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Can Abhijeet Gupta win 21st Delhi GM Open?

by Shahid Ahmed - 14/06/2025

GM Abhijeet Gupta crushed GM Mihail Nikitenko to emerge sole leader, heading into the final round of 21st Delhi GM Open 2025. Nikitenko did not respond correctly to the five-time Commonwealth Gold medalist's attack on the kingside. Abhijeet is now at 8/9. IM Aronyak Ghosh defeated Viresh Sharnarthi comfortably to move to 7.5/9. GM Aditya S Samant won a back and forth battle against GM Aleksej Aleksandrov. He is also at 7.5/9. Abhijeet will face Aronyak in the final round and Aditya will be up against the top seed, GM S L Narayanan. A win in the last round makes Abhijeet an outright champion, whereas a draw might also prove to be enough for him to win the tournament. Round 10 starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photos: Anmol Bhargav

Aronyak Ghosh and Aditya Samant in the fray

GM Abhijeet Gupta is the sole leader 8/9 heading into the final round

Abhijeet - Nikitenko

Position after 13.g4

GM Mihail Nikitenko (2520) needed to play 13...Nb5. Instead, he opted for 13...hxg4? and opened the floodgates for GM Abhijeet Gupta (2538) to launch an attack. 14.fxg4 Nxg4 15.Bg5 f6 16.dxc6! bxc6 17.Bc4+ Kh7 18.Qg2 and it became just a matter of time before White won this game.

Mamikon - Narayanan

Position after 49...Ke5

50.Nc3 would have kept the game going for GM Mamikon Gharibyan (ARM, 2472). However, he played 50.Re1+? Kf4 51.Rxe8 Bxe8-+ 52.Nd6 now GM S L Narayanan (2600) missed the win when he played 52...Bd7. Instead, 52...Nxd3 53.cxd3 a3 would have been winning for Black. The game continued 53.Nxf7 a3 54.Bc4 Bb5? 54.Ba2 Bf1 55.Ng5 h6 56.Nf7 Bxg2 58.Nxh6 Bxf6 59.Kc3 and it was drawn.

GM S L Narayanan missed a win against GM Mamikon Gharibyan (ARM)

IM Neelash Saha had a quick 14-move draw against GM Manuel Petrosyan (ARM)

IM Nitin S played a solid draw against GM Vitaly Sivuk (SVK) | Photo; IA Vivek Sohani

IM Aronyak Ghosh ended Viresh Sharnarthi's fantastic run at this tournament | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Aditya Samant won a back and forth battle against GM Aleksej Aleksandrov

Paras Dilip Bhoir (pictured) - IM Uurtsaikh Agibileg (MGL): 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.

Replay Round 9 games

Round 9 results

Bo.No. WhiteRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.BlackRtgClub/City No.PGN
16
GMGupta, Abhijeet2538RJ71 - 07GMNikitenko Mihail,2520BLR
10PGN
213
GMGharibyan, Mamikon2472ARM½ - ½GMNarayanan S L,2600KL
1PGN
334
GMNguyen Van Huy,2337VIE½ - ½GMGhosh, Diptayan2573RSPB
2PGN
416
IMNeelash, Saha2456RSPB½ - ½GMPetrosyan, Manuel2541ARM
5PGN
58
GMSivuk, Vitaly2522SWE½ - ½IMNitin, S.2312TN
37PGN
611
IMAronyak, Ghosh2510RSPB1 - 0Sharnarthi, Viresh2236MH
49PGN
726
GMAleksandrov, Aleksej2370BLR0 - 1GMSamant Aditya S,2498MH
12PGN
84
GMKarthik, Venkataraman2550AP61 - 06IMShahil Dey,2366AS
29PGN
930
IMManish Anto Cristiano F,2365TN60 - 16GMPaichadze, Luka2529GEO
7PGN
1014
Sriram, Adarsh Uppala2460TG61 - 06Samyak Dharewa,2339WB
33PGN
1115
GMSavchenko, Boris2456RUS60 - 16IMTologon Tegin, Semetei2322KGZ
35PGN
1238
IMGochelashvili, David2303RUS6½ - ½6GMDeepan, Chakkravarthy J.2410TN
19PGN
1321
IMHarsh, Suresh2392TN6½ - ½6GMManik, Mikulas2266SVK
43PGN
1447
Bhoir, Paras Dilip2249MH6½ - ½6IMAgibileg, Uurtsaikh2384MGL
23PGN
1524
GMNguyen, Duc Hoa2378VIE61 - 06Arnav Agrawal,2096UP
77PGN

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Standings after Round 9

Rk.SNo NameTypsexGrFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5  TB6 Krtg+/-
16
GMGupta, AbhijeetIND2538RJ850,554,547,500721018,1
211
IMAronyak, GhoshIND2510RSPB7,5505545,25063102,6
312
GMSamant Aditya S,IND2498MH7,5495343,7506210-0,4
410
GMNikitenko Mihail,BLR2520BLR7535944,00073105,3
513
GMGharibyan, MamikonARM2472ARM7535843,00062107,3
61
GMNarayanan S L,IND2600KL75356,542,50053102,1
72
GMGhosh, DiptayanIND2573RSPB751,55642,2505210-0,3
88
GMSivuk, VitalySWE2522SWE75155,541,5005110-2,1
97
GMPaichadze, LukaGEO2529GEO750,554,540,75063102,4
105
GMPetrosyan, ManuelARM2541ARM750,554,540,50052105,5
1124
GMNguyen, Duc HoaVIE2378VIE748,55338,50073104,2
1235
IMTologon Tegin, SemeteiKGZ2322KGZ74852,539,25053109,7
1316
IMNeelash, SahaIND2456RSPB747,55239,00052106,5
144
GMKarthik, VenkataramanIND2550AP7475138,7505210-6,8
1537
IMNitin, S.IND2312TN74548,536,50052104,8

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Round 10 pairings

Bo.No. WhiteRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.BlackRtgClub/City No.
16
GMGupta, Abhijeet2538RJ8IMAronyak, Ghosh2510RSPB
11
21
GMNarayanan S L,2600KL7GMSamant Aditya S,2498MH
12
32
GMGhosh, Diptayan2573RSPB77Sriram, Adarsh Uppala2460TG
14
435
IMTologon Tegin, Semetei2322KGZ77GMKarthik, Venkataraman2550AP
4
55
GMPetrosyan, Manuel2541ARM77GMGharibyan, Mamikon2472ARM
13
67
GMPaichadze, Luka2529GEO77IMNeelash, Saha2456RSPB
16
724
GMNguyen, Duc Hoa2378VIE77GMSivuk, Vitaly2522SWE
8
837
IMNitin, S.2312TN77GMNikitenko Mihail,2520BLR
10
919
GMDeepan, Chakkravarthy J.2410TN7GMNguyen Van Huy,2337VIE
34
103
GMPantsulaia Levan,2551GEOIMSaravana, Krishnan P.2272TN
40
1138
IMGochelashvili, David2303RUSIMDavtyan, Arsen2402ARM
20
1241
GMKarthikeyan, P.2271TNIMHarsh, Suresh2392TN
21
1343
GMManik, Mikulas2266SVKIMHari Madhavan N B,2386TN
22
1423
IMAgibileg, Uurtsaikh2384MGLSharnarthi, Viresh2236MH
49
1525
IMSlizhevsky Alexander,2372RUSBhoir, Paras Dilip2249MH
47

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