60th National Championship 2023 R9: Sethuraman inches closer to a triumph

by Shahid Ahmed - 25/08/2023

GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB) drew his game against IM Aronyak Ghosh (RSPB) in Round 9 of 60th National Chess Championship 2023. Five players are in pursuit at 7.5/9 each. They are - Aronyak, GM Vignesh N R (RSPB), GM Vishnu Prasanna (TN), GM Diptayan Ghosh (WB) and IM Neelash Saha (RSPB). Vignesh brought an end to Iniyan's winning streak. Vishnu handed 12-year-old Vedant Garg (CHD) his first loss of the event. Top seed GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB) won against CM Soham Kamotra (J&K) after nine continuous moves of capturing pieces. Sethuraman will face Neelash in the penultimate Round 10. It starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photos: Siddhant Mahajan

Five in pursuit

The number of decisive and drawn games among top ten boards is 50%. As the race towards the finish line gets close, the games are bound to get exciting. GM Vishnu Prasanna (TN) ended 12-year-old Vedant Garg's (CHD) unbeaten run.

GM Sethuraman S P is still at the top 8/9

IM Aronyak Ghosh (RSPB) drew against the tournament leader

GM Diptayan Ghosh (WB) - IM Neelash Saha (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

Iniyan - Vignesh: 0-1

GM Vignesh N R (2501) has never lost a Classical rated game against GM Iniyan P (2502). That statistic remains unchanged.

Position after 27.Re5?

27.Re5? actually turned things in Black's favor Nd7 28.Rg5 g6 29.Rxa6 Nc5 30.Rc6 Qa7 31.Rxd6 Nd3 32.h4 Re1+ and it's over as the queen loss is inevitable.

GM Vignesh N R (RSPB) brought GM Iniyan P's (TN) winning streak to an end

GM Akash G (TN) and IM Srihari L R (TN) had an exciting draw

Abhijeet - Soham

Position after 18...Nxd4

GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB, 2625) and CM Soham Kamotra (J&K, 2381) had an interesting sequence 14.exd5 Nxf4 15.d6 Bxg2 16.Nxf7 Bd5 17.Nxd5 Ne2+ 18.Kg2 Nxd4 19.Nxd8 Nxb3 20.Nxe7+ Rxe7 21.dxe7 Nxc1 22.Rxc1 after nine moves of capturing pieces, White arrived at a winning rook and knight endgame.

GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB, pictured) - CM Soham Kamotra (J&K): 1-0

Utkal Ranjan Sahoo (ODI) - GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly (PSPB): 0.5-0.5

IM C R G Krishna (RSPB) - GM Visakh N R (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

GM Deep Sengupta (PSPB) - Bhaavan Kolla (AP): 0.5-0.5

IM Anuj Shrivatri (MP) - FM Dhananjay S (CHAT, pictured): 0.5-0.5

Mandar Pradip Lad (Goa) - IM Mehar Chinna Reddy C H (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

Round 9 in progress

Players spectating Magnus Carlsen - R Praggnanandhaa FIDE World Cup 2023 Final Tie-breaks

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 9 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2591	PSPB	7½	½ - ½	7	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2538	RSPB	7
2	5	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	WB	7	½ - ½	7	IM	Neelash, Saha	2435	RSPB	16
3	9	GM	Iniyan, P	2502	TN	7	0 - 1	6½	GM	Vignesh, N R	2501	RSPB	10
4	14	GM	Akash, G	2456	TN	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Srihari, L R	2407	TN	22
5	21	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V	2411	TN	6½	1 - 0	6½		Vedant, Garg	1529	CHD	253
6	1	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2625	PSPB	6	1 - 0	6	CM	Soham, Kamotra	2381	J&K	26
7	19	IM	Sidhant, Mohapatra	2420	RSPB	6	0 - 1	6	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2611	AAI	2
8	27		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2367	ODI	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	4
9	23	IM	Krishna, C R G	2405	RSPB	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Visakh, N R	2540	RSPB	6
10	59	WGM	Kiran, Manisha Mohanty	2044	LIC	6	0 - 1	6	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2505	WB	8
11	11	GM	Das, Sayantan	2489	RSPB	6	1 - 0	6	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2349	RSPB	28
12	12	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2474	PSPB	6	½ - ½	6		Kolla, Bhaavan	1727	AP	161
13	15	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2446	RSPB	6	1 - 0	6	CM	Nayak, Rajesh	2194	ODI	41
14	18	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2420	MP	6	½ - ½	6	FM	Dhananjay, S	2133	CHAT	48
15	17	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2434	PSPB	5½	1 - 0	6		Om, Nagnath Lamkane	1786	MAH	133
16	13	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	2467	RSPB	5½	1 - 0	5½		Vignesh, Advaith Vemula	2018	TEL	62
17	67		Mahindrakar, Indrajeet	1996	MAH	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Nitin, S.	2386	RSPB	24
18	75		Lad, Mandar Pradip	1954	GOA	5½	½ - ½	5½	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.	2384	RSPB	25
19	29	GM	Karthikeyan, P.	2325	RSPB	5½	1 - 0	5½		Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	2034	UP	60
20	125		Tadam, Dupit	1792	ARU	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Utsab, Chatterjee	2322	WB	30

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Standings after Round 9

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		IND	2591	PSPB	8	52,5	57	49,75	0	7
2	7	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2538	RSPB	7,5	52	56	46,50	0	6
3	10	GM	Vignesh, N R		IND	2501	RSPB	7,5	50	54,5	43,50	0	7
4	21	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V		IND	2411	TN	7,5	49,5	54	43,75	0	7
5	5	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan		IND	2568	WB	7,5	49	53	43,00	0	6
6	16	IM	Neelash, Saha		IND	2435	RSPB	7,5	48	51	41,50	0	6
7	2	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu		IND	2611	AAI	7	51	56	41,50	0	6
8	8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2505	WB	7	50	54	39,25	0	6
9	9	GM	Iniyan, P		IND	2502	TN	7	49,5	53,5	39,50	0	7
10	1	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet		IND	2625	PSPB	7	48	51,5	37,50	0	7
11	15	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2446	RSPB	7	47,5	52	39,50	0	5
12	22	IM	Srihari, L R		IND	2407	TN	7	47,5	51,5	36,75	0	6
13	11	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2489	RSPB	7	47	52	38,50	0	7
14	14	GM	Akash, G		IND	2456	TN	7	46	50	38,75	0	6
15	17	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		IND	2434	PSPB	6,5	51	55	37,75	0	5
16	4	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar		IND	2583	PSPB	6,5	50	54,5	38,00	0	4
17	12	GM	Sengupta, Deep		IND	2474	PSPB	6,5	50	54	35,50	0	6
18	48	FM	Dhananjay, S		IND	2133	CHAT	6,5	48,5	53	36,50	0	5
19	161		Kolla, Bhaavan		IND	1727	AP	6,5	48,5	51,5	34,75	0	5
20	13	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P		IND	2467	RSPB	6,5	48	52	35,50	0	5

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Round 10 pairings

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

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