Surya Ganguly wins Bangkok Open

by André Schulz
4/20/2016 – Surya Shekhar Ganguly is the winner of the 16. Bangkok Chess Club Open. After beating Loek Van Wely in the final round Ganguly had 7.5/9 points and shared first place with Spanish GM Francisco Vallejo Pons, who had won against Nigel Short in the final round. But Ganguly had the better tie-break and this helped him to win the tournament.
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An ever growing number of European grandmasters like to come to Bangkok in Spring to take part in the Bangkok Chess Open, which is organised by the Bangkok Chess Club. For the sixteenth edition of the tournament a number of strong European grandmasters travelled to Bangkok, among them Francisco Vallejo Pons, Loek Van Wely, Benjamin Bok, Nigel Short, and Jan Gustafsson. The strongest player from Asia was Indian grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly. A lot of attention also focused on 15-year old Anton Smirnov, who is considered to be Australia's greatest talent.

In the final round Smirnov (right) had to play against German GM Jan Gustafsson.
Smirnov lost and finished with 6.0/9.

Benjamin Bok (White) before his game against Ildar Khairullin

It was Loek Van Wely who had the best start into the tournament - he won his first five games. After conceding his first draw in round six Gustafsson caught up with him. In round seven Gustafsson and Van Wely drew against each other which allowed a number of other players to advance to the top of the table. One of them was Francisco Vallejo Pons who played a brilliant attacking game against the Najdorf.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 Nbd7 This used to be one of the main lines of the Najdorf. 10.g4 One alternative is 10.Bd3 , here's a current example: h6 11.Qh3 Nc5 12.Rhe1 Bd7 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nd5 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 16.Qg3 0-0 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Rxe4 Nf5 19.Qf4 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 Bb5 21.c4 Rfd8 22.Bc2 Rxd4 23.Rxd4 Bc6 24.g3 Rd8 25.b4 b5 26.Rd6 bxc4 27.Qxc4 Rc8 28.Kb2 Qb7 29.Qd4 Bd5 30.Qb6 Qe7 31.Qxa6 Rb8 32.Rb6 Rd8 33.Qd3 Qc7 34.Rd6 Rxd6 35.exd6 Qxd6 36.Qc3 Kf8 37.a4 Ke7 38.b5 g5 39.a5 Kd7 40.Ba4 h5 41.b6+ Kd8 42.Bb5 Ke7 43.Qc7+ 1-0 (43) Naiditsch,A (2682)-Gormally,D (2500) Douglas 2015 10...b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 Nc5 Black can also accept the pawn sacrifice: 13...Bxg5+ 14.Kb1 0-0 15.fxe6 Nb6 16.Bd3 Bf6 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bxd4 19.Qe4 g6 20.exf7+ Rxf7 21.Qxd4 Bf5 22.Rhe1 Raf8 23.b3 a5 24.h4 Bxd3 25.Qxd3 Qc5 26.h5 gxh5 27.Rg1+ Kh8 28.Rg5 Rf3 29.Qe4 Qe3 30.Qxe3 Rxe3 31.Rxh5 Ref3 32.Kb2 R3f5 33.Rh3 Rc8 34.Rh6 Rf2 35.Rc1 Rd8 36.Rch1 Rd7 37.Re6 Kg7 38.Rg1+ Kf7 39.Rh6 Kf8 40.Rg3 Rf5 41.c4 Rf2+ 42.Kc3 b4+ 43.Kd3 a4 44.bxa4 Rxa2 45.Kd4 Rxa4 46.Rf6+ Ke7 47.Rg7+ Kd8 48.Rf8+ Kc7 49.Rxd7+ Kxd7 50.Rf7+ Kc8 51.Rxh7 Ra1 1/2-1/2 (51) Vallejo Pons,F (2706)-Gruenfeld,Y (2444) Jerusalem 2015 14.f6 gxf6 15.gxf6 Bf8 16.Rg1 h5 Vallejo Pons knows this position well - ten years ago he played it with Black. 16...Bd7 17.Rg7 b4 18.Nd5 exd5 19.exd5 0-0-0 20.Rxf7 Bh6+ 21.Kb1 Rdf8 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.Ne6 Nxe6 24.dxe6 Bxe6 25.Bh3 Qd7 26.Qa8+ Kc7 27.Qa7+ Kc6 28.Qxa6+ Kc7 29.Qa5+ Kc6 30.Qa6+ Kc7 31.Qa5+ 1/2-1/2 (31) Spraggett,K (2610) -Vallejo Pons,F (2674) Calvia 2006 17.a3 Rb8
18.Re1!± After this move Black's king feels even less comfortable - White wants to play Nd5. 18.e5 Bb7 19.Qg3 d5 was played in a couple of correspondence games. 18...Nd7
18...Na4 19.Nd5± 19.Nxe6! After 19.Nd5 Black planned to defend with exd5 20.exd5+ Ne5 . 19...fxe6 20.f7+ Ke7? 20...Kd8 21.Rg8 Rh6 22.Qg3± -- with the idea: 23.Qg7 21.Rg6 Qc5 22.Rxe6+ Kxe6 23.Nd5 Nf6 24.Qxf6+ Kd7 25.Qxh8 Bb7 26.Bh3+ Kc6 27.Qf6 Many ways lead to Rome: 27.b4 Qc4 28.Bf1 Qa2 29.Qc3+ 27...a5 28.Qe6 Bc8 29.Qe8+ 29.Qe8+ Kb7 30.Qxf8 Bxh3 31.Qe7+ Ka6 32.f8Q+- 1–0
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Vallejo Pons,F2691Wynn,Z24071–02016B9916th BCC Open 20167.2

