15th KIIT GM Open R5: Boris Savchenko emerges sole leader

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/12/2024

GM Boris Savchenko defeated GM Cristhian Camilo Rios Gomez (COL) to emerge sole leader 5/5 at 15th KIIT Festival Category A 2024. Savchenko's coleader, Shaashvat Gupta lost to GM Van Huy Nguyen (VIE). Top seed IM Aronyak Ghosh outplayed GM Laxman R R. GM Sayantan Das and IM Kaustuv Kundu won against local players Harshit Ranjan Sahu and Utkal Ranjan Sahoo respectively. Vihaan Karthikeya N played some sharp chess to beat GM Raset Ziatdinov (USA). Aronyak, Kaustuv, Vihaan, Sayantan and Rishit Sharma are the five Indians at 4.5/5, among the nine players in chase. Savchenko will face Aronyak in Round 6 which starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Seven in pursuit

Top seed, IM Aronyak Ghosh drew with GM Alexei Fedorov in Round 4. IM Kaustuv Kundu had a well contested draw against GM Saptarshi Roy. Utkal Ranjan Sahoo shared the point with GM Manik Mikulas (SVK). Venkatesh Das had a fighting draw against GM Jacek Stopa (POL).

GM Boris Savchenko defeated GM Cristhian Camilo Rios Gomez (COL) to gain sole lead 5/5 | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

IM Aronyak Ghosh (2547) outplayed GM Laxman R R (2310) to score a full point.

IM Aronyak Ghosh 4.5/5 | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

GM Sayantan Das defeated Harshit Ranjan Sahu to move to 4.5/5 | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Utkal - Kaustuv

Position after 34.Re1

Find out the winning combination for Black after 34.Re1 which IM Kaustuv Kundu (2427) executed against Utkal Ranjan Sahoo (2283).

IM Kaustuv Kundu 4.5/5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Vihaan - Raset

Position after 23...b5

Vihaan Karthikeya N (1808) found a nice sacrifice 24.Bxg6! Black cannot take on g6 as Qxg6 runs into 25.Rg3 and fxg6 has 25.Re6. 24...Rxc4 25.Rxc4 Nxc4 26.Bxf7+! once again no matter how Black captures it, the end result is the same. 26...Rxf7 27.Re8+ Rf8 28.Qg5+ and it's over.

Round 5 in progress | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Notable results

Vihaan Karthikeya N - GM Raset Ziatdinov (USA): 1-0

Yashad Bambeshwar - IM Attila Turzo (HUN): 1-0

Puspal Datta - WIM Rani Hamid (BAN): 0.5-0.5

Sagnik Halder - WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana (SRI): 1-0

Akshay A R - IM Krishnamoorthy Murugan: 0.5-0.5

IM Walaa Sarwat (EGY) - Ayushman Mohanty: 0.5-0.5

Tanvi Borate - IM Kudzanai Mamombe (ZIM): 0.5-0.5

WIM Thanh Thuy Tien Nguyen (VIE) - Sarbartho Mani: 0.5-0.5

Aditya Kayet - IM Yahya Rahman (EGY): 1-0

A total of 265 players including 12 GMs, 12 IMs, a WGM and 3 WIMs are taking part from 14 countries across the world including India in Category A. The tournament is organized by KIIT University from 2nd to 9th December 2024 at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. 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 5 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2473	4	1 - 0	3½	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2448	3
2	10	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	2358	3½	1 - 0	4		Shaashvat, Gupta	1790	160
3	1	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2547	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2310	13
4	4	GM	Das, Sayantan	2437	3½	1 - 0	3½		Harshit, Ranjan Sahu	2210	21
5	16		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2283	3½	0 - 1	3½	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2427	5
6	15	GM	Saptarshi, Roy	2286	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2385	6
7	142		Vihaan, Karthikeya N	1808	3½	1 - 0	3	GM	Ziatdinov, Raset	2063	35
8	37		Siddhanth, Poonja	2042	3	1 - 0	3½		Arghya, Sen	1801	150
9	154	AFM	Venkatesh, Das	1795	3½	0 - 1	3		Abhishek, T M	2030	39
10	40	AFM	Janukshan, B	2024	3	0 - 1	3½		Rishit, Sharma	1764	178
11	27		Majumder, Shrayan	2158	2½	1 - 0	3½		Aadhya, V	1729	199
12	42		Soham, Roy	2016	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2383	7
13	8	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2373	3	1 - 0	3		Rupam, Mukherjee	2004	46
14	48		Pruthu, Deshpande	2000	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy	2360	9
15	54		Karan, J P	1969	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Manik, Mikulas	2326	11
16	12	GM	Stopa, Jacek	2323	3	1 - 0	3	WFM	Bristy, Mukherjee	1947	70
17	73		Lakshmi, Charan Naidu G	1943	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2269	18
18	74		Yashad, Bambeshwar	1941	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Turzo, Attila	2268	19
19	22		Shirliyev, Allayar	2207	3	1 - 0	3		Anirudh, R	1888	95
20	77		Chukka, Vineel Radha Karthik	1934	3	½ - ½	3	FM	Matta, Vinay Kumar	2112	31

