60th National Championship 2023 R10: It's a one-man Sethuraman show

by Shahid Ahmed - 26/08/2023

GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB) defeated IM Neelash Saha (RSPB) to increase his lead by a full point 9/10. He needs a draw in the final round to win 60th National Chess Championship 2023 and secure a spot in the next FIDE World Cup. He is playing fantastic in this event, carrying all the momentum from Uralsk Open 2023. IM Aronyak Ghosh (RSPB) and GM Vignesh N R (RSPB) drew against GM Diptayan Ghosh (WB) and GM Vishnu Prasanna (TN) respectively. GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB), GM Abhimanyu Puranik (AAI) and GM Mitrabha Guha (WB) registered victories to move to 8/10. A total of seven players are full point behind the leader. Sethuraman will square off against Mitrabha in the final round which starts today at 9:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Siddhant Mahajan

Sethuraman is in a different league

The last time GM Sethuaraman S P (PSPB) won the National championship was back in 2014. Can he do it again in almost nine years? It is highly likely based on his current form.

GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB) is just a draw away from winning the tournament

Neelash - Sethuraman

Position after 34.Nd5

Black decided to give up an exchange to create an imbalance and keep the possibility open for a win. 34...Bxg4! 35.Rh4 Bf5 36.Nxe7 Rxe7 37.Rh5 Kg6 38.Rh8 Nd3+ 39.Kg3 Re3 40.Rg2? Kf7 41.Ra8 Be4 42.Rxa7+ Ke6 43.Kh4 Rxf3 soon White lost f4 and a2-pawns and the game too.

GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB) is in terrific form

GM Vignesh N R (RSPB) - GM Vishnu Prasanna (TN): 0.5-0.5

GM Sayantan Das (RSPB) - GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB): 0.5-0.5

GM Abhimanyu Puranik (AAI) - GM Akash G (TN): 1-0

GM Mitrabha Guha (WB) - GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (RSPB): 1-0

IM Srihari L R (TN) - GM Iniyan P (TN): 0.5-0.5

GM Deep Sengupta (PSPB) - IM D K Sharma (LIC): 0.5-0.5

FM Suyog Wagh (MAH) made the most out of his opportunity by winning against the reigning Commonwealth champion - IM P Shyam Nikhil (RSPB)

Apoorv - Anuj

Position after 19...Qf5

IM Anuj Shrivatri's (2420) position was quite difficult. 19...Qf5 made things worse. Find out the best continuation for White which Apoorv Kamble (KAR, 2082) executed in the game and went on to win.

Apoorv Kamble (KAR) is having a great tournament

Setumadhav Yellumahanthi (AP) - IM Mehar Chinna Reddy C H (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

A total of 352 players including 18 GMs, 17 IMs and a WGM are taking part in this tournament from various states across the country. The eleven-round Swiss League Rating tournament is taking place at Boxing Hall, Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, Maharashtra from 16th to 26th August 2023. The time control of the event is 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds from move no.1

Prizes

The total prize fund of the tournament is ₹3000000. The top three prizes are ₹600000, ₹500000 and ₹400000 each.

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Round 10 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	16	IM	Neelash, Saha	2435	RSPB	7½	0 - 1	8	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2591	PSPB	3	PGN
2	7	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2538	RSPB	7½	½ - ½	7½	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	WB	5	PGN
3	10	GM	Vignesh, N R	2501	RSPB	7½	½ - ½	7½	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V	2411	TN	21	PGN
4	11	GM	Das, Sayantan	2489	RSPB	7	0 - 1	7	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2625	PSPB	1	PGN
5	2	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2611	AAI	7	1 - 0	7	GM	Akash, G	2456	TN	14	PGN
6	8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2505	WB	7	1 - 0	7	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2446	RSPB	15	PGN
7	22	IM	Srihari, L R	2407	TN	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Iniyan, P	2502	TN	9	PGN
8	30	IM	Utsab, Chatterjee	2322	WB	6½	0 - 1	6½	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	4	PGN
9	6	GM	Visakh, N R	2540	RSPB	6½	1 - 0	6½		Kolla, Bhaavan	1727	AP	161	PGN
10	12	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2474	PSPB	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Sharma, Dinesh K.	2203	LIC	37	PGN
11	35	FM	Wagh, Suyog	2221	MAH	6½	1 - 0	6½	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	2467	RSPB	13	PGN
12	36	IM	Abhishek, Kelkar	2217	MAH	6½	0 - 1	6½	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2434	PSPB	17	PGN
13	52		Apoorv, Kamble	2082	KAR	6½	1 - 0	6½	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2420	MP	18	PGN
14	48	FM	Dhananjay, S	2133	CHAT	6½	0 - 1	6½	IM	Krishna, C R G	2405	RSPB	23	PGN
15	24	IM	Nitin, S.	2386	RSPB	6½	1 - 0	6½		Samyak, Dharewa	1789	WB	129	PGN
16	82		Ram, S. Krishnan	1941	BSNL	6½	0 - 1	6½		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2367	ODI	27	PGN
17	253		Vedant, Garg	1529	CHD	6½	0 - 1	6½	GM	Karthikeyan, P.	2325	RSPB	29	PGN
18	77		Mukund, Hemant Agarwal	1950	GUJ	6	0 - 1	6	IM	Sidhant, Mohapatra	2420	RSPB	19	PGN
19	20	IM	Das, Arghyadip	2413	RSPB	6	1 - 0	6		Bhosale, Shriraj	1930	MAH	87	PGN
20	80		Setumadhav, Yellumahanthi	1942	AP	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.	2384	RSPB	25	PGN

