1st Maharashtra GM Open 2022 R1: Praloy Sahoo stuns Chakravarthi Reddy

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/06/2022

17-year-old 2065-rated Praloy Sahoo scored the biggest upset of the first round against IM Chakravarthi Reddy (2349). Ajay Mushini also had a good chance to beat GM Deepan Chakkravarthi, however he missed, and it ended in a draw. The inaugural edition of Maharashtra International GM Open witnesses the participation of 141 players including 20 GMs, 29 IMs, 6 WGMs and 9 WIMs from 13 countries across the world including India. The average rating of the tournament is 2205. The total prize fund of the tournament is ₹20,00,000. Top three prizes are ₹300000, ₹200000 and ₹150000. Round 2 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

A smooth start for the top seeds

The top seed of the event is Tajikistan no.1 and 13th KIIT GM Open winner, GM FST Farrukh Amonatov (2622). The highest rated Indian player in the event is GM Lalit Rohit (2563).

17-year-old Praloy Sahoo scored a big win | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Ajay - Deepan: 0.5-0.5

Ajay Mushini (2142) had a significant advantage for the better part of the game against GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (2478).

Position after 27...Rb6

White needed to find 28.f6 which would have been completely winning for him. 28.Kf2 was played and Deepan realized what his oppponent missed. He played 28...Rh6 to prevent f6. The game eventually ended in a draw.

Ajay Mushini put GM Deepan Chakkravarthy in a difficult situation | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

WFM Toshali V - IM Nubairshah Shaikh: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Himal Gusain - WIM Mounika Akshaya Bommini (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM N Krishna Teja - Arnav Maheshwari: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Karthikeyan P - Vedant Pimpalkhare (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Vignesh B - IM Soumya Swaminathan (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Abhishek Kelkar - CM Mayank Chakraborty (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM P Saravana Krishnan - Kumar Gaurav (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Photo Gallery

The traditional dance at the Inauguration Ceremony | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The inaugural first moves are being made | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Leader of Opposition, Maharashtra Mr. Devendra Fadnavis, Sports Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Sunil Chattrapal Kedar, inaugurated the 1st Maharashtra International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament along with advisory committee member of All India Chess Federation, Mr. Ashok Jain, President of Maharashtra Chess Association, Dr.Parinay Fuke, Senior Vice-President. GM Abhijit Kunte, Niranjan Godbole and President of Maharashtra Chess Association, Dr. Parinay Fuke.

India's 4th GM in history - GM Abhijit Kunte being felicitated by the guests and the dignitaries | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Video Gallery

The Grand Opening of 1st Maharashtra International GM Open Chess Tournament 2022 | Video: ChessBase India

"A grand inauguration portrays the overall standard of the Tournament"- GM Abhijit Kunte | Video: ChessBase India

When two brothers face each other over the board | GM Arjun Kalyan vs Rohit S | Video: ChessBase India

Final moments: GM Aleksej Aleksandrov vs IM Nisha Mohota | Video: ChessBase India

For more Inauguration Ceremony and Round 1 photos, please click at the respective links.

A total of 141 players including 20 GMs, 29 IMs, 6 WGM and 9 WIMs are taking part from 13 countries across the world including India. The tournament is organized by Maharashtra Chess Association from 31st May to 8th June 2022 at Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, Maharashtra. The eleven-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Round 1 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Amonatov Farrukh	2622	0	1 - 0	0		Gandhi Anish	2166	72
2	73		Prasannaa.S	2164	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Paichadze Luka	2567	2
3	3	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2563	0	1 - 0	0		Joshua A P	2163	74
4	75	WIM	Tejaswini Sagar	2162	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Fedorov Alexei	2529	4
5	5	GM	Sengupta Deep	2526	0	1 - 0	0		Dahale Atul	2153	76
6	77	IM	Praveen Kumar C	2150	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Savchenko Boris	2524	6
7	7	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2492	0	1 - 0	0	IM	Mohota Nisha	2148	78
8	79	WIM	Michelle Catherina P	2148	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2490	8
9	9	IM	Aditya Mittal	2490	0	1 - 0	0		Akshit Kumar J	2145	80
10	81		Phatak Aanjaneya	2145	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2480	10
11	11	GM	Nikitenko Mihail	2479	0	1 - 0	0	CM	Kadam Om Manish	2144	82
12	83		Mushini Ajay	2142	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	2478	12
13	13	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2477	0	1 - 0	0		Rohit S	2141	84
14	85		Rashitov Rustem	2136	0	- - +	0	GM	Mirzoev Azer	2476	14
15	15	IM	Nigmatov Ortik	2463	0	1 - 0	0	WIM	Priyanka K	2134	86

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	40	CM	Kushagra Mohan	2343	1		1	GM	Amonatov Farrukh	2622	1
2	2	GM	Paichadze Luka	2567	1		1	IM	Abdyjapar Asyl	2346	39
3	41	FM	Panesar Vedant	2337	1		1	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2563	3
4	4	GM	Fedorov Alexei	2529	1		1	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	2331	43
5	44		Ritviz Parab	2329	1		1	GM	Sengupta Deep	2526	5
6	6	GM	Savchenko Boris	2524	1		1		Kaustuv Kundu	2327	45
7	46	IM	Saravanan V.	2324	1		1	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2492	7
8	8	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2490	1		1	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	2317	47
9	48	IM	Kulkarni Vikramaditya	2311	1		1	IM	Aditya Mittal	2490	9
10	10	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2480	1		1	FM	Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali	2308	51
11	52	WIM	Priyanka Nutakki	2303	1		1	GM	Nikitenko Mihail	2479	11
12	56	FM	Jubin Jimmy	2259	1		1	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2477	13
13	60	IM	Sangma Rahul	2232	1		1	GM	Mirzoev Azer	2476	14
14	62	GM	Ziatdinov Raset	2224	1		1	IM	Nigmatov Ortik	2463	15
15	64		Godbole Atharva	2210	1		1	GM	Stupak Kirill	2440	17

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