3rd Yerevan Open R6: Narayanan and Sivuk share the lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 20/10/2021

Top seed GM Narayanan S L scored his fifth consecutive victory as he defeated FM Arash Daghli (IRI) to maintain his lead 5.5/6 at the end of the sixth round of 3rd Yerevan Open. He is joined by GM Vitaly Sivuk (UKR) who also has the same points. They will clash in the seventh round. Three players are at a half point behind at 5.0/6 each. They are - GMs D Gukesh, Abhimanyu Puranik and IM David Shahinyan (ARM). Gukesh and Abhimanyu will face each other in Round 7. IM Bharath Subramaniyam H defeated GM Luka Paichadze (GEO). IMs P Shyam Nikhil, D K Sharma and WIM Isha Sharma held GMs Harsha Bharathakoti, Karen Movsziszian (ARM) and Vahe Baghdasaryan (ARM) to a draw each respectively. Round 7 starts today at 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Praggnanandhaa wins 3rd Yerevan Open Blitz

A day after winning the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour Finals, Praggnanandhaa scored 7.5/9 to win 3rd Yerevan Open Blitz. He had a full point lead heading into the final round. A last round loss against the eventual runner-up - Harsha Bharathakoti also did not diminish his championship chances. Apart from Praggnanandhaa and Harsha, Haik Martirosyan (ARM) also finished with the same score. He was placed third according to the tie-breaks. Pragg won AMD 250,000 (approx. ₹39319), Harsha earned AMD 180,000 (approx. ₹28310) and Haik got AMD 120,000 (approx. ₹18873).

Narayanan scored a fine victory | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Narayanan - Daghli: 1-0

GM Narayanan S L got a better position out of the opening against FM Arash Daghli (IRI).

Position after 27...Qh5

In an already difficult position, Black misplaced his queen 27...Qh5 which resulted in Black getting into further trouble after 28.Kg1. Now Black cannot retreat his bishop to c8 as 28...Bc8 results in 29.g4 Qh6 30.f5 Qg7 31.f6 Qh8. Thus, Black decided to sacrifice the bishop 28...Be2 29.g4 Bxg4 30.hxg4 Qxg4+ 31.Qg2. Now Black does not have enough compensation for the sacrificed bishop. Narayanan wrapped up the game in another nine moves.

Artur - Gukesh: 0-1

IM Artur Davtyan (ARM) was forced to give up his piece to prevent his queen from getting trapped by GM D Gukesh's pieces.

Position after 15...g5

After taking the pawn on b7, White has made some bad decisions which resulted in the queen getting cramped and lacking safe squares. 15...g5 forced White to play 16.Nxg5, else 16.Bg3 runs into Rfc8 17.Qd6 Rb6 18.Qe7 Re8 and the queen gets trapped. Gukesh converted his material advantage into a win with ease.

Gukesh outplayed his opponent | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Abhimanyu - Arystanbek: 1-0

GM Abhimanyu Puranik got the better of IM Arystanbek Urazayev (KAZ) after the latter misplayed the endgame.

GM Abhimanyu Puranik 5.0/6 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Harsha Bharathakoti - IM P Shyam Nikhil: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Karthik Venkataraman - GM Hrair Simonian (ARM): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) - IM Bharath Subramaniyam H: 0-1 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Arjun Erigaisi - IM Raahil Mullick: 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Sandipan Chanda - IM Sidhant Mohapatra: 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM D K Sharma - GM Karen Movsziszian (ARM): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

WIM Isha Sharma - GM Vahe Baghdasaryan (ARM): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

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Highlights

Here are a few interesting finishes of Round 6.

IM Artur Davtyan (ARM) lost to GM D Gukesh

IM Mamikon Gharibyan (ARM) drew with GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO)

IM Ashot Nadanian (ARM) defeated GM Hovik Hayrapetyan (ARM)

