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1st Indore International GM Open R8: Harsh, Ameya and Boris join the lead

by Himank Ghosh - 07/04/2023

It was an exciting 8th round in the 1st Indore International GM Open. The leaders in the top 2 boards drew their games, but it was a raging fight in the other live boards! Harsh Suresh continued to show why he's severely underrated - he defeated GM Deep Sengupta with the Black pieces, now entering joint lead with 6.5/8. Another two players who joined the lead were IM Ameya Audi and GM Boris Savchenko -they defeated IM Neelash Saha and GM Azer Mirzoev respectively. A total of 6 players share the lead now - what do you think will happen in Round 9? The penultimate round begins from 10 AM IST today. Photo: Himank Ghosh

The phenomenal Harsh Suresh

Many players between the rating range of 1800-2200 are performing exceptionally well in the 1st Indore International GM Open. But if you have to pick one player, that guy is Harsh Suresh! The 15-year-old Tamil Nadu boy had only one loss so far, and has been consistently performing well against IMs and GMs.

Harsh Suresh has become one of the tournament leaders with a score of 6.5/8. | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Round 8: GM Deep Sengupta - Harsh Suresh: 0-1

This was definitely one of the biggest swindles of the tournament so far. Deep had a much better/winning position, but suddenly started going astray:

Position after 28. Qc2?

White probably thought that a move like Bxd8 will not be enough to secure an advantage. Turns out, that is the best move in the position! White could've continued Bxd8 Qxd8 Qc3 Qxh4+ g3, and would've retained a much better position. But Qc2 allows 28...Qg1+! 29. Bf1 Qe3+ 30. Kf1 Qxf4+! winning the f6-bishop. A complete Rook up, Harsh went on to win the game in a few more moves.

IM Ameya Audi - IM Neelash Saha: 1-0

One other player who has been performing well consistently is IM Ameya Audi | Photo: Himank Ghosh

This was one of those games where one player misses a tactical idea, and is instantly lost. Neelash missed this:

21...Qe4? was the decisive mistake on Neelash's part.

Ameya found the very nice 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxd6! Bxb5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Re6, emerging a full two pawns up. The young International Master from Goa went on to win the game smoothly.

IM K Ratnakaran - IM Padmini Rout: 0-1

IM K Ratnakaran - IM Padmini Rout: 0-1 | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Ratnakaran is well-known as a very aggressive player. Keeping true to his style, he went for a very interesting line. But Padmini was the one who got a huge attack:

23. Rd6 was the decisive mistake by Ratnakaran.

Padmini found the beautiful 23...Qxc2 24. Rxd7 Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Rxd7 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Bxd7, and now can you find the winning shot?

The finishing shot - 27...Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Rf6!, now there's no way to escape checkmate without giving up the queen. 

Padmini takes down the Indian Tal | 1st Indore GM Open 2023 | Video: ChessBase India

Photo Gallery

All the live boards can be seen in the giant screen! | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Chief Arbiter IA Swapnil Bansod hard at work. | Photo: Himank Ghosh

FA Rekhaliga Chandra Mouli is operating the digital transmission of the live boards | Photo: Himank Ghosh

The tournament organizing committee with the chief guest for the round - Mr. Amitabh Tewari, Regional head of TCS Indore | Photo: Himank Ghosh

For more photos, check out our Facebook album.

All the Round 8 games

Round 8 results

Bo.No. NameGrTypRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameGrTypRtgClub/City No.PGN
14
IMAronyak, Ghosh2534WB6½ - ½6IMViani, Antonio Dcunha2385KAR
24PGN
215
IMNitish, Belurkar2426GOA6½ - ½6GMDeepan, Chakkravarthy J.2432ICF
12PGN
311
GMMirzoev, Azer2437AZE0 - 1GMSavchenko, Boris2540FID
3PGN
45
GMKrasenkow, MichalS602527POL½ - ½GMStupak, Kirill2413FID
16PGN
517
IMAnuj, ShrivatriU192407MP½ - ½GMPaichadze, Luka2515GEO
6PGN
68
GMSengupta, Deep2484PSPB0 - 1FMHarsh, SureshU192261TN
42PGN
723
IMAudi, Ameya2387GOA1 - 05IMNeelash, Saha2444WB
10PGN
81
GMPantsulaia, Levan2597GEO51 - 05Subhayan, Kundu2363WB
27PGN
92
GMMchedlishvili, Mikheil2568GEO51 - 05FMRitviz, Parab2328GOA
30PGN
109
GMFedorov, Alexei2477FID50 - 15Dhananjay, S2234CG
48PGN
1133
FMWagh, Suyog2313MAH51 - 05GMDzhumaev, Marat2428UZB
14PGN
1293
AFMPawar, HarshitU191992DEL5½ - ½5IMMehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.2405TEL
18PGN
1339
IMRatnakaran, K.2275RLYS50 - 15IMPadmini, Rout2388ODI
22PGN
1425
GMTeterev, Vitaly2377FID51 - 05Uddipan, RoyU191800WB
155PGN
157
GMAleksandrov, Aleksej2484FID½ - ½5FMAradhya, Garg2305DEL
36PGN

