13th Bangkok Chess Club Open: three-way tie after four rounds
After four rounds of play, IM Roy Saptarshi and GMs Mark Paragua and Zhao Zong-Yuan are tied for first place at the 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open. Especially for Saptarshi, who defeated Nigel Short in round 3, this is an excellent start.
The beautiful Dusit Thani Hotel in Pattaya, location of the Bangkok Open
Peter Darby sent us the following report after round 3. The annotations to the games are by us.
The Thailand Open 2013 has officially started in a spectacular beachside venue: the 5-star Dusit Thani Hotel in Pattaya. This year’s tournament is the biggest ever with 314 players competing for the top prizes in two groups. Headlining the Open section are Nigel Short of England, Koneru Humpy of India and Jan Gustafsson of Germany. While the favorites carry big names the outcome is far from certain: some 68 titled players, including 24 GMs, are circling from just beyond the VIP section.
Outside the luxurious playing hall, Thailand is celebrating the Songkran Water Festival with masses of fun seekers battling the heat in the streets. Inside, however, the war is for mental dominance and cash prizes!
After the first two rounds all the top players went through with relative ease. However, the third round brought a sensational upset. IM Roy Saptarshi, sporting a 270 point Elo deficit, was able to take down top seed GM Nigel Short. A large crowd gathered around the board during the final phase of the game. Saptarshi had three passed pawns and two rooks to Short’s three minor pieces and central passers. A wild position left both players grabbing for answers which finally ended in white’s favor. Congratulations to this determined Indian up and comer for the best performance of his career.
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GM Koneru Humpy, the world’s 3rd highest rated female player, had an exciting game against Australian IM Max Illingworth. She won a pawn in her typically aggressive style, slowly rebuffed a mating attack and then struck back with her own mating net which found its prey. She enters the fourth round tomorrow with a full three points.
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The final top board of the day showed a fine example of classical pure play chess from a relatively equal position. GM Jan Gustafsson had the black pieces against IM Thejkumar of India. The game wound down to a symmetrical pawn structure with a pair of queens and the knight versus bishop. Gustafsson outplayed the Indian master with clever pawn placement, a timely queen exchange and the knight broke through. A game worthy of study and a real treat for the spectators.
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Meanwhile, the fourth round has finished already. The top boards saw a number of draws: Jan Gustafsson-Rogelio Antonio Jr, Wang Yunguo-Humpy Koneru, Oliver Barbosa-Wang Chen and Sune Berg Hansen-Ralf Akesson. Koneru's game was a spectacle:
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And so after four rounds of play, IM Roy Saptarshi, Mark Paragua and Zhao Zong-Yuan are tied for first place.
The beautiful Dusit Thani Hotel in Pattaya, location of the Bangkok Open
Peter Darby sent us the following report after round 3. The annotations to the games are by us.
The Thailand Open 2013 has officially started in a spectacular beachside venue: the 5-star Dusit Thani Hotel in Pattaya. This year’s tournament is the biggest ever with 314 players competing for the top prizes in two groups. Headlining the Open section are Nigel Short of England, Koneru Humpy of India and Jan Gustafsson of Germany. While the favorites carry big names the outcome is far from certain: some 68 titled players, including 24 GMs, are circling from just beyond the VIP section.
Outside the luxurious playing hall, Thailand is celebrating the Songkran Water Festival with masses of fun seekers battling the heat in the streets. Inside, however, the war is for mental dominance and cash prizes!
Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi - Short, Nigel D
Bangkok, 2013.04.15
Bangkok, 2013.04.15
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. O-Og6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. c5
9. Bg5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. d5 Bb7 14. Re1 a6 15. a4 h6 16. Bf4 b5 1/2-1/2 Harikrishna,P (2558)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2544)/Sharjah 2003
9... bxc5 10. Bb5+ Nfd7 11. dxc5 a6 12. Ba4 O-O 13. Be3 e6 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Bxc6Bxc6 17. b4 Re8 18. a4 Ba8 19. Qd3 e5?!
19... d4! was a nice move here: 20. Nxd4 (20. Bxd4 e5 ) 20... Nxc5 21. bxc5 e5 winning back the piece with a better position.
20. Qxa6!
Now some crazy complications will appear on the board.
20... d4 21. Bg5 f6 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Nb5! Bxf3
23... fxg5!? 24. Nd6 Rf8 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. c6(26. Nxg5 Bf6 ) 26... Nb6
24. Nd6 Rf8 25. Nxc8 fxg5?
This works in White's favour. 25... Qxc8 26. Bd2e4!?
26. Nd6 e4 27. Nf7+ Rxf7 28. Qxf7 Ne5 29. Qb7!
The best square.
29... d3 30. c6!
Not afraid of ghosts.
