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IM Harshana: WA Juniors champ 2023
9 December 2023
By Marlon Fernando
Western Asian Juniors Chess Championship – 2023 was held at World Trade Center, Colombo on 30th November to 5th December 2023 organized by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka (CFSL) on behalf of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) and the World Chess Federation (FIDE). International Master Harshana Thilakarathne became the champion breaking his silence of individual event play. This classical event was with 32 participants from seven countries including 4 International Masters and 3 FIDE Masters.
The final ranking is given below.
|
Final Rank |
Stating Rank |
Title |
Name |
Federation |
Rating |
Points |
Tie Break 1 |
Tie Break 2 |
Tie Break 3 |
Tie Break 4 |
|
1 |
4 |
IM |
Thilakarathne, G M H |
SRI |
2389 |
6,5 |
2 |
40,5 |
45,5 |
5 |
|
2 |
3 |
IM |
Harshavardhan, G B |
IND |
2390 |
6,5 |
0,5 |
42 |
46,5 |
5 |
|
3 |
2 |
IM |
De Silva, L M S T |
SRI |
2394 |
6,5 |
0,5 |
40,5 |
44,5 |
5 |
|
4 |
5 |
IM |
Raahul, V S |
IND |
2350 |
6 |
0 |
40,5 |
45 |
4 |
|
5 |
6 |
FM |
Orozbaev, Eldiar |
KGZ |
2278 |
6 |
0 |
40 |
44,5 |
6 |
|
6 |
9 |
Hommadov, Amanmuhammet |
TKM |
2055 |
6 |
0 |
40 |
44,5 |
5 |
|
|
7 |
8 |
Mazhkenov, Alisher |
KAZ |
2105 |
5,5 |
0 |
41 |
45 |
5 |
|
|
8 |
1 |
FM |
Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan |
SRI |
2400 |
5,5 |
0 |
38 |
42,5 |
4 |
|
9 |
11 |
Ankit, Ray |
IND |
1902 |
5,5 |
0 |
35 |
39 |
3 |
|
|
10 |
12 |
AFM |
Dissanayake, R K T |
SRI |
1865 |
5 |
0 |
36 |
39,5 |
4 |
|
11 |
7 |
FM |
Manon, Reja Neer |
BAN |
2207 |
5 |
0 |
35 |
39 |
4 |
|
12 |
13 |
Mujahid, Bin Yazeed |
MDV |
1832 |
5 |
0 |
32,5 |
36 |
4 |
|
|
13 |
15 |
Senevirathne, S D B K |
SRI |
1803 |
4,5 |
0 |
35,5 |
39,5 |
3 |
|
|
14 |
16 |
Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha |
SRI |
1766 |
4,5 |
0 |
35,5 |
39,5 |
2 |
|
|
15 |
19 |
AFM |
Janukshan, B |
SRI |
1635 |
4,5 |
0 |
35 |
38 |
4 |
|
16 |
10 |
Halynyazow, Vepaly |
TKM |
2020 |
4,5 |
0 |
34,5 |
38 |
2 |
|
|
17 |
27 |
Senevirathne, D C B K |
SRI |
1482 |
4,5 |
0 |
34 |
37,5 |
4 |
|
|
18 |
14 |
Nabil Nazar, Mohamed |
SRI |
1803 |
4,5 |
0 |
33 |
36,5 |
3 |
|
|
19 |
17 |
Samaranayake, Pamok Methdinu |
SRI |
1720 |
4,5 |
0 |
29,5 |
32,5 |
3 |
|
|
20 |
20 |
Kulathilake, S M M P |
SRI |
1583 |
4 |
0 |
37 |
41 |
1 |
|
|
21 |
21 |
Sathsindu, W M Minura |
SRI |
1542 |
4 |
0 |
34,5 |
38 |
1 |
|
|
22 |
22 |
Wijerathna, Vinuka Dihain |
SRI |
1534 |
4 |
0 |
32 |
35 |
4 |
|
|
23 |
24 |
AFM |
Sumanathilake, Yonal |
SRI |
1524 |
4 |
0 |
31,5 |
34,5 |
3 |
|
24 |
32 |
Wijesinghe, W A M C |
SRI |
1247 |
4 |
0 |
27 |
30 |
2 |
|
|
25 |
25 |
Induwara, T H D Thisarindu |
SRI |
1494 |
3,5 |
0 |
32,5 |
34,5 |
3 |
|
|
26 |
18 |
Ovitigala, Chenitha Mithvidu |
SRI |
1709 |
3,5 |
0 |
32 |
35,5 |
1 |
|
|
27 |
28 |
Weerathungalage, W D Malisha Sasvidu |
SRI |
1472 |
3,5 |
0 |
30,5 |
32,5 |
2 |
|
|
28 |
29 |
Rathnayaka, Minaga Yethmin |
SRI |
1444 |
3,5 |
0 |
29 |
31 |
2 |
|
|
29 |
26 |
Kodithuwakku, K K Dinujaya |
SRI |
1493 |
3 |
1 |
27 |
29 |
2 |
|
|
30 |
23 |
Galkotuwa, K A R G W D R B G |
SRI |
1532 |
3 |
0 |
32 |
35 |
2 |
|
|
31 |
31 |
Francis, U M Senal Vishmin |
SRI |
1337 |
2 |
0 |
27 |
30 |
1 |
|
|
32 |
30 |
Sathsara, E P Daham |
SRI |
1343 |
1,5 |
0 |
27,5 |
30,5 |
1 |
The games of the event are given below.
