1st Indore International GM Open R4: And then there were four
After 4 rounds of play, there are 4 players with a perfect score in the 1st Indore International GM Open - GM Deep Sengupta, IM Aronyak Ghosh, IM Nitish Belurkar and GM Marat Dzhumaev. One of the unexpected results of this round was talented junior Aakash G (1842) taking down IM Anuj Shrivatri (2407)! On the same day, the U-1800 tournament IDA Cup International Open Chess Tournament also took off with over 300 players taking part. Today is a double round day - the 5th round starts from 10 AM IST, and the 6th round from 4 PM IST. Photo: Himank Ghosh
The art of swindling a higher-rated opponent
Usually, making one mistake against a titled player means the game is over - you can pack your bags. But what if the mistake is not very apparent, the way to win not so clear? In that case, there is a chance you can pull off a swindle. That's exactly what happened in the 4th round of the 1st Indore International GM Open.
Round 4: IM Anuj Shrivatri - Aakash G: 0-1
Anuj got quite a comfortable position with the White pieces from the get-go. However, young Aakash proved to be quite tricky. Even after being down an exchange, he was able to generate good counterplay! Soon enough, Anuj lost most of his advantage:
Rb8 would've won the game almost instantly. But 34. Qc7 allows this nice move 34...Ba6! After 35. Qa5 Bxc4 36. Bxc4 Bc5, Black is already slightly better. The losing blunder came in a few moves later:
White's position is already quite bad, but Qd5 loses instantly to 41...Rxc4! The point is, after Qxc4 there is ...Qe4+ followed by ...Bg1+, winning the Queen. Anuj resigned after ...Rxc4.
IM Utsab Chakraborty - GM Dzhumaev Marat: 0-1
This game is a perfect demonstration of why getting active play is so important. In the closed Ruy Lopez, White tried to gain play in the Queenside by shifting all his major pieces there. Taking advantage of that, Marat sacrificed a Knight and started a huge kingside attack!
The idea is very beautiful: after 36. Qxd5 came in 36...e3+! winning the White Queen. Marat went on to win the game in a few more moves.
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All the Round 4 games
Round 4 results
| Bo. | No. | Name | Gr | Typ | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Gr | Typ | Rtg | Club/City | No. | PGN | ||||
| 1 | 16 | GM | Stupak, Kirill | 2413 | FID | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | 2568 | GEO | 2 | PGN | ||||||
| 2 | 4 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | 2534 | WB | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | GM | Saptarshi, Roy | AICF | 2370 | WB | 26 | PGN | |||||
| 3 | 23 | IM | Audi, Ameya | 2387 | GOA | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | GM | Sengupta, Deep | 2484 | PSPB | 8 | PGN | ||||||
| 4 | 29 | IM | Utsab, Chatterjee | 2338 | WB | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | GM | Dzhumaev, Marat | 2428 | UZB | 14 | PGN | ||||||
| 5 | 15 | IM | Nitish, Belurkar | 2426 | GOA | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | FM | Ritviz, Parab | 2328 | GOA | 30 | PGN | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | GM | Paichadze, Luka | 2515 | GEO | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 3 | FM | Harsh, Suresh | U19 | 2261 | TN | 42 | PGN | |||||
| 7 | 5 | GM | Krasenkow, Michal | S60 | 2527 | POL | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | WIM | Chitlange, Sakshi | 2241 | MAH | 46 | PGN | |||||
| 8 | 9 | GM | Fedorov, Alexei | 2477 | FID | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | FM | Matta, Vinay Kumar | AICF | 2190 | UBI | 54 | PGN | |||||
| 9 | 111 | Koustuv, Dash | U19 | 1919 | ODI | 2½ | 0 - 1 | 2½ | GM | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. | AICF | 2432 | TN | 12 | PGN | |||||
| 10 | 13 | IM | Srihari, L R | U19 | 2432 | TN | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | CM | Borgaonkar, Akshay | U19 | 2020 | MAH | 80 | PGN | ||||
| 11 | 17 | IM | Anuj, Shrivatri | U19 | 2407 | MP | 2½ | 0 - 1 | 2½ | Aakash, G | U19 | 1842 | TN | 135 | PGN | |||||
| 12 | 21 | IM | Nitin, S. | 2398 | TN | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | Vivaan, Vishal Shah | AICF | U19 | 1833 | GUJ | 139 | PGN | |||||
| 13 | 148 | Setumadhav, Yellumahanthi | U19 | 1816 | AP | 2½ | 0 - 1 | 2½ | IM | Viani, Antonio Dcunha | 2385 | KAR | 24 | PGN | ||||||
| 14 | 27 | Subhayan, Kundu | 2363 | WB | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | WIM | Chandreyee, Hajra | AICF | 1807 | WB | 151 | PGN | ||||||
