3rd Maharashtra GM R2: Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy outplays Stany

by Shahid Ahmed - 21/04/2025

GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB) defeated GM Karen Grigoryan (ARM) to maintain a perfect score at 3rd Maharashtra GM 2025. Karen could not get out of the gate against Marat. FM Jai Sankar Subramanian missed a great opportunity to win against GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO). FM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy scored a huge win over GM Stany G A. Ajay launched relentless attack and his opponent did not have a good response to it. WGM Mary Ann Gomes played a solid draw against GM Tornike Sanikidze (GEO). Currently only 13 players are at a perfect 2/2. Tomorrow is the sole double round day of the tournament. Round 3 starts tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Just over a dozen at 2/2

FM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy outplayed GM Stany G A

Marat - Karen

Position after 14.Nbd4

GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB, 2352) got a significant advantage out of the opening after 14.Nbd4 against GM Karen Grigoryan (ARM, 2556) 14...Be4 15.Re1 Bd5 16.Ba4 Bd6 17.Qxd3 N8e7 18.Rd1 Rd8 19.c4 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Qc8 21.a6 and White went on to win the game.

GM Karen Grigoryan (ARM) could not get out of the gate against GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB)

Jai Sankar - Levan

Position after 13...f5??

GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO, 2532) went wrong early in the game 13...f5?? 14.exf6 gxf6 15.Nfxd4 Rf7 16.Bh6 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Nc6 18.Nxc6 dxc6 19.Qg4+ Kh8 20.Qh5 Kg8 now Jai Sankar Subramanian (2316) needed to go 21.Re3 and seize his advantage. Instead, he repeated moves to draw the game.

Jai Sankar Subramanian missed a great opportunity to beat GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO)

Ajay - Stany

Position after 15...Kf8

Stepping away from the check and dashing towards g7 turned out to be a disaster for GM Stany G A (2454). FM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy (2295) found the correct continuation 16.Bd5 Bd7 17.Rac1 Qd8 18.Qa3+ Kg7 19.f4 Be8 20.fxe5 Bxe5 21.Nf3 Bf6 22.Rfd1 Bd7 23.e5 Be7 24.b4 Nc6 25.e6 and White won the game in the next few moves.

GM Stany G A got bamboozled by FM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy's relentless attack

WGM Mary Ann Gomes - GM Tornike Sanikidze (GEO): 0.5-0.5

Akshay Borgaonkar - IM David Gochelashvili: 0.5-0.5

IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage (SRI) - FM Priyanshu Patil: 0.5-0.5

Samyak Dharewa - IM Sambit Panda: 0.5-0.5

IM Sathvik Adiga - Arnav Agrawal: 0-1

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The All-Kerala battle between IM Goutham Krishna H and IM-elect Nithin Babu ended in a draw after 4.5+ hour long battle

IM Mayank Chakraborty - FM Ram Aravind L N: 0.5-0.5

IM Soham Kamotra - FM Mahitosh Dey: 0.5-0.5

FM Aditya Varun Gampa (pictured) - GM Van Huy Nguyen (VIE): 0.5-0.5

GM P Karthikeyan - CM Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni: 0-1

Round 2 in progress

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Round 2 results

Bo.		White	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Typ	Rtg	Club/City
1	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat		2352	UZB	1	1 - 0	1	GM	Grigoryan, Karen H.		2556	ARM
2	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel		2544	ARM	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy		2307	BLR
3	FM	Jai, Sankar Subramanian		2316	TN	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan		2532	GEO
4	IM	Utsab, Chatterjee		2299	WB	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Chanda, Sandipan		2485	WB
5	IM	Ayush, Sharma		2485	MP	1	1 - 0	1	WGM	Priyanka, Nutakki		2298	AP
6	GM	Savchenko, Boris		2459	RUS	1	1 - 0	1	FM	Nagarkatte, Vedant		2296	MH
7	FM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy		2295	UP	1	1 - 0	1	GM	Stany, G.A.		2454	KA
8	WGM	Gomes, Mary Ann		2284	PSPB	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike		2448	GEO
9	CM	Sarveshwaran, V		2234	TN	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Nitish, Belurkar		2441	GA
10	FM	Borgaonkar, Akshay		2418	MH	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Gochelashvili, David		2227	RUS
11	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan		2398	SRI	1	½ - ½	1	FM	Patil, Priyanshu		2222	MH
12		Samyak, Dharewa		2209	WB	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Panda, Sambit		2391	OD
13	IM	Sathvik, Adiga		2390	KA	1	0 - 1	1		Arnav, Agrawal		2194	UP
14	IM	Harsh, Suresh		2389	TN	1	1 - 0	1	CM	Mummana, Venkata Ruthvik		2190	AP
15		Phatak, Aanjaneya		2204	MH NG	1	½ - ½	1	FM	Harshad, S		2388	TN
16	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh		2370	MH	1	1 - 0	1	IM	Mohota, Nisha		2177	PSPB
17	IM	Kulkarni, Vikramaditya		2176	MH	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim		2370	FIDE
18		Jihan, Tejas Shah		2131	GJ	1	0 - 1	1	FM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi		2366	MH
19	IM	Rahman, Yehya		1896	EGY	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		2355	PSPB
20	IM	Padmini, Rout		2354	PSPB	1	1 - 0	1		Sarvade, Mihiir		2138	MCA Pending

