Delhi 08: Amonatov leads by a full point; Indians smash GMs
With two rounds to go Farrukh Amonatov has cemented his position as the sole leader of the Delhi International 2017. He beat Vitaly Sivuk and now leads with a full point over the field. Seven players follow him on 6.5/8. Indians played excellently against International grandmasters as Swayams beat Niaz Murshed, Niranjan got the better of Adam Horvath and Saptarshi Roy defeated Attila Czebe. Pictures, games and analysis from round eight.
Pictures by Jitendra Choudhary
Farrukh Amonatov had wrested the sole lead with 6.5/7, after he beat GM Murali Karthikeyan in the seventh round. In the eighth round, he extended his lead by a full point by getting the better of GM Vitaly Sivuk. Here are the results of top ten boards in the eighth round:
Round 8
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 8 | GM | Sivuk Vitaly | 2540 | 6 | 0 - 1 | 6½ | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2619 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 5 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2564 | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | GM | Ghosh Diptayan | 2570 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 20 | GM | Dzhumaev Marat | 2457 | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | GM | David Alberto | 2569 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 6 | GM | Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan | 2541 | 5½ | ½ - ½ | 5½ | GM | Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy | 2448 | 22 | ||
| 5 | 13 | GM | Horvath Adam | 2499 | 5½ | 0 - 1 | 5½ | Navalgund Niranjan | 2207 | 81 | |||
| 6 | 29 | IM | Saptarshi Roy | 2418 | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | GM | Czebe Attila | 2491 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 15 | IM | Swayams Mishra | 2491 | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | GM | Murshed Niaz | 2444 | 24 | ||
| 8 | 21 | IM | Visakh N R | 2453 | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | GM | Grover Sahaj | 2467 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 45 | FM | Rakesh Kumar Jena | 2335 | 5 | 0 - 1 | 5 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2587 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 47 | IM | Rajesh V A V | 2331 | 5 | 0 - 1 | 5 | GM | Tukhaev Adam | 2516 | 9 |
Farrukh Amonatov's persistance was rewarded against Sivuk's carelessness in the endgame
[Event "15th Parsvnath Delhi Open 2017"]
[Site "Delhi"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[Site "Delhi"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 {375} c5 {5} 2. Nf3 {9} d6 {5} 3. d4 {10} cxd4 {5} 4. Nxd4 {5} Nf6 {7} 5.
f3 {8} e5 {18} 6. Nb3 {9} Nc6 {36} 7. Nc3 {464} Be7 {77} 8. Be3 {22} Be6 {43}
9. Nd5 {225} Bxd5 {261} 10. exd5 {8} Nb4 {2} 11. c4 {287} a5 {79} 12. Qd2 {46}
b6 {29} 13. Be2 {41} O-O {66} 14. O-O {6} Na6 {244} 15. Rac1 {149} Nh5 {377}
16. Kh1 $6 {453} (16. g3 $1 f5 17. f4 $14) 16... Nc5 {220} 17. Nxc5 {955} bxc5
{53} 18. Rc3 {35} f5 {134} 19. Rb3 {641} Bh4 {721} 20. g4 {522} fxg4 {175} 21.
fxg4 {6} Rxf1+ {43} 22. Bxf1 {1} Qf6 {10} 23. Qg2 {251} Nf4 {258 Black has a
quite a good hold on the dark squares.} 24. Qe4 {109} Rf8 {76} 25. Bd2 {503}
Ng6 {1111} 26. Be2 {127} Bg5 {13} 27. Rf3 {53} Bf4 {40} 28. Be1 {75} Qg5 {295}
29. h3 {150} Nh4 {282} 30. Bxh4 $2 {283} (30. Rf1 $11) 30... Qxh4 {7 In this
opposite coloured bishop scenario, Black is clearly for preference because
there are a lot of weaknesses around the white king.} 31. Bd3 {8} g6 {57} 32.
