56th Biel MTO R9: Aditya Samant becomes India's 83rd Grandmaster

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/07/2023

IM Aditya Samant just needed to play his ninth round game against GM Aryan Chopra at 56th Biel Chess Festival 2023 MTO. The result of the game was immaterial for his GM title. Aryan won the game and maintained his pursuit 7/9 against the tournament sole leader GM Xiangzhi Bu (CHN) 7.5/9. Thus, Aditya became India's 83rd and Maharashtra's 12th GM. The last two GMs from Maharashtra are named Aditya. For the third consecutive year, India has got a new GM at this event. Harshit Raja in 2021, Pranav Anand 2022 and now Aditya Samant. Liem Quang Le (VIE) 32.5/56 won the GMT event for the second consecutive year. Arjun Erigaisi defeated Vincent Keymer (GER) in the final round to dash his championship hopes. He finished second 31.5/56. David Navara (CZE) finished third 30.5/56. MTO Round 10 starts today from 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Biel Chess Festival

GMT: Liem wins twice in-a-row, Arjun spoils Keymer's finish

The Grandmaster title for IM Aditya S Samant was a long overdue. Anyone who has seen his games, is well aware of the fact that he likes playing sharp chess. However, he is also quite in his positional play. In every tournament he plays, there are at least one or two games which are worth checking out, irrespective of the result or the eventual tournament outcome. We will soon have a detailed report of Aditya's journey towards the coveted title.

India's 83rd GM Aditya S Samant

The maestro Vishy Anand congratulated Aditya Samant on increasing the rare club of Indian GMs to 83

56th Biel GMT 2023 champion - GM Liem Quang Le 32.5/56

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd GM Vincent Keymer (GER) 31.5/56, 1st GM Liem Quang Le (VIE) 32.5/56 and 3rd GM David Navara (CZE) 30.5/56

56th Biel Chess GMT 2023 participants with Peter Bohnenblust, OC President (left), Angelika Valkova and Paul Kohler, Tournament Director (right)

ISF Biel 2023 GMT Round 7 - Analysis with David Navara and Le Quang Liem | Video: Biel Chess Festival

GMT Round 7: GM David Navara (CZE) - GM Liem Quang Le (VIE): 0.5-0.5

GMT Round 7: Arjun - Keymer: 4-0

Until the final round of the Classical event, Arjun Erigaisi (2710) had won against Vincent Keymer (GER, 2690) only once in the Blitz event. In a difficult rook and minor piece endgame, the Germany no.1 made a minute error.

Position after 44...Nd4?

Arjun correctly seized his opportunity, 45.Kf2 Nb5 46.Rc8 Na7 47.Ra8 Nb5 48.Rb8 Nc7 49.Ncd6 Re8 White slowly improved his position before liquidating into a completely winning rook and pawn endgame.

ISF Biel 2023 GMT Round 7 - Analysis with Arjun Erigaisi | Video: Biel Chess Festival

Just like the Blitz event, GM Arjun Erigaisi defeated GM Vincent Keymer (GER) in the final round

A fantastic statistics shared by Biel Chess Festival. Well we certainly hope to get another new GM in 2024.

Replay 56th Biel International Chess Festival 2023 GMT Round 7 Live commentary by GM Arturs Neiksans (LAT) and Angelika Valkova (UKR) Part 1 | Video: Biel Chess Festival

Replay 56th Biel International Chess Festival 2023 GMT Round 7 Live commentary by GM Arturs Neiksans (LAT) and Angelika Valkova (UKR) Part 2 | Video: Biel Chess Festival

Replay 56th Biel International Chess Festival 2023 GMT Round 7 Live commentary by GM Arturs Neiksans (LAT) and Angelika Valkova (UKR) Part 3 | Video: Biel Chess Festival

Replay 56th Biel International Chess Festival 2023 GMT Round 7 Live commentary by GM Arturs Neiksans (LAT) and Angelika Valkova (UKR) Part 4 | Video: Biel Chess Festival

