GM Kiril Georgiev of Bulgaria takes the lead

by Mr.V.Hariharan

GM Kiril Georgiev of Bulgaria with 4 points takes the lead at the end of the fourth round of the XIV International Chess Tournament at Balaguer, Spain. Udeshi Aditya (3) playing his favourite Tarrash defence against white’s queen pawn opening tried to steer the game for active play. But the grand master took the black to the endgame and won the game .
Bharathi .R of Tamilnadu with white won a rook for a minor piece and two pawns against the Bulgarian Intenational Master Ivanov Jordan in the Sicilian defence. But the advanced connected passed pawns on the queenside forced her to take perpetual check to draw the game.

Deepthamsh Reddy of Andhra Pradesh employing the Sicilian defence lost a pawn in the middle game against the Bulgarian FM Berbatov Kiprian. After that white did not give any chance to Black to recover and finally white won the game.  Shalmali Gagare (2) got a slight edge from the English opening against the Spanish International Master Ipatov Aleander . During the game she refused her opponent’s draw offer and this offer lulled her sense of danger on the kingside which eventually cost her game also.

 
J.Saranya lost her game against the International Master Kovacevic Slobodan. Priyadharshan (2.5)of Madurai won against the Spanish women International Master Robles Garcia Clandia. Debashis Das of Orissa also won against the Spanish player Ramon Solams Albert . Girish A Koushik lost his game against WFM Rucha Pujari . Pallabi Roy lost her game against the GM Westerined Heikki of Finland. Rakesh Kulkarni and Shristy J Shetty won easily against their respective opponents.

Fenil Shah of Gujarat’s opponent Enterria Galguera of Spain came to the tournament hall after 50 minutes and without making a move from the black side he resigned the game. The score sheet was duly singed.  Whereas in the Devangi Patankar board, her opponent FM Colas Longares Rafael of Spain did play the game and after seeing that he was losing a piece he just went away from the hall. White had to wait and claimed the win on lost on time rule.

4th round results
GM KIRIL GEORGIEV BEAT UDESHI ADITYA (3)
SHALMALI GAGARE (2) LOST TO IM IPATOV ALEXANDER
WIM ROBLES GARCIA CLANDIA LOST TO PRIYADHARSHAN K (2)
RAMON SOLAMS ALBERT LOST TO DEBASHIS DAS (2.5)
LLOP LLOP JOSHEP LOST TO RAKESH KULKARNI (2)
WFM RUCHA PUJARI (2) BEAT GIRISH A KOUSHIK (1.5)
FM BERBATOV KIPRIAN BEAT DEEPTHAMSH REDDY (1.5)
IM KOVACEVIC SLOBODAN BEAT SARANYA J (2)
BHARATHI R (2.5) DREW IM IVANOV JORDAN
PALLABI ROY (1.5) LOST TO GM WESTERINEN HEIKKI
SHRISHTI J SHETTY (2) BEAT FEBRERO PEREZ LLUIS
GM MATEO RAMON LOST TO GM G N GOPAL (3)
FENIL SHAH (2.5) BEAT ENTERRIA GALGUERA JOSE ANTONIO
DEVANGI PATANKAR (3) BEAT FM COLAS LONGARES RAFAEL

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