60th National Championship 2023 R4: Praveen Kumar astonishes Akash

by Shahid Ahmed - 20/08/2023

IM Praveen Kumar C defeated his Tamil Nadu statemate GM Akash G in the fourth round of 60th National Chess Championship 2023. Despite being in control for the better part of the game, Akash loosened his grip in the endgame. It was enough for Praveen to turn things around. IM Nitin S (TN) and CM Soham Kamotra (J&K) held GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly (PSPB) and GM Diptayan Ghosh (WB) to a draw each respectively. Dhananjay (CHAT) continues his good form as he drew against the strong GM Venkatesh M R (PSPB). Shriraj Bhosale (MAH) scored a big win over the veteran, IM D V Prasad (KAR). Praveen is the sole IM among the eight leaders at 4/4. Round 5 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Eight players at 4/4

GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB), GM Iniyan P (TN), GM Vignesh N R (RSPB), GM Abhimanyu Puranik (AAI), GM Sayantan Das (RSPB), IM Praveen Kumar C (TN), GM Mitrabha Guha (WB) and GM Deep Sengupta (PSPB) are the eight players who have won all four of their games so far.

IM Praveen Kumar C (TN) scored a big win over GM Akash G (TN) | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Akash - Praveen

Position after 41...Rc4

GM Akash G (TN, 2456) was in control for the better part of the game against IM Praveen Kumar C (TN, 2167). In the final moments of the endgame, White opened the floodgates 42.Ne2? The d4-pawn does not need protection. Instead, White needed to go 42.f3 gxf3 runs into 43.Nxd5. The other option 42...Kg6 43.fxg4 Bd3 44.Re1 Rxd4 45.Qb8 leads to some sharp position. The game continued 42...Rc2 43.b4 Rb2 44.Nc3 Bg6 45.Qxf6+ Kxf6 and White's unprotected pawns started dropping and Black went on to win the game.

IM Nitin S (RSPB, pictured) - GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly (PSPB): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

CM Soham Kamotra (J&K, pictured) - GM Diptayan Ghosh (WB): 0.5-0.5

D V Prasad - Shriraj

Position after 22.Bf4

When you are playing a stronger titled player, you have to take every opportunity you get. Shriraj Bhosale (MAH, 1930) decided to exchange his queen for two rooks against IM D V Prasad (KAR, 2254). 22...Nxd3 23.Bxc7 Nxc1 24.Nf3? allowed Black to escape his knight with ease Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Nd4 Black eventually went on to win the game.

Shriraj Bhosale (MAH) defeated the legendary, Arjuna Awardee IM D V Prasad (KAR)| Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Top boards | Photo: Siddhant Mahajan

Round 4 in progress | Photo: Siddhant Mahajan

Some notable results

IM Nitin S (RSPB) - GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly (PSPB): 0.5-0.5

CM Soham Kamotra (J&K) - GM Diptayan Ghosh (WB): 0.5-0.5

GM Akash G (TN) - IM Praveen Kumar C (KAR): 0-1

FM Dhananjay S (CHAT) - GM Venkatesh M R (PSPB): 0.5-0.5

IM Anuj Shrivatri (MP) - Bhaavan Kolla (AP): 0.5-0.5

GM Visakh N R (RSPB) - Indrajeet Mahindrakar (MAH): 0.5-0.5

Ram S Krishnan (BSNL) - IM Mehar Chinna Reddy C H (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

IM D V Prasad (KAR) - Shriraj Bhosale (MAH): 0-1

Manas Gaikwad (MAH) - GM Sriram Jha (LIC): 0.5-0.5

Om Nagnath Lamkane (MAH) - IM Anup Deshmukh (LIC): 1-0

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 4 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	2	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2611	AAI	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Das, Arghyadip	2413	RSPB	20	PGN
2	22	IM	Srihari, L R	2407	TN	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2591	PSPB	3	PGN
3	24	IM	Nitin, S.	2386	RSPB	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	4	PGN
4	26	CM	Soham, Kamotra	2381	J&K	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	WB	5	PGN
5	8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2505	WB	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Krishna, C R G	2405	RSPB	23	PGN
6	30	IM	Utsab, Chatterjee	2322	WB	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Iniyan, P	2502	TN	9	PGN
7	10	GM	Vignesh, N R	2501	RSPB	3	1 - 0	3		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2367	ODI	27	PGN
8	40		Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi	2196	MAH	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Das, Sayantan	2489	RSPB	11	PGN
9	12	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2474	PSPB	3	1 - 0	3	CM	Nayak, Rajesh	2194	ODI	41	PGN
10	14	GM	Akash, G	2456	TN	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Praveen, Kumar C	2167	TN	43	PGN
11	48	FM	Dhananjay, S	2133	CHAT	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2434	PSPB	17	PGN
12	18	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2420	MP	3	½ - ½	3		Kolla, Bhaavan	1727	AP	161	PGN
13	6	GM	Visakh, N R	2540	RSPB	2½	½ - ½	2½		Mahindrakar, Indrajeet	1996	MAH	67	PGN
14	56		Sinha, Sudhir Kumar	2050	BIH	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2538	RSPB	7	PGN
15	60		Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	2034	UP	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	2467	RSPB	13	PGN
16	70		Phatak, Aanjaneya	1978	MAH	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2446	RSPB	15	PGN
17	16	IM	Neelash, Saha	2435	RSPB	2½	1 - 0	2½		Gawai, Siddhant	1973	MAH	71	PGN
18	77		Mukund, Hemant Agarwal	1950	GUJ	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V	2411	TN	21	PGN
19	82		Ram, S. Krishnan	1941	BSNL	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.	2384	RSPB	25	PGN
20	32	IM	Prasad, Devaki V	2254	KAR	2½	0 - 1	2½		Bhosale, Shriraj	1930	MAH	87	PGN