Kg2 {78} Kg7 {317} 33. Bc2 {20} Rb8 {26} 34. b3 {32} Rf8 {64} 35. a4 {98} Qg5 {
42} 36. Kf1 {28} h5 {38} 37. gxh5 {60} Qxh5 {3} 38. Qe2 {51} Qg5 {199} 39. Be4
{142} Rh8 {249} 40. Qg2 {107} Rh4 {66} 41. Qxg5 {143} Bxg5 {12} 42. Bc2 {3} Bf4
{154} 43. Ke2 {12} Kf6 {7} 44. Be4 {21} g5 {63} 45. Kd3 {59} g4 {52} 46. hxg4 {
4} Rxg4 {80} 47. Rh3 {48} Rg1 {15} 48. Rh5 $2 {62} (48. Ke2 $11) 48... Re1 {110
} 49. Rf5+ $4 {35 A very bad mistake.} (49. Bh7 e4+ 50. Kc2 $17) 49... Kg7 {
29 Surprisingly the bishop is trapped on e4.} 50. Bg2 {15} Re3+ {15 The bishop
is lost.} 0-1
f3 {8} e5 {18} 6. Nb3 {9} Nc6 {36} 7. Nc3 {464} Be7 {77} 8. Be3 {22} Be6 {43}
9. Nd5 {225} Bxd5 {261} 10. exd5 {8} Nb4 {2} 11. c4 {287} a5 {79} 12. Qd2 {46}
b6 {29} 13. Be2 {41} O-O {66} 14. O-O {6} Na6 {244} 15. Rac1 {149} Nh5 {377}
16. Kh1 $6 {453} (16. g3 $1 f5 17. f4 $14) 16... Nc5 {220} 17. Nxc5 {955} bxc5
{53} 18. Rc3 {35} f5 {134} 19. Rb3 {641} Bh4 {721} 20. g4 {522} fxg4 {175} 21.
fxg4 {6} Rxf1+ {43} 22. Bxf1 {1} Qf6 {10} 23. Qg2 {251} Nf4 {258 Black has a
quite a good hold on the dark squares.} 24. Qe4 {109} Rf8 {76} 25. Bd2 {503}
Ng6 {1111} 26. Be2 {127} Bg5 {13} 27. Rf3 {53} Bf4 {40} 28. Be1 {75} Qg5 {295}
29. h3 {150} Nh4 {282} 30. Bxh4 $2 {283} (30. Rf1 $11) 30... Qxh4 {7 In this
opposite coloured bishop scenario, Black is clearly for preference because
there are a lot of weaknesses around the white king.} 31. Bd3 {8} g6 {57} 32.
Kg2 {78} Kg7 {317} 33. Bc2 {20} Rb8 {26} 34. b3 {32} Rf8 {64} 35. a4 {98} Qg5 {
42} 36. Kf1 {28} h5 {38} 37. gxh5 {60} Qxh5 {3} 38. Qe2 {51} Qg5 {199} 39. Be4
{142} Rh8 {249} 40. Qg2 {107} Rh4 {66} 41. Qxg5 {143} Bxg5 {12} 42. Bc2 {3} Bf4
{154} 43. Ke2 {12} Kf6 {7} 44. Be4 {21} g5 {63} 45. Kd3 {59} g4 {52} 46. hxg4 {
4} Rxg4 {80} 47. Rh3 {48} Rg1 {15} 48. Rh5 $2 {62} (48. Ke2 $11) 48... Re1 {110
} 49. Rf5+ $4 {35 A very bad mistake.} (49. Bh7 e4+ 50. Kc2 $17) 49... Kg7 {
29 Surprisingly the bishop is trapped on e4.} 50. Bg2 {15} Re3+ {15 The bishop
is lost.} 0-1
The battle between two of the most talented Indian youngsters Karthikeyan Murali and Diptayan Ghosh ended in a draw.
The upset of the round was definitely Niranjan Navalgund's win over GM Adam Horvath
Niranjan Navalgund is currently on 6.5/8 at the Delhi Open 2017. He is gaining 87 Elo points and with a performance of 2643 he has excellent chances of scoring a GM norm. He has beaten GM Karen Movziszian, IM Saptarshi Roy, IM Shyam Nikhil and GM Adam Horvath. In round nine he faces GM Marat Dzhumaev.
Jitendra Choudhary caught up with him and asked him about his feelings after beating the strong Hungarian GM Adam Horvath, how does it feel to be close to a GM norm, and also what are his future plans - chess or writing?
Interview with Niranjan Navalgund
[Event "15th Parsvnath Delhi Open 2017"]
[Site "Delhi"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Horvath, Adam"]
[Black "Navalgund, Niranjan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 {0} e5 {6} 2. Nf3 {0} Nc6 {4} 3. Nc3 {0} Nf6 {13} 4. Bb5 {6} Bb4 {7} 5.
