KIIT R08: S.Nitin and Nguyen Duc Hoa lead with 7.0/8
The great thing about the KIIT International Open 2017 is the number of fighting games on the top boards. Out of the top 10 boards, we had 8 decisive encounters. And this meant that the number of leaders was now down to just two. S.Nitin from India and Nguyen Duc Hoa from Vietnam now lead the tournament with 7.0/8. They will face off against each other in the penultimate round. Five players follow them with 6.5/8. Illustrated round 8 report from Bhubaneshwar with excellent pictures by Amruta Mokal.
All Photos by Amruta Mokal
From five leaders at the end of round seven, we are now down to two. S. Nitin from India and Nguyen Duc Hoa from Vietnam. Both of them are on 7.0/8.
S. Nitin played a fine game to beat Vikramjit Singh with the white pieces
Vikramjit Singh got an excellent position out of the opening. However, he sacrificed an exchange for a pawn. This was insufficient compensation and after that Nitin really handled the position well, not letting things ever go out of control. This game is an excellent example of how material advantage is the biggest and best advantage in the game of chess.
[Event "10th KiiT International Chess Festival -"]
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.31"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nitin, S."]
[Black "Singh, S. Vikramjit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. e4 b6 {Mainly English players have used this system in the past. But I
think it gives the kind of positions to White that Nitin enjoys.} 2. d4 Bb7 3.
Bd3 Nf6 4. Nd2 $5 {The knight could be developed on c3 as well, but most of
the times White keeps that square free so that c5 can be answered with c3.} e6
5. Ngf3 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3 {So White's development has been simple
and I already feel he has an excellent position.} Ba6 $5 {An interesting
decision. At the cost of further delaying the development Black wants to
exchange his bad bishop. Positionally this is an excellent decision, but the
king on e8 might not be too happy about it!} 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qa4 (10. Qe2 Nc7
11. c4 {was another way to go.}) 10... Nc7 11. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 12. c4 $6 (12. Qg4
$1 $14 {This transfer of the queen was a powerful idea. The other knight can
jump to b3-d4 and White is great co-ordination.}) 12... O-O 13. cxd5 Nxd5 {
Overall I think Black should be happy with his position now. He has been able
to castle and his development is also completed.} 14. Qg4 Qc7 15. Nc4 b5 (15...
Ne7 $1 {Rerouting the knight to g6 could have been a good idea.}) 16. Bh6 g6
17. Bxf8 Rxf8 {Vikramjit sacrifices an exchange, but I think that the
compensation he receives in return for it is insufficient.} 18. Ncd2 Nxe5 19.
Qe4 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 {Black has a pawn for an exchange, but White has excellent
co-ordination and hence is clearly better.} Rc8 21. Rac1 Qb6 22. Qh4 Kg7 23.
Ne5 Rc7 24. Nd3 Be7 25. Qe4 Bf6 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Nb4 Qc5 28. Nxd5 exd5 {
Some pieces have come off the board and White has retained his edge. At the
same time Black has new trumps mainly the d-pawn. Well, both players have to
play accurately here, but objectively White is better.} 29. Qb1 $1 d4 30. Rd1
Bd8 (30... h5 {creating another weakness is of paramount importance for Black.}
31. Qd3 h4 32. b3 a5 $14 {The h-pawn is a little irritating and overall I feel
bishop is better on f6 than on b6. But it doesn't change the overall
assessment by much.}) 31. Qd3 Bb6 {Black has his d4 pawn covered. But that's
the end of the good news. Now it is White who can slowly, but steadily improve
his position. Black can just sit and wait.} 32. b3 h5 33. h4 Qa3 34. Qe2 (34.
Qxb5 Qxa2 35. Qe5+ Kh7 36. Qf6 Qxb3 37. Re1 {is curtains as the rook is going
to land on e7.}) 34... Qc5 35. g3 Ba5 36. Qe4 Bc3 37. Rd3 f5 38. Qe6 Qa3 39.
