3rd Goa GM R4: Nitin hunts Savchenko's king

by Shahid Ahmed - 14/01/2025

GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (VIE) drew with the top seed - GM Diptayan Ghosh in Round 4 of Late Shri Manohar Parrikar Goa International GM Tournament 2025. GM Sethuraman S P made a short work of GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB) in 22 moves. IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ) defeated IM Srihari L R. IM Nitin S hunted GM Boris Savchenko's king successfully by launching a devastating attack. IM Ayush Sharma made a paltry mistake against IM Alexander Slizhevsky. It cost him a piece and the game. Sethuraman, Slizhevsky, Nitin and Semetei are the four players at 4/4 each. It will be Slizhevsky vs Sethuraman and Semetei vs Nitin in Round 5. It starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Sethuraman and Nitin in a four-way lead

IM Ethan Vaz grinded a relatively balanced knight endgame for nearly 60 moves before his opponent, GM Laxman R R succumbed. FM Ram Aravind L N and Naitik R Mehta drew with IM Sanket Chakravarty and IM Kaustuv Kundu respectively.

The tournament banner | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Sethuraman - Marat

Position after 18...b5

GM Sethuraman S P (2560) continued his attack on the kingside 19.hxg6 bxa4 20.h5 fxg6 21.h6 Nh7 22.hxg7 and it's over. There is not much left for GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB, 2364) to go on.

GM Sethuraman S P is in a four way lead 4/4 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Nitin - Savchenko

Position after 20.Nxe6

IM Nitin S (2338) made a nice knight sacrifice 20.Nxe6! It was actually brought into action a few moves when he ignored saving his bishop after 17...f6 18.Nf4 Kf7 19.h6 Bf8 and then White sacrificed the knight to expose GM Boris Savchenko's (2481) king. 20...Kxe6 21.Qe2+ Kf7 22.Rde1 Qc8 23.Qe4 fxg5 24.Bxd5+ Nxd5 25.Qxd5 Kf6 26.f4 Bxh6 27.f5 Re8 28.Ref1 Kg7 29.f6+ Kf8 30.Rxh6 and White won the game in the next few moves.

IM Nitin S hunted GM Boris Savchenko's successfully to maintain his perfect score 4/4 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

IM Ethan Vaz grinded an equal knight endgame into a win against GM Laxman R R | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Results

GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (VIE) - GM Diptayan Ghosh: 0.5-0.5

GM Sethuraman S P - GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB): 1-0

IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ) - IM Srihari L R: 1-0

IM Nitin S - GM Boris Savchenko: 1-0

GM Laxman R R - IM Ethan Vaz: 0-1

IM Sanket Chakravarty - FM Ram Aravind L N: 0.5-0.5

IM Kaustuv Kundu - Naitik R Mehta: 0.5-0.5

Nithin Babu - IM Sekhar Chandra Sahu: 1-0

Om Nagnath Lamkane - IM Krishnamoorthy Murugan: 1-0

IM Ameya Audi - GM Raset Ziatdinov (USA): 1-0

Rupam Mukherjee - GM Manik Mikulas (SVK): 0.5-0.5

Shreyash Singh - IM Rahul Sangma: 1-0

Daksh Goyal - IM Amrou Sobh (EGY): 1-0

Mahish S A - IM Walaa Sarwa (EGY): 0.5-0.5

A total of 187 players including 17 GMs, 34 IMs and 6 WIMs are taking part from 17 countries across the world including India in Category A (>2000). The tournament is organized by Goa Chess Association from 11th to 19th January 2025 at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Panaji, Goa. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Round 4 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	28	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2359	VIE	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2569	RSPB	1	PGN
2	2	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2560	TN	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat	2364	UZB	27	PGN
3	30	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2351	KGZ	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Srihari, L R	2494	TN	7	PGN
4	34	IM	Nitin, S.	2338	TN	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2481	RUS	9	PGN
5	11	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2469	MP	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2340	RUS	33	PGN
6	3	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2544	RSPB	2½	1 - 0	3	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	2225	Southern Railways	54	PGN
7	4	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2516	SGP	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Shahil, Dey	2374	ASM	25	PGN
8	26	IM	Ritviz, Parab	2371	GOA	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2509	WB	5	PGN
9	32	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy	2346	BLR	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Das, Sayantan	2434	WB	12	PGN
10	39	IM	Utsab, Chatterjee	2308	WB	2½	0 - 1	2½	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2418	VIE	14	PGN
11	41	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2303	ICF	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Vaz, Ethan	2412	GOA	17	PGN
12	48	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	2281	MP	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2409	BLR	19	PGN
13	51	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2257	RUS	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	2392	MGL	21	PGN
14	53	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	2244	KVB	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Das, Arghyadip	2376	WB	23	PGN
15	24	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty	2374	WB	2½	½ - ½	2½	FM	Ram, Aravind L N	2249	TN	52	PGN
16	6	GM	Anurag, Mhamal	2499	GOA	2	1 - 0	2	WIM	Mrudul, Dehankar	2121	MAH	74	PGN
17	15	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2413	ICF	2	1 - 0	2		Sharnarthi, Viresh	2084	MAH	84	PGN
18	75	IM	Elgabry, Mohsen	2107	EGY	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2412	TEL	16	PGN
19	20	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2409	WB	2	½ - ½	2		Mehta, Naitik R	2076	GU	86	PGN
20	22	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2379	MAH	2	1 - 0	2	WFM	Shubhi, Gupta	2049	UP	94	PGN

