21st Delhi GM Open R8: Mihail Nikitenko joins Abhijeet Gupta in the lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 13/06/2025

GM Abhijeet Gupta played a relatively calm draw against GM Manuel Petrosyan (ARM) to maintain his lead at 21st Delhi GM Open 2025. GM Mihail Nikitenko won against GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) to join the lead with Abhijeet. Both are at 7/8 each. IM Neelash Saha, IM Aronyak Ghosh and IM Sriram Adarsh Uppala drew against GM S L Narayanan, GM Vitaly Sivuk (SWE) and GM Manik Mikulas (SVK) respectively. GM Diptayan Ghosh got the better of GM Boris Savchenko in the queen and minor piece endgame. IM P Saravana Krishnan could not get out of the gate against GM Aditya S Samant. Viresh Sharnarthi continues his good form as he defeated IM Hari Madhavan N B. Round 9 starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photos: Anmol Bhargav

Narayanan, Diptayan, Aronyak, Neelash, Aditya, Nitin and Viresh in pursuit

Arnav Agrawal and CM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma split the point with IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ) and GM Alexei Fedorov respectively.

GM Abhijeet Gupta drew against GM Manuel Petrosyan (ARM) to maintain his lead 7/8

IM Neelash Saha held the top seed GM S L Narayanan to a well contested draw

Diptayan - Savchenko

Position after 34.Nxe4

GM Boris Savchenko (2456) made a tiny inaccuracy 34...Qd7? 35.Nd6 Nd5 36.Qxb5 Qxb5 37.Nxb5 and Black arrived a lost endgame. Of course, it was not easy to convert the advantage into but GM Diptayan Ghosh (2573) managed to maneuver his knights until his opponent faltered.

GM Diptayan Ghosh scored a fine victory over GM Boris Savchenko

Delayed Schliemann in Ruy Lopez did not work out for IM P Saravana Krishnan (2272) against GM Aditya S Samant (2498).

GM Aditya Samant scored a smooth win to move to 6.5/8

GM Manik Mikulas (SVK) - IM Sriram Adarsh Uppala (pictured): 0.5-0.5

Viresh - Hari Madhavan

Position after 29...Nd6?

IM Hari Madhavan N B (2386) made a big mistake when he played 29...Nd6? Viresh Sharnarthi (2236) grabbed his opportunity 30.Rxa3 Rxa3 31.Bxd6 Ra6 32.Be5 Rf8? 33.Rc7 and White won the game in the next few moves.

Viresh Sharnarthi is in terrific form

IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ) - Arnav Agrawal (pictured): 0.5-0.5

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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 8 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	5	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2541	ARM	6	½ - ½	6½	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2538	RJ	6	PGN
2	1	GM	Narayanan S L,	2600	KL	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Neelash, Saha	2456	RSPB	16	PGN
3	10	GM	Nikitenko Mihail,	2520	BLR	6	1 - 0	6	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2529	GEO	7	PGN
4	11	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2510	RSPB	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Sivuk, Vitaly	2522	SWE	8	PGN
5	2	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2573	RSPB	5½	1 - 0	6	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2456	RUS	15	PGN
6	12	GM	Samant Aditya S,	2498	MH	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	2272	TN	40	PGN
7	13	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon	2472	ARM	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	Abhishek Kelkar,	2170	MH	61	PGN
8	43	GM	Manik, Mikulas	2266	SVK	5½	½ - ½	5½		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	2460	TG	14	PGN
9	49		Sharnarthi, Viresh	2236	MH	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	Hari Madhavan N B,	2386	TN	22	PGN
10	52		Advik, Amit Agrawal	2218	MH	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2370	BLR	26	PGN
11	58		Ahaz E U,	2178	KL	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Nguyen Van Huy,	2337	VIE	34	PGN
12	35	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2322	KGZ	5½	½ - ½	5½		Arnav Agrawal,	2096	UP	77	PGN
13	37	IM	Nitin, S.	2312	TN	5½	1 - 0	5½		Soham Roy,	2034	WB	102	PGN
14	53		Alok, Sinha	2207	DL	5	0 - 1	5	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2550	AP	4	PGN
15	19	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2410	TN	5	1 - 0	5	CM	Harshit Ranjan Sahu,	2191	OR	55	PGN

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Standings after Round 8

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	TB6	K	rtg+/-
1	6	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet				IND	2538	RJ	7	41	44,5	38,00	0	6	2	10	13,4
2	10	GM	Nikitenko Mihail,				BLR	2520	BLR	7	39	44	37,50	0	7	3	10	10
3	1	GM	Narayanan S L,				IND	2600	KL	6,5	43,5	47	37,25	0	5	3	10	3,8
4	13	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon				ARM	2472	ARM	6,5	42	47	36,75	0	6	2	10	5,6
5	2	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan				IND	2573	RSPB	6,5	41,5	45,5	35,75	0	5	2	10	2,7
6	5	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel				ARM	2541	ARM	6,5	40	43,5	34,00	0	5	2	10	6,7
7	11	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh				IND	2510	RSPB	6,5	38,5	42,5	33,75	0	5	3	10	0,9
8	26	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej				BLR	2370	BLR	6,5	38	42	33,25	0	5	2	10	9,7
9	16	IM	Neelash, Saha				IND	2456	RSPB	6,5	38	41,5	32,50	0	5	2	10	5,3
10	12	GM	Samant Aditya S,				IND	2498	MH	6,5	37,5	41,5	33,75	0	5	1	10	-3,7
11	8	GM	Sivuk, Vitaly				SWE	2522	SWE	6,5	37,5	41,5	32,50	0	5	1	10	0,6
12	37	IM	Nitin, S.				IND	2312	TN	6,5	34,5	37,5	30,00	0	5	2	10	2,1
13	49		Sharnarthi, Viresh				IND	2236	MH	6,5	33,5	37	28,75	0	6	2	40	62
14	34	GM	Nguyen Van Huy,				VIE	2337	VIE	6,5	32	35,5	27,50	0	6	2	10	-5,1
15	7	GM	Paichadze, Luka				GEO	2529	GEO	6	41	44	30,75	0	5	2	10	-0,4

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Round 9 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	6	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2538	RJ	7		7	GM	Nikitenko Mihail,	2520	BLR	10
2	13	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon	2472	ARM	6½		6½	GM	Narayanan S L,	2600	KL	1
3	34	GM	Nguyen Van Huy,	2337	VIE	6½		6½	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2573	RSPB	2
4	16	IM	Neelash, Saha	2456	RSPB	6½		6½	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2541	ARM	5
5	8	GM	Sivuk, Vitaly	2522	SWE	6½		6½	IM	Nitin, S.	2312	TN	37
6	11	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2510	RSPB	6½		6½		Sharnarthi, Viresh	2236	MH	49
7	26	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2370	BLR	6½		6½	GM	Samant Aditya S,	2498	MH	12
8	4	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2550	AP	6		6	IM	Shahil Dey,	2366	AS	29
9	30	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F,	2365	TN	6		6	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2529	GEO	7
10	14		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	2460	TG	6		6		Samyak Dharewa,	2339	WB	33
11	15	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2456	RUS	6		6	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2322	KGZ	35
12	38	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2303	RUS	6		6	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2410	TN	19
13	21	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2392	TN	6		6	GM	Manik, Mikulas	2266	SVK	43
14	47		Bhoir, Paras Dilip	2249	MH	6		6	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	2384	MGL	23
15	24	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2378	VIE	6		6		Arnav Agrawal,	2096	UP	77

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