2nd Namma Bengaluru GM R2-3: Paras Dilip Bhoir beats two IMs in-a-row, scores a hat-trick

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/04/2025

Paras Dilip Bhoir defeated two IMs on the second day to maintain a perfect score at 2nd Namma Bengaluru GM Category A (>1900) 2025. The 16-year-old made a fantastic start at his debut GM tournament. He defeated IM Ajay Karthikeyan and IM Srihari L consecutively in Round 2 and 3 respectively. He is now the sole untitled player among the 19 players who are at a perfect 3/3. 11-year-old Avirat Chauhan scored the first big upset of the tournament as he defeated GM Boris Savchenko, one of the favorites to win the event. FM John Veny Akkarakaran is the only other non GM/IM who is at 3/3. Round 4 starts tomorrow at 3 p.m. IST. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Avirat stuns Savchenko

Soham Roy defeated GM Van Huy Nguyen (VIE). FM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy, IM Mehar Chinna Reddy C H, Viresh Sharnarthi and Avadhoot Lokesh Bhakti Brahme drew with GM Stany G A, GM Saptarshi RoyChowdhury, GM Alexei Fedorov and GM Sandipan Chanda respectively.

Paras Dilip Bhoir is the sole untitled player at 3/3

Round 2: Rajarishi, Avirat and Paras score big wins

Kartavya - Karen

Position after 18...Qc8

Kartavya Anadkat (2187) got himself a great position against GM Karen Grigoryan (ARM, 2556). 19.Rxd7 Ra1+ 20.Nb1 Bxe4 21.Qc7 is how White needed to follow through. Instead, 19.Bxd7 Ra1+ 20.Nb1 Qc4 21.Qb8?? turned things completely in Black's favor. 21.Rd4 was White's one last opportunity to maintain his decisive advantage.

Rajarishi - Ayush

Position after 19.Qc2

IM Ayush Sharma (2485) made a positional mistake 19...g6? 20.e5 h4 Black actually needed to play h4 first. 21.Ne2 Nh7 22.Bc1 and White went on to convert his advantage into a win. The finish is beautiful. White king went all the way to e7 to deliver checkmate with rook at f8.

Final moments: CM Rajarishi Karthi - IM Ayush Sharma | Video: ChessBase India

CM Rajarishi Karthi outplayed GM-elect IM Ayush Sharma

Avirat - Savchenko

Position after 27.a4

Nine moves earlier, GM Boris Savchenko (2459) sacrificed an exchange. However, he did not get anything out of it. In the above position, he blundered 27...Qd7?? Avirat was first thinking of 28.Nxe5 before his opponent made the mistake. However, he realized that it would have been a mistake by him. He found the correct continuation 28.Rxd3 Bxh2+ 29.Kxh2 cxd3 30.Rd2 and went on to win the game comfortably.

Final moments: Avirat Chauhan - GM Boris Savchenko | Video: ChessBase India

Interview with Avirat Chauhan | Video: ChessBase India

Avirat Chauhan scored the first huge upset of the tournament by defeating GM Boris Savchenko

Harshit - Goutham

Position after 35...Bd3

Harshit Ranjan Sahu (2142) had plenty of winning chances against IM Goutham Krishna H (2449). Quite possibly the best one was after 35...Bd3. Find out the pretty finish which he missed. 36.Nf7+ Kh7 37.Ng5+ Kh6 and the game ended in a draw via repetition.

GM Alexei Fedorov won a wild game against CM Vivaan Vijay Saraogi which could have gone either way

IM Harsh Suresh - Nirvan Bhamidi: 0.5-0.5

Paras - Ajay Karthikeyan

Position after 21.Na4

IM Ajay Karthikeyan (2387) had to play 21...c5 to prevent Nb6. However, he opted for 21...R4b5. Paras Dilip Bhoir (2085) jumped his knight to b6 22.Nb6 Bf8 23.Kh1 Bb4 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Bb6 the bishop is very strong at b6 and the rook at b5 is virtually trapped. First Black lost the a6-pawn and then an exchange.

