15th AICFB National R3-4: Five players share the lead 3.5/4

by Shahid Ahmed - 07/04/2022

Kishan Gangolli, Subhendu Kumar Patra, Soundarya Kumar Pradhan, Ashvin K Makwana and Milind Samant are the five players in the lead. They all drew their respective games in the fourth round of SAVA Herbals 15th AICFB National Chess Championship for Visually Challenged players. Marimuthu K had a good opportunity to win against Aryan Joshi in the third game. Despite winning for the better part of the game, he was unable to convert his advantage into a full point. He will face one of the tournament leaders, Soundarya in the fifth round. Round 5 starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST. Photo: IA Manjunatha M

Marimuthu impressive against Aryan

Top seed Darpan Inanni's tough form continues. Surypratap Singh held him to a draw in the third round.

Round 4: Soundarya Kumar Pradhan - Kishan Gangolli: 0.5-0.5 | Photo:IA Manjunatha M

Round 3: Marimuthu - Aryan: 0.5-0.5

Marimuthu K (1586) spotted a very nice tactic against Aryan Joshi (1909).

Position after 17.Nxf7

17...Rxf7 18.Qxd6 Qc8 19.Bh2 White needed to castle first and ensure his king safety. 19...Bxd1 20.Bxd1 Ne8 21.Qg3 allowed Black to get back in the game Rxa3. However, he missed it and played Nc1. White was winning for the better part of the game, yet Aryan kept fighting and managed to salvage a draw eventually.

Marimuthu was completely winning for the majority of the game | Photo: IA Manjunatha M

Surypratap Singh held top seed Darpan Inani to a solid draw | Photo: IA Manjunatha M

Round 4: Milind Samant - Aryan Joshi: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: IA Manjunatha M

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A total of 55 players are taking part from various states across India. The tournament is organized by All India Chess Federation for the Blind (AICFB) from 5th to 9th April 2022 at PYC Hindu Gymkhana, Pune. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1. There are double rounds every day from 5th to 8th April. Last day 9th April 2022, there will be one round.

Replay Round 3-4 games

Round 4 results

Bo.	No.	Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	5	Soundarya Kumar Pradhan	1749	ORI	3	½ - ½	3	Kishan Gangolli	2113	KAR	2
2	7	Makwana Ashvin K	1729	GUJ	3	½ - ½	3	Patra Subhendu Kumar	1783	ORI	4
3	9	Samant Milind	1670	MAH	3	½ - ½	2½	Aryan B Joshi	1909	MAH	3
4	11	Swapanil Shah	1622	MAH	2½	½ - ½	2½	Marimuthu K	1586	T N	12
5	8	Patel Darshan	1680	GUJ	2	0 - 1	2	Satya Praksah Shrivastava	1388	DEL	25
6	13	Shashidhar K M	1547	KAR	2	1 - 0	2	Dibakar Pal	1379	W B	26
7	15	Vijay Karia	1482	GUJ	2	0 - 1	2	Gopi R	1242	T N	35
8	31	Sam Peniel P	1302	T N	2	1 - 0	2	Somender B L	1446	DEL	18
9	21	Shidad M	1432	KER	2	½ - ½	2	Mrunali Pande	1236	MAH	36
10	37	Solanki Pragnesh	1236	GUJ	2	0 - 1	2	Hariharan Gandhi	1399	T N	22

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.	Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	2	Kishan Gangolli	2113	KAR	3½		3½	Makwana Ashvin K	1729	GUJ	7
2	4	Patra Subhendu Kumar	1783	ORI	3½		3½	Samant Milind	1670	MAH	9
3	12	Marimuthu K	1586	T N	3		3½	Soundarya Kumar Pradhan	1749	ORI	5
4	3	Aryan B Joshi	1909	MAH	3		3	Sam Peniel P	1302	T N	31
5	25	Satya Praksah Shrivastava	1388	DEL	3		3	Swapanil Shah	1622	MAH	11
6	35	Gopi R	1242	T N	3		3	Shashidhar K M	1547	KAR	13
7	22	Hariharan Gandhi	1399	T N	3		3	Shah Saiyam Kamleshbhai	1226	GUJ	40
8	36	Mrunali Pande	1236	MAH	2½		2½	Darpan Inani	2124	GUJ	1
9	23	Rakesh Narwal	1393	HAR	2½		2½	Shidad M	1432	KER	21
10	10	Prachurya Kumar Pradhan	1630	ORI	2		2½	Rathi Himanshi	1177	GUJ	41

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Tournament Info

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