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Tata Steel Asian Junior 2023 R7: Rohith Krishna and Aswath join Grebnev at the top

by Shahid Ahmed - 14/09/2023

FM Ayush Sharma held the top seed, IM Aleksey Grebnev to a draw at Tata Steel Asian Junior 2023 Open Round 7. IM S Rohith Krishna and Aswath S defeated FM Ritvik Krishnan and IM Gilbert Elroy Tarigan (INA) respectively to join the lead 5.5/7. Both Rohith and Aswath capitalized on their chances in the endgame. Rohith will face Grebnev and Aswath will be up against Manish in the penultimate round. In the Girls section, Tejaswini G won against Mrittika Mallick in a clash of the current National age group champions. WCM Bristy Mukherjee defeated Shubhi Gupta to maintain her lead. Tejaswini and Bristy will inevitably clash in Round 8 as they are the coleaders 6/7. Round 8 Open and Girls starts today from 9:30 a.m. IST. Photos: Himank Ghosh

Tejaswini and Bristy maintain their lead

Seven out of the top ten games ended decisively in each section of Round 7. That certainly speaks a lot about how the competition is heating up as the fight for the medal contention gets intense.

Aswath S defeated IM Gilbert Elroy Tarigan (INA) to join the lead with IM Aleksey Grebnev and IM S Rohith Krishna 5.5/7

Rohith - Rithvik

Position after 39...Qg4?

It was not an easy position to defend for FM Ritvik Krishnan (2062), considering the fact that his king is cornered. It reduced his options to move his queen and rook freely. Compared to that, White can keep improving his queen and rook's position until he gets what he wants. That is what IM S Rohith Krishna (2429) did. 40.Qe5+ Qg7 41.Rf6 Qg5 42.Qe7 Qc1+ 43.Kh2 Qg5 after repeating once 46.Qe6 Qg4 47.Rf5 White obviously does not want to trade queens Qg6 48.Qd7 Rg7 49.Rf8+ Rg8 50.Rf7 Qe4+ 51.Kh2 a5 52.Qd6 and it's over.

IM S Rohith Krishna defeated FM Ritvik Krishnan to join the lead with Grebnev and Aswath 5.5/7

IM Aleksey Grebnev - FM Ayush Sharma: 0.5-0.5

Aswath - Gilbert

Position after 34...d4?!

First IM Gilbert Elroy Tarigan (INA, 2370) sacrificed his pawn 34...d4?! 35.exd4 Then he allowed the white rook to access e-file 35...Bc6 36.Re2. Aswath S (2335) gained another pawn and converted his advantage into a win comfortably.

Aswath S joins the three-way lead | Video: ChessBase India

Aswath S defeated IM Gilbert Elroy Tarigan (INA) to join the lead and make it three-way

Srihari - Sambit

Position after 21.dxe5

IM Sambit Panda (2395) made a correct queen exchange for two rooks against IM Srihari L R (2444) 21...Qxd1+ 22.Qxd1 bxc5 23.Bxc5 Rfd8 24.Qa1? Rd2! 25.Bf3 Rad8 26.Be3 Nxe5! 27.Bg4 Nxg4 28.Bxd2 Rxd2 and White does not have much to go on.

IM Sambit Panda scored an emphatic victory over IM Srihari L R

Girls: Mrittika - Tejaswini: 0-1

In a battle of two National champions - reigning Sub-Junior Girls champion, Tejaswini G (1905) got the better of the current Under-17 Girls champion, Mrittika Mallick (2059).

Position after 32...b4!

Black offered her second pawn as a sacrifice to gain positional advantage. 32...b4! 33.Bxb4 g4 34.h4 Qe7 35.g3 Ba7 36.Bxc5 Bxc5 37.Rf1 Rd7 and things just slowly went out of hand for White.

Mrittika Mallick lost the game and the lead against Tejaswini G

Bristy - Shubhi

Position after 50.Nd7

Shubhi Gupta (1761) advanced her king to the wrong part of the board. However, it was not over yet after 50.Nd7. Sure, Black is losing the b6-pawn and there is no way to defend it. Black needed to better her worst placed piece, which is the king. 50...Kg3 51.Nxb6 Kf2 52.Nd7 Bb4 was a way to continue the fight. 50...a4? 51.bxa4 Ba5 52.Nf8 Kg3 53.Ne6 and White won the game in the next few moves.

WCM Bristy Mukherjee defeated Shubhi Gupta to maintain her lead with Tejaswini G

Round 7 in progress at JFC Lounge, JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur

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Schedule

Classical - Open and Girls from 9:30 a.m. IST from 10th to 15th September. There are double rounds on 10th and 12th September.

Blitz - Open and Girls on 15th September 2023 from 3 p.m. IST.

