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1st Maharashtra GM Open 2022 R7: Deep, Arjun Kalyan and Aditya Mittal in pursuit

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/06/2022

GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK) halted IM Srihari L R's fantastic run at 1st Maharashtra GM Open 2022. The top seed and GM Mihail Nikitenko currently share the lead 6/7. They are followed by a pack of six players in the chase at 5.5/7 each. Among them, there are three Indians - GM Deep Sengupta, GM Arjun Kalyan and IM Aditya Mittal. Deep and Arjun will face each other in the eighth round, while Aditya will face GM Nguyen Duc Hoa (VIE). Former National Under-17 Open champion, FM Vedant Panesar and FM Sharan Rao scored big wins over GM Deepan Chakkravarthy and GM Enamul Hossain (BAN) respectively. Round 8 starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Amonatov and Nikitenko are the coleaders

Kaustuv Kundu is currently the highest scorer 5/7 among untitled players. He will face the reigning National Junior (Under-20) Open champion IM Neelash Saha in Round 8. Current National Women champion and a member of Indian Olympiad Women's team member WGM Divya Deshmukh, current National Junior Girls champion, WGM Priyanka Nutakki and Indian Olympiad Women's team member IM Bhakti Kulkarni, all three are at 4.5/7 each.

GM Deep Sengupta drew with GM Boris Savchenko in Round 7 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Amonatov - Srihari: 1-0

IM Srihari L R (2404) was playing well against the top seed of the tournament, GM Farrukh Amonatov (TJK, 2622). A blunder in the relatively equal Rook and Pawn endgame cost the teenager the game.

Position after 58.Ke2

It is quite difficult for White to push either of the pawns or make progress. While White is threatening Kf2, it is nothing but a phantom threat. Black just needs to keep the king cutoff in the third rank. If the distance between the g-pawn and the king is quite a bit, then the rook can go and attack the g-pawn. It is all easier said than done when there is no clock ticking down. Black blundered 58...e4 59.Rxe4 Kxb6 60.Kf2 and it's all over for Black.

IM Srihari L R put up a very good fight against GM Farrukh Amonatov | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Kaustuv Kundu - GM Karthik Venkataraman: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Vedant Panesar - Deepan: 1-0

FM Vedant Panesar (2337) got a pleasant position out of the Exchange Grunfeld opening against GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (2478).

Position after 20.d7

20.d7 costs Black the bishop due to the threat of Rxb7 pinning the bishop against the king at g7 looming large. 20...Re7 21.Rfd1 it was possible to take on c8 immediately b6 22.dxc8Q +-. White went on to convert his advantage into a win comfortably.

FM Vedant Panesar scored an emphatic victory over GM Deepan Chakkravarthy | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

WGM Divya Deshmukh - GM Azer Mirzoev (AZE): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
Final moments: WGM Divya Deshmukh vs GM Azer Mirzoev | Video: ChessBase India

FM Aaryan Varshney - IM Nubairshah Shaikh: 0.5-0,5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

FM Sharan Rao - GM Enamul Hossain (BAN): 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
FM Sharan Rao after winning against his second GM of the event | Video: ChessBase India

Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi - IM Ameya Audi: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Alexei Fedorov - CM Aaditya Dhingra: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

FM Ram Aravind L N (pictured) - IM V Saravanan: 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Raahul V S - Srihari L: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Top 3 boards | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The Playing Arena at Weightlifting Hall, Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, Maharashtra | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
"You have to work hard over the board" - WGM Swati Ghate | Video: ChessBase India
"I could not sleep when my students were at the National Championships" - FM Siddhant Gaikwad | Video: ChessBase India

For more Round 7 photos, please click here.

 

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.

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Round 7 results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
11
GMAmonatov Farrukh262251 - 05IMSrihari L R2404
24
211
GMNikitenko Mihail247951 - 05GMPaichadze Luka2567
2
35
GMSengupta Deep25265½ - ½5GMSavchenko Boris2524
6
413
GMArjun Kalyan24775½ - ½GMAleksandrov Aleksej2492
7
53
GMLalith Babu M R2563½ - ½GMNguyen Van Huy2405
23
69
IMAditya Mittal24901 - 0Utsab Chatterjee2403
25
745
Kaustuv Kundu2327½ - ½GMKarthik Venkataraman2480
10
817
GMStupak Kirill24401 - 0IMKulkarni Bhakti2370
31
926
GMNguyen Duc Hoa23981 - 0GMVishnu Prasanna. V2437
19
1041
FMPanesar Vedant233741 - 04GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.2478
12
1147
WGMDivya Deshmukh23174½ - ½4GMMirzoev Azer2476
14
1250
FMAaryan Varshney23084½ - ½4IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh2443
16
1354
FMJain Kashish Manoj227140 - 14IMNeelash Saha2439
18
1453
FMSharan Rao227441 - 04GMHossain Enamul2413
22
15103
Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi20744½ - ½4IMAudi Ameya2389
28

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
111
GMNikitenko Mihail247966GMAmonatov Farrukh2622
1
213
GMArjun Kalyan2477GMSengupta Deep2526
5
36
GMSavchenko Boris2524GMStupak Kirill2440
17
49
IMAditya Mittal2490GMNguyen Duc Hoa2398
26
52
GMPaichadze Luka256755IMAnuj Shrivatri2356
35
624
IMSrihari L R240455GMLalith Babu M R2563
3
77
GMAleksandrov Aleksej249255FMPanesar Vedant2337
41
810
GMKarthik Venkataraman248055FMSharan Rao2274
53
918
IMNeelash Saha243955Kaustuv Kundu2327
45
1023
GMNguyen Van Huy24055GMVishnu Prasanna. V2437
19
118
GMVenkatesh M.R.2490IMKonguvel Ponnuswamy2331
43
1214
GMMirzoev Azer2476FMAaryan Varshney2308
50
1316
IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh2443WGMDivya Deshmukh2317
47
1420
FMSamant Aditya S2433WIMPriyanka Nutakki2303
52
1525
Utsab Chatterjee2403CMNayak Rajesh2179
69

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