirananthavat Theemathas204231 - 03Kunnavakkam Sudarshanagopal Vin1562
34
427
De Jesus Normel Benigno16483½ - ½3WFMNguyen Thi Thuy Trien2002
5
577
Catayas Rodrigo030 - 13Lozano Arvie1989
7
62
Manaog Stewart20801 - 0Tushar Anand1953
9
726
Kapoor Satvik16740 - 12Samrat Ghorai1933
11
810
Naudin Yvan19372½ - ½2Nicolas Liagre1535
36
912
Brasoy Aksel19002½ - ½2Htet Htet Than Sein1532
38
1039
Burbach Bruno149720 - 12Loyaga Nathaniel1865
16

Complete Round 4 results

Round 5 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
13Portugalera Ric207544Shahid Ahmed S.K.190013
27Lozano Arvie198944Chirananthavat Theemathas20424
35WFMNguyen Thi Thuy Trien2002Manaog Stewart20802
41Sacar Mohamad20923De Jesus Normel Benigno164827
511Samrat Ghorai193333Sushrutha Reddy162728
634Kunnavakkam Sudarshanagopal Vin156233Lovejoy David187714
716Loyaga Nathaniel186533Rohan Nag Chowdhury159831
851Aarav Kumar Koni Dena126333Calacday Henry182020
921Jourde Michel174933Catayas Rodrigo077
1022Borigas Edgardo174533Hanif Mollah1721101

 

Complete Round 5 pairings