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ChessMood Open R6: Samvel Ter-Sahakyan regains sole lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/10/2021

GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan defeated compatriot IM David Shahinyan in the sixth round to regain his sole lead 5.5/6 at ChessMood Open. Four players are trailing by a half point. They are - Narayanan S L, Levan Pantsulaia (GEO), Abhimanyu Puranik and Alexey Goganov (RUS). All three of them won their respective games in the sixth round. IM Bharath Subramaniyam H had a 116-move long marathon draw against GM Arman Mikaelyan (ARM). Arjun, Gukesh, Sandipan and Karthik won their respective games. WFM Sahithi Varshini M held IM Padmini Rout to a draw. Round 7 starts today from 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: ChessMood

Narayanan and Abhimanyu in the title fray

Top seed of the tournament GM Narayanan S L and GM Abhimanyu Puranik maintain their position in the championship picture as they are just a half point behind the leader at 5.0/6.

GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan defeated IM David Shahinyan | Photo: ChessMood

ChessMood Open logo | Photo: Official site

Narayanan - Paichadze: 1-0

GM Narayanan S L defeated GM Luka Paichadze using a nice tactics.

Position after 29.Nc6

29.Nc6 is a multipurpose move. It is blockading the rook's support on the c5-knight, also threatening Be5 in the next move. Black has no choice but to take the knight 29...bxc6 30.Bxc5 and now he decided to sacrifice his queen to increase the fighting chances 30...Qxc5 31.Rxc5 Bxc5. White is still winning and Narayanan had no trouble showcasing the right technique. 30...Qd7 31.Bxe7 Qxe7 32.b6 Rc8 33.Qd2 would have also given White a decisive advantage.

Position after 44.g4

Narayanan made a very nice breakthrough 44.g4 to convert his advantage into a win. 44...fxg4 45.Qg6+ Ke7 46.Qxg7+ Ke8 47.Qxh6 Re7 48.Bxg4 Bxg4 49.Qg6+ and it's all over for Black.

GM Narayanan S L 5.0/6 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Praggnanandhaa - Goganov: 0-1

GM Alexey Goganov made an interesting sacrifice on GM Praggnanandhaa's kingside.

Position after 22...Bxh3

22...Bxh3 is undoubtedly an interesting sacrifice with the motive of 23...Nf3+ if White decides to accept the sacrifice 23.gxh3 which is not a good idea. Thus the best continuation is to eliminate the Nf3 threat immediately 23.Rxe5 and then after 23...Bxe5 24.gxh3 will allow White to save the game. The game continued 23.Nxc7 Qxc7 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.gxh3 Rae8 and things just spiraled out of control for White. 25.Bf4 would still have given some fighting chance.

Mosadeghpour - Abhimanyu: 0-1

GM Abhimanyu Puranik does not shy away from tactical skirmish. His opponent GM Masoud Mosadeghpour (IRI) missed a tactical defense and had to pay a heavy price for it.

Position after 25...Bxg4

White is in deep trouble, however he has a way to get out of the skewer and avoid material loss. How? 26.Nxc5 Qxc5 27.Qc3 Bxd1 28.Be5 Qc6 29.Rfd1 Rfe8 and Black converted his advantage into a full point in a few more moves.

GM Abhimanyu Puranik 5.0/6 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Farahat - Arjun: 0-1

GM Arjun Erigaisi scored a crushing victory against IM Farahat Ali (USA).

Position after 13.b4

Arjun had made his intentions clear with an early 6...g5, 7...g4 that he is playing only for one result - win. 13.b4 only helped Black's case as 13...Nxe4 gave Black a free pawn and his pieces swarmed towards White's kingside. Black wrapped up the game in just 24 moves.

GM Arjun Erigaisi scored a thumping victory | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Bharath Subramaniyam H had a 116-move long marathon draw against GM Arman Mikaelyan (ARM) | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Gukesh - Mitrabha: 1-0

IM Mitrabha Guha played extremely passive against GM D Gukesh.

Position after 31...gxf5

Black had to sacrifice the knight for a pawn to open up the position 31...gxf5 32.gxh5 fxe4 33.Bxe4. Unfortunately for him, it was not enough and Gukesh went on to win the game.