In round eight Jan Gustafsson lost against Ildar Khairullin while all other players in the leading group drew their games and thus five players were entering the final round with 6.5/8. In the last round Ganguly defeated Van Wely while Vallejo Pons won against Nigel Short. But the relevant tie-break was in favor of Ganguly who then became official winner of the Bangkok Open.

Surya Shekhar Ganguly - Loek Van Wely

Nigel Short - Francisco Vallejo Pons

 

Final standings

Rg. Snr   Name Typ Land Elo Pkt.  Wtg2 
1 4 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar   IND 2647 7,5 53,5
2 1 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco   ESP 2691 7,5 52,5
3 7 GM Bok Benjamin   NED 2604 7,0 53,5
4 6 GM Khairullin Ildar   RUS 2629 7,0 53,0
5 10 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan U18 IND 2501 7,0 52,5
6 5 GM Gustafsson Jan   GER 2629 7,0 50,5
7 14 IM Sipila Vilka   FIN 2440 7,0 48,0
8 12 GM Gordon Stephen J   ENG 2496 7,0 48,0
9 3 GM Van Wely Loek   NED 2654 6,5 58,5
10 23 IM Dimakiling Oliver   PHI 2372 6,5 51,0
11 19 IM Roy Prantik   IND 2402 6,5 48,0
12 59   Hirthickkesh PR U18 IND 2185 6,5 47,5
13 25 IM Stokke Kjetil   NOR 2354 6,5 47,5
14 9 GM Kunte Abhijit   IND 2505 6,5 45,0
15 46   Gotel Michael   PHI 2234 6,5 43,5
16 11 GM Swapnil S. Dhopade   IND 2499 6,0 55,5
17 20 FM Yeoh Li Tian U18 MAS 2400 6,0 53,0
18 39 FM Pitra Andika   INA 2260 6,0 52,0
19 16 IM Liang Awonder U18 USA 2410 6,0 51,5
20 29 FM Dang Hoang Son   VIE 2325 6,0 51,0
21 33 FM Mohamad Ervan   INA 2301 6,0 51,0
22 2 GM Short Nigel D   ENG 2671 6,0 50,0
23 13 IM Smirnov Anton U18 AUS 2479 6,0 49,0
24 35   Arjun Kalyan U18 IND 2299 6,0 48,0
25 8 GM Halkias Stelios   GRE 2553 6,0 47,5
26 30   Nouri Hamed   PHI 2325 6,0 47,5
27 15 GM Schebler Gerhard   GER 2430 6,0 46,5
28 64 FM Hakiki Kaisar Jenius   INA 2171 6,0 46,0
29 76   Manush Shah   IND 2117 6,0 46,0
30 34   Antonio Viani D'cunha   IND 2299 6,0 45,5
31 60   Yashas D.   IND 2182 6,0 45,5
32 26 IM Milliet Sophie   FRA 2353 6,0 44,5
33 84   Kulkarni Vinayak   IND 2086 6,0 41,5
34 28 IM Gunawan Ronny   INA 2333 6,0 40,0
35 48   Bitoon Jimson   PHI 2228 6,0 39,5

