Bernadskiy, Rasulov and Masoud in the title fray
IM Srijit Paul won against GM Debashis Das. IM Shahil Dey held GM Deepan Chakkravarthy to a draw.
Misratdin Iskandarov (AZE) reduced Srinath's lead | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation
Misratdin - Srinath: 0.5-0.5
GM Misratdin Iskandarov (AZE) and GM Srinath Narayanan had a 103-move long marathon draw.
IM Mitrabha Guha held GM Vugar Asadli (AZE) to a draw | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation
Srijit - Debashis: 1-0
IM Srijit Paul capitalized on his opponent GM Debashis Das' positional mistake in the middlegame.
Position after 21...Ra4
21...Ra4 turns things in White's favor. Find out how.
GM Sergei Tiviakov (NED) defeated IM Abdimalik Abdisalimov (UZB) | Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation
Highlights
A few interesting finishes from Round 7
GM Michal Krasenkow (POL) defeated GM Mikhail Ulybin (RUS)
IM Vignesh N R lost to IM Koustav Chatterjee
GM Stanislav Savchenko (UKR) lost to GM Alexander Zubarev (UKR)
FM M Sasith Nipun Piyumantha (SRI) lost to IM Neelash Saha
Replay Round 7 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 7 results
Round 8 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Name | Gr | Typ | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Gr | Typ | FED | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 22 | GM | Rasulov Vugar | AZE | 2452 | 5½ | 6 | GM | Narayanan Srinath | IND | 2540 | 7 | |||||||
| 2 | 17 | GM | Mosadeghpour Masoud | IRI | 2486 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | UKR | 2580 | 3 | |||||||
| 3 | 33 | IM | Koustav Chatterjee | U18 | IND | 2431 | 5 | 5 | GM | Asadli Vugar | U20 | AZE | 2585 | 2 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | GM | Krasenkow Michal | S50 | POL | 2578 | 5 | 5 | GM | Sumets Andrey | UKR | 2497 | 15 | ||||||
| 5 | 18 | IM | Mitrabha Guha | U20 | IND | 2479 | 5 | 5 | GM | Iskandarov Misratdin | AZE | 2552 | 6 | ||||||
| 6 | 10 | GM | Shyam Sundar M. | IND | 2518 | 5 | 5 | GM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | TUR | 2438 | 30 | |||||||
| 7 | 5 | GM | Solodovnichenko Yuri | UKR | 2577 | 4½ | 5 | IM | Aditya Mittal | U16 | IND | 2447 | 23 | ||||||
| 8 | 32 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | BAN | 2431 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Tiviakov Sergei | NED | 2600 | 1 | |||||||
| 9 | 44 | GM | Zubarev Alexander | UKR | 2395 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Stany G.A. | IND | 2522 | 9 | |||||||
| 10 | 12 | GM | Visakh N R | IND | 2515 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Hossain Enamul | BAN | 2396 | 43 | |||||||
| 11 | 36 | IM | Neelash Saha | U20 | IND | 2421 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Mousavi Seyed Khalil | IRI | 2510 | 13 | ||||||
| 12 | 20 | GM | Rios Cristhian Camilo | COL | 2457 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Harikrishnan.A.Ra | U20 | IND | 2429 | 34 | ||||||
| 13 | 24 | IM | Aronyak Ghosh | U18 | IND | 2445 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Karthikeyan P. | IND | 2404 | 41 | ||||||
| 14 | 38 | GM | Laxman R.R. | IND | 2411 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Malakhatko Vadim | BEL | 2444 | 25 | |||||||
| 15 | 8 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2535 | 4 | 4½ | IM | Srijit Paul | U20 | IND | 2332 | 49 |
