Iniyan and Sammed are coleaders, Kartavya beats Fedorov
Vijay - Iniyan
Vijay Shreeram P (2025) had the best position when his opponent played 18...Rb8. 19.Ne4 Qe7 20.Kh1 would have maintained a firm control of the position. Instead, the game continued 19.a5 Ba6 20.Ra4 Nd5 GM Iniyan Pa (2508) managed to alleviate the pressure and eventually turn things around in his favor after White made a few mistakes in the endgame.
Alexei - Sammed
GM Alexei Fedorov (2409) made the mistake of capturing on f3 with his pawn 21.gxf3?? dxe5-+ 22.Rxe5 Qg7 White's position fell apart in a hurry and IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete (2379) went on to win the game.
Kartavya - Fedorov
GM Evgeniy Podolchenko (2346) blundered 22...Rae8?? Kartavya Anadkat (2139) pounced on his opportunity 23.Ng5+! fxg5 24.Bxg5 Nf6 25.Rf3 c5 26.Bxf6 Qxf6 27.Kf1 and White won the game in the next few moves.
Notable results
GM Sayantan Das - IM Aronyak Ghosh : 0.5-0.5
GM Siddharth Jagadeesh (SGP) - IM Kaustuv Kundu: 0.5-0.5
IM Ethan Vaz - GM Deepan Chakkravarthy: 0.5-0.5
Venkata Ruthvik Mummana - GM Cristhian Camilo Rios Gomez (COL): 0.5-0.5
IM Alexander Slizhevsky - Varun V: 0.5-0.5
IM Avinash Ramesh - Indrajeet Mahindrakar: 0-1
GM Manik Mikulas (SVK) - FM Rosh Jain: 0-1
CM Md. Bashiq Imrose - IM Mohsen Elgabry (EGY): 1-0
Yohan Yadav Tarala - IM Nitin S: 0.5-0.5
Esshan Wadhawan - IM Sevan Buscara (FRA): 1-0
IM Amrou Sobh (EGY) - Arya Bhakta: 0-1
WIM Priyanka K - Aadik Theophane Lenin: 0-1
Rupam Mukherjee - IM Walaa Sarwat (EGY): 0.5-0.5
A total of 174 players including 16 GMs, 25 IMs and 4 WIMs are taking part from 19 countries across the world including India in Category A (>2000). The tournament is organized by Tamil Nadu State Chess Association from 2nd to 9th January 2025 at Hotel Ramada Egmore in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
Replay Round 7 games
Round 7 results
Standings after Round 7
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | Bdld | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | GM | Iniyan, Pa | IND | 2508 | TN | 6 | 29 | 32 | 26,50 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 2 | 15 | IM | Sammed Jaykumar, Shete | IND | 2379 | MH | 6 | 26,5 | 29,5 | 24,00 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | GM | Siddharth, Jagadeesh | U18 | SGP | 2515 | SGP | 5,5 | 31 | 34 | 25,25 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 10 | IM | Vaz, Ethan | U14 | IND | 2412 | GA | 5,5 | 31 | 33 | 24,50 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 9 | GM | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2413 | ICF | 5,5 | 29 | 33,5 | 26,25 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | IND | 2544 | RSPB | 5,5 | 29 | 33 | 24,75 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | GM | Das, Sayantan | IND | 2434 | WB | 5,5 | 29 | 33 | 24,50 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 8 | 28 | IM | Manish, Anto Cristiano F | U20 | IND | 2328 | TN | 5,5 | 27,5 | 31 | 24,25 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 9 | 25 | FM | Mohamed, Anees M | IND | 2334 | TN | 5,5 | 27 | 30,5 | 22,75 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 10 | 12 | IM | Kaustuv, Kundu | IND | 2409 | WB | 5,5 | 27 | 28 | 19,75 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 11 | 17 | IM | Shahil, Dey | U18 | IND | 2374 | AS | 5,5 | 24,5 | 27 | 19,50 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 12 | 37 | GM | Czebe, Attila | HUN | 2278 | HUN | 5,5 | 23 | 25,5 | 20,00 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 13 | 36 | CM | Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma | U12 | IND | 2281 | MP | 5,5 | 22 | 24,5 | 19,00 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 14 | 18 | GM | Venkatesh, M.R. | IND | 2362 | TN | 5 | 27 | 29 | 18,75 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 15 | 16 | IM | Sanket, Chakravarty | U20 | IND | 2374 | WB | 5 | 26 | 29,5 | 20,00 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 16 | 38 | FM | Dhananjay, S | IND | 2270 | CT | 5 | 26 | 29 | 19,25 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 67 | Anadkat, Kartavya | U20 | IND | 2139 | GJ | 5 | 25,5 | 28 | 18,00 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 18 | 119 | Vijay, Shreeram P | IND | 2025 | TN | 5 | 24,5 | 26 | 15,50 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| 19 | 5 | IM | Mayank, Chakraborty | U16 | IND | 2457 | AS | 5 | 24 | 26 | 17,75 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 20 | 34 | FM | Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy | U14 | IND | 2292 | UP | 5 | 22,5 | 24,5 | 16,75 | 0 | 4 |
