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Chhattisgarh CM Trophy GM Masters R2: Arjun Tiwari is on a roll

by Shahid Ahmed - 21/09/2022

Arjun Tiwari defeated the second consecutive IM he faced at Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Trophy GM Masters 2022. He certainly possesses an IM-like strength. His peak rating has been 2354. Thus, these two win is no surprise at all. Double IM-norm holder, FM Aaryan Varshney drew with Mongolia no.3 GM Tsegmed Batchuluun. WIM Mahalakshmi M held IM Nubairshah to a draw. 21 players are at 2/2. 44th Olympiad individual Bronze medalist, WGM Divya Deshmukh is the sole female player to have made a perfect start. Round 3 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

Aaryan Varshney splits the point with Mongolia no.3

A strong line-up means a lot of interesting matches. Utsab Chatterjee, Arjun Tiwari and Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni are the only three untitled players who are at 2/2 each.

Arjun Tiwari beat his second IM of the event so far | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

Kushagra - Anees: 0-1

IM Kushagra Mohan (2431) had a complex rook ending against FM Mohamed Anees (2204).

Position after 35...Rd2

At the critical moment, White made the difficult choice of moving his king. 36.Kc1 Rxh2 and White went on to lose the game. Find out what White could have done instead to get a draw minimum.

FM Aaryan Varshney - GM Tsegmed Batchuluun (MGL): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

Sammed - Arjun Tiwari: 0-1

Arjun Tiwari (2034) made an interesting thematic knight sacrifice for two pawns against IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete (2387).

Position after 20...Ndxe4

20...Ndxe4! is absolutely sound. The reason is simple 21.fxe4 Nxe4 22.Qe1 c3 23.Nd1 b4 White's pieces are cramped and even though White can take the a6-pawn 24.Bxa6 Ra8 25.Be2 Rxa2. Black's position is quite promising and he won the positional battle comfortably.

IM Raahul V S - Kaivalya Sandip Nagare: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

CM Mayank Chakraborty - WIM Sakshi Chitlange: 1-0 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

Vignesh B - WIM Arpita Mukherjee: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

Round 2 results

WIM Mahalakshmi M - IM Nubairshah Shaikh: 0.5-0.5

Srihari L - GM Valeriy Neverov (UKR): 0.5-0.5

Jinan Jomon - GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (VIE): 0.5-0.5

GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) - CM Ravi Kumar: 0.5-0.5

WIM Srishti Pandey - IM Rajesh Vav: 0.5-0.5

Kedar Morvekar - IM Ratnakaran K: 0.5-0.5

 

For more Round 2 photos, please click here.

 

A total of 127 players including 15 GMs, 23 IMs, 3 WGMs and 11 WIMs are taking part from 14 countries across the world including India in the Masters section. The tournament is organized by Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh from 19th to 28th September 2022 at Hotel Grand Imperia in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1.

Replay Round 2 games

Round 2 results

Bo.No. NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/City No.PGN
137
IMAvinash Ramesh2328TN10 - 11GMPantsulaia Levan2596GEO
1PGN
241
Omidi Arya2309IRI10 - 11GMSavchenko Boris2547RUS
3PGN
34
GMKrasenkow Michal2545POL11 - 01FMLiyanage Ranindu Dilshan2306SRI
43PGN
46
IMAronyak Ghosh2519WB11 - 01Ilamparthi A R2269TN
47PGN
542
IMChakravarthi Reddy M2306TEL10 - 11IMKoustav Chatterjee2513WB
7PGN
648
FMAaryan Varshney2263DEL1½ - ½1GMBatchuluun Tsegmed2478MGL
9PGN
710
GMMitrabha Guha2471WB11 - 01IMSaravana Krishnan P.2261TN
49PGN
851
WIMMahalakshmi M2253RLYS1½ - ½1IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh2461MAH
11PGN
952
IMSharma Dinesh K.2252LIC1½ - ½1IMNeelash Saha2454WB
13PGN
1014
GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.2439RLYS11 - 01FMLaddha Shubh Jayesh2248USA
55PGN
1157
CMVaibhav Jayant Raut2243MAH10 - 11IMTahbaz Arash2437IRI
15PGN
1216
CMKushagra Mohan2431TEL10 - 11FMMohamed Anees M2204TN
59PGN
1358
Srihari L2214PON1½ - ½1GMNeverov Valeriy2430UKR
17PGN
1418
IMHarshavardhan G B2429TN11 - 01Dhananjay S2197CG
61PGN
1562
Masango Spencer2192ZIM10 - 11IMAjay Karthikeyan2422TN
19PGN
1620
IMNitish Belurkar2419GOA11 - 01CMNayak Rajesh2142ODI
74PGN
1788
Bharadia Yash2085RAJ10 - 11IMNitin S.2416TN
21PGN
1892
WIMFranco Valencia Angela2066COL10 - 11GMSaptarshi Roy2388WB
23PGN
1924
IMSammed Jaykumar Shete2387MAH10 - 11Tiwari Arjun2034RLYS
103PGN
20102
Jinan Jomon2036KER1½ - ½1GMNguyen Duc Hoa2365VIE
25PGN

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Round 3 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/City No.
11
GMPantsulaia Levan2596GEO22IMNitish Belurkar2419GOA
20
23
GMSavchenko Boris2547RUS22IMNitin S.2416TN
21
323
GMSaptarshi Roy2388WB22GMKrasenkow Michal2545POL
4
427
IMGusain Himal2359RLYS22IMAronyak Ghosh2519WB
6
57
IMKoustav Chatterjee2513WB22FMPanesar Vedant2336MAH
32
633
FMAradhya Garg2332DEL22GMMitrabha Guha2471WB
10
759
FMMohamed Anees M2204TN22GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.2439RLYS
14
815
IMTahbaz Arash2437IRI22Utsab Chatterjee2332WB
34
9103
Tiwari Arjun2034RLYS22IMHarshavardhan G B2429TN
18
1019
IMAjay Karthikeyan2422TN22WGMDivya Deshmukh2330MAH
36
11107
Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni2000TEL2GMVenkatesh M.R.2481TN
8
125
GMShyam Sundar M.2526TNFMAaryan Varshney2263DEL
48
139
GMBatchuluun Tsegmed2478MGLWIMMrudul Dehankar2256MAH
50
1411
IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh2461MAHIMSharma Dinesh K.2252LIC
52
1513
IMNeelash Saha2454WBWIMMahalakshmi M2253RLYS
51
1617
GMNeverov Valeriy2430UKRCMMayank Chakraborty2044ASS
98
1764
IMDeshmukh Anup2176MAHGMLaxman R.R.2388ICF
22
1825
GMNguyen Duc Hoa2365VIESrihari L2214PON
58
1930
IMViani Antonio Dcunha2348KARJinan Jomon2036KER
102
20114
Mahindrakar Indrajeet1979MAHIMRaahul V S2345TN
31

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