GM Diptayan Ghosh shocks GM Karthikeyan Murali in round 3 of National Teams 2019
GM Diptayan Ghosh stole the show by defeating the in-form GM Karthikeyan Murali. When everyone's eyes were on the most anticipated match of the day between GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly and GM Dibyendu Barua, Diptayan played a fantastic game with black pieces and completely outplayed Karthikeyan. Meanwhile, veteran GM Dibyendu Barua faced GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly for the first time in Kolkata and fought valiantly for a man who plays seldom in tournaments these days. RSPB-A and Airport Authority of India lead the open section, whereas PSPB and Air India lead the Women' section at the conclusion of round 4 and 3 respectively. We have a complete report of round 2-4 including photos, videos and some games.
Diptayan's dominance is not enough for the team in round 3
Team Bengal Red faced a surmountable task of overcoming odds when one of the teammate Koustav Chatterjee could not turn up for the game. Playing a man down, team Bengal Red needed to score a minimum 2.0/3 to save the day.
Team PSPB was ready but Team Bengal Red was not | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Final moments of the game between GM Karthikeyan Murali of PSPB and GM Diptayan Ghosh of Bengal Red | Video: Shahid Ahmed
If you are playing with Black pieces against someone like Karthikeyan Murali who is in superb form, you have to take every chance you get
Karthikeyan has made his intentions clear with 17.g4 that he will be the aggressor. However he missed something which he did not see coming. Hint: Counter attack is the best defence.
Four stages of Ganguly-Barua match. The final stage has GM Karthikeyan Murali and GM-elect Arghyadip Das participate in the analysis | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Final moments of the game between two generation of West Bengal GMs Surya Sekhar Ganguly and Dibyendu Barua | Video: Shahid Ahmed
In a game which was equal throughout the game, one must applaud Barua who managed to hold an equality for the major part of the game and played for over 3.5 hours.
Of course it's not easy to play when you have Rook and Knight in an open position. Where should Black move the Knight here?
Barua was known for his strong gritty defence, but unfortunately for him, here he chose the passive defence which only meant an eventual doom.
Double IM-norm and a GM norm-holder, FM Mitrabha Guha might have arrived a few minutes late in the game but he managed to hold GM G N Gopal to a draw.
Getting a solid position against Gopal is not an easy task. How should white react here?
Air India holds PSPB to a draw in round 4
Air India halted PSPB's winning streak with a 2-2 draw | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
It was not GM Karthikeyan Murali's day
In the round 4 game, after losing to Diptayan, Karthikeyan seemed to be finding his rhythm back as he missed a couple of easy wins against GM Srinath Narayanan.
The Knight at e5 is pinned twice. Find out how can white take advantage of it.
In the final part of the game, Karthikeyan missed another win again when he played 44.g4. What did he miss this time?
RSPB-A took joint lead by defeating Telangana SCA-A 3.5-0.5 while RSPB-B lost by 1.5-2.5 against... | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