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Standings after Round 2

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	9	GM	Savchenko, Boris			RUS	2459	RUS	2	1	2	2,00	2
2	14	IM	Nitish, Belurkar			IND	2441	GA	2	1	2	2,00	2
3	43	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat			UZB	2352	UZB	2	1	2	2,00	2
4	6	GM	Chanda, Sandipan			IND	2485	WB	2	1	1,5	1,50	2
5	7	IM	Ayush, Sharma			IND	2485	MP	2	1	1,5	1,50	2
6	27	IM	Harsh, Suresh			IND	2389	TN	2	1	1,5	1,50	2
7	31	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh		PO1194_THAN_202	IND	2370	MH	2	1	1,5	1,50	2
8	34	FM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi		PO6790_THAN_202	IND	2366	MH	2	1	1,5	1,50	2
9	64	FM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy			IND	2295	UP	2	1	1,5	1,50	2
10	100		Arnav, Agrawal			IND	2194	UP	2	1	1,5	1,50	2
11	32	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim			FID	2370	FIDE	2	1	1	1,00	2
12	41	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.			IND	2355	PSPB	2	1	1	1,00	2
13	42	IM	Padmini, Rout	w		IND	2354	PSPB	2	1	1	1,00	2
14	24	IM	Panda, Sambit			IND	2391	OD	1,5	1,5	2,5	1,75	1
15	92	FM	Patil, Priyanshu		PO6585_NAGP_202	IND	2222	MH	1,5	1,5	2,5	1,75	1
16	96		Samyak, Dharewa			IND	2209	WB	1,5	1,5	2,5	1,75	1
17	97		Phatak, Aanjaneya		PO1946_PUNE_202	IND	2204	MH NG	1,5	1,5	2,5	1,75	1
18	1	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet			IND	2576	PSPB	1,5	1,5	2	1,25	1
19	4	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan			GEO	2532	GEO	1,5	1,5	2	1,25	1
20	8	IM	Neelash, Saha			IND	2460	RLYS	1,5	1,5	2	1,25	1

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Round 3 pairings

Bo.		White	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Typ	Rtg	Club/City
1	GM	Chanda, Sandipan		2485	WB	2		2	IM	Padmini, Rout		2354	PSPB
2	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim		2370	FIDE	2		2	IM	Ayush, Sharma		2485	MP
3	FM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi		2366	MH	2		2	GM	Savchenko, Boris		2459	RUS
4	IM	Nitish, Belurkar		2441	GA	2		2	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat		2352	UZB
5	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		2355	PSPB	2		2	IM	Harsh, Suresh		2389	TN
6		Arnav, Agrawal		2194	UP	2		2	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh		2370	MH
7	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan		2532	GEO	1½		2	FM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy		2295	UP
8	FM	Daaevik, Wadhawan		2311	DL	1½		1½	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet		2576	PSPB
9	FM	Arnav, Maheshwari		2305	TN	1½		1½	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel		2544	ARM
10	IM	Neelash, Saha		2460	RLYS	1½		1½	FM	Jai, Sankar Subramanian		2316	TN
11	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike		2448	GEO	1½		1½	FM	Jinan, Jomon		2311	KL
12	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy		2307	BLR	1½		1½	FM	Borgaonkar, Akshay		2418	MH
13	GM	Manik, Mikulas		2273	SVK	1½		1½	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan		2398	SRI
14	GM	Fedorov, Alexei		2396	BLR	1½		1½	FM	Potawad, Anirudhha		2306	MH
15	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		2394	RLYS	1½		1½		Jval, Saurin Patel		2298	GJ
16	IM	Gochelashvili, David		2227	RUS	1½		1½	IM	Hari, Madhavan N B		2393	TN
17	IM	Panda, Sambit		2391	OD	1½		1½	WGM	Gomes, Mary Ann		2284	PSPB
18	FM	Harshad, S		2388	TN	1½		1½	FM	Dhananjay, S		2250	CG
19	IM	Shahil, Dey		2360	AS	1½		1½		Samyak, Dharewa		2209	WB
20	CM	Chidvilash, Sai Surapaneni		2175	TG	1½		1½	IM	Subhayan, Kundu		2356	RLYS

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