Adhiban starts with a hat-trick
IM Padmini Rout, CM Kushagra Mohan, WIM Sakshi Chitlange, FM Kashish Manoj Jain and Ajay Mushini drew with GM G Petar Arnaudov (BUL), IM P Shyam Nikhil, IM Zhandos Agmanov (KAZ), IM Nitish Belurkar and IM Tania Sachdev, respectively.
Indjic - Harikrishnan: 0-1
IM Harikrishnan A Ra (2396) is a very strong player. When GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB, 2620) erred early in the middlegame, he seized his opportunity and got a winning position in less than 20 moves of the game.
17.exf5 invites trouble as both black bishops are piercing on White's kingside. 17...Bxh2+ was the first strike 18.Kxh2 Qxd4 19.Be2 and now Black is winning in multiple ways. 19...Rxf5 was played. The alternative was 19...Qxd5.
Gan-Erdene - Ram Aravind: 0-1
IM Sugar Gan-Erdene (MGL, 2428) missed a thematic break 24.f5. When an opportunity arose, FM Ram Aravind L N (2138) pounced on it.
38.Bd2 allowed Black open the light squared bishop's diagonal 38...d4. 38.Rfb1 would have kept things balanced. A series of inaccuracies by White and a precise play by Black, earned him a full point.
Highlights
A few interesting finishes from Round 3
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.
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Round 3 results
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 97 | FM | Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan | 2388 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | GM | Adhiban B. | 2616 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 102 | IM | Ceres Dragos | 2380 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2608 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 11 | 51 | GM | Arnaudov G. Petar | 2462 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | IM | Padmini Rout | 2357 | 118 | ||
| 3 | 12 | 55 | IM | Ioannidis Evgenios | 2459 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | IM | Anuj Shrivatri | 2356 | 120 | ||
| 3 | 13 | 61 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | 2443 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | CM | Kushagra Mohan | 2343 | 126 | ||
| 3 | 14 | 65 | IM | Agmanov Zhandos | 2436 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | WIM | Chitlange Sakshi | 2216 | 197 | ||
| 3 | 16 | 164 | FM | Eren Ataberk | 2273 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | FM | Samant Aditya S | 2433 | 68 | ||
| 3 | 17 | 1 | GM | Predke Alexandr | 2688 | 1½ | 1 - 0 | 1½ | IM | Srihari L R | 2404 | 84 | ||
| 3 | 18 | 88 | IM | Muthaiah Al | 2401 | 1½ | 0 - 1 | 1½ | GM | Ivic Velimir | 2628 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 19 | 7 | GM | Indjic Aleksandar | 2620 | 1½ | 0 - 1 | 1½ | IM | Harikrishnan.A.Ra | 2396 | 92 | ||
| 3 | 20 | 11 | GM | Aryan Chopra | 2609 | 1½ | 1 - 0 | 1½ | FM | Damjanovic Vuk | 2393 | 94 | ||
| 3 | 24 | 19 | GM | Harsha Bharathakoti | 2547 | 1½ | 1 - 0 | 1½ | IM | Maltsevskaya Aleksandra | 2378 | 104 | ||
| 3 | 28 | 111 | IM | Harshavardhan G B | 2367 | 1½ | 0 - 1 | 1½ | IM | Aditya Mittal | 2485 | 36 | ||
| 3 | 30 | 39 | IM | Pranav V | 2481 | 1½ | 1 - 0 | 1½ | IM | Tsolakidou Stavroula | 2358 | 117 | ||
| 3 | 31 | 138 | FM | Hristodoulou Panagiotis | 2328 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Karthik Venkataraman | 2480 | 40 | ||
| 3 | 32 | 43 | GM | Arjun Kalyan | 2477 | 1½ | 1 - 0 | 1½ | IM | Vardaan Nagpal | 2357 | 119 | ||
| 3 | 34 | 156 | FM | Marn Jan | 2282 | 1½ | 0 - 1 | 1½ | IM | Pranav Anand | 2467 | 48 | ||
| 3 | 35 | 166 | FM | Jain Kashish Manoj | 2271 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | IM | Nitish Belurkar | 2460 | 52 | ||
| 3 | 36 | 158 | WIM | Arpita Mukherjee | 2281 | 1½ | 0 - 1 | 1½ | FM | Milikow Yoav | 2460 | 54 | ||
| 3 | 41 | 71 | IM | Gan-Erdene Sugar | 2428 | 1½ | 0 - 1 | 1½ | FM | Ram Aravind L N | 2138 | 233 |
