KCA 1st GM R1: Yeshas stuns Semetei Tologon Tegin

by R Anantharam - 01/05/2025

12-year-old Yeshas H scored the first upset win over IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ) in the first round of KCA's God's Own Country 1st GM 2025. The boy managed to promote a second queen and his IM opponent had to resign as the checkmate became inevitable. Adhrit Das Purkayastha, Jude Dorison Gnanaseelan (SRI) and Sinthia Sarkar held GM Alexei Fedorov, GM P Karthikeyan and GM Laxman R R to a draw each respectively. The total prize fund of the tournamet is ₹2000000 in Category A. The top three prizes are ₹300000, ₹200000 and ₹150000. Round 2 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photos: IA R Anantharam

Upset galore in Round 1

The Kottayam Chess Academy is currently hosting its inaugural prestigious God's Own Country Grand Master Open Chess Tournament, a part of the KCA’s International Chess Festival 2025 and is taking place from April 30th to May 7th, 2025, at The Courtyard Banquet Hall, Kanjikuzhy, Kottayam. A total of 233 players are participating from 15 countries, including 16 Grandmasters, 12 International Masters and a Woman International Master. Karen Grigoryan of Armenia, with a rating of 2556 is the top seed, followed by Manuel Petrosyan also of Armenia. The Indian contingent is led by grandmaster and former Asian Junior champion Deepan Chakkravarthy of ICF.

International Master and 12th seeded, Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ) lost to Yeshas H.

12-year-old Yeshas H scored a big win over IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ)

Three grandmasters Alexei Fedorov, Laxman R R and P Karthikeyan had to be content with half a point each against Adhrit Das Purkayastha, Jude Dorison Gnanaseelan (SRI) and Sinthia Sarkar.

GM Alexei Fedorov - Adhrit Das Purkayastha: 0.5-0.5

Jude Dorison Gnanaseelan (SRI) - GM P Karthikeyan: 0.5-0.5

Sinthia Sarkar - GM Laxman R R

Inaugural first move

Member of Parliament and Advocate - Francis George inaugurated the tournament in the presence of Guest of Honour - A K Verma, Head of Operations, All India Chess Federation, T J Suresh Kumar, Coach of the Indian team in many international tournaments, Rajesh Nattakom, Chairman, Arbiters’ Commission AICF, Gopakumar M S, IA, Councillor Fair Play Commission of FIDE.

Replay Round 1 games

Round 1 results

Bo.	No.		White	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	117		Giridhar, A		1809	KER	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Grigoryan, Karen H.		2556	ARM	1
2	2	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel		2544	ARM	0	1 - 0	0		Archita, Agrawal		1804	UP	118
3	119		Prakash, Vaishnavi		1803	UP	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan		2532	GEO	3
4	4	GM	Savchenko, Boris		2459	RUS	0	1 - 0	0		Sathyachith, E M		1801	KER	120
5	121		Shubh, Atha		1800	GUJ	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike		2448	GEO	5
6	6	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.		2418	TEL	0	1 - 0	0		Sidharth, Sreekumar		1799	KER	122
7	123		Ryan, Dominic		1798	KER	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Movsziszian, Karen		2417	ARM	7
8	8	GM	Fedorov, Alexei		2396	BLR	0	½ - ½	0	AIM	Adhrit, Das Purkayastha		1795	KAR	124
9	125	AIM	Yashvi, Jain		1795	TEL	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		2394	ICF	9
10	10	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim		2370	FIDE	0	1 - 0	0		Soboleva, Anastasia		1792	RUS	126
11	127		Pranav, Chandra Mohan		1788	KER	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy		2363	VIE	11
12	12	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei		2358	KGZ	0	0 - 1	0		Yeshas, H		1786	KAR	128
13	129		Ameya, A R		1781	KER	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat		2352	UZB	13
14	14	IM	Nitin, S.		2331	TN	0	1 - 0	0		Jess, Ruchandani		1781	GUJ	130
15	131		Eshwar, Veerappan Aiyappan		1780	KAR	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Rajesh, V A V		2331	TN	15

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	22	IM	Gochelashvili, David		RUS	2227	RUS	1	1	0	0	0	0,00	0,00	10	0
2	113		Aron, S P		IND	1814	KER	1	1	0	0	0	0,00	0,00	40	0
3	226		Arun, Kumar.B		IND	1465	KER	1	1	0	0	0	0,00	0,00	20	0
4	1	GM	Grigoryan, Karen H.		ARM	2556	ARM	1	0	0	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
5	2	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel		ARM	2544	ARM	1	0	0	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
6	3	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan		GEO	2532	GEO	1	0	0	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
7	4	GM	Savchenko, Boris		RUS	2459	RUS	1	0	0	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
8	5	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike		GEO	2448	GEO	1	0	0	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
9	6	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.		IND	2418	TEL	1	0	0	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
10	7	GM	Movsziszian, Karen		ARM	2417	ARM	1	0	0	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
11	9	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2394	ICF	1	0	0	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
12	10	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim		FID	2370	FIDE	1	0	0	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
13	11	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy		VIE	2363	VIE	1	0	0	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
14	13	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat		UZB	2352	UZB	1	0	0	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8
15	14	IM	Nitin, S.		IND	2331	TN	1	0	0	1	1	0,92	0,08	10	0,8

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Round 3 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	1	GM	Grigoryan, Karen H.		2556	ARM	1		1		Afreed, T Khan		1921	AP	67
2	66	WCM	Modipalli, Deekshitha		1924	TEL	1		1	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel		2544	ARM	2
3	3	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan		2532	GEO	1		1	FM	Anilkumar, O.T.		1912	KER	69
4	70		Nambiar, Vivek		1908	KAR	1		1	GM	Savchenko, Boris		2459	RUS	4
5	5	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike		2448	GEO	1		1	IM	Rahman, Yehya		1896	EGY	75
6	74		Chavan, Nameet		1901	MAH	1		1	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.		2418	TEL	6
7	7	GM	Movsziszian, Karen		2417	ARM	1		1		Krishay, Jain		1891	WB	79
8	9	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		2394	ICF	1		1		Devnath, Bijesh		1886	KER	81
9	80		Patil, Divya		1887	MAH	1		1	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim		2370	FIDE	10
10	11	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy		2363	VIE	1		1		Arush, A		1874	KER	83
11	13	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat		2352	UZB	1		1		Mann, Akbari		1862	GUJ	87
12	82		Savanth, Krishnan R		1877	KER	1		1	IM	Nitin, S.		2331	TN	14
13	15	IM	Rajesh, V A V		2331	TN	1		1		Pranav, Ganesh Prabhu		1862	TN	89
14	84	AGM	Mani, Bharathy		1872	TN	1		1	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy		2307	BLR	18
15	90		Samaksh, Ashok		1858	KAR	1		1	GM	Manik, Mikulas		2273	SVK	20

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About the Author

Prof. Rathinam Anantharam is an A-grade international arbiter. Member of FIDE Arbiters’ Commission, Chairman of Titles Commission in All India Chess Federation, Vice President of Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Chief Arbiter for six world championships, many Asian, International and National Championships. Nominated as one of the top seven arbiters in the world for the past hundred years by FIDE.

The report was edited by Shahid Ahmed