Sheikh Russel GM R5: Aditya Mittal beats Debashis Das

by Shahid Ahmed - 24/10/2021

GM Srinath Narayanan made a quick 16-move draw with GM Vugar Asadli (AZE) to maintain his lead 4.5/5 at the conclusion of the fifth round of Sheikh Russel International GM 2021. GM Masoud Mosadeghpour (IRI) beat IM Mitrabha Guha to join Srinath in the lead. Six players are at a half point behind 4.0/5 each. IM Aditya Mittal is the only Indian among them. He scored a nice win over GM Debashis Das where the former showed great positional understanding. IMs Harikrishnan A Ra and Fahad Rahman (BAN) beat GMs Stanislav Savchenko (UKR) and Ulvi Sadikhov (AZE) respectively. Round 6 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Niklesh Jain

Masoud joins Srinath in the lead

IM Neelash Saha held the top seed of the tournament, GM Sergei Tiviakov (NED) to a solid draw. IMs Seyed Khalil Mousavi (IRI), Vignesh N R, Aronyak Ghosh, Shahil Dey held GMs Misratdin Iskandarov (AZE), Niaz Murshed (BAN), Enamul Hossain (BAN) and Vadim Malakhatko (BEL) to a draw each respectively.

IM Aditya Mittal scored a very nice victory over GM Debashis Das | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Masoud - Shyam: 1-0

GM Shyam Sundar M got himself in a very good position in the endgame against GM Masoud Mosadeghpour (IRI).

Position after 44.Nf4+

One of the best chance Black had in the endgame was in the above position. 44...Bxf4 45.Kxf4 Re8 and Black should win this comfortably. The game continued 44...Kc6 and eventually Black took the f-pawn at an inopportune moment which allowed White to get back in the game and win.

Bernadskiy - Mitrabha: 1-0

Things did not start well for IM Mitrabha Guha against GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR).

Position after 18.Be3

White should have taken 18.Qxf7+ which would be a pleasant position for him. However, 18.Be3 gives Black a chance to fight back via 18...Rxe3 19.fxe3 Be7. Black is now out of the woods. The game continued 18...Qc6 19.Qxf7+ and things started falling apart for Black.

GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy 4.0/5 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Aditya - Debashis: 1-0

IM Aditya Mittal scored a fine victory over GM Debashis Das who made a strange retreat of his bishop early in the game. It cost him some valuable time.

Position after 25...b6

25...b6 is a big mistake. Find out why. 25...Nc6 would have been a better continuation for Black, although White still has a very good position.

Highlights

A few interesting finishes from Round 5

GM Masoud Mosadeghpour (IRI) defeated GM Shyam Sundar M

GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR) defeated IM Mitrabha Guha

GM Andrey Sumets (UKR) defeated IM Abdimalik Abdisalimov (UZB)

Replay Round 5 games

The tournament is taking place at Hotel Purbani International, Dhaka in Bangladesh from 19th to 27th October 2021. Time control is 90'/40 + 30' + 30" per move. Round 1-8 starts at 3 p.m. local time (2:30 p.m. IST). Round 9 will start at 11:00 a.m. local time (10:30 a.m. IST).

Round 5 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Asadli Vugar		U20	AZE	2585	3½	½ - ½	4	GM	Narayanan Srinath			IND	2540	7
2	13	IM	Mousavi Seyed Khalil			IRI	2510	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Iskandarov Misratdin			AZE	2552	6
3	17	GM	Mosadeghpour Masoud			IRI	2486	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Shyam Sundar M.			IND	2518	10
4	3	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy			UKR	2580	3	1 - 0	3½	IM	Mitrabha Guha		U20	IND	2479	18
5	1	GM	Tiviakov Sergei			NED	2600	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Neelash Saha		U20	IND	2421	36
6	9	GM	Stany G.A.			IND	2522	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Laxman R.R.			IND	2411	38
7	23	IM	Aditya Mittal		U16	IND	2447	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Debashis Das			IND	2501	14
8	15	GM	Sumets Andrey			UKR	2497	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Abdisalimov Abdimalik		U20	UZB	2406	40
9	41	GM	Karthikeyan P.			IND	2404	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Rasulov Vugar			AZE	2452	22
10	45	GM	Himanshu Sharma			IND	2394	3	0 - 1	2½	GM	Krasenkow Michal		S50	POL	2578	4
11	5	GM	Solodovnichenko Yuri			UKR	2577	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Mirzoev Azer			AZE	2438	31
12	35	GM	Karpatchev Aleksandr		S50	RUS	2427	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.			IND	2535	8
13	37	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete			IND	2413	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Visakh N R			IND	2515	12
14	16		Pranav V		U16	IND	2489	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Koustav Chatterjee		U18	IND	2431	33
15	19	GM	Savchenko Stanislav		S50	UKR	2473	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra		U20	IND	2429	34

Details

Round 6 pairings

Bo.

No.

Name

Typ

FED

Rtg

Pts.

Result

Pts.

Name

Typ

FED

Rtg

No.

Narayanan Srinath

IND

2540

4½

2486

2510

U20

2585

2497

2580

2552

U16

2447

2438

3½

2600

U18

2431

3½

S50

2578

U20

2429

3½

Solodovnichenko Yuri

UKR

2577

Mohammad Fahad Rahman

U18

BAN

2330

3½

2522

2518

3½

2411

2515

3½

S50

2427

U20

2479

3½

2404

2452

3½

U20

2332

U20

2421

3½

2453

2501

2396

Rios Cristhian Camilo

2457

2335

Links

Tournament Regulations

Bangladesh Chess Federation

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