3rd Maharashtra GM R6: Nitish and Ayush stay ahead of the pack

Utsab, Tejaswini and Sammed beat GMs

IM Ayush Sharma and IM Nitish Belurkar had a well contested draw

GM Manuel Petrosyan (ARM) - GM Deepan Chakkravarthy: 0.5-0.5

IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh and GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) had a 13-move quick draw

Aakash - Neelash

Position after 18.Nc7

18.Nc7! is such a nice sacrifice. White is not getting anything anytime soon but there will be lingering annoyance, a longterm compensation for White. It can be described as a throughball in football, it is obviously not exactly the same as Black can capture the knight immediately. However, it will not be easy to take advantage of the extra material. 18...Qxc7 19.Bxa5 bxa5 20.Rde1 Bd7 21.Qd2 Ng4 22.Nxf5 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 and the game eventually liquidated into an equal bishop vs knight endgame.

The game between IM Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi and IM Neelash Saha started exciting but eventually ended in a balanced draw

Savchenko - Suyog

Position after 12.Qe4?

GM Boris Savchenko (2459) had quite possibly the most exciting start of the round against FM Suyog Wagh (2289). 12...0-0-0 gives Black a decisive advantage according to computer. However, Savchenko managed to navigate through complexities and came out on top.

GM Boris Savchenko won a complex battle against FM Suyog Wagh

GM Deep Sengupta defeated GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB) with a crushing attack on the kingside

Sandipan - Sarayu

Position after 31.h3

In the above complex position, WIM Sarayu Velpula (2302) blundered 31...Nd5?? Find out why it is a big mistake and what Black should have done instead.

GM Sandipan Chanda bounced back with a win WIM Sarayu Velpula

Utsab - Stany

Position after 43.Qd2

GM Stany G A (2454) misplaced his bishop 43...Bc7? IM Utsab Chatterjee (2299) seized his opportunity to trade pieces 44.Qh6 Bg6 45.Bxg6 Rxg6 46.Qf8+ Qxf8 47.Nxf8 Rf6 48.Nxh7 Rf7 49.Ng5 and White went on to win the game.

Final moments: IM Utsab Chatterjee - GM Stany G A | Video: ChessBase India

IM Utsab Chatterjee got the better of GM Stany G A

WGM Mary Ann Gomes - GM Venkatesh M R: 0.5-0.5

IM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan (SRI) - FM Daaevik Wadhawan: 0.5-0.5

Final moments: IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete - GM Vitaly Teterev | Video: ChessBase India

IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete - GM Vitaly Teterev: 1-0

IM Harsh Suresh - FM Aarav Sarbalia: 0.5-0.5

Jval Saurin Patel - IM Srihari L: 1-0

FM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy - IM Maksim Schekachikin: 0.5-0.5

Final moments: WIM Tejaswini G - GM Van Huy Nguyen | Video: ChessBase India

Siddhant Gawai - IM Shahil Dey: 0.5-0.5

IM Semetei Tologon Tegin - Madhesh Kumar S (pictured): 0.5-0.5

IM Padmini Rout - Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni: 0.5-0.5

WIM Arpita Mukherjee (pictured) - FM John Veny Akkarakaran: 0.5-0.5

CM Harshit Ranjan Sahu - IM Sanket Chakravarty: 0.5-0.5

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Final moments: WIM Sakshi Chitlange - IM Sarwat Walaa | Video: ChessBase India

Final moments: WFM Kalyani Sirin - Vignesh B | Video: ChessBase India

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Round 6 results

Bo.		White	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	PGN
1	IM	Ayush, Sharma		2485	MP	4½	½ - ½	5	IM	Nitish, Belurkar		2441	GA	PGN
2	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel		2544	ARM	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		2394	RSPB	PGN
3	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh		2370	MH	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan		2532	GEO	PGN
4	FM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi		2366	MH	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Neelash, Saha		2460	RSPB	PGN
5	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy		2307	BLR	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike		2448	GEO	PGN
6	GM	Savchenko, Boris		2459	RUS	3½	1 - 0	4	FM	Wagh, Suyog		2289	MH	PGN
7	GM	Sengupta, Deep		2506	PSPB	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat		2352	UZB	PGN
8	GM	Chanda, Sandipan		2485	WB	3½	1 - 0	3½	WIM	Velpula, Sarayu		2302	TG	PGN
9	IM	Utsab, Chatterjee		2299	WB	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Stany, G.A.		2454	KA	PGN
10	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty		2444	AS	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Gochelashvili, David		2227	RUS	PGN
11	FM	Borgaonkar, Akshay		2418	MH	3½	1 - 0	3½		Samyak, Dharewa		2209	WB
12	WGM	Gomes, Mary Ann		2284	PSPB	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		2355	PSPB
13	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet		2576	PSPB	3	1 - 0	3	FM	Nagarkatte, Vedant		2296	MH
14	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan		2398	SRI	3	½ - ½	3	FM	Daaevik, Wadhawan		2311	DL
15	IM	Hari, Madhavan N B		2393	TN	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Manik, Mikulas		2273	SVK
16	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete		2391	MH	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Teterev, Vitaly		2266	BLR
17	IM	Harsh, Suresh		2389	TN	3	½ - ½	3	FM	Aarav, Sarbalia		2247	KA
18		Jval, Saurin Patel		2298	GJ	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Srihari, L		2377	PY
19	FM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy		2295	UP	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Schekachikhin, Maksim		2370	FIDE
20	FM	Bharadia, Yash		2368	RJ	3	0 - 1	3	FM	Mahitosh, Dey		2226	OD

