Russian WFM Alfia Nasybullina played a solid tactical game and shocked 11th seed GM Dimitri Deviatkin also of Russia in the Open event of the 2nd IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Juniors (Under-13) Chess Tournament and played at the Mount Litera International School at BKC, Bandra late on Monday.
Om Manish Kadam left in a intense fight with Aronyak Ghosh at the 2nd IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Chess Tournament and played at the Mount Litera International School at BKC, Bandra
In the biggest upset of the day, Deviatkin played an Anti-Sicilian game but later on misplayed his position to end up with an exchange down and eventually went on lose the game to Alfia. Nasybullina was rated close to 300 points below Deviatkin.
In the other notable results of the first round Mumbai lad Mithil Ajgaonkar, rated just 2216, held second-seeded Italian GM David Alberto who is rated 2574. There were a couple of notable draws in the games from the top tables. Delhi boys Puneet Jaiswal and Nishant Malhotra, and West Bengal’s Debrashi Mukherjee held higher rated players. While Debarshi held Belgian GM Vadim Malakhatko, Puneet drew with Polish GM Jacek Stopa and Nishant drew with IM Narayanan Srinath, the highest rated international master in the fray.
In the second round of the Junior tournament, third-seeded Bengal boy Aronyak Ghosh was held to a draw by Om Manish Kadam. Kadam was rated more than 700 points below Aronyak. Notaby, this is the richest junior (under-13) tournament in the world with the prize fund of Rs. 8 lakhs.
Results – Open category (Round 1): Sandipan Chanda (2593, IND) beat WIM Parnali S Dharia (2219, IND); Mithil Ajgaonkar (2216, IND) drew with GM David Alberto (2574, ITA); GM Ghosh Diptayan (2570, IND) beat Snehal Bhosale (2214, IND); FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman (2213, BAN) lost to GM Bernadskiy Vitaliy (2540, UKR); GM Sivuk Vitaly (2540, UKR) beat Jayakumaar S (2211, IND); Patil Pratik (2208, IND) lost to GM Movsziszian Karen (2523, ARM); GM Tukhaev Adam (2516, UKR) beat Likhit Chilukuri (2206, IND); Debarshi Mukherjee (2194, IND) drew with
GM Malakhatko Vadim (2507, BEL); GM Horvath Adam (2501, HUN) beat Senthil Maran K. (2193, IND); Prasannaa S. (2191, IND) lost to GM Czebe Attila (2500, HUN).