Women: Vantika and Swati in the fray
GM Abhimanyu Puranik will face GM Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI) in the penultimate eighth round. It is his golden opportunity to topple the leader, if he wants a medal.
WCM Bat-Erdene Mungunzul (MGL) joined WGM Srija Seshadri in the lead 6/7
Vantika - Srija: 0.5-0.5
IM Vantika Agrawal (2377) faced WGM Srija Seshadri (2226) only once in a Classical rated game nearly seven years ago. Srija prevailed in that battle. However, this time they had a solid draw.
IM Vantika Agrawal - WGM Srija Seshadri: 0.5-0.5
WGM Nandhidhaa P V (2363) got herself in a worse position out of the Scotch Opening and could not recover for the rest of the game. WCM Bat-Erdene Mungunzul (MGL, 2302) won the game and joined Srija in the lead 6/7.
WGM Swati Ghate continues her good form as she drew with IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen (VIE)
WFM Arshiya Das got the better of WIM Guldona Karimova (UZB) | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Men: Bardiya maintains his sole lead
GM Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI) maintained his sole lead 6/7
GM Karthikeyan Murali (pictured) - GM Sergei Lobanov: 0.5-0.5
IM Harshavardhan G B (pictured) had a well contested draw against GM Pranesh M
Interview with GM Nihal Sarin | Video: ChessBase India
GM Nihal Sarin won his second game in-a-row
GM Abhimanyu Puranik defeated GM Sina Movahed (IRI) after the latter made an incorrect sacrifice
Interview with GM Adhiban Baskaran | Video: ChessBase India
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Ceremonial first move of Round 7
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Round 7 Open results
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2 | 4 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2658 | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 4½ | GM | Lobanov Sergei | 2527 | 36 | ||
| 7 | 4 | 18 | GM | Pranesh M | 2576 | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 4½ | IM | Harshavardhan G B | 2441 | 72 | ||
| 7 | 5 | 1 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2693 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | 2551 | 30 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 2 | GM | Tabatabaei M. Amin | 2670 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Raja Rithvik R | 2545 | 33 | ||
| 7 | 9 | 38 | GM | Madaminov Mukhiddin | 2520 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2630 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 10 | 10 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2624 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | GM | Movahed Sina | 2518 | 40 | ||
| 7 | 11 | 41 | IM | Aswath S | 2515 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Xu Xiangyu | 2623 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 12 | 43 | IM | Suyarov Mukhammadzokhid | 2491 | 4 | 0 - 1 | 4 | GM | Narayanan S L | 2598 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 14 | 57 | IM | Zverev Lev | 2471 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Iniyan Pa | 2573 | 19 | ||
| 7 | 15 | 20 | GM | Bai Jinshi | 2572 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | IM | Ilamparthi A R | 2469 | 58 |
Standings after Round 7
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | GM | Daneshvar, Bardiya | IRI | 2621 | 6 | 2570 | 29 | 32,5 | 0 | |
| 2 | 5 | GM | Vokhidov, Shamsiddin | UZB | 2641 | 5,5 | 2516 | 28,5 | 32,5 | 0 | |
| 3 | 23 | GM | Zemlyanskii, Ivan | FID | 2563 | 5,5 | 2485 | 26 | 29 | 0 | |
| 4 | 59 | IM | Srihari, L R | IND | 2468 | 5 | 2594 | 25 | 26,5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 72 | IM | Harshavardhan, G B | IND | 2441 | 5 | 2569 | 27,5 | 28 | 0 | |
| 6 | 38 | GM | Madaminov, Mukhiddin | UZB | 2520 | 5 | 2565 | 27 | 30 | 0 | |
| 7 | 4 | GM | Karthikeyan, Murali | IND | 2658 | 5 | 2544 | 28 | 30,5 | 0 | |
| 8 | 36 | GM | Lobanov, Sergei | FID | 2527 | 5 | 2525 | 26 | 28,5 | 0 | |
| 9 | 28 | GM | Pranav, Anand | IND | 2555 | 5 | 2495 | 27 | 30 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | GM | Nihal, Sarin | IND | 2693 | 5 | 2491 | 25,5 | 28,5 | 0 |
Round 8 pairings
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | 12 | GM | Daneshvar Bardiya | 2621 | 6 | 5 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2624 | 10 | |||
| 8 | 3 | 29 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 2552 | 5 | 5 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2693 | 1 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 72 | IM | Harshavardhan G B | 2441 | 5 | 5 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2658 | 4 | |||