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	2	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		IND	2560	TN	4	8,5	10,5	10,50	4
2	33	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander		RUS	2340	RUS	4	7,5	8,5	8,50	4
3	34	IM	Nitin, S.		IND	2338	TN	4	7	8,5	8,50	4
4	30	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei		KGZ	2351	KGZ	4	6,5	8	8,00	4
5	28	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa		VIE	2359	VIE	3,5	8,5	10,5	8,75	3
6	1	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan		IND	2569	RSPB	3,5	8,5	9	7,25	3
7	5	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2509	WB	3,5	8	10	8,75	3
8	12	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2434	WB	3,5	8	9,5	8,00	3
9	3	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2544	RSPB	3,5	7,5	9	8,25	3
10	4	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh		SGP	2516	SGP	3,5	7	9	8,00	3
11	17	IM	Vaz, Ethan		IND	2412	GOA	3,5	7	9	7,75	3
12	19	GM	Fedorov, Alexei		BLR	2409	BLR	3,5	7	8,5	7,75	3
13	53	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.		IND	2244	KVB	3,5	7	8	6,75	3
14	14	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy		VIE	2418	VIE	3,5	6	7,5	6,50	3
15	7	IM	Srihari, L R		IND	2494	TN	3	9,5	9,5	5,50	3
16	9	GM	Savchenko, Boris		RUS	2481	RUS	3	9	11	7,00	3
17	27	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat		UZB	2364	UZB	3	9	10,5	6,50	3
18	38	FM	Adireddy, Arjun		IND	2327	TEL	3	8,5	10	6,00	3
19	62		Varun, V		IND	2173	TEL	3	8	9,5	6,00	3
20	151	WFM	Saparya, Ghosh	w	IND	1962	WB	3	8	9,5	5,50	3

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	33	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2340	RUS	4		4	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2560	TN	2
2	30	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2351	KGZ	4		4	IM	Nitin, S.	2338	TN	34
3	1	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2569	RSPB	3½		3½	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2418	VIE	14
4	17	IM	Vaz, Ethan	2412	GOA	3½		3½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2544	RSPB	3
5	19	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2409	BLR	3½		3½	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2516	SGP	4
6	5	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2509	WB	3½		3½	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2359	VIE	28
7	12	GM	Das, Sayantan	2434	WB	3½		3½	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	2244	KVB	53
8	38	FM	Adireddy, Arjun	2327	TEL	3		3	GM	Anurag, Mhamal	2499	GOA	6
9	7	IM	Srihari, L R	2494	TN	3		3	FM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi	2278	MAH	49
10	9	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2481	RUS	3		3		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	2306	TEL	40
11	51	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2257	RUS	3		3	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2469	MP	11
12	52	FM	Ram, Aravind L N	2249	TN	3		3	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2413	ICF	15
13	21	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	2392	MGL	3		3		Nithin, Babu	2169	KER	63
14	62		Varun, V	2173	TEL	3		3	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2379	MAH	22
15	54	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	2225	Southern Railways	3		3	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty	2374	WB	24
16	27	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat	2364	UZB	3		3	WIM	Arpita, Mukherjee	2133	WB	71
17	35	FM	Mohamed, Anees M	2334	TN	3		3		Om, Nagnath Lamkane	1956	MAH	153
18	151	WFM	Saparya, Ghosh	1962	WB	3		3	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	2329	TN	37
19	65		Sri, Sai Baswanth P	2160	AP	2½		2½	IM	Neelash, Saha	2490	RSPB	8
20	10	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	2473	TN	2½		2½		Anadkat, Kartavya	2140	GUJ	69

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