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Tournament winner Surya Shekhar Ganguly

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Bf4 Ne4 10.Nc3 g5 11.Bc1 f5 12.b3 Bf6 13.Bb2 Qe7 14.e3 Qg7 15.Rac1 h5 16.Ne1 g4 17.Nd3 Bg5 18.Rfd1 h4 19.Ne2 Rf6 20.Nef4 Rh6 21.b4 hxg3 22.hxg3 Nb6 23.Ne5 Bf6 24.Nfd3 Bd7 25.a4 a6 26.a5 Nc8 27.Kf1 Rh2 28.c5 Ng5 29.Nf4 Bxe5 30.dxe5 Ne7 31.Ke2 Ng6 32.Rh1 Qh7 33.Nxg6 Rxh1 34.Rxh1 Qxg6 35.Bd4 Qg7 36.Qc1 Be8 37.Qb1 Bg6 38.Qd1 Kf7 39.Qa1 Rg8 40.Qd1 Ke8 41.Qa1 Kd7 42.Qd1 Kc8 43.Qa1 Kb8 44.Qd1 Ka7 45.Qa1 Bh7 46.Qd1 Nh3 47.Qf1 Qg6 48.Qb1 Rh8 49.Kf1 Bg8 50.Ke2 Rh5 51.Qc2 Bh7 52.Qb1 f4 53.Qxg6 f3+ 54.Kd2 fxg2 55.Qxh5 gxh1Q 56.Qxh7 Nxf2 57.Qxh1 Nxh1 58.e4 Nxg3 59.exd5 cxd5 60.c6+ Kb8 61.Ba7+ Kc7 62.cxb7 Kxb7 63.Bb6 Nf5 64.Kd3 Kc6 65.Bc5 Kb5 66.Kc3 d4+ 67.Bxd4 Nxd4 68.Kxd4 Kxb4 69.Ke4 Kxa5 70.Kf4 Kb4 71.Kxg4 Kc4 72.Kg5 Kd5 0–1
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Chan,K2025Vallejo Pons,F26910–12016E0016th BCC Open 20161.1
Short,N2671Milligan,H20241–02016C9016th BCC Open 20161.2
Holming,P2023Van Wely,L26540–12016A0316th BCC Open 20161.3
Ganguly,S2647Skou,N20231–02016C9116th BCC Open 20161.4
Nohr,F2014Gustafsson,J26290–12016B6716th BCC Open 20161.5
Khairullin,I2629Vitithum,I20141–02016E1716th BCC Open 20161.6
Hirt,M2009Bok,B26040–12016B9016th BCC Open 20161.7
Halkias,S2553Omar,A20091–02016A3016th BCC Open 20161.8
Sivara,P2005Kunte,A2505½–½2016B2116th BCC Open 20161.9
Sunilduth Lyna,N2501Cheah,C20001–02016A9016th BCC Open 20161.10
Jones,B1996Swapnil,S24990–12016A5716th BCC Open 20161.11
Gordon,S2496Markovitz,N19961–02016B3716th BCC Open 20161.12
Vallejo Pons,F2691Li,Y22061–02016C7716th BCC Open 20162.1
Sie Thu2212Short,N26710–12016A0516th BCC Open 20162.2
Van Wely,L2654Hirthickkesh,P21851–02016D3716th BCC Open 20162.3
Grafil,F2202Ganguly,S26470–12016E6816th BCC Open 20162.4
Gustafsson,J2629Wong,Y21731–02016E1116th BCC Open 20162.5
Low,Z2187Khairullin,I2629½–½2016B1216th BCC Open 20162.6
Bok,B2604Reilly,T21681–02016B0816th BCC Open 20162.7
Yashas,D2182Halkias,S25530–12016A0116th BCC Open 20162.8
Peng,X2175Sunilduth Lyna,N25010–12016E6016th BCC Open 20162.9
Swapnil,S2499Gong,P21451–02016A4216th BCC Open 20162.10
Hakiki,K2171Gordon,S24961–02016B9316th BCC Open 20162.11
Smirnov,A2479Zulkipli,Z21321–02016E1716th BCC Open 20162.12
Nouri,H2325Vallejo Pons,F26910–12016A0116th BCC Open 20163.1
Short,N2671Dang,H23250–12016B0616th BCC Open 20163.2
