3rd President Cup R7: Nihal and Sindarov emerge coleaders, Abhimanyu forces draw against Abdusattorov

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/11/2024

GM Abhimanyu Puranik held the top seed, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) to a draw in Round 7 of 3rd President Cup 2024. The former forced a draw via perpetual check against the World no.6. GM Nihal Sarin scored a comfortable win over IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB). Nihal is now coleader with GM Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) 6/7 each. Sindarov defeated GM Sankalp Gupta. IM Neelash Saha continues his great form. He had a solid draw against GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI). Neelash and GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB) are trailing the leaders by a half point at 5.5/7 each. IM Ameya Audi scored a fine victory over GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI). Round 8 starts today at 2 p.m. local time, 2:30 p.m. IST.

Neelash holds Parham to a solid draw, Ameya stuns Tabatabaei

IM Neelash Saha is in a five-way lead 5/6 | Photo:

GM Abhimanyu Puranik (2652) forced a draw via perpetual check against GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB, 2777).

GM Abhimanyu Puranik held the top seed, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) to a draw

Nihal - Ortik

Position after 7...h6?

IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB, 2447) went wrong early in the opening 7...h6? GM Nihal Sarin (2676) does not miss these opportunities. It cost him a valuable pawn 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nxd5 Black cannot take the knight 9...cxd5 as White recovers material 10.Qxc8+ and gains another pawn in the following move Qxb7. Black could not get back for the rest of the game. White eventually gained one more pawn and went on to win the game.

IM Neelash Saha drew with GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) comfortably | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Ameya - Tabatabaei

Position after 21.c4

Which pawn Black should capture - c4 or e4? 21...dxe4 would have been fine for Black. However, GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI, 2686) made the mistake of capturing the c4-pawn 21...dxc4 22.Bxc4+ Kg7 23.Rfc1 Qd6 24.Nf1 Nc6 the knight is aiming for the d4-square but White has his own designs for his knight 25.Ng3 Nd4? overlooking White's plan 26.Nxh5+

Position after 26.Nxh5+!

Black obviously cannot take the knight 26...Rxh5 27.Qg4+ drops the exchange. The game continued 26...Kf8 27.Qxg4 Rc7 28.Qg6 Bxe4 29.Be6! Nxe6 30.Qxf6+ and White converted his advantage into a full point without much difficulty.

IM Ameya Audi scored a big win over GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI)

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Round 7 results

Bo.	No.		White	Typ	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Typ	Rtg	No.
1	8	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu		2652	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek *)		2777	1
2	4	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir		2682	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Sankalp, Gupta		2539	14
3	6	GM	Nihal, Sarin		2676	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Nigmatov, Ortik		2447	31
4	2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham		2712	4½	½ - ½	5	IM	Neelash, Saha		2458	27
5	5	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin		2681	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek		2668	7
6	26	GM	Prraneeth, Vuppala		2459	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali		2625	9
7	10	GM	Pranesh, M		2580	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Khubukshanov, Erdem		2443	35
8	32	IM	Pingin, Artem		2447	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy		2543	12
9	16	GM	Raja, Rithvik R		2528	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Mamedov, Edgar		2448	30
10	44	IM	Orozbaev, Eldiyar		2421	4	0 - 1	4	IM	Atabayev, Saparmyrat		2520	17

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Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	4	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2682	6	2822	5	1	31
2	6	GM	Nihal, Sarin	IND	2676	6	2790	5	2	32,5
3	27	IM	Neelash, Saha	IND	2458	5,5	2768	4	2	30
4	5	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	UZB	2681	5,5	2669	4	1	25
5	31	IM	Nigmatov, Ortik	UZB	2447	5	2790	4	3	32
6	1	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB	2777	5	2690	3	2	32
7	8	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2652	5	2638	3	1	28
8	14	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	IND	2539	5	2632	5	1	28,5
9	2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2712	5	2596	4	1	29,5
10	50	IM	Xu, Minghui	CHN	2405	5	2587	4	1	28
11	17	IM	Atabayev, Saparmyrat	TKM	2520	5	2577	4	3	28,5
12	21	IM	Saydaliev, Saidakbar	UZB	2473	5	2530	3	1	26,5
13	9	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali	IND	2625	4,5	2625	3	1	32,5
14	18	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	UZB	2501	4,5	2611	4	3	29,5
15	19	GM	Nikitenko, Mihail	FID	2490	4,5	2586	4	1	26
16	7	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	UZB	2668	4,5	2571	3	1	29
17	30	IM	Mamedov, Edgar	KAZ	2448	4,5	2557	3	0	29,5
18	10	GM	Pranesh, M	IND	2580	4,5	2522	3	1	28,5
19	32	IM	Pingin, Artem	FID	2447	4,5	2517	3	1	25,5
20	11	GM	Gareyev, Timur	NON	2552	4,5	2505	3	2	29,5

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Typ	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Typ	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek *)		2777	5		5	IM	Xu, Minghui		2405	50
2	6	GM	Nihal, Sarin		2676	6		6	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir		2682	4
3	27	IM	Neelash, Saha		2458	5½		5½	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin		2681	5
4	17	IM	Atabayev, Saparmyrat		2520	5		5	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham		2712	2
5	21	IM	Saydaliev, Saidakbar		2473	5		5	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu		2652	8
6	31	IM	Nigmatov, Ortik		2447	5		5	GM	Sankalp, Gupta		2539	14
7	7	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek		2668	4½		4½	GM	Prraneeth, Vuppala		2459	26
8	9	GM	Karthikeyan, Murali		2625	4½		4½	IM	Pingin, Artem		2447	32
9	39	IM	Daghli, Arash		2435	4½		4½	GM	Pranesh, M		2580	10
10	11	GM	Gareyev, Timur		2552	4½		4½	IM	Jubin, Jimmy		2453	28

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