3rd Kolkata Open rounds 3 and 4
The strong gandmasters – GM Viktor Laznicka and GM Nguyen – are leading the 3rd Kolkata open that is taking place in India 23 March to 2nd April. Laznicka and Nguyen are with full points 4,0/4 and are paired in the next round on board 1.
They are closely followed by GM Lputian, GM Sandipan, and GM Rahman with 3,5/4, and a larger group of players with 3,0/4. Among them are local heroes GM Sasikiran, GM Koneru, and IM Sundararajan, as well as U20 world chess champion GM Ahmed Adly. Here are the results, pairings, and photos from Kolkata Open.
Kolkata Open round 3 results
GM Lputian Smbat G 2616 ARM 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Bakre Tejas 2459 IND
GM Laznicka Viktor 2595 CZE 2 1 – 0 2 IM Venkatesh M R 2444 IND
IM Rathnakaran K 2437 IND 2 0 – 1 2 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 2525 VIE
GM Dobrov Vladimir 2501 RUS 2 ½ – ½ 2 IM Laxman R R 2440 IND
IM Arun Prasad S 2423 IND 2 1 – 0 2 GM Safin Shukhrat 2493 UZB
IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy 2394 IND 2 1 – 0 2 GM Barua Dibyendu 2491 IND
GM Neelotpal Das 2486 IND 2 ½ – ½ 2 Nolte Rolando 2412 PHI
Thejkumar M S 2382 IND 2 1 – 0 2 IM Ashwin Jayaram 2478 IND
Das Arghyadip 2404 IND 1½ ½ – ½ 1½ GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2677 IND
IM Akshayraj Kore 2399 IND 1½ 0 – 1 1½ GM Koneru Humpy 2612 IND
IM Kobese Watu 2389 RSA 1½ 0 – 1 1½ GM Sandipan Chanda 2593 IND
GM Adly Ahmed 2551 EGY 1½ 1 – 0 1½ IM Garma Chito 2383 PHI
GM Rahman Ziaur 2492 BAN 1½ 1 – 0 1½ IM Frhat Ali 2379 EGY
GM Ramesh R B 2473 IND 1½ 1 – 0 1½ IM Prakash G B 2341 IND
IM Sriram Jha 2457 IND 1½ 0 – 1 1½ IM Babu N Sudhakar 2333 IND
Kolkata open round 4 results
IM Arun Prasad S 2423 IND 3 0 – 1 3 GM Laznicka Viktor 2595 CZE
GM Nguyen Anh Dung 2525 VIE 3 1 – 0 3 IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy 2394 IND
GM Lputian Smbat G 2616 ARM 2½ 1 – 0 3 Thejkumar M S 2382 IND
GM Koneru Humpy 2612 IND 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Ramesh R B 2473 IND
GM Sandipan Chanda 2593 IND 2½ 1 – 0 2½ Barbosa Oliver 2410 PHI
GM Bakre Tejas 2459 IND 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Adly Ahmed 2551 EGY
Nolte Rolando 2412 PHI 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Dobrov Vladimir 2501 RUS
IM Laxman R R 2440 IND 2½ 0 – 1 2½ GM Rahman Ziaur 2492 BAN
IM Babu N Sudhakar 2333 IND 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Neelotpal Das 2486 IND
GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2677 IND 2 1 – 0 2½ IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu 2406 IND
IM Suvrajit Saha 2363 IND 2 0 – 1 2 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2589 IRI
GM David Alberto 2557 LUX 2 1 – 0 2 Palit Somak 2340 IND
GM Safin Shukhrat 2493 UZB 2 1 – 0 2 IM Solomon Kenny 2332 RSA
GM Barua Dibyendu 2491 IND 2 1 – 0 2 IM Singh D P 2326 IND
IM Ashwin Jayaram 2478 IND 2 1 – 0 2 FM Hasan Mehdi 2320 BAN
Pairings round 5
GM Laznicka Viktor GM Nguyen Anh Dung
GM Rahman Ziaur – GM Lputian Smbat G
GM Koneru Humpy – GM Sandipan Chanda
IM Sundararajan Kidambi – GM Sasikiran Krishnan
GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan – IM Venkatesh M R
Das Arghyadip – GM David Alberto
GM Adly Ahmed – IM Arun Prasad S
GM Dobrov Vladimir – IM Saptarshi Roy
IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy – GM Safin Shukhrat
IM Kamble Vikramaditya – GM Barua Dibyendu
More info on the official site
GM Viktor Laznicka continues with full points after important victory with black over IM Arun
GM Nguyen defeated IM Konguvel in round 4 to join GM Laznicka on top of the table
Indian derby in round 4 – GM Koneru vs. GM Ramesh draw
Another local hero, GM Sandipan, defeated Oliver Barbosa to stay only half a point away from the leaders
GM Vladimir Dobrov will play with IM Saptarshi in round 5
GM Safin Shukhrat moving up the standings
Top seeded GM Sasikiran is with 3,0/4. He has an important game aganist IM Sundararajan in round 5
GM Smbut Lputian representing Armenia
GM Ahmed Adly, the world junior chess champion, with 3,0/4
GM Laznicka, top of the table and with difficult match in round 5
GM David Alberto, one of the strong European participants at Kalkota open
GM Sasikiran, the top seeded player and local hero
