Exciting start
When a tournament has a strong lineup, there are bound to be tough battles from the first round of the event. The total prize fund of the tournament is US$ 125000. Masters category has a total prize fund of $89000. The top three prizes are $16000, $14500 and $13000.
Ravi - Yakubboev
GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB, 2665) made a big mistake 37...Kf5?? 38.Rd5+ Kg6 39.Rxg4 Kh7?? 40.Rh5# Black could have continued the game 39...Bg5 by giving up material but he quite possibly missed Rh5 checkmate thread. Thus, IM Ravi Teja S (2419) scored the biggest upset of the first round.
Aradhya - Jinshi
It is only White who can win in the above position but the question is how? Try to find out the winning plan. It is not easy to execute it. IM Aradhya Garg (2388) did it against GM Jinshi Bai (CHN, 2580) and won the game after 100th move.
Some more notable results
IM Harsh Suresh - GM Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR): 0.5-0.5
FM Nikhil Dixit - IM Bibisara Assaubayev (KAZ): 0.5-0.5
Photo Gallery
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Round 1 results
| Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 70 | IM | Mohammad Fahad, Rahman | BAN | 2431 | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | GM | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | 2728 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | GM | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | IRI | 2707 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | IM | Gan-Erdene, Sugar | MGL | 2429 | 71 | ||
| 3 | 72 | IM | Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid | UZB | 2429 | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | GM | Artemiev, Vladislav | RUS | 2705 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | GM | Narayanan, S L | IND | 2695 | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | IM | Vaz, Ethan | IND | 2423 | 73 | ||
| 5 | 74 | IM | Injac, Teodora | SRB | 2422 | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | GM | Niemann, Hans Moke | USA | 2688 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | GM | Sindarov, Javokhir | UZB | 2684 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | IM | Ansat, Aldiyar | KAZ | 2421 | 75 | ||
| 7 | 76 | IM | Shyaamnikhil, P | IND | 2420 | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | GM | Martirosyan, Haik M. | ARM | 2678 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | GM | Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2670 | 0 | + - - | 0 | IM | Nie, Xinyang | CHN | 2419 | 77 | ||
| 9 | 78 | IM | Ravi, Teja S. | IND | 2417 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | GM | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | UZB | 2665 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | ARM | 2650 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | IM | Mayank, Chakraborty | IND | 2415 | 79 | ||
| 11 | 80 | IM | Harsh, Suresh | IND | 2414 | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | GM | Yilmaz, Mustafa | TUR | 2641 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | GM | Sargsyan, Shant | ARM | 2637 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | FM | Sathvik, Adiga | IND | 2413 | 81 | ||
| 13 | 82 | IM | Daghli, Arash | IRI | 2411 | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | GM | Mishra, Abhimanyu | USA | 2634 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | GM | Donchenko, Alexander | GER | 2631 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | FM | Mamedov, Edgar | KAZ | 2410 | 83 | ||
| 15 | 84 | IM | Nigmatov, Ortik | UZB | 2409 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | GM | Puranik, Abhimanyu | IND | 2629 | 16 |
Standings after Round 1
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | K | rtg+/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | GM | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | IRI | 2707 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1,7 | ||
| 3 | GM | Artemiev, Vladislav | RUS | 2705 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1,7 | |||
| 6 | GM | Sindarov, Javokhir | UZB | 2684 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1,8 | |||
| 8 | GM | Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2670 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 10 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | ARM | 2650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2,1 | |||
| 12 | GM | Sargsyan, Shant | ARM | 2637 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2,2 | |||
| 14 | GM | Donchenko, Alexander | GER | 2631 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2,2 | |||
| 17 | GM | Salem, A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2629 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2,2 | |||
| 22 | GM | Karthik, Venkataraman | IND | 2605 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2,3 | |||
| 23 | GM | Indjic, Aleksandar | SRB | 2603 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2,3 | |||
| 25 | GM | Safarli, Eltaj | AZE | 2594 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2,4 | |||
| 27 | GM | Pranav, V | IND | 2587 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2,4 | |||
| 29 | GM | Liu, Yan | CHN | 2575 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2,5 | |||
| 30 | GM | Sanal, Vahap | TUR | 2566 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2,6 | |||
| 31 | GM | Ghosh, Diptayan | IND | 2560 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2,6 |
Round 2 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45 | GM | Iniyan, Pa | IND | 2493 | 1 | 1 | GM | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | IRI | 2707 | 2 | |||
| 2 | 3 | GM | Artemiev, Vladislav | RUS | 2705 | 1 | 1 | GM | Fawzy, Adham | EGY | 2486 | 49 | |||
| 3 | 48 | GM | Miladinovic, Igor | SRB | 2489 | 1 | 1 | GM | Sindarov, Javokhir | UZB | 2684 | 6 | |||
| 4 | 8 | GM | Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2670 | 1 | 1 | IM | Srihari, L R | IND | 2485 | 51 | |||
| 5 | 50 | IM | Nogerbek, Kazybek | KAZ | 2486 | 1 | 1 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | ARM | 2650 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 53 | IM | Urazayev, Arystanbek | KAZ | 2473 | 1 | 1 | GM | Sargsyan, Shant | ARM | 2637 | 12 | |||
| 7 | 55 | IM | Gholami Orimi, Mahdi | IRI | 2470 | 1 | 1 | GM | Donchenko, Alexander | GER | 2631 | 14 | |||
| 8 | 56 | IM | Isik, Alparslan | TUR | 2467 | 1 | 1 | GM | Salem, A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2629 | 17 | |||
| 9 | 22 | GM | Karthik, Venkataraman | IND | 2605 | 1 | 1 | IM | Movahed, Sina | IRI | 2463 | 57 | |||
| 10 | 58 | FM | Panesar, Vedant | IND | 2462 | 1 | 1 | GM | Indjic, Aleksandar | SRB | 2603 | 23 | |||
| 11 | 59 | IM | Malek, Jan | POL | 2461 | 1 | 1 | GM | Safarli, Eltaj | AZE | 2594 | 25 | |||
| 12 | 60 | IM | Tarhan, Adar | TUR | 2457 | 1 | 1 | GM | Pranav, V | IND | 2587 | 27 | |||
| 13 | 61 | IM | Nitish, Belurkar | IND | 2449 | 1 | 1 | GM | Liu, Yan | CHN | 2575 | 29 | |||
| 14 | 30 | GM | Sanal, Vahap | TUR | 2566 | 1 | 1 | IM | Krishna, C R G | IND | 2437 | 65 | |||
| 15 | 64 | IM | Ilamparthi, A R | IND | 2440 | 1 | 1 | GM | Ghosh, Diptayan | IND | 2560 | 31 |
