2nd Namma Bengaluru GM R4: Deepan Chakkravarthy crushes Karen Grigoryan

by Shahid Ahmed - 12/04/2025

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy scored a crushing victory against GM Karen Grigoryan (ARM) in Round 4 of 2nd Namma Bengaluru GM 2025. The second seeded Armenian went wrong in the Sicilian Dragon which allowed Deepan to seize his opportunity with a beautiful thematic knight sacrifice. The remaining six players at perfect score are - GM Manuel Petrosyan (ARM), GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO), GM Pranav Anand, IM Sanket Chakravarty, IM Viani Antonio Dcunha and IM Rajesh Vav. Viani defeated IM Tornike Sanikidze (GEO). FM Suyog Wagh outplayed IM Aronyak Ghosh after the latter lost one pawn too many. Tomorrow is the last of the two double round day. Round 5 starts at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Viani topples Tornike, Suyog outwits Aronyak

Top seed of the tournament, GM Iniyan Pa brought an end Paras Dilip Bhoir's unbeaten streak. The reigning National Rapid champion, handed the teenager his first loss of the event. IM Sanket Chakravarty scored the fastest win among the leaders against his statemate IM Kaustuv Kundu. IM Padmini Rout became the sole female player at 3.5/4, after she defeated WIM Diajeng Theresa Singgih (INA) who was having a great run. IM Ethan Vaz and Manas Gaikwad missed great opportunities against GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB) and GM Sandipan Chanda respectively. Soham Roy salvaged a draw from a difficult position against GM Alexey Fedorov.

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy is one of the seven leaders at a perfect 4/4

Deepan - Karen

Position after 16...Nc4??

GM Karen Grigoryan (ARM, 2556) blundered 16...Nc4?? His opponent found the nice tactical shot 17.Ne6!+- fxe6 18.Qxg6+ Kd8 19.Qxg7 Dragon bishop is more valuable than rook, hence the obvious choice Nde5 20.f4 Nxe3 21.fxe5 Nxd1 22.Rxd1 and White went on to win the game comfortably.

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy got the better of GM Karen Grigoryan (ARM)

Tornike - Viani

Position after 24.Rf4?

24.Rf4? was not the best way to drive the knight away from g4. Instead, GM Tornike Sanikidze (GEO, 2448) could have played 25.h3. IM Viani Antonio Dcunha (2378) supported his knight 24...h5 25.Bc2 Bb5 26.h3 Nf6 27.Rd1 Rg3 28.Rd2 Re8 29.Nd3 Re4 here Viani was considering Ne4 which he mentioned in the post-game interview. Black eventually went on to win the game.

Interview with Viani Antonio Dcunha | Video: ChessBase India

IM Viani Antonio Dcunha defeated GM Tornike Sanikidze (GEO) to maintain his perfect score 4/4

FM John Veny Akkarakaran (pictured) - IM Nitish Belurkar: 0.5-0.5

IM Ethan Vaz could not make the most of his advantage against GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB)

Suyog - Aronyak

Position after 24...cxd5

IM Aronyak Ghosh (2525) first decided to give up his b5-pawn 24...cxd5 25.Qxb5 Bc6 26.Qa6 Ba8 27.Nb3 Rc4 28.Qxa5 Black lost another pawn. Soon he arrived at a lost queen and opposite color bishop endgame. FM Suyog Wagh (2289) had no trouble seizing his opportunity and won the game.

FM Suyog Wagh defeated one of the highest rated IMs of India - Aronyak Ghosh

GM Stany G A - Nithin Babu (pictured): 0.5-0.5

Soham Roy salvaged a draw from a difficult position against GM Alexei Fedorov

IM Harsh Suresh (pictured) - GM Raset Ziatdinov (USA): 1-0

IM Subhayan Kundu - Nandish V S: 0.5-0.5

Daksh Goyal - GM Evgeniy Podolchenko: 0.5-0.5

Manas Gaikwad had a promising position against GM Sandipan Chanda. It ended in a draw.

Mr. and Mrs. Badri, Cofounders of ZingChess and...

...India's strongest chess couple - GM Sriram Jha and IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman made the ceremonial first move of the fourth round

For more Round 4 photos, please click here.

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.

Replay Round 4 games

Round 4 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	22	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2394	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Grigoryan, Karen H.	2556	2	PGN
2	3	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2544	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Panda, Sambit	2391	24	PGN
3	35	IM	Shahil, Dey	2360	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Pranav, Anand	2538	4	PGN
4	5	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	2532	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2391	25	PGN
5	13	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike	2448	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2378	30	PGN
6	41	FM	John, Veny Akkarakaran	2350	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2441	14	PGN
7	15	IM	Vaz, Ethan	2430	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat	2352	40	PGN
8	17	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2407	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty	2317	45	PGN
9	43	IM	Rajesh, V A V	2331	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2400	20	PGN
10	1	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2578	2½	1 - 0	3		Bhoir, Paras Dilip	2085	126	PGN
11	58	FM	Wagh, Suyog	2289	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2525	6	PGN
12	11	GM	Stany, G.A.	2454	2½	½ - ½	2½		Nithin, Babu	2242	66	PGN
13	68		Sharnarthi, Viresh	2232	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Goutham, Krishna H	2449	12	PGN
14	70	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2227	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.	2418	16	PGN
15	19	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2404	2½	½ - ½	2½	CM	Sherla, Prathamesh	2157	92	PGN
16	21	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2396	2½	½ - ½	2½		Soham, Roy	2085	128	PGN
17	27	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2389	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Ziatdinov, Raset	2041	152	PGN
18	75	GM	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	2224	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim	2370	32	PGN
19	89	CM	Dinesh, Rajan M	2176	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	2361	34	PGN
20	37	IM	Subhayan, Kundu	2356	2½	½ - ½	2½		Nandish, V S	2014	181	PGN

