Joytu Sheikh Hasina GM R4-6: Mitrabha and Sankalp in the lead 5.0/6

by Shahid Ahmed - 25/09/2021

IM Sankalp Gupta beat IM Mitrabha Guha in the sixth round to share the lead at 5.0/6 in Joyu Sheikh Hasina International GM 2021. IM Aronyak Ghosh, IM Nubairshah Shaikh and IM Sayantan Das are just a half point behind at 4.5/6 each respectively. Mitrabha went for Sankalp's rook by giving up two minor pieces. Initially at a first glance it may look interesting but in reality it was just the opposite. Aronyak beat Taibur Rahman (BAN) and Sayantan drew with fellow countryman Deep to maintain their chase. Aronyak will face Mitrabha and Sankalp will go against Sayantan in the seventh round. Round 7 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Sankalp prevents Mitrabha's double hat-trick

IM Mitrabha Guha was enjoying a full point lead at the end of round 5 with a 100% score 5.0/5. He seemed almost unstoppable until he faced IM Sankalp Gupta in the sixth round who beat him to share the lead at 5.0/6 each respectively.

Sankalp beat Mitrabha to join the lead | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

The tournament logo | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Round 4: Mitrabha - Sayantan: 1-0

IM Sayantan Das needed to trade his bishops with IM Mitrabha Guha's knights.

Position after 22.h3

22...Bxd2 23.Qxd2 Bxf3 24.Qxf4 Rxf4 25.gxf3 a5 and now Black is out of the woods. The resultant double rook endgame is equal and it should lead to a draw. The game continued 22...Bd7 23.Qe1 and eventually Black had to pay a heavy price for not getting rid of the knights.

Mitrabha beat Sayantan to maintain his sole lead 4.0/4 | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

IM Aronyak Ghosh drew with GM Ziaur Rahman | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Koustav - Sammed: 1-0

IM Koustav Chatterjee defeated IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete in a topsy-turvy game which could have gone either player's way.

Position after 24..Qa3

Both 25.Qd1 and 25.Qxc7 are good enough for White. However, Koustav chose 25.Re3 which allowed Black to get back in the game 25...Qxc1+ 26.Rxc1 Bd6.

Position after 31.g4

31...Rh4 makes sure that Black maintains a firm grip in the position. However, 31...Bxe5 was played and White pounced on the opportunity 32.gxh5 and eventually converted the advantage to a full point.

Koustav and Sammed had an interesting game | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Kislinsky - Sankalp: 0-1

IM Sankalp Gupta got himself a good position in the middlegame after his opponent, GM Alexey Kislinsky (CZE) lost a valuable tempi and then decided to give up an exchange.

Position after 20.Ne3

20.Ne3 allowed Black to play 20...f4 21.N3c2 g5 22.Be4 Bh3 23.Qh5 Qh6 24.Qxh6 Bxh6 25.Nf3 Bxf1. White managed to equalize soon, however Black played the endgame better and walked away with a full point.

GM Deep Sengupta was held to a draw by Sourath Biswas | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

WIM Arpita Mukherjee salvaged a draw against GM Enamul Hossain | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Round 5: Nubairshah - Mitrabha: 0-1

IM Nubairshah Shaikh made an inaccuracy in the endgame which completely turned things in his opponent, IM Mitrabha Guha's favor.

Position after 28.R1d2

White needed to play 28.Kg3 and everything would have been fine. 28...Rxb2 would have met with 29.Rxa7 Rcc2 30.h3 Rh2 31.f5 and the position is level. 28.R1d2 allowed Black to gain a valuable pawn 28...Rxb2 which eventually proved to be a deciding factor of the game.

Sayantan - Koustav: 1-0

Sayantan made a short work of Koustav in just 22 moves.

Position after 18.Nxg7

18.Nxg7 is a perfectly logical move. 18...Kxg7 19.Qh5 and now Black needed to play 19...Be6 or Re6. Giving away the dark squared bishop 19...Bxe5 was a huge positional mistake which caused the game to end the game prematurely for Black in another three moves.

Top seed GM Andrey Sumets (UKR) drew with GM Ziaur Rahman (BAN) | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete defeated IM Abu Sufian Shakil (BAN) | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Sourath Biswas drew with GM Enamul Hossain (BAN) | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Round 6: Mitrabha - Sankalp: 0-1

Mitrabha made a choice to take a rook for two minor pieces. It eventually turned out to be an incorrect decision.

Position after 15...0-0

16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qe3 and White is doing fine. However, White opted for 16.Bxe7 Qxd2 17.Bxf8 Bxf8 18.Qxc6 may look interesting for White, however Black has 18...Rb8. Since the position is completely open, the bishop pair becoming a menace for White was just a matter of time which is exactly what happened.