Qe5+ Kh7 40. Kg2 Qxa2 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ Kh6 44. Qg8 {The
queen alone could do the damage! The rook wasn't required. A very good game by
Nitin.} 1-0
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.31"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nitin, S."]
[Black "Singh, S. Vikramjit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. e4 b6 {Mainly English players have used this system in the past. But I
think it gives the kind of positions to White that Nitin enjoys.} 2. d4 Bb7 3.
Bd3 Nf6 4. Nd2 $5 {The knight could be developed on c3 as well, but most of
the times White keeps that square free so that c5 can be answered with c3.} e6
5. Ngf3 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3 {So White's development has been simple
and I already feel he has an excellent position.} Ba6 $5 {An interesting
decision. At the cost of further delaying the development Black wants to
exchange his bad bishop. Positionally this is an excellent decision, but the
king on e8 might not be too happy about it!} 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qa4 (10. Qe2 Nc7
11. c4 {was another way to go.}) 10... Nc7 11. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 12. c4 $6 (12. Qg4
$1 $14 {This transfer of the queen was a powerful idea. The other knight can
jump to b3-d4 and White is great co-ordination.}) 12... O-O 13. cxd5 Nxd5 {
Overall I think Black should be happy with his position now. He has been able
to castle and his development is also completed.} 14. Qg4 Qc7 15. Nc4 b5 (15...
Ne7 $1 {Rerouting the knight to g6 could have been a good idea.}) 16. Bh6 g6
17. Bxf8 Rxf8 {Vikramjit sacrifices an exchange, but I think that the
compensation he receives in return for it is insufficient.} 18. Ncd2 Nxe5 19.
Qe4 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 {Black has a pawn for an exchange, but White has excellent
co-ordination and hence is clearly better.} Rc8 21. Rac1 Qb6 22. Qh4 Kg7 23.
Ne5 Rc7 24. Nd3 Be7 25. Qe4 Bf6 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Nb4 Qc5 28. Nxd5 exd5 {
Some pieces have come off the board and White has retained his edge. At the
same time Black has new trumps mainly the d-pawn. Well, both players have to
play accurately here, but objectively White is better.} 29. Qb1 $1 d4 30. Rd1
Bd8 (30... h5 {creating another weakness is of paramount importance for Black.}
31. Qd3 h4 32. b3 a5 $14 {The h-pawn is a little irritating and overall I feel
bishop is better on f6 than on b6. But it doesn't change the overall
assessment by much.}) 31. Qd3 Bb6 {Black has his d4 pawn covered. But that's
the end of the good news. Now it is White who can slowly, but steadily improve
his position. Black can just sit and wait.} 32. b3 h5 33. h4 Qa3 34. Qe2 (34.
Qxb5 Qxa2 35. Qe5+ Kh7 36. Qf6 Qxb3 37. Re1 {is curtains as the rook is going
to land on e7.}) 34... Qc5 35. g3 Ba5 36. Qe4 Bc3 37. Rd3 f5 38. Qe6 Qa3 39.
Qe5+ Kh7 40. Kg2 Qxa2 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ Kh6 44. Qg8 {The
queen alone could do the damage! The rook wasn't required. A very good game by
Nitin.} 1-0
Vikramjit Singh did lose to Nitin, but overall has played an excellent tournament until now. He is already gaining 45 Elo points.
Nguyen Duc Hoa beat the man who has been leading the tournament since quite a few rounds...
...Ziaur Rahman
Ziaur Rahman began the game with the opening that has served him well at this tournament - the Pirc Defence. White didn't do anything special. The Vietnamese GM simply developed all his pieces and after an error by his opponent, simply crushed him with his central pawns. Here are three diagrams which will tell you exactly what transpired in the game.
The pawns on e5 and d5 are really strong. And all the white pieces are rallying behind them in perfect style.
A lot of the white pieces vanished, but the two little guys kept going strong, back by the rooks!
Fulfilling the dream of every passed pawn! From e2-d2 to e4-d4 to e5-d5 to e7-d7 and finally queens the pawns moved together throughout the game!
