3rd Goa GM R5: Sayantan Das in pursuit

by Shahid Ahmed - 15/01/2025

IM Alexander Slizhevsky and IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ) defeated GM Sethuraman S P and IM Nitin S to emerge coleaders after Round 5 of Late Shri Manohar Parrikar Goa International GM Tournament 2025. Sethuraman could not get out of the gate against Slihevsky. Nitin made a human decision in a complex position which gave his opponent the upper hand. GM Sayantan Das successfully navigated his king to safety to win his game against IM P Saravana Krishnan. He is the sole Indian at 4.5/5, trailing the two leaders by a half point. Sriram Adarsh Uppala and WIM Arpita Mukherjee defeated GM Boris Savchenko and GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB) respectively. Today is the sole rest day. Round 6 starts tomorrow at 10 a.m. IST. Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Sriram Adarsh Uppala and Arpita Mukherjee beat Boris Savchenko and Marat Dzhumaev

Nithin Babu defeated the second consecutive IM he faced - Uurtsaikh Agibileg (MGL). FM Arjun Adireddy, FM Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi, Sri Sai Baswanth, Siddhanth Poonja and Naitik R Mehta drew with GM Anurag Mhamal, IM Srihari L R, IM Neelash Saha, IM Arghyadip Das and GM Evgeniy Podolchenko respectively.

The tournament banner | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Slizhevsky - Sethuraman

Position after 28...Nd7?

GM Sethuraman S P's (2560) position was cramped. 28...Nd7? attempting to capture the bishop did not do any favors. 29.Kh2 Nxb6 30.axb6 Rd7 31.g5 hxg5 32.Qxg5 dxe4 33.Nxg7 Qg6 34.Nxe8 and IM Alexander Slizhevsky (2340) won.

GM Sethuraman S P could not get out of the gate against IM Alexander Slizhevsky | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Semetei - Nitin

Position after 25.b3

IM Nitin S (2338) played the obvious 25...Nb6. However, computer says the counterintuitive 25...Nb2 is the correct way for Black to proceed. 26.Rb1 is met with b4, so the knight never gets trapped. 26.e5 Re8? did not help his case. 27.exd6 alternatively IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ, 2351) could have played 27.Bxc6! try to work out how White recovers the piece after Bxc6. The game continued 27...Qxd6 28.Qf3 after few moves, Black lost material in a difficult position and also the game.

IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ) scored his fifth win of the event to maintain a perfect score | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Mitrabha - Duc Hoa

Position after 32...Qa1??

White is winning in the above position after 32...Qa1?? Find out the winning continuation which GM Mitrabha Guha (2509) missed against GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (VIE, 2359).

A tough miss for GM Mitrabha Guha | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Sayantan - Saravana

Position after 41.Rh2

IM P Saravana Krishnan (2244) needed to capture the c4-pawn 41...Qxc4 to ensure the queen can come to the aid of the king. Instead, 41...f6?? helped his opponent, GM Sayantan Das 42.Qe6+ Kg7 43.Kg4! the king is sheltered temporarily on g4 and the rook's path is also open Qb7 44.Rd2 threatening Rd7+ and Rf7 will be met with 45.Rd8. Black moved his king 44...Kh6 45.Rd7 Qb1 46.Qe7 f5+ 47.Kf4 Qc1+ 48.Ke5 Qc3+ 49.Ke6 preventing Qf6+ and trade of queens 49...Qxc4+ 50.Kd6 Qd4+ 51.Kc7 Qf6 and it's over as there is a checkmate in two moves.

GM Sayantan Das moves his score to 4.5/5 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Savchenko - Sriram

Position after 26.g4?

GM Boris Savchenko (2481) decided to exchange his rook and two pawns for two minor pieces 26.g4? Nxe1 27.gxf5 Nxf3+ 28.Qxf3 Rxf5 29.Qd3 Qe7 30.Nxd5? an unforced error cxd5 31.Qxd5+ Kg7 Sriram Adarsh Uppala (2306) went on to win the game with precise play.

Sriram Adarsh Uppala defeated his first GM of the tournament - Boris Savchenko | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Uurtsaikh - Nithin

Position after 28.Nc5

To beat stronger opponents, one must take every chance they get 28...Rxf3! Nithin Babu (2169) made a nice practical exchange sacrifice 29.gxf3 Nd2 30.Ra1 Nxf3+ 31.Kf1 Nxd4 32.Nd3 Ne4 33.Ne5 Nd6 34.Rd7 N4f5 35.Ra6 Re8 36.f4 f6 37.Nf3? Ne4 and Black went on to checkmate IM Uurtsaikh Agibileg's (MGL, 2392) king eventually.

Nithin Babu beat his second consecutive IM | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Marat - Arpita

Position after 23.Nd2??

GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB, 2364) erred 23.Nd2?? inviting thematic sacrifice Nxf2. WIM Arpita Mukherjee (2133) decided to trade the bishops first 23...Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Nxf2 25.Kxf2 Rd3 26.Qxc4 Qxe3+ 27.Kg2 Rxd2+ 28.Rxd2 Qxd2+ and Black went on to win in the rook endgame.

WIM Arpita Mukherjee has made a great start 4/5 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Results

IM Alexander Slizhevsky - GM Sethuraman S P: 1-0

IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ) - IM Nitin S: 1-0

GM Diptayan Ghosh - FM Quoc Hy Nguyen (VIE) : 0.5-0.5

IM Ethan Vaz - IM Aronyak Ghosh: 0.5-0.5

GM Mitrabha Guha - GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (VIE): 0.5-0.5

GM Sayantan Das - IM P Saravana Krishnan: 1-0

FM Arjun Adireddy - GM Anurag Mhamal: 0.5-0.5

IM Srihari L R - FM Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

GM Boris Savchenko - Sriram Adarsh Uppala: 0-1

FM Ram Aravind L N - GM Deepan Chakkravarthy: 0.5-0.5

IM Uurtsaikh Agibileg (MGL) - Nithin Babu: 0-1

GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB) - WIM Arpita Mukherjee: 0-1

Sri Sai Baswanth P - IM Neelash Saha: 0.5-0.5

IM Arghyadip Das - Siddhanth Poonja: 0.5-0.5

Naitik R Mehta - GM Evgeniy Podolchenko: 0.5-0.5

IM Krishnamoorthy Murugan - Abhijeet Jawalkar Nishant: 0.5-0.5

Arnav Agrawal - WIM Saina Salonika: 0.5-0.5

IM Walaa Sarwat - Tanmay Rajbongshi: 0-1

IM Sekhar Chandra Sahu - Ahaz E U : 0-1

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 5 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	33	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2340	RUS	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2560	TN	2
2	30	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2351	KGZ	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Nitin, S.	2338	TN	34
3	1	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2569	RSPB	3½	½ - ½	3½	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2418	VIE	14
4	17	IM	Vaz, Ethan	2412	GOA	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2544	RSPB	3
5	19	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2409	BLR	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2516	SGP	4
6	5	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2509	WB	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2359	VIE	28
7	12	GM	Das, Sayantan	2434	WB	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	2244	KVB	53
8	38	FM	Adireddy, Arjun	2327	TEL	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Anurag, Mhamal	2499	GOA	6
9	7	IM	Srihari, L R	2494	TN	3	½ - ½	3	FM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi	2278	MAH	49
10	9	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2481	RUS	3	0 - 1	3		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	2306	TEL	40
11	51	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2257	RUS	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2469	MP	11
12	52	FM	Ram, Aravind L N	2249	TN	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2413	ICF	15
13	21	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	2392	MGL	3	0 - 1	3		Nithin, Babu	2169	KER	63
14	62		Varun, V	2173	TEL	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2379	MAH	22
15	54	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	2225	Southern Railways	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty	2374	WB	24
16	27	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat	2364	UZB	3	0 - 1	3	WIM	Arpita, Mukherjee	2133	WB	71
17	35	FM	Mohamed, Anees M	2334	TN	3	1 - 0	3		Om, Nagnath Lamkane	1956	MAH	153
18	151	WFM	Saparya, Ghosh	1962	WB	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	2329	TN	37
19	65		Sri, Sai Baswanth P	2160	AP	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Neelash, Saha	2490	RSPB	8
20	10	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	2473	TN	2½	1 - 0	2½		Anadkat, Kartavya	2140	GUJ	69

