1st Indore International GM Open R8: Harsh, Ameya and Boris join the lead

by Himank Ghosh - 07/04/2023

It was an exciting 8th round in the 1st Indore International GM Open. The leaders in the top 2 boards drew their games, but it was a raging fight in the other live boards! Harsh Suresh continued to show why he's severely underrated - he defeated GM Deep Sengupta with the Black pieces, now entering joint lead with 6.5/8. Another two players who joined the lead were IM Ameya Audi and GM Boris Savchenko -they defeated IM Neelash Saha and GM Azer Mirzoev respectively. A total of 6 players share the lead now - what do you think will happen in Round 9? The penultimate round begins from 10 AM IST today. Photo: Himank Ghosh

The phenomenal Harsh Suresh

Many players between the rating range of 1800-2200 are performing exceptionally well in the 1st Indore International GM Open. But if you have to pick one player, that guy is Harsh Suresh! The 15-year-old Tamil Nadu boy had only one loss so far, and has been consistently performing well against IMs and GMs.

Harsh Suresh has become one of the tournament leaders with a score of 6.5/8. | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Round 8: GM Deep Sengupta - Harsh Suresh: 0-1

This was definitely one of the biggest swindles of the tournament so far. Deep had a much better/winning position, but suddenly started going astray:

Position after 28. Qc2?

White probably thought that a move like Bxd8 will not be enough to secure an advantage. Turns out, that is the best move in the position! White could've continued Bxd8 Qxd8 Qc3 Qxh4+ g3, and would've retained a much better position. But Qc2 allows 28...Qg1+! 29. Bf1 Qe3+ 30. Kf1 Qxf4+! winning the f6-bishop. A complete Rook up, Harsh went on to win the game in a few more moves.

IM Ameya Audi - IM Neelash Saha: 1-0

One other player who has been performing well consistently is IM Ameya Audi | Photo: Himank Ghosh

This was one of those games where one player misses a tactical idea, and is instantly lost. Neelash missed this:

21...Qe4? was the decisive mistake on Neelash's part.

Ameya found the very nice 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxd6! Bxb5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Re6, emerging a full two pawns up. The young International Master from Goa went on to win the game smoothly.

IM K Ratnakaran - IM Padmini Rout: 0-1

IM K Ratnakaran - IM Padmini Rout: 0-1 | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Ratnakaran is well-known as a very aggressive player. Keeping true to his style, he went for a very interesting line. But Padmini was the one who got a huge attack:

23. Rd6 was the decisive mistake by Ratnakaran.

Padmini found the beautiful 23...Qxc2 24. Rxd7 Qf2+ 25. Kh1 Rxd7 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Bxd7, and now can you find the winning shot?

The finishing shot - 27...Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Rf6!, now there's no way to escape checkmate without giving up the queen.

Padmini takes down the Indian Tal | 1st Indore GM Open 2023 | Video: ChessBase India

Photo Gallery

All the live boards can be seen in the giant screen! | Photo: Himank Ghosh

Chief Arbiter IA Swapnil Bansod hard at work. | Photo: Himank Ghosh

FA Rekhaliga Chandra Mouli is operating the digital transmission of the live boards | Photo: Himank Ghosh

The tournament organizing committee with the chief guest for the round - Mr. Amitabh Tewari, Regional head of TCS Indore | Photo: Himank Ghosh

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All the Round 8 games

Round 8 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	4	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh			2534	WB	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha			2385	KAR	24	PGN
2	15	IM	Nitish, Belurkar			2426	GOA	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.			2432	ICF	12	PGN
3	11	GM	Mirzoev, Azer			2437	AZE	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Savchenko, Boris			2540	FID	3	PGN
4	5	GM	Krasenkow, Michal		S60	2527	POL	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Stupak, Kirill			2413	FID	16	PGN
5	17	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri		U19	2407	MP	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Paichadze, Luka			2515	GEO	6	PGN
6	8	GM	Sengupta, Deep			2484	PSPB	5½	0 - 1	5½	FM	Harsh, Suresh		U19	2261	TN	42	PGN
7	23	IM	Audi, Ameya			2387	GOA	5½	1 - 0	5	IM	Neelash, Saha			2444	WB	10	PGN
8	1	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan			2597	GEO	5	1 - 0	5		Subhayan, Kundu			2363	WB	27	PGN
9	2	GM	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil			2568	GEO	5	1 - 0	5	FM	Ritviz, Parab			2328	GOA	30	PGN
10	9	GM	Fedorov, Alexei			2477	FID	5	0 - 1	5		Dhananjay, S			2234	CG	48	PGN
11	33	FM	Wagh, Suyog			2313	MAH	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat			2428	UZB	14	PGN
12	93	AFM	Pawar, Harshit		U19	1992	DEL	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.			2405	TEL	18	PGN
13	39	IM	Ratnakaran, K.			2275	RLYS	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Padmini, Rout			2388	ODI	22	PGN
14	25	GM	Teterev, Vitaly			2377	FID	5	1 - 0	5		Uddipan, Roy		U19	1800	WB	155	PGN
15	7	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej			2484	FID	4½	½ - ½	5	FM	Aradhya, Garg			2305	DEL	36	PGN