Gomes,M2310Van Wely,L26540–12016A0716th BCC Open 20163.3
Ganguly,S2647Mohamad,E23011–02016B8416th BCC Open 20163.4
Arjun,K2299Gustafsson,J2629½–½2016C8916th BCC Open 20163.5
Pitra,A2260Bok,B26040–12016B5016th BCC Open 20163.6
Halkias,S2553Saeheng,B2292½–½2016A1516th BCC Open 20163.7
Sunilduth Lyna,N2501Kulpruethanon,T22251–02016D4516th BCC Open 20163.8
Habla,J2243Swapnil,S24990–12016A4616th BCC Open 20163.9
Abhishek,D2241Smirnov,A2479½–½2016B9016th BCC Open 20163.10
Liang,A2410Hakiki,K21711–02016B2216th BCC Open 20163.11
Korth,D2239Ahlander,B2407½–½2016A4316th BCC Open 20163.12
Vallejo Pons,F2691Liang,A24101–02016E6016th BCC Open 20164.1
Van Wely,L2654Yeoh,L24001–02016D1216th BCC Open 20164.2
Swapnil,S2499Ganguly,S2647½–½2016A1416th BCC Open 20164.3
Bok,B2604Himanshu,S23841–02016B6516th BCC Open 20164.4
Stokke,K2354Sunilduth Lyna,N25010–12016D3716th BCC Open 20164.5
Dang,H2325Khairullin,I2629½–½2016D1216th BCC Open 20164.6
Gustafsson,J2629Lahtela,S22781–02016A4816th BCC Open 20164.7
Abhishek,D2241Halkias,S2553½–½2016C4816th BCC Open 20164.8
Kunte,A2505Korth,D2239½–½2016A0916th BCC Open 20164.9
Smirnov,A2479Dutta,J22321–02016C9116th BCC Open 20164.10
Nordenbaek,J2241Sipila,V2440½–½2016B9416th BCC Open 20164.11
Schebler,G2430Nie,X22270–12016A0716th BCC Open 20164.12
Bok,B2604Vallejo Pons,F2691½–½2016E1616th BCC Open 20165.1
Sunilduth Lyna,N2501Van Wely,L26540–12016E1516th BCC Open 20165.2
Ganguly,S2647Dimakiling,O2372½–½2016B0116th BCC Open 20165.3
Dang,H2325Gustafsson,J26290–12016E0616th BCC Open 20165.4
Arjun,K2299Swapnil,S24990–12016B1816th BCC Open 20165.5
Nie,X2227Smirnov,A24791–02016A4816th BCC Open 20165.6
Short,N2671Saeheng,B22921–02016B0116th BCC Open 20165.7
Khairullin,I2629Antonio,V22991–02016E9016th BCC Open 20165.8
Halkias,S2553Teerapabpaisit,W22641–02016A4516th BCC Open 20165.9
Pitra,A2260Kunte,A25051–02016B4216th BCC Open 20165.10
Gordon,S2496Ashwath,R22471–02016A0716th BCC Open 20165.11
Sipila,V2440Sanchez,L22431–02016C4216th BCC Open 20165.12
Van Wely,L2654Vallejo Pons,F2691½–½2016D1116th BCC Open 20166.1
Gustafsson,J2629Nie,X22271–02016D4616th BCC Open 20166.2
Swapnil,S2499Bok,B2604½–½2016E1516th BCC Open 20166.3
Wynn,Z2407Short,N26711–02016A0516th BCC Open 20166.4
Roy,P2402Ganguly,S26470–12016A2016th BCC Open 20166.5
Yeoh,L2400Khairullin,I2629½–½2016C4516th BCC Open 20166.6
Himanshu,S2384Halkias,S25531–02016C6016th BCC Open 20166.7