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	30	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei		KGZ	2351	KGZ	5	13	14,5	14,50	5
2	33	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander		RUS	2340	RUS	5	13	14	14,00	5
3	12	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2434	WB	4,5	12,5	14	12,25	4
4	19	GM	Fedorov, Alexei		BLR	2409	BLR	4,5	12	14	12,75	4
5	5	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2509	WB	4	15	17,5	13,75	3
6	2	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		IND	2560	TN	4	14,5	17	12,00	4
7	1	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan		IND	2569	RSPB	4	14,5	15,5	11,50	3
8	28	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa		VIE	2359	VIE	4	13,5	16	12,00	3
9	34	IM	Nitin, S.		IND	2338	TN	4	13,5	15,5	10,50	4
10	3	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2544	RSPB	4	13	15	11,75	3
11	14	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy		VIE	2418	VIE	4	12,5	14,5	11,50	3
12	37	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F		IND	2329	TN	4	12,5	12,5	8,50	4
13	24	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty		IND	2374	WB	4	12	14	11,00	3
14	17	IM	Vaz, Ethan		IND	2412	GOA	4	12	14	10,75	3
15	22	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete		IND	2379	MAH	4	11,5	13,5	10,50	4
16	35	FM	Mohamed, Anees M		IND	2334	TN	4	11	13	10,50	3
17	40		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala		IND	2306	TEL	4	11	12,5	9,00	4
18	71	WIM	Arpita, Mukherjee	w	IND	2133	WB	4	11	12	8,00	4
19	63		Nithin, Babu		IND	2169	KER	4	10	11,5	8,50	4
20	7	IM	Srihari, L R		IND	2494	TN	3,5	15	15	8,25	3

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Round 6 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	33	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2340	RUS	5		5	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2351	KGZ	30
2	19	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2409	BLR	4½		4½	GM	Das, Sayantan	2434	WB	12
3	24	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty	2374	WB	4		4	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2569	RSPB	1
4	2	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2560	TN	4		4	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2359	VIE	28
5	37	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	2329	TN	4		4	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2544	RSPB	3
6	40		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	2306	TEL	4		4	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2509	WB	5
7	14	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2418	VIE	4		4	IM	Nitin, S.	2338	TN	34
8	63		Nithin, Babu	2169	KER	4		4	IM	Vaz, Ethan	2412	GOA	17
9	22	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2379	MAH	4		4	FM	Mohamed, Anees M	2334	TN	35
10	71	WIM	Arpita, Mukherjee	2133	WB	4		3½	IM	Srihari, L R	2494	TN	7
11	4	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2516	SGP	3½		3½	FM	Adireddy, Arjun	2327	TEL	38
12	6	GM	Anurag, Mhamal	2499	GOA	3½		3½	GM	Karthikeyan, P.	2286	TN	46
13	39	IM	Utsab, Chatterjee	2308	WB	3½		3½	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	2473	TN	10
14	11	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2469	MP	3½		3½	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	2281	MP	48
15	13	IM	Audi, Ameya	2422	GOA	3½		3½	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2257	RUS	51
16	15	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2413	ICF	3½		3½	CM	Sherla, Prathamesh	2191	MAH	60
17	41	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2303	ICF	3½		3½	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2412	TEL	16
18	20	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2409	WB	3½		3½	FM	Ram, Aravind L N	2249	TN	52
19	47	FM	Potawad, Anirudhha	2281	MAH	3½		3½	IM	Shahil, Dey	2374	ASM	25
20	26	IM	Ritviz, Parab	2371	GOA	3½		3½	IM	Elgabry, Mohsen	2107	EGY	75

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