3rd Goa GM R6-7: Slizhevsky, Semetei and Fedorov in a three-way lead

Eight in pursuit

Apart from Nithin Babu, Sriram Adarsh Uppala also had a great day. He drew with GM Mitrabha Guha and IM Ameya Audi in Round 6 and 7 respectively. Sarayu Velpula has emerged the top scorer among female players at 4.5/7.

The tournament banner | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Round 6: Slizhevsky and Semetei remain coleaders

IM Alexander Slizhevsky and IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ) drew their game to maintain the lead | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

IM Sanket Chakravarty analyzes his draw with GM Diptayan Ghosh and loss against IM Aronyak Ghosh in Round 6 and 7 respectively | Video: Sanket Chakravarty

IM Sanket Chakravarty (pictured) - GM Diptayan Ghosh: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

GM Sethuraman S P comfortably defeated GM Duc Hoa Nguyen (VIE) | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Sriram Adarsh Uppala had a hard-fought draw against GM Mitrabha Guha in Round 6 and IM Ameya Audi in Round 7 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Anirudhha Potawad drew with IM Shahil Dey and IM Uurtsaikh Agibileg (MGL) in Round 6 and 7 respectively | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Round 7: Fedorov moves to the top

IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ, 2351) had a well contested draw with GM Sethuraman S P (2560).

GM Alexei Fedorov defeated FM Quoc Hy Nguyen (VIE) to make it a three-way lead 6/7 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Nithin - Deepan

Position after 44.Rb6

It was a difficult rook vs bishop and knight endgame. Nithin Babu (2169) had an extra pawn against GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (2413). 44...Bc4 is the correct way according to the computer to stay in the fight. Instead, Black played 44...Bd3?? 45.Rxf6+ Kg7 46.Re6 and White went on to win the game.

Nithin Babu drew with IM Ethan Vaz in Round 6 and defeated GM Deepan Chakkravarthy in Round 7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Ethan Vaz - FM Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

FM Ram Aravind L N drew with IM Kaustuv Kundu and GM Anurag Mhamal in Round 6 and 7 respectively | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

FM Arjun Adireddy drew with GM Siddharth Jagadeesh (SGP) and defeated IM Neelash Saha in Round 6 and 7 respectively | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

IM S Rohith Krishna got the better of GM Laxman R R | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

IM Kushagra Mohan drew with GM Laxman R R in Round 6 and defeated GM Saptarshi Roy in Round 7 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Sarayu Velpula is currently the top female scorer 4.5/7 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

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 7 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	30	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2351	KGZ	5½	½ - ½	5	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2560	TN	2	PGN
2	12	GM	Das, Sayantan	2434	WB	5	½ - ½	5½	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2340	RUS	33	PGN
3	14	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2418	VIE	5	0 - 1	5	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2409	BLR	19	PGN
4	1	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2569	RSPB	4½	1 - 0	5	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2379	MAH	22	PGN
5	3	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2544	RSPB	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty	2374	WB	24	PGN
6	5	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2509	WB	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	2329	TN	37	PGN
7	7	IM	Srihari, L R	2494	TN	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Ritviz, Parab	2371	GOA	26	PGN
8	36	IM	Avinash, Ramesh	2331	TN	4½	0 - 1	4½	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2469	MP	11	PGN
9	40		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	2306	TEL	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Audi, Ameya	2422	GOA	13	PGN
10	63		Nithin, Babu	2169	KER	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2413	ICF	15	PGN
11	17	IM	Vaz, Ethan	2412	GOA	4½	½ - ½	4½	FM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi	2278	MAH	49	PGN
12	46	GM	Karthikeyan, P.	2286	TN	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2516	SGP	4	PGN
13	52	FM	Ram, Aravind L N	2249	TN	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Anurag, Mhamal	2499	GOA	6	PGN
14	38	FM	Adireddy, Arjun	2327	TEL	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Neelash, Saha	2490	RSPB	8	PGN
15	9	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2481	RUS	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Utsab, Chatterjee	2308	WB	39	PGN
16	10	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	2473	TN	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2303	ICF	41	PGN
17	16	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2412	TEL	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Saptarshi, Roy	2289	RSPB	45	PGN
18	54	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	2225	Southern Railways	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2409	WB	20	PGN
19	21	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	2392	MGL	4	½ - ½	4	FM	Potawad, Anirudhha	2281	MAH	47	PGN
20	25	IM	Shahil, Dey	2374	ASM	4	0 - 1	4		Varun, V	2173	TEL	62	PGN

