Abhimanyu Puranik has a performance of 2746 after seven rounds at the Sunway Sitges 2019

by Sagar Shah - 20/12/2019

The Indian flag at the Sunway Sitges is currently being held by Abhimanyu Puranik, who beat the strong Iranian GM Amin Tabatabaei and moved to 6.0/7. The 2580 rated youngster from Pune played some powerpacked chess to launch an attack out of the blue and checkmate his opponent's king. Abhimanyu now has a rating performance of 2746 and is very close to breaking into the 2600 zone. The top board clash between Ivanchuk and Korobov ended in a draw. Korobov is still the sole leader with 6.5/7. Behind him are Durarbayli from Azerbaijan and Puranik from India. Round seven report from Sunway Sitges with some amazing photos by Lennart Ootes!

Abhimanyu Puranik is the highest scoring Indian after seven rounds of Sunway Sitges. He beat the strong Iranian GM Amin Tabatabaei in the seventh round and moved to 6.0/7.| Photo: Lennart Ootes

From a position that looked slightly better for Black (Tabatabaei), Abhimanyu launched such a fierce attack, that the Iranian GM was not able to handle it and succumbed to a quick loss.

With a 2746 performance, 2580 rated Abhimanyu Puranik and slowly and steadily moving towards the 2600 mark! .| Photo: Lennart Ootes

He was also the World Junior silver medalist behind Parham Maghsoodloo in 2018 .| Photo: Lennart Ootes

GM Daniel King analyzes Abhimanyu's win over Amin Tabatabaei

What a beautiful photo of the great Chuky by Lennart Ootes

The clash of two Indian GMs - Nihal Sarin (right) against Girish Koushik. .| Photo: Lennart Ootes

Nihal Sarin tried really hard but couldn't convert his position into a win against GM Girish Koushik .| Photo: Lennart Ootes

After a couple of losses, Pragg struck back with a fine win over Ezra Kirk (2433) .| Photo: Lennart Ootes

One of the prodigies of Indian chess, Bharath Subramaniyam who became an IM at the age of 11 years and 8 months, is on four out of seven .| Photo: Lennart Ootes

Raunak Sadhwani is concentration personified even off the board! .| Photo: Lennart Ootes

The favourite place for Indian players after the round is the Foosball table! .| Photo: Lennart Ootes

How many hats will this guy wear? Oskar Stober takes pictures with his Nikon camera. By the way, he is also the interviewer in the following interview:

Abhimanyu speaks about his sixth round draw against Li Di

Results of round 7

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2690	5	½ - ½	6	GM	Korobov Anton	2668	3
2	8	GM	Kovalenko Igor	2647	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Santos Latasa Jaime	2585	25
3	26	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2580	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Tabatabaei M.Amin	2635	11
4	13	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2626	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Wagner Dennis	2578	27
5	18	GM	Durarbayli Vasif	2609	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Li Di	2543	35
6	33	GM	Nasuta Grzegorz	2545	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Gareyev Timur	2598	21
7	12	GM	Vocaturo Daniele	2627	4½	½ - ½	5	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2544	34
8	36	GM	Harutyunian Tigran K.	2540	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2656	5
9	52	GM	Sadzikowski Daniel	2504	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Edouard Romain	2653	7
10	9	GM	Donchenko Alexander	2644	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	2539	37