[Event "10th KiiT International Chess Festival -"]
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.31"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nguyen, Duc Hoa"]
[Black "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.31"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nguyen, Duc Hoa"]
[Black "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. e4 g6 {Ziaur sticks to the system that has worked well for him in this
tournament.} 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O {Nothing flashy.
White simply develops and gets his king to safety.} c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Be3 Qc7 9.
a4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Qd2 Rad8 (11... e5 {is the normal move for Black here.
But I think Ziaur wasn't too happy about the position that is reached after}
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Bg5 $14) 12. Bc4 c5 $6 (12... e5 {simply made
more sense, because all the pieces are in good positions to execute that move.}
) 13. d5 $14 {Black is now passive.} Ne5 $6 14. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 {This is a
dubious position for Black.} 15. Qe2 (15. a5 $1 $16) 15... Nh5 16. a5 Nf4 17.
Bxf4 exf4 18. e5 Kh8 19. a6 Ba8 20. Rad1 {[%csl Gc3,Gc4,Gd1,Gd5,Ge1,Ge2,Ge5]
White has beautiful control! Black is just lost.} Qc8 21. Nb5 Qxa6 {Ziaur
tries to complicate the position, but in vain.} 22. Nd6 (22. d6 $18 {might
have been even more accurate.}) 22... b5 (22... Qa5 23. Ra1 Qb4 24. c3 $18) 23.
Nxb5 Qb6 24. d6 e6 25. c3 Bc6 26. Nc7 Rb8 27. b3 {White is just very patient.
He is not in a hurry and knows that with all the trumps, sooner or later the
point will fall in his lap.} h5 28. f3 Bh6 29. Ra1 a5 30. Qa2 a4 31. bxa4 Qa5
32. Bb5 Bb7 (32... Bxb5 33. axb5 Qxc3 34. Rac1 Qd4+ 35. Qf2 $18) 33. Nxe6 $5 (
33. Qc4 {Keeping it simple was also possible.}) 33... fxe6 34. Qxe6 Rg8 35.
Qf6+ Kh7 (35... Bg7 36. Qxg6 $18) 36. e6 {The two central pawns are very
strong.} Bg7 37. Qg5 (37. Qxf4 $1 Bxc3 38. e7 Bxa1 (38... Bxe1 39. d7 $18) 39.
Rxa1 Qc3 40. Rd1 $18 {There is no sacrifice possible on f3.}) 37... c4 (37...
Bxc3 {What had Nguyen prepared for this move?} 38. e7 Bxa1 39. Rxa1 Qc3 40. Rd1
Bxf3 {And it is already a draw!}) 38. Rad1 Rgf8 39. e7 Qb6+ 40. Kf1 Rf5 41.
Qxf5 gxf5 42. d7 {[%csl Gd1,Gd7,Ge1,Ge7]} Bxc3 43. d8=Q Qg6 44. e8=Q {[%csl
Gd1,Gd8,Ge1,Ge8] What a vivid position to end the game!} 1-0
tournament.} 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O {Nothing flashy.
White simply develops and gets his king to safety.} c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Be3 Qc7 9.
a4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Qd2 Rad8 (11... e5 {is the normal move for Black here.
But I think Ziaur wasn't too happy about the position that is reached after}
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Bg5 $14) 12. Bc4 c5 $6 (12... e5 {simply made
more sense, because all the pieces are in good positions to execute that move.}
) 13. d5 $14 {Black is now passive.} Ne5 $6 14. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 {This is a
dubious position for Black.} 15. Qe2 (15. a5 $1 $16) 15... Nh5 16. a5 Nf4 17.
Bxf4 exf4 18. e5 Kh8 19. a6 Ba8 20. Rad1 {[%csl Gc3,Gc4,Gd1,Gd5,Ge1,Ge2,Ge5]
White has beautiful control! Black is just lost.} Qc8 21. Nb5 Qxa6 {Ziaur
tries to complicate the position, but in vain.} 22. Nd6 (22. d6 $18 {might
have been even more accurate.}) 22... b5 (22... Qa5 23. Ra1 Qb4 24. c3 $18) 23.
