Vignesh B holds Cheparinov to a draw in round 1 of 9th HDBank International 2019

Indians make a good start in round 1

Both Wang Hao and Ivan Cheparinov were not expecting a start like this | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

19-year old IM Miciano John Marvin exchanged pieces at a regular interval in King's Indian Defence. The resultant Rook-Knight endgame was easy enough for Black to hold a draw.

Untitled B Vignesh of India scored a comfortable draw against GM Ivan Cheparinov of Georgia in Two-Knight's Defence.

Former Asian Junior champion WGM Mary Ann Gomes managed to get an equal endgame against GM Anton Demchenko but his King march proved to be too strong | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

After getting this position Black can be comfortable about holding a draw but Demchenko had something else in his mind

GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son was held to a quick draw by his compatriot IM Duong The Anh | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Venezuela's no.1 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo won his game with ease | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Dutch legend GM Loek Van Wely started with a clinical victory | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Rakesh Kulkarni caused the only GM defeat of the day when he beat GM Alexander Predke | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Predke panicked and sacrificed an exchange here with 19...Rxd3. What should he have played instead?

WIM Priyanka Nutakki drew with GM Wen Yang of China | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Reigning National Blitz Champion IM D K Sharma held local favorite GM Tranh Tuan Ming to a draw | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Both GM Sandipan Chanda and GM Gukesh D picked up their respective victories after a 3-hour long grueling battle | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Vignesh N R lost to WIM Nandhidhaa P V | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Round 1 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Wang Hao		CHN	2718	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Miciano John Marvin		PHI	2317	76
2	77		Vignesh B		IND	2317	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Cheparinov Ivan		GEO	2683	2
3	3	GM	Demchenko Anton		RUS	2678	0	1 - 0	0	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann		IND	2312	78
4	79	FM	Pranesh M	U16	IND	2309	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Mareco Sandro		ARG	2666	4
5	5	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son		VIE	2647	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Duong The Anh		VIE	2301	80
6	81	WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram		VIE	2301	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo		VEN	2639	6
7	7	GM	Van Wely Loek		NED	2612	0	1 - 0	0	CM	Le Minh Hoang		VIE	2299	82
8	83	IM	Kulkarni Rakesh		IND	2298	0	1 - 0	0	GM	Predke Alexandr		RUS	2611	8
9	9	GM	Wen Yang		CHN	2599	0	½ - ½	0	WIM	Priyanka Nutakki		IND	2297	84
10	85	WGM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung		VIE	2295	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Pichot Alan		ARG	2584	10
11	11	GM	Popov Ivan		RUS	2581	0	½ - ½	0		Xu Minghui		CHN	2293	86
12	87	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.		IND	2286	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Tran Tuan Minh		VIE	2556	12
13	13	GM	Bogdanovich Stanislav		UKR	2536	0	1 - 0	0	FM	Andyka Pitra		INA	2283	88
14	89	IM	Kathmale Sameer		IND	2282	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Chanda Sandipan		IND	2534	14
15	15	IM	Gukesh D	U16	IND	2529	0	1 - 0	0	IM	Bao Khoa		VIE	2277	90
16	91	IM	Quizon Daniel	U16	PHI	2268	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Megaranto Susanto		INA	2526	16
17	93	CM	Le Huu Thai		VIE	2265	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Xu Yi		CHN	2520	18
18	19	FM	Nasanjargal Urtnasan		MGL	2503	0	1 - 0	0	WIM	Luong Phuong Hanh		VIE	2259	94
19	95		Sahil Tickoo		IND	2259	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	U18	IND	2494	20
20	21	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta		BUL	2493	0	½ - ½	0		Tran Ngoc Lan		VIE	2250	96
21	151		Krithigga K		IND	2002	0	½ - ½	0	WGM	Nguyen Thi Thanh An		VIE	2245	98
22	99	IM	Praveen Kumar C		IND	2243	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Nguyen Anh Khoi		VIE	2484	24
23	25	IM	Vignesh N R		IND	2476	0	0 - 1	0	WIM	Nandhidhaa P V		IND	2240	100
24	101		Vo Dai Hoai Duc		VIE	2226	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung		VIE	2458	26
25	27	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa		VIE	2450	0	1 - 0	0		Bhambure Shantanu		IND	2220	102