O-O {31} O-O {9} 6. d3 {6} d6 {5} 7. Ne2 {60} Ne7 {17} 8. c3 {8} Ba5 {19} 9.
Ng3 {14} Ng6 {8} 10. d4 {59} Bb6 {23} 11. Be3 {1908} d5 {259} 12. Nxe5 {201}
Nxe5 {73} 13. dxe5 {5} Nxe4 {21} 14. Nxe4 {793} dxe4 {46} 15. Bf4 {805} Qh4 {
1339} 16. Bg3 {378} Qg5 {139} 17. Kh1 {99} Bf5 {418} 18. Qe1 {133} f6 {699} 19.
a4 {349} a5 {715} 20. Bc4+ {211} Kh8 {10} 21. Bd5 {47} e3 {623} 22. Bxb7 {354}
Rab8 {304} 23. Bc6 {321} fxe5 {82} 24. Bb5 {200} c6 {113} 25. Bc4 {59} Bg6 {241
} 26. f3 {58} Rbe8 {288} 27. Rd1 {36} e4 {53} 28. f4 {27} Qc5 {16} 29. b3 {30}
Rd8 {25} 30. Bh4 {40} Rd3 {164} 31. Qe2 {33} Qd6 {247} 32. g4 {19} Rxf4 {79}
33. Bg3 {41} Rxf1+ {10} 34. Rxf1 {5} Qd8 {25} 35. Bh4 {14} Qd6 {26} 36. Bg3 {51
} Qe7 {35} 37. Bh4 {46} Qe8 {2} 38. Qg2 {58} Bc7 {45} 39. Be1 {33} e2 {69} 40.
Qxe2 {10} Rh3 {2} 41. Kg1 {34} Rxh2 {98} 42. Qe3 {4} Bd6 {73} 43. Qd4 {68} Qe7
{13} 44. b4 {11} e3 {48} 45. Bd3 {51} Bxd3 {50} 46. Qxd3 {4} Qe5 {11} 47. Rf5 {
48} Rh1+ {21} 48. Kg2 {3} Qh2+ {9} 49. Kf3 {4} Rxe1 {16} 50. Ke4 {15} Qh1+ {25}
51. Rf3 {4} Rd1 {59} 52. Qa6 {7} Be7 {77} 53. Qxc6 {43} Rd8 {8} 54. Qc7 {68} e2
{23} 0-1
[Site "Delhi"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Horvath, Adam"]
[Black "Navalgund, Niranjan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 {0} e5 {6} 2. Nf3 {0} Nc6 {4} 3. Nc3 {0} Nf6 {13} 4. Bb5 {6} Bb4 {7} 5.
O-O {31} O-O {9} 6. d3 {6} d6 {5} 7. Ne2 {60} Ne7 {17} 8. c3 {8} Ba5 {19} 9.
Ng3 {14} Ng6 {8} 10. d4 {59} Bb6 {23} 11. Be3 {1908} d5 {259} 12. Nxe5 {201}
Nxe5 {73} 13. dxe5 {5} Nxe4 {21} 14. Nxe4 {793} dxe4 {46} 15. Bf4 {805} Qh4 {
1339} 16. Bg3 {378} Qg5 {139} 17. Kh1 {99} Bf5 {418} 18. Qe1 {133} f6 {699} 19.
a4 {349} a5 {715} 20. Bc4+ {211} Kh8 {10} 21. Bd5 {47} e3 {623} 22. Bxb7 {354}
Rab8 {304} 23. Bc6 {321} fxe5 {82} 24. Bb5 {200} c6 {113} 25. Bc4 {59} Bg6 {241
} 26. f3 {58} Rbe8 {288} 27. Rd1 {36} e4 {53} 28. f4 {27} Qc5 {16} 29. b3 {30}
Rd8 {25} 30. Bh4 {40} Rd3 {164} 31. Qe2 {33} Qd6 {247} 32. g4 {19} Rxf4 {79}
33. Bg3 {41} Rxf1+ {10} 34. Rxf1 {5} Qd8 {25} 35. Bh4 {14} Qd6 {26} 36. Bg3 {51
} Qe7 {35} 37. Bh4 {46} Qe8 {2} 38. Qg2 {58} Bc7 {45} 39. Be1 {33} e2 {69} 40.