Dimakiling,O2372Sunilduth Lyna,N2501½–½2016A0516th BCC Open 20166.8
Causo,D2311Gordon,S24960–12016B2216th BCC Open 20166.9
Mohamad,E2301Sipila,V24401–02016B9016th BCC Open 20166.10
Pitra,A2260Liang,A2410½–½2016B2016th BCC Open 20166.11
Smirnov,A2479Arjun,K22991–02016D3816th BCC Open 20166.12
Gustafsson,J2629Van Wely,L2654½–½2016D4516th BCC Open 20167.1
Vallejo Pons,F2691Wynn,Z24071–02016B9916th BCC Open 20167.2
Ganguly,S2647Himanshu,S23841–02016D1016th BCC Open 20167.3
Bok,B2604Mohamad,E23011–02016B9016th BCC Open 20167.4
Gordon,S2496Swapnil,S2499½–½2016A3316th BCC Open 20167.5
Khairullin,I2629Dimakiling,O23721–02016C7916th BCC Open 20167.6
Sunilduth Lyna,N2501Yeoh,L2400½–½2016D1016th BCC Open 20167.7
Milliet,S2353Smirnov,A24790–12016C1516th BCC Open 20167.8
Dang,H2325Schebler,G24301–02016A4616th BCC Open 20167.9
Liang,A2410Stokke,K2354½–½2016B1216th BCC Open 20167.10
Nie,X2227Ahlander,B2407½–½2016A4316th BCC Open 20167.11
Halkias,S2553Pitra,A22601–02016C8116th BCC Open 20167.12
Vallejo Pons,F2691Ganguly,S2647½–½2016B4716th BCC Open 20168.1
Van Wely,L2654Bok,B2604½–½2016D8516th BCC Open 20168.2
Khairullin,I2629Gustafsson,J26291–02016C8416th BCC Open 20168.3
Swapnil,S2499Dang,H2325½–½2016E9016th BCC Open 20168.4
Smirnov,A2479Gordon,S2496½–½2016B9416th BCC Open 20168.5
Yeoh,L2400Short,N26710–12016B2216th BCC Open 20168.6
Stokke,K2354Halkias,S2553½–½2016A3716th BCC Open 20168.7
Kunte,A2505Himanshu,S2384½–½2016D1016th BCC Open 20168.8
Nouri,H2325Sunilduth Lyna,N25010–12016B1216th BCC Open 20168.9
Nie,X2227Sipila,V24400–12016A4616th BCC Open 20168.10
Mohamad,E2301Liang,A24101–02016E3216th BCC Open 20168.11
Ahlander,B2407Li,Y2206½–½2016D8516th BCC Open 20168.12
Ganguly,S2647Van Wely,L26541–02016B9016th BCC Open 20169.1
Bok,B2604Khairullin,I2629½–½2016C6516th BCC Open 20169.2
Short,N2671Vallejo Pons,F26910–12016B4016th BCC Open 20169.3
Gustafsson,J2629Smirnov,A24791–02016D4716th BCC Open 20169.4
Sunilduth Lyna,N2501Mohamad,E23011–02016D8516th BCC Open 20169.5
Sipila,V2440Swapnil,S24991–02016B1216th BCC Open 20169.6
Gordon,S2496Yashas,D21821–02016A1716th BCC Open 20169.7
Dang,H2325Kunte,A25050–12016E0016th BCC Open 20169.8
Halkias,S2553Antonio,V2299½–½2016B5216th BCC Open 20169.9
Arjun,K2299Schebler,G2430½–½2016B3316th BCC Open 20169.10
Hirthickkesh,P2185Ahlander,B24071–02016A0116th BCC Open 20169.11
Portugalera,R2224Roy,P24020–12016D9016th BCC Open 20169.12

 

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