...the other leader Airport Authority of India consisting of IM Vignesh N R, GM Abhimanyu Puranik, GM Shyam Sundar M and GM Stany G A | Photos: Shahid Ahmed
Round 3 results in open category
| Bo. | 1 | PSPB | Rtg | FED | - | 6 | Bengal Red | Rtg | FED | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 1.1 | GM |
| 2636 | IND | - | GM |
| 2414 | IND | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 1.2 | GM |
| 2594 | IND | - | FM |
| 2340 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 1.3 | GM |
| 2560 | IND | - | GM |
| 2556 | IND | 0 - 1 | ||||
| 1.4 | GM |
| 2555 | IND | - |
| 2332 | IND | + - - | |||||
| Bo. | 7 | Alekhine Chess Club - A - | Rtg | FED | - | 2 | Airport Authority of India | Rtg | FED | ½ :3½ | ||||
| 2.1 | CM |
| 2324 | IND | - | IM |
| 2473 | IND | 0 - 1 | ||||
| 2.2 |
| 2354 | IND | - | GM |
| 2538 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 2.3 |
| 2340 | IND | - | IM |
| 2517 | IND | ½ - ½ | |||||
| 2.4 |
| 2164 | IND | - | IM |
| 2505 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| Bo. | 3 | Railways SPB - A | Rtg | FED | - | 8 | All Orissa CA | Rtg | FED | 3 : 1 | ||||
| 3.1 | IM |
| 2451 | IND | - | IM |
| 2330 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 3.2 | IM |
| 2476 | IND | - |
| 2356 | IND | ½ - ½ | |||||
| 3.3 | GM |
| 2532 | IND | - |
| 2210 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 3.4 | GM |
| 2470 | IND | - |
| 2205 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| Bo. | 9 | L I C | Rtg | FED | - | 4 | Air India | Rtg | FED | 1½:2½ | ||||
| 4.1 | IM |
| 2259 | IND | - | GM |
| 2443 | IND | 0 - 1 | ||||
| 4.2 |
| 1906 | IND | - | IM |
| 2381 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 4.3 | GM |
| 2376 | IND | - | IM |
| 2468 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 4.4 | IM |
| 2274 | IND | - | GM |
| 2572 | IND | 1 - 0 | ||||
| Bo. | 5 | Railways SPB - B | Rtg | FED | - | 10 | Bengal Blue | Rtg | FED | 4 : 0 | ||||
| 5.1 | IM |
| 2395 | IND | - |
| 2340 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 5.2 | IM |
| 2428 | IND | - |
| 2014 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 5.3 | IM |
| 2445 | IND | - |
| 2311 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 5.4 | GM |
| 2441 | IND | - |
| 2053 | IND | 1 - 0 |
Round 4 results in Open category
| Bo. | 4 | Air India | Rtg | FED | - | 1 | PSPB | Rtg | FED | 2 : 2 | ||||
| 1.1 | GM |
| 2443 | IND | - | GM |
| 2636 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 1.2 | IM |
| 2381 | IND | - | GM |
| 2601 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 1.3 | IM |
| 2468 | IND | - | GM |
| 2594 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 1.4 | GM |
| 2572 | IND | - | GM |
| 2560 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 2 | Airport Authority of India | Rtg | FED | - | 5 | Railways SPB - B | Rtg | FED | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 2.1 | IM |
| 2473 | IND | - | IM |
| 2395 | IND | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 2.2 | GM |
| 2538 | IND | - | IM |
| 2428 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 2.3 | GM |
| 2512 | IND | - | GM |
| 2417 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 2.4 | IM |
| 2517 | IND | - | GM |
| 2441 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||
| Bo. | 11 | Telangana SCA | Rtg | FED | - | 3 | Railways SPB - A | Rtg | FED | ½ :3½ | ||||
