1st Bikaner GM Open R5: Abhijeet Gupta emerges sole leader
GM Abhijeet Gupta extended his sole lead by a full point at 1st Bikaner GM Open 2022. He defeated his coleader, IM Tahbaz Arash (IRI) comfortably in the fifth round. Six players are trailing the leader at 4/5 each. Indrajeet Mahindrakar scored a big win over GM Valeriy Neverov (UKR). Former National Junior champion and IM-elect FM Aradhya Garg, FM Ram Aravind L N and Arhan Chethan Anand drew with GM Deepan Chakkravarthy, IM Anuj Shrivatri and IM Ratnakaran K respectively. Abhijeet will face his toughest challenge of the event in the form of top seed, GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) in the sixth round. It starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
Indrajeet beats Neverov
IM Kushagra Mohan averted his second loss in-a-row. His veteran opponent GM Raset Ziatdinov (USA) missed a winning continuation. The teenager managed to salvage a draw.
Abhijeet - Tahbaz: 1-0
IM Tahbaz Arash (IRI, 2438) blundered a piece while trying to stop GM Abhijeet Gupta's (2607) outside passed pawn.
Black had to play 31...Qe8 first before going Bc4 as 31...Bc4 immediately runs into 32.Qc6. There is no good way to get out of the fork and avoid material loss.
Indrajeet - Neverov: 1-0
Indrajeet Mahindrakar (2050) scored a very nice win over GM Valeriy Neverov (UKR, 2431). The veteran GM lost a tempo in the opening by displacing his knight incorrectly on h5.
11...Nh5 is mistimed as White can play 12.g4 right away which is what Indrajeet did in the game. 12...Nhf6 13.0-0-0 and 13 moves later...
White sacrificed his knight 26.Nxf6+. Sure there is no definite win for White after 26...Bxf6, however White has a huge initiative and practically it is not easy for Black to defend the position. The game continued 26...Rxf6?? 27.Bxf6 Bxf6 28.g5 Bg7 29.Re8+ Bf8 30.g6 and White won the game in another seven moves.
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A total of 75 players including 10 GMs, 7 IMs and 4 WIMs are taking part from 13 countries across the world in the Category A. The nine-day ten-round Swiss league tournament is organized by Rajasthan Chess Association from 1st to 9th October 2022. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1. Category B witnesses the participation of 304 players from various parts of India along with players from Bangladesh and Nepal.
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Round 5 results
| Bo. | No. | Name | Gr | Typ | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Gr | Typ | FED | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||||
| 1 | 2 | GM | GUPTA ABHIJEET | IND | 2607 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | IM | TAHBAZ ARASH | IRI | 2438 | 8 | PGN | ||||||
| 2 | 4 | GM | SAVCHENKO BORIS | RUS | 2550 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | PANTSULAIA LEVAN | GEO | 2609 | 1 | PGN | ||||||
| 3 | 6 | GM | BATCHULUUN TSEGMED | MGL | 2487 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | OMIDI ARYA | IRI | 2321 | 18 | PGN | |||||||
| 4 | 7 | GM | DEEPAN CHAKKRAVARTHY J. | IND | 2451 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | FM | ARADHYA GARG | IND | 2284 | 21 | PGN | ||||||
| 5 | 10 | IM | ANUJ SHRIVATRI | IND | 2407 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | FM | RAM ARAVIND L N | IND | 2218 | 22 | PGN | ||||||
