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1st Guwahati GM Open R2-3: Anabil Goswami's magic number 1111

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/03/2022

15-year-old Anabil Goswami scored the biggest upset in Round 2 of 1st Guwahati International GM Open 2022. The 1334-rated boy from Tripura defeated IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB). Earlier he drew with IM Rahul Sangma in the first round. In the third round, Kumar Gaurav won against IM Arash Tahbaz (IRI). The 20-year-old persevered a tough position and waited for the right moment to strike against his opponent. 13-year-old Abhash Roimya Saikia drew with two GMs he faced on the same day - P Karthikeyan and Saptarshi Roy. Vaibhav Jayant Raut held GM Deepan Chakkravarthy to a draw. Round 4 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Kumar Gaurav strikes Arash Tahbaz

24 players are at 100% score of 3.0/3. Among them, only four untitled players are there - Mahdi Gholami Orimi (IRI, 2420), Kaustuv Kundu (2281), Kumar Gaurav (2025) and 14-year-old Arnab Debnath (1626).

1334-rated Anabil Goswami beats IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Round 2: Nigmatov - Anabil: 0-1

IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB) got the opportunity to strike first against Anabil Goswami.

Position after 23.Nf6+

22...Nb4 was a mistake which allowed White to play the exciting 23.Nf6+. White is completely winning irrespective of Black's response to it. 23...Kh8 and now White did not follow through correctly. He opted for the relatively weaker 24.Nxd7. Find out what was the better continuation for White.

Position after 27.d4

27.d4 is another mistake by White. Self-pinning the d-pawn was not a good idea. Find out how Black can gain an advantage here.

Anabil Goswami beats Ortik Nigmatov | Video: ChessBase India

Anabil Goswami scored a big win over IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB) | Photo:  Aditya Sur Roy

Samaritan Dutta - WIM Franco Valencia Angela (COL): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Aditya P Melani - GM Visakh N R: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Saptarshi Roy - Rijied Katrai: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM P Karthikeyan - Abhash Roimya Saikia: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Uddipta Gogoi - IM Manish Anto Cristiano F: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Round 3: Mayank - Iniyan: 0-1

12-year-old Mayank Chakraborty put up a very good fight against GM Iniyan P.

Position after 66...Rc4

67.Rb6 was one of the best way to secure a draw as it threatens Nxf6. The game continued 67.Rb7 Bd4 68.Nxf6 Rc5 69.Nd7 Rxf5+ and soon White had to give up his knight for the b-pawn. Mayank had to defend rook vs rook and bishop endgame for 50-moves. However, it is not easy to defend. He walked into a trap on the 29th move and lost the game.

An instructive Rook vs Rook and Bishop endgame | Mayank vs Iniyan | Video: ChessBase India

Iniyan got away this time but Mayank certainly has it in him to thrive in a big match | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Kumar - Tahbaz: 1-0

IM Arash Tahbaz (IRI) was better for the majority of the game. However, Kumar Gaurav kept looking for his chances.

Position after 42.Qe7

White has only threat Black needs to be worried about - 43.Qxf8+ which exploits the back-rank weakness. Black fell for it 42...g4. White gained the rook, forcing Black to resign in three more moves.

Kumar Gaurav showed great tenacity | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Vaibhav Jayant Raut - GM Deepan Chakkravarthy: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Abhash Roimya Saikia - GM Saptarshi Roy: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Pulakesh Sahu - IM Rahul Sangma: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

WIM Franco Valencia Angela (COL) - Tanmay Rajbongshi: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

For more Round 2 and 3 photos, please click at the respective links.

A quick tour of the venue - 1st Guwahati GM Open 2022 | Video: ChessBase India

A total of 254 players including 13 GMs, 16 IMs, 2 WGMs and 3 WIMs are taking part from 11 federations across the world including India. The tournament is organized by All Assam Chess Association from 14th to 20th March 2022 at Guwahati, Assam. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1

Replay Round 2-3 games

Round 3 results

Bo.No. NameTypRtgPts.ResultPts.NameTypRtg No.
134
FMAradhya Garg223620 - 12GMPonkratov Pavel2641
1
235
FMPoormosavi Seyed Kian222920 - 12GMDelgado Ramirez Neuris2622
2
339
Vaibhav Jayant Raut21982½ - ½2GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.2520
4
45
GMStany G.A.251721 - 02WIMParnali S Dharia2224
36
541
CMMayank ChakrabortyU15216420 - 12GMIniyan P2516
6
67
GMMosadeghpour Masoud251121 - 02WIMPriyanka K2215
38
745
Mahindrakar Indrajeet205920 - 12GMFawzy Adham2490
8
89
GMKarthik Venkataraman248521 - 02Arpan Das2166
40
947
Imocha Laishram204920 - 12IMRaahul V S2478
10
1011
GMMirzoev Azer247621 - 02IMMohota Nisha2147
42
1149
Kumar Gaurav202521 - 02IMTahbaz Arash2469
12
1213
IMKrishna C R G246621 - 02Arindam Mukherjee2094
44
1351
FMGaikwad Siddhant201620 - 12IMDas Sayantan2459
14
1415
GMRios Cristhian Camilo244921 - 02Praloy Sahoo2047
48
1517
IMShyaamnikhil P244221 - 02Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U2022
50
1653
Singh Soram Rahul200620 - 12IMAbdisalimov Abdimalik2435
18
1719
IMNitin S.242721 - 02Arnav MaheshwariU152010
52
1859
Pradip Ghosh197420 - 12Gholami Orimi Mahdi2420
20
1921
IMGusain Himal240821 - 02Imtiaz Islam Bora2004
54
2023
IMShahil DeyU15240021 - 02Trailokya Nanda1973
60

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Round 4 pairings

Bo.No. NameTypRtgPts.ResultPts.NameTypRtg No.
11
GMPonkratov Pavel264133IMShyaamnikhil P2442
17
22
GMDelgado Ramirez Neuris262233IMNitin S.2427
19
318
IMAbdisalimov Abdimalik243533GMStany G.A.2517
5
46
GMIniyan P251633IMGusain Himal2408
21
520
Gholami Orimi Mahdi242033GMMosadeghpour Masoud2511
7
68
GMFawzy Adham249033IMShahil DeyU152400
23
726
IMRatnakaran K.231633GMKarthik Venkataraman2485
9
810
IMRaahul V S247833IMSai Agni Jeevitesh J2316
27
931
Kaustuv Kundu228133GMMirzoev Azer2476
11
1032
FMAaryan Varshney227733IMKrishna C R G2466
13
1114
IMDas Sayantan245933Kumar Gaurav2025
49
12105
Arnab DebnathU15162633GMRios Cristhian Camilo2449
15
133
GMVisakh N R2522WGMSrija Seshadri2219
37
144
GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.2520Joel Paul Ganta2004
55
1524
GMKarthikeyan P.2397Vaibhav Jayant Raut2198
39
1656
Borgaonkar AkshayU151985IMSidhant Mohapatra2359
25
1761
FMMuhammed Shuaau1969IMManish Anto Cristiano F2236
33
18110
Dutta Samaritan16022WGMDivya Deshmukh2301
29
1912
IMTahbaz Arash246922Iftikar Alom Mazumdar1748
83
2022
GMSaptarshi Roy240222Elangbam Shashikanta Singh1739
85

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