1st Guwahati GM Open R7-8: C R G Krishna joins the three-way lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 19/03/2022

IM C R G Krishna overcame a completely lost position and beat GM Deepan Chakkravarthy in the eighth round of 1st Guwahati International GM Open 2022. He joined IM Sayantan Das and GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez (PAR) in the lead. They drew their game against each other. IM Sidhant Mohapatra who beat GM Iniyan P in a brilliant manner in the seventh round, lost to GM Azer Mirzoev (AZE) in Round 8. GM Saptarshi Roy completed his hat-trick by beating IM Ortik Nigmatov in a picturesque finish. He is in the chase along with Azer, Pavel Ponkratov and Fawzy Adham. Round 9 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Saptarshi in pursuit

FM Aradhya Garg scored an impressive victory against GM Masoud Mosadeghpour (IRI). Kaustuv Kundu, WGM Srija Seshadri, WIM Priyanka K, CM Mayank Chakraborty and Praloy Sahoo drew with GM Stany G A, GM Iniyan P, GM Karthik Venkataraman, IM Abdisalimov Abdimalik (UZB) and WGM Divya Deshmukh respectively. Arnav Maheshwari beat Assam's first IM Shahil Dey.

IM C R G Krishna scored his second hat-trick of the event 6.0/7 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Round 7: Ratnakaran - Neuris: 0-1

IM Ratnakaran K (2316) played uncharacteristically passive against GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez (PAR). The first break he made, cost him a pawn and the entire position.

Position after 20.d4

20.d4 was an unnecessary break. 20...cxd4 21.Bxb5 Bb4 and White loses the c3-pawn due to pin. White eventually recovered the pawn at the cost of an onslaught on his kingside.

Ratnakaran lost an almost one-sided game | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Sayantan - Cristhian: 1-0

GM Cristhian Camilo Rios (COL, 2449) grabbed a poisoned pawn in the opening and could not recover for the rest of the game. IM Sayantan Das (2459) wrapped up the game in just 20 moves.

Position after 8...Nxd4

Find out the best continuation for White after 8...Nxd4.

IM Sayantan Das became one of the two leaders 6.5/7 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy transferred his king from kingside to queenside and then promoted another queen to win against IM Shahil Dey | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Sidhant - Iniyan: 1-0

It is not necessary to play the best moves all the time. Sometimes you just have to do something to induce a mistake by your opponent. That is exactly what IM Sidhant Mohapatra (2359) did against GM Iniyan P (2516)

Position after 24.Nd4

The idea behind 24.Nd4 is simple, it wants to go to the e6-square and create havoc. Black's best bet would be to get rid of the knight 24...Nd4 25.Rxe7 Bf8 26.Rxb7 dxc5 and everything is alright for Black. Computer may not like Nd4, only a human can appreciate the true beauty of it. Black decided not to take the knight and play 24...Qc4. Everything fell apart for Black in a hurry 25.cxd6 Nxd5 26.Rac1 and White is completely winning. White won the game by promoting another queen.

IM Sidhant Mohapatra played a great game to move to 6.0/7 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Kaustuv Kundu - IM Tahbaz Arash (IRI): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM C R G Krishna scored a nice victory over FM Aradhya Garg to take his score 6.0/7 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Stany G A - Dhananjay S: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Masoud Mosadeghpour (IRI) - FM Aaryan Varshney: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

WGM Divya Deshmukh - IM Abdisalimov Abdimalik: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

WIM Franco Angela Valencia - Rupam Mukherjee: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Round 8: Deepan - C R G Krishna: 1-0

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (2520) was completely winning against IM C R G Krishna (2466).

Position after 46...Be8

47.Qh7 Rf8 48.g5 completely dominates the position. Black would not have much to go on. Soon White sacrificed the pawns on the kingside, blundered the knight and lost the game eventually.

It was Deepan's game to lose and his opponent's perseverance paid off in the end | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez (PAR) - IM Sayantan Das: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Nigmatov - Saptarshi: 0-1

IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB, 2445) blundered a mate in two against GM Saptarshi Roy (2402). The Uzbek had a decisive advantage few moves earlier.

Position after 41.Kd2

41.Qc1 was the safer continuation for White. 41.Kd2 turned things in Black's favor 41...Rh2+ 42.Re2 Rh1 and now White blundered 43.e5. Find out the checkmate in two moves and also try to look for the better continuation for Black instead of 41...Rh2+.

Saptarshi Roy had an interesting finish against IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Kaustuv Kundu - GM Stany G A: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

WGM Srija Seshadri drew with GM Iniyan P | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Aradhya - Masoud: 1-0

FM Aradhya Garg (2236) beat his second GM of the event, Masoud Mosadeghpour (IRI, 2511).

Position after 18...Qxa4

18...Qxa4 is certainly a mistake as Black loses a lot of material. 19.Rxb7 Qxc2 20.Rxa7 Qxb2 21.Rxe7 and the rest was just a matter of time. Aradhya converted his advantage into a win in no time.

