60th National Championship 2023 R6: Sethuraman emerges sole leader 6/6

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/08/2023

GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB) defeated GM Deep Sengupta (PSPB) to emerge sole leader 6/6 at 60th National Chess Championship 2023. The other coleaders - GM Abhimanyu Puranik (AAI) drew his game against GM Mitrabha Guha (WB). IM Aronyak Ghosh (WB) got the better of GM Vishnu Prasanna (TN). Abhimanyu, Mitrabha and Aronyak are trailing the leader by a half poin at 5.5/6 each. Apoorv Kamble (KAR) pulled off a huge upset against India's 81st GM Sayantan Das (RSPB). 161st seeded 11-year-old Bhaavan Kolla (AP) continues his unbeaten run. He drew against the reigning Commonwealth champion IM P Shyam Nikhil (RSPB). It will be Sethuraman vs Abhimanyu and Mitrabha vs Aronyak on the top two boards in Round 7 which starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photos: Siddhant Mahajan

Apoorv stuns Sayantan

Bhoopnath (BIH) scored a big win over IM Nitin S (RSPB). Kaivalya Sandip Nagare (MAH), Harshit Pawar (DEL), Shankhodip De (WB), Himanshu Harsh (BIH) and Sourabh Mhamane (MAH) held GM Akash G (TN), IM C R G Krishna (TN), IM P Konguvel (PSPB), WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty (LIC) and IM Utsab Chatterjee (WB) to a draw each respectively.

GM Sethuraman S P is the sole leader 6/6

GM Abhimanyu Puranik (AAI) - GM Mitrabha Guha (WB): 0.5-0.5

Deep - Sethuraman: 0-1

It has been over a decade since GM Deep Sengupta (PSPB, 2474) defeated GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB, 2591) in a Classical rated game. Earlier this year, Deep got the better of Sethuraman at Intra PSPB event. This time Deep had great chances to hold a draw despite being worse for the better part of the queen and knight, eventually the knight endgame.

Position after 42...h5

White had one last opportunity to save the game 43.gxh5+ Kxh5 44.Nc5 now whether Black opts Nc7 or e5, in both cases, White manages to get salvage a half point. It was certainly not easy to spot. The game continued 43.Kd2 hxg4 44.hxg4 c3+ and Black went on to win the game.

GM Deep Sengupta (PSPB) - GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB): 0-1

Vishnu - Aronyak

Position after 18...Nb3!

In an already advantageous position, IM Aronyak Ghosh (2538) played an excellent move 18...Nb3! The family fork does not gain any material. It just improves Black's position once the knights and c4-d4 pawns get traded. 19.d5 exd5 20.Nxb3 cxb3 21.Kxb3 Bc2+ 22.Kb2 d4 23.Bd1 d3 24.Rc1 Bxd1 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Rxd1 Rc2+ and it's over.

IM Aronyak Ghosh (WB) scored an emphatic victory over GM Vishnu Prasanna (TN)

11-year-old Bhaavan Kolla (AP) continues his great form as he drew against the reigning Commonwealth Gold medalist - IM P Shyam Nikhil

Apoorv - Sayantan

Position after 18.d4

Black's center is in shambles. 18...Rxf3? worsened GM Sayantan Das' (RSPB, 2489) position. 19.gxf3 exd4 20.Rxe6 Nce7 21.Bf4 b5 sacrificing another exchange did not help his case. 22.Bxb8 dxc4 23.Qxc4 Nxb8 24.Rae1 and Apoorv Kamble (KAR, 2082) went on to win the game.

13-year-old Apoorv Kamble (KAR) scored a big win over one of the latest GMs of the country - Sayantan Das (RSPB)

GM Akash G (TN) - Kaivalya Sandip Nagare (MAH, pictured): 0.5-0.5

Harshit Pawar (DEL) - IM C R G Krishna (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

Nitin - Bhoopnath

Position after 36...Nd4

Sometimes the best thing to do is wait for your opponent to make mistake. Bhoopnath (BIH, 1706) waited for a long time to get an opportunity against IM Nitin S (RSPB, 2386). It arose after a long time and he seized it. 36.e4 Nd4 37.exf6?? Qxf4 38.Nxf4 Rxf6 and White just cannot avoid material loss.

Bhoopnath (BIH) scored a fine victory against IM Nitin S (RSPB)

Some notable results

GM Abhimanyu Puranik (AAI) - GM Mitrabha Guha (WB): 0.5-0.5

GM Deep Sengupta (PSPB) - GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB): 0-1

GM Vishnu Prasanna (TN) - IM Aronyak Ghosh (RSPB): 0-1

Bhaavan Kolla (AP) - IM P Shyam Nikhil (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

Apoorv Kamble (KAR) - GM Sayantan Das (RSPB): 1-0

GM Akash G (TN) - Kaivalya Sandip Nagare (MAH): 0.5-0.5

Harshit Pawar (DEL) - IM C R G Krishna (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

IM Nitin S (RSPB) - Bhoopnath (BIH): 0-1

IM P Konguvel (PSPB) - Shankhodip De (WB): 0.5-0.5

Himanshu Harsh (BIH) - WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty (LIC): 0.5-0.5