WIM Mrudul Dehankar held IM Subhayan Kundu to a draw

WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty defeated IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ)

Vijaya Kumar, Founder of VR group, made the ceremonial first move with GM Stany G A on the top board

Round 3: Ritvik Krishnan denies Iniyan a perfect score

FM Ritvik Krishnan held the top seed, GM Iniyan Pa to a draw via perpetual check in the queen endgame | Photo: Ashwin Subramanian

Ajay Santhosh - Stany

Position after 60.Kd5

Is it winning for Black or is it a draw? The first move that comes to mind in the above position is the obvious 60...Be7. Find out if it is correct. GM Stany G A (2454) missed his opportunity and the game ended in a draw.

Final moments: FM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy - GM Stany G A | Video: ChessBase India

Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy escaped with a draw after his opponent, GM Stany G A missed his chance

Viresh - Alexei

Position after 35.Rg5

White is making a direct threat 36.Rxh5+ gxh5 37.Bxf5 to draw the game. 35...Qe1 36.Rxh5+ Kg7 is winning for Black. However, GM Alexei Fedorov (2396) decided to reinforce the h5-knight 35...Be8 36.Rxh5+ gxh5 37.Bxf5+ Rxf5 38.Qxf5+ Bg6 39.Qf6 Qe1 40.Qe7+ Kh6 41.Qf8+ Kh7 and the game ended in a draw via perpetual check. Viresh Sharnarthi (2232) showed nice resource.

Viresh Sharnarthi made a nice save against GM Alexei Fedorov

Srihari - Paras

Position after 21...Nf5

Is it wise to sacrifice an exchange and take on f5? It might seem like a good idea but Paras Dilip Bhoir (2085) felt that it was not. He explained it in the interview which you can check it out below.

Interview with Paras Dilip Bhoir | Video: ChessBase India

Ceremonial first move of Round 3 was made by a guest and GM Pranav Anand on GM Karen Grigoryan (ARM) and FM Jinan Jomon's board

For more Round 2 and 3 photos, please click at the respective links.

A total of 316 players including 20 GMs, 40 IMs, 2 WGMs and 5 WIMs are taking part from 11 countries across the world in Open A (>1900). The eight-day ten round GM tournament is being organized by The Golden Aura Trust at Koramangala Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka from 10th to 18th April 2025. The time control of the event is 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move. There are no Classical round on 14th April. A Blitz Open tournament will take place on that day.

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Round 3 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	46	FM	Krishnan, Ritvik	2316	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2578	1	PGN
2	2	GM	Grigoryan, Karen H.	2556	2	1 - 0	2	FM	Jinan, Jomon	2311	49	PGN
3	53	WIM	Velpula, Sarayu	2302	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2544	3	PGN
4	4	GM	Pranav, Anand	2538	2	1 - 0	2	WGM	Gomes, Mary Ann	2284	59	PGN
5	54	FM	Setumadhav, Yellumahanthi	2300	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	2532	5	PGN
6	56	FM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	2297	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Stany, G.A.	2454	11	PGN
7	61	FM	Apoorv, Kamble	2264	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike	2448	13	PGN
8	14	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2441	2	1 - 0	2	FM	Mahitosh, Dey	2226	73	PGN
9	62	FM	Jani, Kushal R	2248	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Vaz, Ethan	2430	15	PGN
10	16	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.	2418	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	2224	75	PGN
11	64	FM	Ram, Aravind L N	2245	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2407	17	PGN
12	66		Nithin, Babu	2242	2	½ - ½	2	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2404	19	PGN
13	20	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2400	2	1 - 0	2		Sri, Sai Baswanth P	2213	77	PGN
14	68		Sharnarthi, Viresh	2232	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2396	21	PGN
15	22	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2394	2	1 - 0	2		Vignesh, B	2191	81	PGN
16	24	IM	Panda, Sambit	2391	2	1 - 0	2	CM	Rajarishi, Karthi	2155	93	PGN
17	25	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2391	2	1 - 0	2		Avirat, Chauhan	2145	96	PGN
18	30	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2378	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Murali, Krishnan B T	2090	122	PGN
19	31	IM	Srihari, L	2377	2	0 - 1	2		Bhoir, Paras Dilip	2085	126	PGN
20	232		Kadam, Arnav	1962	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Shahil, Dey	2360	35	PGN

