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Biel MTO 2021 R4: Ganguly, Karthikeyan and Pragg in the lead 3.5/4

by Shahid Ahmed - 30/07/2021

The third round of 54th Biel International Chess Festival 2021 GMT witnessed 50% decisive games. Nihal drew with Pichot, Gelfand and Studer scored a win each. In the MTO section, Ganguly drew with Salem in an exciting battle. Praggnanandhaa and Karthikeyan Murali joined the lead with Ganguly, Salem and Fedorchuk at 3.5/5 each respectively. IM Harshit Raja continues his good run as he drew with GM Tamas Banusz (HUN). IM Vignesh N R drew with compatriot GM Arjun Erigaisi. GMT Classical Round 4 and MTO Round 5 starts at 5:30 p.m. IST today. Photo: Biel Chess Festival

Nihal makes a draw with Pichot

Nihal Sarin thwarted all attempts by his opponent Alan Pichot and made a solid draw. Boris Gelfand and Noel Studer scored a win each over Vincent Keymer and Maxime Lagarde respectively. Tournament leader Gata Kamsky (18 points) drew with Kirill Alekseenko who is in pursuit at 15 points. Nihal has now jumped to the third place at 13 points.

Pichot is still undefeated in the Classical event | Photo: Biel Chess Festival

GMT: Pichot - Nihal: 0.5-0.5

Nihal had a well-fought draw with Pichot. The Argentine prevented all of his opponent's attempts to stir up trouble.

MTO: Ganguly - Salem: 0.5-0.5

Ganguly and Salem had an exciting draw.

Position after 29...Qb7

30.Bxc6 leads to an interesting continuation, 30...Bxc6 31.Nxc6 Rb3 32.Qc4 Rb5 33.Rg1. The game continued 30.Qd3

Position after 41...f6

White could have tightened the grip 42.g5 fxg5 43.Qxd7 gxf4 44.Qxd5+ Rf7 45.e6 Re7 46.Nc5 and White is in full control. 42.Kg2 was played and the game ended with a draw by perpetual check.

Salem always plays exciting games | Photo: Biel Chess Festival

IM Harshit Raja held GM Tamasz Banusz (HUN) | Photo: Biel Chess Festival

GM Visakh N R lost to GM Sethuraman S P | Photo: Biel Chess Festival

Highlights

Here are a few interesting finishes from MTO Round 4

GM Tamasz Banusz (HUN) drew with IM Harshit Raja

GM Raunak Sadhwani defeated IM Tal Haimovich (ISR)

FM Elliott Papadiamandis (FRA) drew with GM Bence Korpa (HUN)

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Photo Gallery

Maxime Lagarde (FRA) lost to Noel Studer (SUI) | Photo: Biel Chess Festival

Kirill Alekseenko (RUS) drew with Gata Kamsky (USA) | Photo: Biel Chess Festival

Boris Gelfand (ISR) defeated Vincent Keymer (GER) | Photo: Biel Chess Festival

Alan Pichot (ARG) and Nihal Sarin fist bump | Photo: Biel Chess Festival

Nihal eagerly awaits the blitz event | Photo: Biel Chess Festival

The playing arena | Photo: Biel Chess Festival

GMT Classical Round 3 results

Bo.No.RtgNameResultNameRtgNo.
122648GMLagarde Maxime0 - 1GMStuder Noel25818
232699GMAlekseenko Kirill½ - ½GMKamsky Gata26581
342675GMGelfand Boris1 - 0GMKeymer Vincent25917
452630GMPichot Alan½ - ½GMNihal Sarin26206

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Round 4 pairings

Bo.No.RtgNameResultNameRtgNo.
182581GMStuder NoelGMNihal Sarin26206
272591GMKeymer VincentGMPichot Alan26305
312658GMKamsky GataGMGelfand Boris26754
422648GMLagarde MaximeGMAlekseenko Kirill26993

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GMT Overall standings

GMT Classical Scoring: Win - 4 points, Draw - 1.5 points and Loss - 0.

MTO Round 4 results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
18
GMGanguly Surya Shekhar26253½ - ½3GMSaleh Salem A.R.2682
1
22
GMEljanov Pavel2671½ - ½GMWagner Dennis2572
17
313
GMFedorchuk Sergey25981 - 0GMChithambaram Aravindh2641
5
46
GMBanusz Tamas2631½ - ½IMRaja Harshit2484
29
516
GMYuffa Daniil2578½ - ½GMNarayanan S.L.2624
9
618
GMDragnev Valentin25690 - 1GMR Praggnanandhaa2608
11
712
GMMurali Karthikeyan26061 - 0WGMVaishali R2393
33
825
GMNR Visakh251620 - 12GMSethuraman S.P.2644
4
923
GMValsecchi Alessio25272½ - ½2GMChigaev Maksim2630
7
1010
GMErdos Viktor261421 - 02IMGschnitzer Adrian2420
31
1114
GMPuranik Abhimanyu25892½ - ½2IMKalyan Arjun2503
28
1230
IMNR Vignesh24282½ - ½2GMErigaisi Arjun2567
19
1320
GMSadhwani Raunak255521 - 02IMHaimovich Tal2388
35
1438
FMPapadiamandis Elliot23632½ - ½2GMKorpa Bence2536
21
1522
GMKantor Gergely25271 - 02IMJ Sai Agni Jeevitesh2322
40

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
11
GMSaleh Salem A.R.2682GMMurali Karthikeyan2606
12
211
GMR Praggnanandhaa2608GMGanguly Surya Shekhar2625
8
36
GMBanusz Tamas26313GMFedorchuk Sergey2598
13
429
IMRaja Harshit248433GMEljanov Pavel2671
2
54
GMSethuraman S.P.264433GMYuffa Daniil2578
16
69
GMNarayanan S.L.262433GMSadhwani Raunak2555
20
717
GMWagner Dennis257233GMErdos Viktor2614
10
83
GMDonchenko Alexander2652GMValsecchi Alessio2527
23
95
GMChithambaram Aravindh2641GMTang Andrew2525
24
107
GMChigaev Maksim2630GMShchekachev Andrei2515
26
1130
IMNR Vignesh2428GMPuranik Abhimanyu2589
14
1215
GMGukesh Dommaraju2578IMUnuk Laura2407
32
1328
IMKalyan Arjun2503GMDragnev Valentin2569
18
1419
GMErigaisi Arjun2567FMPapadiamandis Elliot2363
38
1521
GMKorpa Bence2536IMBänziger Fabian2392
34

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