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13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022

13 June 2022

By globalchess.lk

The 13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 was held from 22nd to 25th May 2022 at International Chess Hall, Campus 15B, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. There were 3 categories: A, B (U1900) and C (U1600.

GM Farrukh Amonatov became the champion with unbeaten 8.5 points out of 10 rounds.

175 players participated for the Category A and 6 from Sri Lanka.

The games of Sri Lanka players are given below.

[Event "13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 (Category 'A')"] [Site "International Chess Hall, Campus 15B, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha"] [Date "2022.05.25"] [Round "5"] [Board "10"] [White "Laxman, R.R."] [Black "Priyankara, Chamil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2420"] [BlackElo "1938"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2022.05.22"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. c5 f5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. Ba3 Rf7 15. b5 dxc5 16. Nxe5 Rf8 17. Bxc5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe5 19. Rc1 Nf5 20. d6 cxd6 21. Qd5+ Kg7 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Qxd6 Qxe2 26. Re1 Qxb5 27. Qd4+ Kg6 28. Re7 Qb6 29. Rc5 Bf5 30. h4 Qf6 31. Rce5 Rfd8 32. Qc5 Rac8 33. Qxa7 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Rdd1 35. g4 fxg3+ 0-1 [Event "13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 (Category 'A')"] [Site "International Chess Hall, Campus 15B, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha"] [Date "2022.05.26"] [Round "6"] [Board "11"] [White "Priyankara, Chamil"] [Black "Karthikeyan, P."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1938"] [BlackElo "2361"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2022.05.22"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. dxc5 e5 8. Bg3 Bxc5 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bb5 Qe7 11. Bh4 a6 12. Be2 Be6 13. Ng5 e4 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfc1 Rad8 17. c4 Bb4 18. Qc2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 dxc4 20. Qe1 b5 21. b3 Qc5 22. a4 Ne5 23. axb5 axb5 24. bxc4 b4 25. Rab1 Rb8 26. Bg3 Nc6 27. Bxb8 Rxb8 28. Qd1 h5 29. h3 Kf7 30. Rb2 Ke7 31. Rd2 h4 32. Rb1 g5 33. Qc2 Ra8 34. Qb2 Rg8 35. Ra1 Rb8 36. Ra6 Kf7 37. Rd1 Ke7 38. Rda1 Rb7 39. Bd1 Kf7 40. Ra8 Ne5 41. R1a5 Nd3 42. Qb1 Qxc4 43. Rxg5 b3 44. Rga5 Kg6 45. R5a7 Rb6 46. Ra1 b2 47. R1a3 Qc1 0-1 [Event "13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 (Category 'A')"] [Site "International Chess Hall, Campus 15B, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha"] [Date "2022.05.26"] [Round "7"] [Board "13"] [White "Rohith, Krishna S"] [Black "Priyankara, Chamil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2337"] [BlackElo "1938"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2022.05.22"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5 c6 9. e3 Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 f6 19. Bg3 Qd7 20. Qb4 Bd5 21. Rfc1 Kf7 22. h4 Rc6 23. a4 Rfc8 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. a5 Rc4 26. Qe1 b5 27. a6 b4 28. Qd1 Qb5 29. Bd6 Rc6 30. Bc5 b3 31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Qe8 e5 33. h5 1-0 [Event "13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 (Category 'A')"] [Site "International Chess Hall, Campus 15B, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha"] [Date "2022.05.26"] [Round "6"] [Board "13"] [White "Kavinda, Akila"] [Black "Arpita, Mukherjee"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1996"] [BlackElo "2275"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2022.05.22"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. Nd2 b6 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qe2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Bb3 d5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Nc4 Rad8 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Ne3 Ra5 24. Nc4 Rc5 25. Ne3 a5 26. b3 e4 27. Rd1 f5 28. c4 Qe5 29. Nd5 Rc6 30. f3 Bc5+ 31. Kh1 e3 32. f4 Qe4 33. Kg1 Rg6 34. Rd3 Rxg2+ 35. Qxg2 e2+ 0-1 [Event "13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 (Category 'A')"] [Site "International Chess Hall, Campus 15B, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha"] [Date "2022.05.29"] [Round "10"] [Board "19"] [White "Kavinda, Akila"] [Black "Rohit, S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1996"] [BlackElo "2141"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2022.05.22"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Nc4 