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Standings after Round 3

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	3	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	ARM	2544	ARM	3	4	5,5	5,50	3
2	2	GM	Grigoryan, Karen H.	ARM	2556	ARM	3	4	5,5	5,50	3
3	24	IM	Panda, Sambit	IND	2391	ODI	3	4	5,5	5,50	3
4	25	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	IND	2391	MAH	3	4	5,5	5,50	3
5	5	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	GEO	2532	GEO	3	4	5	5,00	3
6	35	IM	Shahil, Dey	IND	2360	ASM	3	4	5	5,00	3
7	40	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat	UZB	2352	UZB	3	4	5	5,00	3
8	45	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty	IND	2317	WB	3	4	5	5,00	3
9	30	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	IND	2378	KAR	3	4	4,5	4,50	3
10	126		Bhoir, Paras Dilip	IND	2085	MAH	3	4	4,5	4,50	3
11	13	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike	GEO	2448	GEO	3	4	4	4,00	3
12	17	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	IND	2407	WB	3	3,5	5	5,00	3
13	14	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	IND	2441	GOA	3	3,5	5	5,00	3
14	15	IM	Vaz, Ethan	IND	2430	GOA	3	3,5	4,5	4,50	3
15	41	FM	John, Veny Akkarakaran	IND	2350	KER	3	3,5	4,5	4,50	3
16	43	IM	Rajesh, V A V	IND	2331	SCR	3	3,5	4,5	4,50	3
17	20	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	IND	2400	MP	3	3,5	4,5	4,50	3
18	4	GM	Pranav, Anand	IND	2538	KAR	3	3	3,5	3,50	3
19	22	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2394	ICF	3	3	3	3,00	3
20	11	GM	Stany, G.A.	IND	2454	KAR	2,5	4,5	5,5	4,25	2

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Round 4 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	22	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2394	3		3	GM	Grigoryan, Karen H.	2556	2
2	3	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2544	3		3	IM	Panda, Sambit	2391	24
3	35	IM	Shahil, Dey	2360	3		3	GM	Pranav, Anand	2538	4
4	5	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	2532	3		3	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2391	25
5	13	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike	2448	3		3	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2378	30
6	41	FM	John, Veny Akkarakaran	2350	3		3	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2441	14
7	15	IM	Vaz, Ethan	2430	3		3	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat	2352	40
8	17	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2407	3		3	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty	2317	45
9	43	IM	Rajesh, V A V	2331	3		3	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2400	20
10	1	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2578	2½		3		Bhoir, Paras Dilip	2085	126
11	58	FM	Wagh, Suyog	2289	2½		2½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2525	6
12	11	GM	Stany, G.A.	2454	2½		2½		Nithin, Babu	2242	66
13	68		Sharnarthi, Viresh	2232	2½		2½	IM	Goutham, Krishna H	2449	12
14	70	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2227	2½		2½	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.	2418	16
15	19	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2404	2½		2½	CM	Sherla, Prathamesh	2157	92
16	21	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2396	2½		2½		Soham, Roy	2085	128
17	27	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2389	2½		2½	GM	Ziatdinov, Raset	2041	152
18	75	GM	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	2224	2½		2½	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim	2370	32
19	89	CM	Dinesh, Rajan M	2176	2½		2½	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	2361	34
20	37	IM	Subhayan, Kundu	2356	2½		2½		Nandish, V S	2014	181

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