21st BCC Open 2024 R2-4: Subhayan stuns Xiongjian

by Peter Long - 17/04/2024

Four players are at a perfect score 4/4 at the conclusion of Round 4 at 21st BCC Open 2024. They are - Qingfeng Cao (CHN), FM Pham Tran Gia Phuc (VIE), CM Dinh Nho Kiet (VIE) and FM Alexander Chernyavsky. Subhayan Kundu scored a huge upset in the third round against GM Xiongjian Peng (CHN). He drew his following round game against IM Xinyang Nie (CHN). WIM Mrudul Dehankar defeated IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia (PHI) in Round 4. She is now at 3.5/4 and also currently the higher scorer among female participants. Check out the Round 2-4 report written by Peter Long. Round 5 starts at 12 p.m. local time, 10:30 a.m. IST. Photos: FM FT IA Peter Long/Bangkok Chess Club

No Indians in the lead

Young talents are showing that ratings are just a number and so after four rounds of play the 21st BCC Open 2024 is beginning to become a graveyard for Grandmasters and International Masters!

Round 3: GM Xiongjian Peng (CHN) - Subhayan Kundu: 0-1

Xiongjiang - Subhayan, Round 3

Position after 28.Ra1?

GM Xiongjian Peng (CHN, 2521) made an incorrect positional decision of offering his rook up for exchange 28.Ra1? His opponent, Subhayan Kundu (2341) decided to accept the offer Rxa1 29.Rxa1 Kc8 improving the black king's position 30.Kf2 Kb7 31.f5 Bf7 32.Nf4 Re8 and Black slowly converted his advantage into a win.

The leaderboard has there juniors, China’s Qingfeng Cao, and Vietnam’s FM Pham Tran Gia Phuc and CM Dinh Cho Diet, with only FM Alexander Cheryavsky keeping up the 4/4 perfect score.

Round 4: FM Alexander Chernyavsky - GM Sayantan Das: 1-0

Round 3 in progress

Upsets have been evident, especially in round three with India’s Subhayan Kundu shocking fourth seed GM Peng Xiongjan, and Bangladesh’s Manon Reja Neer upsetting seventh seeded GM Lalit Babu M R.

Top boards during Round 3

Interview with Manon Reja Neer (BAN) | Video: 21st BCC Open 2024

Perhaps the standout so far has been New Zealand’s Felix Xie who after drawing fifth seeded GM Denis Makhnev (KAZ) in round 3, went one better in round 4 by beating 12th seeded GM Deep Sengupta.

Amongst the women, Indian WIM Mrudul Dehankar continues to impress and in round four took down IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia (PHI) trapping his king by weaving a mating net in the endgame.

WIM Mrudul Dehankar 3.5/4

The tournament hall

The BCC Open this year has a very large Philippines contingent led by members of their the Olympiad teams taking this event as an integral part of their final preparations and so young relative unknowns like Oscar Joseph Cantela and better known Michael Concio Jr. are having a chance to showcase their talent.

Team Philippines

In two decades of it’s existence, the BCC Open has stuck largely to a well-worn formula, but as it enters it’s third decade, the innovations are coming in fast and furious, and adding to having one day a round, live games broadcast of the top boards, the two evenings blitz preliminary and final, themed photo shoot and sponsor dinner, Makruk is introduced as a side event and all these will be in our next report!

Speaking with parents from India | Video: 21st BCC Open

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Replay Round 2-4 Open games

Round 4 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	32	FM	Chernyavsky, Alexander		FID	2354	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2507	8	PGN
2	11	IM	Srihari, L R		IND	2482	3	½ - ½	3	FM	Manon, Reja Neer	U18	BAN	2285	40	PGN
3	35		Subhayan, Kundu		IND	2341	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Nie, Xinyang		CHN	2433	14	PGN
4	92		Cao, Qingfeng	U18	CHN	2038	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2428	16	PGN
5	93		Shahar, Uzair	U18	MAS	2035	3	0 - 1	3	FM	Pham, Tran Gia Phuc	U18	VIE	2423	18	PGN
6	27		Sek, Konstantin		FID	2397	3	0 - 1	3	CM	Dinh, Nho Kiet	U18	VIE	2245	48	PGN
7	1	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy		UKR	2561	2½	1 - 0	3	IM	Cannon, David		AUS	2195	56	PGN
8	39	FM	Lye, Lik Zang		MAS	2286	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Pranesh, M	U18	IND	2538	2	PGN
9	3	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2537	2½	½ - ½	2½	FM	Ayush, Sharma		IND	2311	36	PGN
10	5	GM	Makhnev, Denis		KAZ	2516	2½	1 - 0	2½	FM	Arca, Christian Gian K	U18	PHI	2283	42	PGN

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	92		Cao, Qingfeng	U18		CHN	2038	4	0	9	9,00	4	10	40	113,2
2	18	FM	Pham, Tran Gia Phuc	U18		VIE	2423	4	0	8,5	10,00	4	10	10	5
3	48	CM	Dinh, Nho Kiet	U18		VIE	2245	4	0	8	8,50	4	10	40	68,8
4	32	FM	Chernyavsky, Alexander			FID	2354	4	0	7,5	9,50	4	10	20	19,6
5	1	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy			UKR	2561	3,5	0	8,5	9,00	3	9	10	-0,4
6	35		Subhayan, Kundu			IND	2341	3,5	0	8,5	8,75	3	9,5	20	21,4
7	11	IM	Srihari, L R			IND	2482	3,5	0	8,5	8,25	3	9,5	10	1,3
8	2	GM	Pranesh, M	U18		IND	2538	3,5	0	8,5	8,25	3	9	10	1,3
9	40	FM	Manon, Reja Neer	U18		BAN	2285	3,5	0	8,5	7,75	3	9,5	40	51,2
10	12	IM	Urazayev, Arystanbek			KAZ	2471	3,5	0	8	9,25	3	9	10	1

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	18	FM	Pham, Tran Gia Phuc	U18	VIE	2423	4	4		Cao, Qingfeng	U18	CHN	2038	92
2	48	CM	Dinh, Nho Kiet	U18	VIE	2245	4	4	FM	Chernyavsky, Alexander		FID	2354	32
3	26	IM	Concio, Michael Jr.		PHI	2399	3½	3½	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy		UKR	2561	1
4	2	GM	Pranesh, M	U18	IND	2538	3½	3½	FM	Danilenko, Dmitriy		UKR	2400	25
5	40	FM	Manon, Reja Neer	U18	BAN	2285	3½	3½	GM	Makhnev, Denis		KAZ	2516	5
6	10	GM	Zhao, Zong-Yuan		AUS	2485	3½	3½	IM	Ritviz, Parab		IND	2346	33
7	38	FM	Xie, Felix	U18	NZL	2291	3½	3½	IM	Srihari, L R		IND	2482	11
8	12	IM	Urazayev, Arystanbek		KAZ	2471	3½	3½		Subhayan, Kundu		IND	2341	35
9	14	IM	Nie, Xinyang		CHN	2433	3½	3½		Cantela, Oscar Joseph	U18	PHI	2009	99
10	108	WIM	Mrudul, Dehankar		IND	1981	3½	3	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2537	3

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