Nxb5 Qb6 24. d6 e6 25. c3 Bc6 26. Nc7 Rb8 27. b3 {White is just very patient.
He is not in a hurry and knows that with all the trumps, sooner or later the
point will fall in his lap.} h5 28. f3 Bh6 29. Ra1 a5 30. Qa2 a4 31. bxa4 Qa5
32. Bb5 Bb7 (32... Bxb5 33. axb5 Qxc3 34. Rac1 Qd4+ 35. Qf2 $18) 33. Nxe6 $5 (
33. Qc4 {Keeping it simple was also possible.}) 33... fxe6 34. Qxe6 Rg8 35.
Qf6+ Kh7 (35... Bg7 36. Qxg6 $18) 36. e6 {The two central pawns are very
strong.} Bg7 37. Qg5 (37. Qxf4 $1 Bxc3 38. e7 Bxa1 (38... Bxe1 39. d7 $18) 39.
Rxa1 Qc3 40. Rd1 $18 {There is no sacrifice possible on f3.}) 37... c4 (37...
Bxc3 {What had Nguyen prepared for this move?} 38. e7 Bxa1 39. Rxa1 Qc3 40. Rd1
Bxf3 {And it is already a draw!}) 38. Rad1 Rgf8 39. e7 Qb6+ 40. Kf1 Rf5 41.
Qxf5 gxf5 42. d7 {[%csl Gd1,Gd7,Ge1,Ge7]} Bxc3 43. d8=Q Qg6 44. e8=Q {[%csl
Gd1,Gd8,Ge1,Ge8] What a vivid position to end the game!} 1-0
The two leaders S.Nitin (left) and Nguyen Duc Hoa will face each other in round nine on the top board. It will be an exciting battle.
It seemed as if Farrukh Amonatov had been left behind in the tournament. But that's the thing about strong players, they always strike back. He is now on 6.5/8, within the striking distance of the leaders.
The man who has made it a habit to win Indian events, Adam Tukhaev, is also on 6.5/8
One player who is really shining brightly here is IM CRG Krishna. After beating the top seed Farrukh Amonatov in round four, he scalped another GM Andrei Deviatkin.
[Event "10th KiiT International Chess Festival -"]
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.31"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Krishna, C R G."]
[Black "Deviatkin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.31"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Krishna, C R G."]
[Black "Deviatkin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. g3 a6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Be2 Bd6 18. Be1 Rfd8 19. Bf3 Ne5 20. Bg2 b5 21.
Qb3 Nc4 22. Ne2 Be5 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
Qc2 Qa5 28. Nc3 {CRG had played in a very solid fashion right from the opening.
Deviatkin responded well and over here the position should be around even. But
the Russian GM thought that he saw a tactical opportunity and jumped at this
chance.} b4 $5 29. Na4 b3 30. axb3 (30. Qxc4 bxa2 31. Qxa2 Qe1+ 32. Bf1 Ne4 $17
) 30... Qe1+ 31. Bf1 Nd2 32. Qc8+ $1 {Somehow CRG manages to co-ordinate his
forces.} Kh7 33. Qxa6 Nfe4 (33... Ng4 34. Qe2 Qc1 {was a better try. But White
should be doing fine after} 35. Nc3 Ne5 36. f4 Nef3+ 37. Kf2 Nxh2 38. Bg2 f5 {
It looks scary for White. But the computer says equal!}) 34. Qe2 Qc1 35. Kg2
Qc6 $2 (35... Ng5 $1 36. Nc3 Ngf3 $13) 36. f3 Nxb3 37. Qc4 $1 Qxc4 38. Bxc4
Nbd2 39. Bxe6 fxe6 40. fxe4 $18 {Two pawns up, CRG didn't have any
difficulties converting this.} Kg8 41. Nc5 Kf7 42. b3 Kf6 43. Kf2 Ke5 44. Ke2
Nb1 45. Kd3 Kd6 46. Nb7+ Ke5 47. Na5 1-0
Bd6 9. g3 a6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Be2 Bd6 18. Be1 Rfd8 19. Bf3 Ne5 20. Bg2 b5 21.
