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Bangladesh Premier League R2: Ganguly held to a draw by Aronyak

by Shahid Ahmed - 21/03/2021

IM Aronyak Ghosh of Leonin Chess Club scored the sole half point for his team as he held GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly of Bangladesh Police to a draw in Round 2 of Mujib Borso SAIF Powertec Premier Division Chess League. SAIF Sporting Club scored 0-4 whitewash victory over Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society. Both Bangladesh Police and SAIF Sporting Club are in shared lead with 4.0/4 at the conclusion of Round 2. Among other upsets, WIM Rani Hamid of Sheikh Russel Chess Club held IM Sekhar Chandra Sahu of Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club to a draw. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Bangladesh Police and SAIF Sporting Club in the lead

Bangladesh Police defeated Leonin Chess Club by 3.5-0.5 in Round 2. The only half they conceded was GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly being held to a draw by his compatriot IM Aronyak Ghosh. Meanwhile SAIF Sporting Club scored a 0-4 whitewash victory over Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society. Both Bangladesh Police and SAIF Sporting Club are in the shared lead of 4.0/4.

IM Aronyak Ghosh once again held GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly to a draw | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The tournament logo | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society - SAIF Sporting Club: 0-4

Adhiban once again displayed his fantastic positional play which eventually resulted in a combination.

Hasan - Adhiban

Position after 28.Bd2

Black has the majority of his pieces looking towards the kingside. Find out the best continuation after 28.Bd2.

Adhiban scored another emphatic victory | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

GM Vladislav Kovalev scored a 14-miniature victory over Syed Mahfuzur Rahman.

Sanket fell into a Boden's mate by doing a long castling against GM Reefat Bin Sattar in just 18 moves.

Sanket - Reefat

Position after 17...Bd6

18.0-0-0 ends the game immediately with a checkmate combination. However white had an interesting continuation with 18.cxb7. Although the position remains volatile for white after 18...0-0 but still better than getting checkmated.

Sanket fell into well-known Boden's mate | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

FM Mehdi Hasan Parag scored an academic victory over Mihir Lal Das.

Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society got whitewashed 0-4 by SAIF Sporting Club

Bangladesh Police - Leonin Chess Club: 3.5-0.5

IM Aronyak Ghosh of Leonin Chess Club held GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly of Bangladesh Police to a draw. He scored the sole half point for the team in a 3.5-0.5 defeat.

GM Raunak Sadhwani launched a devastating attack on the kingside against Subhayan Kundu who generated no counter attack on the other side of the board.

Raunak - Subhayan

Position after 19.Ne2

Black needed to generate some kind of counter play with 19...a5 as the position is already worse.

Position after 29.Qh3

Here black has an opportunity to make a comeback in the game after 29.Qh3. Find out how. Black missed the opportunity and continued with 29...Rdf7 and lost the game in another eight moves.

Raunak displayed his brilliant attacking technique | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Bangladesh no.3 GM Ziaur Rahman scored a fine victory against CM Osman Shaon.

Bangladesh Police scored 3.5-0.5 victory over Leonin Chess Club

GM Arjun Erigaisi of Titas Club scored a comfortable victory applying Ruy Lopez Schliemann Defence over CM Sohel Chowdhury of Shahin Chess Club.

IM Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad of Titas Club lost a prolonged battle against GM Abhimanyu Puranik of Shahin Chess Club.

Bala Chandra - Abhimanyu

Position after 23...Nb6

Is there a way for white to save the d4-pawn after 23...Nb6 ?

Shahin Chess Club drew with Titas Club 2-2 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

IM Mitrabha Guha of Uttara Central Chess Club scored a comfortable victory over IM Minhaz Uddin of Bangladesh Navy.

Bangladesh Navy lost to Uttara Central Chess Club 1-3 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Photo Gallery

IM Abu Sufian Shakil (left) was held to a draw by CM Tahsin Tajwar Zia | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman en route his victory over Mohammad Faruque Shahnaz | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Battle of the Veterans: WIM Rani Hamid held IM Sekhar Chandra Sahu to a draw | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

A quick glance of Round 2 | Video: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Replay games from Round 2

There is one round every day starting at 3 p.m. BST (2:30 p.m. IST) from 19th to 28th March 2021. On 29th March the final round starts at 2 p.m. BST (1:30 p.m. IST). A total of 63 players including 13 GMs, 9 IMs, 2 WIMs, 10 FMs and 8 CMs are slated to take part. A staggering 66.67% players are titled, 20.6% are GMs and 14.3% are IMs.

Round 2 results

No.TeamTeamRes.:Res.
1
  Shahin Chess Club
  Titas Club
2:2
2
  Bangladesh Navy
  Uttara Central Chess Club
1:3
3
  Bangladesh Police
  Leonin Chess Club
:½
4
  Sonali Bank Sports & Recreation Club
  Sheikh Russel Chess Club
:
5
  Janata Bank Officer Welfare Society
  SAIF Sporting Club
0:4
6
  Bangladesh Biman
  bye
:

Details

Links

Bangladesh Chess Federation