| 3.1 |
| 1854 | IND | - | IM |
| 2451 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 3.2 |
| 2252 | IND | - | GM |
| 2488 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 3.3 |
| 2042 | IND | - | GM |
| 2532 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 3.4 |
| 2239 | IND | - | GM |
| 2470 | IND | ½ - ½ | |||||
| Bo. | 6 | Bengal Red | Rtg | FED | - | 15 | Madhya Pradhesh CA | Rtg | FED | 4 : 0 | ||||
| 4.1 | GM |
| 2414 | IND | - | WCM |
| 1918 | IND | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 4.2 | FM |
| 2340 | IND | - | AIM |
| 1854 | IND | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 4.3 | GM |
| 2409 | IND | - |
| 1967 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 4.4 |
| 2332 | IND | - | AFM |
| 1839 | IND | 1 - 0 | |||||
| Bo. | 14 | Alekhine Chess Club - B | Rtg | FED | - | 7 | Alekhine Chess Club - A - | Rtg | FED | 1 : 3 | ||||
| 5.1 |
| 2009 | IND | - | CM |
| 2324 | IND | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 5.2 |
| 1919 | IND | - |
| 2354 | IND | 0 - 1 | ||||||
| 5.3 |
| 1870 | IND | - |
| 2340 | IND | ½ - ½ | ||||||
| 5.4 |
| 1964 | IND | - |
| 2164 | IND | ½ - ½ |
Round 5 pairings:
| Bo. | 3 | Railways SPB - A | Rtg | FED | - | 2 | Airport Authority of India | Rtg | FED | 0 : 0 | ||||
| 1.1 | GM |
| 2488 | IND | - | IM |
| 2473 | IND | |||||
| 1.2 | IM |
| 2476 | IND | - | GM |
| 2538 | IND | |||||
| 1.3 | GM |
| 2532 | IND | - | GM |
| 2512 | IND | |||||
| 1.4 | GM |
| 2470 | IND | - | IM |
| 2505 | IND | |||||
| Bo. | 1 | PSPB | Rtg | FED | - | 8 | All Orissa CA | Rtg | FED | 0 : 0 | ||||
| 2.1 | GM |
| 2636 | IND | - | IM |
| 2330 | IND | |||||
| 2.2 | GM |
| 2601 | IND | - |
| 2356 | IND | ||||||
| 2.3 | GM |
| 2594 | IND | - |
| 2210 | IND | ||||||
| 2.4 | GM |
| 2560 | IND | - |
| 2205 | IND | ||||||
| Bo. | 5 | Railways SPB - B | Rtg | FED | - | 4 | Air India | Rtg | FED | 0 : 0 | ||||
| 3.1 | IM |
| 2395 | IND | - | GM |
| 2443 | IND | |||||
| 3.2 | IM |
| 2428 | IND | - | IM |
| 2381 | IND | |||||
| 3.3 | GM |
| 2417 | IND | - | IM |
| 2468 | IND | |||||
| 3.4 | IM |
| 2445 | IND | - | GM |
| 2572 | IND | |||||
| Bo. | 9 | L I C | Rtg | FED | - | 6 | Bengal Red | Rtg | FED | 0 : 0 | ||||
| 4.1 | IM |
| 2259 | IND | - | FM |
| 2340 | IND | |||||
| 4.2 |
| 1829 | IND | - | GM |
| 2409 | IND | ||||||
| 4.3 | GM |
| 2376 | IND | - | GM |
| 2556 | IND | |||||
| 4.4 | IM |
| 2274 | IND | - |
| 2332 | IND | ||||||
| Bo. | 7 | Alekhine Chess Club - A - | Rtg | FED | - | 11 | Telangana SCA | Rtg | FED | 0 : 0 | ||||
| 5.1 | CM |
| 2324 | IND | - |
| 1854 | IND | ||||||
| 5.2 |
| 2354 | IND | - |
| 2252 | IND | |||||||
| 5.3 |
| 2340 | IND | - |
| 2042 | IND | |||||||
| 5.4 |
| 2164 | IND | - |
| 2239 | IND |
WIM Sakshi Chitlange had a sensational day
Team PSPB women defeated Bengal Tigresses by 3.5-0.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
IM Soumya Swaminathan was held to a draw by WFM Arpita Mukherjee. Arpita managed to equalize easily and Soumya was not given any chance in Sicilian Najdorf.
Sakshi Chitlange was definitely the star player of the day among Women as she defeated two strong players: WGM Swathi Ghathe of LIC and IM Soumya Swaminathan of PSPB | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Sakshi's Knight on d6 looks beautifully placed but Soumya missed something and played 19...c4. What did she miss?
