Boris Savchenko on the verge of winning 15th KIIT GM Open

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/12/2024

GM Boris Savchenko defeated IM Kaustuv Kundu to increase his sole lead by a full point 8/9. He just needs a draw in the final round against GM Sayantan Das, to win 15th KIIT International Chess Festival Category A 2024. Savchenko's game seemed to be heading towards a draw when Kaustuv did not exchange his knight with his opponent's bishop at the right moment in the endgame. It ended up costing him the game. Nine players including five Indians - IM Aronyak Ghosh, IM Viani Antonio Dcunha, GM Sayantan Das, Utkal Ranjan Sahoo and GM Saptarshi Roy are at 7/9 each. Final Round 10 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Nine in pursuit

GM Boris Savchenko has increased his sole lead 8/9 | Photo: Swayangsu Satyakam

Savchenko - Kaustuv

Position after 38.Rd1

In a complex queen, rook and minor piece endgame, IM Kaustuv Kundu (2427) needed to exchange the minor pieces on the board 38...Nf4+ 39.Kg3 Nxe2+ 40.Qxe2 Qd7 and Black would have been fine. Instead, he blundered 39...Kg7?? and the bishop proved to be menacing 40.Bc4 Qxe7 41.dxe7 Re8 42.Rd7 b6 43.Rb5 and GM Boris Savchenko (2473) extended his sole lead by a full point.

Notable results

GM Sayantan Das - Utkal Ranjan Sahoo: 0.5-0.5

Siddhanth Poonja - GM Laxman R R: 0.5-0.5

GM Jacek Stopa (POL) - Vineel Radha Karthik Chukka: 0.5-0.5

IM Dinesh K Sharma - Parambrata Sarkar: 0.5-0.5

Omm Aditya Khadanga - IM Krishnamoorthy Murugan: 0.5-0.5

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 9 games

Round 9 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	2	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2473	7	1 - 0	6½	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2427	5	PGN
2	8	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2373	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2547	1	PGN
3	4	GM	Das, Sayantan	2437	6½	½ - ½	6½		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2283	16	PGN
4	10	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	2358	6½	½ - ½	6½	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2385	6	PGN
5	60		Niladri, Banerjee	1962	6	0 - 1	6	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2383	7	PGN
6	112		Sai, Abhinav Kuchibhotla	1857	6	0 - 1	6	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy	2360	9	PGN
7	37		Siddhanth, Poonja	2042	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2310	13	PGN
8	15	GM	Saptarshi, Roy	2286	6	1 - 0	6		Ram, Vishal Parab	2008	44	PGN
9	22		Shirliyev, Allayar	2207	5½	½ - ½	6		Karan, J P	1969	54	PGN
10	76	CM	Kavinda, Akila	1939	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Manik, Mikulas	2326	11	PGN
11	74		Yashad, Bambeshwar	1941	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2269	18	PGN
12	27		Majumder, Shrayan	2158	5½	0 - 1	5½		Sree, Shaunak Chanda	1918	84	PGN
13	30		Daksh, Goyal	2117	5½	1 - 0	5½		Shravan, Sriram	1677	225	PGN
14	85		Akshaya, Sathi	1917	5½	0 - 1	5½	FM	Matta, Vinay Kumar	2112	31	PGN
15	98		Andalamala, Hemal Varshan	1882	5½	0 - 1	5½		Mhamane, Sourabh	2018	41	PGN
16	42		Soham, Roy	2016	5½	½ - ½	5½		Chanda, Ujan	1877	99	PGN
17	43		Raihaan, Zahid	2010	5½	½ - ½	5½	AFM	Venkatesh, Das	1795	154	PGN
18	100		Bhuvan, Krishna Prasanth	1876	5½	0 - 1	5½		Yohan, Yadav Tarala	2000	49	PGN
19	73		Lakshmi, Charan Naidu G	1943	5	0 - 1	5	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2448	3	PGN
20	12	GM	Stopa, Jacek	2323	5	½ - ½	5		Chukka, Vineel Radha Karthik	1934	77	PGN

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Standings after Round 9

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2473	RUS	8	52,5	57,5	50,50
2	1	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2547	RSPB	7	54,5	58	43,50
3	7	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	IND	2383	KA	7	51,5	56,5	42,00
4	6	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	BLR	2385	BLR	7	50	54,5	41,00
5	10	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	VIE	2358	VIE	7	50	54	40,75
6	8	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	VIE	2373	VIE	7	49	53	40,25
7	9	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy	BLR	2360	BLR	7	49	53	39,25
8	4	GM	Das, Sayantan	IND	2437	RSPB	7	48	52	38,50
9	16		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	IND	2283	OR	7	47,5	51	37,75
10	15	GM	Saptarshi, Roy	IND	2286	Rlys	7	46	50,5	37,50
11	5	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	IND	2427	WB	6,5	53	58	40,00
12	18	IM	Gochelashvili, David	RUS	2269	RUS	6,5	48	53	36,25
13	11	GM	Manik, Mikulas	SVK	2326	SVK	6,5	47	51,5	35,50
14	31	FM	Matta, Vinay Kumar	IND	2112	UBI	6,5	46,5	51	34,50
15	37		Siddhanth, Poonja	IND	2042	KA	6,5	46	50,5	33,25
16	13	GM	Laxman, R.R.	IND	2310	ICF	6,5	46	49,5	33,25
17	41		Mhamane, Sourabh	IND	2018	MH	6,5	44,5	49	32,50
18	54		Karan, J P	IND	1969	KL	6,5	44,5	48,5	32,50
19	30		Daksh, Goyal	IND	2117	DL	6,5	44	48	35,50
20	84		Sree, Shaunak Chanda	IND	1918	TG	6,5	42	45,5	30,50

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Round 10 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2473	8		7	GM	Das, Sayantan	2437	4
2	1	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2547	7		7	GM	Nguyen, Van Huy	2358	10
3	9	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy	2360	7		7	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2385	6
4	7	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2383	7		7	GM	Saptarshi, Roy	2286	15
5	16		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2283	7		7	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2373	8
6	5	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2427	6½		6½	FM	Matta, Vinay Kumar	2112	31
7	11	GM	Manik, Mikulas	2326	6½		6½		Siddhanth, Poonja	2042	37
8	13	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2310	6½		6½		Karan, J P	1969	54
9	41		Mhamane, Sourabh	2018	6½		6½	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2269	18
10	49		Yohan, Yadav Tarala	2000	6½		6½		Daksh, Goyal	2117	30
11	84		Sree, Shaunak Chanda	1918	6½		6	IM	Turzo, Attila	2268	19
12	3	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2448	6		6		Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha	1967	55
13	17		Nithin, Babu	2282	6		6		Challa, Saharsha	1966	56
14	60		Niladri, Banerjee	1962	6		6		Shirliyev, Allayar	2207	22
15	39		Abhishek, T M	2030	6		6		Rohith, Yadav B R	1956	67
16	121	WCM	Sherali, Pattnaik	1839	6		6		Soham, Roy	2016	42
17	99		Chanda, Ujan	1877	6		6		Raihaan, Zahid	2010	43
18	125		Lavyaajyoti, Routray	1833	6		6		Ram, Vishal Parab	2008	44
19	47	WIM	Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini	2001	6		6		Sai, Abhinav Kuchibhotla	1857	112
20	154	AFM	Venkatesh, Das	1795	6		6	WFM	Saparya, Ghosh	1990	51

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