Standings after round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	RtgI	RtgN	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	GM	Korobov Anton				UKR	2668	0		6,5	30,0	33,5	30,75
2	18	GM	Durarbayli Vasif				AZE	2609	0		6,0	26,5	29,5	25,50
3	26	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu				IND	2580	0		6,0	25,5	29,0	24,50
4	9	GM	Donchenko Alexander				GER	2644	0		5,5	28,5	32,0	24,50
5	33	GM	Nasuta Grzegorz				POL	2545	0		5,5	28,5	31,5	24,25
6	1	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily				UKR	2690	0		5,5	28,5	31,0	24,00
7	25	GM	Santos Latasa Jaime				ESP	2585	2572	Ext	5,5	28,5	31,0	23,75
8	13	GM	Narayanan.S.L				IND	2626	0		5,5	28,0	31,0	21,75
9	8	GM	Kovalenko Igor				LAT	2647	0		5,5	27,5	31,5	24,25
10	21	GM	Gareyev Timur				USA	2598	0		5,5	27,5	31,0	23,75
11	27	GM	Wagner Dennis				GER	2578	0		5,5	27,5	30,0	22,75
12	34	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	H16			IND	2544	0		5,5	27,0	30,5	23,75
13	23	GM	Liang Awonder	16			USA	2593	0		5,5	25,5	28,5	22,00
14	14	GM	Heimann Andreas				GER	2617	0		5,5	25,5	28,5	21,75
15	20	GM	Salgado Lopez Ivan	H			ESP	2605	2609	Gal	5,5	25,0	28,0	21,50
16	22	GM	Svane Rasmus				GER	2597	0		5,5	24,5	28,0	22,00
17	11	GM	Tabatabaei M.Amin				IRI	2635	0		5,0	31,5	34,5	23,25
18	35	GM	Li Di	H			CHN	2543	0		5,0	29,0	31,5	19,75
19	24	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	H16			IND	2586	0		5,0	28,5	32,0	20,00
20	71	IM	Parvanyan Ashot	H			GER	2456	0	SG Turm Kiel von 1910	5,0	28,5	31,0	20,75

Pairings of round 8

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	3	GM	Korobov Anton	2668	6½		6	GM	Durarbayli Vasif	2609	18
2	8	GM	Kovalenko Igor	2647	5½		6	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2580	26
3	23	GM	Liang Awonder	2593	5½		5½	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2690	1
4	25	GM	Santos Latasa Jaime	2585	5½		5½	GM	Donchenko Alexander	2644	9
5	13	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2626	5½		5½	GM	Svane Rasmus	2597	22
6	27	GM	Wagner Dennis	2578	5½		5½	GM	Heimann Andreas	2617	14
7	33	GM	Nasuta Grzegorz	2545	5½		5½	GM	Salgado Lopez Ivan	2605	20
8	21	GM	Gareyev Timur	2598	5½		5½	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2544	34
9	2	GM	Maghsoodloo Parham	2690	5		5	GM	Sindarov Javokhir	2526	42
10	5	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2656	5		5	IM	Sadhwani Raunak	2507	48

Overview of Indian players:

SNo		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	Rk.	Group
5	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2656	0	IND	1	1	0	1	1	½	½				5,0	21	Group A
10	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2638	0	IND	1	1	1	1	0	0	½				4,5	55	Group A
13	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2626	0	IND	1	1	1	1	1	0	½				5,5	8	Group A
16	GM	Nihal Sarin	2612	0	IND	1	½	1	½	1	½	½				5,0	29	Group A
17	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2611	0	IND	1	1	½	0	1	½	1				5,0	38	Group A
24	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2586	0	IND	1	1	1	1	0	0	1				5,0	19	Group A
26	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2580	0	IND	1	½	1	1	1	½	1				6,0	3	Group A
31	GM	Gukesh D	2547	0	IND	1	1	½	1	½	0	1				5,0	33	Group A
34	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2544	0	IND	1	½	1	1	½	1	½				5,5	12	Group A
40	GM	Narayanan Srinath	2529	0	IND	1	1	1	½	½	0	1				5,0	24	Group A
44	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	2523	0	IND	1	½	½	1	1	½	0				4,5	58	Group A
48	IM	Sadhwani Raunak	2507	0	IND	1	1	0	1	0	1	1				5,0	41	Group A
49	GM	Girish A. Koushik	2506	0	IND	1	0	1	1	½	1	½				5,0	50	Group A
55	GM	Iniyan P	2497	0	IND	1	½	½	½	½	½	0				3,5	150	Group A
65	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2470	0	IND	1	0	1	1	0	1	1				5,0	46	Group A
77	IM	Raja Harshit	2447	0	IND	1	1	½	0	1	½	½				4,5	56	Group A
85	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2420	0	IND	½	1	0	½	1	1	0				4,0	91	Group A
87	IM	Kulkarni Bhakti	2418	0	IND	½	1	0	1	½	0	1				4,0	108	Group A
90	IM	Akash Pc Iyer	2415	0	IND	1	0	½	½	0	1	0				3,0	185	Group A
92	IM	Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad	2414	0	IND	1	0	1	1	½	½	0				4,0	103	Group A
94	FM	Rathanvel V S	2410	0	IND	½	1	0	1	1	½	0				4,0	98	Group A
98	IM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2398	0	IND	1	½	½	0	1	0	1				4,0	82	Group A
102	IM	Krishna Teja N	2383	0	IND	1	0	1	0	½	½	1				4,0	112	Group A
108	IM	Raja Rithvik R	2381	0	IND	1	0	1	0	½	1	½				4,0	94	Group A
109	WGM	Vaishali R	2376	0	IND	1	0	1	0	½	½	1				4,0	119	Group A
113	FM	Manu David Suthandram R	2369	0	IND	1	0	½	1	½	0	½				3,5	137	Group A
115	IM	Sankalp Gupta	2365	0	IND	1	½	½	0	1	0	1				4,0	96	Group A
125	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	2338	0	IND	1	0	1	0	1	½	0				3,5	147	Group A
128	WIM	Divya Deshmukh	2332	0	IND	1	0	1	½	0	½	0				3,0	186	Group A
133		Samant Aditya S	2309	0	IND	1	½	0	1	0	½	1				4,0	101	Group A
134	FM	Krishnater Kushager	2308	0	IND	1	½	½	1	0	0	1				4,0	90	Group A
139		Ajay Krishna S	2302	0	IND	1	1	0	1	0	0	1				4,0	86	Group A
140	FM	Matta Vinay Kumar	2300	0	IND	1	0	1	0	1	0	1				4,0	123	Group A
153	WIM	Rakshitta Ravi	2260	0	IND	1	½	0	1	½	1	0				4,0	85	Group A
159	WIM	Pratyusha Bodda	2253	0	IND	0	1	1	0	1	0	1				4,0	114	Group A
163	FM	Dushyant Sharma	2247	0	IND	0	½	1	0	1	0	1				3,5	155	Group A
164		Panesar Vedant	2247	0	IND	0	1	0	1	0	1	½				3,5	162	Group A
168		Rohit S	2234	0	IND	0	1	0	1	0	1	0				3,0	190	Group A
169	WIM	Priyanka Nutakki	2229	0	IND	½	0	½	1	½	1	½				4,0	109	Group A