FM Aradhya Garg scored a very nice victory over GM Masoud Mosadeghpour (IRI) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

WIM Priyanka K had a few good opportunities in the endgame to push for a win against GM Karthik Venkataraman | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

CM Mayank Chakraborty found a nice resource at the end to salvage a draw against IM Abdisalimov Abdimalik (UZB) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Arnav Maheshwari - IM Shahil Dey: 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Praloy Sahoo - WGM Divya Deshmukh: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Nisha Mohota - Abhash Roimya Saikia: 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Highlights

A few interesting finishes from Round 7 and 8

Round 7: IM Sayantan Das - GM Cristhian Camilo Rios (COL): 1-0

Round 7: IM Sai Agni Jeevitesh J - IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB): 0-1

Round 8: IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB) - GM Saptarshi Roy: 0-1

Round 8: FM Aradhya Garg - GM Masoud Mosadeghpour (IRI): 1-0

For more Round 7 and Round 8 photos, please click at the respective links.

A total of 254 players including 13 GMs, 16 IMs, 2 WGMs and 3 WIMs are taking part from 11 federations across the world including India. The tournament is organized by All Assam Chess Association from 14th to 20th March 2022 at Guwahati, Assam. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1

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Round 8 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez Neuris			2622	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Das Sayantan			2459	14
2	8	GM	Fawzy Adham			2490	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Ponkratov Pavel			2641	1
3	4	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.			2520	6	0 - 1	6	IM	Krishna C R G			2466	13
4	11	GM	Mirzoev Azer			2476	5½	1 - 0	6	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra			2359	25
5	12	IM	Tahbaz Arash			2469	5½	½ - ½	5½	IM	Nitin S.			2427	19
6	20		Gholami Orimi Mahdi			2420	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Rios Cristhian Camilo			2449	15
7	16	IM	Nigmatov Ortik			2445	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Saptarshi Roy			2402	22
8	17	IM	Shyaamnikhil P			2442	5½	½ - ½	5½	IM	Ratnakaran K.			2316	26
9	31		Kaustuv Kundu			2281	5½	½ - ½	5	GM	Stany G.A.			2517	5
10	3	GM	Visakh N R			2522	5	1 - 0	5	FM	Poormosavi Seyed Kian			2229	35
11	6	GM	Iniyan P			2516	5	½ - ½	5	WGM	Srija Seshadri			2219	37
12	34	FM	Aradhya Garg			2236	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Mosadeghpour Masoud			2511	7
13	38	WIM	Priyanka K			2215	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Karthik Venkataraman			2485	9
14	18	IM	Abdisalimov Abdimalik			2435	5	½ - ½	5	CM	Mayank Chakraborty	NE-A	U15	2164	41
15	47		Imocha Laishram	NE-A		2049	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Gusain Himal			2408	21
16	52		Arnav Maheshwari		U15	2010	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Shahil Dey	NE	U15	2400	23
17	24	GM	Karthikeyan P.			2397	5	1 - 0	5		Kumar Gaurav			2025	49
18	28		Dhananjay S			2310	5	1 - 0	5	FM	Gaikwad Siddhant			2016	51
19	48		Praloy Sahoo			2047	5	½ - ½	5	WGM	Divya Deshmukh			2301	29
20	32	FM	Aaryan Varshney			2277	5	1 - 0	5		Neelabh Jyoti Borthakur	NE-A		1780	77

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Round 9 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	Rtg	No.
1	13	IM	Krishna C R G			2466	7		7	GM	Delgado Ramirez Neuris			2622	2
2	14	IM	Das Sayantan			2459	7		6½	GM	Fawzy Adham			2490	8
3	1	GM	Ponkratov Pavel			2641	6½		6½	GM	Mirzoev Azer			2476	11
4	22	GM	Saptarshi Roy			2402	6½		6	GM	Visakh N R			2522	3
5	24	GM	Karthikeyan P.			2397	6		6	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.			2520	4
6	25	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra			2359	6		6	IM	Tahbaz Arash			2469	12
7	15	GM	Rios Cristhian Camilo			2449	6		6		Dhananjay S			2310	28
8	32	FM	Aaryan Varshney			2277	6		6	IM	Shyaamnikhil P			2442	17
9	19	IM	Nitin S.			2427	6		6		Kaustuv Kundu			2281	31
10	26	IM	Ratnakaran K.			2316	6		6		Gholami Orimi Mahdi			2420	20
11	21	IM	Gusain Himal			2408	6		6	FM	Aradhya Garg			2236	34
12	9	GM	Karthik Venkataraman			2485	5½		6		Arnav Maheshwari		U15	2010	52
13	5	GM	Stany G.A.			2517	5½		5½	WIM	Priyanka K			2215	38
14	39		Vaibhav Jayant Raut			2198	5½		5½	GM	Iniyan P			2516	6
15	41	CM	Mayank Chakraborty	NE-A	U15	2164	5½		5½	IM	Raahul V S			2478	10
16	43	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela			2116	5½		5½	IM	Nigmatov Ortik			2445	16
17	89		Abhash Roimya Saikia	NE-A	U15	1717	5½		5½	IM	Abdisalimov Abdimalik			2435	18
18	27	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh J			2316	5½		5½		Arpan Das			2166	40
19	29	WGM	Divya Deshmukh			2301	5½		5½		Trailokya Nanda	NE-A		1973	60
20	33	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F			2236	5½		5½		Praloy Sahoo			2047	48

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