Serbia Open 2022 R3: Harikrishnan outplays Serbia no.1 Aleksandar Indjic

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/07/2022

GM B Adhiban started the tournament with three consecutive wins at Serbia Open 2022 Masters. IM Harikrishnan A Ra arguably scored the most spectacular win of the round. He defeated Serbia no.1 GM Aleksandar Indjic convincingly. The 20-year-old got a winning position within the first 20 moves of the game. FM Ram Aravind L N scored a nice victory against IM Sugar Gan-Erdene (MGL). The former showed a fantastic understanding of the position. IM Padmini Rout and WIM Sakshi Chitlange both are at 2.5/3 each. Round 4 starts today at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FI Niklesh Jain

Adhiban starts with a hat-trick

IM Padmini Rout, CM Kushagra Mohan, WIM Sakshi Chitlange, FM Kashish Manoj Jain and Ajay Mushini drew with GM G Petar Arnaudov (BUL), IM P Shyam Nikhil, IM Zhandos Agmanov (KAZ), IM Nitish Belurkar and IM Tania Sachdev, respectively.

IM Harikrishnan A Ra got a completely winning position within 20 moves | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Indjic - Harikrishnan: 0-1

IM Harikrishnan A Ra (2396) is a very strong player. When GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB, 2620) erred early in the middlegame, he seized his opportunity and got a winning position in less than 20 moves of the game.

Position after 17.exf5

17.exf5 invites trouble as both black bishops are piercing on White's kingside. 17...Bxh2+ was the first strike 18.Kxh2 Qxd4 19.Be2 and now Black is winning in multiple ways. 19...Rxf5 was played. The alternative was 19...Qxd5.

Gan-Erdene - Ram Aravind: 0-1

IM Sugar Gan-Erdene (MGL, 2428) missed a thematic break 24.f5. When an opportunity arose, FM Ram Aravind L N (2138) pounced on it.

Position after 38...d4

38.Bd2 allowed Black open the light squared bishop's diagonal 38...d4. 38.Rfb1 would have kept things balanced. A series of inaccuracies by White and a precise play by Black, earned him a full point.

FM Ram Aravind L N scored his maiden IM-norm last month | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Highlights

A few interesting finishes from Round 3

GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB, 2620) - IM Harikrishnan A Ra (2396): 0-1

IM Sugar Gan-Erdene (MGL, 2428) - FM Ram Aravind L N (2138): 0-1

FM Emil Risteski (MKD, 2405) - Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi (2028): 0.5-0.5

A total of 263 players including 38 GMs, 68 IMs, 6 WGMs and 13 WIMs are taking part from 38 countries across the world including India. The tournament is being organized by Serbia Chess Federation from 28th June to 7th July 2022 at Novi Sad, Serbia. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes/40 moves + 15 minutes for whole game, 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Round 3 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
3	5	97	FM	Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan	2388	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Adhiban B.	2616	10
3	6	102	IM	Ceres Dragos	2380	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2608	12
3	11	51	GM	Arnaudov G. Petar	2462	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Padmini Rout	2357	118
3	12	55	IM	Ioannidis Evgenios	2459	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Anuj Shrivatri	2356	120
3	13	61	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	2443	2	½ - ½	2	CM	Kushagra Mohan	2343	126
3	14	65	IM	Agmanov Zhandos	2436	2	½ - ½	2	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	2216	197
3	16	164	FM	Eren Ataberk	2273	2	½ - ½	2	FM	Samant Aditya S	2433	68
3	17	1	GM	Predke Alexandr	2688	1½	1 - 0	1½	IM	Srihari L R	2404	84
3	18	88	IM	Muthaiah Al	2401	1½	0 - 1	1½	GM	Ivic Velimir	2628	4
3	19	7	GM	Indjic Aleksandar	2620	1½	0 - 1	1½	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra	2396	92
3	20	11	GM	Aryan Chopra	2609	1½	1 - 0	1½	FM	Damjanovic Vuk	2393	94
3	24	19	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	2547	1½	1 - 0	1½	IM	Maltsevskaya Aleksandra	2378	104
3	28	111	IM	Harshavardhan G B	2367	1½	0 - 1	1½	IM	Aditya Mittal	2485	36
3	30	39	IM	Pranav V	2481	1½	1 - 0	1½	IM	Tsolakidou Stavroula	2358	117
3	31	138	FM	Hristodoulou Panagiotis	2328	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2480	40
3	32	43	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2477	1½	1 - 0	1½	IM	Vardaan Nagpal	2357	119
3	34	156	FM	Marn Jan	2282	1½	0 - 1	1½	IM	Pranav Anand	2467	48
3	35	166	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj	2271	1½	½ - ½	1½	IM	Nitish Belurkar	2460	52
3	36	158	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	2281	1½	0 - 1	1½	FM	Milikow Yoav	2460	54
3	41	71	IM	Gan-Erdene Sugar	2428	1½	0 - 1	1½	FM	Ram Aravind L N	2138	233

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Round 4 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
4	3	10	GM	Adhiban B.	2616	3		3	IM	Babazada Khazar	2431	69
4	6	4	GM	Ivic Velimir	2628	2½		2½	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	2443	61
4	7	68	FM	Samant Aditya S	2433	2½		2½	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	2617	9
4	8	72	IM	Assaubayeva Bibisara	2427	2½		2½	GM	Aryan Chopra	2609	11
4	9	12	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2608	2½		2½	FM	Samadov Read	2442	63
4	11	92	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra	2396	2½		2½	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	2547	19
4	15	36	IM	Aditya Mittal	2485	2½		2½	IM	Urazayev Arystanbek	2435	67
4	17	118	IM	Padmini Rout	2357	2½		2½	IM	Pranav V	2481	39
4	18	126	CM	Kushagra Mohan	2343	2½		2½	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2477	43
4	20	48	IM	Pranav Anand	2467	2½		2½	WGM	Fataliyeva Ulviyya	2341	127
4	21	233	FM	Ram Aravind L N	2138	2½		2½	GM	Arnaudov G. Petar	2462	51
4	23	2	GM	Sarana Alexey	2670	2		2½	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	2216	197
4	24	91	IM	Moksh Amit Doshi	2398	2		2	GM	Demchenko Anton	2654	3
4	32	113	IM	Shahil Dey	2366	2		2	IM	Dudin Gleb	2495	33
4	33	115	IM	Tomazini Zan	2361	2		2	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	2485	37
4	34	40	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2480	2		2	IM	Zlatanovic Boroljub	2346	125
4	35	120	IM	Anuj Shrivatri	2356	2		2	IM	Bronstein Or	2476	44
4	36	128	FM	Rohith Krishna S	2339	2		2	IM	Janzelj Tim	2470	45
4	37	52	IM	Nitish Belurkar	2460	2		2	FM	Karacsonyi Gellert	2338	131
4	39	58	IM	Badelka Olga	2448	2		2	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj	2271	166

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