The games of the Sri Lankan players are given below.
[Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.08.29"] [Round "2"] [Board "19"] [White "Mohd Nor, Noor Hafiz"] [Black "Gamage, Ovin Vidmal"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1834"] [BlackElo "1598"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 d5 5. e5 Bg4 6. Bb5 dxc3 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Nxc3 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Qf4 e6 11. O-O h6 12. Rd1 Ne7 13. Be3 Ng6 14. Qd4 Ne7 15. Qg4 Nf5 16. Bd2 Be7 17. Ne2 h5 18. Qf4 g5 19. Nxg5 Rg8 20. h4 Rg7 21. g3 d4 22. Kh2 Qd5 23. Rg1 O-O-O 24. b4 Rdg8 25. a4 Rxg5 26. hxg5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Rxg5 28. Bxg5 Qf3 29. Nf4 Qxf2+ 30. Kh3 Bf3 31. Nxh5 Bxh5 32. Raf1 Qe2 33. g4 Bxg4+ 0-1 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.08.29"] [Round "3"] [Board "8"] [White "Gamage, Ovin Vidmal"] [Black "Muhammad, Shahzad"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1598"] [BlackElo "1842"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Bc6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. d3 a6 9. a4 d5 10. Ba2 O-O 11. Ne5 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qd4 13. Be3 Qb4 14. Nd3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. f5 c4 19. Nf4 Bh4+ 20. g3 Re8 21. e6 d4 22. Ncd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qc6 24. gxh4 Qxd5 25. O-O-O Nc6 26. Rhg1 Qxf5 27. exf7+ Qxf7 28. Qg4 Rad8 29. Bh6 g6 30. h5 Qe6 31. Qh4 Rd5 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Bf4 Qf7 34. Rdf1 Rf5 35. Qh6 Re6 36. Qh4 Ref6 37. Qh6 Qh7 38. Re1 Qxh6 39. Bxh6 Kf7 40. Bg5 Re6 41. Ref1 Ree5 42. h4 Rxf1+ 43. Rxf1+ Rf5 44. Rd1 Ke6 45. c3 d3 46. b3 b5 47. axb5 axb5 48. bxc4 bxc4 49. Bd2 Na5 50. Kb2 Rf2 51. Ka3 Kd5 52. Bh6 Nc6 53. Bg7 Ne7 54. Bd4 Rg2 55. Re1 Nf5 56. Ba7 Rc2 0-1 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.08.30"] [Round "4"] [Board "17"] [White "Gamage, Ovin Vidmal"] [Black "Lai, Cyrus Ho-Yeung"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1598"] [BlackElo "1874"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Ne5 Ng4 9. Nxg4 Bxg4 10. Be3 Be6 11. a4 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. Rfd1 Nd5 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Ra3 Rad8 18. e4 f6 19. Qe3 Bf7 20. Raa1 e5 21. f4 Qc7 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. d5 b6 24. a5 Rd6 25. axb6 axb6 26. Qg5 cxd5 27. Qxe5 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 d4 29. Qf4 d3 30. Rf1 Rd7 31. Bh3 Re7 32. Bg2 Rd7 33. Bh3 Re7 34. Bg2 Qe5 35. Qd2 Kg7 36. Rf4 Be8 37. Raf1 Rff7 38. h4 Bc6 39. Rxf7+ Rxf7 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Qf2+ Kg7 42. Qxb6 Be8 43. Qb4 Bf7 44. Kh2 h6 45. Bf3 Qf6 46. Kg2 g5 47. hxg5 Qxg5 48. Qd6 Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qxc3 50. e5 d2 51. Qf6+ Kg8 52. Qd8+ Kg7 53. Qf6+ Kg8 54. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.08.31"] [Round "5"] [Board "19"] [White "Ebenezer, Joseph"] [Black "Gamage, Ovin Vidmal"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1866"] [BlackElo "1598"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nge2 Nd4 9. O-O e6 10. f4 Ne7 11. Nd1 b4 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. e5 Nf5 16. Bc6+ Bd7 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Bd2 h5 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. c4 Qa3 21. Bc1 Bd4+ 