Sheikh Russel GM R7: Srinath's 103-move long draw
GM Srinath Narayanan had a 103-move long marathon draw with GM Misratdin Iskandarov (AZE) in the seventh round of Sheikh Russel International GM 2021. Srinath is still in the lead 6.0/7. He is followed by three players at a half point behind, GMs Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR), Masoud Mosadeghpour (IRI) and Vugar Rasulov (AZE). Nine players including four Indians are at 5.0/9. They are - GM Shyam Sundar M, IMs Mitrabha Guha, Aditya Mittal and Koustav Chatterjee. Mitrabha and Aditya drew with Rasulov and Shyam respectively, Koustav beat IM Vignesh N R. Round 8 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Bangladesh Chess Federation
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 - Srinath: 0.5-0.5
GM Misratdin Iskandarov (AZE) and GM Srinath Narayanan had a 103-move long marathon draw.
Srijit - Debashis: 1-0
IM Srijit Paul capitalized on his opponent GM Debashis Das' positional mistake in the middlegame.
21...Ra4 turns things in White's favor. Find out how.
Highlights
A few interesting finishes from Round 7
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 |
Links
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57-year-old Michal Krasenkow wins Sheikh Russel GM 2021
@ 28/10/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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Sheikh Russel GM R8: Rasulov ends Srinath's unbeaten run
@ 27/10/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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Sheikh Russel GM R6: Srinath extends his lead by a full point
@ 25/10/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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Sheikh Russel GM R5: Aditya Mittal beats Debashis Das
@ 24/10/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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Sheikh Russel GM R4: Srinath scores a crushing victory to take sole lead 4.0/4
@ 23/10/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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Sheikh Russel GM R3: Neelash Saha beats Deepan Chakkravarthy
@ 22/10/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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Sheikh Russel GM R2: Srinath catches Ziaur Rahman off-guard
@ 21/10/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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Sheikh Russel GM R1: Arpita Mukherjee stuns Ulvi Sadikhov
@ 20/10/2021 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |