Aurionpro Mumbai International Chess 2025 Round 8: Neelotpal, Lalit and Mamikon lead GM Open, Aansh and Madhesh leading Juniors

by Himank Ghosh - 23/06/2025

We are headed into a highly exciting finish going into the final round of the Aurionpro Mumbai International GM and Junior Chess Tournament 2025. In the GM Open, there are 3 players co-leading with 7/8 points - GM Mamikon Gharibyan, GM Lalit Babu MR, and GM Neelotpal Das! In the Juniors tournament, Aansh Nandan Nerurkar and Madhesh Kumar S are co-leaders with 7/8 points as well. Who do you think will become the Champion of this very strong event? Photos: Himank Ghosh, Vidhi Karelia, Vivek Sohani

3-way tie at the GM Open going into Round 9

In what turned out to be a highly exciting round with many decisive games, 3 players emerged as co-leaders before the final round of the Aurionpro International Mumbai GM Open 2025. In the top board, GM Mamikon Gharibyan took down the sole leader GM Aleksej Aleksandrov in a wild game!

Mamikon and Aleksej on focus mode right before the round starts | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Grandmaster Lalit Babu MR stumbled a little in between, but nevertheless managed to score a smooth win over GM Alexei Fedorov in the 8th round! With this win, Lalit also joins the lead with 7/8 points.

Grandmaster Lalit Babu before the round started! | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Lalit and Deepan sharing some jokes before the round starts! | Photo: Vidhi Karelia

Grandmaster Neelotpal Das took down IM Arsen Davytan in a wild encounter. Both sides had winning chances, but it was Neelotpal who held his nerves and converted the position to a win!

Neelotpal looking confident right before Round 8! | Photo: Himank Ghosh

There were two big upsets in the GM Open today! Siddhant Poonja scored a fantastic win over GM Mihail Nikitenko, while Viresh Sharnarthi took down GM Raset Ziatdinov with the Black pieces as well.

Siddhant pondering over his next move against Nikitenko! | Photo: Himank Ghosh

In the Juniors tournament, the top seed Aansh Nandan Nerurkar scored a highly tense win over Madhvendra Pratap Sharma! Aansh turned around a close to lost position and won after a marathon game of 105 moves.

Aansh and Madhesh captured midway between their game | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Vyom Malhotra won a wild game against Samuel Stephen Noble S with the White pieces, turning around a completely lost position to a winning one!

Vyom planning his comeback during the game! | Photo: Himank Ghosh

The sole leader Madhesh Kumar S drew against Advik Amit Agrawal on the top board! This means there are two leaders going into the final round - Madhesh and Aansh. Who do you think will win?

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GM tournament standings after Round 8

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	6	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon	ARM	2472	ARM	7	43	47	40,25	6
2	5	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	IND	2499	AP	7	42	46	39,50	6
3	17	GM	Neelotpal, Das	IND	2361	WB	7	36	40	34,50	7
4	12	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	VIE	2378	VIE	6,5	41,5	46	35,75	6
5	2	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	ARM	2541	ARM	6,5	40	44	34,50	5
6	1	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	GEO	2551	GEO	6,5	39,5	44	34,50	5
7	7	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2456	RUS	6,5	38,5	42	31,75	6
8	14	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	BLR	2370	BLR	6,5	38	40,5	30,25	6
9	19	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	VIE	2337	VIE	6,5	37,5	40,5	31,50	5
10	10	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2410	TN	6,5	37	41	33,00	5
11	35		Siddhanth, Poonja	IND	2167	KA	6,5	36	39,5	30,25	6
12	21	IM	Gochelashvili, David	RUS	2303	RUS	6,5	35,5	39	30,25	6
13	11	IM	Davtyan, Arsen	ARM	2402	ARM	6	40,5	44	30,25	5
14	15	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	BLR	2370	BLR	6	39,5	44	30,50	6
15	16	IM	Budhidharma, Nayaka	INA	2369	INA	6	37,5	41,5	29,00	5

