Iniyan ends Gukesh's unbeaten streak
GM Iniyan P started the penultimate day of AICF World Cup Qualifier with a victory over IM C R G Krishna, then he lost to GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly but he immediately bounced back and beat the tournament leader Gukesh with a fantastical technical play in the endgame.
GM Gukesh D started the day with a victory over IM Nitin S who blundered in a seemingly equal position. Then he made a comfortable draw with IM Aditya Mittal in Round 13 before losing the last round of the penultimate day against Iniyan.
IM Raja Rithvik R continued his impressive run in the tournament as 2.0/3 today without conceding a single game.
GM Sethuraman SP had only two games because of a mandatory Bye as per tournament regulations. He scored 1.5/2
GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly's woes continued as he started the day with a loss against IM Aditya Mittal but then won the next two games and Iniyan and GM Narayanan S L.
Replay Round 12-14 games
Round 12-14 results
| Round 12 on 2021/05/29 at 1000 hrs | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 16 | 2660 | GM | Baskaran Adhiban | 0 - 1 | GM | Sengupta Deep | 2527 | 14 |
| 2 | 17 | 2305 | FM | Vinay Kumar Matta | 1 - 0 | IM | Krishnan P Saravana | 2312 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 2463 | IM | Srivatshav Peddi Rahul | 0 - 1 | IM | Rithvik R Raja | 2408 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 2381 | IM | S. Nitin | 0 - 1 | GM | Gukesh D | 2578 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 2438 | IM | Mittal Aditya | 1 - 0 | GM | Sekhar Ganguly Surya | 2625 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 2506 | GM | P Iniyan | 1 - 0 | IM | Krishna Crg | 2478 | 9 |
| 7 | 5 | 2624 | GM | S.L Narayanan | 1 - 0 | FM | Singhania Vatsal | 2371 | 8 |
| 8 | 6 | 2351 | IM | Swaminathan Soumya | 0 - 1 | GM | Vasanthan Perumal Vishnu Prasanna | 2476 | 7 |
| 9 | 15 | 2644 | GM | S.p Sethuraman | 0 | bye | 0 | -1 | |
| Round 13 on 2021/05/29 at 1100 hrs | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 8 | 2371 | FM | Singhania Vatsal | ½ - ½ | IM | Swaminathan Soumya | 2351 | 6 |
| 2 | 9 | 2478 | IM | Krishna Crg | 1 - 0 | GM | S.L Narayanan | 2624 | 5 |
| 3 | 10 | 2625 | GM | Sekhar Ganguly Surya | 1 - 0 | GM | P Iniyan | 2506 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 | 2578 | GM | Gukesh D | ½ - ½ | IM | Mittal Aditya | 2438 | 3 |
| 5 | 12 | 2408 | IM | Rithvik R Raja | ½ - ½ | IM | S. Nitin | 2381 | 2 |
| 6 | 13 | 2312 | IM | Krishnan P Saravana | 0 - 1 | IM | Srivatshav Peddi Rahul | 2463 | 1 |
| 7 | 14 | 2527 | GM | Sengupta Deep | 1 - 0 | FM | Vinay Kumar Matta | 2305 | 17 |
| 8 | 15 | 2644 | GM | S.p Sethuraman | ½ - ½ | GM | Baskaran Adhiban | 2660 | 16 |
| 9 | 7 | 2476 | GM | Vasanthan Perumal Vishnu Prasanna | 0 | bye | 0 | -1 | |
| Round 14 on 2021/05/29 at 1200 hrs | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 17 | 2305 | FM | Vinay Kumar Matta | 0 - 1 | GM | S.p Sethuraman | 2644 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | 2463 | IM | Srivatshav Peddi Rahul | 1 - 0 | GM | Sengupta Deep | 2527 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 2381 | IM | S. Nitin | 1 - 0 | IM | Krishnan P Saravana | 2312 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 2438 | IM | Mittal Aditya | ½ - ½ | IM | Rithvik R Raja | 2408 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | 2506 | GM | P Iniyan | 1 - 0 | GM | Gukesh D | 2578 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | 2624 | GM | S.L Narayanan | 0 - 1 | GM | Sekhar Ganguly Surya | 2625 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | 2351 | IM | Swaminathan Soumya | 1 - 0 | IM | Krishna Crg | 2478 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | 2476 | GM | Vasanthan Perumal Vishnu Prasanna | ½ - ½ | FM | Singhania Vatsal | 2371 | 8 |
| 9 | 16 | 2660 | GM | Baskaran Adhiban | 0 | bye | 0 | -1 | |
Standings after Round 14
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | |
| 1 | 4 | GM | P Iniyan | IND | 2506 | 10,5 | 0,0 | 62,00 | 10 | 4 |
| 2 | 11 | GM | Gukesh D | IND | 2578 | 10,0 | 0,0 | 59,00 | 8 | 5 |
| 3 | 12 | IM | Rithvik R Raja | IND | 2408 | 9,5 | 0,0 | 54,25 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | 15 | GM | S.p Sethuraman | IND | 2644 | 9,0 | 0,0 | 47,25 | 7 | 4 |
| 5 | 10 | GM | Sekhar Ganguly Surya | IND | 2625 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 58,50 | 8 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | IM | Srivatshav Peddi Rahul | IND | 2463 | 7,5 | 0,5 | 46,25 | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | GM | S.L Narayanan | IND | 2624 | 7,5 | 0,5 | 41,00 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | 2 | IM | S. Nitin | IND | 2381 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 33,00 | 6 | 2 |
| 9 | 14 | GM | Sengupta Deep | IND | 2527 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 32,00 | 6 | 3 |
| 10 | 16 | GM | Baskaran Adhiban | IND | 2660 | 6,5 | 0,5 | 39,00 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | 3 | IM | Mittal Aditya | IND | 2438 | 6,5 | 0,5 | 38,50 | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | 9 | IM | Krishna Crg | IND | 2478 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 31,25 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | 7 | GM | Vasanthan Perumal Vishnu Prasanna | IND | 2476 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 28,75 | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | 6 | IM | Swaminathan Soumya | IND | 2351 | 4,0 | 1,0 | 19,00 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | 17 | FM | Vinay Kumar Matta | IND | 2305 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 21,00 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | 13 | IM | Krishnan P Saravana | IND | 2312 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 12,25 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | 8 | FM | Singhania Vatsal | IND | 2371 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 8,50 | 1 | 0 |
