MPL 59th National Senior R6: Sethuraman topples Abhijeet, joins Mitrabha in the lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/12/2022

GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB) defeated the tournament leader GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB) in the sixth round of MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship. Abhijeet ignored Sethuraman's attack on the kingside and had to pay a heavy price for it. Meanwhile, GM Mitrabha Guha (WB) converted his minute endgame advantage into a full point against GM Visakh N R (RSPB). Both Sethuraman and Mitrabha are at 5.5/6 each. They are followed by four players - GM Abhijeet, GM Venkatesh M R (PSPB), IM Aronyak Ghosh (RSPB) and IM Mehar Chinna Reddy C H (RSPB) at 5/6 each. The tournament leaders will face each other in the seventh round, which starts today at 2 p.m. IST today. Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

Abhijeet, Venkatesh, Aronyak and Mehar at 5/6

Both untitled, Utkal Ranjan Sahoo (ODI) and Hari Madhavan N B (TN) are continuing their good form. They drew with GM Leon Luke Mendonca (Goa) and GM Iniyan P (TN) respectively.

GM Sethuraman S P is one of the leaders 5.5/6 along with... | Photo: FIDE/Mark Livshitz

...GM Mitrabha Guha 5.5/6 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Sethuraman - Abhijeet: 1-0

GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB, 2601) ignored the attack on his kingside and moved his queen away from the action point. GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB, 2642) pounced on his chance.

Position after 28.Nh5

Black needed to retort 28...Nc5 29.Nd4 Nd3 to keep things balanced. 28...Qa5 moving the queen away and attacking the c3-pawn was certainly not ideal. 29.Nxg7 Kxg7 30.f5 Nf4 31.Qe4 g5 32.Qc6 Rf8 33.Be3 Rxd1 34.Rxd1 Nh5 35.Rd7 and Black resigned.

Mitrabha - Visakh

Position after 34...Bd7

GM Mitrabha Guha (WB, 2487) could have gained material here 35.Be4 threatening Rc4 in the next move. Even 35.g4 followed by Be4 and Rc4 would have had similar effect. GM Visakh N R (RSPB, 2544) is unable to get his knights out of the bind. He probably saw this and wanted a more clear and safer way to gain the advantage. Thus, he went 35.Rc4 directly and won the game in another 30 moves.

Hari Madhavan - Iniyan

Position after 45.h8Q

Double IM-norm holder, Hari Madhavan N B (TN, 2385) promoted a queen against GM Iniyan P (TN, 2507). Well it is winning for White, however practically it is not easy to execute as Black had a few tricks up his sleeve. 45...Bd7 46.Qc1? Rxg2+! 47.Kxg2 Nd3 48.Qxc2 Ne1+ 49.Kf1 Nxc2 50.Qh2+ e5 51.Qxc2 and now White's winning chances have completely evaporated. Black can easily create a fortress which White cannot break through. The game continued for another 71 moves before both players agreed to a draw.

A total of 196 players including 18 GMs and 27 IMs are taking part in this tournament organized by Delhi Chess Association. The event is taking place in New Delhi from 22nd December 2022 to 3rd January 20233. The 13-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds from move no.1

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Round 6 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	1	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2642	4½	1 - 0	5	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2601	3	PGN
2	14	GM	Mitrabha Guha	2487	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Visakh N R	2544	5	PGN
3	8	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	2508	4	½ - ½	4½	IM	Aronyak Ghosh	2521	7	PGN
4	4	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2566	4	½ - ½	4		Sahoo Utkal Ranjan	2333	46	PGN
5	32		Hari Madhavan N B	2385	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Iniyan P	2507	9	PGN
6	55	IM	Ratnakaran K.	2304	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2459	19	PGN
7	69		Garv Rai	2181	4	0 - 1	4	IM	Mehar Chinna Reddy C.H.	2405	27	PGN
8	82		Bharadia Yash	2117	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Kushagra Mohan	2390	29	PGN
9	10	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2503	3½	1 - 0	4		Dere Pushkar	2114	83	PGN
10	12	IM	Vignesh N R	2493	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Vardaan Nagpal	2329	47	PGN
11	50	IM	Raahul V S	2325	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	2490	13	PGN
12	15	GM	Sengupta Deep	2486	3½	1 - 0	3½	CM	Soham Kamotra	2329	48	PGN
13	16	IM	Krishna C R G	2480	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.	2244	59	PGN
14	64		Sai Vishwesh.C	2219	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2475	17	PGN
15	18	IM	Das Sayantan	2475	3½	0 - 1	3½		Subhayan Kundu	2319	51	PGN
16	22	IM	Harshavardhan G B	2434	3½	½ - ½	3½	FM	Mohamed Anees M	2237	63	PGN
17	23	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	2433	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Rajesh V A V	2314	53	PGN
18	52	GM	Karthikeyan P.	2316	3½	0 - 1	3½	IM	Srihari L R	2429	25	PGN
19	28	IM	Audi Ameya	2401	3½	1 - 0	3½		Nagare Kaivalya Sandip	2124	80	PGN
20	30	FM	Panesar Vedant	2387	3½	½ - ½	3½		Shet Prajwal P	2064	89	PGN

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	14	GM	Mitrabha Guha	2487	5½		5½	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2642	1
2	3	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2601	5		5	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2459	19
3	7	IM	Aronyak Ghosh	2521	5		5	IM	Mehar Chinna Reddy C.H.	2405	27
4	29	IM	Kushagra Mohan	2390	4½		4½	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2566	4
5	5	GM	Visakh N R	2544	4½		4½		Hari Madhavan N B	2385	32
6	43	FM	Aaryan Varshney	2346	4½		4½	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	2508	8
7	9	GM	Iniyan P	2507	4½		4½	FM	Ayush Sharma	2341	44
8	46		Sahoo Utkal Ranjan	2333	4½		4½	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2503	10
9	50	IM	Raahul V S	2325	4½		4½	IM	Vignesh N R	2493	12
10	51		Subhayan Kundu	2319	4½		4½	GM	Sengupta Deep	2486	15
11	25	IM	Srihari L R	2429	4½		4½		Bharadia Yash	2117	82
12	99		Adireddy Arjun	1980	4½		4½	IM	Audi Ameya	2401	28
13	6	GM	Shyam Sundar M.	2526	4		4½		Sai Vishwesh.C	2219	64
14	63	FM	Mohamed Anees M	2237	4		4	IM	Krishna C R G	2480	16
15	20	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	2457	4		4	IM	Ratnakaran K.	2304	55
16	59	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.	2244	4		4	IM	Harshavardhan G B	2434	22
17	73		Surendran N	2168	4		4	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	2433	23
18	74		Shreyansh Daklia	2165	4		4	IM	Anuj Shrivatri	2414	26
19	105		Badrinath S.	1938	4		4	FM	Panesar Vedant	2387	30
20	33	GM	Neelotpal Das	2384	4		4		Garv Rai	2181	69

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