Pic Caption: FM Arjun Erigaisi in action against GM Raset in round 2 of the Rs 35 lakh prize money 10th Mumbai Mayor's Cup International Open Chess Tournament 2017, sponsored by LIC of India and played at the Mount Litera School International, Bandra on Monday.
Mumbai, June 5: FM Arjun Erigaisi of India came up with a good steady performance to defeat GM Raset Ziatedinov (ELO2303) of USA in a second round match of the Rs 35 lakh prize money 10th Mumbai Mayor's Cup International Open Chess Tournament 2017, sponsored by LIC of India and played at the Mount Litera School International, Bandra on Monday.Playing with black, Arjun was in a weak position but a faulty move of F4 by Raset gave Arjun just the opening he required to stage a comeback and Arjun, a bright prospect in Indian chess, won the game in 43 moves. In another encounter India's top ranked player GM Sandipan Chanda (ELO 2571) managed to brush past both his compatriots Manigandan S S (ELO 2216) and CM Kushagra Mohan (ELO 2308) with ease.In the 2nd round on table No 2 IM Navin Kanna (ELO 2325) lost to GM Amanatov Farrukh (2605) of Tajikistan. Playing with White, Navin opted for Queen pawn opening and faced Kings Indian Defence. The position was equal till the 18th move on but the incorrect move of the rook gave a slight advantage to Farrukh, who easily converted that into a winIn first round matches, top seed GM Kravtsiv Martyn (ELO 2662) of Ukraine had a rather easy outing against Mumbai's local lad FM Sauravh Khherdekar (ELO2244). Sauravh was facing a French Defense, a rarely played opening and on the 17th move Sauravh played a bishop, which gave a slight advantage to Kravtsiv who then placed his knight on D6 square. On the 27th move, Kravtsiv got a passed pawn which helped him to gain a rook for a knight and the game was decided in the favour of Kravtsiv in 45 moves. The top seed met FM Mitrabha Guha (ELO 2330) in the second round and defeated without much ado.
Mumbai's upcoming player and President's award winner CM Aditya Mittal (ELO 2208) held GM Mozharov Mikhail of Russia for a draw in a English opening game. Both players tried to make the most of the limited options, but after 64 moves decided to settle for a draw in the first round.
Results:
Round 1
GM Kravtsiv Martyn (2662, Ukraine) bt FM Sauravh Khherdekar (2244, India) 1-0; FM Gajwa Ankit (2238, IND) drew with GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil (2608, GEO); GM Amonatov Farrukh (2605, TJK) bt Ajay Karthikeyan (2233, IND); Raahul V S (2233, IND) lost to Rozum Ivan (2581,RUS); GM Grigoryan Karen H. (2571, ARM) drew with FM Phadke Sohan (2222, IND); Manigandan S S (2216, IND) lost to GM Sandipan Chanda (2571, IND)
Round 2
FM Mitrabha Guha (2330, IND) lost to GM Kravtsiv Martyn (2662, UKR); GM Rozum Ivan (2581,RUS) bt IM Kulkarni Vikramaditya (2323, IND); GM Sandipan Chanda (2571, IND) bt CM Kushagra Mohan (2308, IND); GM Tukhaev Adam (2557,TJK) drew with FM Raja Rithvik R (2296, IND); FM Rathanvel V S (2301, IND) lost to GM Ghosh Diptayan (2536, IND); FM Gajwa Ankit (2238, IND) lost GM Tran Tuan Minh (2514, VIE); FM Erigaisi Arjun (2505, IND) bt GM Ziatdinov Raset (2281, USA)