61st National Championship R2: Rishideep Bordoloi and Shadhursshaan draw with GMs

Dinesh Kumar Jaganathan, Sumit Grover and Aarav Saish Amonkar share the point with IMs

Rishideep Bordoloi (ASM) held GM Neelotpal Das (PSPB) to a draw

Surya - Siddhanth

Position after 49.f6+!

A nice tactic by the top seed GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly (PSPB, 2583) in an already winning queen and knight endgame against Siddhanth Poonja (KAR, 1962).

The top seed GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly cruised to his second victory

Harshit - Abhijeet

Position after 41.Be4??

Harshit Singh (UP, 1957) blundered 41.Be4?? against GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB, 2583). Find out the winning combination for Black in the above position, which Abhijeet executed in the game.

Harshit Singh vs GM Abhijeet Gupta | Video: ChessBase India

GM Abhijeet Gupta won his second game in-a-row comfortably

GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB) made a short work Esshan Wadhawan in 28 moves

Abhinav - Iniyan

Position after 32...Ke6

Abhinav Raj (DEL, 1953) needed to take the d5-passed pawn 33.Bxd5+ Ke5 34.Ra4 Bb5 35.Ra5 Kxd5 36.a4 White recovers the bishop and the position is balanced. Instead, he went for the harmless h7-pawn 33.Rh4? Bd3! and Black went on to win the game.

Abhinav Raj (DEL) needed to find precise continuation in the endgame to continue the battle against GM Pa Iniyan (TN)

Rishideep Bordoloi (ASM) - GM Neelotpal Das (PSPB): 0.5-0.5

CM R Shadhursshaan (TN) - GM Laxman R R (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

Round 2 in progress

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Final moments: IM C R G Krishna vs Saparya Ghosh | Video: ChessBase India

Vignesh B vs Tuli Utkrisht | Video: ChessBase India

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Round 2 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	1	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	1	1 - 0	1		Siddhanth, Poonja	1962	KAR	96
2	97		Harshit, Singh	1957	UP	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2583	PSPB	2
3	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2571	PSPB	1	1 - 0	1		Esshan, Wadhawan	1954	DEL	98
4	99		Kishan, Kumar	1954	BIH	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	RLY	4
5	5	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2568	AP	1	1 - 0	1		Yohan, Yadav Tarala	1954	TEL	100
6	101		Abhinav, Raj	1953	DEL	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2547	TN	6
7	7	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2546	MAH	1	1 - 0	1	CM	Chatterjee, K.K.	1951	WB	102
8	103		Subhrajit, Dey	1940	WB	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2537	RLY	8
9	9	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2535	RLY	1	1 - 0	1	CM	Nimay, Agrawal	1935	HAR	106
10	105		Saisarvesh, S	1937	TN	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Vignesh, N R	2526	RLY	10
11	11	GM	Visakh, N R	2517	RLY	1	1 - 0	1		Sheikh, Idu	1933	CHT	108
12	107		Arnav, Agrawal	1934	UP	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2516	PSPB	12
13	109		Soni, Atharv	1933	MAH	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	2494	AP	14
14	15	GM	Das, Sayantan	2491	RLY	1	1 - 0	1		Ayaan, Garg	1930	CHA	110
15	111		Prithvi, Sharma	1929	HAR	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Neelash, Saha	2470	RLY	16
16	17	IM	Krishna, C R G	2442	RLY	1	1 - 0	1	WFM	Saparya, Ghosh	1925	WB	112
17	113		Badamundi, Tapan	1921	ODI	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Shyaam, Nikhil P	2442	RLY	18
18	19	GM	Swapnil, S. Dhopade	2433	MAH	1	1 - 0	1		Rupam, Mukherjee	1917	WB	116
19	115		Dubey, Sanchay	1917	UP	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2423	RLY	20
20	119		Dinesh, Kumar Jaganathan	1913	TN	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Ajay, Karthikeyan	2401	TN	22

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Standings after Round 2

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	36	IM	Sharma, Dinesh K.		IND	2223	LIC	2	2	3	3,00	0	2	1	1	0,88	0,12	10	1,2
2	1	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar		IND	2583	PSPB	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	2	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet		IND	2583	PSPB	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		IND	2571	PSPB	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	4	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan		IND	2568	RLY	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	6	GM	Iniyan, Pa		IND	2547	TN	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	7	GM	Sankalp, Gupta		IND	2546	MAH	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2537	RLY	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	9	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2535	RLY	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	10	GM	Vignesh, N R		IND	2526	RLY	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	11	GM	Visakh, N R		IND	2517	RLY	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	12	GM	Sengupta, Deep		IND	2516	PSPB	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	14	GM	Lalit, Babu M R		IND	2494	AP	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	15	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2491	RLY	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	16	IM	Neelash, Saha		IND	2470	RLY	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	17	IM	Krishna, C R G		IND	2442	RLY	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	18	IM	Shyaam, Nikhil P		IND	2442	RLY	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	20	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2423	RLY	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	23	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		IND	2387	PSPB	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6
	25	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha		IND	2378	KAR	2	1	2	2,00	0	2	2	2	1,84	0,16	10	1,6

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Round 3 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	51	WFM	Shubhi, Gupta	2063	UP	2	2	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	1
2	2	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2583	PSPB	2	2		Gawai, Siddhant	2057	MAH	53
3	54	WGM	Kiran, Manisha Mohanty	2055	LIC	2	2	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2571	PSPB	3
4	4	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	RLY	2	2	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	2020	MP	65
5	67		Alluri, Bhaskara RS R	2010	AP	2	2	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2568	AP	5
6	6	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2547	TN	2	2		Jval, Saurin Patel	2004	GUJ	69
7	70		Harshit, Ranjan Sahu	2003	ODI	2	2	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2546	MAH	7
8	8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2537	RLY	2	2		Jyotshnav, Talukdar	2002	ODI	71
9	74	AIM	Aadik, Theophane Lenin	1995	KER	2	2	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2535	RLY	9
10	10	GM	Vignesh, N R	2526	RLY	2	2		Arshpreet, Singh	1995	HAR	75
11	76		Gyana, Sai Santhosh M	1995	AP	2	2	GM	Visakh, N R	2517	RLY	11
12	12	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2516	PSPB	2	2	WFM	Kheerthi, Ganta	1982	TEL	85
13	14	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	2494	AP	2	2		Tanmay, Rajbongshi	1980	ASM	87
14	78		Sherla, Prathamesh	1994	MAH	2	2	GM	Das, Sayantan	2491	RLY	15
15	16	IM	Neelash, Saha	2470	RLY	2	2		Sivan, S Roshan	1966	TN	95
16	84		Sharsha, Backer	1983	KER	2	2	IM	Krishna, C R G	2442	RLY	17
17	18	IM	Shyaam, Nikhil P	2442	RLY	2	2		Mahish, S A	1878	TN	138
18	86		Sharnarthi, Shlok	1980	MAH	2	2	GM	Swapnil, S. Dhopade	2433	MAH	19
19	20	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2423	RLY	2	2		Goel, Pratyaksh	1861	CHA	142
20	90		Rachit, H Gurnani	1975	MAH	2	2	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2387	PSPB	23

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61st National Championship R2: Rishideep Bordoloi and Shadhursshaan draw with GMs

Dinesh Kumar Jaganathan, Sumit Grover and Aarav Saish Amonkar share the point with IMs

Surya - Siddhanth

Harshit - Abhijeet

Abhinav - Iniyan

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Round 2 results

Standings after Round 2

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61st National Championship R2: Rishideep Bordoloi and Shadhursshaan draw with GMs

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