Qxe2 {10} Rh3 {2} 41. Kg1 {34} Rxh2 {98} 42. Qe3 {4} Bd6 {73} 43. Qd4 {68} Qe7
{13} 44. b4 {11} e3 {48} 45. Bd3 {51} Bxd3 {50} 46. Qxd3 {4} Qe5 {11} 47. Rf5 {
48} Rh1+ {21} 48. Kg2 {3} Qh2+ {9} 49. Kf3 {4} Rxe1 {16} 50. Ke4 {15} Qh1+ {25}
51. Rf3 {4} Rd1 {59} 52. Qa6 {7} Be7 {77} 53. Qxc6 {43} Rd8 {8} 54. Qc7 {68} e2
{23} 0-1
GM Marat Dzhumaev beat GM David Alberto with the white pieces
[Event "15th Parsvnath Delhi Open 2017"]
[Site "Delhi"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 {424} Nf6 {5} 2. e5 {30} Nd5 {5} 3. c4 {90} Nb6 {5} 4. d4 {13} d6 {9} 5.
f4 {7} dxe5 {224} 6. fxe5 {11} Bf5 {82} 7. Nc3 {38} e6 {40} 8. Be3 {199} Nc6 {
149} 9. Be2 {353} Be7 {150} 10. Nf3 {10} O-O {6} 11. O-O {22} f6 {35} 12. exf6
{1096} Bxf6 {34} 13. Qd2 {257} Qe7 {1018} 14. Rad1 {359} Rad8 {27} 15. Qc1 {200
} Kh8 {325} 16. h3 {83} Bg6 {84} 17. b3 {376} Rd7 {946} 18. d5 {1099} exd5 {958
} 19. Nxd5 {10} Nxd5 {4} 20. cxd5 {16} Nb4 {2} 21. Bc5 {75} Qxe2 {13} 22. Bxf8
{12} Nd3 {9} 23. Qc4 {253} Qe3+ {568} 24. Kh2 {739} a6 {871} 25. Ba3 {73} h5 {
487} 26. Bc1 {52} Qe4 {45} 27. Bg5 {273} Be5+ {40} 28. Nxe5 {25} Qxe5+ {10} 29.
Bf4 {5} Qe2 {114} 30. Rde1 {65} Qxa2 {25} 31. Re6 {10} Bf7 {35} 32. Bg3 {37}
Qd2 {32} 33. d6 {34} c6 {31} 34. Rxf7 {9} 1-0
[Site "Delhi"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 {424} Nf6 {5} 2. e5 {30} Nd5 {5} 3. c4 {90} Nb6 {5} 4. d4 {13} d6 {9} 5.
f4 {7} dxe5 {224} 6. fxe5 {11} Bf5 {82} 7. Nc3 {38} e6 {40} 8. Be3 {199} Nc6 {
149} 9. Be2 {353} Be7 {150} 10. Nf3 {10} O-O {6} 11. O-O {22} f6 {35} 12. exf6
{1096} Bxf6 {34} 13. Qd2 {257} Qe7 {1018} 14. Rad1 {359} Rad8 {27} 15. Qc1 {200
} Kh8 {325} 16. h3 {83} Bg6 {84} 17. b3 {376} Rd7 {946} 18. d5 {1099} exd5 {958
} 19. Nxd5 {10} Nxd5 {4} 20. cxd5 {16} Nb4 {2} 21. Bc5 {75} Qxe2 {13} 22. Bxf8
{12} Nd3 {9} 23. Qc4 {253} Qe3+ {568} 24. Kh2 {739} a6 {871} 25. Ba3 {73} h5 {
487} 26. Bc1 {52} Qe4 {45} 27. Bg5 {273} Be5+ {40} 28. Nxe5 {25} Qxe5+ {10} 29.
Bf4 {5} Qe2 {114} 30. Rde1 {65} Qxa2 {25} 31. Re6 {10} Bf7 {35} 32. Bg3 {37}
Qd2 {32} 33. d6 {34} c6 {31} 34. Rxf7 {9} 1-0
IM Swayams Mishara beat Bangladesh's GM Niaz Murshed. Swayams is very close to his GM title as the Indian has already crossed 2500 before. He just needs his final GM norm.