Qb3 Nc4 22. Ne2 Be5 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
Qc2 Qa5 28. Nc3 {CRG had played in a very solid fashion right from the opening.
Deviatkin responded well and over here the position should be around even. But
the Russian GM thought that he saw a tactical opportunity and jumped at this
chance.} b4 $5 29. Na4 b3 30. axb3 (30. Qxc4 bxa2 31. Qxa2 Qe1+ 32. Bf1 Ne4 $17
) 30... Qe1+ 31. Bf1 Nd2 32. Qc8+ $1 {Somehow CRG manages to co-ordinate his
forces.} Kh7 33. Qxa6 Nfe4 (33... Ng4 34. Qe2 Qc1 {was a better try. But White
should be doing fine after} 35. Nc3 Ne5 36. f4 Nef3+ 37. Kf2 Nxh2 38. Bg2 f5 {
It looks scary for White. But the computer says equal!}) 34. Qe2 Qc1 35. Kg2
Qc6 $2 (35... Ng5 $1 36. Nc3 Ngf3 $13) 36. f3 Nxb3 37. Qc4 $1 Qxc4 38. Bxc4
Nbd2 39. Bxe6 fxe6 40. fxe4 $18 {Two pawns up, CRG didn't have any
difficulties converting this.} Kg8 41. Nc5 Kf7 42. b3 Kf6 43. Kf2 Ke5 44. Ke2
Nb1 45. Kd3 Kd6 46. Nb7+ Ke5 47. Na5 1-0
Muhammad Khusenkhojaev is on 6.5/8. A special mention must be made about his opponent Suyog Wagh, who with a rating of 2138 is already gaining 90 Elo points. He beat strong players like Raahul V S and Arjun Kalyan.
In the reckoning for top prizes is GM Debashis Das, who is on 6.5/8
The battle between two generations of Orissa players was won by IM Sekhar Sahu
[Event "10th KiiT International Chess Festival -"]
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.31"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Sahu, Sekhar Chandra"]
[Black "Padmini, Rout"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[Site "KiiT University, Patia, Bhuban"]
[Date "2017.05.31"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Sahu, Sekhar Chandra"]
[Black "Padmini, Rout"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.05.26"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 $5 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 {The game is transposed into the ..
.d5 variation of the Alapin and the question is how useful is the move a6? I
think not much.} 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Ne5 $1 {White's
play has been simple and strong.} Qd8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. dxc5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc5
13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Nc4 Nd5 15. Bd6 $1 Ba7 16. Ba3 {Black is already lost.} O-O-O
17. Nd6+ Rxd6 18. Bxd6 $18 {Exchange up, Sekhar Sahu managed to clean up the
game pretty quickly.} Rd8 19. Bg3 Re8 20. c4 Ne7 21. Be5 c5 22. Rd3 f6 23. Bd6
Nf5 24. Bg4 Nxd6 25. Rxd6 f5 26. Rxe6 1-0
.d5 variation of the Alapin and the question is how useful is the move a6? I
think not much.} 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Ne5 $1 {White's
play has been simple and strong.} Qd8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. dxc5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc5
13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Nc4 Nd5 15. Bd6 $1 Ba7 16. Ba3 {Black is already lost.} O-O-O
17. Nd6+ Rxd6 18. Bxd6 $18 {Exchange up, Sekhar Sahu managed to clean up the
game pretty quickly.} Rd8 19. Bg3 Re8 20. c4 Ne7 21. Be5 c5 22. Rd3 f6 23. Bd6
Nf5 24. Bg4 Nxd6 25. Rxd6 f5 26. Rxe6 1-0
Padmini has not been herself at this event. But there is no doubt that she will use this as a learning experience and come out stronger at the next events.