Replay 56th Biel International Chess Festival 2023 GMT Round 7 Live commentary by GM Arturs Neiksans (LAT) and Angelika Valkova (UKR) Part 5 | Video: Biel Chess Festival

Replay GMT Round 7 games

Replay MTO Round 9 games

GMT Scoring

Rapid: Win = 2 points, Draw = 1 point and Loss = 0

Classical: Win = 4 points, Draw = 1.5 points and Loss = 0

Blitz: Win = 1 point, Draw = 0.5 point and Loss = 0

GMT Round 7 results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2689	GM	Navara, David	½ - ½	GM	Le, Quang Liem	2728	8
2	5	2694	GM	Amin, Bassem	½ - ½	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2735	3
3	6	2710	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	1 - 0	GM	Keymer, Vincent	2690	2
4	7	2654	GM	Moussard, Jules	½ - ½	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2693	1

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Final standings at GMT

GM Liem Quang Le (VIE) won Biel GMT for the second consecutive year 32.5/56 | Source: Official site

MTO Round 9 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	1	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	2676	6½	1 - 0	6	GM	Pranav, Anand	2510	10	PGN
2	3	GM	Aryan, Chopra	2626	6	1 - 0	6	IM	Samant, Aditya S	2510	11	PGN
3	9	GM	Liu, Yan	2542	6	½ - ½	6		Peng, Xiongjian	2489	13	PGN
4	19	IM	Rathanvel, V S	2463	6	½ - ½	5½	WGM	Vantika, Agrawal	2428	28	PGN
5	16	IM	Samadov, Read	2482	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	2645	2	PGN
6	33	IM	Shlyakhtenko, Robert	2401	5½	1 - 0	5½	GM	Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto	2553	8	PGN
7	32	IM	Harikrishnan, A Ra	2406	5½	½ - ½	5	GM	Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel	2591	5	PGN
8	7	GM	Meshkovs, Nikita	2565	5	½ - ½	5	FM	Deuer, Marius	2374	39	PGN
9	46	FM	Huston, Gus	2341	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Saraci, Nderim	2472	18	PGN
10	41	FM	Dotzer, Lukas	2369	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Chasin, Nico	2455	20	PGN

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Standings after Round 9

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	Rp
1	1	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi			CHN	2676	7,5	48	366,5	2756
2	3	GM	Aryan, Chopra			IND	2626	7	48	364,5	2695
3	9	GM	Liu, Yan			CHN	2542	6,5	47	355	2646
4	13		Peng, Xiongjian			CHN	2489	6,5	43	350	2555
5	19	IM	Rathanvel, V S			IND	2463	6,5	41,5	334	2553
6	33	IM	Shlyakhtenko, Robert	U18		USA	2401	6,5	38	327	2506
7	11	IM	Samant, Aditya S	U18		IND	2510	6	48	357	2602
8	10	GM	Pranav, Anand	U18		IND	2510	6	47,5	358	2579
9	2	GM	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son			VIE	2645	6	47	340,5	2577
10	20	IM	Chasin, Nico	U18		USA	2455	6	45,5	342,5	2531

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Round 10 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	13		Peng, Xiongjian	2489	6½		7½	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	2676	1
2	3	GM	Aryan, Chopra	2626	7		6½	IM	Rathanvel, V S	2463	19
3	9	GM	Liu, Yan	2542	6½		6½	IM	Shlyakhtenko, Robert	2401	33
4	2	GM	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	2645	6		6	WGM	Vantika, Agrawal	2428	28
5	10	GM	Pranav, Anand	2510	6		6	IM	Samadov, Read	2482	16
6	22		Huang, Renjie	2445	6		6	IM	Samant, Aditya S	2510	11
7	20	IM	Chasin, Nico	2455	6		6	IM	Harikrishnan, A Ra	2406	32
8	36	IM	Seul, Georg	2376	6		5½	GM	Meshkovs, Nikita	2565	7
9	4	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	2603	5½		5½	IM	Sanchez Alvarez, Roberto Carlos	2444	23
10	48		Nie, Xinyang	2288	5½		5½	GM	Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel	2591	5

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