Aronyak, Kaustuv, Utkal and Sayantan in a seven-way chase
Podolchenko - Savchenko
GM Evgeniy Podolchenko (2360) blundered 12.Nb5?? Find out the winning continuation for Black which GM Boris Savchenko (2473) executed in the game and finished it 18 moves.
Ram Vishal - Jacek
Ram Vishal Parab (2008) made a simple yet deadly threat of attacking on h6-pawn thrice when he played 29.Ng4 hxg5 30.Qxg5 Rxe1+ 31.Rxe1 would have kept the game going. Instead, GM Jacek Stopa (POL, 2323) blundered 29...Bc6?? 30.gxh6+- Bh8 31.Qg5 Kh7 32.Rxe6 fxe6 33.Be4 and it's over.
Nithin - Niladri
Niladri Banerjee (1962) sacrificed his queen 35...Qg6+ 36.Rxg6 fxg6# to deliver checkmate against Nithin Babu (2282).
Notable results
IM Kaustuv Kundu - GM Van Huy Nguyen (VIE): 0.5-0.5
GM Manik Mikulas (SVK) - Soham Roy: 0.5-0.5
Ram Vishal Parab - GM Jacek Stopa (POL): 1-0
Karan J P - IM Dinesh K Sharma: 1-0
IM Walaa Sarwat - Sai Abhinav Kuchibhotla: 0-1
WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty - Akshaya Sathi: 0-1
Parambrata Sarkar - IM Ratnakaran K: 1-0
GM Raset Ziatdinov (USA) - Saikat Nath: 0.5-0.5
WIM Rani Hamid (BAN) - Aditi Yogesh Kayal: 0-1
Arin Anwesh Swain - IM Sekhar Chandra Sahu: 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.
Replay Round 8 games
Round 8 results
Standings after Round 8
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | GM | Savchenko, Boris | RUS | 2473 | RUS | 7 | 40,5 | 45,5 | 39,00 | |||
| 2 | 1 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | IND | 2547 | RSPB | 6,5 | 42,5 | 45,5 | 35,75 | |||
| 3 | 5 | IM | Kaustuv, Kundu | IND | 2427 | WB | 6,5 | 41 | 46 | 37,00 | |||
| 4 | 6 | GM | Fedorov, Alexei | BLR | 2385 | BLR | 6,5 | 40 | 44 | 34,75 | |||
| 5 | 10 | GM | Nguyen, Van Huy | VIE | 2358 | VIE | 6,5 | 38,5 | 42,5 | 33,50 | |||
| 6 | 8 | FM | Nguyen, Quoc Hy | VIE | 2373 | VIE | 6,5 | 38 | 41,5 | 32,75 | |||
| 7 | 16 | Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan | IND | 2283 | OR | 6,5 | 36,5 | 39,5 | 30,25 | ||||
| 8 | 4 | GM | Das, Sayantan | IND | 2437 | RSPB | 6,5 | 35,5 | 39,5 | 30,50 | |||
| 9 | 7 | IM | Viani, Antonio Dcunha | IND | 2383 | KA | 6 | 40,5 | 45,5 | 32,50 | |||
| 10 | 9 | GM | Podolchenko, Evgeniy | BLR | 2360 | BLR | 6 | 38,5 | 42 | 30,00 | |||
| 11 | 15 | GM | Saptarshi, Roy | IND | 2286 | Rlys | 6 | 37,5 | 41 | 28,75 | |||
| 12 | 37 | Siddhanth, Poonja | IND | 2042 | KA | 6 | 35,5 | 39,5 | 27,50 | ||||
| 13 | 13 | GM | Laxman, R.R. | IND | 2310 | ICF | 6 | 35,5 | 38,5 | 26,75 | |||
| 14 | 44 | Ram, Vishal Parab | IND | 2008 | MH | 6 | 35,5 | 38,5 | 26,50 | ||||
| 15 | 54 | Karan, J P | IND | 1969 | KL | 6 | 34,5 | 37,5 | 25,50 | ||||
| 16 | 112 | Sai, Abhinav Kuchibhotla | IND | 1857 | TN | 6 | 34 | 37 | 27,00 | ||||
| 17 | 60 | Niladri, Banerjee | IND | 1962 | WB | 6 | 30 | 32,5 | 24,50 | ||||
| 18 | 18 | IM | Gochelashvili, David | RUS | 2269 | RUS | 5,5 | 39,5 | 43,5 | 27,75 | |||
| 19 | 22 | Shirliyev, Allayar | TKM | 2207 | TKM | 5,5 | 39 | 43,5 | 27,50 | ||||
| 20 | 11 | GM | Manik, Mikulas | SVK | 2326 | SVK | 5,5 | 39 | 42,5 | 27,50 |