Diptayan Ghosh really needs a 2.0/2 finish if he would like to fight for the first place. He is currently on 6.0/8.
Rank after Round 8
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
| 1 | 14 | IM | Nitin S. | IND | 2426 | TN | 7,0 | 0,0 | 37,0 | 40,5 | ||
| 2 | 7 | GM | Nguyen Duc Hoa | VIE | 2481 | VIE | 7,0 | 0,0 | 34,0 | 37,0 | ||
| 3 | 23 | IM | Krishna C R G | IND | 2392 | AP | 6,5 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 42,0 | ||
| 4 | 1 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | TJK | 2632 | TJK | 6,5 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 42,0 | ||
| 5 | 3 | GM | Tukhaev Adam | UKR | 2557 | UKR | 6,5 | 0,0 | 35,5 | 39,0 | ||
| 6 | 13 | IM | Khusenkhojaev Muhammad | TJK | 2433 | TJK | 6,5 | 0,0 | 35,0 | 38,5 | ||
| 7 | 5 | GM | Debashis Das | IND | 2496 | ODI | 6,5 | 0,0 | 33,5 | 35,5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | BAN | 2526 | BAN | 6,0 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 43,0 | ||
| 9 | 29 | Navalgund Niranjan | IND | 2351 | TN | 6,0 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 41,5 | |||
| 10 | 10 | GM | Babujian Levon | ARM | 2438 | ARM | 6,0 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 41,5 | ||
| 11 | 55 | Singh S. Vikramjit | IND | 2213 | MANP | 6,0 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 41,5 | |||
| 12 | 2 | GM | Ghosh Diptayan | IND | 2569 | WB | 6,0 | 0,0 | 37,5 | 41,0 | ||
| 13 | 20 | IM | Das Sayantan | IND | 2396 | WB | 6,0 | 0,0 | 37,5 | 41,0 | ||
| 14 | 16 | GM | Laxman R.R. | IND | 2417 | TN | 6,0 | 0,0 | 36,0 | 39,5 | ||
| 15 | 12 | GM | Reefat Bin-Sattar | BAN | 2437 | BAN | 6,0 | 0,0 | 35,0 | 39,0 | ||
| 16 | 48 | Saurabh Anand | IND | 2266 | BIH | 6,0 | 0,0 | 34,0 | 37,5 | |||
| 17 | 17 | IM | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | IND | 2410 | KAR | 6,0 | 0,0 | 32,0 | 35,5 | ||
| 18 | 11 | GM | Neelotpal Das | IND | 2438 | WB | 6,0 | 0,0 | 31,0 | 35,0 | ||
| 19 | 18 | IM | Krishna Teja N | IND | 2406 | AP | 6,0 | 0,0 | 30,0 | 32,5 | ||
| 20 | 8 | GM | Grover Sahaj | IND | 2478 | DEL | 6,0 | 0,0 | 29,5 | 33,0 |
Round 9 on 2017/06/01 at 15:00 hrs
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 14 | IM | Nitin S. | 2426 | 7 | 7 | GM | Nguyen Duc Hoa | 2481 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 1 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2632 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Debashis Das | 2496 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 13 | IM | Khusenkhojaev Muhammad | 2433 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Tukhaev Adam | 2557 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 2 | GM | Ghosh Diptayan | 2569 | 6 | 6½ | IM | Krishna C R G | 2392 | 23 | |||
| 5 | 4 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2526 | 6 | 6 | IM | Krishna Teja N | 2406 | 18 | |||
| 6 | 8 | GM | Grover Sahaj | 2478 | 6 | 6 | IM | Das Sayantan | 2396 | 20 | |||
| 7 | 10 | GM | Babujian Levon | 2438 | 6 | 6 | Navalgund Niranjan | 2351 | 29 | ||||
| 8 | 17 | IM | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | 2410 | 6 | 6 | GM | Neelotpal Das | 2438 | 11 | |||
| 9 | 48 | Saurabh Anand | 2266 | 6 | 6 | GM | Reefat Bin-Sattar | 2437 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | 55 | Singh S. Vikramjit | 2213 | 6 | 6 | GM | Laxman R.R. | 2417 | 16 |
Watch the games live on the ChessBase India website at 15.00 hours (also you can download games analyzed by tactical analysis feature of ChessBase 14)
Previous reports on KIIT International 2017:
10th KIIT International about to begin
01: Chandreyee Hajra stuns Padmini Rout
02+03: Ten players on perfect score
04: CRG Krishna shows his class; beats the top seed
05+06: The story of two brilliant combinations
07: All rook endgames are drawn!
