Serbia Open 2022 R1: Arpita and Kashish score big wins

by Shahid Ahmed - 29/06/2022

Serbia Open 2022 witnesses the participation of 393 players, combining both Masters and Amateur section. A total of 78 Indians are taking part in this event. B Adhiban is the highest rated Indian in the field. 12 players are rated 2600 and above. 38 GMs, 68 IMs, 6 WGMs and 13 IMs are taking part. The average rating of the tournament is 2319. That should give you a good idea about the strength of the tournament. WIM Arpita Mukherjee and FM Kashish Manoj Jain scored big victories over two Azeris, GM Mahammad Muradli and GM Ulvi Sadikhov respectively. Round 2 starts today at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

A good start for a lot of Indians

FM Nikhil Dixit, IM V Saravanan and FM Sharan Rao drew their respective games against third seed GM Anton Demchenko, GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB) and GM Aleksandar Kovacevic (SRB) respectively. Nikhil and Saravanan had a tiny window of opportunity to push further in the endgame. Sharan showed perseverance after being worse for the majority of the game. National Women 2022 runner-up, WIM Sakshi Chitlange defeated reigning National Junior champion, IM Neelash Saha.

WIM Arpita Mukherjee annihilated GM Mahammad Muradli | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Anton Demchenko - FM Nikhil Dixit: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Official site

Arpita - Muradli: 1-0

WIM Arpita Mukherjee (2281) launched a devastating attack on GM Mahammad Muradli's kingside (AZE, 2510).

Position after 19.f5

The correct way to respond to 19.f5 is gxf5. Yes, it is quite counterintuitive. 19...exf5 prompted another devastating move 20.e6 Nf6 21.Nxf5 +- and it's all over for Black. White won the game in another seven moves.

Kashish - Sadikhov: 1-0

FM Kashish Manoj Jain (2271) seized his opportunity against GM Ulvi Sadikhov (AZE, 2491) when the latter did not want to draw in the queen and bishop endgame.

Position after 31.Kh3

Since the bishop at h8 has become furniture, Black's best course of choice would be to go for a draw 31...Qh1+ 32.Kg3 Qg1+ 33.Kf3 Qd1+ and so on. However, he capture a wrong pawn 31...Qxc2?? Find out the winning continuation for White.

FM Kashish Manoj Jain scored a nice victory against GM Ulvi Sadikhov (AZE) | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Ceremonial first move is being made on the top board | Photo: Official site

GM Anton Demchenko (2654) - FM Nikhil Dixit (2331): 0.5-0.5

GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB, 2620) - IM V Saravanan (2324): 0.5-0.5

WIM Arpita Mukherjee (2281) - GM Muradli Mahammad (AZE, 2510): 1-0

GM Aleksandar Kovacevic (SRB, 2500) - FM Sharan Rao (2274): 0.5-0.5

FM Kashish Manoj Jain (2271) - GM Ulvi Sadikhov (AZE, 2491): 1-0

Saurabh Anand (2260) - IM Raymond Song (TPE, 2485): 0.5-0.5

IM Alan-Safar Ramoutar (TTO, 2480) - Adarsh Tripathi (2247): 0-1

WIM Savitha Shri B (2230) - IM Jurica Srbis (CRO, 2455): 0.5-0.5

IM Prraneeth Vuppala (2447) - Ojas Kulkarni (2226) : 0.5-0.5

WIM Sakshi Chitlange (2216) - IM Neelash Saha (2439): 1-0

IM Sirisa Saric (SRB, 2403) - Joshua A P (2163): 0.5-0.5

IM Harshavardhan G B (2367) - Soham Bhattacharyya (2099): 0.5-0.5

Thrish Karthik (2095) - IM Nikola Nikolovski (MKD, 2365): 0.5-0.5

IM Boroljub Zlatanovic (SRB, 2346) - CM Akshay Borgaonkar (2026): 0.5-0.5

Highlights

A few interesting finishes from Round 1

FM Ivan Martic (SRB, 2314) - GM Abhimanyu Puranik (2608): 0-1

FM Saurabh Anand (2260) - IM Raymond Song (TPE, 2485): 0.5-0.5

IM Pranav Venkatesh (2481) - FM Konstantinos Markidis (GRE, 2259): 1-0

IM Predrag Masic (SRB, 2242) - GM Sanidpan Chanda (2467): 0-1

A total of 263 players including 38 GMs, 68 IMs, 6 WGMs and 13 WIMs are taking part from 38 countries across the world including India. The tournament is being organized by Serbia Chess Federation from 28th June to 7th July 2022 at Novi Sad, Serbia. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes/40 moves + 15 minutes for whole game, 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Replay Round 1 games

