Abhimanyu Puranik clinches 3rd Yerevan Open

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/10/2021

GM Abhimanyu Puranik scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to clinch 3rd Yerevan Open. This is his third tournament triumph of the year. He won the Riga Technical University Rapid Open in August, individual and team Gold at Asian University in September and now his first Classical tournament win of the year with a performance of 2741. He won a beautiful trophy and AMD 2,000,000 (approx. ₹314781). GMs Vitaly Sivuk (UKR) and Arman Mikaelyan (ARM) also finished with the same score. They were placed second and third respectively according to tie-breaks. WGM Vantika Agrawal and IM Vaishali 5.5/9 secured Best Women first and second prize. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Narayanan finishes fourth

Four out of top ten places were secured by Indian players. Top seed GM Narayanan S L was placed fourth 7.0/9. Both GMs Arjun Erigaisi and Harsha Bharathakoti scored 6.5/9 each, they were placed sixth and seventh respectively according to tie-breaks.

Champion GM Abhimanyu Puranik 7.5/9 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Abhimanyu had a short draw with Narayanan as it was enough for him to win the tournament | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Abhimanyu scored an unbeaten 7.5/9, performed at 2741 and gained 18.7 Elo rating points

Abhimanyu Puranik wins the Yerevan Open 2021 | Video: ChessBase India

GM D Gukesh drew with IM Mamikon Gharibyan (ARM) to finish at twelfth place | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Shahinyan - Arjun: 0-1

IM David Shahinyan (ARM) had a wild game against GM Arjun Erigaisi.

Position after 29...d3

This position gives a clear idea that a lot of things have gone terribly wrong for White. It would have taken a computer-like accuracy for White to save the game.

6th - GM Arjun Erigaisi 6.5/9 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Nazari - Harsha: 0-1

FM Arad Nazari (IRI) lost to GM Harsha Bharathakoti in a sharp game.

7th GM Harsha Bharathakoti 6.5/9| Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Daneshvar Bardiya (IRI) - CM Prraneeth Vuppala: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Raahil Mullick - WFM Mounika Akshaya Bommini: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

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Prize distribution ceremony

Champion - GM Abhimanyu Puranik | Photo: Rupali Mullick

2nd - GM Vitaly Sivuk (UKR) 7.5/9 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

3rd GM Arman Mikaelyan (ARM) 7.5/9 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Best Woman - WGM Vantika Agrawal 5.5/9 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Best Woman 2nd - IM Vaishali 5.5/9 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Blitz top 3 (L to R) - 2nd GM Harsha Bharathakoti, 3rd GM Haik Martirosyan (ARM) and 1st GM Praggnanandhaa | Photo: Rupali Mullick

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Highlights

Here are a few interesting finishes of Round 9.

GM Vitaly Sivuk (UKR) defeated GM Giga Quparadze (GEO)

IM David Shahinyan (ARM) lost to GM Arjun Erigaisi

FM Arad Nazari (IRI) lost to GM Harsha Bharathakoti

Replay Round 9 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 9 results

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Narayanan S.L.	IND	2647	6½	½ - ½	7	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	IND	2568	5
2	12	GM	Sivuk Vitaly	UKR	2529	6½	1 - 0	6	GM	Quparadze Giga	GEO	2495	16
3	19	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	IND	2483	6	0 - 1	6½	GM	Mikaelyan Arman	ARM	2487	17
4	22	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	ARM	2471	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Gukesh D	IND	2640	2
5	23	IM	Shahinyan David	ARM	2469	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	IND	2634	3
6	24	IM	Tahbaz Arash	IRI	2459	5½	1 - 0	5½	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	GEO	2570	4
7	8	GM	Goganov Aleksey	RUS	2557	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	Urazayev Arystanbek	KAZ	2451	27
8	32		Pour Agha Bala Amirreza	IRI	2432	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Sychev Klementy	RUS	2555	9
9	10	GM	Pultinevicius Paulius	LTU	2552	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	IND	2453	26
10	56	FM	Nazari Arad	IRI	2298	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	IND	2517	13
11	14	GM	Hayrapetyan Hovik	ARM	2500	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	IND	2435	30
12	6	GM	Paichadze Luka	GEO	2566	5	1 - 0	5	FM	Ohanyan Emin	ARM	2373	45
13	7	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	ARM	2562	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Morchiashvili Bachana	GEO	2319	53
14	31	IM	Petriashvili Nikoloz	GEO	2432	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Nikitenko Mihail	BLR	2499	15
15	34	IM	Pranav Anand	IND	2430	5	0 - 1	5	GM	Movsziszian Karen	ARM	2480	20

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	K	rtg+/-
1	5	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu			IND	2568	7,5	50,0	55,0	0,0	10	18,7
2	12	GM	Sivuk Vitaly			UKR	2529	7,5	48,0	51,0	0,0	10	20,4
3	17	GM	Mikaelyan Arman			ARM	2487	7,5	46,5	51,0	0,0	10	22,6
4	1	GM	Narayanan S.L.			IND	2647	7,0	46,5	50,5	0,0	10	1,0
5	24	IM	Tahbaz Arash			IRI	2459	6,5	47,5	50,0	0,0	10	16,0
6	3	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	U18		IND	2634	6,5	43,5	48,0	0,0	10	-4,9
7	13	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti			IND	2517	6,5	42,0	46,0	0,0	10	-2,3
8	10	GM	Pultinevicius Paulius			LTU	2552	6,5	42,0	45,0	0,0	10	-2,7
9	14	GM	Hayrapetyan Hovik			ARM	2500	6,5	41,0	45,0	0,0	10	-1,3
10	8	GM	Goganov Aleksey			RUS	2557	6,5	40,0	44,0	0,0	10	1,3
11	32		Pour Agha Bala Amirreza	U18		IRI	2432	6,0	48,0	49,0	0,0	10	12,9
12	2	GM	Gukesh D	U16		IND	2640	6,0	47,5	52,5	0,0	10	-6,9
13	16	GM	Quparadze Giga			GEO	2495	6,0	45,0	48,5	0,0	10	3,1
14	7	GM	Petrosian Tigran L			ARM	2562	6,0	43,5	48,0	0,0	10	-3,2
15	9	GM	Sychev Klementy			RUS	2555	6,0	43,5	47,5	0,0	10	-4,9
16	19	GM	Karthik Venkataraman			IND	2483	6,0	42,0	45,0	0,0	10	-1,5
17	22	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	U18		ARM	2471	6,0	40,5	44,5	0,0	10	-2,1
18	15	IM	Nikitenko Mihail			BLR	2499	6,0	40,0	43,5	0,0	10	-6,8
19	42	IM	Krishna Teja, N			IND	2385	6,0	38,5	41,5	0,0	10	-4,8
20	6	GM	Paichadze Luka			GEO	2566	6,0	38,0	41,5	0,0	10	-12,4

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