Tetrasoft Hyderabad Marriott 1st International Grand Master (Above 1700) Chess Tournament – 2019

Hyderabad, August 23, 2019: The Eight Day Tetrasoft Hyderabad Marriott 1st International Grand Master (Above 1700) Chess Tournament – 2019 is getting more and more interesting each passing day. There were more upsets than were anticipated in the first three days. And the day four is no different. After fourth round shape and champions changed. On Third board top seed GM Savchenko Boris of Russia lost against local favourite IM Raja Rithvik R of Telangana – India. At the end of fifth round IM Triapishko Alexandr of Russia became sole leader of contingent scored five points. On 1st board, IM Triapishko Alexandr of Russia opened game with King’s pawn at e4. The opponent GM Karthikeyan P. of Tamil Nadu - India replied with g6 the called King Pawn Fianchetto and also called as Robatsch (modern) defence. Game travel between two but 64th black move Rxe3 changed result of game from draw to win to White. On 2nd board, IM Khusenkhojaev Muhammad of Tajikishtan opened game with Queen’s pawn at d4. The opponent Pranav V of Tamil Nadu - India replied with Nf6 the Nimzo-Indian Defence. Later stage the game took path of Classical Variation. The position remained equal till 73rd move. Both set for draw. On 3rd board, IM Raja Rithvik R of Telangana - India opened game with Nf3 and the opponent top seed of tournament GM Savchenko Boris of Russia replied with d6. The game followed 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7. This opening is called as Wade defence. 33rd black move Bxd5 gave clear advantage to Raja Rithvik. In 45th move blacks move Be4 is a blunder cost him game. The defeat agreed by GM Savchenko Boris in 60th move. On 4th board, Sahoo Utkal Ranjan of Odisha - India opened game with Queen’s pawn at d4. The opponent GM Tukhaev Adam of Ukraine replied with Nf6. The opening name Queen’s Pawn Torre Attack and variation is Nimzovich Variation. Utkal Ranjan reached position where he is behind some development and opponent reached first to checkmate him. On 5th board, FM Aaryan Varshney of Delhi - India opened game with Queen’s pawn at d4. The opponent GM Mosadeghpour Masoud replied with Nf6. Later adopted Grunfeld defence – Modern Main Line. The game continued equally and at last ended in draw at move number 83. Following are the important results after 5th round. On 1st board, IM Triapishko Alexandr of Russia having ELO Rating ( 2519 ) scored 5 points Won With GM Karthikeyan P. of Tamil Nadu - India having ELO Rating ( 2422 ) scored 4 points On 2nd board, IM Khusenkhojaev Muhammad of Tajikishtan having ELO Rating ( 2442 ) scored 4.5 points Drew With Pranav V of Tamil Nadu - India having ELO Rating ( 2316 ) scored 4.5 points On 3rd board, IM Raja Rithvik R of Telangana - India having ELO Rating ( 2364 ) scored 4.5 points Won With GM Savchenko Boris of Russia having ELO Rating ( 2576 ) scored 3.5 points On 4th board, Sahoo Utkal Ranjan of Odisha - India having ELO Rating ( 2278 ) scored 3.5 points Lost to GM Tukhaev Adam of Ukraine having ELO Rating ( 2541 ) scored 4.5 points On 5th board, FM Aaryan Varshney of Delhi - India having ELO Rating ( 2272 ) scored 4 points Drew With GM Mosadeghpour Masoud of Iran having ELO Rating ( 2509 ) scored 4 points On 6th board, GM Laxman R.R. of ICF having ELO Rating ( 2426 ) scored 4.5 points Won With Manish Kumar (2006) of Odisha - India having ELO Rating ( 2053 ) scored 3.5 points On 7th board, GM Smirnov Pavel of Russia having ELO Rating ( 2574 ) scored 3.5 points Drew With Patil Pratik of Maharashtra - India having ELO Rating ( 2216 ) scored 3.5 points On 8th board, GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo of Chile having ELO Rating ( 2496 ) scored 3.5 points Drew With Dahale Atul of Maharashtra - India having ELO Rating ( 2064 ) scored 3.5 points On 9th board, FM Ramakrishna J. of Andhra Bank having ELO Rating ( 2155 ) scored 3.5 points Drew With IM Muthaiah Al of Tamil Nadu - India having ELO Rating ( 2384 ) scored 3.5 points On 10th board, Barath Kalyan M of Tamil Nadu - India having ELO Rating ( 2118 ) scored 3 points Lost to IM Rathnakaran K. of Kerala - India having ELO Rating ( 2337 ) scored 4 points On 11th board, IM Sahu Sekhar Chandra of Odisha - India having ELO Rating ( 2070 ) scored 3 points Lost to Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri of Andhra Pradesh - India having ELO Rating ( 2299 ) scored 4 points On 12th board, Kaustuv Kundu of West Bengal - India having ELO Rating ( 2295 ) scored 4 points Won With Kavinda Akila of Srilanka having ELO Rating ( 2024 ) scored 3 points On 13th board, FM De Silva L M S T of Srilanka having ELO Rating ( 1984 ) scored 3 points Lost to Bhambure Shantanu of Maharashtra - India having ELO Rating ( 2288 ) scored 4 points On 14th board, CM Kushagra Mohan of Telangana - India having ELO Rating ( 2252 ) scored 4 points Won With Raju J.K. of Telangana - India having ELO Rating ( 1999 ) scored 3 points On 15th board, Mushini Ajay of Andhra Pradesh - India having ELO Rating ( 1980 ) scored 3 points Lost to Varun V of Andhra Pradesh - India having ELO Rating ( 2251 ) scored 4 points On 16th board, Nayak Rajesh of Odisha - India having ELO Rating ( 2250 ) scored 4 points Won With Sreehith Reddy R of Telangana - India having ELO Rating ( 1526 ) scored 3 points On 17th board, Garv Rai of Delhi - India having ELO Rating ( 1682 ) scored 3.5 points Drew With Hari Madhavan N B of Tamil Nadu - India having ELO Rating ( 2231 ) scored 3.5 points On 18th board, Sammed Jaykumar Shete of Maharashtra - India having ELO Rating ( 2416 ) scored 2.5 points Lost to Karthik Sai Ch of Telangana - India having ELO Rating ( 1872 ) scored 4 points On 19th board, Surendran N of Tamil Nadu - India having ELO Rating ( 2152 ) scored 2.5 points Lost to Md.Abzid Rahman of Bangladesh having ELO Rating ( 1861 ) scored 3.5 points On 20th board, Potawad Anirudhha of Maharashtra - India having ELO Rating ( 1833 ) scored 3 points Drew With Pimpalkhare Vedant of Maharashtra - India having ELO Rating ( 2123 ) scored 3 points The Tournament will conclude on Tuesday with Prize Distribution. The total prize money is Rs twelve lakhs. The first prize is Rs 2.5 lakh. On the whole 39 prizes to be won in the tournament.