Rozum blunders in a winning position against Tukhaev
It was one of the biggest blunders made by Ivan Rozum in the tournament. He has shown some really solid chess. However, in a completely winning position against Adam Tukhaev he blundered a full rook and later had to resign the game. Let's have a look at how it happened.
Black just played the move ...a5 and defended his pawn on b4. He is now threatening Rc8 to win the c7 pawn.
The knight on b5 supported the pawn on c7 but once the black king came over to d7 it was going to be curtains for White.
Black's last move was Kh7-g7?? which was a horrible move. Can you see why?
And just like that, from being able to reach 6.0/6, Ivan Rozum was pushed to 5.0/6 and Adam Tukhaev took the pole position with 5.5/6 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Both local boys Deep Sengupta and Sandipan Chanda scored wins over GM Ziaur Rahman and GM R.R. Laxman respectively
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Sandipan showed excellent calculations and technique to beat Laxman
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There was a point where Chanda calculated for nearly 30 minutes. What was he thinking? We ask him after the game!
Ziaur Rahman fought really hard, but towards the end he wasn't able to hold Deep Sengupta:
Nigel Short managed to get the better of Vietnamese GM Tran Tuan Minh
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Nigel Short shares with us his thoughts about his win over GM Tran Tuan Minh
Arjun Erigaisi and Nihal Sarin made a quick draw, the variation was short but highly interesting!
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Ivan Rozum won the best game of the day for Round 5
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IM Arghyadip and his wife visited the tournament hall
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IM Gukesh was pretty unlucky that he lost a drawn position against Vladimir Burmakin. But full credit to the Russian GM for trying right until the very end!
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Video gallery:
The blind chess players of India fighting hard against some of the best players of our country
Visually challenged national champion Kishan Gangolli beats young Siddhart Jagadeesh
Deepan Chakkravarthy was completely lost in the middlegame against GM Neelotpal Das, but somehow managed to save himself and convert the endgame
Final moments of Adam Tukhaev winning against Ivan Rozum
Results of round 6:
Rank after round 6:
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w | we | w-we | ||
| 1 | 9 | GM | Tukhaev Adam | UKR | 2551 | UKR | 5,5 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 21,5 | 19,75 | 5 | 5,5 | 4,32 | 1,18 | ||
| 2 | 6 | GM | Rozum Ivan | RUS | 2581 | RUS | 5,0 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 24,0 | 18,50 | 5 | 5 | 4,20 | 0,80 | ||
| 3 | 14 | GM | Narayanan Srinath | IND | 2525 | AIR INDIA | 5,0 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 22,0 | 17,25 | 4 | 5 | 3,79 | 1,21 | ||
| 4 | 8 | GM | Sengupta Deep | IND | 2563 | PSPB | 5,0 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,5 | 16,50 | 5 | 5 | 4,20 | 0,80 | ||
| 5 | 7 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | IND | 2573 | WB | 5,0 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 21,5 | 18,25 | 4 | 5 | 4,54 | 0,46 | ||
| 6 | 1 | GM | Short Nigel D | ENG | 2656 | ENG | 5,0 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 20,5 | 16,75 | 4 | 5 | 4,70 | 0,30 | ||
| 7 | 4 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | TJK | 2608 | TJK | 5,0 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 20,5 | 16,75 | 4 | 5 | 4,79 | 0,21 | ||
| 8 | 16 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2516 | RLYS | 5,0 | 0,0 | 17,5 | 19,5 | 16,00 | 5 | 5 | 4,74 | 0,26 | ||
| 9 | 13 | GM | Burmakin Vladimir | RUS | 2528 | RUS | 5,0 | 0,0 | 16,0 | 18,5 | 15,25 | 4 | 5 | 4,50 | 0,50 | ||
| 10 | 32 | IM | Nitin S. | IND | 2432 | RLYS | 4,5 | 0,0 | 20,5 | 23,0 | 15,50 | 4 | 4,5 | 3,70 | 0,80 | ||
| 11 | 21 | FM | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2488 | TEL | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 22,0 | 14,75 | 4 | 4,5 | 3,93 | 0,57 | ||
| 12 | 30 | IM | Das Sayantan | IND | 2437 | WB | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 22,0 | 16,75 | 3 | 4,5 | 4,20 | 0,30 | ||
| 13 | 12 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | IND | 2531 | PSPB | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 21,0 | 14,75 | 3 | 3,5 | 3,21 | 0,29 | ||
| 14 | 31 | GM | Sundararajan Kidambi | IND | 2434 | PSPB | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 21,5 | 16,25 | 3 | 4,5 | 4,42 | 0,08 | ||
| 15 | 45 | IM | Rathnakaran K. | IND | 2377 | RLYS | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 20,0 | 13,25 | 4 | 4,5 | 3,47 | 1,03 | ||
| 16 | 15 | GM | Shyam Sundar M. | IND | 2518 | TN | 4,5 | 0,0 | 17,5 | 20,0 | 14,75 | 3 | 4,5 | 4,56 | -0,06 | ||
| 17 | 41 | IM | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | IND | 2400 | KAR | 4,5 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 19,5 | 14,75 | 4 | 4,5 | 4,11 | 0,39 | ||
| 18 | 10 | IM | Nihal Sarin | IND | 2551 | KER | 4,5 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 19,5 | 14,50 | 3 | 4,5 | 4,73 | -0,23 | ||
| 19 | 39 | IM | Rahul Srivatshav P | IND | 2402 | AP | 4,5 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 19,5 | 14,25 | 3 | 4,5 | 4,45 | 0,05 | ||
| 20 | 3 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | IND | 2617 | PSPB | 4,5 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 19,0 | 14,25 | 4 | 4,5 | 5,14 | -0,64 |
Pairings for round 7:
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Short Nigel D | 2656 | 5 | 5½ | GM | Tukhaev Adam | 2551 | 9 | |||
| 2 | 4 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2608 | 5 | 5 | GM | Sengupta Deep | 2563 | 8 | |||
| 3 | 6 | GM | Rozum Ivan | 2581 | 5 | 5 | GM | Burmakin Vladimir | 2528 | 13 | |||
| 4 | 16 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | 2516 | 5 | 5 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | 2573 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 14 | GM | Narayanan Srinath | 2525 | 5 | 4½ | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2617 | 3 | |||
| 6 | 10 | IM | Nihal Sarin | 2551 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Sundararajan Kidambi | 2434 | 31 | |||
| 7 | 12 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2531 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Nitin S. | 2432 | 32 | |||
| 8 | 39 | IM | Rahul Srivatshav P | 2402 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Shyam Sundar M. | 2518 | 15 | |||
| 9 | 19 | GM | Neverov Valeriy | 2496 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | 2400 | 41 | |||
| 10 | 45 | IM | Rathnakaran K. | 2377 | 4½ | 4½ | FM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2488 | 21 |
Two battles that I am looking forward to are Nigel Short facing GM Adam Tukhaev and Sandipan Chanda up against Deepan Chakkravarthy.
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