With last two rounds to go, who are the top performing Indians at the Aeroflot Open 2020

by Sagar Shah - 26/02/2020

The Aeroflot Open 2020 is entering a crucial phase. Last two rounds of the tournament are left to be played. Several Indians have performed well until now and if they continue to do so, could well return back with top places as well as norms. In the A group it is Adhiban and Aravindh Chithambaram who have excellent chances of a podium finish. Youngsters Aditya Mittal, Bharath Subramaniyam, Pranesh and a few others have chances of making a GM norm. In the B-group we have Ameya Audi and Rathanvel who have played exceedingly well and are currently the best performing Indians with 5.0/7. They are followed by Sammed Shete, Nitish Belurkar and M.R. Venkatesh. In the C-group Rahul Sangma has good chances to fight for the top prize.

A group

The A group of the Aeroflot Open is for players above 2550 Elo. We have 26 Indians taking part in it and the organizers have been kind enough to allow several of our players who are rated below 2550. Who are the best performing Indians?

Know for his aggressive brand of play, Adhiban has the best chances of a podium finish. He is currently on 5.0/7 and in third position. The good news? He is facing the leader Rauf Mamedov (5.5/7) in the 8th round! | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

A performance of 2730 is a fantastic one! Adhiban would be looking for a strong finish in the last two rounds.

After losing the first round, Aravindh has come back in a hurry and has won four of his games! | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

5.0/7 and a rating performance of 2689 for Aravindh

It's very difficult to beat Aryan Chopra. After finishing as the best performing Indian at the Gibraltar Masters, Aryan has picked up from where he left and is on 4.0/7. He hasn't lost a single game yet! | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

So many draws with 2600+ opponents just goes to show where Aryan belongs in terms of rating!

Bharath Subramaniyam has been the find of the event. After a blistering start of 3.5/4, Bharath has slowed down a bit with a half point in the last three rounds. However, his performance of 4.0/7 seems already good enough for his maiden GM norm. Perhaps he may have to score another half a point in the remaining two rounds! | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

To beat Antipov, Sargissian and Jianchao would mean a good chess career! Bharath did it one tournament at the age of 12!

Usually Raunak Sadhwani is quite solid. But here he is going all out. Seven decisive games in seven rounds! | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

After two losses in the first two rounds, Raunak is now making a strong comeback. It might not be easy to stop him in the remaining two rounds!

This tournament might well result in Aditya Mittal's first GM norm. All he needs is 1.5/2 finish. | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

Super solid performance by the 13-year-old youngster!

Pranesh is showing how his Delhi Open GM norm was no fluke! A 2548 performance for this youngster! | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

3.0/7 with a win over Boris Savchenko is a fine tournament for Pranesh

Visakh suffered his first loss of the tournament in the seventh round. Until then he hadn't lost a single game! | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

Visakh is gaining 10 Elo points and also has a rating performance of 2600+

Hunting for his GM title, CRG Krishna has gained some valuable Elo points here | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

With three points in the last four rounds, it seems like CRG Krishna is all set for a powerful finish

Overview of performances of Indians in Group A

SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Rk.	Group
6	GM	Adhiban B.	2654	IND	1	½	½	1	½	½	1			5,0	3	Open A
12	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2641	IND	1	1	½	½	0	½	½			4,0	24	Open A
14	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2637	IND	½	½	1	½	0	½	0	0	0	3,0	69	Open A
15	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2630	IND	0	1	1	½	1	½	1			5,0	9	Open A
30	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2602	IND	1	½	½	½	½	½	½			4,0	41	Open A
31	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2602	IND	½	1	½	½	0	½	½			3,5	53	Open A
34	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2597	IND	½	1	½	½	0	½	½			3,5	60	Open A
39	GM	Vaibhav Suri	2591	IND	½	1	½	½	½	1	0			4,0	22	Open A
46	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2563	IND	0	1	½	1	½	1	0			4,0	39	Open A
49	GM	Aryan Chopra	2562	IND	½	½	½	1	½	½	½			4,0	25	Open A
53	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2552	IND	½	½	½	0	1	0	½			3,0	64	Open A
59	GM	Sengupta Deep	2534	IND	1	0	0	½	½	½	1			3,5	61	Open A
61	IM	Sadhwani Raunak	2522	IND	0	0	1	1	0	1	1			4,0	33	Open A
64	GM	Visakh N R	2518	IND	1	½	½	½	½	½	0			3,5	42	Open A
69	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2483	IND	0	0	1	0	1	0	1			3,0	76	Open A
70	IM	Rahul Srivatshav P	2474	IND	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0	97	Open A
73	IM	Raja Harshit	2472	IND	½	½	0	½	½	½	½			3,0	73	Open A
80	IM	Krishna C R G	2443	IND	½	0	0	1	1	½	½			3,5	46	Open A
83	IM	Sreeshwan Maralakshikari	2440	IND	½	0	0	½	1	½	0			2,5	81	Open A
85	IM	Vignesh N R	2436	IND	0	½	1	½	0	0	½			2,5	83	Open A
88	IM	Aditya Mittal	2427	IND	½	½	0	½	½	1	½			3,5	57	Open A
90	FM	Pranesh M	2425	IND	½	1	½	½	0	½	0			3,0	66	Open A
91	IM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2418	IND	½	0	1	½	0	½	0			2,5	82	Open A
96	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2402	IND	1	½	1	1	0	½	0			4,0	21	Open A
97	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	2369	IND	½	0	½	0	½	½	0			2,0	91	Open A

