Deepan or Iniyan - Who will win 15th Chennai GM Open?

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/01/2025

GM Iniyan Pa made a quick draw with IM Aronyak Ghosh to maintain his lead at the conclusion of the penultimate round. GM Siddharth Jagadeesh (SGP) suffered a loss against GM Deepan Chakkravarthy. Thus, Deepan joined Iniyan in the lead 7.5/9. They will inevitably face each other in the final round. A draw would allow any five players - IM Ethan Vaz, Aronyak, IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete, GM Venkatesh M R and FM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy to catch up with them. A win scored by either Deepan or Iniyan will make them an outright champion. Who will win 15th Chennai GM Open? Round 10 starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photo: IA R Anantharam

Deepan joins Iniyan in the lead

The penultimate round witnessed some fantastic games. GM Venkatesh M R and IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete scored fine victories by making two contrasting sacrifices - a long term advantage and the other was an immediate win.

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy defeated GM Siddharth Jagadeesh (SGP) to join GM Iniyan Pa at the top 7.5/9 | Photo: IA R Anantharam

IM Aronyak Ghosh - GM Iniyan Pa: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Siddharth - Deepan

Position after 40...Kd7

White can play either 41.h4 or Rxf5 to continue the game. Instead, GM Siddharth Jagadeesh made the incorrect decision to sacrifice his c4-pawn 41.c5?? bxc5 42.Rxf5 Ke6 43.Rf1 c4 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy's (2413) connected passed pawns on the center proved to be much stronger than White's passed pawns on either wing.

The battle between Assam's first two IMs - Shahil Dey and Mayank Chakraborty ended in a draw | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Sayantan - Venkatesh

Position after 22.Ne2?

22.Ne2? by GM Sayantan Das (2434) ignored a nice sacrifice which was correctly spotted by GM Venkatesh M R (2362) 22...Nxb2! The sacrifice does not give an immediate win for Black. However, it gives a long term advantage as it poses a lot of problems for White. Black eventually won the game.

GM Venkatesh M R made a well-timed knight sacrifice to beat GM Sayantan Das | Photo: IA R Anantharam

IM Ethan Vaz scored a convincing victory over FM Mohamed Anees M after a thematic sacrifice on the kingside | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Sammed - Manish

Position after 25...Bg3??

IM Manish Anto Cristiano F (2328) in an attempt to box his opponent IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete's (2379) king 25...Bg3?? neglected his own. Find out a fantastic move which Sammed executed in the game.

IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete undoubtedly played the move of the day to bounce back from his previous round loss | Photo: IA R Anantharam

IM Sanket Chakravarty is analyzing his games daily on his youtube channel, irrespective of the result. Check out the analysis of his loss against FM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy.

IM Sanket Chakravarty - FM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy, analysis by Sanket | Video: Sanket Chakravarty

37th National Under-11 Open 2024 champion, CM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma held GM Alexei Fedorov to a draw | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Notable results

Esshan Wadhawan - GM Laxman R R: 0.5-0.5

IM Ratnakaran K - FM Rosh Jain: 0.5-0.5

Jihan Tejas Shah - GM Evgeniy Podolchenko: 0.5-0.5

IM P Saravana Krishan - Simhadri Sai Hrushikesh: 0.5-0.5

IM Yehya Rahman (EGY) - Siddhant Gawai: 0-1

Siddhant Salunke - IM Sevan Buscara (FRA) : 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.

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Round 9 results

Bo.	No.		White	Bdld	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Bdld	FED	Rtg	No.
1	1	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2544	6½	½ - ½	7	GM	Iniyan, Pa		IND	2508	3
2	2	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh		SGP	2515	6	0 - 1	6½	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2413	9
3	17	IM	Shahil, Dey		IND	2374	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty		IND	2457	5
4	8	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2434	6	0 - 1	6	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		IND	2362	18
5	10	IM	Vaz, Ethan		IND	2412	6	1 - 0	6	FM	Mohamed, Anees M		IND	2334	25
6	15	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete		IND	2379	6	1 - 0	6	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F		IND	2328	28
7	16	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty		IND	2374	6	0 - 1	6	FM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy		IND	2292	34
8	37	GM	Czebe, Attila		HUN	2278	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo		COL	2435	7
9	36	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma		IND	2281	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Fedorov, Alexei		BLR	2409	11
10	12	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu		IND	2409	5½	1 - 0	5½		Mahindrakar, Indrajeet		IND	2098	84
11	88	FM	Jaiswal, Rupesh		NEP	2093	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander		RUS	2340	23
12	35	GM	Karthikeyan, P.		IND	2286	5½	1 - 0	5½		Madhesh, Kumar S		IND	2006	138
13	89	FM	Matta, Vinay Kumar		IND	2091	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Sathvik, Adiga		IND	2395	13
14	95		Mehta, Naitik R		IND	2075	5	0 - 1	5	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa		VIE	2358	19
15	26	FM	Setumadhav, Yellumahanthi		IND	2334	5	1 - 0	5		Arshpreet, Singh		IND	2073	96
16	119		Vijay, Shreeram P		IND	2025	5	0 - 1	5	FM	Adireddy, Arjun		IND	2326	29
17	122		Esshan, Wadhawan		IND	2019	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Laxman, R.R.		IND	2303	30
18	128		Mayukh, Majumder		IND	2013	5	1 - 0	5	FM	Dhananjay, S		IND	2270	38
19	44	IM	Ratnakaran, K.		IND	2225	5	0 - 1	5	FM	Rosh, Jain		IND	2071	97
20	152	CM	Mohmad, Bashiq Imrose		IND	1991	5	½ - ½	5		Saurabh, Anand		IND	2198	48

