Bangladesh Premier League 2022 R4: Aditya Mittal stuns Sankalp Gupta

by Shahid Ahmed - 14/03/2022

Bangladesh Police and Bangladesh Biman scored an identical 3-1 victory over Bangladesh Navy and Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society in Round 4 to share the lead at Golden Jubilee of Independence Premier Division Chess League 2021-22. They are the only two teams at 8.0/8. IM Aditya Mittal (SCC) scored a crushing win over GM Sankalp Gupta (RBKP) who had a great difficulty finding place for his pieces. FM Harshad S (JBOWS) held GM Mitrabha Guha (BB) to a draw. SAIF Sporting Club is at sole third position with a score 6.0/8. Round 5 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Nitish Belukar beats Himanshu Sharma

One of the latest IM's of India, Nitish Belukar (Uttara Central Chess Club) defeated GM Himanshu Sharma (Titas Club) in a grueling battle.

IM Aditya Mittal scored an emphatic win over GM Sankalp Gupta | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Rupali Bank Krira Parisad - Shahin Chess Club: 2.5-1.5

IM Aditya Mittal registered the sole victory for his team Shahin Chess Club against GM Sankalp Gupta of Rupali Bank Krira Parisad.

Aditya - Sankalp

Position after 17.b4

Aditya got a pleasant position out of the opening as he played some enterprising chess. 17.b4 makes Black's position incredibly difficult to play. Eventually, Sankalp did manage to free up the position, however it did not change the tide.

IM Aditya Mittal scored the lone win for his team Shahin Chess Club | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Rupali Bank Krira Parisad - Shahin Chess Club: 2.5-1.5

Uttara Central Chess Club - Titas Club: 3.5-0.5

Uttar Central Chess Club is full of young talents. One of the latest IM of India, Nitish Belukar defeated GM Himanshu Sharma of Titas Club in a prolonged battle.

Nitish - Himanshu

Position after 26...cxd5

Perhaps 27.Rc1 could have finished the game much earlier. 27.Bxa7 was played and White had to grind another 45 moves to score a victory.

Uttara Central Chess Club has 50% players who are less than 15 years of age | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Uttara Central Chess Club - Titas Club: 3.5-0.5

SAIF Sporting Club - Manha's Castle: 2.5-1.5 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society - Bangladesh Biman: 1-3 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Leonine Chess Club - Sheikh Russel Chess Club: 1.5-2.5 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Bangladesh Navy - Bangladesh Police: 1-3 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Replay Round 4 games

There is one round every day starting at 3 p.m. BST (2:30 p.m. IST) from 10th to 20th March 2022, except the second and ninth round which starts at 4 p.m. BST (3:30 p.m. IST). The tournament is taking place at Asia Hotel & Resort, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Round 4 results

No.	Team	Team	Res.	:	Res.
1	SAIF Sporting Club	Manha's Castle	2½	:	1½
2	Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society	Bangladesh Biman	1	:	3
3	Leonine Chess Club	Sheikh Russel Chess Club	1½	:	2½
4	Bangladesh Navy	Bangladesh Police	1	:	3
5	Rupali Bank Krira Parisad	Shahin Chess Club	2½	:	1½
6	Uttara Central Chess Club	Titas Club	3½	:	½

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Round 5 pairings

No.	Team	Team	Res.	:	Res.
1	Titas Club	SAIF Sporting Club		:
2	Shahin Chess Club	Uttara Central Chess Club		:
3	Bangladesh Police	Rupali Bank Krira Parisad		:
4	Sheikh Russel Chess Club	Bangladesh Navy		:
5	Bangladesh Biman	Leonine Chess Club		:
6	Manha's Castle	Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society		:

Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo	FED	Team	Group	Games	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	5		Bangladesh Police		4	4	0	0	8	12,0	0	25,0
2	7		Bangladesh Biman		4	4	0	0	8	10,5	0	28,5
3	12		SAIF Sporting Club		4	3	0	1	6	9,5	0	23,5
4	4		Shahin Chess Club		4	2	0	2	4	8,5	0	10,5
5	1		Rupali Bank Krira Parisad		4	2	0	2	4	8,0	0	16,5
6	6		Sheikh Russel Chess Club		4	2	0	2	4	7,5	0	11,0
7	3		Titas Club		4	1	2	1	4	7,0	0	14,8
8	2		Uttara Central Chess Club		4	1	1	2	3	8,0	0	10,3
9	10		Leonine Chess Club		4	1	1	2	3	7,0	0	12,0
10	8		Manha's Castle		4	1	0	3	2	7,5	0	7,5
11	11		Bangladesh Navy		4	0	2	2	2	6,5	0	7,5
12	9		Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society		4	0	0	4	0	4,0	0	0,0

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