Dhara upsets Kamble

The 6th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament sprung an upset in the very first round as unheralded Dhara Gupta of Delhi beat International Master Vikramaditya Kamble here at Modern School, Barakhamba road. Apart from Kamble, almost all top seeded players of the tournament, which include a record 15 Grand Masters and 3 Women Grandmasters, posted easy victories to advance to the second round with full points in their kitty. 

While top seeded Ghaem Maghami Ehsan of Iran had an easy outing against Sumant Subramaniam of Malaysia, the second seed and leader of the Indian challenge in this tournament, Surya Shekhar Ganguly made short work of Chiraranjan Bhuyan. World Champion, Vishwanathan Anand's former coach, Ubilava Elizbar also earned a full point for himself by defeating Sanjib Ghosh. 

Among the Indian players, former national champion Abhijit Kunte and Commonwealth Champion R B Ramesh also had an easy day at the office as they beat S K Sharma and S Kaushik respectively. The other major surprise of the round came in the form of a draw for GM Batyrov Sapar of Turkmenistan, who was denied victory by a much lower rated Pereira Johnharry of Singapore. 

The second round of this tournament, in which players of 20 different countries are participating, was still in progress at the time of latest report. 


Important Results of Round 1(Indians otherwise stated): 

1. Sumant Subramaniam (Malaysia) lost to GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan(Iran) 

2. GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly beat Chiranjan Bhuyan 

3. Rishi Thariani lost to GM Kursonov Igor(Russia)

4. Abhijit Kunte beat S K Sharma 

5. Sanjib Ghosh lost to GM Ubilava Elizbar (Spain)

6. GM Solodovnichenko Yuri (Ukraine) beat Samuder Kumar Girsa

7. Pratik Patil lost to GM Dzhumaev Marat(Uzbekistan)

8. GM Iuldachev Saidali(Uzbekistan) beat Rajesh Kumar Nath

9. Deepak Kumar Payeng lost to GM Nguyen Anh Dung(Vietnam)

10. IM Hossain Enamul(Bangladesh) beat D S Shashaank


PS: For detailed results and further information please visit the official Delhi Chess Association website ( www.delhichess.com ).