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	14	IM	Nitish, Belurkar			IND	2441	GA	5,5	21	24	21,50	5
2	7	IM	Ayush, Sharma			IND	2485	MP	5	20	22,5	18,00	4
3	55	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy			BLR	2307	BLR	4,5	21	24	17,25	3
4	6	GM	Chanda, Sandipan			IND	2485	WB	4,5	20,5	23	15,75	4
5	34	FM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi		PO6790_THAN_202	IND	2366	MH	4,5	20	22,5	14,75	4
6	12	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike			GEO	2448	GEO	4,5	20	21,5	15,00	3
7	17	FM	Borgaonkar, Akshay		PO12612_PUNE_20	IND	2418	MH	4,5	20	21,5	15,00	3
8	3	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel			ARM	2544	ARM	4,5	19	21,5	15,00	3
9	22	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.			IND	2394	RSPB	4,5	18,5	20,5	14,75	3
10	4	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan			GEO	2532	GEO	4,5	18	20,5	15,00	3
11	9	GM	Savchenko, Boris			RUS	2459	RUS	4,5	18	20,5	14,25	4
12	8	IM	Neelash, Saha			IND	2460	RSPB	4,5	17,5	20,5	15,00	3
13	31	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh		PO1194_THAN_202	IND	2370	MH	4,5	17,5	18,5	12,50	3
14	60	IM	Utsab, Chatterjee			IND	2299	WB	4,5	16,5	18	12,00	4
15	5	GM	Sengupta, Deep			IND	2506	PSPB	4,5	16	17,5	12,75	4
16	68	GM	Manik, Mikulas			SVK	2273	SVK	4	19	21,5	14,50	2
17	88	IM	Gochelashvili, David			RUS	2227	RUS	4	19	21,5	12,25	3
18	41	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.			IND	2355	PSPB	4	18,5	19	9,75	3
19	66	WGM	Gomes, Mary Ann	w		IND	2284	PSPB	4	18	19	11,50	2
20	13	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty			IND	2444	AS	4	17	19,5	12,75	2

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.		White	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Typ	Rtg	Club/City
1	IM	Nitish, Belurkar		2441	GA	5½		4½	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel		2544	ARM
2	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan		2532	GEO	4½		5	IM	Ayush, Sharma		2485	MP
3	FM	Borgaonkar, Akshay		2418	MH	4½		4½	GM	Sengupta, Deep		2506	PSPB
4	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		2394	RSPB	4½		4½	GM	Chanda, Sandipan		2485	WB
5	IM	Neelash, Saha		2460	RSPB	4½		4½	IM	Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh		2370	MH
6	GM	Savchenko, Boris		2459	RUS	4½		4½	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy		2307	BLR
7	GM	Sanikidze, Tornike		2448	GEO	4½		4½	FM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi		2366	MH
8	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		2355	PSPB	4		4½	IM	Utsab, Chatterjee		2299	WB
9	FM	Wagh, Suyog		2289	MH	4		4	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet		2576	PSPB
10	GM	Manik, Mikulas		2273	SVK	4		4	IM	Mayank, Chakraborty		2444	AS
11	IM	Gochelashvili, David		2227	RUS	4		4	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete		2391	MH
12	FM	Mahitosh, Dey		2226	OD	4		4	FM	Garv, Gaur		2366	HR
13	FM	Vaibhav, Jayant Raut		2327	MH	4		4	WGM	Gomes, Mary Ann		2284	PSPB
14		Madhesh, Kumar S		2183	PY	4		4		Jval, Saurin Patel		2298	GJ
15	GM	Fedorov, Alexei		2396	BLR	3½		4	WIM	Tejaswini, G		2272	TN
16	GM	Stany, G.A.		2454	KA	3½		3½	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty		2317	WB
17	FM	Daaevik, Wadhawan		2311	DL	3½		3½	IM	Soham, Kamotra		2422	JK
18	FM	Potawad, Anirudhha		2306	MH	3½		3½	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan		2398	SRI
19	WIM	Velpula, Sarayu		2302	TG	3½		3½	IM	Harsh, Suresh		2389	TN
20	FM	Harshad, S		2388	TN	3½		3½	FM	Jinan, Jomon		2311	KL

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3rd Maharashtra GM R6: Nitish and Ayush stay ahead of the pack

Utsab, Tejaswini and Sammed beat GMs

Aakash - Neelash

Savchenko - Suyog

Sandipan - Sarayu

Utsab - Stany

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Round 6 results

Standings after Round 6

Round 7 pairings

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Round 6 results

Standings after Round 6

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