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Goa GM 2018 Round 8: An Iranian, an Ukrainian and an Armenian

by Sagar Shah - 19/10/2018

Going into the last two rounds of the 1st Goa GM International 2018 we have three leaders with 7.0/8 points. Idani Pouya of Iran beat Ankit Gajwa, Valeriy Neverov played an absolute gem to beat his country mate Vitaly Bernadskiy and Levon Babujian managed to beat Ivan Popov. Following these three GMs are six players on 6.5/8. They include Deepan Chakkravarthy, Raahul VS, Karthik Venkatraman, Sayantan Das, Vitaly Sivuk and Sergey Kasparov. Although an Indian is not in the lead, four of them are half point shy of the leader and have excellent chances of overtaking them if they do well in the last round. An illustrated round 8 report from Goa.

Idani Pouya put Ankit Gajwa's scintillating run to a halt by beating him with the black pieces in Pirc | Photo: Niklesh Jain

The game was better for Pouya throughout, but towards the end when it started to get even, Ankit blundered and the game was all over.

Valeriy Neverov was surely the player of the day as he showcased some great accuracy to beat his country mate Vitaliy Bernadskiy. It was also very nice to see both of them fighting against each other and not agreeing a draw! | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Levon Babujian didn't play the most accurate game of his life, but to beat Ivan Popov is never easy! | Photo: Niklesh Jain

The game between Sivuk and Deepan ended in a draw | Photo: Niklesh Jain

A big upset of the day was Sayantan Das, who after a pretty lacklustre opening, suddenly got the better of Farrukh Amonatov, when the latter blundered! | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Amonatov was just not himself in the game. After blundering a pawn in the opening and playing a pawn down position for most of the game, he got his chance to draw the game with a perpetual, but in an equal position he went for the win and instead lost the game.

Aditya Mittal continued his good run and drew his game against GM Adam Tukhaev | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Sergey Kasparov managed to beat Anuj Shrivatri | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Samvel Ter-Sahakyan was back to his winning ways after losing the last two rounds! | Photo: Niklesh Jain

And so was Martyn Kravtsiv! | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Raahul VS analyzes his win against Rafael Bakunts

Karthik Venkatraman has recovered well in the tournament and with a win over Himal Gusain has reached 6.5/8 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Results of round 8

Bo.No. NameRtgClub/CityPts. ResultPts. NameRtgClub/City No.
175
FMGajwa Ankit 2224MP6 0 - 16 GMIdani Pouya 2588IRI
5
28
GMBernadskiy Vitaliy 2547UKR6 0 - 16 GMNeverov Valeriy 2488UKR
15
310
GMSivuk Vitaly 2545UKR6 ½ - ½6 GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J. 2540RLYS
11
418
GMBabujian Levon 2456ARM6 1 - 0 GMPopov Ivan 2611RUS
4
52
GMAmonatov Farrukh 2615TJK 0 - 1 IMDas Sayantan 2425WB
27
612
IMKarthik Venkataraman 2525AP 1 - 0 IMGusain Himal 2384RLYS
32
719
GMKasparov Sergey 2453BLR 1 - 0 Anuj Shrivatri 2345MP
40
854
Raahul V S 2294TN 1 - 0 IMBakunts Rafael 2427ARM
26
980
CMAditya Mittal 2215MAH ½ - ½5 GMTukhaev Adam 2556UKR
6
1050
FMJubin Jimmy 2308KER5 ½ - ½5 GMPredke Alexandr 2615RUS
3
1158
Patil Pratik 2280MAH5 0 - 15 GMTer-Sahakyan Samvel 2547ARM
9
1213
IMStany G.A. 2502AAI5 ½ - ½5 Sahil Tickoo 2217HAR
77
1362
IMDeshmukh Anup 2267LIC5 1 - 05 GMRahman Ziaur 2473BAN
17
1424
IMVardan Nagpal 2433DEL5 ½ - ½5 FMNitish Belurkar 2295GOA
53
1528
IMAkash G 2424TN5 1 - 05 Prasannaa.S 2124TN
103
1699
FMMatta Vinay Kumar 2129AB5 ½ - ½5 FMAudi Ameya 2375GOA
35
1744
Sahoo Utkal Ranjan 2332ODI5 ½ - ½5 AGMKiran Panditrao 1999MAH
144
18157
Prajesh R 1953TN5 0 - 1 GMMalakhatko Vadim 2552BEL
7
1970
FMNavalgund Niranjan 2245KAR 0 - 1 GMKravtsiv Martyn 2654UKR
1
2016
GMKunte Abhijit 2484PSPB ½ - ½ WGMSwati Ghate 2215LIC
79

Standings after round 8

Rk.SNo NamesexFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 Krtg+/-
115
GMNeverov ValeriyUKR2488UKR7,00,040,545,039,0061020,4
25
GMIdani PouyaIRI2588IRI7,00,039,544,037,7561010,3
318
GMBabujian LevonARM2456ARM7,00,038,041,536,5061022,1
411
GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.IND2540RLYS6,50,041,045,035,005106,1
510
GMSivuk VitalyUKR2545UKR6,50,040,545,034,7551010,0
619
GMKasparov SergeyBLR2453BLR6,50,039,042,031,7561015,0
727
IMDas SayantanIND2425WB6,50,036,040,030,7561011,6
854
Raahul V SIND2294TN6,50,036,039,031,5052037,6
912
IMKarthik VenkataramanIND2525AP6,50,034,538,531,50610-2,3
109
GMTer-Sahakyan SamvelARM2547ARM6,00,039,543,530,506101,8

Pairings of round 9

Bo.No. NameRtgClub/CityPts. ResultPts. NameRtgClub/City No.
15
GMIdani Pouya 2588IRI7 7 GMBabujian Levon 2456ARM
18
215
GMNeverov Valeriy 2488UKR7 IMKarthik Venkataraman 2525AP
12
327
IMDas Sayantan 2425WB GMSivuk Vitaly 2545UKR
10
411
GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J. 2540RLYS Raahul V S 2294TN
54
519
GMKasparov Sergey 2453BLR 6 GMBernadskiy Vitaliy 2547UKR
8
69
GMTer-Sahakyan Samvel 2547ARM6 6 IMDeshmukh Anup 2267LIC
62
780
CMAditya Mittal 2215MAH6 6 IMAkash G 2424TN
28
823
GMNeelotpal Das 2436PSPB 6 FMGajwa Ankit 2224MP
75
91
GMKravtsiv Martyn 2654UKR IMAbhishek Kelkar 2359MAH
38
1039
FMRajdeep Sarkar 2355WB GMAmonatov Farrukh 2615TJK
2

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Read previous reports:

Round 1: No less than Batumi

Round 2: 6-year-old prodigy and 12-year-old Veteran

Round 3+4: What is Troitsky's line?

Round 5: Who said GMs and IMs do not blunder

Round 6+7: Madhya Pradesh domination