Nf6 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Ne3 Qa5+ 18. c3 Qxa2 19. O-O Qe6 20. h3 g6 21. Bf3 Rac8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bg4 Qf6 24. Qxd5 Rc6 25. Rd3 Qg7 26. Qb3 b5 27. Qd5 Rb6 28. f4 Rf8 29. f5 h5 30. Bd1 Kh7 31. f6 Qxf6 32. Rxf6 Bxf6 33. Rf3 Kg7 34. Bb3 a5 35. Qd2 1-0 [Event "13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 (Category 'A')"] [Site "International Chess Hall, Campus 15B, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha"] [Date "2022.05.22"] [Round "1"] [Board "7"] [White "Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha"] [Black "Mirzoev, Azer"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1730"] [BlackElo "2476"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2022.05.22"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Re8 11. e4 Nb6 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. e5 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Be5 Nc4 18. f4 Kg8 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Nxd5 Bxe5 21. Qxc4 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 cxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kf8 25. f5 Bf7 26. Bxb7 Rab8 27. Rad1 Rxb7 28. Rxd4 Rxb2 29. a4 Ree2 30. Rc1 Rxh2+ 31. Kg1 Rhc2 32. Re1 Re2 33. Rc1 Be8 34. Rf4 h6 35. f6 g5 36. Rf5 Rg2+ 37. Kh1 Rgc2 38. Rd1 Kf7 39. Re1 Bxa4 40. Kg1 Rg2+ 41. Kh1 Rh2+ 0-1 [Event "13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 (Category 'A')"] [Site "International Chess Hall, Campus 15B, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha"] [Date "2022.05.25"] [Round "5"] [Board "16"] [White "Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha"] [Black "Dhananjay, S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1730"] [BlackElo "2218"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2022.05.22"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Ngf3 e6 8. Bb5 c4 9. Qa4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6 Qb8 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 Rc8 16. Qa4 Rxc3 17. O-O Rc2 18. Qa5 Qc8 19. h3 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Rb7 21. b4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. b5 Rb2 24. Rdc1 Qe8 25. Rc5 R2xb5 26. Rxb5 Rxb5 27. Qxa7 f6 28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Nxd7 Rb1+ 30. Rxb1 Bxb1 31. Nc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 (Category 'A')"] [Site "International Chess Hall, Campus 15B, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha"] [Date "2022.05.26"] [Round "6"] [Board "18"] [White "Manish, Anto Cristiano F"] [Black "Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2071"] [BlackElo "1730"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2022.05.22"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. d4 Nxd5 6. dxc5 e6 7. Bd3 Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nbd2 Ne3 10. fxe3 Bxe3+ 11. Kh1 Qxd3 12. Nc4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxc1 14. Raxc1 Ke7 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Ng5 f6 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Kxd8 19. Nd6 Bd7 20. Rd1 Ne5 21. Nf7+ Kc7 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Rxd7+ Kxb6 24. Kg1 Kc6 25. Re7 Rd8 26. Rxe6+ Kd5 27. Re7 Ke4 28. h4 b5 29. Rxg7 h5 30. Rg5 Rd2 31. b4 Rxa2 32. Rxh5 Kf4 33. Rh8 Rc2 34. Rg8 e4 35. h5 e3 36. Kf1 Rc1+ 37. Ke2 Rc2+ 38. Kd1 Ra2 39. Rf8+ Kg5 40. Re8 Kxh5 41. g3 Rd2+ 42. Ke1 Rd3 43. Rc8 Rd2 44. Rc6 Rc2 45. Rxa6 Rxc3 46. Rb6 Kg4 47. Rxb5 Kxg3 48. Ke2 Rb3 49. Rb8 Kf4 50. Rf8+ Ke4 51. Re8+ Kd4 52. Rd8+ Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 (Category 'A')"] [Site "International Chess Hall, Campus 15B, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha"] [Date "2022.05.27"] [Round "8"] [Board "19"] [White "Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha"] [Black "Harini, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1730"] [BlackElo "2021"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2022.05.22"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. dxc5 e5 8. Bg3 Bxc5 9. Ngf3 Qe7 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Bh4 Be6 12. Ng5 O-O 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. e4 Kh8 15. O-O a6 16. Bd3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Bb8 18. Rfe1 b5 19. a4 Na5 20. Qc2 Qe8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nf3 Rc8 23. Bg3 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc4 25. Bd3 Qh5 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Bxe5 Ng4 28. Bxb8 Rxb8 29. Qe2 h6 30. h3 Nf6 31. Ne5 Qxe2 32. Rxe2 Rfc8 33. Rd4 Nd5 34. Nxc4 Rc6 35. g3 Kg8 