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Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	33	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	RUS	2340	RUS	6	30	32	26,25	5
2	30	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	KGZ	2351	KGZ	6	28,5	30	24,25	5
3	19	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	BLR	2409	BLR	6	26	29,5	25,00	5
4	2	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2560	TN	5,5	29,5	33	24,00	5
5	12	GM	Das, Sayantan	IND	2434	WB	5,5	28,5	31,5	23,25	4
6	7	IM	Srihari, L R	IND	2494	TN	5,5	28	29	20,50	5
7	11	IM	Ayush, Sharma	IND	2469	MP	5,5	27,5	30,5	22,25	5
8	1	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	IND	2569	RSPB	5,5	27,5	29,5	22,25	4
9	3	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2544	RSPB	5,5	27	30,5	23,75	4
10	5	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	IND	2509	WB	5,5	27	30,5	23,50	4
11	63		Nithin, Babu	IND	2169	KER	5,5	23,5	26	19,50	5
12	14	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	VIE	2418	VIE	5	28,5	31,5	21,25	4
13	28	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	VIE	2359	VIE	5	28,5	31,5	20,50	4
14	22	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	IND	2379	MAH	5	27	30	20,00	5
15	9	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2481	RUS	5	27	29,5	19,50	5
16	17	IM	Vaz, Ethan	IND	2412	GOA	5	26,5	29,5	19,75	3
17	34	IM	Nitin, S.	IND	2338	TN	5	26,5	29,5	18,50	5
18	40		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	IND	2306	TEL	5	26,5	28,5	17,75	4
19	38	FM	Adireddy, Arjun	IND	2327	TEL	5	25	27,5	17,75	4
20	62		Varun, V	IND	2173	TEL	5	25	26,5	16,50	5

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	19	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2409	BLR	6		6	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2351	KGZ	30
2	33	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2340	RUS	6		5½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2544	RSPB	3
3	7	IM	Srihari, L R	2494	TN	5½		5½	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2569	RSPB	1
4	2	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2560	TN	5½		5½	GM	Das, Sayantan	2434	WB	12
5	11	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2469	MP	5½		5½	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2509	WB	5
6	10	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	2473	TN	5		5½		Nithin, Babu	2169	KER	63
7	49	FM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi	2278	MAH	5		5	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2481	RUS	9
8	13	IM	Audi, Ameya	2422	GOA	5		5	FM	Adireddy, Arjun	2327	TEL	38
9	62		Varun, V	2173	TEL	5		5	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2418	VIE	14
10	16	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2412	TEL	5		5		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	2306	TEL	40
11	34	IM	Nitin, S.	2338	TN	5		5	IM	Vaz, Ethan	2412	GOA	17
12	22	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2379	MAH	5		5	GM	Karthikeyan, P.	2286	TN	46
13	28	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2359	VIE	5		5		Sri, Sai Baswanth P	2160	AP	65
14	6	GM	Anurag, Mhamal	2499	GOA	4½		4½	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	2281	MP	48
15	15	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2413	ICF	4½		4½	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2257	RUS	51
16	20	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2409	WB	4½		4½	CM	Sherla, Prathamesh	2191	MAH	60
17	53	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	2244	KVB	4½		4½	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	2392	MGL	21
18	47	FM	Potawad, Anirudhha	2281	MAH	4½		4½	IM	Das, Arghyadip	2376	WB	23
19	24	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty	2374	WB	4½		4½		Saptorshi, Gupta	2070	WB	88
20	26	IM	Ritviz, Parab	2371	GOA	4½		4½	FM	Ram, Aravind L N	2249	TN	52

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3rd Goa GM R6-7: Slizhevsky, Semetei and Fedorov in a three-way lead

Eight in pursuit