61st National Championship R10: Neelash Saha outplays Sethuraman

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/08/2024

GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly (PSPB) was held to a draw by IM Aronyak Ghosh (RSPB) in the penultimate round of 61st National Championship. IM Neelash Saha (RSPB) outplayed GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB) after the latter made a mistake in the endgame. Thus, dashing Sethuraman's hopes of retaining the crown. IM Himal Gusain (RSPB) defeated Utkal Ranjan Sahoo (ODI) by playing some attacking chess. He will pose the final challenge to Surya who is aiming for his seventh National title. GM Karthik Venkataraman (AP) defeated IM Ajay Karthikeyan (TN). GM Lalit Rohit (PSPB) made a short work of IM Nitin S (RSPB) in just 21 moves. Final Round 11 starts today at 10:30 a.m. IST. Photos: Himank Ghosh

Surya Sekhar Ganguly eyes his seventh National title

GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly (PSPB) - IM Aronyak Ghosh (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly (PSPB) - IM Aronyak Ghosh (RSPB) | Video: ChessBase India

Sethuraman - Neelash

Position after 26...Kc7

GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB, 2571) needed to play 27.d5 right away to threaten Qa7+. However, he went 27.Bf3 Bxg3 now 28.d5 was met with Bf2 preventing Qa7+ 29.d6+ Kd7 30.Qa3 Rh8 and Black went on to win the game.

GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB) - IM Neelash Saha (RSPB) | Video: ChessBase India

IM Neelash Saha (RSPB) handed the defending champion, GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB) his first loss of the event

GM Shyaam Nikhil P (RSPB) - GM Diptayan Ghosh (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

GM Karthik Venkataraman (AP) - IM Ajay Karthikeyan (TN) | Video: ChessBase India

GM Karthik Venkataraman (AP) - IM Ajay Karthikeyan (TN): 0.5-0.5

IM Sammed Shete (MAH) - GM Mitrabha Guha (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

IM Himal Gusain (RSPB) played a nice attacking game to beat Utkal Ranjan Sahoo (ODI)

Nitin - Lalit

Position after 15...Qxf4

IM Nitin S (RSPB, 2341) captured a bishop on f7 15.Nxf7. GM Lalit Rohit (PSPB, 2494) responded by capturing the f4-pawn 15...Qxf4 16.Nxh8 Nxd4 17.Be2 Be7 18.Qd3?? Ne5 19.Qxh7 Bh4+ 20.Kd1 Bg5 21.Ke1 g6 and Black won.

IM Nitin S (TN) lost to GM Lalit Rohit (PSPB) in a 21-move miniature

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Round 10 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	1	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	8	½ - ½	7½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2535	RLY	9
2	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2571	PSPB	7	0 - 1	7	IM	Neelash, Saha	2470	RLY	16
3	18	IM	Shyaam, Nikhil P	2442	RLY	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	RLY	4
4	5	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2568	AP	7	1 - 0	7	IM	Ajay, Karthikeyan	2401	TN	22
5	24	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2386	MAH	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2537	RLY	8
6	13	IM	Gusain, Himal	2511	RLY	7	1 - 0	7		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2300	ODI	32
7	27	IM	Nitin, S.	2341	RLY	7	0 - 1	7	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	2494	PSPB	14
8	10	GM	Vignesh, N R	2526	RLY	6½	1 - 0	7	GM	Sriram, Jha	2309	LIC	30
9	26	GM	Neelotpal, Das	2355	PSPB	6½	0 - 1	6½	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2583	PSPB	2
10	7	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2546	MAH	6½	1 - 0	6½	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2328	RLY	28

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Standings after Round 10

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	1	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar		IND	2583	PSPB	8,5	63	68,5	57,25	0	7	10	8,5	6,93	1,57	10	15,7
2	5	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman		IND	2568	AP	8	64,5	69	53,75	0	6	10	8	7,20	0,80	10	8
3	9	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2535	RLY	8	63	69	53,75	0	6	10	8	7,03	0,97	10	9,7
4	16	IM	Neelash, Saha		IND	2470	RLY	8	63	68,5	52,00	0	8	10	8	6,69	1,31	10	13,1
5	13	IM	Gusain, Himal		IND	2511	RLY	8	57	60,5	47,50	0	6	10	8	8,14	-0,14	10	-1,4
6	14	GM	Lalit, Babu M R		IND	2494	PSPB	8	56	60,5	47,75	0	7	10	8	7,90	0,10	10	1
7	4	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan		IND	2568	RLY	7,5	64,5	69,5	50,25	0	5	10	7,5	7,52	-0,02	10	-0,2
8	19	GM	Swapnil, S. Dhopade		IND	2433	RLY	7,5	62	66,5	48,25	0	5	10	7,5	7,18	0,32	10	3,2
9	7	GM	Sankalp, Gupta		IND	2546	MAH	7,5	62	66,5	48,00	0	6	10	7,5	8,21	-0,71	10	-7,1
10	10	GM	Vignesh, N R		IND	2526	RLY	7,5	59,5	64	47,50	0	5	10	7,5	8,61	-1,11	10	-11,1

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Round 11 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	13	IM	Gusain, Himal	2511	RLY	8	8½	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	1
2	9	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2535	RLY	8	8	GM	Lalit, Babu M R	2494	PSPB	14
3	8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2537	RLY	7½	8	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2568	AP	5
4	16	IM	Neelash, Saha	2470	RLY	8	7½	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2386	MAH	24
5	2	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2583	PSPB	7½	7½	GM	Vignesh, N R	2526	RLY	10
6	4	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	RLY	7½	7½	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2546	MAH	7
7	6	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2547	TN	7	7½	GM	Visakh, N R	2517	RLY	11
8	12	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2516	PSPB	7	7½	IM	Shyaam, Nikhil P	2442	RLY	18
9	22	IM	Ajay, Karthikeyan	2401	TN	7	7½	GM	Swapnil, S. Dhopade	2433	RLY	19
10	41		Koustuv, Dash	2124	ODI	7	7	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2571	PSPB	3

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