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Standings after Round 9

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	9	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2413	ICF	7,5	49,5	54,5	44,75	6
2	3	GM	Iniyan, Pa		IND	2508	TN	7,5	48,5	52,5	42,50	6
3	10	IM	Vaz, Ethan	U14	IND	2412	GA	7	50,5	53	39,00	5
4	1	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2544	RSPB	7	49,5	54,5	41,00	5
5	15	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete		IND	2379	MH	7	46	49,5	36,00	6
6	18	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		IND	2362	TN	7	43,5	46,5	34,25	6
7	34	FM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	U14	IND	2292	UP	7	41,5	45	34,00	6
8	12	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu		IND	2409	WB	6,5	45,5	47,5	30,50	5
9	17	IM	Shahil, Dey	U18	IND	2374	AS	6,5	44	47,5	31,75	5
10	23	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander		RUS	2340	RUS	6,5	42	45	30,25	5
11	5	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty	U16	IND	2457	AS	6,5	41,5	44,5	31,50	4
12	35	GM	Karthikeyan, P.		IND	2286	TN	6,5	40	43	30,25	5
13	2	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	U18	SGP	2515	SGP	6	51,5	55,5	34,25	4
14	8	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2434	WB	6	48,5	53	32,75	4
15	128		Mayukh, Majumder	U12	IND	2013	WB	6	47	51,5	33,50	4
16	25	FM	Mohamed, Anees M		IND	2334	TN	6	46,5	51	32,00	5
17	67		Anadkat, Kartavya	U20	IND	2139	GJ	6	46,5	49,5	28,75	5
18	28	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	U20	IND	2328	TN	6	45,5	49,5	31,25	4
19	13	IM	Sathvik, Adiga	U14	IND	2395	KA	6	44	48,5	31,00	5
20	11	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	S50	BLR	2409	BLR	6	44	48	30,00	5

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Round 10 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Bdld	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Bdld	FED	Rtg	No.
1	3	GM	Iniyan, Pa		IND	2508	7½		7½	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2413	9
2	15	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete		IND	2379	7		7	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2544	1
3	18	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		IND	2362	7		7	IM	Vaz, Ethan		IND	2412	10
4	34	FM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy		IND	2292	7		6½	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu		IND	2409	12
5	5	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty		IND	2457	6½		6½	GM	Karthikeyan, P.		IND	2286	35
6	23	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander		RUS	2340	6½		6½	IM	Shahil, Dey		IND	2374	17
7	28	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F		IND	2328	6		6	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh		SGP	2515	2
8	7	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo		COL	2435	6		6	FM	Setumadhav, Yellumahanthi		IND	2334	26
9	29	FM	Adireddy, Arjun		IND	2326	6		6	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2434	8
10	11	GM	Fedorov, Alexei		BLR	2409	6		6	GM	Czebe, Attila		HUN	2278	37
11	13	IM	Sathvik, Adiga		IND	2395	6		6	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma		IND	2281	36
12	97	FM	Rosh, Jain		IND	2071	6		6	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty		IND	2374	16
13	19	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa		VIE	2358	6		6		Arnav, Agrawal		IND	2006	137
14	25	FM	Mohamed, Anees M		IND	2334	6		6		Anadkat, Kartavya		IND	2139	67
15	30	GM	Laxman, R.R.		IND	2303	5½		6		Mayukh, Majumder		IND	2013	128
16	24	IM	Nitin, S.		IND	2338	5½		5½	FM	Jaiswal, Rupesh		NEP	2093	88
17	83		Daksh, Goyal		IND	2101	5½		5½	GM	Manik, Mikulas		SVK	2303	31
18	48		Saurabh, Anand		IND	2198	5½		5½		Majumder, Shrayan		IND	2061	101
19	56		Varun, V		IND	2173	5½		5½	CM	Mohmad, Bashiq Imrose		IND	1991	152
20	84		Mahindrakar, Indrajeet		IND	2098	5½		5½	CM	Rajarishi, Karthi		IND	2131	69

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