All Round 8 results

Standings after Round 8

Rk.SNo NameTypsexFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 RpKrtg+/-
115
IMNitish, BelurkarIND2426GOA6,539,541,532,000525451014,9
224
IMViani, Antonio DcunhaIND2385KAR6,538,542,533,750524571014,2
34
IMAronyak, GhoshIND2534WB6,537,54131,75052556104,9
442
FMHarsh, SureshU19IND2261TN6,53639,531,000624992053,8
523
IMAudi, AmeyaIND2387GOA6,5353829,500624901013,8
612
GMDeepan, Chakkravarthy J.IND2432ICF6,534,537,529,25052371102,2
73
GMSavchenko, BorisFID2540FID6,5343729,7506243010-1,2
82
GMMchedlishvili, MikheilGEO2568GEO6384231,2504240210-6,4
96
GMPaichadze, LukaGEO2515GEO63841,529,2505239310-4
105
GMKrasenkow, MichalS60POL2527POL63741,529,7505238910-6,9
111
GMPantsulaia, LevanGEO2597GEO6364029,7505229510-14
1216
GMStupak, KirillFID2413FID635,53724,50042458109,3
1322
IMPadmini, RoutwIND2388ODI633,537,526,7505223910-8,7
33
FMWagh, SuyogIND2313MAH633,537,526,75052243200
1548
Dhananjay, SIND2234CG63234,523,50062220204,8

Full standings

Round 9 pairings

Bo.No. NameGrTypRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameGrTypRtgClub/City No.
13
GMSavchenko, Boris2540FIDIMNitish, Belurkar2426GOA
15
242
FMHarsh, SureshU192261TNIMAronyak, Ghosh2534WB
4
312
GMDeepan, Chakkravarthy J.2432ICFIMAudi, Ameya2387GOA
23
424
IMViani, Antonio Dcunha2385KAR6GMPantsulaia, Levan2597GEO
1
522
IMPadmini, Rout2388ODI66GMMchedlishvili, Mikheil2568GEO
2
648
Dhananjay, S2234CG66GMKrasenkow, MichalS602527POL
5
76
GMPaichadze, Luka2515GEO66GMTeterev, Vitaly2377FID
25
816
GMStupak, Kirill2413FID66IMAnuj, ShrivatriU192407MP
17
911
GMMirzoev, Azer2437AZE6FMWagh, Suyog2313MAH
33
1050
Kaustuv, Kundu2217WBGMSengupta, Deep2484PSPB
8
1118
IMMehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.2405TELCMNayak, Rajesh2145ODI
57
1254
FMMatta, Vinay Kumar2190UBIGMHossain, Enamul2404BAN
19
1321
IMNitin, S.2398TNAFMPawar, HarshitU191992DEL
93
1455
FMJaiswal, Rupesh2153NEPIMUtsab, Chatterjee2338WB
29
1556
Dere, Pushkar2152MAHIMRaahul, V S2306TN
35

Details

The 1st Indore International GM Open 2023 is taking place in Emerald Heights International School, Indore. The total prize fund of this mega event is Rs. 33 lakhs. The event is being organized by the Malwanchal Chess Club and All Indore Chess Federation, under the Madhya Pradesh Ad Hoc Chess Committee. This is a 10-round classical swiss event which will run from 1st April 2023 - 8th April 2023. The time control of the event is 90 minutes +30 seconds increment. Round 8 starts from 6th April 2 PM IST.

Important links

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