Aronyak Ghosh and Aditya Samant in the fray
Abhijeet - Nikitenko
GM Mihail Nikitenko (2520) needed to play 13...Nb5. Instead, he opted for 13...hxg4? and opened the floodgates for GM Abhijeet Gupta (2538) to launch an attack. 14.fxg4 Nxg4 15.Bg5 f6 16.dxc6! bxc6 17.Bc4+ Kh7 18.Qg2 and it became just a matter of time before White won this game.
Mamikon - Narayanan
50.Nc3 would have kept the game going for GM Mamikon Gharibyan (ARM, 2472). However, he played 50.Re1+? Kf4 51.Rxe8 Bxe8-+ 52.Nd6 now GM S L Narayanan (2600) missed the win when he played 52...Bd7. Instead, 52...Nxd3 53.cxd3 a3 would have been winning for Black. The game continued 53.Nxf7 a3 54.Bc4 Bb5? 54.Ba2 Bf1 55.Ng5 h6 56.Nf7 Bxg2 58.Nxh6 Bxf6 59.Kc3 and it was drawn.
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 9 games
Round 9 results
Standings after Round 9
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | Gr | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | TB6 | K | rtg+/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | GM | Gupta, Abhijeet | IND | 2538 | RJ | 8 | 50,5 | 54,5 | 47,50 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 18,1 | ||||
| 2 | 11 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | IND | 2510 | RSPB | 7,5 | 50 | 55 | 45,25 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2,6 | ||||
| 3 | 12 | GM | Samant Aditya S, | IND | 2498 | MH | 7,5 | 49 | 53 | 43,75 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | -0,4 | ||||
| 4 | 10 | GM | Nikitenko Mihail, | BLR | 2520 | BLR | 7 | 53 | 59 | 44,00 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5,3 | ||||
| 5 | 13 | GM | Gharibyan, Mamikon | ARM | 2472 | ARM | 7 | 53 | 58 | 43,00 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7,3 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | GM | Narayanan S L, | IND | 2600 | KL | 7 | 53 | 56,5 | 42,50 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2,1 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | GM | Ghosh, Diptayan | IND | 2573 | RSPB | 7 | 51,5 | 56 | 42,25 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -0,3 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | GM | Sivuk, Vitaly | SWE | 2522 | SWE | 7 | 51 | 55,5 | 41,50 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | -2,1 | ||||
| 9 | 7 | GM | Paichadze, Luka | GEO | 2529 | GEO | 7 | 50,5 | 54,5 | 40,75 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2,4 | ||||
| 10 | 5 | GM | Petrosyan, Manuel | ARM | 2541 | ARM | 7 | 50,5 | 54,5 | 40,50 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5,5 | ||||
| 11 | 24 | GM | Nguyen, Duc Hoa | VIE | 2378 | VIE | 7 | 48,5 | 53 | 38,50 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4,2 | ||||
| 12 | 35 | IM | Tologon Tegin, Semetei | KGZ | 2322 | KGZ | 7 | 48 | 52,5 | 39,25 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9,7 | ||||
| 13 | 16 | IM | Neelash, Saha | IND | 2456 | RSPB | 7 | 47,5 | 52 | 39,00 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6,5 | ||||
| 14 | 4 | GM | Karthik, Venkataraman | IND | 2550 | AP | 7 | 47 | 51 | 38,75 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -6,8 | ||||
| 15 | 37 | IM | Nitin, S. | IND | 2312 | TN | 7 | 45 | 48,5 | 36,50 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 4,8 |
Round 10 pairings
| Bo. | No. | White | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | Rtg | Club/City | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | GM | Gupta, Abhijeet | 2538 | RJ | 8 | 7½ | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | 2510 | RSPB | 11 | |||
| 2 | 1 | GM | Narayanan S L, | 2600 | KL | 7 | 7½ | GM | Samant Aditya S, | 2498 | MH | 12 | |||
| 3 | 2 | GM | Ghosh, Diptayan | 2573 | RSPB | 7 | 7 | Sriram, Adarsh Uppala | 2460 | TG | 14 | ||||
| 4 | 35 | IM | Tologon Tegin, Semetei | 2322 | KGZ | 7 | 7 | GM | Karthik, Venkataraman | 2550 | AP | 4 | |||
| 5 | 5 | GM | Petrosyan, Manuel | 2541 | ARM | 7 | 7 | GM | Gharibyan, Mamikon | 2472 | ARM | 13 | |||
| 6 | 7 | GM | Paichadze, Luka | 2529 | GEO | 7 | 7 | IM | Neelash, Saha | 2456 | RSPB | 16 | |||
| 7 | 24 | GM | Nguyen, Duc Hoa | 2378 | VIE | 7 | 7 | GM | Sivuk, Vitaly | 2522 | SWE | 8 | |||
| 8 | 37 | IM | Nitin, S. | 2312 | TN | 7 | 7 | GM | Nikitenko Mihail, | 2520 | BLR | 10 | |||
| 9 | 19 | GM | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. | 2410 | TN | 6½ | 7 | GM | Nguyen Van Huy, | 2337 | VIE | 34 | |||
| 10 | 3 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan, | 2551 | GEO | 6½ | 6½ | IM | Saravana, Krishnan P. | 2272 | TN | 40 | |||
| 11 | 38 | IM | Gochelashvili, David | 2303 | RUS | 6½ | 6½ | IM | Davtyan, Arsen | 2402 | ARM | 20 | |||
| 12 | 41 | GM | Karthikeyan, P. | 2271 | TN | 6½ | 6½ | IM | Harsh, Suresh | 2392 | TN | 21 | |||
| 13 | 43 | GM | Manik, Mikulas | 2266 | SVK | 6½ | 6½ | IM | Hari Madhavan N B, | 2386 | TN | 22 | |||
| 14 | 23 | IM | Agibileg, Uurtsaikh | 2384 | MGL | 6½ | 6½ | Sharnarthi, Viresh | 2236 | MH | 49 | ||||
| 15 | 25 | IM | Slizhevsky Alexander, | 2372 | RUS | 6½ | 6½ | Bhoir, Paras Dilip | 2249 | MH | 47 |
