Dear all,
Greetings!
Below, kindly find the results for the Day 3 of the GCA’s 1st Goa
International Open GM Chess Tournament. Kindly publish the same in your
esteemed daily.
Goa’s GM Anurag Mhamal climbed to fifth position at the end of Round 4
following his fourth Round win over Fide Master Deshpande Aniruddha at
the Goa Chess Association’s 1st Goa International Open Chess Tournament,
played at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium, Taleigao. By virtue
of this win, Anurag is now the only Goan to record 100 percent win in
the Category A.
Best,
Carol Mascarenhas
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Anurag moves to fifth spot
*Collects four points from four rounds*
PANJIM: Goa’s GM Anurag Mhamal climbed to fifth position at the end of
Round 4 following his fourth Round win over Fide Master Deshpande
Aniruddha at the Goa Chess Association’s 1st Goa International Open
Chess Tournament, played at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium,
Taleigao.
By virtue of this win, Anurag is now the only Goan to record 100 percent
win in the Category A. “It’s always good to have a positive start as it
helps to give confidence ahead. I’m looking forward for my next round as
it’s against Armenia’s GM Ter Sahakyan Samvel. It wouldn't be an easy
match considered the fact he has also been undefeated. But will surely
give my best tomorrow,” said Goa’s 1st GM Anurag Mhamal following his
Day 3 match. Earlier, Anurag beat Goa’s Ritviz Parab in Round 3.
But following his loss against Goa’s only GM, Ritviz showed his desire
to make his name among the best as he moved on to 3 points with his win
over Manish Kumar.
Meanwhile Woman Grandmasters Bhakti Kulkarni came back strongly
following her defeat in the Round 3. Bhakti earlier lost against Soham
Datar but beat Tanmay Chopra to move on to 2.5 points.
In round 3, Ameya put up a brave fight before going down against GM
Amonatov Farrukh and he drew with Barath Kalyan N in Round 4 to move on
to 2.5 points.
Other Goans Nitish Belurkar is on 2.5 points while Niraj Saripalli is on
2 points while Nandhini Saripalli is on 1.5 points.
Meanwhile on top boards, GM Kravtsiv Martyn was held by GM Neverov
Valerity, now both are on 3.5 points at the end of Round 4.
Meanwhile on board 2 and 3 there were unexpected results as Amonatov
Farrukh was beaten by Bangladesh GM Rahman Ziaur while Popov Ivan was
beaten by Kasparav Serey. Idani Pouya beat Himanshu Sharma. Idani Pouya
is on top position with four points followed by Ter S Samvel, Deepan
Chakkravarthy and Rahman in the second to fourth positions.
Meanwhile in B category, Goa’s Anirudh V Bhat is on 5.5 points on 56th
position and Parsekar Anirudh is on 63rd position with 5.5 points.
Anvesh Bandekar, Sirsat Shekar, Gaude Sachin and Suyan Belurkar are on
five points. Swayam Naik and Tanad Bandodkar are on 4.5 points.
Pics: GM Anurag Mhamal, Popov Ivan and Neverov Valeriy in action during
their respective encounters.