| 15 | 160 | Gawai, Siddhant | U19 | 1791 | MAH | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | FM | Orozbaev, Eldiar | U19 | 2313 | KGZ | 32 | PGN |
Standings after Round 4
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | Rp | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 14 | GM | Dzhumaev, Marat | UZB | 2428 | UZB | 4 | 9 | 11,5 | 11,50 | 0 | 4 | 2926 | 10 | 8,2 | |||
| 2 | 8 | GM | Sengupta, Deep | IND | 2484 | PSPB | 4 | 8,5 | 10,5 | 10,50 | 0 | 4 | 2959 | 10 | 7,7 | |||
| 3 | 4 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | IND | 2534 | WB | 4 | 7,5 | 9 | 9,00 | 0 | 4 | 2987 | 10 | 5,5 | |||
| 4 | 15 | IM | Nitish, Belurkar | IND | 2426 | GOA | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8,00 | 0 | 4 | 2929 | 10 | 8,1 | |||
| 5 | 2 | GM | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | GEO | 2568 | GEO | 3,5 | 9,5 | 11,5 | 9,75 | 0 | 3 | 2531 | 10 | 1,3 | |||
| 6 | 5 | GM | Krasenkow, Michal | S60 | POL | 2527 | POL | 3,5 | 8 | 10 | 9,00 | 0 | 3 | 2420 | 10 | -1,5 | ||
| 7 | 24 | IM | Viani, Antonio Dcunha | IND | 2385 | KAR | 3,5 | 7,5 | 9,5 | 8,50 | 0 | 3 | 2248 | 10 | -2,1 | |||
| 8 | 13 | IM | Srihari, L R | U19 | IND | 2432 | TN | 3,5 | 7,5 | 9 | 7,75 | 0 | 3 | 2403 | 10 | 0,2 | ||
| 9 | 21 | IM | Nitin, S. | IND | 2398 | TN | 3,5 | 7 | 9 | 7,75 | 0 | 3 | 2315 | 10 | -0,4 | |||
| 27 | Subhayan, Kundu | IND | 2363 | WB | 3,5 | 7 | 9 | 7,75 | 0 | 3 | 2276 | 20 | -2 | |||||
| 11 | 6 | GM | Paichadze, Luka | GEO | 2515 | GEO | 3,5 | 7 | 8,5 | 7,50 | 0 | 3 | 2479 | 10 | 0,8 | |||
| 12 | 16 | GM | Stupak, Kirill | FID | 2413 | FID | 3,5 | 7 | 7,5 | 5,75 | 0 | 3 | 2510 | 10 | 6,6 | |||
| 13 | 12 | GM | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2432 | TN | 3,5 | 6,5 | 7,5 | 6,75 | 0 | 3 | 2357 | 10 | -0,1 | |||
| 14 | 155 | Uddipan, Roy | U19 | IND | 1800 | WB | 3,5 | 6,5 | 7,5 | 6,25 | 0 | 3 | 2228 | 40 | 72,4 | |||
| 15 | 135 | Aakash, G | U19 | IND | 1842 | TN | 3,5 | 6 | 7,5 | 6,75 | 0 | 3 | 2325 | 40 | 72,8 |
Round 5 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Name | Gr | Typ | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Gr | Typ | Rtg | Club/City | No. | ||||
| 1 | 14 | GM | Dzhumaev, Marat | 2428 | UZB | 4 | 4 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | 2534 | WB | 4 | |||||||
| 2 | 8 | GM | Sengupta, Deep | 2484 | PSPB | 4 | 4 | IM | Nitish, Belurkar | 2426 | GOA | 15 | |||||||
| 3 | 2 | GM | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | 2568 | GEO | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Nitin, S. | 2398 | TN | 21 | |||||||
| 4 | 24 | IM | Viani, Antonio Dcunha | 2385 | KAR | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Krasenkow, Michal | S60 | 2527 | POL | 5 | ||||||
| 5 | 135 | Aakash, G | U19 | 1842 | TN | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Paichadze, Luka | 2515 | GEO | 6 | |||||||
| 6 | 12 | GM | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. | AICF | 2432 | TN | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Stupak, Kirill | 2413 | FID | 16 | ||||||
| 7 | 155 | Uddipan, Roy | U19 | 1800 | WB | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Srihari, L R | U19 | 2432 | TN | 13 | ||||||
| 8 | 3 | GM | Savchenko, Boris | 2540 | FID | 3 | 3½ | Subhayan, Kundu | 2363 | WB | 27 | ||||||||
| 9 | 54 | FM | Matta, Vinay Kumar | AICF | 2190 | UBI | 3 | 3 | GM | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | 2484 | FID | 7 | ||||||
| 10 | 55 | FM | Jaiswal, Rupesh | 2153 | NEP | 3 | 3 | GM | Fedorov, Alexei | 2477 | FID | 9 | |||||||
| 11 | 10 | IM | Neelash, Saha | 2444 | WB | 3 | 3 | CM | Nayak, Rajesh | AICF | 2145 | ODI | 57 | ||||||
| 12 | 22 | IM | Padmini, Rout | 2388 | ODI | 3 | 3 | Majumdar, Chandrasish | AICF | 2106 | WB | 65 | |||||||
| 13 | 56 | Dere, Pushkar | AICF | 2152 | MAH | 3 | 3 | IM | Audi, Ameya | 2387 | GOA | 23 | |||||||
| 14 | 26 | GM | Saptarshi, Roy | AICF | 2370 | WB | 3 | 3 | CM | Adireddy, Arjun | AICF | U19 | 2078 | TEL | 69 | ||||
| 15 | 74 | Sudarshan, Bhat | 2052 | KAR | 3 | 3 | IM | Utsab, Chatterjee | 2338 | WB | 29 |
The 1st Indore International GM Open 2023 is taking place in Emerald Heights International School, Indore. The total prize fund of this mega event is Rs. 33 lakhs. The event is being organized by the Malwanchal Chess Club and All Indore Chess Federation, under the Madhya Pradesh Ad Hoc Chess Committee. This is a 10-round classical swiss event which will run from 1st April 2023 - 8th April 2023. The time control of the event is 90 minutes +30 seconds increment. Round 5 starts from 4th April 10 AM IST.
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