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.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	6	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	2607	5½	½ - ½	5	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2570	9
2	10	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2568	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2647	1
3	14	GM	Goganov Aleksey	2557	5	1 - 0	4½	GM	Hakobyan Aram	2603	8
4	4	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2634	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Shahinyan David	2469	27
5	20	IM	Sturt Raven	2485	4½	0 - 1	4½	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.	2562	13
6	28	IM	Davtyan Artur	2453	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Gukesh D	2640	2
7	31	IM	Schekachikhin Maksim	2448	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Sargsyan Shant	2640	3
8	32	GM	Babujian Levon	2447	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2618	5
9	33	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2435	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2605	7
10	12	GM	Paichadze Luka	2566	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Danielyan Vahe	2335	51
11	50	FM	Barseghyan Armen Ar.	2356	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2543	15
12	18	GM	Mikaelyan Arman	2487	4	1 - 0	4	FM	Dilanyan Grigor	2214	72
13	64	FM	Chkhaidze Nikoloz	2262	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Mosadeghpour Masoud	2486	19
14	21	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2483	4	1 - 0	4		Chaqryan Erik	2181	80
15	46	IM	Moksh Amit Doshi	2379	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Harutyunyan Tigran K.	2567	11
16	55	FM	Alaverdyan Gevorg	2320	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Quparadze Giga	2495	17
17	23	IM	Mitrabha Guha	2479	3½	½ - ½	3½	FM	Ohanyan Emin	2373	47
18	26	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	2471	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	2367	49
19	30	IM	Urazayev Arystanbek	2451	3½	½ - ½	3½	FM	Atakhan Abtin	2319	56
20	34	IM	Petriashvili Nikoloz	2432	3½	1 - 0	3½	FM	Hakemi Arman	2323	53

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	14	GM	Goganov Aleksey	2557	6		6	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	2607	6
2	1	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2647	5½		5½	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2634	4
3	9	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2570	5½		5½	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2568	10
4	13	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.	2562	5½		5	GM	Sargsyan Shant	2640	3
5	5	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2618	5		5	GM	Mikaelyan Arman	2487	18
6	7	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2605	5		5	GM	Mosadeghpour Masoud	2486	19
7	15	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2543	5		5	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2483	21
8	2	GM	Gukesh D	2640	4½		4½	IM	Petriashvili Nikoloz	2432	34
9	8	GM	Hakobyan Aram	2603	4½		4½	IM	Davtyan Artur	2453	28
10	11	GM	Harutyunyan Tigran K.	2567	4½		4½	WGM	Vaishali R	2419	40
11	43	IM	Farahat Ali	2392	4½		4½	GM	Paichadze Luka	2566	12
12	51	IM	Danielyan Vahe	2335	4½		4½	IM	Sturt Raven	2485	20
13	27	IM	Shahinyan David	2469	4½		4½	FM	Alaverdyan Gevorg	2320	55
14	37		Gholami Orimi Mahdi	2430	4		4	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	2517	16
15	38	FM	Daghli Arash	2427	4		4	IM	Mitrabha Guha	2479	23
16	44	IM	Krishna Teja N	2385	4		4	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	2471	26
17	47	FM	Ohanyan Emin	2373	4		4	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	2453	29
18	49	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	2367	4		4	IM	Urazayev Arystanbek	2451	30
19	50	FM	Barseghyan Armen Ar.	2356	4		4	IM	Schekachikhin Maksim	2448	31
20	56	FM	Atakhan Abtin	2319	4		4	GM	Babujian Levon	2447	32

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