GM tournament Round 9 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	14	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2370	6½		6	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon	2472	6
2	2	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2541	6		6	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2378	12
3	5	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	2499	6		6	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2370	15
4	17	GM	Neelotpal, Das	2361	6		6	IM	Davtyan, Arsen	2402	11
5	20	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2322	5½		5½	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	2551	1
6	21	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2303	5½		5½	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2529	3
7	4	GM	Nikitenko, Mihail	2520	5½		5½		Siddhanth, Poonja	2167	35
8	32		Alekhya, Mukhopadhyay	2192	5½		5½	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2456	7
9	10	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2410	5½		5½		Arshpreet, Singh	2075	49
10	61		Sri, Charan Sandipagu	2018	5½		5½	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	2337	19
11	46	FM	Jaiswal, Rupesh	2081	5		5	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike	2425	9
12	50		Alluri, Bhaskara Ratna Shanmukha Reddy	2074	5		5	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2372	13
13	16	IM	Budhidharma, Nayaka	2369	5		5	ACM	Iyer, Arvind	2101	41
14	24	CM	Sherla, Prathamesh	2259	5		5		Daksh, Goyal	2100	42
15	26	CM	Madhesh, Kumar S	2243	5		5	AIM	Banik, Hrishikesh Kumar	2086	45

Juniors Tournament standings after Round 8

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	TB6	K	rtg+/-
1	1	FM	Aansh, Nandan Nerurkar			IND	2356	MAH-MUM	7	41,5	45,5	38,75	0	6	3	20	2,8
2	2	CM	Madhesh, Kumar S			IND	2243	PY	7	39,5	44	37,25	0	6	2	40	41,6
3	11	CM	Vyom, Malhotra			IND	1975	HR	6,5	38	42	32,50	0	6	3	40	50,8
4	3		Advik, Amit Agrawal	U10		IND	2218	MAH	6,5	37,5	41,5	33,50	0	5	3	40	-4,4
5	9		Badole, Shaunak			IND	2007	MAH	6,5	37	40,5	32,00	0	6	4	40	52
6	5	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma			IND	2166	MP	6	39	43	29,00	0	6	3	40	10,4
7	7	AIM	Aadik, Theophane Lenin			IND	2018	KL	6	36,5	40,5	29,00	0	5	4	40	26
8	15		Nijesh, R			IND	1931	TN	6	35,5	38,5	26,75	0	5	3	40	24,8
9	16		Salunke, Siddhant			IND	1915	MAH	6	35	39	27,75	0	5	2	40	40,4
10	12		Jagreet, Misra			IND	1971	DL	6	35	38,5	28,25	0	4	2	40	-10,8
11	10	AIM	Adhiraj, Mitra			IND	1996	JH	6	35	38,5	25,50	0	6	4	40	45,2
12	70		Anvita, Sathi		w	IND	1627	KA	6	31,5	37,5	26,00	0	6	2	40	98
13	8		Samuel, Stephen Noble S			IND	2008	AP	5,5	38	41,5	26,25	0	5	2	40	-8,8
14	4		Avirat, Chauhan			IND	2168	MAH	5,5	36,5	40,5	28,00	0	3	2	40	-63,6
15	21		Mahir, Taneja			IND	1896	DL	5,5	35,5	39	24,50	0	4	2	40	19,6

Juniors Tournament Round 9 pairings

Bo.		White	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Typ	Rtg	Club/City
1		Advik, Amit Agrawal	U10	2218	MAH	6½		7	FM	Aansh, Nandan Nerurkar		2356	MAH-MUM
2	CM	Madhesh, Kumar S		2243	PY	7		6½	CM	Vyom, Malhotra		1975	HR
3	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma		2166	MP	6		6½		Badole, Shaunak		2007	MAH
4		Nijesh, R		1931	TN	6		6	AIM	Aadik, Theophane Lenin		2018	KL
5	AIM	Adhiraj, Mitra		1996	JH	6		6		Salunke, Siddhant		1915	MAH
6		Jagreet, Misra		1971	DL	6		6		Anvita, Sathi		1627	KA
7		Avirat, Chauhan		2168	MAH	5½		5½		Mahir, Taneja		1896	DL
8		Samuel, Stephen Noble S		2008	AP	5½		5½	AIM	Saranya, Devi Narahari		1810	TG
9		Kushagra, Paliwal		1741	MAH	5½		5½		Shubh, Atha		1911	GJ
10		Ayaan, Trikha		1817	UP	5½		5½		Rishen, Jilowa		1775	RJ
11		Pratyush, Kumar	U10	1773	UP	5½		5		Andalamala, Hemal Varshan		1904	AP
12		Taseen, Rafique Tadavi		1771	MAH	5		5		Krishay, Jain		2059	WB
13		Arixander, Johny		1753	TN	5		5		Ramanuj, Mishra		1948	UP
14		Goutham, Ramesh		1904	TN	5		5	AIM	Tripurambika, V		1747	AP
15	AFM	Mysha, Perwez		1840	MAH-MUM	5		5		Sravyasree, Bheemarasetty		1747	AP

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