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1st Maharashtra GM Open 2022 R4: The Aditya Samant Ascension

by Shahid Ahmed - 03/06/2022

Pune, Maharashtra's next big talent is FM Aditya S Samant. There is no doubt that he is going to become an IM. The 15-year-old already has an IM-norm. He drew with the top seed Farrukh Amonatov in the third round, showing his tenacity. In the fourth round, he scored a win against IM N Krishna Teja with a great display of attack. Currently he is the only non IM/GM player unbeaten at 3.5/4 out of eleven players. IM Anup Deshmukh continues his impressive run as he drew with Amonatov in another exciting battle. Lalit, Deep, Karthik, Arjun Kalyan, Vishnu and Srihari L R are the remaining Indians at 3.5/4 each. Round 5 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Luka Paichadze makes a perfect start

Second seed of the event, GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) defeated GM Venkatesh M R to score 4/4. Although at one point, Venkatesh had one opportunity to turn things around. Luckily for the Georgian, his opponent did not spot it at the right moment.

Aditya Samant scored a scintillating win | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

 

 

Aditya Samant - Krishna Teja: 1-0

FM Aditya S Samant (2433) launched a devastating attack on IM N Krishna Teja's (2374) kingside.

Position after 27.Nf5

Apart from the g7-bishop, all black pieces are on the back rank which means this is a perfect time to launch an attack. 27.Nf5 is an excellent move. There is no immediate finish, yet it is the prelude to black king's eventual demise. 27...c6 28.Qf4 cxd5 29.Nxh6 dxc4 30.Ng5+

Position after 30.Ng5+

When someone plays like this, it is bound to give them immense joy. Black was forced to give up the queen 30...Qxg5 31.Qxg5 Bxh6 32.Qg4 and rest was just a matter of time to score the victory.

FM Aditya S Samant is in terrific form | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Anup Deshmukh - GM Farrukh Amonatov: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Rahul Sangma - GM Stupak Kirill: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Atharva Godbole - GM Nguyen Van Huy (VIE): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Srihari L (pictured) - GM Karthikeyan P: 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Aanjaneya Phatak (pictured) - WGM Mary Ann Gomes: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

FM Ram Aravind L N - IM Asyl Abdyjapar (KGZ): 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Yash Bharadia (pictured) - IM P Konguvel: 1-0

Meenal Gupta (pictured) - WIM Rakshitta Ravi: 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Soumya Swaminathan - Ilamparthi A R (pictured): 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
"Keep rooting for us, we need your best wishes"- IM Bhakti Kulkarni | Video: ChessBase India
"It is very important for parents to choose the right coach" - Jayant Gokhale | Video: ChessBase India

For more Round 4 photos, please click at the respective links.

 

A total of 141 players including 20 GMs, 29 IMs, 6 WGM and 9 WIMs are taking part from 13 countries across the world including India. The tournament is organized by Maharashtra Chess Association from 31st May to 8th June 2022 at Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, Maharashtra. The eleven-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Replay Round 4 games

Round 4 results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
12
GMPaichadze Luka256731 - 03GMVenkatesh M.R.2490
8
26
GMSavchenko Boris25243½ - ½3GMArjun Kalyan2477
13
310
GMKarthik Venkataraman24803½ - ½3GMAleksandrov Aleksej2492
7
470
IMDeshmukh Anup21783½ - ½GMAmonatov Farrukh2622
1
527
IMGusain Himal23960 - 1GMLalith Babu M R2563
3
626
GMNguyen Duc Hoa23981 - 0GMFedorov Alexei2529
4
730
IMRaahul V S23710 - 1GMSengupta Deep2526
5
828
IMAudi Ameya2389½ - ½IMAditya Mittal2490
9
9126
Kumar Gaurav19980 - 1GMVishnu Prasanna. V2437
19
1020
FMSamant Aditya S24331 - 0IMKrishna Teja N2374
29
1124
IMSrihari L R24041 - 0FMSharan Rao2274
53
1246
IMSaravanan V.232420 - 12GMNikitenko Mihail2479
11
1314
GMMirzoev Azer24762½ - ½2FMAbdurakhmonov Mukhammadali2308
51
1415
IMNigmatov Ortik246321 - 02WIMPriyanka Nutakki2303
52
1516
IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh244321 - 02WGMSrija Seshadri2241
57

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
13
GMLalith Babu M R25634GMPaichadze Luka2567
2
25
GMSengupta Deep2526FMSamant Aditya S2433
20
319
GMVishnu Prasanna. V2437GMSavchenko Boris2524
6
47
GMAleksandrov Aleksej2492IMSrihari L R2404
24
526
GMNguyen Duc Hoa2398GMKarthik Venkataraman2480
10
613
GMArjun Kalyan2477IMDeshmukh Anup2178
70
71
GMAmonatov Farrukh262233GMHossain Enamul2413
22
88
GMVenkatesh M.R.249033IMAudi Ameya2389
28
99
IMAditya Mittal249033IMViani Antonio Dcunha2364
32
1011
GMNikitenko Mihail247933Srihari L2178
71
1131
IMKulkarni Bhakti237033IMNigmatov Ortik2463
15
1245
Kaustuv Kundu232733IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh2443
16
1396
FMRam Aravind L N211633IMNeelash Saha2439
18
1417
GMStupak Kirill24403Bharadia Yash1924
138
154
GMFedorov Alexei2529FMJubin Jimmy2259
56

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