172	CM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2221	0	IND	½	0	½	1	0	1	½				3,5	152	Group A
174	WFM	Cholleti Sahajasri	2216	0	IND	0	0	1	½	0	1	½	0	0	0	3,0	198	Group A
175		Karthik Rajaa	2212	0	IND	0	1	0	½	½	1	½				3,5	139	Group A
177	FM	Ajay Karthikeyan	2203	0	IND	½	0	1	½	1	1	0				4,0	92	Group A
183	CM	Tanmay Jain	2193	0	IND	0	1	0	1	0	½	½				3,0	194	Group A
185	IM	Mohota Nisha	2191	0	IND	0	1	½	0	1	½	½				3,5	149	Group A
187		Bartakke Amardeep S.	2190	0	IND	0	1	0	½	1	0	½				3,0	192	Group A
189		Sibi Visal R	2185	0	IND	0	1	0	0	1	½	0				2,5	233	Group A
191		Sekar B	2176	0	IND	0	1	1	½	1	1	½				5,0	47	Group A
198		Natarajan C	2157	0	IND	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0	306	Group A
200		Godbole Atharva	2148	0	IND	0	½	1	1	0	½	½				3,5	159	Group A
204	CM	Shahil Dey	2135	0	IND	0	1	0	1	0	0	1				3,0	196	Group A
206	WIM	Tejaswini Sagar	2128	2095	IND	0	1	1	0	½	½	½				3,5	163	Group A
210		Darpan Inani	2117	0	IND	0	1	0	½	1	0	0				2,5	238	Group A
211		Arjun C Krishnamachari	2113	0	IND	½	0	1	0	1	½	½				3,5	141	Group A
219		Tanmay Chopra	2100	0	IND	0	1	½	½	½	½	½				3,5	165	Group A
220	WCM	Sharma Isha	2099	0	IND	0	1	0	0	1	½	1				3,5	174	Group A
223	CM	Rajarishi Karthi	2093	0	IND	0	0	1	½	0	1	½				3,0	215	Group A
225		Toshali V	2083	0	IND	0	1	0	0	0	1	1				3,0	223	Group A
227		Kishan Gangolli	2078	0	IND	0	½	½	½	½	½	½				3,0	221	Group A
229		Dhrupad Kashyap	2073	0	IND	0	½	0	½	1	0	1				3,0	224	Group A
231	CM	Mohamed Anees M	2056	0	IND	0	1	½	1	½	1	0				4,0	105	Group A
246		Jijo Joy	2019	0	IND	0	½	½	½	½	½	½				3,0	210	Group A
248		Potluri Saye Srreezza	2013	0	IND	0	0	1	1	0	½	½				3,0	216	Group A
255		Ayushh Ravikumar	1982	0	IND	½	0	½	½	½	½	1				3,5	164	Group A
260	WFM	Savitha Shri B	1968	0	IND	0	½	½	0	1	0	1				3,0	211	Group A
267		Manukonda Arun	1923	0	IND	0	½	½	1	1	0	0				3,0	202	Group A
273	AIM	Komal Srivatsav Sajja	1907	0	IND	0	½	1	0	0	0	0				1,5	284	Group A
274		Nawin J J	1907	0	IND	0	0	1	1	0	1	½				3,5	170	Group A
281		Gugan G	1843	0	IND	1	0	0	½	1	0	½				3,0	195	Group A
282		Srimathi R	1842	0	IND	0	0	½	½	1	½	½				3,0	212	Group A
283	CM	Gopal K.N.	1840	0	IND	0	0	½	1	½	1	0				3,0	219	Group A
284		Devnani Kush	1829	0	IND	0	0	½	1	0	0	½				2,0	277	Group A
289		Krithigga K	1812	0	IND	0	0	0	0	1	½	0				1,5	292	Group A
291		Niharika Ch	1803	0	IND	0	0	0	1	1	0	1				3,0	214	Group A
292		Sawant Akshay	1793	0	IND	0	0	0	0	½	1	1				2,5	262	Group A
293		Kabhilan S	1789	0	IND	0	½	0	½	1	0	0				2,0	269	Group A
295		Morvekar Kedar	1777	0	IND	0	1	0	½	½	½	0				2,5	240	Group A
298		Aryan B Joshi	1770	0	IND	0	0	1	½	0	0	0				1,5	285	Group A
300		Sagar Siya	1754	1408	IND	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0			0,5	305	Group A
301		Shivika Rohilla	1744	0	IND	0	0	½	0	1	0	1				2,5	261	Group A
302		Mrithyunjay Mahadevan	1735	0	IND	0	0	½	0	0	1	1				2,5	260	Group A
304		Ankitha Goud Palle	1724	0	IND	0	1	0	½	0	½	½				2,5	236	Group A
305		Raghu Ram Reddy Seelam	1717	0	IND	½	0	1	0	0	0	½				2,0	265	Group A
308		Rosh Jain	1697	0	IND	0	½	0	1	0	0	1				2,5	256	Group A
309		Varsha Ramesh	1669	0	IND	0	0	½	0	1	1	½				3,0	204	Group A

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