Standings after round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	11	GM	Mamedov Rauf			AZE	2643	5,5	3	2583
2	4	GM	Sjugirov Sanan			RUS	2674	5,0	4	2595
3	6	GM	Adhiban B.			IND	2654	5,0	4	2573
4	8	GM	Jumabayev Rinat			KAZ	2646	5,0	4	2544
5	71	IM	Suleymanli Aydin	U18		AZE	2474	5,0	3	2616
6	40	GM	Petrosyan Manuel			ARM	2590	5,0	3	2585
7	17	GM	Paravyan David			RUS	2629	5,0	3	2557
8	29	GM	Yilmaz Mustafa			TUR	2607	5,0	3	2546
9	15	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.			IND	2630	5,0	3	2545
10	38	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej			BLR	2592	4,5	4	2597
	43	GM	Idani Pouya			IRI	2577	4,5	4	2597
12	48	GM	Antipov Mikhail Al.			RUS	2562	4,5	4	2511
13	22	GM	Indjic Aleksandar			SRB	2622	4,5	4	2475
14	5	GM	Sarana Alexey			RUS	2656	4,5	3	2586
15	3	GM	Maghsoodloo Parham			IRI	2674	4,5	3	2572
16	9	GM	Rakhmanov Aleksandr			RUS	2645	4,5	3	2552
17	19	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel			ROU	2626	4,5	3	2525
18	42	GM	Shimanov Aleksandr			RUS	2587	4,5	3	2519
19	28	GM	Svane Rasmus			GER	2608	4,5	3	2503
20	23	GM	Zhou Jianchao			CHN	2622	4,5	3	2500

B Group

This group consists of players between the rating of 2300 to 2550.

Ameya Audi has been the best performing Indian. He is on 5.0/7 and has a rating performance of 2567. | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

With a rating performance of 2545, Rathanvel might well be in with a chance to make his maiden GM norm | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

Sammed Shete with a rating of 2389 is performing well and is currently in 14th position | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

In 15th place right now is Nitish Belurkar with 4.5/7

M.R. Venkatesh is on 4.5/7 | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

Overview of Indian performance in B Group

SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Rk.	Group
10	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2494	IND	1	1	1	½	0	1	0			4,5	16	Open B
28	FM	Rathanvel V S	2426	IND	1	½	1	0	1	½	1			5,0	10	Open B
40		Sammed Jaykumar Shete	2389	IND	1	0	1	1	1	½	0			4,5	14	Open B
41	WGM	Vaishali R	2383	IND	½	1	0	1	0	1	½			4,0	29	Open B
44		Bhambure Shantanu	2382	IND	1	½	½	0	0	½	½			3,0	64	Open B
47		Ajay Krishna S	2378	IND	½	1	½	1	0	0	1			4,0	30	Open B
52	IM	Rajdeep Sarkar	2354	IND	½	1	0	½	0	1	1			4,0	38	Open B
53	FM	Audi Ameya	2354	IND	1	0	1	½	1	½	1			5,0	8	Open B
59	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	2344	IND	1	½	½	½	0	0	1			3,5	43	Open B
63	IM	Rakesh Kumar Jena	2336	IND	0	1	½	½	½	1	0			3,5	44	Open B
66	WIM	Divya Deshmukh	2322	IND	0	½	1	0	½	1	0			3,0	77	Open B
69	FM	Nitish Belurkar	2314	IND	1	½	½	½	0	1	1			4,5	15	Open B
70	FM	Pranav Anand	2309	IND	½	½	1	0	1	½	0			3,5	51	Open B
72	FM	Mahitosh Dey	2305	IND	0	0	0	½	1	½	½			2,5	94	Open B
77	IM	Sangma Rahul	2287	IND	½	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	0	2,5	91	Open B
82	WIM	Mahalakshmi M	2255	IND	½	½	0	0	0	½	½			2,0	95	Open B
86	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	2230	IND	0	0	½	0	1	1	0			2,5	90	Open B
88	WIM	Priyanka Nutakki	2212	IND	½	0	½	0	½	½	1			3,0	76	Open B
89	WGM	Srija Seshadri	2205	IND	0	0	1	0	1	0	1			3,0	73	Open B
97	WIM	Pujari Rucha	2189	IND	1	0	½	1	½	½	0			3,5	53	Open B
101		Utsab Chatterjee	2172	IND	½	0	1	0	0	1	½			3,0	75	Open B
105	WIM	Harshita Guddanti	2152	IND	0	1	0	1	0	0	½			2,5	84	Open B

