Delhi 10: Amonatov wins; 5 Indians in Top-10
The biggest Open in India, probably the world, came to an end with Tajik GM Farrukh Amonatov taking first place with a quick draw in the final round. GM Diptayan Ghosh finished second as Indians took five of the top ten positions. Niranjan Navalgund scored his first grandmaster norm in the ninth round itself but two more norms were scored. Illustrated report.
Delhi 10: Amonatov wins; 5 Indians in Top-10
Photos by Jitendra Choudhary
Going into the tenth and final round, Indians had a great opportunity to inflict a clean sweep on the top five positions. 18-year-old GM Diptayan Ghosh had the white pieces against the leader GM Amonatov Farrukh, who was half a pointy ahead of him and everyone else. In fact, every white player in the top five boards was an Indian.
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
1 | 3 | GM | Ghosh Diptayan | 2570 | 7½ | ½ - ½ | 8 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2619 | 1 | ||
2 | 5 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2564 | 7 | ½ - ½ | 7½ | GM | Dzhumaev Marat | 2457 | 20 | ||
3 | 15 | IM | Swayams Mishra | 2491 | 7 | ½ - ½ | 7 | GM | Tukhaev Adam | 2516 | 9 | ||
4 | 2 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2587 | 6½ | 1 - 0 | 7 | IM | Visakh N R | 2453 | 21 | ||
5 | 23 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | 2446 | 6½ | ½ - ½ | 6½ | GM | Sivuk Vitaly | 2540 | 8 |
[Event "CatA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ghosh, Diptayan"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:33:10"]
[BlackClock "1:26:37"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ghosh, Diptayan"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:33:10"]
[BlackClock "1:26:37"]
1. d4 {568} d5 {121} 2. c4 {3} e6 {6} 3. Nf3 {3} Nf6 {6} 4. g3 {2} Be7 {32} 5.
Bg2 {4} dxc4 {9} 6. O-O {18} O-O {8} 7. Qc2 {2} a6 {6} 8. Qxc4 {6} b5 {6} 9.
Qc2 {2} Bb7 {9} 10. Bd2 {4} Be4 {25 A tacit draw offer.} 11. Qc1 {4} Bb7 {16}
12. Qc2 {3} Be4 {5} 13. Qc1 {2} Bb7 {6} 14. Qc2 {2} Be4 {5} 1/2-1/2
Bg2 {4} dxc4 {9} 6. O-O {18} O-O {8} 7. Qc2 {2} a6 {6} 8. Qxc4 {6} b5 {6} 9.
Qc2 {2} Bb7 {9} 10. Bd2 {4} Be4 {25 A tacit draw offer.} 11. Qc1 {4} Bb7 {16}
12. Qc2 {3} Be4 {5} 13. Qc1 {2} Bb7 {6} 14. Qc2 {2} Be4 {5} 1/2-1/2
[Event "CatA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:53"]
[BlackClock "0:01:14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:53"]
[BlackClock "0:01:14"]
1. e4 {0} e5 {1082} 2. Nf3 {0} Nc6 {8} 3. Bb5 {49} a6 {11} 4. Ba4 {117} g6 {26}
5. O-O {249} Bg7 {40} 6. c3 {112} d6 {93} 7. Bxc6+ {602} bxc6 {8} 8. d4 {4} f6
{385} 9. Qb3 {245} Qd7 {388} 10. Na3 {450} a5 {439} 11. c4 {626} Nh6 {671} 12.
c5 {858} Nf7 {15} 13. cxd6 {351} cxd6 {10} 14. dxe5 {248} fxe5 {9} 15. Rd1 {224
} O-O {502} 16. Nc4 {638} Qe6 {29} 17. Qc3 {655} Ba6 {1225} 18. Nxa5 {186} Be2
{10} 19. Re1 {9} Bxf3 {35} 20. gxf3 {2} Rxa5 {128} 21. Qxa5 {2} Qh3 {11} 22.
