D K Sharma clinches MP Masters 2021 Classical, Rapid and Blitz

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/11/2021

IM D K Sharma won MP Masters 2021 in all three events - Classical, Rapid and Blitz, scoring 5.0/7, 3.5/5 and 9.5/12 respectively. He played 24 games in five days, including 12 Blitz games on 25th November 2021. Earlier in September he won the 1st Zenith Challenger Cup by winning all eight games and finishing a full point ahead 8.0/8 at Mathura. The stalwart of Uttar Pradesh, D K Sharma won the National Blitz championship in 2018, with a fractured arm. That should definitely give you an inkling of his prowess. Trophies, software products and books were the prizes for the prize winners. Photo: Niklesh Jain

A trifecta triumph

Indrajeet Mahindrakar secured second position in both Rapid and Blitz scoring 3.5/5 and 9.0/12. A last round loss cost WIM Franco Valencia Angela (COL) the championship, and she was placed second in the Classical event. IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni also scored 9.0/12 in Blitz, he was placed third according to the tie-breaks. Saurabh Choubey secured 3rd position in Classical 3.5/5 and Aishwin Daniel was placed third in Rapid 3.0/5.

Champion IM Dinesh Kumar Sharma 5.0/7 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

IM D K Sharma triumphed in Classical, Rapid and Blitz | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Top 3 finishers in Classical (L to R) - 3rd Saurabh Choubey, 1st IM D K Sharma and 2nd Franco Angela Valencia | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Top 3 in Rapid (L to R): 3rd Aishwin Daniel, 1st IM D K Sharma and 2nd Indrajeet Mahindrakar | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Top two in Blitz - 1st IM D K Sharma and 2nd Indrajeet Mahindrakar | Photo: Niklesh Jain

MP Masters Chess Festival 2021 is organized by Chessbase India Training Academy Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Round 4: Vikramaditya - Aanjaneya: 0-1

Aanjaneya Phatak scored a nice win against IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni who avoided theory in all games with white pieces by starting with 1.a3.

Position after 14...e3

A good position allows you to play moves like 14...e3. The idea is simple Black wants to play Ne4, get rid of the protector of the b1 square so that he can play Qb1 and gain material. Another idea is to bring the queen to e4 after exchanging the knights and then open h-file. Aanjaneya did both of them to score a victory.

Vikramaditya's 1.a3 got finally conquered by Aanjaneya | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Aishwin - Siddhant: 1-0

Aishwin Daniel made a good recovery from a difficult position and then launched an attack of his own successfully.

Position after 33.Nxg6

33.Nxg6 gives a clear idea of White's intentions 33...Kxg6 34.Re6+ Kxf7 35.Rxc6 Rxc6 36.Qd5+ and it's all over for Black.

Madhya Pradesh's bright talent - Aishwin Daniel | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Round 5: Angela - Vikramaditya: 0-1

WIM Angela Franco Valencia (COL) went for a trick against IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni.

Position after 21.e5

21.e5 was played with the idea of 22.Bxf5. However, Black stopped the threat 21...Ne4 22.exd6 Bxd6 23.f3 Re5 24.fxe4 Rxa5 and suddenly Black is in the game. 25.Kb1 worsened things for White after 25...Bg3. White eventually lost the game, which was her first loss of the event.

Vikramaditya ended Angela's unbeaten run | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Saurabh - D K Sharma: 0-1

IM D K Sharma joined the lead by beating Saurabh Choubey.

Position after 30.Bg3

30.Bxf6 would have kept White afloat a bit longer. After a few moves, White decided to take the a7-pawn and Black got 35...c4+ which gave him the decisive advantage.

Round 6: Vikramaditya - Saurabh: 1-0

Saurabh Choubey won arguably the most exciting game of the tournament against IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni where the equilibrium shifted back and forth between the players.

Saurabh won a rollercoaster of a game against Vikramaditya | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Aishwin - Angela: 0-1

Angela bounced back with a clinical victory against Aishwin.

Position after 18...Rxf3

How do you defend this position as White? It turns out 19.Kg2 is the only way for White to stay in the game. However, 19.Qd1 was played 19...Qf6 20.Kg2 Rf8 21.Be2 Qg6+ and the white king fell into a mating net.

Angela regained her sole lead 4.5/6 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Round 7: Angela - Siddhant: 0-1

Angela lost her final round game against Sidhant after she lost a valuable pawn in the middlegame.

D K Sharma - Vikramaditya: 1-0

In the battle among IMs, D K Sharma prevailed over Vikramaditya Kulkarni.

Position after 30.Nf5

The above position gives us a clear idea about who is in control. However, after 30...Rd8 White played 31.h3 which allowed Black to take the d4-pawn which he did not take. White managed to convert his advantage into a win, thus clinched the tournament too.