All Round 8 results

Standings after Round 8

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	15	IM	Nitish, Belurkar			IND	2426	GOA	6,5	39,5	41,5	32,00	0	5	2545	10	14,9
2	24	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha			IND	2385	KAR	6,5	38,5	42,5	33,75	0	5	2457	10	14,2
3	4	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh			IND	2534	WB	6,5	37,5	41	31,75	0	5	2556	10	4,9
4	42	FM	Harsh, Suresh	U19		IND	2261	TN	6,5	36	39,5	31,00	0	6	2499	20	53,8
5	23	IM	Audi, Ameya			IND	2387	GOA	6,5	35	38	29,50	0	6	2490	10	13,8
6	12	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.			IND	2432	ICF	6,5	34,5	37,5	29,25	0	5	2371	10	2,2
7	3	GM	Savchenko, Boris			FID	2540	FID	6,5	34	37	29,75	0	6	2430	10	-1,2
8	2	GM	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil			GEO	2568	GEO	6	38	42	31,25	0	4	2402	10	-6,4
9	6	GM	Paichadze, Luka			GEO	2515	GEO	6	38	41,5	29,25	0	5	2393	10	-4
10	5	GM	Krasenkow, Michal	S60		POL	2527	POL	6	37	41,5	29,75	0	5	2389	10	-6,9
11	1	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan			GEO	2597	GEO	6	36	40	29,75	0	5	2295	10	-14
12	16	GM	Stupak, Kirill			FID	2413	FID	6	35,5	37	24,50	0	4	2458	10	9,3
13	22	IM	Padmini, Rout		w	IND	2388	ODI	6	33,5	37,5	26,75	0	5	2239	10	-8,7
	33	FM	Wagh, Suyog			IND	2313	MAH	6	33,5	37,5	26,75	0	5	2243	20	0
15	48		Dhananjay, S			IND	2234	CG	6	32	34,5	23,50	0	6	2220	20	4,8

Full standings

Round 9 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	3	GM	Savchenko, Boris			2540	FID	6½		6½	IM	Nitish, Belurkar			2426	GOA	15
2	42	FM	Harsh, Suresh		U19	2261	TN	6½		6½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh			2534	WB	4
3	12	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.			2432	ICF	6½		6½	IM	Audi, Ameya			2387	GOA	23
4	24	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha			2385	KAR	6½		6	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan			2597	GEO	1
5	22	IM	Padmini, Rout			2388	ODI	6		6	GM	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil			2568	GEO	2
6	48		Dhananjay, S			2234	CG	6		6	GM	Krasenkow, Michal		S60	2527	POL	5
7	6	GM	Paichadze, Luka			2515	GEO	6		6	GM	Teterev, Vitaly			2377	FID	25
8	16	GM	Stupak, Kirill			2413	FID	6		6	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri		U19	2407	MP	17
9	11	GM	Mirzoev, Azer			2437	AZE	5½		6	FM	Wagh, Suyog			2313	MAH	33
10	50		Kaustuv, Kundu			2217	WB	5½		5½	GM	Sengupta, Deep			2484	PSPB	8
11	18	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.			2405	TEL	5½		5½	CM	Nayak, Rajesh			2145	ODI	57
12	54	FM	Matta, Vinay Kumar			2190	UBI	5½		5½	GM	Hossain, Enamul			2404	BAN	19
13	21	IM	Nitin, S.			2398	TN	5½		5½	AFM	Pawar, Harshit		U19	1992	DEL	93
14	55	FM	Jaiswal, Rupesh			2153	NEP	5½		5½	IM	Utsab, Chatterjee			2338	WB	29
15	56		Dere, Pushkar			2152	MAH	5½		5½	IM	Raahul, V S			2306	TN	35

Details

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 8 starts from 6th April 2 PM IST.

Important links

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