Standings in the B group after round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	2	GM	Harutyunian Tigran K.			ARM	2538	5,5	4	2438
2	12		Utegaliyev Azamat			KAZ	2491	5,5	4	2367
3	27	IM	Muradli Mahammad	U18		AZE	2427	5,5	3	2437
4	9	IM	Afanasiev Nikita			RUS	2498	5,5	3	2436
5	16	GM	Hayrapetyan Hovik			ARM	2474	5,5	3	2433
6	48	WIM	Sargsyan Anna M.		w	ARM	2374	5,5	3	2415
7	3	GM	Lintchevski Daniil			RUS	2536	5,5	3	2379
8	53	FM	Audi Ameya			IND	2354	5,0	4	2432
9	39	IM	Sirosh Ilja			EST	2390	5,0	4	2418
10	28	FM	Rathanvel V S			IND	2426	5,0	3	2390
11	15	IM	Drygalov Sergey			RUS	2477	5,0	3	2381
12	1	GM	Bogdanovich Stanislav			UKR	2546	5,0	3	2367
13	6	GM	Levin Evgeny A.			RUS	2513	5,0	3	2352
14	40		Sammed Jaykumar Shete			IND	2389	4,5	4	2448
15	69	FM	Nitish Belurkar			IND	2314	4,5	4	2416
16	10	GM	Venkatesh M.R.			IND	2494	4,5	4	2397
17	94	FM	Krasikov Vladislav			RUS	2194	4,5	4	2372
18	17	IM	Golubov Saveliy			RUS	2469	4,5	4	2331
19	33	GM	Danielian Elina		w	ARM	2399	4,5	4	2304
20	29	IM	Dvalishvili Pavel S.			RUS	2416	4,5	4	2258

C-Group:

This group is for players below the Elo of 2300. Several Indians who are playing in the C-group are also playing in the B group.

Rahul Sangma has a chance of winning the C-group. He is currently on 5.0/7 and in 8th place. | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Overview of Indian performance at the C-group

SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts.	Rk.	Group
8	IM	Sangma Rahul	2287	IND	1	1	1	½	0	½	1	5,0	8	Open C
29	WIM	Pujari Rucha	2189	IND	½	1	1	0	1	½	0	4,0	36	Open C
38	WIM	Harshita Guddanti	2152	IND	1	½	1	1	0	1	0	4,5	20	Open C
40	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	2145	IND	1	0	½	1	½	1	0	4,0	40	Open C
51	WFM	Lakshmi C	2066	IND	1	½	1	0	0	0	1	3,5	50	Open C
56	WFM	Saranya J	2029	IND	0	½	1	1	0	½	0	3,0	69	Open C
62	WFM	Meghna C H	1988	IND	½	0	1	0	0	½	1	3,0	73	Open C
89		Meenatchi Rajam V	1659	IND	0	0	0	1	1	½	0	2,5	91	Open C

Standings after round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	1	FM	Boldoo Erdenepurev			MGL	2298	6,5	29,5
2	28		Sapaev Maksad			UZB	2190	6,0	26,5
3	7	FM	Isanzhulov Arystan	U18		KAZ	2289	5,5	33,5
4	5		Snatenkov Vitaliy			RUS	2294	5,5	32,0
	13	FM	Volkov Sergei			RUS	2268	5,5	32,0
6	11		Prikhodko Anton			RUS	2278	5,5	28,0
7	25	FM	Ter-Saakian Grigorii	U18		RUS	2220	5,5	27,0
8	8	IM	Sangma Rahul			IND	2287	5,0	32,5
9	4	IM	Iljin Timofey			UKR	2295	5,0	31,5
10	12	FM	Chizhikov Vladislav			RUS	2273	5,0	30,0
11	43	IM	Chudinovskikh Alexander M	S60		RUS	2122	5,0	29,5
12	2	FM	Nefedov Sergey			RUS	2298	5,0	28,5
13	23	FM	Rozanov Pavel B.			RUS	2233	5,0	28,0
	26	CM	Mikhailovsky Vladimir			RUS	2209	5,0	28,0
15	48		Gharagyozyan Artur			ARM	2091	5,0	25,5
16	17	FM	Vlassow Valentin			RUS	2257	4,5	31,0
	21		Minasyan Arnold			ARM	2248	4,5	31,0
18	22	FM	Bayarmandakh Balgan			MGL	2233	4,5	30,0
19	9		Doncev Alexandr			MDA	2285	4,5	28,5
	38	WIM	Harshita Guddanti		w	IND	2152	4,5	28,5

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