Deep and Sayantan made a quick 14-move draw | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

GM Andrey Sumets was held to a draw by IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

GM Alexey Kislinsky (CZE) lost to IM Nubairshah Shaikh | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

GM Enamul Hossain (BAN) drew with FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed (BAN) | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Shafiq Ahmed (BAN) lost to IM Neelash Saha | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Top boards in action | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Highlights

Here are a few interesting finishes from Round 4-6:

GM Deep Sengupta drew with Sourath Biswas, Round 4

FM Debaraj Chatterjee (BAN) defeated IM Neelash Saha, Round 4

Anata Choudhury (BAN) lost to Sajid Sakline Mostafa (BAN), Round 4

IM Sayatan Das defeated IM Koustav Chatterjee, Round 5

GM Alexey Kislinsky (CZE) lost to IM Nubairshah Shaikh, Round 6

FM Debaraj Chatterjee (BAN) drew with GM Masoud Mosadeghpour (IRI), Round 6

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Joytu Sheikh Hasina International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2021 Round 6 Live stream | Video: Bangladesh Chess Federation

Replay Round 4-6 games

Round 6 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	No.
1	5	IM	Mitrabha Guha		IND	2467	5	0 - 1	4	IM	Sankalp Gupta		IND	2433	8
2	3	GM	Sengupta Deep		IND	2527	3½	½ - ½	4	IM	Das Sayantan		IND	2431	10
3	1	GM	Sumets Andrey		UKR	2541	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete		IND	2412	14
4	12	GM	Rahman Ziaur		BAN	2424	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Malakhatko Vadim		BEL	2447	6
5	7	IM	Aronyak Ghosh		IND	2440	3½	1 - 0	3½	FM	Rahman Md. Taibur		BAN	2199	32
6	20	GM	Kislinsky Alexey		CZE	2328	3½	0 - 1	3½	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh		IND	2432	9
7	11	IM	Koustav Chatterjee		IND	2431	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Srijit Paul		IND	2312	21
8	17	GM	Hossain Enamul		BAN	2402	3	½ - ½	3½	FM	Ahmed Sheikh Nasir		BAN	2185	34
9	24	IM	Mohammad Minhaz Uddin		BAN	2279	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan		IRI	2536	2
10	30	FM	Chatterjee Debaraj		BAN	2206	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Mosadeghpour Masoud		IRI	2486	4
11	39		Ahmed Shafiq		BAN	2127	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Neelash Saha		IND	2418	13
12	51		Hossain Showkat Pollab		BAN	1997	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Zubarev Alexander		UKR	2409	15
13	22		Subhayan Kundu		IND	2301	3	1 - 0	3		Sourath Biswas		IND	2219	29
14	33	CM	Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan		SRI	2197	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Abdyjapar Asyl		KGZ	2409	16
15	41	CM	Sadnan Hasan Dihan		BAN	2106	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Mohammad Fahad Rahman		BAN	2339	18

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	No.
1	7	IM	Aronyak Ghosh		IND	2440	4½		5	IM	Mitrabha Guha		IND	2467	5
2	8	IM	Sankalp Gupta		IND	2433	5		4½	IM	Das Sayantan		IND	2431	10
3	2	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan		IRI	2536	4		4½	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh		IND	2432	9
4	13	IM	Neelash Saha		IND	2418	4		4	GM	Sumets Andrey		UKR	2541	1
5	14	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete		IND	2412	4		4	GM	Sengupta Deep		IND	2527	3
6	6	GM	Malakhatko Vadim		BEL	2447	4		4		Subhayan Kundu		IND	2301	22
7	15	GM	Zubarev Alexander		UKR	2409	4		4	IM	Koustav Chatterjee		IND	2431	11
8	34	FM	Ahmed Sheikh Nasir		BAN	2185	4		4	GM	Rahman Ziaur		BAN	2424	12
9	21	IM	Srijit Paul		IND	2312	4		3½	GM	Kislinsky Alexey		CZE	2328	20
10	4	GM	Mosadeghpour Masoud		IRI	2486	3½		3½	IM	Abu Sufian Shakil		BAN	2242	26
11	32	FM	Rahman Md. Taibur		BAN	2199	3½		3½	GM	Hossain Enamul		BAN	2402	17
12	18	IM	Mohammad Fahad Rahman		BAN	2339	3½		3½	FM	Piyumantha M Sasith Nipun		SRI	2231	27
13	25		Sanket Chakravarty		IND	2243	3½		3½	FM	Chatterjee Debaraj		BAN	2206	30
14	16	IM	Abdyjapar Asyl		KGZ	2409	3		3		Hossain Showkat Pollab		BAN	1997	51
15	29		Sourath Biswas		IND	2219	3		3	IM	Lodhi Mahmood		PAK	2334	19

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