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Standings after Round 10

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		IND	2591	PSPB	9	66	70,5	62,50	0	8
2	7	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2538	RSPB	8	65	70	55,00	0	6
3	2	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu		IND	2611	AAI	8	63,5	68,5	52,50	0	7
4	10	GM	Vignesh, N R		IND	2501	RSPB	8	63	68	51,75	0	7
5	8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2505	WB	8	62,5	67	51,00	0	7
6	5	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan		IND	2568	WB	8	61,5	66	51,00	0	6
7	21	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V		IND	2411	TN	8	60	65	50,25	0	7
8	1	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet		IND	2625	PSPB	8	58,5	62,5	48,50	0	8
9	4	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar		IND	2583	PSPB	7,5	62	66,5	48,50	0	5
10	9	GM	Iniyan, P		IND	2502	TN	7,5	61,5	66,5	47,75	0	7
11	16	IM	Neelash, Saha		IND	2435	RSPB	7,5	61,5	64,5	45,25	0	6
12	17	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		IND	2434	PSPB	7,5	60	65	47,00	0	6
13	27		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan		IND	2367	ODI	7,5	60	65	45,50	0	7
14	6	GM	Visakh, N R		IND	2540	RSPB	7,5	59,5	64,5	45,75	0	6
15	23	IM	Krishna, C R G		IND	2405	RSPB	7,5	59	63,5	45,25	0	6
16	22	IM	Srihari, L R		IND	2407	TN	7,5	59	63	43,50	0	6
17	52		Apoorv, Kamble		IND	2082	KAR	7,5	57	61	42,50	0	7
18	35	FM	Wagh, Suyog		IND	2221	MAH	7,5	55	59	42,25	0	7
19	24	IM	Nitin, S.		IND	2386	RSPB	7,5	52	56,5	42,00	0	7
20	29	GM	Karthikeyan, P.		IND	2325	RSPB	7,5	51	55,5	41,25	0	7

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Round 11 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2591	PSPB	9		8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2505	WB	8
2	1	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2625	PSPB	8		8	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2538	RSPB	7
3	21	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V	2411	TN	8		8	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2611	AAI	2
4	5	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	WB	8		8	GM	Vignesh, N R	2501	RSPB	10
5	4	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	7½		7½	FM	Wagh, Suyog	2221	MAH	35
6	17	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2434	PSPB	7½		7½	GM	Visakh, N R	2540	RSPB	6
7	9	GM	Iniyan, P	2502	TN	7½		7½	IM	Nitin, S.	2386	RSPB	24
8	27		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2367	ODI	7½		7½	IM	Neelash, Saha	2435	RSPB	16
9	29	GM	Karthikeyan, P.	2325	RSPB	7½		7½	IM	Srihari, L R	2407	TN	22
10	23	IM	Krishna, C R G	2405	RSPB	7½		7½		Apoorv, Kamble	2082	KAR	52
11	37	IM	Sharma, Dinesh K.	2203	LIC	7		7	GM	Das, Sayantan	2489	RSPB	11
12	50	CM	John, Veny Akkarakaran	2127	KER	7		7	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2474	PSPB	12
13	14	GM	Akash, G	2456	TN	7		7	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2349	RSPB	28
14	15	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2446	RSPB	7		7		Om, Nagnath Lamkane	1786	MAH	133
15	19	IM	Sidhant, Mohapatra	2420	RSPB	7		7	CM	Soham, Kamotra	2381	J&K	26
16	41	CM	Nayak, Rajesh	2194	ODI	7		7	IM	Das, Arghyadip	2413	RSPB	20
17	59	WGM	Kiran, Manisha Mohanty	2044	LIC	7		6½	IM	Utsab, Chatterjee	2322	WB	30
18	13	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	2467	RSPB	6½		6½		Ram, S. Krishnan	1941	BSNL	82
19	18	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2420	MP	6½		6½		Sharma, Harish	1930	DEL	88
20	25	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.	2384	RSPB	6½		6½		Mummana, Venkata Ruthvik	1829	AP	111

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