22. Rf2 Qa5 23. Bb2 Bxf2+ 24. Nxf2 Rhc8 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. dxe4 Kc6 27. Be5 Rb7 28. f5 Rd7 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Rf1 Qd2 31. Qxd2 Rxd2 32. Rf6 Re8 33. Rxg6 Re2 34. Rg7 Rxe4 35. Bf4 Rxc4 36. Rxa7 e5 37. Bg5 Rc2 38. Ra6+ Kd5 0-1 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.08.31"] [Round "6"] [Board "12"] [White "Gamage, Ovin Vidmal"] [Black "Velavaa, Ragavesh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1598"] [BlackElo "1824"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. h4 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. c4 c6 11. Nd2 Qa5 12. f3 Nef6 13. c5 O-O 14. g4 fxg4 15. fxg4 e5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. g5 Qc3 18. Rb1 Rxf4 19. Rb3 Qxd2+ 20. Qxd2 Nxd2 21. exf4 Nxb3 22. cxb3 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nxc5 24. b4 Ne4 25. Rh2 Be6 26. Bd3 Rf8 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Rf2 e3 29. Rf3 e2 30. Rf2 Bc4 31. Rf3 Rd8 32. Re3 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Rf1+ 0-1 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.09.01"] [Round "7"] [Board "22"] [White "Munkh-Erdene, Buyankhishig"] [Black "Gamage, Ovin Vidmal"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1761"] [BlackElo "1598"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. Bg3 Be7 12. e5 d5 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Na4 Qa5 15. a3 Rfc8 16. Qc2 Rab8 17. h4 Be8 18. h5 Nf8 19. h6 g6 20. Bh4 Bxh4 21. Nxh4 Nd7 22. f4 c5 23. dxc5 Nf6 24. exf6 Bxa4 25. Qf2 Bb5 26. Rfe1 Qd8 27. Qd4 Qf8 28. Kf2 Bc4 29. b4 a5 30. Rb1 axb4 31. axb4 Rb5 32. g4 Ra8 33. Rb2 Qxh6 34. Kg3 g5 35. fxg5 Qxg5 36. Nf3 Ra3 37. Kf2 Qh6 38. Rg1 Rb8 39. Qe5 Rba8 40. c6 Rxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Ra3+ 42. Kg2 Qh3+ 43. Kf2 Qf3+ 0-1 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.09.02"] [Round "8"] [Board "14"] [White "Gamage, Ovin Vidmal"] [Black "Khalifa Essa, Albalooshi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1598"] [BlackElo "1808"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ng3 Nf6 15. h3 b6 16. Nce2 Bd7 17. Rac1 h5 18. Nc3 h4 19. Nge2 Rec8 20. f3 exf3 21. Rxf3 c5 22. Rcf1 Rf8 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Nd5 1-0 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.09.03"] [Round "9"] [Board "7"] [White "German, Santiago"] [Black "Gamage, Ovin Vidmal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1636"] [BlackElo "1598"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd3 f5 13. f4 Bb7 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. b4 d6 16. exd6 Bf6 17. Bc5 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Rf6 19. Qe2 a5 20. c3 d4 21. cxd4 axb4 22. Ba6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rg6+ 24. Kf2 Qh4+ 25. Ke3 Qh3+ 26. Qf3 Qxh2 27. Bxc8 Qb2 28. Rd1 Rh6 29. d7 Qc3+ 30. Kf2 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.08.29"] [Round "2"] [Board "20"] [White "Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha"] [Black "Muhammad, Hasan Rasheed"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1830"] [BlackElo "1554"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Nxc4 Nd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Qg4 Kh8 14. h4 Nd7 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 Bxg2 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Qf3 Qxc4 21. Qxf6+ Kg8 22. Re5 Rfd8 23. Rg5+ Kf8 24. Rg7 Qd5+ 25. f3 Qf5 26. Rxf7+ 1-0 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.08.29"] [Round "3"] [Board "10"] [White "De Chaudhuri, Aditya"] [Black "Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1124"] [BlackElo "1830"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 h5 8. Bc4 Qc7 9. Bb3 Be6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. O-O b5 12. Re1 Be7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Bxa4 Qb7 15. Qd2 O-O 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Red1 Rfb8 18. b3 Qc6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qc7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ra2 a5 23. Qe2 g6 24. Nd2 Bd8 25. Nc4 f5 26. Ra4 Rb4 27. Rda1 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Qc5 29. Qd2 f4 30. Nb2 Ra7 31. Rc4 Qb5 32. Rc6 Qb8 33. Nc4 Bc7 34. Qd3 Kh7 35. Nxe5 Qe8 36. Nf3 Qe7 37. Qc3 a4 38. bxa4 Ba5 39. Qd4 Rb7 40. Qxf4 Bd8 41. h4 Qg7 42. Rc8 Qd7 43. Rc3 Qg7 44. Re3 Rf7 45. Ng5+ Bxg5 46. Qxg5 Rb7 47. Re6 1-0 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.08.30"] [Round "4"] [Board "20"] [White "Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha"] [Black "Kepchhaki, Jeet Bahadur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1830"] [BlackElo "1597"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. h4 a6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Be2 h6 9. g4 Qc8 10. f3 e6 11. a3 Ne7 12. h5 g5 13. Bh2 c5 14. f4 cxd4 15. exd4 Nc6 16. fxg5 hxg5 17. O-O Qd8 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. dxe5 Be8 23. Qd4 Rh6 24. Rf2 b5 25. Raf1 Kg8 26. Nxf7 Bxf7 27. Rxf7 Qa5 28. Qe3 Qd8 29. R1f6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Kh8 31. Qxg5 Qb6+ 32. Kh1 Qc7 33. Rh6+ 1-0 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.08.31"] [Round "5"] [Board "13"] [White "Saket, Kumar"] [Black "Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1406"] [BlackElo "1830"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nb5 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. d3 a6 12. Nc3 Ne7 13. Ne4 h6 14. O-O Nf5 15. c3 b6 16. Qf3 Ra7 17. g4 Nd6 18. Bf4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. Qe3 b5 21. Bb3 Rd7 22. Rad1 Rd4 23. Qh3 e5 24. cxd4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Bxd4+ 26. Kf1 Qg5 27. Qf3 Bb7 28. Re4 Bxb2 29. Rde1 Bd4 30. h3 Kg7 31. Kg2 h5 32. Kg3 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 f5 34. h4 fxe4 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. hxg5 exd3 37. gxh5 c4 0-1 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.08.31"] [Round "6"] [Board "7"] [White "Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha"] [Black "Khazhatuly, Alikhan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1830"] [BlackElo "1895"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 Bxg3 8. hxg3 Qe7 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. exd4 Nd7 11. Ndf3 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. Qd4 Bd7 15. Bd3 h6 16. Rh5 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. a3 Ke7 19. Kd2 Bc6 20. Ke3 Rhd8 21. Rd1 Ba4 22. Rdh1 Bc6 23. R1h4 Ra5 24. Rb4 b5 25. Rhh4 Rc8 26. f3 Bd7 27. Rbg4 Kf8 28. Rb4 Ke7 29. Be2 Rc5 30. Bd3 Rc8 31. Rh5 Kf8 32. g4 Be8 33. Rh4 Ke7 34. f4 Ra4 35. Rxa4 bxa4 36. g5 hxg5 37. fxg5 Rc5 38. Rb4 Bc6 39. Kd4 Ra5 40. Bc2 g6 41. g3 Kf8 42. Bd3 Ke7 43. Be2 Ke8 44. Ke3 Kf8 45. Bf3 Kg7 46. Rb6 