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		IND	2591	PSPB	4	9	11	11,00	0	4
	9	GM	Iniyan, P		IND	2502	TN	4	9	11	11,00	0	4
	10	GM	Vignesh, N R		IND	2501	RSPB	4	9	11	11,00	0	4
4	2	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu		IND	2611	AAI	4	8,5	10,5	10,50	0	4
5	11	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2489	RSPB	4	8,5	9,5	9,50	0	4
6	43	IM	Praveen, Kumar C		IND	2167	TN	4	8	9	9,00	0	4
7	8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2505	WB	4	7,5	9	9,00	0	4
8	12	GM	Sengupta, Deep		IND	2474	PSPB	4	7,5	8,5	8,50	0	4
9	17	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		IND	2434	PSPB	3,5	9	11	9,25	0	3
10	48	FM	Dhananjay, S		IND	2133	CHAT	3,5	9	10,5	8,75	0	3
	87		Bhosale, Shriraj		IND	1930	MAH	3,5	9	10,5	8,75	0	3
12	16	IM	Neelash, Saha		IND	2435	RSPB	3,5	9	10	8,25	0	3
13	4	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar		IND	2583	PSPB	3,5	8,5	10,5	8,75	0	3
	33	IM	Konguvel, Ponnuswamy		IND	2250	PSPB	3,5	8,5	10,5	8,75	0	3
15	21	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V		IND	2411	TN	3,5	8	10,5	9,00	0	3
16	18	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri		IND	2420	MP	3,5	8	9,5	8,00	0	3
17	5	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan		IND	2568	WB	3,5	8	9,5	7,75	0,5	3
	26	CM	Soham, Kamotra		IND	2381	J&K	3,5	8	9,5	7,75	0,5	3
19	36	IM	Abhishek, Kelkar		IND	2217	MAH	3,5	8	9	7,25	0	3
	138		Nirnay, Garg		IND	1777	HAR	3,5	8	9	7,25	0	3

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	11	GM	Das, Sayantan	2489	RSPB	4		4	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2611	AAI	2
2	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2591	PSPB	4		4	GM	Vignesh, N R	2501	RSPB	10
3	43	IM	Praveen, Kumar C	2167	TN	4		4	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2505	WB	8
4	9	GM	Iniyan, P	2502	TN	4		4	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2474	PSPB	12
5	4	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	3½		3½	CM	Soham, Kamotra	2381	J&K	26
6	5	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	WB	3½		3½	IM	Konguvel, Ponnuswamy	2250	PSPB	33
7	7	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2538	RSPB	3½		3½	FM	Wagh, Suyog	2221	MAH	35
8	13	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	2467	RSPB	3½		3½	IM	Abhishek, Kelkar	2217	MAH	36
9	15	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2446	RSPB	3½		3½	FM	Dhananjay, S	2133	CHAT	48
10	55	CM	Nagare, Kaivalya Sandip	2071	MAH	3½		3½	IM	Neelash, Saha	2435	RSPB	16
11	17	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2434	PSPB	3½		3½		Bhosale, Shriraj	1930	MAH	87
12	169		Bhoopnath,	1706	BIH	3½		3½	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2420	MP	18
13	21	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V	2411	TN	3½		3½		Nirnay, Garg	1777	HAR	138
14	161		Kolla, Bhaavan	1727	AP	3½		3½	IM	Nitin, S.	2386	RSPB	24
15	1	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2625	PSPB	3		3		Ram, S. Krishnan	1941	BSNL	82
16	91		Kartik, Kumar Singh	1925	MAH	3		3	GM	Visakh, N R	2540	RSPB	6
17	93		Umashankar, A	1920	PUD	3		3	GM	Akash, G	2456	TN	14
18	19	IM	Sidhant, Mohapatra	2420	RSPB	3		3		Mehta, Naitik R	1931	GUJ	86
19	20	IM	Das, Arghyadip	2413	RSPB	3		3		Jani, Kushal R	1913	GUJ	94
20	101	CM	Ebenezer, Joseph	1866	TN	3		3	IM	Srihari, L R	2407	TN	22

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