1st Bikaner GM Open R8: Can Ram Aravind stop Abhijeet Gupta?

by Shahid Ahmed - 08/10/2022

Abhijeet Gupta maintains his sole lead by playing a quiet draw against GM Tsegmed Batchuluun (MGL) in the eighth round of 1st Bikaner GM Open 2022. Apart from Abhijeet, FM Ram Aravind L N is having a great tournament. He defeated his second GM of the event, Duc Hoa Nguyen (VIE) to move to 6/8. The teenager was very close to beating the top seed of the tournament, GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) too in the previous round. IM Arash Tahbaz (IRI) is the sole player at 6.5/8, followed by Dhananjay S and GM Raset Ziatdinov (USA) at 6/8 each. Ram Aravind will face Abhijeet in the penultimate ninth round, which starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Ram Aravind defeats Duc Hoa

GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (VIE) suffered his second consecutive, third overall loss of the event. Dhananjay S is also picking up momentum. After defeating IM Nitin S in the seventh round, he increased his winning streak to four games as he defeated Arya Omidi (IRI).

FM Ram Aravind L N is having a great tournament | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Tsegmed Batchuluun (MGL) - GM Abhbijeet Gupta: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Duc Hoa - Ram Aravind: 0-1

GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (VIE, 2360) suffered his second consecutive loss, FM Ram Aravind L N (2218) beat his second GM of the event after winning against GM Luka Paichadze (GEO, 2527) in the third round. The teenager had a better position for the majority of the game.

Position after 25...Rxb7

26.Qxb7 Qe6 and the game goes on. However, White blundered 26.Rxb7 ignoring his back rank problems. 26...Qe4 27.h3 Bxf3 28.Bc5 Qxb7 and White resigned.

Final moments: GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (VIE) - FM Ram Aravind L N | Video: ChessBase India

FM Ram Aravind L N analyzes his win over GM Duc Hoa Nguyen | Video: ChessBase India

Dhananjay S - Arya Omidi (IRI): 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Final moments: GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) - GM Raset Ziatdinov (USA) | Video: ChessBase India

Final moments: Masango Spencer (ZIM) - IM Rajesh Vav | Video: ChessBase India

You can become a Grandmaster in ten years if you train correctly - IM Anup Deshmukh | Video: ChessBase India

For more Round 8 photos, please click here.

A total of 75 players including 10 GMs, 7 IMs and 4 WIMs are taking part from 13 countries across the world in the Category A. The nine-day ten-round Swiss league tournament is organized by Rajasthan Chess Association from 1st to 9th October 2022. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1. Category B witnesses the participation of 304 players from various parts of India along with players from Bangladesh and Nepal.

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Round 8 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	6	GM	BATCHULUUN TSEGMED			MGL	2487	5	½ - ½	6½	GM	GUPTA ABHIJEET	RAJ		IND	2607	2
2	10	IM	ANUJ SHRIVATRI			IND	2407	5	½ - ½	6	IM	TAHBAZ ARASH			IRI	2438	8
3	1	GM	PANTSULAIA LEVAN			GEO	2609	5	0 - 1	5	GM	ZIATDINOV RASET		S60	USA	2086	36
4	5	GM	PAICHADZE LUKA			GEO	2527	5	½ - ½	5	GM	SAVCHENKO BORIS			RUS	2550	4
5	15	GM	NGUYEN DUC HOA			VIE	2360	5	0 - 1	5	FM	RAM ARAVIND L N			IND	2218	22
6	26		DHANANJAY S			IND	2181	5	1 - 0	5		OMIDI ARYA			IRI	2321	18
7	3	GM	KRASENKOW MICHAL			POL	2550	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	DEEPAN CHAKKRAVARTHY J.			IND	2451	7
8	12	CM	KUSHAGRA MOHAN			IND	2395	4½	1 - 0	4½	AFM	PAWAR HARSHIT			IND	2141	30
9	59		KOTIKALAPUDI ADITYA KRISHNA			USA	1817	4½	0 - 1	4½	GM	LAXMAN R.R.			IND	2378	14
10	33		MASANGO SPENCER			ZIM	2124	4	1 - 0	4	IM	RAJESH V A V			IND	2334	16
11	17	IM	RATNAKARAN K.			IND	2329	4	1 - 0	4		VRASHANK CHOUHAN	RAJ		IND	2107	34
12	29	CM	AADITYA DHINGRA			IND	2154	4	½ - ½	4		BALASUBRAMANIAM H			IND	2298	20
13	21	FM	ARADHYA GARG			IND	2284	4	1 - 0	4		ARNAV MAHESHWARI			IND	2046	43
14	23	CM	MAYANK CHAKRABORTY			IND	2203	4	1 - 0	4		ANKIT RAY			IND	1678	72
15	41	AGM	VIGNESH B			IND	2050	4	0 - 1	4		BHARADIA YASH	RAJ		IND	2192	24

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Round 9 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	22	FM	RAM ARAVIND L N			IND	2218	6		7	GM	GUPTA ABHIJEET	RAJ		IND	2607	2
2	8	IM	TAHBAZ ARASH			IRI	2438	6½		6		DHANANJAY S			IND	2181	26
3	36	GM	ZIATDINOV RASET		S60	USA	2086	6		5½	GM	BATCHULUUN TSEGMED			MGL	2487	6
4	4	GM	SAVCHENKO BORIS			RUS	2550	5½		5½	IM	ANUJ SHRIVATRI			IND	2407	10
5	14	GM	LAXMAN R.R.			IND	2378	5½		5½	GM	PAICHADZE LUKA			GEO	2527	5
6	7	GM	DEEPAN CHAKKRAVARTHY J.			IND	2451	5		5½	CM	KUSHAGRA MOHAN			IND	2395	12
7	21	FM	ARADHYA GARG			IND	2284	5		5	GM	PANTSULAIA LEVAN			GEO	2609	1
8	23	CM	MAYANK CHAKRABORTY			IND	2203	5		5	GM	KRASENKOW MICHAL			POL	2550	3
9	24		BHARADIA YASH	RAJ		IND	2192	5		5	GM	NGUYEN DUC HOA			VIE	2360	15
10	28	IM	DESHMUKH ANUP			IND	2167	5		5	IM	RATNAKARAN K.			IND	2329	17
11	18		OMIDI ARYA			IRI	2321	5		5		MASANGO SPENCER			ZIM	2124	33
12	31	FM	JAISWAL RUPESH			NEP	2135	4½		4½	IM	NITIN S.			IND	2407	11
13	20		BALASUBRAMANIAM H			IND	2298	4½		4½		SHAH JEET			IND	1923	49
14	48		ESSHAN WADHAWAN			IND	1935	4½		4½	CM	AADITYA DHINGRA			IND	2154	29
15	30	AFM	PAWAR HARSHIT			IND	2141	4½		4½	WIM	NGUYEN THANH THUY TIEN			VIE	1910	51

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