Rc5 47. Be2 Ra5 48. Kd4 Kf8 49. Bf3 Kg7 50. c4 dxc4 51. Bxc6 bxc6 52. Rxc6 Rd5+ 53. Ke4 Rb5 54. Rxc4 Rxb2 55. Rxa4 Rg2 56. Kf3 Rb2 57. Re4 Ra2 58. a4 Ra3+ 59. Kf2 Kf8 60. g4 Ke7 61. Ke2 Kd7 62. Rc4 Kd8 63. Kd2 Kd7 64. Kc2 Re3 65. Rc5 Rg3 66. a5 Rxg4 67. Kb3 Rxg5 68. a6 Rg1 69. Kb4 Rb1+ 70. Ka5 Ra1+ 71. Kb6 Rb1+ 72. Ka7 Rb2 73. Ka8 Rb6 74. Ka7 Rb1 75. Rc4 Rb2 76. Ka8 Rb6 77. a7 Rb1 78. Rf4 Ke7 79. Rh4 Kd7 80. Rh8 Kc6 81. Rb8 Ra1 82. Rf8 Kd5 83. Kb7 Kxe5 84. Rxf7 g5 85. a8=Q Rxa8 86. Kxa8 g4 87. Kb7 g3 88. Rf3 g2 89. Rg3 Kf4 90. Rxg2 e5 91. Kc6 e4 92. Kd5 e3 93. Kd4 Kf3 94. Rg8 e2 95. Rf8+ Kg2 96. Re8 Kf2 97. Kd3 e1=Q 98. Rxe1 Kxe1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.09.01"] [Round "7"] [Board "7"] [White "Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha"] [Black "Ranjith, R.K."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1830"] [BlackElo "1699"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. g4 O-O 6. gxf5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 exf5 8. Rg1 Kh8 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Qe8 11. Nh4 Qh5 12. Nxf5 Qxh2 13. Rf1 Qh3 14. Ng3 Bg4 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qg4 17. Bxf6 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Rxf6 19. e4 Nd7 20. f4 Rg6 21. Rf3 Rf8 22. Raf1 Rg4 23. e5 g6 24. Kd2 Kg7 25. Ne2 h5 26. c4 Rg2 27. Kd3 h4 28. Ke3 Re8 29. Re1 g5 30. Rh3 gxf4+ 31. Nxf4 Rg3+ 32. Rxg3+ hxg3 33. e6 Kf6 34. Kf3 c6 35. exd7 1-0 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.09.02"] [Round "8"] [Board "4"] [White "Saidulla, Bakdaulet"] [Black "Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1869"] [BlackElo "1830"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bxc3+ 11. Nd2 Bg7 12. O-O Bxa6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Rb1 Bb7 15. Be4 Rxa2 16. Na3 Ba6 17. Re1 c4 18. Bc2 d6 19. Re3 Rc8 20. h4 Bb7 21. Re4 Ba6 22. h5 Nd7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rxe7 Bf6 25. Bxg6 Bxe7 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.09.03"] [Round "9"] [Board "6"] [White "Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha"] [Black "Alhejab, Meshal"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1830"] [BlackElo "1711"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. e3 d4 6. exd4 cxd4 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bg2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 e5 11. Nc2 Rb8 12. b4 b6 13. b5 Ne7 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Ng5 Nc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bg2 Ng6 19. a4 Bb7 20. Ba3 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 f4 23. Qg4 Qf6 24. f3 Ne7 25. gxf4 exf4 26. Re6 Qf7 27. Nxd4 Rbd8 28. Re4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qf6 30. Qd7 Nf5 31. Rxf4 Ne3+ 32. Kf2 Qxf4 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Qxe3 Qxh2+ 35. Ke1 Qh5 36. Kf2 Re8 37. Qd4 Qh2+ 38. Kf1 Qh1+ 39. Kf2 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Re2+ 41. Kh3 Qh1+ 42. Kg3 Rg2+ 43. Kf4 Qh4+ 44. Ke3 Re2+ 0-1 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.08.29"] [Round "2"] [Board "21"] [White "Isazaie, Navid"] [Black "Sivathanujan, S"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1503"] [BlackElo "1830"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. O-O Ngxe5 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf3 Bxf3 14. exf3 Bb4 15. Re4 Nc6 16. f4 