Aeroflot R06: Vaibhav Suri stuns top seed Vladislav Artemiev

by Satanick Mukhuty - 25/02/2020

India's Vaibhav Suri became the one to pull off the big stunner in round six of Aeroflot Open 2020 by defeating none other than the event's top seed Vladislav Artemiev of Russia. With four draws in the last five rounds, Vaibhav was having a somewhat lacklustre tournament, but with this one redeeming victory he has now successfully broken into the top ten on the leaderboard. Elsewhere, the 16-year-old Arjun Erigaisi too delivered a power-packed performance beating the strong Armenian Grandmaster Haik M. Martirosyan, while Bharath Subramaniyam managed to hold his own in a tense battle against the winner of this year's Gibraltar Masters David Paravyan. We bring an illustrated report.

Rauf Mamedov continues to lead the Aeroflot Open 2020 with an unbeaten score of 5.0/6 points. Sanan Sjugirov, Mustafa Yılmaz, and Manuel Petrosyan are the three players who constitute the chasing pack and follow him closely just half a point behind. Among the Indians, there are now five players led by the young Bharath Subramaniyam on 4.0/5 each. Vaibhav Suri and Arjun Erigaisi are notably the ones who have climbed up the leaderboard. While Vaibhav outplayed the top seed Vladislav Artemiev in the sixth round, Arjun impressed by beating the strong 2630-rated Armenian Haik M. Martirosyan.

Vaibhav Suri in action against the Russian phenom Vladislav Artemiev | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

Arjun Erigaisi started off the tournament with a shock defeat against IM Olga Badelka but has recovered well since then with a series of compelling performances | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

Vaibhav took charge in the game out of the opening itself. This was a classical Sicilian and Artemiev looked completely off colour with the black pieces. The Indian made good use of his superior activity and managed to cleanly liquidate into a winning ending with two passers on the queenside.

Arjun, on the other hand, edged out Haik in a complicated middlegame. It was a Sicilian once again but the Indian youngster wielded the black pieces and found creative ways to make use of the open file that his opponent carelessly conceded.

Bharath Subramaniyam proved his mettle once again by holding his own against David Paravyan. This was a complex melee where fortunes changed hands more than once and in the end the Russian decided to even out things with a perpetual | Photo: Puneet Jaiswal

Results of round six

Bo.

No.

Name

FED

Rtg

Pts.

Result

Pts.

Name

FED

Rtg

No.

Petrosyan Manuel

ARM

2590

½ - ½

4½

2643

2674

3½

1 - 0

3½

2623

2615

3½

½ - ½

3½

2656

2654

3½

½ - ½

3½

2573

2646

3½

½ - ½

3½

2592

2607

3½

1 - 0

3½

2639

2577

3½

½ - ½

3½

Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.

IND

2630

Bharath Subramaniyam H

IND

2402

3½

½ - ½

3½

Paravyan David

RUS

2629

Abdusattorov Nodirbek

UZB

2644

½ - ½

3½

2562

2591

1 - 0

Artemiev Vladislav

RUS

2728

Standings after round six

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	11	GM	Mamedov Rauf			AZE	2643	5,0	3	2569
2	4	GM	Sjugirov Sanan			RUS	2674	4,5	3	2589
3	29	GM	Yilmaz Mustafa			TUR	2607	4,5	3	2535
4	40	GM	Petrosyan Manuel			ARM	2590	4,5	2	2580
5	96	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	U18		IND	2402	4,0	3	2624
6	71	IM	Suleymanli Aydin	U18		AZE	2474	4,0	3	2616
7	39	GM	Vaibhav Suri			IND	2591	4,0	3	2590
8	5	GM	Sarana Alexey			RUS	2656	4,0	3	2588
9	38	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej			BLR	2592	4,0	3	2583
10	43	GM	Idani Pouya			IRI	2577	4,0	3	2582
11	6	GM	Adhiban B.			IND	2654	4,0	3	2575
12	3	GM	Maghsoodloo Parham			IRI	2674	4,0	3	2567
13	15	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.			IND	2630	4,0	3	2551
14	17	GM	Paravyan David			RUS	2629	4,0	3	2548
15	8	GM	Jumabayev Rinat			KAZ	2646	4,0	3	2537
16	46	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	U18		IND	2563	4,0	3	2490
17	23	GM	Zhou Jianchao			CHN	2622	4,0	3	2485
18	44	GM	Savchenko Boris			RUS	2573	4,0	3	2484
19	48	GM	Antipov Mikhail Al.			RUS	2562	4,0	3	2483
20	26	GM	Smirin Ilia			ISR	2615	4,0	2	2550

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