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World Amateur Chess Championship 2015: Round 3

The World Amateur Chess Championship 2015 is in progress at Halkidiki, Greece. 120 players have flocked in from all round the globe to participate in the Open section, while the Women’s section has witnessed 19 participants.

Open Section

In Round 3 of the Open Section, top seed Villar Juan of Peru went down against Wlogalski Olivier of Belgium. The latter leads the tournament standings along with four others on 3/3. Among Indians, Manjunath Jain and Abhishek Thomre held their respective higher-rated opponents to draws, while Vivek M. succeeded in overcoming Iatros Aristidis of Greece.

The full pairings for Round 4 can be checked here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr164371.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=4&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984

Women’s Section

In Round 3 of the Women’s Section, Indian player Sandhya G., playing on the first board, came out on top against her higher-rated opponent WCM Gitu Paula-Alexandra of Romania. After three rounds, 14th-seeded Sandhya solely leads the tournament table with 3/3.

The full pairings for Round 4 can be checked here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr164372.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=4&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984

The JAPFA Grandmaster Tournament 2015 Commences!

The JAPFA Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2015 commenced today in Jakarta, Indonesia. 12 players are contesting this round-robin tournament with an average ELO of 2452.
The field boasts of 4 GMs, 1 WGM, 6 IMs and 1 FM.

GM G.N. Gopal is the lone Indian in the fray.

The top seeds are:

GM Sergei Tiviakov	The Netherlands	2662
GM G.N. Gopal	India	2577
GM Antonio Rogelio Jr	Philippines	2483
GM Nguyen Anh Dung	Vietnam	2464

In the opening round, only one GM – Nguyen Anh Dung – managed to score the full point. GM Tiviakov and GM Antonio were held to draws by IM Alina L’Ami and IM Ali Muhammad Lutfi respectively, whilst GM G.N. Gopal was shocked by IM Sean Winshand Cuhendi in a nice attacking game. Amongst others, WGM Aulia Medina overcame IM Purnama and now leads the pack along with Nguyen Anh Dung and Sean Winshand.

The results and pairings of the tournament can be checked here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr169744.aspx?lan=1&art=2&wi=821

Dubai Open: GM Dragan Solak wins

The ninth and the final round at the 17th Dubai Open Chess Tournament came to an end with six players tied at 7.0/9. Turkish GM Dragan Solak (2602) finished at the top of the heap thanks to better tie-break.

IM Sayantan Das was the best performer among the Indians with 6.0/9 finishing 17th in the main prize-list.

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Solak Dragan	TUR	2602	7
2	GM	Howell David W L	ENG	2687	7
3	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	RUS	2674	7
4	GM	Istratescu Andrei	FRA	2630	7
5	GM	Ivanisevic Ivan	SRB	2638	7

You may check out the complete ranking list here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr168053.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&fed=TUR&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984

Bangkok Chess r4 : Three players share lead

Second seed GM Vallejo (2696) of Spain shares the lead with GM Gustaffson and GM Barbosa after the fourth round at the Bangkok Chess Club Open. The top boards witnessed numerous upset results with top seed Wang Hao (2702) settling for a draw with GM Jozsef Horvath (2522) and third seed GM Nigel Short (2678) losing to GM Oliver Barbosa (2489).

Young Indian untitled player Ritviz Parab (2188) is having a fairy tale tournament. He held Indian GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2619) to a draw on the fifth board to continue his fine run. In another all India clash, another youngster Michelle Catherina (2179) drew with IM Himanshu Sharma (2416) to become India’s latest Women International Master (WIM).

Pairings for Round 5:

	Name	Pts.			Name	Pts.
GM	Gustafsson Jan	4	–	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	4
GM	Wang Hao	3½	–	GM	Barbosa Oliver	4
GM	Schebler Gerhard	3½	–	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	3½
IM	Sammalvuo Tapani	3½	–	GM	Horvath Jozsef	3½
IM	Dimakiling Oliver	3½	–	IM	Ghosh Diptayan	3½
GM	Laylo Darwin	3½	–	IM	Swapnil S. Dhopade	3½
	Ritviz Parab	3½	–	GM	Torre Eugenio	3½
GM	Short Nigel D	3	–	IM	Ikeda Junta	3½
GM	Socko Bartosz	3	–	GM	Lazarev Vladimir	3
IM	Ahlander Bjorn	3	–	GM	Rasmussen Allan Stig	3

You may check the pairings for round 5 here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr169298.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=5&fed=IND&flag=30&wi=821

Bangkok Chess club open : 10 players on 3/3!