| 8 | 5 | 15 | GM | Narayanan S L | 2598 | 5 | 5 | GM | Madaminov Mukhiddin | 2520 | 38 | |||
| 8 | 6 | 59 | IM | Srihari L R | 2468 | 5 | 5 | GM | Pranesh M | 2576 | 18 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 28 | GM | Pranav Anand | 2555 | 5 | 5 | Huang Renjie | 2491 | 44 | ||||
| 8 | 10 | 3 | GM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | 2665 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Aswath S | 2515 | 41 | |||
| 8 | 13 | 55 | GM | Prraneeth Vuppala | 2474 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Paravyan David | 2596 | 16 | |||
| 8 | 14 | 19 | GM | Iniyan Pa | 2573 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Zhalmakhanov Ramazan | 2456 | 67 | |||
| 8 | 16 | 33 | GM | Raja Rithvik R | 2545 | 4½ | 4½ | FM | Yang Zilong | 2326 | 115 |
Round 7 Women results
| 7 | 1 | 7 | IM | Vantika Agrawal | 2377 | 5 | ½ - ½ | 5½ | WGM | Srija Seshadri | 2226 | 38 | ||
| 7 | 2 | 9 | WGM | Nandhidhaa P V | 2363 | 5 | 0 - 1 | 5 | WCM | Mungunzul Bat-Erdene | 2302 | 22 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 69 | WGM | Swati Ghate | 2035 | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 4 | IM | Pham Le Thao Nguyen | 2388 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 8 | 47 | WFM | Mikheeva Galina | 2162 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | IM | Padmini Rout | 2359 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 11 | 24 | IM | Savitha Shri B | 2298 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | WGM | Rouda Essa Alserkal | 2147 | 50 | ||
| 7 | 17 | 56 | WFM | Azali Tannaz | 2118 | 3½ | 0 - 1 | 3½ | WGM | Rakshitta Ravi | 2324 | 19 | ||
| 7 | 18 | 42 | WFM | Mohammadi Melika | 2205 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | WGM | Priyanka Nutakki | 2277 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 19 | 46 | WFM | Arshiya Das | 2174 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | WIM | Karimova Guldona | 2265 | 27 | ||
| 7 | 21 | 73 | WCM | Salimova Asal | 2003 | 3½ | 0 - 1 | 3½ | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | 2258 | 31 | ||
| 7 | 24 | 48 | IM | Mohota Nisha | 2161 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | WIM | Kairbekova Amina | 2344 | 13 |
Standings after Round 7
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 38 | WGM | Srija, Seshadri | IND | 2226 | 6 | 2355 | 29,5 | 32 | 0 | |
| 2 | 22 | WCM | Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene | MGL | 2302 | 6 | 2300 | 28,5 | 31,5 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2 | GM | Gunina, Valentina | FID | 2425 | 5,5 | 2306 | 25 | 28,5 | 0 | |
| 4 | 17 | IM | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | FID | 2332 | 5,5 | 2303 | 30 | 32,5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 7 | IM | Vantika, Agrawal | IND | 2377 | 5,5 | 2267 | 28,5 | 32 | 0 | |
| 6 | 69 | WGM | Swati, Ghate | IND | 2035 | 5 | 2310 | 23 | 24,5 | 0 | |
| 7 | 4 | IM | Song, Yuxin | CHN | 2397 | 5 | 2303 | 28,5 | 32 | 0 | |
| 8 | 21 | WGM | Balabayeva, Xeniya | KAZ | 2311 | 5 | 2280 | 24,5 | 26,5 | 0 | |
| 9 | 8 | IM | Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim | UZB | 2369 | 5 | 2248 | 25,5 | 29 | 0 | |
| 10 | 9 | WGM | Nandhidhaa, P V | IND | 2363 | 5 | 2240 | 26 | 29 | 0 |
Round 8 pairings
| 8 | 1 | 22 | WCM | Mungunzul Bat-Erdene | 2302 | 6 | 6 | WGM | Srija Seshadri | 2226 | 38 | |||
| 8 | 2 | 2 | GM | Gunina Valentina | 2425 | 5½ | 5½ | IM | Vantika Agrawal | 2377 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 5 | 21 | WGM | Balabayeva Xeniya | 2311 | 5 | 5 | WGM | Nandhidhaa P V | 2363 | 9 | |||
| 8 | 6 | 69 | WGM | Swati Ghate | 2035 | 5 | 5 | WIM | Khamdamova Afruza | 2344 | 14 | |||
| 8 | 11 | 11 | IM | Padmini Rout | 2359 | 4½ | 4½ | WFM | Arshiya Das | 2174 | 46 | |||
| 8 | 13 | 19 | WGM | Rakshitta Ravi | 2324 | 4½ | 4½ | WFM | Mikheeva Galina | 2162 | 47 | |||
| 8 | 14 | 31 | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | 2258 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Savitha Shri B | 2298 | 24 | |||
| 8 | 18 | 62 | WIM | Priyanka K | 2087 | 4 | 4 | WCM | Bayasgalan Khishigbaatar | 2265 | 28 | |||
| 8 | 21 | 25 | WGM | Priyanka Nutakki | 2277 | 3½ | 3½ | WFM | Azali Tannaz | 2118 | 56 | |||
| 8 | 27 | 41 | WIM | Chitlange Sakshi | 2215 | 3½ | 3½ | WIM | Kaldarova Ayaulym | 2115 | 59 |