All Indian players result

Round 2 pairing

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	50	IM	Nava Roderick		PHI	2393	1		1	GM	Demchenko Anton		RUS	2678	3
2	4	GM	Mareco Sandro		ARG	2666	1		1	IM	Rahul Srivatshav P		IND	2400	47
3	6	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo		VEN	2639	1		1	FM	Hoang Canh Huan		VIE	2394	49
4	52		Sammed Jaykumar Shete		IND	2387	1		1	GM	Van Wely Loek		NED	2612	7
5	10	GM	Pichot Alan		ARG	2584	1		1	GM	Cao Sang		VIE	2385	53
6	54	FM	Dang Hoang Son		VIE	2385	1		1	GM	Bogdanovich Stanislav		UKR	2536	13
7	14	GM	Chanda Sandipan		IND	2534	1		1	IM	Pham Chuong		VIE	2383	55
8	56	IM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma		INA	2381	1		1	IM	Gukesh D	U16	IND	2529	15
9	18	IM	Xu Yi		CHN	2520	1		1	FM	Navalgund Niranjan		IND	2378	57
10	58	FM	Setyaki Azarya Jodi		INA	2378	1		1	FM	Nasanjargal Urtnasan		MGL	2503	19
11	20	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	U18	IND	2494	1		1	FM	Nguyen Dang Hong Phuc		VIE	2376	59
12	61	IM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen		VIE	2374	1		1	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa		VIE	2450	27
13	62	IM	Chu Wei Chao		CHN	2373	1		1	IM	Pascua Haridas		PHI	2446	28
14	29	IM	Taher Yoseph Theolifus		INA	2446	1		1	IM	Krishna Teja N	U18	IND	2370	63
15	70	IM	Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari		IND	2352	1		1	IM	Liu Guanchu		CHN	2445	31
16	33	WGM	Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim		UZB	2434	0		1		Wang Shixu B		CHN	2362	65
17	34		Li Yankai		CHN	2434	1		1	IM	Fenil Shah		IND	2360	67
18	72	WGM	Vo Thi Kim Phung		VIE	2349	1		1		Zhao Yuanhe		CHN	2431	35
19	36	GM	Laylo Darwin		PHI	2430	1		1	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.		IND	2352	71
20	74		Huang Renjie	U16	CHN	2335	1		1	IM	Shyaamnikhil P		IND	2429	37
21	38	IM	Nguyen Van Huy		VIE	2428	1		1	IM	Tran Minh Thang		VIE	2343	73
22	40	GM	Laxman R.R.		IND	2425	1		1	FM	Mithil Ajgaonkar		IND	2332	75
23	100	WIM	Nandhidhaa P V		IND	2240	1		1	IM	Bulmaga Irina		ROU	2424	41
24	44	GM	Tu Hoang Thong		VIE	2416	1		1	IM	Kulkarni Rakesh		IND	2298	83
25	143	FM	Nouri Alekhine	U16	PHI	2064	1		1	IM	Le Quang Long		VIE	2412	45

Complete pairings

Inauguration Ceremony photos:

National Anthem was played in presence of guests and delegations in front of... | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

...a giant statue outside of Rex Hotel, which is the venue of the tournament | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Golden board and pieces are bound to catch anyone's attention | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Beautiful and glittering trophies are something everyone wants to win | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Presenters were fantastic singers too. The inauguration ceremony opened up with 'Hello Vietnam' song | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The combat aspect of chess was performed | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The performer made good use of the screen as his motions were in sync with the beat | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Inaugural moves were played by the defending champion GM Sandro Mareco of Argentina | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The inauguration ceremony was closed with the drop of confetti | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Video Gallery:

Highlights of the inauguration ceremony | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Final moments of the game between GM Wang Hao and IM Miciano John Marvin | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Lim Zhuo Ren tells about his misfortune and how much willing he is to play chess | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Vignesh B holds Cheparinov to a draw in round 1 of 9th HDBank International 2019