Bc5 17. Qh5 Qd6 18. Rd1 g6 19. Qg5 Rxe4 20. Bxe4 a5 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. fxe5 g5 24. f4 g4 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. Ke2 Kg6 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 a4 29. b4 Rb8 30. c5 a3 31. Kd3 Kf5 32. Kc4 Ke6 33. Rd3 Ra8 34. b5 Ra4+ 35. Kb3 cxb5 36. Rd8 Rc4 37. Rh8 Rxc5 38. Kxa3 Rc2 39. Rxh7 c5 40. Kb3 Rf2 41. Rh6+ Kd5 42. Rd6+ Ke4 43. Rd7 Rf3+ 44. Kc2 c4 45. Rxf7 Rf2+ 46. Kc3 Rxa2 47. e6 Kd5 48. e7 Re2 49. Rg7 Kd6 50. e8=Q Rxe8 51. Rxg4 Re3+ 52. Kd4 Rd3+ 53. Ke4 b4 54. Rg8 Kc7 55. Rg7+ Kc6 56. Rg6+ Kb5 57. Rg8 b3 58. Rb8+ Ka4 59. f5 Rd7 60. g4 c3 61. Rc8 b2 0-1 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.08.29"] [Round "3"] [Board "11"] [White "Sivathanujan, S"] [Black "Saravanan, Arun Kumar B"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1830"] [BlackElo "1377"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Bd3 Bc6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Ne5 Bxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 c6 12. Qg4 Bf6 13. Re1 O-O 14. h4 c5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. dxc5 Rac8 17. Be3 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bf6 19. Red1 Qc7 20. Qa4 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxa7 Bxh4 23. Qb6 Rd7 24. a4 Bd8 25. a5 Qe5 26. Qb5 Qd5 27. g3 Kf8 28. c6 bxc6 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Bc5+ Ke8 31. Re1+ Be7 32. a6 Kd8 33. Bxe7+ Kc8 34. Bc5 1-0 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.08.30"] [Round "4"] [Board "2"] [White "Pedarse, Marlon"] [Black "Sivathanujan, S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1930"] [BlackElo "1830"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Re1 b5 9. b3 Bf5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Rxe4 c5 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 h6 17. Bh4 f5 18. Rf4 Be5 19. Qf3 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 g5 21. Bxg5 e5 22. Bxd8 exf4 23. Bc7 bxc4 24. bxc4 f3 25. c5 Nc6 26. Nxf5 Re6 27. gxf3 Rf8 28. Ne3 Nd4 29. Kg2 Nxf3 30. Bg3 Rc6 31. Nd5 Re6 32. c6 Ne1+ 33. Kf1 Nd3 34. Rc3 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Rd1 36. Ne3 Ne1+ 37. Kh3 Rd4 38. c7 Rc8 39. Rb3 Kf7 40. Nf5 Rxc7 41. Nxd4 Rc5 42. Rb7+ Kg8 43. Ne6 Ra5 44. Nf4 Rxa2 45. Nd5 Rd2 46. Nf6+ Kf8 47. Bf4 Rd3+ 48. Kg4 Rd4 49. Kf5 1-0 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.08.31"] [Round "5"] [Board "14"] [White "Sivathanujan, S"] [Black "Al Busaidi, Hamood"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1830"] [BlackElo "1767"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. h4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 a6 6. h5 gxh5 7. Bxh5 Nxh5 8. Rxh5 Nc6 9. Nge2 h6 10. f3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Qd3 Ng8 13. Be3 Qf6 14. O-O-O Qg6 15. Rh2 f5 16. Qc4 Qf7 17. Rdh1 f4 18. Bd2 c5 19. a4 b6 20. g3 fxg3 21. Nxg3 Bd7 22. Nh5 b5 23. Qe2 b4 24. Nd1 Bxa4 25. f4 Bf8 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Rf2 Bb5 28. Qe3 Qc7 29. Qh3 Bd7 30. Qh4 Be7 31. Ng7+ Kd8 32. Rf8+ Be8 33. Rxe8+ Kd7 34. Qg4+ 1-0 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.08.31"] [Round "6"] [Board "3"] [White "Fernandez, Dandel"] [Black "Sivathanujan, S"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1977"] [BlackElo "1830"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. d4 g4 6. Ne5 Bxe5 