Soumya chose a passive defence here with 27...Qc8 which Sakshi easily defied and converted the game into a win
Air India Women's team won both round 2 and 3 with a score of 3.5-0.5 against Tamil Nadu and All Bihar CA. They will face the other leader PSPB in round 4 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Round 2 results:
| Bo. | 1 | PSPB | Rtg | - | 4 | Bengal Tigresses | Rtg | 3½: ½ | ||||
| 1.1 | WGM |
| 2402 | - | WFM |
| 2184 | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 1.2 | WGM |
| 2317 | - | WCM |
| 1915 | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 1.3 | IM |
| 2315 | - | WIM |
| 1921 | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 1.4 | WIM |
| 2275 | - |
| 1785 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| Bo. | 5 | Tamil Nadu | Rtg | - | 2 | Air India | Rtg | ½ :3½ | ||||
| 2.1 |
| 1668 | - | WGM |
| 2161 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 2.2 | WCM |
| 2115 | - | IM |
| 2352 | 0 - 1 | ||||
| 2.3 |
| 1977 | - | WGM |
| 2348 | 0 - 1 | |||||
| 2.4 |
| 1887 | - | WGM |
| 2004 | ½ - ½ | |||||
| Bo. | 3 | Airport Authority of India | Rtg | - | 6 | L I C | Rtg | 2½:1½ | ||||
| 3.1 | WIM |
| 2127 | - | WGM |
| 2229 | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 3.2 | WIM |
| 2268 | - | WGM |
| 2069 | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 3.3 | WIM |
| 2176 | - | WFM |
| 1523 | 0 - 1 | ||||
| 3.4 | WIM |
| 2146 | - |
| 1102 | 1 - 0 |
Round 3 results:
| o. | 3 | Airport Authority of India | Rtg | - | 1 | PSPB | Rtg | 1½:2½ | ||||
| 1.1 | WIM |
| 2127 | - | WGM |
| 2402 | 1 - 0 | ||||
| 1.2 | WIM |
| 2133 | - | WGM |
| 2317 | ½ - ½ | ||||
| 1.3 | WIM |
| 2268 | - | IM |
| 2315 | 0 - 1 | ||||
| 1.4 | WIM |
| 2176 | - | IM |
| 2365 | 0 - 1 | ||||
| Bo. | 2 | Air India | Rtg | - | 7 | All Bihar CA | Rtg | 3½: ½ | ||||
| 2.1 | WGM |
| 2161 | - |
| 1167 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 2.2 | IM |
| 2352 | - |
| 1254 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 2.3 | WGM |
| 2348 | - |
| 1803 | ½ - ½ | |||||
| 2.4 | WGM |
| 2004 | - |
| 1525 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| Bo. | 4 | Bengal Tigresses | Rtg | - | 8 | Rising Bengal | Rtg | 3½: ½ | ||||
| 3.1 |
| 1834 | - |
| 1389 | 1 - 0 | ||||||
| 3.2 | WFM |
| 2184 | - |
| 1351 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 3.3 | WCM |
| 1915 | - |
| 1616 | 1 - 0 | |||||
| 3.4 | WIM |
| 1921 | - |
| 1709 | ½ - ½ |
Round 4 pairing:
| Bo. | 1 | PSPB | Rtg | - | 2 | Air India | Rtg | 0 : 0 | ||||
| 1.1 | WGM |
| 2402 | - | WGM |
| 2161 | |||||
| 1.2 | WGM |
| 2317 | - | IM |
| 2352 | |||||
| 1.3 | IM |
| 2315 | - | WGM |
| 2348 | |||||
| 1.4 | WIM |
| 2275 | - | WGM |
| 2004 | |||||
| Bo. | 5 | Tamil Nadu | Rtg | - | 3 | Airport Authority of India | Rtg | 0 : 0 | ||||
| 2.1 |
| 1668 | - | WIM |
| 2127 | ||||||
| 2.2 | WCM |
| 2115 | - | WIM |
| 2133 | |||||
| 2.3 |
| 1977 | - | WIM |
| 2176 | ||||||
| 2.4 |
| 1887 | - | WIM |
| 2146 | ||||||
| Bo. | 7 | All Bihar CA | Rtg | - | 4 | Bengal Tigresses | Rtg | 0 : 0 | ||||
| 3.1 |
| 1254 | - |
| 1834 | |||||||
| 3.2 |
| 1803 | - | WFM |
| 2184 | ||||||
| 3.3 |
| 1525 | - | WCM |
| 1915 | ||||||
| 3.4 |
| 1657 | - |
| 1785 |
Gallery:
GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly talks about his game with GM Dibyendu Barua | Video: Shahid Ahmed
Asian Continental Women's Champion IM Padmini Rout shares her thoughts about her game | Video: Shahid Ahmed
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