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Boris Savchenko wins 13th Chennai GM Open 2022, Nitin second

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/06/2022

IM Nitin Senthilvel drew his final round game against GM Alexei Fedorov. It should have been enough for Nitin to become champion, if IM Aronyak Ghosh drew with GM Boris Savchenko. No one could have predicted that Boris will win such a difficult endgame against Aronyak. Alexei and IM Srihari L R scored 8/10 each. They were placed third and fourth respectively. IM Siddharth Ravichandran, IM Aronyak, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy and IM Himal Gusain are the remaining Indians to finish in top 10. Deepan survived a big scare against Kunal M in the penultimate round. Boris won his second consecutive event after winning GITAM University 3rd Vizag GM Open over a week ago. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Heartbreak for Nitin, Srihari L R impresses

IM Nitin S is having a fantastic year. He finished third at 1st Guwahati GM Open 2022 in March. Then he won an All India Blitz Rating Open in April. Next he won 1st BUDCA Blitz Open in May. After a perfect 7/7 start and having a full point lead till the penultimate round, Nitin was poised to win the tournament. However, tie-breaks played a key role in him not winning this event. IM Srihari L R took his usual no-draw approach and scored 8/10 to finish an impressive fourth. Samriddhaa Ghosh was the highest finisher among female participants, 6.5/10. She finished ahead of the first-ever GM she beat in her career and all four WIMs who were taking part in this event. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹1500000. Top three prizes were ₹300000, ₹200000 and ₹125000 each respectively.

IM Nitin S finished second on tie-breaks | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Round 9: Kunal - Deepan: 0.5-0.5

Kunal M (2277) found himself in a completely winning position against GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (2478).

Position after 62...Qe8

Black wanted to keep the e3-pawn alive, hence 62...Qe8. However, it is a big mistake 63.Qf5 Reg6 and now White missed his opportunity 64.h5. Find out the winning continuation which White did not play in the game.

Kunal M almost managed to win against GM Deepan Chakkravarthy | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Round 10: Boris - Aronyak: 1-0

GM Boris Savchenko (2524) had an interesting endgame against IM Aronyak Ghosh (2494).

Position after 43.Qf4

The above position seems to be a draw. Giving up the bishop and keeping the rook on the fifth rank seems to be a relatively easier draw as there is a fortress. The alternative was to play 43...Bd1 44.Qxf6 Bxg4 45. Qxh6 should also be a draw. However, this requires more precision. The game continued 43...Kg7 44.Qxf3 Rd8 45.Qe4 Rd5 46.Kf2 f5 47.Qg2 fxg4 48.Qxg4 Rg5 and it seems Black has achieved a fortress. World Champion, Magnus Carlsen does not believe in fortresses. Aronyak's opponent did not either.

Position after 48...Rg5

Find out a way to breach Black's fortress. Of course, White can only make a breakthrough if Black makes a mistake. Otherwise, the fortress can hold.

GM Boris Savchenko earned his final round point

A total of 275 players including 11 GMs, 14 IMs and 4 WIMs took part from 11 countries across the world including India. The tournament was organized by Tamil Nadu State Chess Association from 19th to 26th June 2022 at Hotel Ambassador Pallava, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The ten-round Swiss league tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Replay Round 9-10 games