[Event "15th Parsvnath Delhi Open 2017"]
[Site "Delhi"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Black "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. d4 {318} d5 {13} 2. c4 {10} e6 {5} 3. Nf3 {82} Nf6 {6} 4. Nc3 {2} Bb4 {8} 5.
Qa4+ {12} Nc6 {11} 6. e3 {20} O-O {557} 7. Bd2 {9} dxc4 {73} 8. Bxc4 {4} a6 {11
} 9. a3 {452} Bd6 {27} 10. Qc2 {35} Bd7 {859} 11. O-O {488} e5 {398} 12. d5 {58
} Ne7 {13} 13. e4 {31} b5 {159} 14. Be2 {115} h6 {63} 15. Rfd1 {392} Qb8 {324}
16. h3 {315} Rc8 {620} 17. Qd3 {481} c6 {184} 18. dxc6 {304} Rxc6 {6} 19. Nh4 {
47} Be6 {447} 20. Qf3 {304} b4 {373} 21. axb4 {171} Bxb4 {7} 22. Rdc1 {836} Rd6
{602} 23. Bxh6 {815} gxh6 {875} 24. Qxf6 {8} Bxh3 {20} 25. Qf3 {90} Bxc3 {34}
26. bxc3 {150} Bd7 {44} 27. Bc4 {241} Be6 {68} 28. Bf1 {44} a5 {329} 29. Qg3+ {
36} Kh7 {6} 30. Qxe5 {5} a4 {8} 31. Nf5 {197} Bxf5 {111} 32. exf5 {26} Nc6 {30}
33. Qe4 {11} a3 {59} 34. Rcb1 {193} Qd8 {34} 35. Rb7 {26} Qf6 {23} 36. Bc4 {68}
Ne5 {29} 37. Bxf7 {30} Kh8 {42} 38. Bg6 {65} a2 {39} 1-0
[Site "Delhi"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Black "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. d4 {318} d5 {13} 2. c4 {10} e6 {5} 3. Nf3 {82} Nf6 {6} 4. Nc3 {2} Bb4 {8} 5.
Qa4+ {12} Nc6 {11} 6. e3 {20} O-O {557} 7. Bd2 {9} dxc4 {73} 8. Bxc4 {4} a6 {11
} 9. a3 {452} Bd6 {27} 10. Qc2 {35} Bd7 {859} 11. O-O {488} e5 {398} 12. d5 {58
} Ne7 {13} 13. e4 {31} b5 {159} 14. Be2 {115} h6 {63} 15. Rfd1 {392} Qb8 {324}
16. h3 {315} Rc8 {620} 17. Qd3 {481} c6 {184} 18. dxc6 {304} Rxc6 {6} 19. Nh4 {
47} Be6 {447} 20. Qf3 {304} b4 {373} 21. axb4 {171} Bxb4 {7} 22. Rdc1 {836} Rd6
{602} 23. Bxh6 {815} gxh6 {875} 24. Qxf6 {8} Bxh3 {20} 25. Qf3 {90} Bxc3 {34}
26. bxc3 {150} Bd7 {44} 27. Bc4 {241} Be6 {68} 28. Bf1 {44} a5 {329} 29. Qg3+ {
36} Kh7 {6} 30. Qxe5 {5} a4 {8} 31. Nf5 {197} Bxf5 {111} 32. exf5 {26} Nc6 {30}
33. Qe4 {11} a3 {59} 34. Rcb1 {193} Qd8 {34} 35. Rb7 {26} Qf6 {23} 36. Bc4 {68}
Ne5 {29} 37. Bxf7 {30} Kh8 {42} 38. Bg6 {65} a2 {39} 1-0
Kolkata's dashing IM Saptarshi Roy beat GM Attila Czebe from Hungary
[Event "15th Parsvnath Delhi Open 2017"]
[Site "Delhi"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Saptarshi, Roy"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 {7} g6 {38} 2. d4 {24} Bg7 {4} 3. Nc3 {27} Nc6 {10} 4. d5 {70} Nb8 {4} 5.
Be3 {35} d6 {17} 6. Qd2 {87} c6 {32} 7. Nf3 {297} Nf6 {293} 8. h3 {103} O-O {69
} 9. O-O-O {135} b5 {330} 10. dxc6 {1366} b4 {44} 11. Nd5 {126} Nxc6 {11} 12.
