Narayanan stumbles and regains balance versus Arnav Agrawal
Vyom - Karthik, Round 2
CM Vyom Malhotra (1975) found himself getting a huge advantage after his opponent, in an already difficult position. GM Karthik Venkataraman (2550) made a big positional mistake 32...Qe6?? 33.Qh4+- Ra8 34.Ne4 Qf5 35.Ng3 Qc2 36.Qf6 would have maintained the substantial advantage for White. Instead, 36.Re1?? lost the upper hand for White and Black eventually turned things around in his way.
Arnav - S L Narayanan, Round 3
In a winning position, GM S L Narayanan (2600) went wrong in a winning position 28...R3d7?? Instead, 28...Qc7 would have been the best way to defend the f7-pawn. Find out the best way Arnav Agrawal (2096) could have salvaged a half point after 28...R3d7.
IM Sriram Adarsh Uppala (2460) had an exciting draw against Shourya Paul (2022).
Debayan - Savchenko
Debayan Ray (2028) did the only thing he should not do in the above position 86.Rxh4?? Ra1-+ 87.hxg4 fxg4 88.g3+ Kf3 and GM Boris Savchenko (2456) won the game in the next few moves. The correct way for White was 86.hxg4 fxg4 87.g3+ hxg3 88.Kg2 Re2+ 89.Kg1 and White could have gotten a half point.
A total of 419 players including 24 GMs, 20 IMs and two WIMs are taking part from 17 countries across the world. The eight-day ten round Rating Open tournament is being organized by Delhi Chess Association at Tivoli Gardens in New Delhi from 7th to 14th June 2025. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.
Replay Round 2-3 games
Round 3 results
| Bo. | No. | White | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77 | Arnav Agrawal, | 2096 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | GM | Narayanan S L, | 2600 | 1 | PGN | |||
| 2 | 2 | GM | Ghosh, Diptayan | 2573 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | WFM | Sneha, Halder | 2088 | 78 | PGN | ||
| 3 | 4 | GM | Karthik, Venkataraman | 2550 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | WIM | Smirnova, Ekaterina | 2086 | 80 | PGN | ||
| 4 | 81 | AIM | Banik, Hrishikesh Kumar | 2086 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | GM | Petrosyan, Manuel | 2541 | 5 | PGN | ||
| 5 | 6 | GM | Gupta, Abhijeet | 2538 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | Arshpreet, Singh | 2075 | 86 | PGN | |||
| 6 | 91 | GM | Ziatdinov, Raset | 2065 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | GM | Paichadze, Luka | 2529 | 7 | PGN | ||
| 7 | 8 | GM | Sivuk, Vitaly | 2522 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | Pranay, Akula | 2063 | 92 | PGN | |||
| 8 | 10 | GM | Nikitenko Mihail, | 2520 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | FM | Ramakrishna, J. | 2036 | 100 | PGN | ||
| 9 | 99 | Guru Prakash, | 2049 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | 2510 | 11 | PGN | |||
| 10 | 102 | Soham Roy, | 2034 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | GM | Gharibyan, Mamikon | 2472 | 13 | PGN | |||
| 11 | 14 | Sriram, Adarsh Uppala | 2460 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | Shourya Paul, | 2022 | 104 | PGN | ||||
| 12 | 103 | Debayan, Ray | 2028 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | GM | Savchenko, Boris | 2456 | 15 | PGN | |||
| 13 | 18 | GM | Sanikidze Tornike, | 2425 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | Sai Abhinav Kuchibhotla, | 2014 | 108 | PGN | |||
| 14 | 105 | AIM | Aadik Theophane Lenin, | 2018 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | GM | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. | 2410 | 19 | PGN | ||
| 15 | 20 | IM | Davtyan, Arsen | 2402 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | CM | Kavinda, Akila | 2010 | 110 | PGN |
