3rd Yerevan Open R1: Poormosavi holds top seed Narayanan to an exciting draw

by Shahid Ahmed - 15/10/2021

15-year-old Iranian youth FM Seyed Kian Poormosavi (IRI) had an exciting game against GM Narayanan S L. It could have gone either player's way, yet the game, much to each player's chagrin, ended in a draw. Gukesh, Arjun and Abhimanyu scored a win each. CM Prraneeth Vuppala had Gukesh on the ropes, but he loosened his grip and let the India's youngest GM in history escape with a win. Among other upsets, untitled Sargis R Mkrtchyan (ARM) held GM Sandipan Chanda and Sambit Panda held IM P Shyam Nikhil to a draw each respectively. Vaishali will face Gukesh at the top board in Round 2 which will be an interesting rematch from their final round encounter at ChessMood Open. Round 2 starts today at 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

A great start

GM Narayanan S L had a topsy-turvy encounter against FM Seyed Kian Poormosavi (IRI). Both of them had their fair share of winning chances, neither of them seized it and the game eventually ended in a draw.

Top board was on fire from the opening round | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Poormosavi - Narayanan: 0-1

GM Narayanan S L was in quite a bit of trouble against FM Seyed Kian Poormosavi (IRI).

Position after 26...g6

27.Rd4 leads to an interesting variation where Black promotes a queen 27...e3 28.h4 e2 29.hxg5 e1=Q+ 30.Qxe1 Rxe1 31.Kf2. The text 27.h4 is also good, provided after 27...Qf6 the follow through transposes to the previous variation 28.Rd4. White missed his opportunity and went 28.g5 Qe5 29.f6 e3 and worsened his position 30.Kh2. Soon Narayanan missed a completely winning opportunity, probably due to time scramble.

Position after 32.Be4

The e2-pawn is on the verge of being promoted. Can you find the winning continuation for Black after 32.Be4 ? The game eventually petered out to a draw.

Poormosavi and Narayanan had an exciting game | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Gukesh - Prraneeth: 1-0

CM Prraneeth Vuppala stirred up a lot of trouble for GM D Gukesh.

Position after 22.b4

White having a passive position forced his hand to go for a b4-break. The game continued 22...axb4 23.axb4 Nxb4 24.Rxb4 Bxd3 25.Qd1 Bxf1 26.Bxf1 Qd5 27.Bxb5 and now Black made the mistake of exchanging pieces 27...Ne4. Black should not exchange any more pieces than required for two reasons, a) Black is down in material and b) White's pieces are fighting for good squares, exchanging further only helps Black. 28.Nxe4 Qxe4 29.Bb2 and White eventually overcame adverse position to win the game.

Prraneeth put up a great fight against Gukesh | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Suyog - Arjun: 0-1

GM Arjun Erigaisi showed very fine technique in the endgame against FM Suyog Wagh.

Arjun Erigaisi started with a comfortable win | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Mariam - Abhimanyu: 0-1

WFM Mariam Mkrtchyan (ARM) made an interesting exchange sacrifice against GM Abhimanyu Puranik.

Position after 14...Bg4

White made an interesting exchange sacrifice 15.Bxe5 Bxd1 16.Bxc7 Bc2. Now the sacrifice could have been justified if White played 17.Nd5. After 17...Nxd5 18.exd5 White is doing fine. The isolated center passed pawn is a good compensation for White. The game continued 17.Bxb6 axb6 and Black won the game eventually.

Abhimanyu scored a clinical victory | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Sargis R Mkrtchyan (ARM) - GM Sandipan Chanda: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM P Shyam Nikhil - Sambit Panda: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

For more Round 1 photos, please click here.

Highlights

Here are a few interesting finishes of Round 1.

GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) defeated Alexander Apansenok (RUS)

CM Mikhei Navumenka (BLR) drew with GM Tigran L Petrosian (ARM)

GM Aleksey Goganov (RUS) defeated FM Grigor Dilanyan (ARM)

Replay Round 1 games

The tournament is taking place at Yerevan in Armenia from 14th to 22nd October 2021. Time control is 90'/40 + 30' + 30" per move. Round 1-4 and 6-8 starts at 2 p.m. local time (3:30 p.m. IST). Round 5 and the final round will start at 11:00 a.m. local time (12:30 p.m. IST).

Round 1 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	65	FM	Poormosavi Seyed Kian			IRI	2255	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Narayanan S.L.			IND	2647	1
2	2	GM	Gukesh D			IND	2640	0	1 - 0	0	CM	Prraneeth Vuppala			IND	2253	66
3	67	FM	Wagh Suyog			IND	2246	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Erigaisi Arjun			IND	2634	3
4	4	GM	Pantsulaia Levan			GEO	2570	0	1 - 0	0	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane			IND	2238	68
5	69	WFM	Mkrtchyan Mariam			ARM	2234	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu			IND	2568	5
6	6	GM	Paichadze Luka			GEO	2566	0	1 - 0	0		Apanasenok Alexander			RUS	2227	70
7	71	CM	Navumenka Mikhei			BLR	2221	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Petrosian Tigran L			ARM	2562	7
8	8	GM	Goganov Aleksey			RUS	2557	0	1 - 0	0	FM	Dilanyan Grigor			ARM	2214	72
9	73		Nikookar Mahdi			IRI	2214	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Sychev Klementy			RUS	2555	9
10	10	GM	Pultinevicius Paulius			LTU	2552	0	1 - 0	0		Godbole Atharva			IND	2201	74
11	75		Mkrtchyan Sargis R			ARM	2199	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Chanda Sandipan			IND	2543	11
12	12	GM	Sivuk Vitaly			UKR	2529	0	1 - 0	0	IM	Mohota Nisha			IND	2195	76
13	77	WFM	Bommini Mounika Akshaya			IND	2194	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti			IND	2517	13
14	14	GM	Hayrapetyan Hovik			ARM	2500	0	1 - 0	0	WIM	Sharma Isha			IND	2191	78
15	79		Chaqryan Erik			ARM	2181	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Nikitenko Mihail			BLR	2499	15

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	38	WGM	Vaishali R			IND	2419	1		1	GM	Gukesh D			IND	2640	2
2	3	GM	Erigaisi Arjun			IND	2634	1		1	WGM	Sargsyan Anna M			ARM	2402	40
3	39	IM	Daneshvar Bardiya			IRI	2403	1		1	GM	Pantsulaia Levan			GEO	2570	4
4	5	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu			IND	2568	1		1	IM	Krishna Teja, N			IND	2385	42
5	43	IM	Padmini Rout			IND	2380	1		1	GM	Paichadze Luka			GEO	2566	6
6	7	GM	Petrosian Tigran L			ARM	2562	1		1	IM	Moksh Amit Doshi			IND	2379	44
7	46	IM	Mullick Raahil			IND	2368	1		1	GM	Goganov Aleksey			RUS	2557	8
8	9	GM	Sychev Klementy			RUS	2555	1		1	FM	Barseghyan Armen Ar			ARM	2356	48
9	47	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra			IND	2367	1		1	GM	Pultinevicius Paulius			LTU	2552	10
10	50	GM	Baghdasaryan Vahe			ARM	2334	1		1	GM	Sivuk Vitaly			UKR	2529	12
11	13	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti			IND	2517	1		1	WIM	Vantika Agrawal			IND	2322	52
12	51	FM	Hakemi Arman			IRI	2323	1		1	GM	Hayrapetyan Hovik			ARM	2500	14
13	15	IM	Nikitenko Mihail			BLR	2499	1		1	FM	Atakhan Abtin			IRI	2319	54
14	55	IM	Nadanian Ashot			ARM	2317	1		1	GM	Quparadze Giga			GEO	2495	16
15	17	GM	Mikaelyan Arman			ARM	2487	1		1	IM	Sharma Dinesh K			IND	2289	58

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