Mitrabha could not get out of the gate against Gukesh | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Sandipan Chanda - IM Daneshvar Bardiya (IRI): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Gevorg Harutjunyan (ARM) - GM Karthik Venkataraman: 0-1 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Amirezza Pour Agha Bala (IRI) - Vedant Panesar: 0-1 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Padmini Rout - WFM Sahithi Varshini M: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

For more Round 6 photos, please click here.

Highlights

Here are a few interesting finishes of Round 6.

GM Narayanan S L defeated GM Luka Paichadze (GEO)

IM Farahat Ali (USA) lost to GM Arjun Erigaisi

Replay Round 6 games

The tournament is taking place at Tsaghkadzor Marriott Hotel, Tsaghkadzor in Armenia from 4th to 12th October 2021. Time control is 90'/40 + 30' + 30" per move. Everyday game starts at 3 p.m. local time (4:30 p.m. IST), except 12th October, the final round will start at 10:30 a.m. local time (12 p.m. IST).

Round 6 results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
127
IMShahinyan David24690 - 1GMTer-Sahakyan Samvel2607
6
21
GMNarayanan.S.L264741 - 04GMPaichadze Luka2566
12
35
GMPraggnanandhaa R261840 - 14GMGoganov Aleksey2557
14
413
GMPetrosian Tigran L.25624½ - ½4GMHakobyan Aram2603
8
59
GMPantsulaia Levan257041 - 04GMBabujian Levon2447
32
619
GMMosadeghpour Masoud248640 - 14GMPuranik Abhimanyu2568
10
73
GMSargsyan Shant2640½ - ½IMDavtyan Artur2453
28
843
IMFarahat Ali23920 - 1GMErigaisi Arjun2634
4
917
GMQuparadze Giga24950 - 1IMSturt Raven2485
20
1033
IMBharath Subramaniyam H2435½ - ½GMMikaelyan Arman2487
18
112
GMGukesh D264031 - 0IMMitrabha Guha2479
23
127
GMPetrosyan Manuel260531 - 03IMKrishna Teja N2385
44
1315
GMChanda Sandipan254331 - 03IMBardiya Daneshvar2403
42
1441
GMHarutjunyan Gevorg240930 - 13GMKarthik Venkataraman2483
21
1522
GMMovsziszian Karen248030 - 13FMChkhaidze Nikoloz2262
64
1625
GMKasparov Sergey247130 - 13FMBarseghyan Armen Ar.2356
50
1747
FMOhanyan Emin23733½ - ½3IMGharibyan Mamikon2471
26
1851
IMDanielyan Vahe233531 - 03IMShyaamnikhil P2453
29
1953
FMHakemi Arman23233½ - ½3IMUrazayev Arystanbek2451
30
2031
IMSchekachikhin Maksim244831 - 03FMWagh Suyog2246
68

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
16
GMTer-Sahakyan Samvel26075GMPantsulaia Levan2570
9
210
GMPuranik Abhimanyu256855GMNarayanan.S.L2647
1
314
GMGoganov Aleksey25575GMHakobyan Aram2603
8
44
GMErigaisi Arjun2634IMShahinyan David2469
27
520
IMSturt Raven2485GMPetrosian Tigran L.2562
13
628
IMDavtyan Artur245344GMGukesh D2640
2
731
IMSchekachikhin Maksim244844GMSargsyan Shant2640
3
832
GMBabujian Levon244744GMPraggnanandhaa R2618
5
933
IMBharath Subramaniyam H243544GMPetrosyan Manuel2605
7
1012
GMPaichadze Luka256644IMDanielyan Vahe2335
51
1150
FMBarseghyan Armen Ar.235644GMChanda Sandipan2543
15
1218
GMMikaelyan Arman248744FMDilanyan Grigor2214
72
1364
FMChkhaidze Nikoloz226244GMMosadeghpour Masoud2486
19
1421
GMKarthik Venkataraman248344Chaqryan Erik2181
80
1546
IMMoksh Amit Doshi2379GMHarutyunyan Tigran K.2567
11
1655
FMAlaverdyan Gevorg2320GMQuparadze Giga2495
17
1723
IMMitrabha Guha2479FMOhanyan Emin2373
47
1826
IMGharibyan Mamikon2471IMSidhant Mohapatra2367
49
1930
IMUrazayev Arystanbek2451FMAtakhan Abtin2319
56
2034
IMPetriashvili Nikoloz2432FMHakemi Arman2323
53

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