D K Sharma scored a very nice victory to win the tournament | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Photo Gallery:

Runner-up in Classical: WIM Franco Valencia Angela 4.5/7 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

3rd in Classical - Saurabh Choubey 3.5/7 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Chief Arbiter - FA Yash Tulapurkar | Photo: Niklesh Jain

The beautiful trophies for the prize winners | Photo: Niklesh Jain

MP Masters prize winners with the organizers | Photo: Niklesh Jain

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MP Masters 2021 Classical Round 7 Live stream | Video: Hindi ChessBase India

MP Masters 2021 Blitz Live stream | Video: Hindi ChessBase India

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Round 4-7 results

Round 4 on 2021/11/23 at 04:00 PM
Bo.	No.	FED	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	8	IND	2129		Mahindrakar Indrajeet	1 - 0	AFM	Choubey Saurabh	IND	1953	6
2	7	IND	2288	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.	½ - ½	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	COL	2089	5
3	1	IND	2355	IM	Kulkarni Vikramaditya	0 - 1		Phatak Aanjaneya	IND	2212	4
4	2	IND	1937		Aishwin Daniel	1 - 0	FM	Gaikwad Siddhant	IND	2033	3
Round 5 on 2021/11/24 at 10:00 AM
Bo.	No.	FED	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	3	IND	2033	FM	Gaikwad Siddhant	½ - ½		Mahindrakar Indrajeet	IND	2129	8
2	4	IND	2212		Phatak Aanjaneya	0 - 1		Aishwin Daniel	IND	1937	2
3	5	COL	2089	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	0 - 1	IM	Kulkarni Vikramaditya	IND	2355	1
4	6	IND	1953	AFM	Choubey Saurabh	0 - 1	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.	IND	2288	7
Round 6 on 2021/11/24 at 04:00 PM
Bo.	No.	FED	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	8	IND	2129		Mahindrakar Indrajeet	½ - ½	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.	IND	2288	7
2	1	IND	2355	IM	Kulkarni Vikramaditya	0 - 1	AFM	Choubey Saurabh	IND	1953	6
3	2	IND	1937		Aishwin Daniel	0 - 1	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	COL	2089	5
4	3	IND	2033	FM	Gaikwad Siddhant	1 - 0		Phatak Aanjaneya	IND	2212	4
Round 7 on 2021/11/25 at 10:00 AM
Bo.	No.	FED	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	4	IND	2212		Phatak Aanjaneya	0 - 1		Mahindrakar Indrajeet	IND	2129	8
2	5	COL	2089	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	0 - 1	FM	Gaikwad Siddhant	IND	2033	3
3	6	IND	1953	AFM	Choubey Saurabh	½ - ½		Aishwin Daniel	IND	1937	2
4	7	IND	2288	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.	1 - 0	IM	Kulkarni Vikramaditya	IND	2355	1

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Final Standings in Classical

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	7	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.	IND	2288	5,0	0,0	17,25	4	2
2	5	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	COL	2089	4,5	0,0	14,50	4	3
3	6	AFM	Choubey Saurabh	IND	1953	3,5	1,5	10,25	3	2
4	2		Aishwin Daniel	IND	1937	3,5	1,5	10,25	3	1
5	3	FM	Gaikwad Siddhant	IND	2033	3,5	0,0	11,00	3	1
6	1	IM	Kulkarni Vikramaditya	IND	2355	3,0	1,0	11,00	3	1
7	8		Mahindrakar Indrajeet	IND	2129	3,0	0,0	9,75	2	1
8	4		Phatak Aanjaneya	IND	2212	2,0	0,0	8,00	2	1

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Final Standings in Blitz

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.	IND	2392	9,5	0,0	45,50	9
2	7		Mahindrakar Indrajeet	IND	1983	9,0	1,0	42,50	9
3	6	IM	Kulkarni Vikramaditya	IND	2279	9,0	1,0	39,75	8
4	4		Aishwin Daniel	IND	1794	6,0	0,0	23,50	5
5	5	FM	Gaikwad Siddhant	IND	1848	5,0	0,0	22,25	4
6	3	AFM	Choubey Saurabh	IND	1838	2,0	0,0	6,50	2
7	2	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	COL	2195	1,5	0,0	4,50	1

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Final Standings in Rapid

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	1	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.	IND	2422	3,5	0,5	8,25	2	1
2	2		Mahindrakar Indrajeet	IND	1760	3,5	0,5	7,25	2	0
3	4		Aishwin Daniel	IND	1752	3,0	0,0	5,75	2	1
4	3	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	COL	2197	2,0	0,5	4,75	0	0
5	6	AFM	Choubey Saurabh	IND	1719	2,0	0,5	3,75	1	0
6	5	FM	Gaikwad Siddhant	IND	1941	1,0	0,0	2,75	0	0

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