Round 1 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	3	3	GM	Demchenko Anton	2654	0	½ - ½	0	FM	Dixit Nikhil	2331	135
1	7	7	GM	Indjic Aleksandar	2620	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Saravanan V.	2324	139
1	10	142	FM	Jocev Milan	2317	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Adhiban B.	2616	10
1	11	11	GM	Aryan Chopra	2609	0	1 - 0	0	FM	Isik Alparslan	2316	143
1	12	144	FM	Martic Ivan	2314	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2608	12
1	14	146	WIM	Sahithi Varshini M	2312	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Sanal Vahap	2576	14
1	16	148		Ivanovic Marko	2303	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2562	16
1	19	19	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	2547	0	1 - 0	0	FM	Alexiadis Hristos	2291	151
1	26	158	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	2281	0	1 - 0	0	GM	Muradli Mahammad	2510	26
1	31	31	GM	Kovacevic Aleksandar	2500	0	½ - ½	0	FM	Sharan Rao	2274	163
1	34	166	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj	2271	0	1 - 0	0	GM	Sadikhov Ulvi	2491	34
1	36	168	FM	Antova Gabriela	2266	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Aditya Mittal	2485	36
1	37	37	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	2485	0	1 - 0	0	IM	Leskur Dejan	2265	169
1	38	170		Saurabh Anand	2260	0	½ - ½	0	IM	Song Raymond	2485	38
1	39	39	IM	Pranav V	2481	0	1 - 0	0	FM	Markidis Konstantinos	2259	171
1	40	172	FM	Krasteva Beloslava	2249	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2480	40
1	41	41	IM	Ramoutar Alan-Safar	2480	0	0 - 1	0		Adarsh Tripathi	2247	173
1	42	174		Gavrilov Maxim	2247	0	1 - 0	0	GM	Raja Harshit	2479	42
1	43	43	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2477	0	½ - ½	0		Holland James P	2245	175
1	46	178	IM	Masic Predrag	2242	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2467	46

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Round 2 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
2	5	86		Utsab Chatterjee	2403	1		1	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	2617	9
2	6	10	GM	Adhiban B.	2616	1		1	IM	Moksh Amit Doshi	2398	91
2	7	88	IM	Muthaiah Al	2401	1		1	GM	Aryan Chopra	2609	11
2	8	12	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2608	1		1	IM	Drnovsek Gal	2393	93
2	9	90	IM	Tania Sachdev	2399	1		1	GM	Can Emre	2599	13
2	12	16	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2562	1		1	FM	Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan	2388	97
2	14	98	WGM	Narva Mai	2385	1		1	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	2547	19
2	23	118	IM	Padmini Rout	2357	1		1	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	2485	37
2	24	119	IM	Vardaan Nagpal	2357	1		1	IM	Pranav V	2481	39
2	26	120	IM	Anuj Shrivatri	2356	1		1	IM	Janzelj Tim	2470	45
2	27	46	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2467	1		1	FM	Karacsonyi Gellert	2338	131
2	29	48	IM	Pranav Anand	2467	1		1	FM	Hristodoulou Panagiotis	2328	138
2	30	126	CM	Kushagra Mohan	2343	1		1	IM	Suleymenov Alisher	2467	49
2	31	128	FM	Rohith Krishna S	2339	1		1	GM	Arnaudov G. Petar	2462	51
2	32	52	IM	Nitish Belurkar	2460	1		1	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	2281	158
2	34	54	FM	Milikow Yoav	2460	1		1	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj	2271	166
2	35	130	IM	Souhardo Basak	2338	1		1	IM	Ioannidis Evgenios	2459	55
2	37	154	FM	Culum Sanjin	2287	1		1	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	2443	61
2	38	173		Adarsh Tripathi	2247	1		1	IM	Agmanov Zhandos	2436	65
2	40	68	FM	Samant Aditya S	2433	1		1	IM	Mullick Raahil	2237	183

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Links

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