B-Category (below 2000)
The KIIT B-category came to an end on 29th of June. 375 players participated in this 10-round event. The winner was Niranjan Mocharla who scored 9.0/10 and won Rs.50,000. Second place was won by Rishab Nishad (Rs.40,000) and third place went to Gaurav Das (Rs.30,000).
Niranjan Mocharla (centre) with second placed Rishabh Nishad (left) Gaurav Das (right) who finished third.
Final Ranking after 10 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 24 | Niranjan Mocharla | IND | 1812 | AP | 9,0 | 0,0 | 60,5 | 64,5 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Rishabh Nishad | IND | 1918 | UP | 8,5 | 0,0 | 62,5 | 67,5 | ||
| 3 | 61 | Gaurav Das | IND | 1687 | WB | 8,5 | 0,0 | 56,0 | 59,5 | ||
| 4 | 58 | Leeladhar Kachroo | IND | 1696 | HAR | 8,0 | 0,0 | 60,5 | 65,0 | ||
| 5 | 35 | Chetan Sharma | IND | 1777 | AP | 8,0 | 0,0 | 60,5 | 65,0 | ||
| 6 | 23 | Punit Indora | IND | 1814 | HAR | 8,0 | 0,0 | 59,5 | 65,0 | ||
| 7 | 51 | Sudhir Kumar Behera | IND | 1711 | ODI | 8,0 | 0,0 | 56,0 | 61,0 | ||
| 8 | 47 | Arijit Mukherjee | IND | 1740 | WB | 8,0 | 0,0 | 55,5 | 60,5 | ||
| 9 | 12 | Nikhil M | IND | 1872 | AP | 7,5 | 0,0 | 61,0 | 66,0 | ||
| 10 | 34 | AIM | Aryan | IND | 1784 | DEL | 7,5 | 0,0 | 60,5 | 64,5 | |
| 11 | 28 | Smaraki Mohanty | w | IND | 1794 | KIIT | 7,5 | 0,0 | 60,0 | 64,0 | |
| 12 | 38 | Ambarish Sharma | IND | 1774 | WB | 7,5 | 0,0 | 59,5 | 62,0 | ||
| 13 | 2 | Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U | IND | 1963 | AP | 7,5 | 0,0 | 58,5 | 63,0 | ||
| 14 | 9 | AGM | Shubham Shukla | IND | 1901 | PUN | 7,5 | 0,0 | 58,0 | 63,0 | |
| 15 | 33 | Kumud Kumar Nath | IND | 1789 | ODI | 7,5 | 0,0 | 57,5 | 62,5 | ||
| 16 | 74 | Mishra Anisha | w | IND | 1651 | ODI | 7,5 | 0,0 | 52,5 | 56,5 | |
| 17 | 75 | Bhagyashree Patil | w | IND | 1650 | MAH | 7,0 | 0,0 | 66,0 | 70,5 | |
| 18 | 5 | Singh Soram Rahul | IND | 1915 | ASSM | 7,0 | 0,0 | 64,5 | 68,5 | ||
| 19 | 37 | Cheniram Pegu | IND | 1775 | ASSM | 7,0 | 0,0 | 61,5 | 66,5 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Sandip Dey | IND | 1902 | WB | 7,0 | 0,0 | 60,0 | 65,5 |