Round 10 results

Bo.No. NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/City No.
12
GMFedorov Alexei2523Belarus½ - ½8IMNitin S.2404RSPB - India
8
21
GMSavchenko Boris2524Russia1 - 0IMAronyak Ghosh2494West Bengal - India
4
39
IMSrihari L R2404Tamil Nadu - India71 - 0IMGusain Himal2371Chandigarh -India
16
419
IMRavichandran Siddharth2352Tamil Nadu - India7½ - ½7GMNguyen Van Huy2383Vietnam
14
55
GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.2478ICF - India1 - 07IMRajesh V A V2358Tamil Nadu - India
18
66
GMStupak Kirill2453Belarus1 - 0Kunal M.2277Tamil Nadu - India
24
727
FMJubin Jimmy2259Kerala - India½ - ½IMAjay Karthikeyan2436Tamil Nadu - India
7
825
IMSaravana Krishnan P.2270Tamil Nadu - India0 - 1GMLaxman R.R.2403RSPB - India
10
938
Prasannaa.S2118Tamil Nadu - India0 - 1GMNguyen Duc Hoa2398Vietnam
12
1015
Hari Madhavan N B2374Tamil Nadu - India1 - 0GMBaghdasaryan Vahe2267Armenia
26
1141
AGMVignesh B2072Tamil Nadu - India0 - 1GMKarthikeyan P.2346Tamil Nadu - India
20
1249
CMDaakshin Arun1927Tamil Nadu - India½ - ½IMKonguvel Ponnuswamy2299PSPB - India
22
1352
AFMPawar Harshit1873Delhi - India½ - ½FMAaryan Varshney2295Delhi - India
23
143
GMTran Tuan Minh2513Vietnam61 - 06Jani Kushal R1800Gujarat - India
59
1511
IMSrijit Paul2399West Bengal - India61 - 06Sarthak Rawat1798Uttarakhand - India
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Final standings

Rk.SNo NamesexRtgIClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
11
GMSavchenko Boris2524Russia8,563,567,054,750,07
28
IMNitin S.2404RSPB - India8,562,066,554,500,07
32
GMFedorov Alexei2523Belarus8,063,568,552,750,06
49
IMSrihari L R2404Tamil Nadu - India8,058,562,548,500,08
56
GMStupak Kirill2453Belarus7,561,065,546,750,06
619
IMRavichandran Siddharth2352Tamil Nadu - India7,561,065,044,500,06
74
IMAronyak Ghosh2494West Bengal - India7,560,064,546,000,07
85
GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.2478ICF - India7,558,563,547,250,05
912
GMNguyen Duc Hoa2398Vietnam7,557,563,547,500,07
1016
IMGusain Himal2371Chandigarh -India7,557,563,046,500,06
1114
GMNguyen Van Huy2383Vietnam7,555,560,545,500,06
1215
Hari Madhavan N B2374Tamil Nadu - India7,555,560,041,000,07
1320
GMKarthikeyan P.2346Tamil Nadu - India7,555,059,543,250,06
1410
GMLaxman R.R.2403RSPB - India7,553,056,040,750,06
1521
IMAbdyjapar Asyl2325Kyrgyzstan7,061,565,039,500,05
1627
FMJubin Jimmy2259Kerala - India7,060,065,040,750,06
1722
IMKonguvel Ponnuswamy2299PSPB - India7,059,564,543,500,05
1852
AFMPawar Harshit1873Delhi - India7,059,564,042,250,05
197
IMAjay Karthikeyan2436Tamil Nadu - India7,059,063,543,500,04
2049
CMDaakshin Arun1927Tamil Nadu - India7,059,063,540,250,06
213
GMTran Tuan Minh2513Vietnam7,059,063,042,250,05
2211
IMSrijit Paul2399West Bengal - India7,058,563,042,750,06
2330
IMMurali Krishnan B T2208Tamil Nadu - India7,058,062,541,250,05
2437
Manigandan S S2127Tamil Nadu - India7,058,062,539,000,07
2518
IMRajesh V A V2358Tamil Nadu - India7,057,562,041,250,05
2676
Mithun Anand V1697Tamil Nadu - India7,055,059,540,000,07
2723
FMAaryan Varshney2295Delhi - India7,055,059,538,000,05
28262
Lukesh A0Tamil Nadu - India7,055,059,037,500,06
2998
Pranav K P1564Tamil Nadu - India7,055,058,037,000,07
3062
Patil Priyanshu1796Maharashtra - India7,054,558,537,250,06

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