Nitish or Viani - who will win the 1st Indore International GM Open?
The penultimate round of the 1st Indore International GM Open was very intense - no less than 7 players were fighting to get the sole lead! Two players succeeded in their pursuit, while others drew their games. IM Viani D'Cunha took down the tournament top seed Levan Pantsulaia, and IM Nitish Belurkar defeated GM Boris Savchenko in the top board. As it stands right now, both Viani and Nitish have 7.5/9 points going into the final round, while 4 other players follow them with 7/9. Who do you think will take it home? The final round starts today from 10 AM IST. Photo: Himank Ghosh
A fantastic game by Nitish
Boris Savchenko is a strong Grandmaster who's a known face in Indian chess tournaments. That's what makes it all the more impressive - IM Nitish Belurkar played a near-perfect game to take down Boris with the Black pieces!
Round 9: GM Boris Savchenko - IM Nitish Belurkar: 0-1
Nitish seemed to be in better preparation for the Sicilian 4 knights, hence getting a small advantage with the Black pieces early in the game. This is where Boris started going wrong:
The Queen is actually not very well-placed on f3 - the Knight would've been much more effective on that square. Nitish correctly continued with 21...Qf7, doubling in the semi-open c-file. A few moves later. in came the famous Sicilian sacrifice:
Positionally. White is already lost due to the ruptured queenside pawn structure, weak central pawn and no attack on the Kingside. While Boris tried his best to come up with defensive resources, Nitish converted this very smoothly to a win. It's very hard to suggest an exact moment where White went wrong - such games are always satisfying!
IM Viani Antonio Dcunha - GM Levan Pantsulaia: 1-0
This was a tactical masterpiece by IM Viani Dcunha. One mistake by Levan and it was all over pretty quick:
Viani found a very nice way to exploit this - he went 20. Qc2! followed by 21. Qe2, creating a powerful pin on the queen and starting operations on the weak kingside. The International Master went on to win the game in beautiful fashion in the next few moves!
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All the Round 9 games
Round 9 results
| Bo. | No. | Name | Gr | Typ | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Gr | Typ | Rtg | Club/City | No. | PGN | ||||
| 1 | 3 | GM | Savchenko, Boris | 2540 | FID | 6½ | 0 - 1 | 6½ | IM | Nitish, Belurkar | 2426 | GOA | 15 | PGN | ||||||
| 2 | 42 | FM | Harsh, Suresh | U19 | 2261 | TN | 6½ | ½ - ½ | 6½ | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | 2534 | WB | 4 | PGN | |||||
| 3 | 12 | GM | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. | 2432 | ICF | 6½ | ½ - ½ | 6½ | IM | Audi, Ameya | 2387 | GOA | 23 | PGN | ||||||
| 4 | 24 | IM | Viani, Antonio Dcunha | 2385 | KAR | 6½ | 1 - 0 | 6 | GM | Pantsulaia, Levan | 2597 | GEO | 1 | PGN | ||||||
| 5 | 22 | IM | Padmini, Rout | 2388 | ODI | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | GM | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | 2568 | GEO | 2 | PGN | ||||||
| 6 | 48 | Dhananjay, S | 2234 | CG | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | GM | Krasenkow, Michal | S60 | 2527 | POL | 5 | PGN | ||||||
| 7 | 6 | GM | Paichadze, Luka | 2515 | GEO | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | GM | Teterev, Vitaly | 2377 | FID | 25 | PGN | ||||||
| 8 | 16 | GM | Stupak, Kirill | 2413 | FID | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | IM | Anuj, Shrivatri | U19 | 2407 | MP | 17 | PGN | |||||
| 9 | 11 | GM | Mirzoev, Azer | 2437 | AZE | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 6 | FM | Wagh, Suyog | 2313 | MAH | 33 | PGN | ||||||
| 10 | 50 | Kaustuv, Kundu | 2217 | WB | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | GM | Sengupta, Deep | 2484 | PSPB | 8 | PGN | |||||||
| 11 | 18 | IM | Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H. | 2405 | TEL | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | CM | Nayak, Rajesh | 2145 | ODI | 57 | PGN | ||||||
| 12 | 54 | FM | Matta, Vinay Kumar | 2190 | UBI | 5½ | ½ - ½ | 5½ | GM | Hossain, Enamul | 2404 | BAN | 19 | PGN | ||||||
| 13 | 21 | IM | Nitin, S. | 2398 | TN | 5½ | ½ - ½ | 5½ | AFM | Pawar, Harshit | U19 | 1992 | DEL | 93 | PGN | |||||
| 14 | 55 | FM | Jaiswal, Rupesh | 2153 | NEP | 5½ | 0 - 1 | 5½ | IM | Utsab, Chatterjee | 2338 | WB | 29 | PGN | ||||||
| 15 | 56 | Dere, Pushkar | 2152 | MAH | 5½ | ½ - ½ | 5½ | IM | Raahul, V S | 2306 | TN | 35 | PGN |
Standings after Round 9
