21st Delhi GM Open R4: Eleven players at a perfect score

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/06/2025

The top two seeds - GM S L Narayanan and GM Diptayan Ghosh won their fourth round game at 21st Delhi GM Open 2025. Narayanan capitalized on his opponent's mistake in the rook and same color bishop endgame. Diptayan had a relatively comfortable win. The National Under-11 Open 2024 champion, CM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma put up a very good fight against GM Deepan Chakkravarthy. Only in a complex position, the 11-year-old could not seize his advantage after his opponent made an error. Bivor Adak held the third seeded, GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) to a solid draw. A total of eleven players including two IMs - Dinesh Kumar Sharma and Harsh Suresh are at a perfect score 4/4. Round 5 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photos: Anmol Bhargav

Bivor Adak plays a solid draw against Levan Pantsulaia

Narayanan - Duc Hoa

Position after 36.Rxd5

36...g5 37.Be3 Ke6 helps Black to get rid of the b5-pawn. Instead, 36...Rc8?? 37.Be3+- Ke6 38.Rd3 Bb8 39.Ra3 Rc4 40.a6 Bd6 41.Ra2 Bc5 42.Bxc5 Rxc5 43.b6 and White won. White's queenside pawns played a crucial role in GM S L Narayanan (2600) scoring a win.

Top seed GM S L Narayanan is at 4/4

Second seeded GM Diptayan Ghosh scored a smooth win over IM Uurtsaikh Agibileg (MGL)

Manuel - Manish

Position after 56.Kb5

The above knight endgame is a draw but Black needs to play precisely as knight is trapped. 56...a3! 57.bxa3 Kg5 58.Kb6 Kg4! 59.Kxb7 Kf3 60.Nd4+ Ke4 61.Nb5 Kd5 62.Kb6 Nc1 63.a4 Nb3 and it should have ended in a draw comfortably. Instead, IM Manish Anto Cristiano F (2365) blundered 56...Kg5?? 57.Kxa4 now his knight is getting trapped and his king is out of place from attacking GM Manuel Petrosyan's (ARM, 2541) knight at e2.

GM Manuel Petrosyan (ARM) capitalized on his opponent IM Manish Anto Cristiano F's mistake in the knight endgame

Deepan - Madhvendra

Position after 29...Rg8

In a sharp position, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (2410) misplaced his bishop 30.Be4?? Qg3 31.Qh2 Qxd3 a flashy move instead 31...Nxe4 32.dxe4 Qg4 would have maintained the upper hand for Black. The game continued 32.Nxc5 Qxe4+ 33.Nxe4 Nxe4? Black had to play Rxe4. All of this could have been avoided if White played 30.Bxh6 instead of the text. CM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (2166) went on to lose the game after putting up a great fight against the strong GM.

CM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma played really well against GM Deepan Chakkravarthy | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Bivor Adak (pictured) - GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

A total of 419 players including 24 GMs, 20 IMs and two WIMs are taking part from 17 countries across the world. The eight-day ten round Rating Open tournament is being organized by Delhi Chess Association at Tivoli Gardens in New Delhi from 7th to 14th June 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.

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Round 4 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	1	GM	Narayanan S L,	2600	KL	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2378	VIE	24	PGN
2	23	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	2384	MGL	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2573	RSPB	2	PGN
3	26	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2370	BLR	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2550	AP	4	PGN
4	5	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2541	ARM	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F,	2365	TN	30	PGN
5	29	IM	Shahil Dey,	2366	AS	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2538	RJ	6	PGN
6	7	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2529	GEO	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2303	RUS	38	PGN
7	35	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2322	KGZ	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Sivuk, Vitaly	2522	SWE	8	PGN
8	52		Advik, Amit Agrawal	2218	MH	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Nikitenko Mihail,	2520	BLR	10	PGN
9	11	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2510	RSPB	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Manik, Mikulas	2266	SVK	43	PGN
10	13	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon	2472	ARM	3	1 - 0	3		Sharnarthi, Viresh	2236	MH	49	PGN
11	15	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2456	RUS	3	1 - 0	3		Singh, S. Vikramjit	2185	MN	57	PGN
12	19	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2410	TN	3	1 - 0	3	CM	Madhvendra Pratap Sharma,	2166	MP	63	PGN
13	60	IM	Sharma, Dinesh K.	2171	UP	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Davtyan, Arsen	2402	ARM	20	PGN
14	21	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2392	TN	3	1 - 0	3		Ram Vishal Parab,	2009	MH	113	PGN
15	12	GM	Samant Aditya S,	2498	MH	2½	1 - 0	3		D. Ashraf, Subhani	1882	AP	207	PGN

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5	TB6
1	1	GM	Narayanan S L,	IND	2600	KL	4	9	11,5	11,50	4	2
2	13	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon	ARM	2472	ARM	4	9	11	11,00	4	2
3	2	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	IND	2573	RSPB	4	8,5	9,5	9,50	4	2
4	60	IM	Sharma, Dinesh K.	IND	2171	UP	4	8	10,5	10,50	4	2
5	10	GM	Nikitenko Mihail,	BLR	2520	BLR	4	8	10	10,00	4	2
6	15	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2456	RUS	4	8	9,5	9,50	4	2
7	19	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2410	TN	4	8	9,5	9,50	4	2
8	6	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	IND	2538	RJ	4	7,5	9,5	9,50	4	2
9	5	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	ARM	2541	ARM	4	7,5	9	9,00	4	2
10	7	GM	Paichadze, Luka	GEO	2529	GEO	4	7,5	8,5	8,50	4	2
11	21	IM	Harsh, Suresh	IND	2392	TN	4	7	8	8,00	4	2
12	35	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	KGZ	2322	KGZ	3,5	9	11,5	9,75	3	2
13	8	GM	Sivuk, Vitaly	SWE	2522	SWE	3,5	9	11,5	9,75	3	1
14	4	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	IND	2550	AP	3,5	8,5	10	8,25	3	1
15	40	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	IND	2272	TN	3,5	8	10	8,50	3	2

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	10	GM	Nikitenko Mihail,	2520	BLR	4		4	GM	Narayanan S L,	2600	KL	1
2	2	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2573	RSPB	4		4	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon	2472	ARM	13
3	15	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2456	RUS	4		4	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2541	ARM	5
4	6	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2538	RJ	4		4	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2410	TN	19
5	21	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2392	TN	4		4	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2529	GEO	7
6	4	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2550	AP	3½		4	IM	Sharma, Dinesh K.	2171	UP	60
7	8	GM	Sivuk, Vitaly	2522	SWE	3½		3½	FM	Nayak Rajesh,	2262	OR	44
8	45	CM	Sherla, Prathamesh	2259	MH	3½		3½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2510	RSPB	11
9	47		Bhoir, Paras Dilip	2249	MH	3½		3½	GM	Samant Aditya S,	2498	MH	12
10	16	IM	Neelash, Saha	2456	RSPB	3½		3½	FM	Aarav, Sinha	2255	DL	46
11	18	GM	Sanikidze Tornike,	2425	GEO	3½		3½		Gaikwad Manas,	2232	MH	50
12	22	IM	Hari Madhavan N B,	2386	TN	3½		3½		Alekhya, Mukhopadhyay	2192	WB	54
13	59		Mukund Hemant Agarwal,	2173	GJ	3½		3½	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2370	BLR	26
14	69		Sharnarthi, Shlok	2137	MH	3½		3½	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2370	BLR	27
15	75		Daksh, Goyal	2100	DL	3½		3½	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2322	KGZ	35

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