Nxf6+ {45} Bxf6 {7} 13. Nd4 {68} Bb7 {860} 14. f3 {77} Qa5 {651} 15. Kb1 {335}
Rac8 {35} 16. h4 {122} Nxd4 {107} 17. Bxd4 {6} Bxd4 {154} 18. Qxd4 {17} e5 {35}
19. Qd2 {76} d5 {135} 20. Bd3 {137} dxe4 {127} 21. fxe4 {4} f5 {57} 22. Qh6 {
239} fxe4 {103} 23. Bc4+ {46} Rxc4 {3} 24. Rd7 {4} Rf7 {10} 25. Rxf7 {21} Kxf7
{1} 26. Qxh7+ {15} Ke6 {1} 27. Qg8+ {86} Ke7 {14} 28. Qg7+ {190} Kd6 {149} 29.
Qxb7 {136} Qb6 {585} 30. Qf7 {568} Kc5 {191} 31. h5 {74} gxh5 {44} 32. Rxh5 {
120} Qd6 {16} 33. Qxa7+ {22} Kb5 {24} 34. Qb7+ {125} Ka5 {14} 35. Rh1 {264} Rd4
{254} 36. Rc1 {176} Qb6 {587} 37. Qa8+ {236} Qa6 {4} 38. Qxa6+ {119} Kxa6 {3}
39. c3 {32} Rd2 {388} 40. cxb4 {34} Rxg2 {63} 41. Rc3 {259} Kb6 {349} 42. a3 {
18} Rf2 {4} 43. Rc5 {190} Rf5 {53} 44. Kc2 {40} Rh5 {46} 45. Kd2 {52} Rh2+ {49}
46. Kc3 {41} Rh5 {5} 47. a4 {100} e3 {39} 48. a5+ {17} Ka6 {38} 49. Kd3 {171}
Rh4 {145} 50. Rxe5 {79} Rxb4 {18} 51. Kc3 {4} Ra4 {311} 52. b4 {4} Ra3+ {50}
53. Kc4 {12} Kb7 {5} 54. Kd4 {75} Rb3 {19} 55. b5 {96} Kc7 {332} 56. Kc4 {88}
Ra3 {4} 57. Kb4 {8} Rd3 {59} 58. a6 {11} Kd6 {46} 59. Re8 {32} Kd5 1-0
[Site "Delhi"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Saptarshi, Roy"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 {7} g6 {38} 2. d4 {24} Bg7 {4} 3. Nc3 {27} Nc6 {10} 4. d5 {70} Nb8 {4} 5.
Be3 {35} d6 {17} 6. Qd2 {87} c6 {32} 7. Nf3 {297} Nf6 {293} 8. h3 {103} O-O {69
} 9. O-O-O {135} b5 {330} 10. dxc6 {1366} b4 {44} 11. Nd5 {126} Nxc6 {11} 12.
Nxf6+ {45} Bxf6 {7} 13. Nd4 {68} Bb7 {860} 14. f3 {77} Qa5 {651} 15. Kb1 {335}
Rac8 {35} 16. h4 {122} Nxd4 {107} 17. Bxd4 {6} Bxd4 {154} 18. Qxd4 {17} e5 {35}
19. Qd2 {76} d5 {135} 20. Bd3 {137} dxe4 {127} 21. fxe4 {4} f5 {57} 22. Qh6 {
239} fxe4 {103} 23. Bc4+ {46} Rxc4 {3} 24. Rd7 {4} Rf7 {10} 25. Rxf7 {21} Kxf7
{1} 26. Qxh7+ {15} Ke6 {1} 27. Qg8+ {86} Ke7 {14} 28. Qg7+ {190} Kd6 {149} 29.