Details

Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	3	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	ARM	2544	ARM	4	8,5	10	10,00	4
2	5	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	GEO	2532	GEO	4	8,5	10	10,00	4
3	4	GM	Pranav, Anand	IND	2538	KAR	4	7,5	9	9,00	4
4	45	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty	IND	2317	WB	4	7,5	8,5	8,50	4
5	30	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	IND	2378	KAR	4	7	8,5	8,50	4
6	22	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2394	ICF	4	7	8	8,00	4
7	43	IM	Rajesh, V A V	IND	2331	SCR	4	6,5	7,5	7,50	4
8	14	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	IND	2441	GOA	3,5	9	10,5	8,75	3
9	15	IM	Vaz, Ethan	IND	2430	GOA	3,5	8,5	9,5	7,75	3
10	12	IM	Goutham, Krishna H	IND	2449	KER	3,5	8,5	9,5	7,75	3
11	48	GM	Karthikeyan, P.	IND	2312	ICF	3,5	8	9,5	8,00	3
12	40	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat	UZB	2352	UZB	3,5	8	9,5	7,75	3
13	1	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2578	TN	3,5	7,5	9,5	8,25	3
14	41	FM	John, Veny Akkarakaran	IND	2350	KER	3,5	7,5	9,5	7,75	3
15	32	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim	FID	2370	FID	3,5	7,5	9	7,75	3
16	56	FM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	IND	2297	UP	3,5	7,5	8,5	7,00	3
17	97	CM	Harshit, Ranjan Sahu	IND	2142	ODI	3,5	7,5	8	6,25	3
18	34	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	IND	2361	TN	3,5	7	9	8,00	3
19	58	FM	Wagh, Suyog	IND	2289	MAH	3,5	7	8,5	7,50	3
20	27	IM	Harsh, Suresh	IND	2389	TN	3,5	7	8,5	7,25	3

Details

Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	30	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2378	4		4	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2544	3
2	4	GM	Pranav, Anand	2538	4		4	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2394	22
3	45	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty	2317	4		4	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	2532	5
4	12	IM	Goutham, Krishna H	2449	3½		4	IM	Rajesh, V A V	2331	43
5	40	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat	2352	3½		3½	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2578	1
6	14	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2441	3½		3½	FM	Wagh, Suyog	2289	58
7	41	FM	John, Veny Akkarakaran	2350	3½		3½	IM	Vaz, Ethan	2430	15
8	48	GM	Karthikeyan, P.	2312	3½		3½	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2389	27
9	32	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim	2370	3½		3½	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2227	70
10	34	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	2361	3½		3½	CM	Harshit, Ranjan Sahu	2142	97
11	56	FM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	2297	3½		3½	IM	Padmini, Rout	2354	39
12	2	GM	Grigoryan, Karen H.	2556	3		3	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	2234	67
13	8	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2485	3		3		Varun, V	2231	69
14	62	FM	Jani, Kushal R	2248	3		3	IM	Neelash, Saha	2460	9
15	64	FM	Ram, Aravind L N	2245	3		3	GM	Stany, G.A.	2454	11
16	66		Nithin, Babu	2242	3		3	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike	2448	13
17	71	CM	Mehta, Naitik R	2227	3		3	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2407	17
18	73	FM	Mahitosh, Dey	2226	3		3	IM	Audi, Ameya	2404	18
19	77		Sri, Sai Baswanth P	2213	3		3	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2404	19
20	20	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2400	3		3		Vignesh, B	2191	81

Details

Links

Official site

Tournament Regulations

Related news:

	Levan Pantsulaia wins 2nd Namma Bengaluru GM 2025, Anuj Shrivatri second @ 20/04/2025 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Can Levan Pantsulaia win 2nd Namma Bengaluru GM? @ 17/04/2025 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	2nd Namma Bengaluru GM R8: Iniyan's excellence of execution propels him to the top @ 16/04/2025 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	Aditya Dileepraj clear first at 2nd Namma Bengaluru Category B (Below 2000) Rating Tournament 2025 @ 16/04/2025 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	2nd Namma Bengaluru GM R7: Nithin Babu grinds a rollercoaster bishop endgame, joins the lead @ 15/04/2025 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	2nd Namma Bengaluru GM R5-6: Pranav Anand scores a double hat-trick, gains sole lead and withdraws @ 13/04/2025 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	2nd Namma Bengaluru GM R2-3: Paras Dilip Bhoir beats two IMs in-a-row, scores a hat-trick @ 11/04/2025 by Shahid Ahmed (en)
	2nd Namma Bengaluru GM R1: Smooth start for the top seeds @ 10/04/2025 by Shahid Ahmed (en)