XIV International Open Chess tournament of Balaguer , Spain
All the boys of our sub junior team have won their games against the lower rated opponents in the inaugural round of the XIV International open chess tournament at Balaguer ,Spain. The total participation in this tournament is 84 with 33 titled players which includes 10 grandmasters and 11 international masters. GM Kiril Georgiev from Bulgaria is the top seed.
K.Priyadharshan opened his game from the white side with the interesting 1.d3 followed by 2. a3 and comfortably scored their full point.
The other girls had to fight hard against the GMs and IMs. R.Bharathi was outplayed in the Sicilian Boleslavsky variation by the Azerbaijian. J.Saranya who had employed the Rossolimo variation, lost her game against the Spanish IM Ipatov Alexander .
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