30... e3 31. c7! exf2+ 32. Kh1!
The only, but winning move.
32... Qf8 33. gxf3 fxe1=Q+ 34. Rxe1 d2 35. Rd11-0
Koneru, Humpy - Lllingworth Max
Bangkok, 2013.04.15
Bangkok, 2013.04.15
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg76. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4 a5 9. Qb3 e6 10. Rd1
10. Bd2 b6 11. Rfc1 Nbd7 12. Be1 Bb7 13. Qa3Re8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. b3 Bf8 16. Qb2 Bd6Leko,P (2732)-Wang Hao (2737)/Beijing 2012
10... Nbd7 11. Qc2 b6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4Qc7 14. Nxf6+
14. Nc3 Re8 15. h3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5Qxe5 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Qe6Pelletier,Y (2589)-Prohaszka,P (2547)/Basel 2012
14... Nxf6 15. Ne5 Nd7!?
The loss of a pawn or an interesting sacrifice?
16. Nxc6 Bb7 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. d5 Nc5 19. Nc6
Now follows a strong phase by Illingworth.
19... f5 20. Be3 e5 21. b4 axb4 22. Nxb4 e4 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qg7 25. Rdd1 Bc8 26. f3Bd7 27. Nc6 e3?!
From here he goes astray. 27... Bxc6 28. dxc6Qf6 with excellent play.
28. f4 g5 29. fxg5 f4 30. Ra3 f3?!
Good, aggressive play but objectively speaking not correct. 30... Qxg5
31. Bxf3 Rxf3 32. gxf3 Qxg5+ 33. Kh1 Rg8 34. Raa1 Nd3 35. Rg1
35. Rxd3 was in fact possible: 35... Bh3 36. Qb2+ Rg7 37. Qxg7+! Qxg7 38. Rg1 Qh6 39. Ne7 +-
35... Qf6?
Black should have tried his luck in the ending arising after 35... Nf2+ 36. Qxf2 exf2 37. Rxg5Rxg5
36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. Rg1+ Kf8 38. Qxd3 Qxf3+39. Rg2 Bh3 40. Qa3+ 1-0
Thejkumar, M. S. - Gustafsson, Jan
Bangkok, 2013.04.15
Bangkok, 2013.04.15
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23. Qd8 f6 24. f3 Kf7 25. Qd3 h6 26. Kf2 Nc7 27. Ke2 Ne6 28. g3 Nc7 29. Bd2 Nd5 30. h4 Qe6+ 31. Kd1 Ne7 32. g4 Ng6 33. g5 fxg5 34. hxg5 h5 35. f4Ne7 36. Qf3 Qg4 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. Kf2 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Kf5 40. Bc3 g6 41. Bd2 Nd5 42. b3 Nc7 43. Be3 Ne6 44. a4 b5 45. a5 h4 46. b4 h3 47. Bd2 h248. Kg2 Nxf4+ 49. Kxh2 Ne6 50. Kg3 Nxg5 51. Be3 Nf7 0-1
Wan, Yunguo - Koneru, Humpy
Bangkok, 2013.04.16
Bangkok, 2013.04.16
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O b610. f4
10. Be3 Bb7 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rac1Re8 14. Nd2 Bf8 15. b4 Rc8 Yu,R (2556)-Yu,Y (2696)/Ho Chi Minh City 2013
10... Nbd7 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rae1Re8 14. Kh1 g6 15. e5
15. Nd4 Bf8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nc5 18. Be3Nh5 19. Bb1 Qh4 Mohammad,A (2253)-Hossain,E (2531)/ Dhaka 2009
15... Nh5 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Be4 Qc7 18. Bxb7Qxb7 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Bc3 Qc7 21. Nd4!? Nxf422. Qg4 f5
22... Nh5? 23. Nxe6 was White's idea.
23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 e5!
24... fxe4 25. Nxe6
25. Nxf5!
The complications will continue for quite a while in this ending until the players eventually agreed to a draw.
