3rd Yerevan Open R3: Gukesh and Kunal in a five-way lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 17/10/2021

Kunal M is the only untitled player among the five who are at 100% score 3.0/3 at the end of the third round of 3rd Yerevan Open. Kunal beat IM David Shahinyan in a very instructive game. GM D Gukesh is the only other Indian in the lead. GMs Arman Mikaelyan (ARM), Klementy Sychev (RUS) and FM Arash Daghli (IRI) are the remaining three players at the top. IM Bharath Subramaniyam drew with GM Arjun Erigaisi. Abhimanyu Puranik also drew his game. Top seed Narayanan defeated Vantika Agrawal to move to 2.5/3. Round 4 starts today at 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Kunal is performing at over 3000

There are 17 players who are at a half point behind the leader. GMs Narayanan S L, Arjun Erigaisi, Abhimanyu Puranik and IM Bharath Subramaniyam H are the only four Indians among them. FM Manoj Kashish Jain, WFM Sahithi Varshini and Sambit Panda held their higher rated opponents GM Karthik Venkataraman, IM Vaishali and IM Moksh Amit Doshi respectively.

IM Sidhant scored a big upset against GM Paulius | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Gukesh - Golubka: 1-0

GM Gukesh scored a nice win over GM Petro Golubka (UKR).

Position after 50...Qg4

Find out why 50...Qg4 is a big mistake.

GM D Gukesh 3.0/3 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Kunal - Shahinyan: 1-0

Kunal M played fantastic against IM David Shahinyan (ARM). He kept grabbing Black's weak pawns one by one and eventually ended up getting himself a completely winning rook ending with two extra pawns. It is an instructive game for anyone to know, how to convert an advantage into a win.

Vantika - Narayanan: 0-1

WGM Vantika Agrawal sacrificed a pawn in the endgame to create chances in the back rank against GM Narayanan S L.

Position after 35...h5

36.Nc6 is not a good idea as 36...Nxc6 37.bxc6 Qxc6 38.Qb8+ Bc8 39.Qe5 Qc7 and there isn't much for White to go on. Instead, 36.Ra1 or Qb4 would have been a better choice for White.

Position after 46...c3

46...Bh3 would have been completely winning for Black. Yet 46...c3 allows White a chance to fight back. What is it? The game continued 47.h4 and Black won the game eventually.

Vantika put up a good fight against Narayanan | Photo: Rupali Mullick

FM Manoj Kashish Jain - GM Karthik Venkataraman: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

WFM Sahithi Varshini - IM Vaishali: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Moksh Amit Doshi - Sambit Panda: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

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Highlights

Here are a few interesting finishes of Round 3.

GM Hrair Simonian (ARM) drew with GM Tigran L Petrosian (ARM)

GM Hovik Hayrapetyan (ARM) lost to FM Arash Daghli (IRI)

GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) defeated FM Hayk Yeritsyan (ARM)

Replay Round 3 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 3 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Gukesh D	U16	IND	2640	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Golubka Petro		UKR	2438	29
2	30	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	U14	IND	2435	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	U18	IND	2634	3
3	32		Pour Agha Bala Amirreza	U18	IRI	2432	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu		IND	2568	5
4	33	GM	Simonian Hrair		ARM	2430	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Petrosian Tigran L		ARM	2562	7
5	34	IM	Pranav Anand	U16	IND	2430	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Sychev Klementy		RUS	2555	9
6	14	GM	Hayrapetyan Hovik		ARM	2500	2	0 - 1	2	FM	Daghli Arash	U18	IRI	2427	37
7	47	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra		IND	2367	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Mikaelyan Arman		ARM	2487	17
8	57		Kunal M		IND	2290	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Shahinyan David		ARM	2469	23
9	4	GM	Pantsulaia Levan		GEO	2570	1½	1 - 0	2	FM	Yeritsyan Hayk		ARM	2268	61
10	52	WIM	Vantika Agrawal		IND	2322	1½	0 - 1	1½	GM	Narayanan S.L.		IND	2647	1
11	6	GM	Paichadze Luka		GEO	2566	1½	½ - ½	1½	IM	Petriashvili Nikoloz		GEO	2432	31
12	8	GM	Goganov Aleksey		RUS	2557	1½	1 - 0	1½	IM	Daneshvar Bardiya	U16	IRI	2403	39
13	12	GM	Sivuk Vitaly		UKR	2529	1½	1 - 0	1½	IM	Padmini Rout		IND	2380	43
14	54	FM	Atakhan Abtin	U16	IRI	2319	1½	1 - 0	1½	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti		IND	2517	13
15	62		Panesar Vedant	U18	IND	2266	1½	0 - 1	1½	IM	Nikitenko Mihail		BLR	2499	15

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Round 4 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	No.
1	17	GM	Mikaelyan Arman		ARM	2487	3		3	GM	Gukesh D	U16	IND	2640	2
2	9	GM	Sychev Klementy		RUS	2555	3		3		Kunal M		IND	2290	57
3	37	FM	Daghli Arash	U18	IRI	2427	3		2½	GM	Goganov Aleksey		RUS	2557	8
4	1	GM	Narayanan S.L.		IND	2647	2½		2½	IM	Sturt Raven		USA	2485	18
5	3	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	U18	IND	2634	2½		2½	IM	Tahbaz Arash		IRI	2459	24
6	25	IM	Davtyan Artur		ARM	2453	2½		2½	GM	Pantsulaia Levan		GEO	2570	4
7	5	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu		IND	2568	2½		2½	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	U14	IND	2435	30
8	7	GM	Petrosian Tigran L		ARM	2562	2½		2½		Pour Agha Bala Amirreza	U18	IRI	2432	32
9	55	IM	Nadanian Ashot		ARM	2317	2½		2½	GM	Sivuk Vitaly		UKR	2529	12
10	15	IM	Nikitenko Mihail		BLR	2499	2½		2½	GM	Simonian Hrair		ARM	2430	33
11	54	FM	Atakhan Abtin	U16	IRI	2319	2½		2½	GM	Quparadze Giga		GEO	2495	16
12	53	IM	Morchiashvili Bachana		GEO	2319	2		2	GM	Paichadze Luka		GEO	2566	6
13	10	GM	Pultinevicius Paulius		LTU	2552	2		2	FM	Nazari Arad	U18	IRI	2298	56
14	61	FM	Yeritsyan Hayk		ARM	2268	2		2	GM	Hayrapetyan Hovik		ARM	2500	14
15	63	WIM	Priyanka Nutakki		IND	2263	2		2	GM	Movsziszian Karen		ARM	2480	20

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