36. Ne5 Rcb6 37. Rdd2 R8b7 38. Nd3 Rc6 39. Kg2 Kf8 40. h4 Ke7 41. Ne5 Rcb6 42. Nc4 Rb5 43. Kf3 Rc5 44. Ne3 Nf6 45. Ng2 Rf5+ 46. Ke3 Ng4+ 47. Kd3 Ne5+ 48. Ke4 Nc4 49. Rc2 Nd6+ 50. Kd3 Rd5+ 51. Ke3 Nc4+ 52. Kf3 Ne5+ 53. Kf4 Kf6 54. Ne3 g5+ 55. hxg5+ hxg5+ 56. Ke4 Rdb5 57. f4 gxf4 58. gxf4 Nd7 59. Ng4+ Ke7 60. Rh2 Nc5+ 61. Ke3 Na4 62. Rh7+ Kd6 63. Rxb7 Rxb7 64. b4 Kc6 65. Nf2 Kb5 66. Ne4 Rh7 67. Kd4 Rh5 68. Ng5 Rh6 69. Re2 Rh1 70. Re5+ 1-0 [Event "13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 (Category 'A')"] [Site "International Chess Hall, Campus 15B, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha"] [Date "2022.05.28"] [Round "9"] [Board "14"] [White "Sangma, Rahul"] [Black "Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2232"] [BlackElo "1730"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2022.05.22"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 d6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qc7 12. e4 a6 13. f4 O-O 14. Qf3 Rac8 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Rd2 Qb7 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. g4 g6 19. f5 Nfd7 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. e5 Qxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Red1 e4 25. Ba3 Rxd2+ 26. Rxd2 Bf6 27. Bxc5 Bxc3 28. Rc2 bxc5 29. Rxc3 Rd8 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Ke3 Rxh2 32. Kxe4 Re2+ 33. Kf4 e5+ 34. Kf3 Re1 35. a3 a5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 cxb4 38. Rb3 Kf7 39. Rxb4 Kf6 40. Rb7 h6 41. Rc7 Kg5 42. Rc6 Rf1+ 43. Ke4 Rf4+ 44. Kxe5 Rxg4 45. Rc8 h5 46. c5 Rc4 47. c6 Kg4 48. Kd6 g5 49. Ra8 h4 50. c7 Rxc7 51. Kxc7 h3 52. Rh8 Kg3 53. Kd6 g4 54. Ke5 Kg2 55. Kf4 g3 56. Rg8 h2 57. Rxg3+ Kf2 58. Rh3 Kg2 59. Rg3+ Kf2 60. Ra3 h1=Q 61. Ra2+ Kg1 62. Ra1+ Kg2 63. Rxh1 Kxh1 64. Ke4 1/2-1/2 [Event "13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 (Category 'A')"] [Site "International Chess Hall, Campus 15B, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha"] [Date "2022.05.29"] [Round "10"] [Board "14"] [White "Alekhya, Mukhopadhyay"] [Black "Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2162"] [BlackElo "1730"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2022.05.22"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 hxg5 15. Bg3 b5 16. Rdf1 b4 17. Nd1 a5 18. Bb5+ Bd7 19. h3 Nh6 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Qb5+ Qc6 23. Qxe5 Rhc8 24. Qd4+ Ke8 25. Rf2 b3 26. Nc3 a4 27. Qh8+ Bf8 28. a3 bxc2 29. Be5 Ke7 30. Rd2 1-0 [Event "13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 (Category 'A')"] [Site "International Chess Hall, Campus 15B, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha"] [Date "2022.05.24"] [Round "3"] [Board "14"] [White "Weerawardane, Romesh"] [Black "Audi, Ameya"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2027"] [BlackElo "2389"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2022.05.22"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Rac8 14. Qe1 Rfe8 15. Qf2 h6 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. Nb3 Bd8 18. g4 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. h4 dxe4 21. f4 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Nd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Nd4 Bc7 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 b5 27. Bg4 Nb6 28. Nf5 Na4 29. Nxg7 Nxc3 30. Nxe8 Qxe8 31. Bd4 f5 32. Qh4 Qe7 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Bh5+ Ke6 35. Qc8+ Qd7 36. Bf7+ Ke7 37. Bf6+ Kd6 38. Qf8+ Kc6 39. Be8 Ne2+ 40. Kf1 Nxf4 41. Qc5+ Kb7 42. Bxd7 Bc4+ 43. Kg1 Bb6 44. Bc6+ Ka7 45. Bd4 Ne2+ 46. Kf2 Bxc5 47. Bxc5+ Kb8 48. Bd6+ Kc8 49. Ke3 Nc3 50. g6 Nd5+ 51. Kd4 Nf6 52. Ke5 Ng8 53. Bc5 Kc7 54. Be8 Kd8 55. Bf7 Nh6 56. Kf6 f4 57. Be6 e3 58. Bb6+ Ke8 59. g7 e2 60. Bf2 f3 61. Bc8 Ng8+ 62. Ke5 Kf7 63. Bxa6 Nf6 64. g8=Q+ Nxg8 65. Bb7 Ke7 66. Bxf3 Kd7 67. Kd4 Ne7 68. a4 Nc6+ 69. Kc5 Ne5 70. axb5 Nxf3 71. Kxc4 0-1 [Event "13th KIIT International Chess Festival 2022 (Category 'A')"] [Site "International Chess Hall, Campus 15B, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha"] [Date "2022.05.25"] [Round "5"] [Board "7"] [White "Paichadze, Luka"] [Black "Weerawardane, Romesh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2027"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2022.05.22"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nb5 Bc5 6. Qe2 Bb6 7. N1c3 Nge7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Bxb6 cxb6 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nd6 Nd4 12. Qe3 Qxd6 13. Qxd4 Qg6 14. f4 d5 15. exd5 Bg4 16. Rd2 Rfd8 17. h3 Qh6 18. Rg1 Bd7 19. g4 Rac8 20. f5 Bc6 21. d6 Rb8 22. g5 Qh5 23. Qf2 1-0