Rajarishi Karthi outplays Alexei Fedorov
Round 2
Alexei - Rajarishi: 0-1
CM Rajarishi Karthi (2131) positionally outplayed GM Alexei Fedorov (2409).
Notable results
GM Evgeniy Podolchenko - Mayukh Majumder : 0.5-0.5
Midilesh Ms - IM Nitin S : 1-0
Sourabh Mhamane - IM P Saravana Krishnan: 0.5-0.5
WCM Prishita Gupta - GM Shyam Sundar M: 0.5-0.5
Viresh Sharnarthi - IM Uurtsaikh Agibileg: 0.5-0.5
WCM Arshiya Das - GM Attila Czebe: 0.5-0.5
WIM Mrudul Dehankar - Rupam Mukherjee: 0.5-0.5
IM Walaa Sarwat - Soumick Bandyopadhyay: 0.5-0.5
Round 3
Sayantan - Priyanshu
The counter-intuitive 62...Nxd5 turns out to be the best choice for Black. 63.f6+ is the primary reason why anyone would reject that thought. 63...Kf8 64.fxe7+ Nxe7 and Black can hold this. Instead, Priyanshu Patil (2298) opted for the human 62...Rd7?? 63.f6+ Kg8 64.Bc4 Kh7 65.Kh5 Ne8 66.Bxf7 Ng7+ 67.fxg7 and GM Sayantan Das (2434) won.
Dinesh - Sathvik
Computer might say the above queen ending is equal. However, in reality it is quite difficult to defend in a practical game. IM Sathvik Adiga (2395) won the long queen endgame which lasted over 55 moves, the majority of the game against Dinesh Rajan M (2189).
Notable results
IM P Saravana Krishnan - Agnivo Chakraborty: 0.5-0.5
Naitik R Mehta - GM Alexei Fedorov: 0.5-0.5
IM Semetei Tologon Tegin - Viresh Sharnarthi: 0.5-0.5
GM Laxman R R - Shrayan Majumder: 0.5-0.5
Mukund Hemant Agarwal - IM David Gochelashvili: 0.5-0.5
Soumick Bandyopadhyay - WIM Mrudul Dehankar: 1-0
CM Nimay Agrawal - IM Walaa Sarwat: 0.5-0.5
IM Yehya Rahman - Yadav Tarala Yohan: 0.5-0.5
Esshan Wadhawan - IM Sekhar Chandra Sahu: 1-0
IM Kudzanai Mamombe - Aakash K P : 0-1
A total of 174 players including 16 GMs, 25 IMs and 4 WIMs are taking part from 19 countries across the world including India in Category A (>2000). The tournament is organized by Tamil Nadu State Chess Association from 2nd to 9th January 2025 at Hotel Ramada Egmore in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
Replay Round 2-3 games
Round 3 results
Standings after Round 3
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | Bdld | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | IM | Sathvik, Adiga | U14 | IND | 2395 | KA | 3 | 5,5 | |||
| 2 | 3 | GM | Iniyan, Pa | IND | 2508 | TN | 3 | 5 | ||||
| 15 | IM | Sammed Jaykumar, Shete | IND | 2379 | MH | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 18 | GM | Venkatesh, M.R. | IND | 2362 | TN | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 5 | 1 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | IND | 2544 | RSPB | 3 | 4,5 | ||||
| 2 | GM | Siddharth, Jagadeesh | U18 | SGP | 2515 | SGP | 3 | 4,5 | ||||
| 8 | GM | Das, Sayantan | IND | 2434 | WB | 3 | 4,5 | |||||
| 10 | IM | Vaz, Ethan | U14 | IND | 2412 | GA | 3 | 4,5 | ||||
| 17 | IM | Shahil, Dey | U18 | IND | 2374 | AS | 3 | 4,5 | ||||
| 10 | 12 | IM | Kaustuv, Kundu | IND | 2409 | WB | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 162 | Kolla, Bhaavan | U14 | IND | 1946 | AP | 3 | 4 | |||||
| 12 | 9 | GM | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2413 | TN | 2,5 | 5,5 | ||||
| 128 | Mayukh, Majumder | U12 | IND | 2013 | WB | 2,5 | 5,5 | |||||
| 14 | 21 | GM | Podolchenko, Evgeniy | BLR | 2346 | BLR | 2,5 | 5 | ||||
| 15 | 7 | GM | Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo | COL | 2435 | COL | 2,5 | 4,5 | ||||
| 35 | GM | Karthikeyan, P. | IND | 2286 | TN | 2,5 | 4,5 | |||||
| 56 | Varun, V | IND | 2173 | TG | 2,5 | 4,5 | ||||||
| 18 | 19 | GM | Nguyen, Duc Hoa | VIE | 2358 | VIE | 2,5 | 4 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | IM | Mayank, Chakraborty | U16 | IND | 2457 | AS | 2,5 | 3,5 | |||
| 16 | IM | Sanket, Chakravarty | U20 | IND | 2374 | WB | 2,5 | 3,5 |
