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ChessMood Open R7: Goganov joins Ter-Sahakyan in the lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/10/2021

Samvel Ter-Sahakyan made a quick draw with Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) in the seventh round to maitain his lead 6.0/7 at ChessMood Open. Alexey Goganov (RUS) beat Aram Hakobyan (ARM) to join the lead with Ter-Sahakyan. Five players are trailing by a half point. They are - Narayanan, Arjun, Pantsulaia, Abhimanyu and Tigran L Petrosian. Arjun, Praggnanandhaa, Sandipan and Karthik scored victories among the Indians at the top. Gukesh was held to a solid draw by IM Artur Davtyan. IM Vaishali scored her third consecutive victory to move to 4.5/7. Round 8 starts today from 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Narayanan, Arjun and Abhimanyu in the hunt

Top seed of the tournament GM Narayanan S L drew with fellow countryman GM Abhimanyu Puranik to stay in the hunt at 5.5/7 each respectively.

GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan maintains his lead | Photo: Rupali Mullick

ChessMood Open logo | Photo: Official site

Abhimanyu and Narayanan had a tepid draw | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Arjun - Shahinyan: 1-0

GM Arjun Erigaisi defeated IM David Shahinyan (ARM) with a positional play as he exploited his opponent's weakeness.

Position after 26.Rea1

The a6-pawn is already attacked by three pieces. Even though Black has 26...Qa7, the pawn will eventually fall. Arjun converted his advantage into a win eventually.

GM Arjun Erigaisi 5.5/7 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Artur Davtyan (ARM) - GM D Gukesh: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Babujian - Praggnanandhaa: 0-1

GM Levan Babujian (ARM) capture the isolated queen's pawn of GM Praggnanandhaa. It was a positional mistake.

Position after 21.Nxd5

21.Nxd5 is not a good idea. Black is happy to get rid of the isolated pawn as it opens the long diagonal for the b7-bishop. What transpired is a series of miscalculation by White 21...Qxb2 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Nh4 Nxh4 24.Ne7+ Kg7 25.Nxc8 Nf3+ 26.Kf1 Nxh2+ 27.Kg1 Nf3+ 28.Kf1 Nf6. White's position is in shambles. The exchanged which White gained is not worth the weakening of the king's position.

Praggnanandhaa bounced back well after suffering a loss in the previous round | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Bharath Subramaniyam H - GM Manuel Petrosyan (ARM): 0-1

Barseghyan - Sandipan: 0-1

GM Sandipan Chanda did a nice combination using tactics against FM Armen Ar. Barseghyan (ARM).

Position after 27.Rxg6

Find out why, 27.Rxg6 is a big mistake.

GM Sandipan Chanda is very alert tactically | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Karthik Venkataraman - Erik Chaqryan (ARM): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Mamikon Gharibyan (ARM) - IM Sidhant Mohapatra: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Vaishali R - Sargis R Mkrtchyan (ARM): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Harsha Bharathakoti - FM Yahli Sokolovsky (ISR): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Krishna Teja N - GM Sergey Kasparov: 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

For more Round 7 photos, please click here.

Highlights

Here are a few interesting finishes of Round 7.

IM Raven Sturt (USA) lost to GM Tigran L Petrosian (ARM)

IM Maksim Schekachikhin (RUS) lost to GM Shant Sargsyan (ARM)

GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) - IM Vahe Danielyan (ARM)

Replay Round 7 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 7 results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
16
GMTer-Sahakyan Samvel2607½ - ½5GMPantsulaia Levan2570
9
210
GMPuranik Abhimanyu25685½ - ½5GMNarayanan.S.L2647
1
314
GMGoganov Aleksey255751 - 0GMHakobyan Aram2603
8
44
GMErigaisi Arjun26341 - 0IMShahinyan David2469
27
520
IMSturt Raven24850 - 1GMPetrosian Tigran L.2562
13
628
IMDavtyan Artur24534½ - ½4GMGukesh D2640
2
731
IMSchekachikhin Maksim244840 - 14GMSargsyan Shant2640
3
832
GMBabujian Levon244740 - 14GMPraggnanandhaa R2618
5
933
IMBharath Subramaniyam H243540 - 14GMPetrosyan Manuel2605
7
1012
GMPaichadze Luka25664½ - ½4IMDanielyan Vahe2335
51
1150
FMBarseghyan Armen Ar.235640 - 14GMChanda Sandipan2543
15
1218
GMMikaelyan Arman248741 - 04FMDilanyan Grigor2214
72
1364
FMChkhaidze Nikoloz226240 - 14GMMosadeghpour Masoud2486
19
1421
GMKarthik Venkataraman248341 - 04Chaqryan Erik2181
80
1546
IMMoksh Amit Doshi23790 - 1GMHarutyunyan Tigran K.2567
11
1655
FMAlaverdyan Gevorg23201 - 0GMQuparadze Giga2495
17
1723
IMMitrabha Guha2479½ - ½FMOhanyan Emin2373
47
1826
IMGharibyan Mamikon2471½ - ½IMSidhant Mohapatra2367
49
1930
IMUrazayev Arystanbek2451½ - ½FMAtakhan Abtin2319
56
2034
IMPetriashvili Nikoloz24321 - 0FMHakemi Arman2323
53

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
114
GMGoganov Aleksey255766GMTer-Sahakyan Samvel2607
6
21
GMNarayanan.S.L2647GMErigaisi Arjun2634
4
39
GMPantsulaia Levan2570GMPuranik Abhimanyu2568
10
413
GMPetrosian Tigran L.25625GMSargsyan Shant2640
3
55
GMPraggnanandhaa R261855GMMikaelyan Arman2487
18
67
GMPetrosyan Manuel260555GMMosadeghpour Masoud2486
19
715
GMChanda Sandipan254355GMKarthik Venkataraman2483
21
82
GMGukesh D2640IMPetriashvili Nikoloz2432
34
98
GMHakobyan Aram2603IMDavtyan Artur2453
28
1011
GMHarutyunyan Tigran K.2567WGMVaishali R2419
40
1143
IMFarahat Ali2392GMPaichadze Luka2566
12
1251
IMDanielyan Vahe2335IMSturt Raven2485
20
1327
IMShahinyan David2469FMAlaverdyan Gevorg2320
55
1437
Gholami Orimi Mahdi243044GMHarsha Bharathakoti2517
16
1538
FMDaghli Arash242744IMMitrabha Guha2479
23
1644
IMKrishna Teja N238544IMGharibyan Mamikon2471
26
1747
FMOhanyan Emin237344IMShyaamnikhil P2453
29
1849
IMSidhant Mohapatra236744IMUrazayev Arystanbek2451
30
1950
FMBarseghyan Armen Ar.235644IMSchekachikhin Maksim2448
31
2056
FMAtakhan Abtin231944GMBabujian Levon2447
32

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Links

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