Bhopal GM Open 2019: Bogdanovich takes sole lead, Shivansh impresses

by Niklesh Jain - 25/12/2019

GM Stanislav Bogdanovich of Ukraine took a sole lead with six consecutive wins after round 6 of Bhopal International GM Open 2019, the biggest international tournament of Central India and now he will face Uzbekistan's top seed Nodirbek Yakubboev in round 7. This match can prove to be extremely decisive. The defeat of Venkatesh M R in the sixth round was a setback for India. 17-year-old Shivansh Tiwari emerged as the new sensation of Madhya Pradesh. In the last three rounds he scored some upset victories and is currently at 5.0/6 points. Currently he has topped the state's players. Bhopal International GM Open will have a Blitz tournament today. Report of rounds 4, 5 and 6. Photo: Niklesh Jain

Bhopal International GM Open 2019 has completed halfway. From now on there will be one round everyday. The last four rounds will determine who will win the tournament. Everyone is eagerly waiting to see if an Indian can win it this time. Let's take a look at round 4,5 and 6.

Round 4

17-year-old Shivam Tiwari of Madhya Pradesh has surprised everyone with his performance. Rated 1770, Shivansh started with five consecutive wins at a performance rating of 2650 and he was gaining 117 Elo rating points. Shivansh defeated Sapaev Maksad (2250) of Uzbekistan in round 4. In the next round, he defeated experienced Russian GM Maxim Lugovskoy (2466) with the black pieces and shocked everyone.

Shivam opted for Caro-Kann Defence with the black pieces and won his game with a fantastic play in just 24 moves. This was also the first game to finish in round 4.

Top seed GM Nodirbek Yakubboev was held to a draw by compatriot IM Abdisalimov Abdimalik | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Bharat Kumar Reddy Potluri held Ukrainian GM Adam Tukhaev to a draw on board no.3 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Varun V of India held fourth seeded Colombian GM Cristhian Rios (2505) to a draw, Aanjaneya Phatak of India held Azerbaijan's GM Azer Mirzoev (2457) to a draw.

Round 5

Madhya Pradesh's budding talent Shivansh Tiwari notched another victory to his score card when he defeated IM Ortik Nigmatov (2474) of Uzbekistan in round 5. With this win Shivansh joined GM Venkatesh M R and GM Stanislav Bogdanovich in the lead at the conclusion of round 5.

Despite getting out of theory in a Queen's pawn opening, Shivansh handled unknown position quite well. Ortik could not recover from a bad position and soon it turned worse as he kept making one bad move after the other. Shivansh seized every single opportunity by playing correctly and showcased a great understanding for favorable positions.

Watch Shivansh's beautiful win with his annotations | Video: ChessBase India Hindi

India's highest rated player in the tournament GM Venkatesh M R scored a fine over IM Nguyen Van Huy of Vietnam against Caro-Kann Defence with white pieces. With this win, he got into the shared lead with a score of 5.0/5

Ukraine's GM Stanislav Bogdanovich is playing some fantastic chess from the beginning of the tournament. In round 5 he defeated Indonesian IM Taher Yosef Theolifus (2469) by playing some fine chess. Playing Bogo-Indian with the black pieces, Bogdanovich scored a win in just 36 moves.

Among other results, top seed GM Yakubboev (UZB) defeated Bharat Reddy (IND), GM Attila Czebe (HUN) lost to GM Cristhian Rios (COL), GM Azer Mirzoev (AZE) defeated WIM Franco Angela (COL), Raahul V S (IND) lost to IM Muhammad Khusenkhojaev (TJK) and GM Adam Tukhaev (UKR) was held to a draw by Aanjaneya Phatak (IND).

Round 6

The toughest and most important match of round 6 between GM Stanislav Bogdanovich (UKR) and GM Venkatesh M R (IND) was won by the Ukrainian who took a sole lead at the conclusion of round 6.

GM Cristhian Rios (COL) halted local hero Shivansh Tiwari's fantastic run. Rios played cautiously and secured an advantage out of the opening and eventually scored a victory.

On the third board, top seed GM Nodirbek Yakubboev defeated IM Muhammad Khusenkhojaev and now he is at shared second position with a score of 5.5/6. He will face the sole leader GM Stanislav Bogdanovich in round 7.

Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	2	GM	Bogdanovich Stanislav				UKR	2562	Ukraine	6,0	0,0	21,0	23,0	23,00	6
2	4	GM	Rios Cristhian Camilo				COL	2505	Colombia	5,5	0,0	22,0	24,5	22,25	5
3	1	GM	Yakubboev Nodirbek				UZB	2592	Uzbekistan	5,5	0,0	20,5	23,5	21,25	5
4	5	GM	Venkatesh M.R.				IND	2491	Tamil Nadu - India	5,0	0,0	23,0	25,5	19,50	5
5	73		Tiwari Shivansh				IND	1770	Madhya Pradesh - India	5,0	0,0	22,0	23,5	18,50	5
6	6	IM	Nigmatov Ortik				UZB	2474	Uzbekistan	5,0	0,0	21,5	24,5	19,50	5
	8	GM	Lugovskoy Maxim				RUS	2466	Russia	5,0	0,0	21,5	24,5	19,50	5
8	9	GM	Mirzoev Azer				AZE	2457	Azerbaijan	5,0	0,0	21,0	24,0	20,00	4
9	7	IM	Taher Yoseph Theolifus				INA	2469	Indonesia	5,0	0,0	21,0	24,0	18,00	5
10	14	GM	Manik Mikulas				SVK	2379	Slovakia	5,0	0,0	20,5	23,5	19,25	4
11	17		Sahoo Utkal Ranjan				IND	2329	Odisha - India	5,0	0,0	20,5	23,0	17,00	5
12	3	GM	Tukhaev Adam				UKR	2552	Ukraine	5,0	0,0	20,0	23,5	19,75	4
13	10	IM	Nguyen Van Huy				VIE	2457	Vietnam	5,0	0,0	20,0	22,5	17,50	5
14	22	GM	Ziatdinov Raset	S60			USA	2204	United States of America	5,0	0,0	19,0	22,0	17,00	5
15	18		Pranav V	U13			IND	2264	Tamil Nadu - India	5,0	0,0	18,0	20,0	16,50	5

Complete standings

Bhopal International GM Open will have Blitz Open rating tournament today where total prize fund ₹207000 will be distributed among the prize winners.

Starting list of Blitz tournament

No.		Name	ID	FideID	FED	Rtg	sex	Typ
1	IM	Nguyen Van Huy	0	12401064	VIE	2437
2	IM	Taher Yoseph Theolifus	1	7105347	INA	2295
3		Sahoo Utkal Ranjan	548232014	5034566	IND	2213
4	IM	Deshmukh Anup	0	5000564	IND	2168
5		Varun V	494222013	5039681	IND	2157
6		Raahul V S	418352013	25035525	IND	2152
7		Sri Sai Baswanth P	0	25088793	IND	2027
8		Sahu Rajendra Kumar	444562013	5010560	IND	2018
9		Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri	487892013	46600353	IND	2014
10	AGM	Rathneesh R	412492013	35064703	IND	2006		U15

Complete list

Translation from Hindi by Shahid Ahmed

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