3rd Yerevan Open R2: Sidhant Mohapatra stuns Paulius Pultinevicius

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/10/2021

IM Sidhant Mohapatra and untitled Kunal M scored the biggest upsets of the second round as they defeated GMs Paulius Pultinevicius (LTU) and Karen Movsziszian (ARM) respectively at 3rd Yerevan Open. GM Gukesh defeated IM Vaishali in an exciting game after the latter sacrificed her queen but was unable follow through correctly. IMs Padmini and Raahil held GMs Luka Paichadze (GEO) and Alexey Goganov (RUS) to a draw each. WGM Vantika Agrawal also drew with GM Harsha Bharathakoti. Arjun and Abhimanyu also won their games. Round 3 starts today at 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Fantastic day for Indians

There are seven Indians out of 17 players who are at 100% score 2.0/2. Top seed GM Narayanan S L won his game against much lower rated Raffi Ghazaryan (ARM).

IM Sidhant scored a big upset against GM Paulius | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Vaishali - Gukesh: 0-1

IM Vaishali made an interesting queen sacrifice against GM Gukesh. However, there was something just before that.

Position after 30...Bd5

31.c4 leads to fantastic position for White in all possible variations. The game continued 31.g4 g5 and White sacrificed the queen 32.gxf5 gxf4 33.Rg1+ Kh7 34.Rg7+ Kh6 35.Rdg1 Bxe4 36.Bxf4+ Bg5 and we get the following position

Position after 36...Bg5

37.R1xg5 and White is still in the game. 37...Qxg5 38.Rxg5 Bxf3+ 39.Kh2 e5 40.Rg6+ Kh7 41.Rh6+ Kg7 42.f6+Kg8 43.Rg6+ Kh7 44.Rh6+ and it leads to a draw. White missed this probably due to time scramble and played 37.R7xg5. Black went on to win the game shortly after.

Vaishali put up a brilliant fight | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Sidhant - Paulius: 1-0

IM Sidhant Mohapatra made the most out of the position when his opponent GM Paulius Pultinevicius (LTU) decided against capturing a crucial center pawn.

Position after 28.Nd4

28...Qxe5 29.Rde3 g5 and Black is doing absolutely fine. However, 28...Re8 29.Rde3 Qd7 30.Bh3 Qd8 31.Kh2 Rc7 32.e6 and things turned completely into White's favor which he eventually converted into a win.

GM Arjun Erigaisi got significant advantage out of the opening against WGM Anna Sargsyan (ARM) | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Abhimanyu Puranik outplayed IM Krishna Teja N positionally | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Padmini Rout held GM Luka Paichadze to a solid draw | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Raahil Mullick held ChessMood Open winner GM Aleksey Goganov to a draw | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Harsha Bharathakoti recovered well against WGM Vantika Agrawal | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Kunal M - GM Karen Movsziszian (ARM): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Artur Davtyan - Vedant Panesar: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Vahe Danielyan - WFM Sahithi Varshini: 0-1 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

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Highlights

Here are a few interesting finishes of Round 2.

GM Abhimanyu Puranik defeated IM Krishna Teja N

IM Sidhant Mohapatra won against GM Paulius Pultinevicius (LTU)

GM Vahe Baghdasaryan (ARM) drew with GM Vitaly Sivuk (UKR)

Replay Round 2 games

The tournament is taking place at Yerevan in Armenia from 14th to 22nd October 2021. Time control is 90'/40 + 30' + 30" per move. Round 1-4 and 6-8 starts at 2 p.m. local time (3:30 p.m. IST). Round 5 and the final round will start at 11:00 a.m. local time (12:30 p.m. IST).

Round 2 results

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	38	WGM	Vaishali R	IND	2419	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Gukesh D	IND	2640	2
2	3	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	IND	2634	1	1 - 0	1	WGM	Sargsyan Anna M	ARM	2402	40
3	39	IM	Daneshvar Bardiya	IRI	2403	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	GEO	2570	4
4	5	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	IND	2568	1	1 - 0	1	IM	Krishna Teja, N	IND	2385	42
5	43	IM	Padmini Rout	IND	2380	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Paichadze Luka	GEO	2566	6
6	7	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	ARM	2562	1	1 - 0	1	IM	Moksh Amit Doshi	IND	2379	44
7	46	IM	Mullick Raahil	IND	2368	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Goganov Aleksey	RUS	2557	8
8	9	GM	Sychev Klementy	RUS	2555	1	1 - 0	1	FM	Barseghyan Armen Ar	ARM	2356	48
9	47	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	IND	2367	1	1 - 0	1	GM	Pultinevicius Paulius	LTU	2552	10
10	50	GM	Baghdasaryan Vahe	ARM	2334	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Sivuk Vitaly	UKR	2529	12
11	13	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	IND	2517	1	½ - ½	1	WIM	Vantika Agrawal	IND	2322	52
12	51	FM	Hakemi Arman	IRI	2323	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Hayrapetyan Hovik	ARM	2500	14
13	15	IM	Nikitenko Mihail	BLR	2499	1	½ - ½	1	FM	Atakhan Abtin	IRI	2319	54
14	55	IM	Nadanian Ashot	ARM	2317	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Quparadze Giga	GEO	2495	16
15	17	GM	Mikaelyan Arman	ARM	2487	1	1 - 0	1	IM	Sharma Dinesh K	IND	2289	58

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Round 3 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Gukesh D	IND	2640	2		2	GM	Golubka Petro	UKR	2438	29
2	30	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	IND	2435	2		2	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	IND	2634	3
3	32		Pour Agha Bala Amirreza	IRI	2432	2		2	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	IND	2568	5
4	33	GM	Simonian Hrair	ARM	2430	2		2	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	ARM	2562	7
5	34	IM	Pranav Anand	IND	2430	2		2	GM	Sychev Klementy	RUS	2555	9
6	14	GM	Hayrapetyan Hovik	ARM	2500	2		2	FM	Daghli Arash	IRI	2427	37
7	47	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	IND	2367	2		2	GM	Mikaelyan Arman	ARM	2487	17
8	57		Kunal M	IND	2290	2		2	IM	Shahinyan David	ARM	2469	23
9	4	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	GEO	2570	1½		2	FM	Yeritsyan Hayk	ARM	2268	61
10	52	WIM	Vantika Agrawal	IND	2322	1½		1½	GM	Narayanan S.L.	IND	2647	1
11	6	GM	Paichadze Luka	GEO	2566	1½		1½	IM	Petriashvili Nikoloz	GEO	2432	31
12	8	GM	Goganov Aleksey	RUS	2557	1½		1½	IM	Daneshvar Bardiya	IRI	2403	39
13	12	GM	Sivuk Vitaly	UKR	2529	1½		1½	IM	Padmini Rout	IND	2380	43
14	54	FM	Atakhan Abtin	IRI	2319	1½		1½	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	IND	2517	13
15	62		Panesar Vedant	IND	2266	1½		1½	IM	Nikitenko Mihail	BLR	2499	15

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