Standings after Round 3
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | Gr | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | GM | Sivuk, Vitaly | SWE | 2522 | SWE | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6,00 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | GM | Narayanan S L, | IND | 2600 | KL | 3 | 4 | 5,5 | 5,50 | ||||
| 3 | 23 | IM | Agibileg, Uurtsaikh | MGL | 2384 | MGL | 3 | 4 | 5,5 | 5,50 | ||||
| 4 | 60 | IM | Sharma, Dinesh K. | IND | 2171 | UP | 3 | 4 | 5,5 | 5,50 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | GM | Karthik, Venkataraman | IND | 2550 | AICF Pending | 3 | 4 | 5,5 | 5,50 | ||||
| 6 | 13 | GM | Gharibyan, Mamikon | ARM | 2472 | ARM | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5,00 | ||||
| 7 | 19 | GM | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2410 | TN | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5,00 | ||||
| 8 | 10 | GM | Nikitenko Mihail, | BLR | 2520 | BLR | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5,00 | ||||
| 9 | 24 | GM | Nguyen, Duc Hoa | VIE | 2378 | VIE | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5,00 | ||||
| 10 | 43 | GM | Manik, Mikulas | SVK | 2266 | SVK | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5,00 | ||||
| 11 | 49 | Sharnarthi, Viresh | IND | 2236 | MH | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5,00 | |||||
| 12 | 63 | CM | Madhvendra Pratap Sharma, | IND | 2166 | MP | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5,00 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | GM | Ghosh, Diptayan | IND | 2573 | RSPB | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4,00 | ||||
| 14 | 207 | D. Ashraf, Subhani | IND | 1882 | AP | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4,00 | |||||
| 15 | 29 | IM | Shahil Dey, | IND | 2366 | AS | 3 | 3,5 | 5 | 5,00 |
Round 4 pairings
| Bo. | No. | White | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | GM | Narayanan S L, | 2600 | 3 | 3 | GM | Nguyen, Duc Hoa | 2378 | 24 | |||
| 2 | 23 | IM | Agibileg, Uurtsaikh | 2384 | 3 | 3 | GM | Ghosh, Diptayan | 2573 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 26 | GM | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | 2370 | 3 | 3 | GM | Karthik, Venkataraman | 2550 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 5 | GM | Petrosyan, Manuel | 2541 | 3 | 3 | IM | Manish Anto Cristiano F, | 2365 | 30 | |||
| 5 | 29 | IM | Shahil Dey, | 2366 | 3 | 3 | GM | Gupta, Abhijeet | 2538 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 7 | GM | Paichadze, Luka | 2529 | 3 | 3 | IM | Gochelashvili, David | 2303 | 38 | |||
| 7 | 35 | IM | Tologon Tegin, Semetei | 2322 | 3 | 3 | GM | Sivuk, Vitaly | 2522 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 52 | Advik, Amit Agrawal | 2218 | 3 | 3 | GM | Nikitenko Mihail, | 2520 | 10 | ||||
| 9 | 11 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | 2510 | 3 | 3 | GM | Manik, Mikulas | 2266 | 43 | |||
| 10 | 13 | GM | Gharibyan, Mamikon | 2472 | 3 | 3 | Sharnarthi, Viresh | 2236 | 49 | ||||
| 11 | 15 | GM | Savchenko, Boris | 2456 | 3 | 3 | Singh, S. Vikramjit | 2185 | 57 | ||||
| 12 | 19 | GM | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. | 2410 | 3 | 3 | CM | Madhvendra Pratap Sharma, | 2166 | 63 | |||
| 13 | 60 | IM | Sharma, Dinesh K. | 2171 | 3 | 3 | IM | Davtyan, Arsen | 2402 | 20 | |||
| 14 | 21 | IM | Harsh, Suresh | 2392 | 3 | 3 | Ram Vishal Parab, | 2009 | 113 | ||||
| 15 | 12 | GM | Samant Aditya S, | 2498 | 2½ | 3 | D. Ashraf, Subhani | 1882 | 207 |
