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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.

Replay Round 8 games

Round 8 results

Bo.No. NameGrTypFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameGrTypFEDRtg No.
16
GMBATCHULUUN TSEGMEDMGL24875½ - ½GMGUPTA ABHIJEETRAJIND2607
2
210
IMANUJ SHRIVATRIIND24075½ - ½6IMTAHBAZ ARASHIRI2438
8
31
GMPANTSULAIA LEVANGEO260950 - 15GMZIATDINOV RASETS60USA2086
36
45
GMPAICHADZE LUKAGEO25275½ - ½5GMSAVCHENKO BORISRUS2550
4
515
GMNGUYEN DUC HOAVIE236050 - 15FMRAM ARAVIND L NIND2218
22
626
DHANANJAY SIND218151 - 05OMIDI ARYAIRI2321
18
73
GMKRASENKOW MICHALPOL2550½ - ½GMDEEPAN CHAKKRAVARTHY J.IND2451
7
812
CMKUSHAGRA MOHANIND23951 - 0AFMPAWAR HARSHITIND2141
30
959
KOTIKALAPUDI ADITYA KRISHNAUSA18170 - 1GMLAXMAN R.R.IND2378
14
1033
MASANGO SPENCERZIM212441 - 04IMRAJESH V A VIND2334
16
1117
IMRATNAKARAN K.IND232941 - 04VRASHANK CHOUHANRAJIND2107
34
1229
CMAADITYA DHINGRAIND21544½ - ½4BALASUBRAMANIAM HIND2298
20
1321
FMARADHYA GARGIND228441 - 04ARNAV MAHESHWARIIND2046
43
1423
CMMAYANK CHAKRABORTYIND220341 - 04ANKIT RAYIND1678
72
1541
AGMVIGNESH BIND205040 - 14BHARADIA YASHRAJIND2192
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Round 9 pairings

Bo.No. NameGrTypFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameGrTypFEDRtg No.
122
FMRAM ARAVIND L NIND221867GMGUPTA ABHIJEETRAJIND2607
2
28
IMTAHBAZ ARASHIRI24386DHANANJAY SIND2181
26
336
GMZIATDINOV RASETS60USA20866GMBATCHULUUN TSEGMEDMGL2487
6
44
GMSAVCHENKO BORISRUS2550IMANUJ SHRIVATRIIND2407
10
514
GMLAXMAN R.R.IND2378GMPAICHADZE LUKAGEO2527
5
67
GMDEEPAN CHAKKRAVARTHY J.IND24515CMKUSHAGRA MOHANIND2395
12
721
FMARADHYA GARGIND228455GMPANTSULAIA LEVANGEO2609
1
823
CMMAYANK CHAKRABORTYIND220355GMKRASENKOW MICHALPOL2550
3
924
BHARADIA YASHRAJIND219255GMNGUYEN DUC HOAVIE2360
15
1028
IMDESHMUKH ANUPIND216755IMRATNAKARAN K.IND2329
17
1118
OMIDI ARYAIRI232155MASANGO SPENCERZIM2124
33
1231
FMJAISWAL RUPESHNEP2135IMNITIN S.IND2407
11
1320
BALASUBRAMANIAM HIND2298SHAH JEETIND1923
49
1448
ESSHAN WADHAWANIND1935CMAADITYA DHINGRAIND2154
29
1530
AFMPAWAR HARSHITIND2141WIMNGUYEN THANH THUY TIENVIE1910
51

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