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2473	RUS	5	14	17	17,00
2	6	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	BLR	2385	BLR	4,5	15	17,5	15,25
3	1	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2547	RSPB	4,5	15	17	14,75
4	5	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	IND	2427	WB	4,5	14	17	15,25
5	142		Vihaan, Karthikeya N	IND	1808	TG	4,5	13,5	15	13,00
6	10	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	VIE	2358	VIE	4,5	13	15	13,25
7	4	GM	Das, Sayantan	IND	2437	RSPB	4,5	11	13	12,00
8	178		Rishit, Sharma	IND	1764	GJ	4,5	10,5	12	11,00
9	7	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	IND	2383	KA	4	15	17,5	12,50
10	74		Yashad, Bambeshwar	IND	1941	CT	4	14,5	16,5	12,00
11	18	IM	Gochelashvili, David	RUS	2269	RUS	4	14	16,5	12,00
12	160		Shaashvat, Gupta	IND	1790	MH	4	14	16	11,50
13	22		Shirliyev, Allayar	TKM	2207	TKM	4	13,5	16	11,50
14	37		Siddhanth, Poonja	IND	2042	KA	4	13,5	15,5	11,50
15	9	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy	BLR	2360	BLR	4	12,5	15	11,50
16	8	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	VIE	2373	VIE	4	12,5	14,5	10,75
17	11	GM	Manik, Mikulas	SVK	2326	SVK	4	12,5	14	10,75
18	39		Abhishek, T M	IND	2030	KL	4	12	14	11,00
19	12	GM	Stopa, Jacek	POL	2323	POL	4	11,5	13,5	10,50
20	225		Shravan, Sriram	IND	1677	TN	4	10	12,5	10,00

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Round 6 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2473	5		4½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2547	1
2	10	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	2358	4½		4½	GM	Das, Sayantan	2437	4
3	5	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2427	4½		4½		Vihaan, Karthikeya N	1808	142
4	178		Rishit, Sharma	1764	4½		4½	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2385	6
5	7	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2383	4		4		Shirliyev, Allayar	2207	22
6	39		Abhishek, T M	2030	4		4	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2373	8
7	9	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy	2360	4		4		Siddhanth, Poonja	2042	37
8	11	GM	Manik, Mikulas	2326	4		4		Yashad, Bambeshwar	1941	74
9	160		Shaashvat, Gupta	1790	4		4	GM	Stopa, Jacek	2323	12
10	18	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2269	4		4		Shravan, Sriram	1677	225
11	3	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2448	3½		3½		Sai, Abhinav Kuchibhotla	1857	112
12	13	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2310	3½		3½	AFM	Venkatesh, Das	1795	154
13	140		Sagnik, Halder	1811	3½		3½	GM	Saptarshi, Roy	2286	15
14	150		Arghya, Sen	1801	3½		3½		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2283	16
15	21		Harshit, Ranjan Sahu	2210	3½		3½		Puspal, Datta	1791	159
16	162		Srijon, Saha	1789	3½		3½		Majumder, Shrayan	2158	27
17	169		Aditi, Yogesh Kayal	1783	3½		3½		Daksh, Goyal	2117	30
18	31	FM	Matta, Vinay Kumar	2112	3½		3½		Krithik, Muthukumar	1763	179
19	41		Mhamane, Sourabh	2018	3½		3½		Sahoo, Stitaprangya	1733	197
20	192		Karjee, Manindra	1738	3½		3½		Raihaan, Zahid	2010	43

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