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Chhattisgarh CM Trophy GM Masters R7: Six-pack in pursuit

by Shahid Ahmed - 26/09/2022

Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) maintained his sole lead 6.5/7 at Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Trophy GM Masters 2022. He made a quick draw with Mongolia no.3 Tsegmed Batchuluun. Six players are in the chase at 5.5/7 each. They are - IM Tahbaz Arash (IRI), GM Batchuluun, IM Himal Gusain, IM Ajay Karthikeyan, IM Nubairshah Shaikh and IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete. Sammed scored an impressive win against GM Venkatesh M R. Utsab Chatterjee also scored a big win over GM Luka Paichadze (GEO). WGM Divya Deshmukh defeated IM D K Sharma. She is currently the highest scorer among female participants. Round 8 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

Sammed and Utsab score big wins

IM Rajesh Vav, IM Chakravarthi Reddy, Srihari L, Praloy Sahoo and Kaivalya Sandip Nagare drew with GM Deepan Chakkravarthy, GM Saptarshi Roy, IM Ratnakaran K, IM Viani Antonio Dcunha and WIM Mahalaxmi M. Ilamparthi A R and Harshit Pawar defeated WGM Varshini V and WIM Mrudul Dehankar.

IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete is on a four-game winning streak | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

Venkatesh - Sammed: 0-1

GM Venkatesh (2481) got an advantage out of the Sicilian Pelikan opening. However, his opponent IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete (2387) waited for his opportunity to turn the tables.

Position after 25...Rf2+

Instead of taking on h5, White needed to prevent the rook invasion on the f-file. Thus, 24.Raf1 instead of gxh5 was a safer choice. 24...Rxf1 25.Nxf1 Qe8+ 26.Nde3 and White would have done fine. 24,gxh5 Ne5 25.Qe4 Rf2+ 26.Kd1 Qh8! what a beautiful queen maneuver. White cannot even prevent Qh5 by any means. 27.hxg6 Qh5+ 28.Kc1 Raf8 and Black's attack is too strong for White to defend.

IM Rajesh Vav - GM Deepan Chakkravarthy: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

Utsab - Luka: 1-0

Utsab Chatterjee (2332) got a pleasant position out of the Caro-Kann Exchange variation against GM Luka Paichadze (GEO, 2560).

Position after 18...Qc7

Black needed to play 18...h6 to defend the d5-pawn. Instead, 18...Qc7 dropped it 19.Nb3 Na4 20.Qxd5+ e6 21.Qd2 Rfd8 22.Qf2 White played a bit cautiously but he managed to win the game nevertheless.

Utsab Chatterjee - GM Luka Paichadze (GEO): 1-0 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

GM Saptarshi Roy - IM Chakravarthi Reddy: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

IM Ratnakaran K - Srihari L: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

IM Viani Antonio Dcunha - Praloy Sahoo: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

WGM Divya Deshmukh - IM D K Sharma: 1-0 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

WIM Mahalaxmi M - Kaivalya Sandip Nagare: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

Ilamparthi A R (pictured) - WGM Varshini V: 1-0

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Chhattisgarh CM Trophy GM Masters Tournament Hall tour | Video: ChessBase India

A total of 127 players including 15 GMs, 23 IMs, 3 WGMs and 11 WIMs are taking part from 14 countries across the world including India in the Masters section. The tournament is organized by Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh from 19th to 28th September 2022 at Hotel Grand Imperia in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1.

Replay Round 7 games

Round 7 results

Bo.No. NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/City No.PGN
11
GMPantsulaia Levan2596GEO6½ - ½5GMBatchuluun Tsegmed2478MGL
9PGN
23
GMSavchenko Boris2547RUS½ - ½GMNeverov Valeriy2430UKR
17PGN
36
IMAronyak Ghosh2519WB½ - ½IMHarshavardhan G B2429TN
18PGN
47
IMKoustav Chatterjee2513WB0 - 1IMAjay Karthikeyan2422TN
19PGN
521
IMNitin S.2416TN½ - ½GMMitrabha Guha2471WB
10PGN
611
IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh2461MAH+ - -IMNitish Belurkar2419GOA
20PGN
713
IMNeelash Saha2454WB0 - 1IMGusain Himal2359RLYS
27PGN
835
IMRajesh V A V2331RLYS½ - ½GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.2439RLYS
14PGN
915
IMTahbaz Arash2437IRI1 - 0GMLaxman R.R.2388ICF
22PGN
108
GMVenkatesh M.R.2481TN40 - 1IMSammed Jaykumar Shete2387MAH
24PGN
1134
Utsab Chatterjee2332WB41 - 04GMPaichadze Luka2560GEO
2PGN
1223
GMSaptarshi Roy2388WB4½ - ½4IMChakravarthi Reddy M2306TEL
42PGN
1325
GMNguyen Duc Hoa2365VIE41 - 04FMAaryan Varshney2263DEL
48PGN
1429
IMRatnakaran K.2352RLYS4½ - ½4Srihari L2214PON
58PGN
1568
IMMohota Nisha2166PSPB40 - 14IMRaahul V S2345TN
31PGN
16114
Mahindrakar Indrajeet1979MAH40 - 14FMPanesar Vedant2336MAH
32PGN
1733
FMAradhya Garg2332DEL4½ - ½4CMMayank Chakraborty2044ASS
98PGN
1830
IMViani Antonio Dcunha2348KAR½ - ½4Praloy Sahoo2117WB
79PGN
1953
WIMChitlange Sakshi2252MAH0 - 1GMKrasenkow Michal2545POL
4PGN
2057
CMVaibhav Jayant Raut2243MAH0 - 1GMShyam Sundar M.2526TN
5PGN

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/City No.
111
IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh2461MAHGMPantsulaia Levan2596GEO
1
219
IMAjay Karthikeyan2422TNGMBatchuluun Tsegmed2478MGL
9
324
IMSammed Jaykumar Shete2387MAHIMTahbaz Arash2437IRI
15
427
IMGusain Himal2359RLYS5GMSavchenko Boris2547RUS
3
532
FMPanesar Vedant2336MAH55IMAronyak Ghosh2519WB
6
610
GMMitrabha Guha2471WB55GMNguyen Duc Hoa2365VIE
25
714
GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J.2439RLYS55Utsab Chatterjee2332WB
34
831
IMRaahul V S2345TN55GMNeverov Valeriy2430UKR
17
918
IMHarshavardhan G B2429TN55IMNitin S.2416TN
21
105
GMShyam Sundar M.2526TN5IMRajesh V A V2331RLYS
35
114
GMKrasenkow Michal2545POLWGMDivya Deshmukh2330MAH
36
1258
Srihari L2214PONIMKoustav Chatterjee2513WB
7
1338
Subhayan Kundu2327WBIMNeelash Saha2454WB
13
1422
GMLaxman R.R.2388ICFIMAvinash Ramesh2328TN
37
1579
Praloy Sahoo2117WBGMSaptarshi Roy2388WB
23
1698
CMMayank Chakraborty2044ASSIMRatnakaran K.2352RLYS
29
1742
IMChakravarthi Reddy M2306TELFMAradhya Garg2332DEL
33
1844
FMSourath Biswas2302WB4Omidi Arya2309IRI
41
192
GMPaichadze Luka2560GEO44CMNayak Rajesh2142ODI
74
2072
WIMBommini Mounika Akshaya2152AP44GMVenkatesh M.R.2481TN
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