| 6 | 36 | GM | ZIATDINOV RASET | USA | 2086 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | CM | KUSHAGRA MOHAN | IND | 2395 | 12 | PGN | ||||||
| 7 | 70 | ARORA HONI | IND | 1682 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | GM | NGUYEN DUC HOA | VIE | 2360 | 15 | PGN | |||||||
| 8 | 44 | CM | KAVINDA AKILA | SRI | 2030 | 2½ | 0 - 1 | 2½ | GM | KRASENKOW MICHAL | POL | 2550 | 3 | PGN | ||||||
| 9 | 24 | BHARADIA YASH | IND | 2192 | 2½ | 0 - 1 | 2½ | GM | PAICHADZE LUKA | GEO | 2527 | 5 | PGN | |||||||
| 10 | 11 | IM | NITIN S. | IND | 2407 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | CM | MAYANK CHAKRABORTY | IND | 2203 | 23 | PGN | ||||||
| 11 | 14 | GM | LAXMAN R.R. | IND | 2378 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | FM | JAISWAL RUPESH | NEP | 2135 | 31 | PGN | ||||||
| 12 | 16 | IM | RAJESH V A V | IND | 2334 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | PHATAK AANJANEYA | IND | 2102 | 35 | PGN | |||||||
| 13 | 32 | ARHAN CHETHAN ANAND | IND | 2126 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | IM | RATNAKARAN K. | IND | 2329 | 17 | PGN | |||||||
| 14 | 20 | BALASUBRAMANIAM H | IND | 2298 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | CM | GARV GAUR | IND | 2060 | 39 | PGN | |||||||
| 15 | 42 | MAHINDRAKAR INDRAJEET | IND | 2050 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | GM | NEVEROV VALERIY | UKR | 2431 | 9 | PGN |
Round 6 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Name | Gr | Typ | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Gr | Typ | FED | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 1 | GM | PANTSULAIA LEVAN | GEO | 2609 | 4 | 5 | GM | GUPTA ABHIJEET | IND | 2607 | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | 8 | IM | TAHBAZ ARASH | IRI | 2438 | 4 | 4 | GM | SAVCHENKO BORIS | RUS | 2550 | 4 | |||||||
| 3 | 15 | GM | NGUYEN DUC HOA | VIE | 2360 | 4 | 4 | GM | BATCHULUUN TSEGMED | MGL | 2487 | 6 | |||||||
| 4 | 5 | GM | PAICHADZE LUKA | GEO | 2527 | 3½ | 4 | OMIDI ARYA | IRI | 2321 | 18 | ||||||||
| 5 | 3 | GM | KRASENKOW MICHAL | POL | 2550 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | LAXMAN R.R. | IND | 2378 | 14 | |||||||
| 6 | 7 | GM | DEEPAN CHAKKRAVARTHY J. | IND | 2451 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | RAJESH V A V | IND | 2334 | 16 | |||||||
| 7 | 20 | BALASUBRAMANIAM H | IND | 2298 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | ANUJ SHRIVATRI | IND | 2407 | 10 | ||||||||
| 8 | 11 | IM | NITIN S. | IND | 2407 | 3½ | 3½ | FM | RAM ARAVIND L N | IND | 2218 | 22 | |||||||
| 9 | 21 | FM | ARADHYA GARG | IND | 2284 | 3½ | 3½ | CM | KUSHAGRA MOHAN | IND | 2395 | 12 | |||||||
| 10 | 17 | IM | RATNAKARAN K. | IND | 2329 | 3 | 3½ | GM | ZIATDINOV RASET | USA | 2086 | 36 | |||||||
| 11 | 37 | KUMAR GAURAV | IND | 2083 | 3 | 3 | DHANANJAY S | IND | 2181 | 26 | |||||||||
| 12 | 29 | CM | AADITYA DHINGRA | IND | 2154 | 3 | 3 | MAHINDRAKAR INDRAJEET | IND | 2050 | 42 | ||||||||
| 13 | 59 | KOTIKALAPUDI ADITYA KRISHNA | USA | 1817 | 3 | 3 | ARHAN CHETHAN ANAND | IND | 2126 | 32 | |||||||||
| 14 | 33 | MASANGO SPENCER | ZIM | 2124 | 3 | 3 | ARORA HONI | IND | 1682 | 70 | |||||||||
| 15 | 23 | CM | MAYANK CHAKRABORTY | IND | 2203 | 2½ | 2½ | CM | KAVINDA AKILA | SRI | 2030 | 44 |