Time Control

Rapid: 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment

Classical: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment

Blitz: 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment

Round 7 Open results

Bo.No. NameFEDRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtgClub/City No.PGN
11
IMGrebnev, AlekseyFID2486FIDE5½ - ½4½FMAyush, SharmaIND2371India
11PGN
23
IMRohith, Krishna SIND2429India4½1 - 04½FMKrishnan, RitvikIND2062India
27PGN
313
FMAswath, SIND2335India4½1 - 04½IMTarigan, Gilbert ElroyINA2370Indonesia
12PGN
42
IMSrihari, L RIND2444India4½0 - 14IMPanda, SambitIND2395India
9PGN
517
FMMohamed, Anees MIND2295India40 - 14IMManish, Anto Cristiano FIND2372India
10PGN
618
IMAvinash, RameshIND2292India4½ - ½4CMMayank, ChakrabortyIND2329India
14PGN
721
Srihari, LIND2207India41 - 04FMManon, Reja NeerBAN2295Bangladesh
16PGN
87
FMLiyanage, Ranindu DilshanSRI2407Sri Lanka3½½ - ½4Alekhya, MukhopadhyayIND2149India
26PGN
94
CMDaakshin, ArunIND2427India3½0 - 13½FMBizhigitov, ZhangirKAZ2233Kazakhstan
20PGN
1041
Sharnarthi, VireshIND1764India3½0 - 13½IMKushagra, MohanIND2410India
6PGN

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Standings after Round 7

Rk.SNo NameTypsexFEDRtgClub/City TB1 
11
IMGrebnev, AlekseyU18FID2486FIDE5,5
3
IMRohith, Krishna SU18IND2429India5,5
13
FMAswath, SU16IND2335India5,5
49
IMPanda, SambitIND2395India5
10
IMManish, Anto Cristiano FU18IND2372India5
11
FMAyush, SharmaU18IND2371India5
21
Srihari, LIND2207India5
82
IMSrihari, L RU18IND2444India4,5
6
IMKushagra, MohanIND2410India4,5
12
IMTarigan, Gilbert ElroyINA2370Indonesia4,5

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.No. NameFEDRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtgClub/City No.
13
IMRohith, Krishna SIND2429India5½5½IMGrebnev, AlekseyFID2486FIDE
1
210
IMManish, Anto Cristiano FIND2372India55½FMAswath, SIND2335India
13
39
IMPanda, SambitIND2395India55Srihari, LIND2207India
21
412
IMTarigan, Gilbert ElroyINA2370Indonesia4½5FMAyush, SharmaIND2371India
11
520
FMBizhigitov, ZhangirKAZ2233Kazakhstan4½4½IMSrihari, L RIND2444India
2
66
IMKushagra, MohanIND2410India4½4½Ajay, Santhosh ParvathareddyIND2184India
22
714
CMMayank, ChakrabortyIND2329India4½4½FMKrishnan, RitvikIND2062India
27
826
Alekhya, MukhopadhyayIND2149India4½4½IMAvinash, RameshIND2292India
18
917
FMMohamed, Anees MIND2295India44FMLiyanage, Ranindu DilshanSRI2407Sri Lanka
7
1030
CMAdireddy, ArjunIND2057India44FMZia, Tahsin TajwarBAN2321Bangladesh
15

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Round 7 Girls results

Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.PGN
15
Mrittika, MallickIND205950 - 15Tejaswini, GIND1905
11PGN
213
WCMBristy, MukherjeeIND185851 - 04½AFMShubhi, GuptaIND1761
20PGN
332
Keerti, Shree ReddyIND15804½0 - 14½WIMNurgali, NazerkeKAZ2268
1PGN
43
WIMBommini, Mounika AkshayaIND20964½1 - 04Poorna, Sri M.KIND1821
17PGN
59
Kaldarova, AyaulymKAZ19334½ - ½4WIMSalonika, SainaIND2140
2PGN
64
WIMMrudul, DehankarIND205941 - 04WCMKriti, Mayur PatelIND1435
40PGN
737
Sherali, PattnaikIND14784½ - ½4Patil, DivyaIND1496
35PGN
824
Dakshita, KumawatIND16903½0 - 13½WIMSultanbek, ZeinepKAZ2022
6PGN
97
WFMJyothsna, LIND19403½0 - 13½Ivanova, Anastasia S.FID1840
15PGN
1022
WCMSanudula, K M DahamdiSRI17313½½ - ½3½Rindhiya, VIND1918
10PGN

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Standings after Round 7

Rk.SNo NameTypsexFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
111
Tejaswini, GF16wIND1905627,531019345
213
WCMBristy, MukherjeewIND185862528016555
31
WIMNurgali, NazerkewKAZ22685,52527,5017204
43
WIMBommini, Mounika AkshayawIND20965,524,528018264
55
Mrittika, MallickF16wIND2059526,530017114
64
WIMMrudul, DehankarwIND205952326016314
72
WIMSalonika, SainawIND21404,53033,5018153
832
Keerti, Shree ReddyF16wIND15804,52932,5019724
920
AFMShubhi, GuptaF16wIND17614,52931,5018383
1035
Patil, DivyaF16wIND14964,52730,5018033

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
111
Tejaswini, GIND190566WCMBristy, MukherjeeIND1858
13
21
WIMNurgali, NazerkeKAZ22685½5½WIMBommini, Mounika AkshayaIND2096
3
35
Mrittika, MallickIND205955WIMMrudul, DehankarIND2059
4
42
WIMSalonika, SainaIND21404½4½Sherali, PattnaikIND1478
37
56
WIMSultanbek, ZeinepKAZ20224½4½Kaldarova, AyaulymKAZ1933
9
635
Patil, DivyaIND14964½4½Ivanova, Anastasia S.FID1840
15
720
AFMShubhi, GuptaIND17614½4½Keerti, Shree ReddyIND1580
32
810
Rindhiya, VIND191844Khairmode, DhanashreeIND1616
29
912
WFMBhagyashree, PatilIND187944WCMSanudula, K M DahamdiSRI1731
22
1017
Poorna, Sri M.KIND182144WCMKriti, Mayur PatelIND1435
40

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