Qxb7 {136} Qb6 {585} 30. Qf7 {568} Kc5 {191} 31. h5 {74} gxh5 {44} 32. Rxh5 {
120} Qd6 {16} 33. Qxa7+ {22} Kb5 {24} 34. Qb7+ {125} Ka5 {14} 35. Rh1 {264} Rd4
{254} 36. Rc1 {176} Qb6 {587} 37. Qa8+ {236} Qa6 {4} 38. Qxa6+ {119} Kxa6 {3}
39. c3 {32} Rd2 {388} 40. cxb4 {34} Rxg2 {63} 41. Rc3 {259} Kb6 {349} 42. a3 {
18} Rf2 {4} 43. Rc5 {190} Rf5 {53} 44. Kc2 {40} Rh5 {46} 45. Kd2 {52} Rh2+ {49}
46. Kc3 {41} Rh5 {5} 47. a4 {100} e3 {39} 48. a5+ {17} Ka6 {38} 49. Kd3 {171}
Rh4 {145} 50. Rxe5 {79} Rxb4 {18} 51. Kc3 {4} Ra4 {311} 52. b4 {4} Ra3+ {50}
53. Kc4 {12} Kb7 {5} 54. Kd4 {75} Rb3 {19} 55. b5 {96} Kc7 {332} 56. Kc4 {88}
Ra3 {4} 57. Kb4 {8} Rd3 {59} 58. a6 {11} Kd6 {46} 59. Re8 {32} Kd5 1-0
IM Visakh NR was able to beat Sahaj Grover with the Sozin Attack in the Najdorf
Play through the entire game carefully and then listen to Visakh as he explains his thoughts about the game.
[Event "15th Parsvnath Delhi Open 2017"]
[Site "Delhi"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Visakh N R"]
[Black "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Qe2
Bc6 15. Bxa6 e4 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Bg5 Qe5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. a4 Rfc8 20. a5 Rc5
21. a6 Bc8 22. Ra4 Qb8 23. Bc4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 f5 25. Rea1 Qb2 26. R4a3 Qb6 27.
h4 Qc6 28. Ra4 f4 29. Bb3 Rxa6 $4 {Just blundering a complete piece?!!} 1-0
[Site "Delhi"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Visakh N R"]
[Black "Grover, Sahaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Qe2
Bc6 15. Bxa6 e4 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Bg5 Qe5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. a4 Rfc8 20. a5 Rc5
21. a6 Bc8 22. Ra4 Qb8 23. Bc4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 f5 25. Rea1 Qb2 26. R4a3 Qb6 27.
h4 Qc6 28. Ra4 f4 29. Bb3 Rxa6 $4 {Just blundering a complete piece?!!} 1-0
GM Sahaj Grover blundered an entire piece here with ...Rxa6?? An unbelievable oversight for a grandmaster.
IM Visakh NR speaks about his win over Sahaj Grover
Local boy Aradhya Garg speaks to us about his victory against IM S. Nitin
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2619 | 7½ | 6½ | IM | Swayams Mishra | 2491 | 15 | |||
| 2 | 3 | GM | Ghosh Diptayan | 2570 | 6½ | 6½ | IM | Saptarshi Roy | 2418 | 29 | |||
| 3 | 21 | IM | Visakh N R | 2453 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2564 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 81 | Navalgund Niranjan | 2207 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Dzhumaev Marat | 2457 | 20 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2587 | 6 | 6 | GM | Deviatkin Andrei | 2499 | 12 |
Rank after Round 8
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2619 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 34,0 | |
| 2 | 81 | Navalgund Niranjan | 2207 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 41,5 | 36,0 | ||
| 3 | 5 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2564 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 35,5 | |
| 4 | 21 | IM | Visakh N R | 2453 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 34,5 | |
| 5 | 15 | IM | Swayams Mishra | 2491 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 34,0 | |
| 6 | 3 | GM | Ghosh Diptayan | 2570 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 37,0 | 32,5 | |
| 7 | 29 | IM | Saptarshi Roy | 2418 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 35,5 | 32,0 | |
| 8 | 20 | GM | Dzhumaev Marat | 2457 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 33,0 | 29,0 | |
| 9 | 22 | GM | Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy | 2448 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 35,0 | |
| 10 | 8 | GM | Sivuk Vitaly | 2540 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 36,5 | 32,5 | |
| 11 | 2 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2587 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 36,0 | 31,5 | |
| 12 | 73 | Aradhya Garg | 2230 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 35,5 | 32,0 | ||
| 13 | 6 | GM | Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan | 2541 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 35,0 | 31,0 | |
| 14 | 12 | GM | Deviatkin Andrei | 2499 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 35,0 | 31,0 | |
| 15 | 9 | GM | Tukhaev Adam | 2516 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 32,5 | 29,0 |