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bg5 Nge7 11. e3 O-O-O+ 12. Ke1 Rhg8 13. Bf6 Rde8 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxe7 axb5 16. Bf6 b4 17. Ne2 Bc4 18. Nf4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Kf2 Rd8 21. Rhd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ra5 23. Rd4 b5 24. b3 Rxa2 25. Ke1 Rxc2 26. bxc4 b3 27. Kd1 bxc4 28. Rd2 Ra2 29. Nd5 c6 30. Nb6+ Kb7 31. Nxc4 Ka6 32. Kc1 Kb5 33. Rxa2 bxa2 34. Na3+ Ka4 35. Nc2 Kb3 36. e4 f6 37. Kd2 Kb2 38. Na1 h6 39. Kd3 Kc1 40. Kc3 Kd1 41. Kd3 Ke1 42. Ke3 c5 43. Nc2+ Kf1 44. Kf4 Ke2 45. Kf5 Kd3 46. Na1 c4 47. Kxf6 c3 48. e5 c2 49. Nb3 Kc3 50. e6 Kxb3 51. e7 a1=Q+ 0-1 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.09.01"] [Round "7"] [Board "2"] [White "Sivathanujan, S"] [Black "Saidulla, Bakdaulet"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1830"] [BlackElo "1869"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Bc5 7. Re1 Bg4 8. h3 Be6 9. Bb5 Qd6 10. Nxe5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d4 Bb6 13. Na3 Ne7 14. c3 c5 15. Nac4 Qd5 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Nd7 Bxd7 19. Qxd7 Nf5 20. Bf4 Nd6 21. Be3 Qc4 22. Bxb6 Rac8 23. Bd4 h5 24. b3 Qd3 25. Qc6 Qc2 26. Qf3 Ra8 27. Qxh5 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Qxa2 29. Qg4 f6 30. Re7 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qd7+ Kg6 33. Qxc7 Ne4 34. Be3 Qxb3 35. c4 Nc3 36. Qc6 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qb8+ 38. g3 Qb1 39. c5 Qf5 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. c6 Nd5 42. Qd7 Nxe3 43. fxe3 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.09.02"] [Round "8"] [Board "3"] [White "Sivathanujan, S"] [Black "Khazhatuly, Alikhan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1830"] [BlackElo "1895"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. g5 Ng8 11. f4 Ne7 12. Qf3 h6 13. a3 Bc5 14. gxh6 Rxh6 15. O-O-O Rh7 16. e5 Nf5 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bh3 Bd7 19. Bb4 c5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Qd5 Bxd6 23. exd6 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxc5 Bd7 26. Rhe1 Re8 27. Re7 Rxe7 28. dxe7+ Ke8 29. Rd2 Rh4 30. Bd6 f6 31. b3 g5 32. fxg5 fxg5 33. a4 Rh6 34. a5 f4 35. Bc5 g4 36. Rd4 Rf6 37. Rd5 Rf5 38. Rxf5 Bxf5 39. c4 g3 40. hxg3 fxg3 41. Kd2 g2 42. Kc3 g1=Q 43. Bxg1 Kxe7 44. b4 Kd7 45. b5 axb5 46. cxb5 Kc8 47. Bh2 Be4 48. Kd4 Bh1 49. Kc5 Bg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Asian Amateur Chess Championship Men 2023"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2023.09.03"] [Round "9"] [Board "3"] [White "Cayaba, John Vincent"] [Black "Sivathanujan, S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "1963"] [BlackElo "1830"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2023.08.28"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Nc6 4. g3 h5 5. Nf3 Nd4 6. d3 Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. h3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Bd7 14. a3 Bd6 15. Nf4 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 g5 17. Bd2 f5 18. Bf3 h4 19. Bh5+ Kf8 20. gxh4 f4 21. Qf3 Bf5 22. Re1 Qf6 23. Rg1 Bxd3+ 24. Qxd3 Rxh5 25. hxg5 Rxg5 26. Rxg5 Qxg5 27. Re4 Qh5 28. Rxf4+ Ke7 29. Bb4+ Kd7 30. Rf5 Qe8 31. Rd5+ Kc8 32. Qf5+ Kc7 33. Bd6+ Kb6 34. Bc5+ Kc7 35. Qf4+ Kc8 36. Rf5 Nd8 37. Qxd4 Qb5+ 38. Kg1 b6 39. Rf8 Qd7 40. Qe4 Rb8 41. Be7 Kc7 42. Qe5+ Kb7 43. Qxb8+ 1-0