25... exf4 26. Nh6+ Kf8 27. Rf1 g5 28. h4 Bd829. Nxg5 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Re4 31. g3 Rxc4 32. gxf4 Re8 33. Kg2 Nc5 34. Nf5 Re2+ 35. Kf3Ree4 36. Kg3 Nd3 37. Rd1 Rc5 38. Bg7+ Kg839. Be5 Rexe5 40. fxe5 Nxe5 41. Rd6 Nf7 42. Nh6+ Nxh6 43. gxh6 Rb5 44. b3 Kf7 45. Rc6Rb4 46. Kf3 a5 47. Ke3 a4 48. bxa4 Rxa4 49. Rxb6 Rxa2 50. Ke4 1/2-1/2Bangkok Chess Club Open 2013 | Round 4 standings
| Rk. | Title | Name | FED | Rtg | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | Rp | rtg+/- |
| 1 | IM | Saptarshi Roy | IND | 2426 | 2426 | 4 | 10,5 | 10,5 | 5,5 | 3172 | 18 |
| 2 | GM | Paragua Mark | PHI | 2557 | 2557 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5,5 | 3113 | 9,4 |
| 3 | GM | Zhao Zong-Yuan | AUS | 2537 | 2537 | 4 | 9,5 | 9,5 | 5 | 3074 | 8,3 |
| 4 | GM | Gustafsson Jan | GER | 2621 | 2621 | 3,5 | 11 | 9,25 | 5,5 | 2670 | 3 |
| 5 | GM | Hansen Sune Berg | DEN | 2561 | 2561 | 3,5 | 11 | 9,25 | 5,5 | 2642 | 3,8 |
| 6 | GM | Koneru Humpy | IND | 2597 | 2597 | 3,5 | 10,5 | 8,75 | 5,5 | 2663 | 3,5 |
| 7 | IM | Wan Yunguo | CHN | 2494 | 2494 | 3,5 | 10,5 | 8,75 | 5 | 2651 | 7,5 |
| 8 | GM | Vajda Levente | ROU | 2632 | 2632 | 3,5 | 10 | 8,5 | 5 | 2566 | -0,5 |
| 9 | IM | Wang Chen | CHN | 2485 | 2485 | 3,5 | 10 | 8,25 | 4,5 | 2634 | 7,1 |
| 10 | GM | Gomez John Paul | PHI | 2517 | 2517 | 3,5 | 9,5 | 8 | 5,5 | 2594 | 3,5 |
| 11 | GM | Akesson Ralf | SWE | 2462 | 2462 | 3,5 | 9,5 | 7,75 | 5 | 2622 | 7,4 |
| 12 | GM | Antonio Rogelio Jr | PHI | 2527 | 2527 | 3,5 | 9,5 | 7,75 | 4,5 | 2667 | 6,9 |
| 13 | GM | Laylo Darwin | PHI | 2491 | 2491 | 3,5 | 9 | 7,5 | 4,5 | 2553 | 2,6 |
| 14 | GM | Barbosa Oliver | PHI | 2563 | 2563 | 3,5 | 8,5 | 6,75 | 4 | 2656 | 4,2 |
| 15 | GM | Czebe Attila | HUN | 2479 | 2479 | 3 | 11,5 | 7,5 | 5,5 | 2460 | 0,9 |
| 16 | IM | Thejkumar M. S. | IND | 2412 | 2412 | 3 | 10,5 | 7 | 5 | 2449 | 3 |
| 17 | FM | Aguera Naredo Javier | ESP | 2385 | 2385 | 3 | 10,5 | 7 | 5 | 2381 | 1,2 |
| 18 | GM | Short Nigel D | ENG | 2697 | 2697 | 3 | 10,5 | 6,5 | 4,5 | 2463 | -5,9 |
| 19 | Ma Zhonghan | CHN | 2372 | 2372 | 3 | 10 | 6,75 | 5,5 | 2394 | 3,3 | |
| 20 | FM | Juhasz Kristof | HUN | 2330 | 2330 | 3 | 10 | 6,75 | 5 | 2456 | 11,3 |
| 21 | IM | Bijaoui Manuel | FRA | 2416 | 2416 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4,5 | 2422 | 1,7 |
| 22 | IM | Lavrov Maxim | RUS | 2403 | 2403 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4,5 | 2413 | 1,7 |
| 23 | Nouri Hamed | PHI | 2356 | 2356 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4,5 | 2464 | 6,8 | |
| 24 | IM | Farid Firman Syah | INA | 2327 | 2327 | 3 | 9,5 | 7 | 5 | 1944 | 4,7 |
| 25 | GM | Sriram Jha | IND | 2421 | 2421 | 3 | 9,5 | 7 | 4,5 | 2378 | -1,2 |
| 26 | GM | Horvath Adam | HUN | 2509 | 2509 | 3 | 9,5 | 6,75 | 4,5 | 2399 | -3,4 |
| 27 | GM | Venkatesh M.R. | IND | 2508 | 2508 | 3 | 9,5 | 6,75 | 4,5 | 2438 | -1,7 |
| 28 | GM | Ghane Shojaat | IRI | 2341 | 2341 | 3 | 9,5 | 6,5 | 5 | 2278 | -2,3 |
| 29 | Wijaya Bima Triardi | INA | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9,5 | 6,5 | 5 | 2410 | ||
| 30 | FM | Novita Anjas | INA | 2335 | 2335 | 3 | 9 | 6,75 | 4,5 | 2086 | 8,1 |
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