Replay Round 6 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 6 results

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Narayanan S.L.	IND	2647	4½	1 - 0	4½	FM	Daghli Arash	IRI	2427	37
2	9	GM	Sychev Klementy	RUS	2555	4½	0 - 1	4½	GM	Sivuk Vitaly	UKR	2529	12
3	25	IM	Davtyan Artur	ARM	2453	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Gukesh D	IND	2640	2
4	5	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	IND	2568	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Urazayev Arystanbek	KAZ	2451	27
5	7	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	ARM	2562	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Tahbaz Arash	IRI	2459	24
6	17	GM	Mikaelyan Arman	ARM	2487	4	½ - ½	4		Pour Agha Bala Amirreza	IRI	2432	32
7	23	IM	Shahinyan David	ARM	2469	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Morchiashvili Bachana	GEO	2319	53
8	22	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	ARM	2471	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	GEO	2570	4
9	29	GM	Golubka Petro	UKR	2438	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Goganov Aleksey	RUS	2557	8
10	13	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	IND	2517	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	IND	2453	26
11	55	IM	Nadanian Ashot	ARM	2317	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Hayrapetyan Hovik	ARM	2500	14
12	85		Mahdavi Reza	IRI	2124	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Quparadze Giga	GEO	2495	16
13	19	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	IND	2483	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Simonian Hrair	ARM	2430	33
14	6	GM	Paichadze Luka	GEO	2566	3	0 - 1	3½	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	IND	2435	30
15	3	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	IND	2634	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Mullick Raahil	IND	2368	46

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	12	GM	Sivuk Vitaly	UKR	2529	5½		5½	GM	Narayanan S.L.	IND	2647	1
2	2	GM	Gukesh D	IND	2640	5		5	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	IND	2568	5
3	7	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	ARM	2562	4½		5	IM	Shahinyan David	ARM	2469	23
4	30	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	IND	2435	4½		4½	GM	Sychev Klementy	RUS	2555	9
5	37	FM	Daghli Arash	IRI	2427	4½		4½	GM	Mikaelyan Arman	ARM	2487	17
6	32		Pour Agha Bala Amirreza	IRI	2432	4½		4½	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	IND	2483	19
7	24	IM	Tahbaz Arash	IRI	2459	4½		4½	IM	Nadanian Ashot	ARM	2317	55
8	27	IM	Urazayev Arystanbek	KAZ	2451	4		4	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	IND	2634	3
9	4	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	GEO	2570	4		4	GM	Babujian Levon	ARM	2447	28
10	8	GM	Goganov Aleksey	RUS	2557	4		4	IM	Petriashvili Nikoloz	GEO	2432	31
11	10	GM	Pultinevicius Paulius	LTU	2552	4		4	GM	Golubka Petro	UKR	2438	29
12	34	IM	Pranav Anand	IND	2430	4		4	GM	Chanda Sandipan	IND	2543	11
13	44	IM	Moksh Amit Doshi	IND	2379	4		4	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	IND	2517	13
14	16	GM	Quparadze Giga	GEO	2495	4		4	IM	Daneshvar Bardiya	IRI	2403	39
15	53	IM	Morchiashvili Bachana	GEO	2319	4		4	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	ARM	2471	22

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Final Standings in Blitz

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	U16		IND	2599	7,5	49,0	53,5	0,0
2	6	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti			IND	2576	7,5	47,5	50,5	0,0
3	3	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.			ARM	2656	7,5	46,5	51,0	0,0
4	2	GM	Quparadze Giga			GEO	2658	7,0	52,0	56,0	0,0
5	16	GM	Pourramezanali Amirreza			IRI	2393	7,0	48,5	53,0	0,0
6	5	GM	Gabuzyan Hovhannes			ARM	2580	7,0	46,0	50,0	0,0
7	8	GM	Sargsyan Shant	U20		ARM	2537	7,0	45,5	49,5	0,0
8	17	GM	Golubka Petro			UKR	2392	6,5	45,5	49,0	0,0
9	28	IM	Davtyan Artur	U20		ARM	2311	6,5	44,0	47,0	0,0
10	41	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	U14		IND	2230	6,5	40,0	42,5	0,0
11	23	GM	Hayrapetyan Hovik			ARM	2352	6,0	44,5	47,0	0,0
12	63		Rostami Hossein	U16		IRI	1857	6,0	44,5	46,0	0,0
13	13	IM	Nikitenko Mihail			BLR	2430	6,0	44,0	48,0	0,0
14	37	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	U18		ARM	2254	6,0	44,0	46,0	0,0
15	1	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert			ARM	2669	6,0	43,5	47,5	0,0
16	33	IM	Morchiashvili Bachana			GEO	2278	6,0	42,5	45,5	0,0
17	22	IM	Shahinyan David			ARM	2372	6,0	42,5	45,0	0,0
18	66	CM	Prraneeth Vuppala	U14		IND	1759	6,0	41,5	43,5	0,0
19	38	CM	Piliposyan Robert	U14		ARM	2247	6,0	40,5	43,5	0,0
20	14	IM	Petriashvili Nikoloz	U20		GEO	2430	6,0	38,0	41,5	0,0

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