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | Rp | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 15 | IM | Nitish, Belurkar | IND | 2426 | GOA | 7,5 | 50,5 | 53,5 | 43,00 | 0 | 6 | 2594 | 10 | 21,5 | |||
| 2 | 24 | IM | Viani, Antonio Dcunha | IND | 2385 | KAR | 7,5 | 48 | 52 | 42,50 | 0 | 6 | 2523 | 10 | 21,9 | |||
| 3 | 4 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | IND | 2534 | WB | 7 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 37,75 | 0 | 5 | 2511 | 10 | 1,6 | |||
| 4 | 42 | FM | Harsh, Suresh | U19 | IND | 2261 | TN | 7 | 46,5 | 51 | 38,25 | 0 | 6 | 2499 | 20 | 60,4 | ||
| 5 | 12 | GM | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2432 | ICF | 7 | 45,5 | 49 | 36,50 | 0 | 5 | 2370 | 10 | 1,6 | |||
| 6 | 23 | IM | Audi, Ameya | IND | 2387 | GOA | 7 | 45 | 48,5 | 36,25 | 0 | 6 | 2480 | 10 | 14,4 | |||
| 7 | 5 | GM | Krasenkow, Michal | S60 | POL | 2527 | POL | 6,5 | 48,5 | 53 | 36,75 | 0 | 5 | 2366 | 10 | -10,4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | GM | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | GEO | 2568 | GEO | 6,5 | 48,5 | 52,5 | 37,00 | 0 | 4 | 2394 | 10 | -8,8 | |||
| 9 | 6 | GM | Paichadze, Luka | GEO | 2515 | GEO | 6,5 | 48 | 52 | 35,00 | 0 | 5 | 2386 | 10 | -5,9 | |||
| 10 | 3 | GM | Savchenko, Boris | FID | 2540 | FID | 6,5 | 46 | 49,5 | 34,50 | 0 | 6 | 2372 | 10 | -7,8 | |||
| 11 | 16 | GM | Stupak, Kirill | FID | 2413 | FID | 6,5 | 46 | 48 | 31,25 | 0 | 4 | 2447 | 10 | 9,2 | |||
| 12 | 22 | IM | Padmini, Rout | w | IND | 2388 | ODI | 6,5 | 43,5 | 47,5 | 32,75 | 0 | 5 | 2270 | 10 | -6,3 | ||
| 13 | 48 | Dhananjay, S | IND | 2234 | CG | 6,5 | 43 | 45,5 | 29,25 | 0 | 6 | 2249 | 20 | 11,8 | ||||
| 14 | 11 | GM | Mirzoev, Azer | AZE | 2437 | AZE | 6,5 | 42,5 | 46,5 | 32,75 | 0 | 6 | 2268 | 10 | -8,2 | |||
| 15 | 98 | Arpan, Das | IND | 1981 | WB | 6,5 | 42,5 | 44,5 | 29,00 | 0 | 6 | 2354 | 20 | 79,4 |
Round 10 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Name | Gr | Typ | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Gr | Typ | Rtg | Club/City | No. | ||||
| 1 | 15 | IM | Nitish, Belurkar | 2426 | GOA | 7½ | 7 | FM | Harsh, Suresh | U19 | 2261 | TN | 42 | ||||||
| 2 | 23 | IM | Audi, Ameya | 2387 | GOA | 7 | 7½ | IM | Viani, Antonio Dcunha | 2385 | KAR | 24 | |||||||
| 3 | 4 | IM | Aronyak, Ghosh | 2534 | WB | 7 | 7 | GM | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. | 2432 | ICF | 12 | |||||||
| 4 | 2 | GM | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | 2568 | GEO | 6½ | 6½ | IM | Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H. | 2405 | TEL | 18 | |||||||
| 5 | 22 | IM | Padmini, Rout | 2388 | ODI | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Savchenko, Boris | 2540 | FID | 3 | |||||||
| 6 | 5 | GM | Krasenkow, Michal | S60 | 2527 | POL | 6½ | 6½ | Kaustuv, Kundu | 2217 | WB | 50 | |||||||
| 7 | 29 | IM | Utsab, Chatterjee | 2338 | WB | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Paichadze, Luka | 2515 | GEO | 6 | |||||||
| 8 | 25 | GM | Teterev, Vitaly | 2377 | FID | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Mirzoev, Azer | 2437 | AZE | 11 | |||||||
| 9 | 98 | Arpan, Das | 1981 | WB | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Stupak, Kirill | 2413 | FID | 16 | ||||||||
| 10 | 17 | IM | Anuj, Shrivatri | U19 | 2407 | MP | 6½ | 6½ | Dhananjay, S | 2234 | CG | 48 | |||||||
| 11 | 9 | GM | Fedorov, Alexei | 2477 | FID | 6 | 6½ | Dhruva, Thota | U19 | 1705 | TEL | 178 | |||||||
| 12 | 1 | GM | Pantsulaia, Levan | 2597 | GEO | 6 | 6 | IM | Saravana, Krishnan P. | 2284 | TN | 38 | |||||||
| 13 | 40 | FM | Zhakshylykov, Erzhan | U19 | 2274 | KGZ | 6 | 6 | IM | Neelash, Saha | 2444 | WB | 10 | ||||||
| 14 | 13 | IM | Srihari, L R | U19 | 2432 | TN | 6 | 6 | AGM | Vignesh, B | U19 | 2262 | TN | 41 | |||||
| 15 | 19 | GM | Hossain, Enamul | 2404 | BAN | 6 | 6 | Dere, Pushkar | 2152 | MAH | 56 |
The 1st Indore International GM Open 2023 is taking place in Emerald Heights International School, Indore. The total prize fund of this mega event is Rs. 33 lakhs. The event is being organized by the Malwanchal Chess Club and All Indore Chess Federation, under the Madhya Pradesh Ad Hoc Chess Committee. This is a 10-round classical swiss event which will run from 1st April 2023 - 8th April 2023. The time control of the event is 90 minutes +30 seconds increment. The 10th and final round starts from 8th April 10 AM IST.
Important links
Emerald Heights International School Indore Facebook page
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