IM Diptayan Ghosh (2531) and IM Sayantan Das (2444) suffered shock defeats to players rated lower than them in the second round. At the end of three rounds, they stand at 2.0/3.
Meanwhile, IM N. Srinath (2476) came back strongly after a first round draw to win the next two rounds. He stands at 2.5/3 and will now take on one of the higher seeds, Bulgarian GM Delchev (2604) in the fourth round.
Check the Round 4 pairings here.
The top board game in the 4th round of the Asian Continental Chess Championship 2015 between GMs Vishnu and Ganguly resulted in a fighting draw after 44 moves. This result allowed GM Darini Pouria and IM Lin Chen to catch up with the Indian duo by winning their respective games today. The aforementioned four players currently lead the pack with 3.5/4.
Meanwhile, as many as 10 players, including 4 Indians GMs, are placed joint-second with a tally of 3 points each.
IM Narayanan Srinath (2476) suffered a draw at the hands of a much lower rated Apostolos Papapostolou (1971) to start with 0.5/1. The tournament is led by Israeli GM Evgeny Postny (2648).
IM Sayantan Das (2444) and IM Diptayan Ghosh (2531) won their respective games to move to 1.0/1.
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GM Ankit Rajpara (2460) stood among the leaders after defeating compatriot Yogesh Gautam (2207) to move to 4.5/5.
Top seed GM Baadur Jobava (2664) meanwhile conceded two draws to players rated much lower than him to be left at 4.0/5. IM Arghyadip Das (2485) and IM Prasanna Rao (2424) are also standing at 4.0/5 while IM Somak Palit (2345) is at 3.5/5.
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The Indian dominance at the Asian Continental Chess Championship 2015 continued as GMs Ganguly and Vishnu Prasanna took up the joint lead with a perfect score after Round 3. In the third round, Ganguly overcame GM Vakhidov after the latter blundered on move 64 in a drawn position while Vishnu Prasanna masterfully outplayed his compatriot GM Lalith Babu in a largely one-sided game.
Meanwhile, as many as 8 players, including 3 Indians are tied for the second spot with 2.5/3.
The 4th round promises to be an exciting one with Ganguly and Vishnu all set to lock horns against each other in a crucial all-India battle. A win tomorrow for either player will definitely put the winner in a strong position for the upcoming rounds.
Round 3 Results: Here
The Asian Continental Chess Championship 2015 is being held from 2nd August to 10th August in Al-Ain, UAE. 83 players from 28 Asian federations are contesting this 9-round event, which is being played on the Swiss league basis.
After 2 rounds of the tournament, a total of eight players are jointly leading the pack with 2 points each. Quite notably, 4 of them are Indians, namely GMs Ganguly, Vishnu, Sandipan and Lalith Babu. With the tournament still in its early days, the leaders’ spot is expected to change hands quite a lot in the upcoming rounds.
Round 2 Results: Here
At the end of three rounds of play, India’s GM Ankit Rajpara (2460) and IM Somak Palit (2345) are among the leaders. All the top seeds managed to maintain a clean slate, with the exception of GM Michael Kresenkow (2616) who drew his third round game.
IM Prasanna Rao (2424) lost with the white pieces to a player rated below him to remain stranded at 2.0/3.
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A final round draw against GM Vorobiov helped GM Laznicka clinch the title at the Pardubice Open 2015. Laznicka notched up a total of 7.5 points, half a point more than GM Movsesian, who finished a sole second courtesy of his better tie-break score.
Amongst Indians, IMs Konguvel and Diptayan finished impressively with 6.5 points each and a final ranking of 7th and 9th respectively. Both of them also added a GM-norm to their tally.
Final Rankings: Here
The 19th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament took off with leading names such as Georgian GM Baadur Jobava (2664) and Dutch GM Loek Van Wely (2654) in the starting list. All the top seeds managed to win their games.
The Indian challenge consists of IM Argyadip Das (2485), GM Ankit Rajpara (2460), IM Prasanna Rao (2424), IM Somak Palit (2345) and untitled Yogesh Gautam (2207). There were no hiccups for the Indians as all of them registered victories.
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The 8th round of the Pardubice Open 2015 saw all the games on the top 5 boards resulting in draws. As such, GM Viktor Laznicka was able to maintain his sole lead, now with 7 points by his name. Laznicka is being closely followed by GM Movsesian, who is currently on 6.5 points.
Amongst the Indians, IMs Konguvel and Diptayan split points in their personal encounter. Going into the final round of the tournament, the duo are placed joint-3rd along with 10 others on 6 points.
Round 8 Results: Here