IM Utsab Chatterjee (WB) - Sourabh Mhamane (MAH): 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 6 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	2	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2611	AAI	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2505	WB	8	PGN
2	12	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2474	PSPB	5	0 - 1	5	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2591	PSPB	3	PGN
3	4	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2446	RSPB	15	PGN
4	17	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2434	PSPB	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	WB	5	PGN
5	21	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V	2411	TN	4½	0 - 1	4½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2538	RSPB	7	PGN
6	161		Kolla, Bhaavan	1727	AP	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	2467	RSPB	13	PGN
7	27		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2367	ODI	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2625	PSPB	1	PGN
8	6	GM	Visakh, N R	2540	RSPB	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Sharma, Dinesh K.	2203	LIC	37	PGN
9	43	IM	Praveen, Kumar C	2167	TN	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Iniyan, P	2502	TN	9	PGN
10	52		Apoorv, Kamble	2082	KAR	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Das, Sayantan	2489	RSPB	11	PGN
11	14	GM	Akash, G	2456	TN	4	½ - ½	4	CM	Nagare, Kaivalya Sandip	2071	MAH	55	PGN
12	16	IM	Neelash, Saha	2435	RSPB	4	1 - 0	4	CM	Vivaan, Vishal Shah	2047	GUJ	57	PGN
13	18	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2420	MP	4	1 - 0	4		Bharadia, Yash	1997	RAJ	65	PGN
14	67		Mahindrakar, Indrajeet	1996	MAH	4	0 - 1	4	IM	Sidhant, Mohapatra	2420	RSPB	19	PGN
15	20	IM	Das, Arghyadip	2413	RSPB	4	1 - 0	4		Aakash, G	1833	TN	109	PGN
16	22	IM	Srihari, L R	2407	TN	4	1 - 0	4	WFM	Potluri, Supreetha	1810	AP	117	PGN
17	72	AFM	Pawar, Harshit	1970	DEL	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Krishna, C R G	2405	RSPB	23	PGN
18	119		Majumder, Shrayan	1807	MAH	4	0 - 1	4	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.	2384	RSPB	25	PGN
19	24	IM	Nitin, S.	2386	RSPB	3½	0 - 1	4		Bhoopnath,	1706	BIH	169	PGN
20	26	CM	Soham, Kamotra	2381	J&K	3½	1 - 0	3½		Mukund, Hemant Agarwal	1950	GUJ	77	PGN

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		IND	2591	PSPB	6	23	26	26,00	0	6
2	2	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu		IND	2611	AAI	5,5	21,5	24,5	21,75	0	5
3	8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2505	WB	5,5	19,5	22	19,25	0	5
4	7	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2538	RSPB	5,5	18,5	20,5	19,50	0	5
5	12	GM	Sengupta, Deep		IND	2474	PSPB	5	23	25	19,00	0	5
6	10	GM	Vignesh, N R		IND	2501	RSPB	5	22	25,5	19,50	0	5
7	5	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan		IND	2568	WB	5	22	25	20,25	0	4
8	9	GM	Iniyan, P		IND	2502	TN	5	21	24	19,00	0	5
9	4	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar		IND	2583	PSPB	5	21	23,5	19,25	0	4
10	161		Kolla, Bhaavan		IND	1727	AP	5	21	22	17,00	0	4
11	18	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri		IND	2420	MP	5	20,5	23	18,25	0	4
12	20	IM	Das, Arghyadip		IND	2413	RSPB	5	20	23	17,50	0	5
13	169		Bhoopnath,		IND	1706	BIH	5	20	21	16,25	0	4
14	6	GM	Visakh, N R		IND	2540	RSPB	5	19,5	22,5	18,25	0	4
15	17	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		IND	2434	PSPB	5	19,5	22,5	18,00	0	4
16	15	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2446	RSPB	5	19,5	22	17,75	0	4
17	16	IM	Neelash, Saha		IND	2435	RSPB	5	19,5	21,5	17,50	0	4
18	22	IM	Srihari, L R		IND	2407	TN	5	19,5	21,5	15,50	0	5
19	1	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet		IND	2625	PSPB	5	18	21	17,00	0	5
20	25	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.		IND	2384	RSPB	5	18	20,5	17,25	0	4

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2591	PSPB	6		5½	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2611	AAI	2
2	8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2505	WB	5½		5½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2538	RSPB	7
3	1	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2625	PSPB	5		5	IM	Neelash, Saha	2435	RSPB	16
4	18	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2420	MP	5		5	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	4
5	5	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	WB	5		5	IM	Das, Arghyadip	2413	RSPB	20
6	19	IM	Sidhant, Mohapatra	2420	RSPB	5		5	GM	Visakh, N R	2540	RSPB	6
7	9	GM	Iniyan, P	2502	TN	5		5	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2434	PSPB	17
8	25	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.	2384	RSPB	5		5	GM	Vignesh, N R	2501	RSPB	10
9	169		Bhoopnath,	1706	BIH	5		5	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2474	PSPB	12
10	13	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	2467	RSPB	5		5	IM	Srihari, L R	2407	TN	22
11	15	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2446	RSPB	5		5		Apoorv, Kamble	2082	KAR	52
12	14	GM	Akash, G	2456	TN	4½		5		Kolla, Bhaavan	1727	AP	161
13	50	CM	John, Veny Akkarakaran	2127	KER	4½		4½	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V	2411	TN	21
14	23	IM	Krishna, C R G	2405	RSPB	4½		4½		Sharsha, Backer	1997	KER	66
15	55	CM	Nagare, Kaivalya Sandip	2071	MAH	4½		4½	CM	Soham, Kamotra	2381	J&K	26
16	31	GM	Sriram, Jha	2316	LIC	4½		4½		Ambarish, Sharma	1993	WB	68
17	62		Vignesh, Advaith Vemula	2018	TEL	4½		4½	FM	Wagh, Suyog	2221	MAH	35
18	75		Lad, Mandar Pradip	1954	GOA	4½		4½	IM	Abhishek, Kelkar	2217	MAH	36
19	41	CM	Nayak, Rajesh	2194	ODI	4½		4½	AFM	Pawar, Harshit	1970	DEL	72
20	253		Vedant, Garg	1529	CHD	4½		4½	CM	Shreyans, K. Shah	2170	MAH	42

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