The 15th Bangkok Chess Club Open, 2015 began with 37 Indians in fray in the Open section. GM Wang Hao (2713), GM Vallejo Fransisco Vallejo (2696) and GM Nigel Short (2678) won their first three rounds quite comfortably.

GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2613) leads the Indian challenge and he will be playing the fourth round with an unlikely Indian co-leader in the form of Ritviz Parab (2188) of Goa who is off to a blazing start.

After 3 rounds, 10 players are on 3/3!

You may check out the pairings for round 4 here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr169298.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=4&fed=IND&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=821

Dubai Rd. 7: Shabalov and Fedoseev lead, Indians play catch-up

The overnight leaders at the Dubai Open Chess Tournament settled for draws except GM Shabalov of USA and GM Fedoseev of Russia. They won their respective games to set up a top-board clash in the penultimate round. Shabalov and Fedoseev are on 6/7 points!

Amongst the Indian players, IMs Sayantan Das and Rathnakaran lead the way with 5.0/7 while the others are playing catch-up with 4.5/7. GM Sahaj Grover suffered an upset loss to Rakesh Kulkarni (2319) and is left behind at 3.5/9.

You may check out the pairings for round 8 here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr168053.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=8&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984

Bangkok Chess Club Open 2015

The 15th Bangkok Chess Club Open takes place from Apr 12 – Apr 19. Its a 9 round swiss league tourney with average ELO 2095.

Top seed is China’s Wang Hao (2713).

Top Indian players participating are:

Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2619
Ghosh, Diptayan	2512
Kunte, Abhijit	2477
Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2475
Sunilduth, Lyna Narayanan	2464

Official website http://bangkokchess.com/

List of players http://www.chess-results.com/tnr169298.aspx?lan=1

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Eight players tied for lead at Dubai Open, IM Rathnakaran leads the Indian charge

The 17th Dubai Open Chess Tournament is getting heavier at the top with eight players sharing the lead at 5.0/6.

The Indian’s are having a tough time at this extremely strong open tournament with IM Rathnakaran being the sole Indian at 4.5/6. In a curious case, many Indian players have been pitted against each other for their seventh round games!

You may check out the complete pairings for the seventh round here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr168053.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=7&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984

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IM Sameer Kathmale beats GM Ehlvest, three lead with 4.0/4

GM David Howell, GM Nils Grandelius and GM Yuri Solodovnichenko won their respective games to share the lead with 4.0/4 at the ongoing 17th Dubai Open Chess Tournament, 2015.

The Indians had a fairly good day with IM Sameer Kathmale (2289) of Maharashtra, India managing to win against GM Jaan Ehlvest (2547) of USA. Amongst the other players from Maharashtra state, untitled players Rakesh Kulkarni and Abhishek Kelkar also had good outings as they held higher rated players to draws meanwhile Aniruddha Deshpande won against Egyptian IM Imed Abdelbabbi. The highest seed amongst Indians GM Abhijeet Gupta lost to the attacking Amerian GM Alexander Shabalov.

You may check the pairings for round 5 here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr168053.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=5&fed=IND&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984

17th Dubai Chess Open begins with 39 Grandmasters, 31 Indians in fray

The 17th edition of the traditional Dubai Chess Open began at the Dubai Chess & Culture Club in the UAE. Over the years, this open tournament has been a breeding ground for many talented chess-players.

The top seed of the event GM David Howell seems to not have faced any problems after three rounds of play as he shares the lead with eleven other Grandmasters at 3.0/3.

Indians make up for 31 of the total 155 players playing which is even more than the players from the host country! GM Abhijeet Gupta (2629) leads the way for Indians at 2.5/3.

As can be expected, there were numerous noticeable upsets over the course of three rounds. In the following example, young Tamil Nadu youngster and former National U-11 champion Ram L. Arvind finds a cute win.

Black won with 1…Nh3! 2. gxh3 Qh1+ 3. Bg1 Qxf3+ 4. Bf2 Bh2! forcing mate.

You may check the pairings for round 4 here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr168053.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=4&fed=IND&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984

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