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Asian Continental Chess 06: Indians reigning supreme

The sixth round of the Asian Continental Chess Championship 2015 saw the top-board clash between the leaders Lin Chen & Surya Shekhar Ganguly end quickly with a 11-move draw. The duo are currently leading the pack with a score of 5/6.

The second-board game between Le Quang Liem and Abhijeet Gupta, however, compensated for the short draw on board one. In this crucial encounter, the Vietnamese GM dominated the latter right from the opening. However, an ill-timed Rook swap in the endgame saw Le Quang Liem lose all his advantage. As such, the game soon petered out into a draw on move 59.

In other top games, Indian GMs Vidit and Sethuraman overcame their Grandmaster opponents to move on to 4.5/6. As many as 6 players, including Vidit, Sethuraman and Gupta are trailing the leaders by half a point with 3 more games to go.

Round 6 Results: Here

Kavala Chess 05: Srinath and Das lose to higher rateds

IM N. Srinath (2476) and IM Syantan Das (2444) suffered defeat in the hands of players rated over 2600 to be left behind at 3.0/5. Two players are in lead currently with 4.5/5.

IM Diptayan Ghoash (2531) came back strongly after his shock defeat in the second round to register his third straight victory to move to 4.0/5.

Check the Round Six pairings here.

Hogeschool Zeeland 08: Jobava in sole lead

Gerogian GM Baadur Jobava (2664) won his penultimate round encounter at the top board to enter sole lead going into the final round with 7.0/8..

The majority of Indian players such as IM Arghyadi Das (2485), GM Ankit Rajpara (2460), IM Prasanna Rao (2424), IM Somak Palit (2345) are all standing at 6.0/8.

Check the Final round pairings here.

Asian Continental Chess 05: Ganguly wins, Vishnu loses

The 5th round of the Asian Continental Chess Championship 2015 saw both the encounters between the 4 joint-leaders end decisively. Indian GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly overcame Iranian GM Darini Pouria whilst the in-form Chinese IM Lin Chen won against Indian GM Vishnu Prasanna. As such, the aforementioned winners are jointly-leading the table after the 5th round with 4.5 points each.

Meanwhile, the trio of GMs Le Quang Liem, Abhijeet Gupta and Rustam Khusnutdinov is close on the leaders’ heels with 4/5.

Round 5 Results: Here

Hogeschool Zeeland 06: Rajpara loses as three players share lead with 5.5/6

GM Ankit Rajpara (2460) lost his sixth round game to be stranded at 4.5/6 while three players raced away to joint lead with 5.5/6.

IM Prasanna Rao (2424) has made an admirable comeback to stand at 5.0/6 while Yogesh Gautam (2207) slipped up to lose and remains stuck at 3.5/6. WIM Parnali Dharia (1978) also failed to win to remain at 3.0/6.

Check the Round 7 pairings here.

Kavala Chess 03: Ghosh and Das suffer shock defeats

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.

Asian Continental Chess 04: Four players in lead

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.

Kavala Chess 01: Srinath suffers a draw as Ghosh and Das win

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.

Check the Round 2 pairings here.

Hogeschool Zeeland 05: Ankit Rajpara among leaders

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.

Check the Round 6 pairings here.

Asian Continental Chess 03: Ganguly, Vishnu in lead

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