Qc3 {77} d5 {199} 23. f4 {75} Qh5 {9} 24. Qg3 {83} dxe4 {143} 25. Rxe4 Nd6 {112
} 26. Re1 {105} Nf5 {18} 27. Qg5 {36} Qf3 {203} 28. a4 {114} Nd4 {41} 29. Ra3 {
34} exf4 {51} 30. Qg2 {78} Qh5 {73} 31. f3 {21} Qc5 {298} 32. Qf2 {61} Qd5 {67}
33. Kh1 {32} g5 {10} 34. Qg2 {41} h5 {26} 35. Rd3 {25} c5 {28} 36. Bd2 {27} c4
{37} 37. Rc3 {38} Nf5 {60} 38. Rg1 {27} Rf7 {36} 39. Qe2 {34} Nh4 {23} 40. Be1
{27} Bxc3 {22} 41. Bxh4 {26} Bf6 {22} 42. Rd1 {32} Qc6 {23} 43. Rg1 {36} Rg7 {
18} 44. Bf2 {14} Qxa4 {60} 45. Qe6+ {22} Rf7 {7} 46. Qc8+ {56} Kg7 {54} 47. Bh4
{24} Qd7 {41} 48. Qxc4 {23} Qh3 {17} 49. Qxf4 {4} Be7 {33} 50. Rxg5+ {64} Bxg5
{15} 51. Qxg5+ {2} Kf8 {19} 52. Qd8+ {10} Kg7 {6} 53. Qg5+ {41} Kf8 {11}
1/2-1/2
5. O-O {249} Bg7 {40} 6. c3 {112} d6 {93} 7. Bxc6+ {602} bxc6 {8} 8. d4 {4} f6
{385} 9. Qb3 {245} Qd7 {388} 10. Na3 {450} a5 {439} 11. c4 {626} Nh6 {671} 12.
c5 {858} Nf7 {15} 13. cxd6 {351} cxd6 {10} 14. dxe5 {248} fxe5 {9} 15. Rd1 {224
} O-O {502} 16. Nc4 {638} Qe6 {29} 17. Qc3 {655} Ba6 {1225} 18. Nxa5 {186} Be2
{10} 19. Re1 {9} Bxf3 {35} 20. gxf3 {2} Rxa5 {128} 21. Qxa5 {2} Qh3 {11} 22.
Qc3 {77} d5 {199} 23. f4 {75} Qh5 {9} 24. Qg3 {83} dxe4 {143} 25. Rxe4 Nd6 {112
} 26. Re1 {105} Nf5 {18} 27. Qg5 {36} Qf3 {203} 28. a4 {114} Nd4 {41} 29. Ra3 {
34} exf4 {51} 30. Qg2 {78} Qh5 {73} 31. f3 {21} Qc5 {298} 32. Qf2 {61} Qd5 {67}
33. Kh1 {32} g5 {10} 34. Qg2 {41} h5 {26} 35. Rd3 {25} c5 {28} 36. Bd2 {27} c4
{37} 37. Rc3 {38} Nf5 {60} 38. Rg1 {27} Rf7 {36} 39. Qe2 {34} Nh4 {23} 40. Be1
{27} Bxc3 {22} 41. Bxh4 {26} Bf6 {22} 42. Rd1 {32} Qc6 {23} 43. Rg1 {36} Rg7 {
18} 44. Bf2 {14} Qxa4 {60} 45. Qe6+ {22} Rf7 {7} 46. Qc8+ {56} Kg7 {54} 47. Bh4
{24} Qd7 {41} 48. Qxc4 {23} Qh3 {17} 49. Qxf4 {4} Be7 {33} 50. Rxg5+ {64} Bxg5
{15} 51. Qxg5+ {2} Kf8 {19} 52. Qd8+ {10} Kg7 {6} 53. Qg5+ {41} Kf8 {11}
1/2-1/2
[Event "CatA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Black "Tukhaev, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:13:31"]
[BlackClock "0:07:58"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Black "Tukhaev, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:13:31"]
[BlackClock "0:07:58"]
1. d4 {0} Nf6 {77} 2. c4 {0} g6 {3} 3. Nc3 {0} Bg7 {4} 4. e4 {0} d6 {4} 5. Be2
{0} O-O {5} 6. Be3 {8} Na6 {180} 7. g4 {950} c5 {193} 8. d5 {551} b5 {299} 9.
cxb5 {92} Nc7 {14} 10. a4 {74} Rb8 {25} 11. g5 {795} Nh5 {54} 12. Bxh5 {1210}
gxh5 {16} 13. Qxh5 {9} a6 {19} 14. Nge2 {25} axb5 {41} 15. axb5 {73} Nxb5 {200}
16. Nxb5 {298} Rxb5 {77} 17. O-O {5} Rxb2 {1091} 18. Ng3 {45} Qd7 {821} 19. Nf5
{711} Rb4 {189} 20. Nh6+ {90} Bxh6 {127} 21. gxh6 {11} f6 {729} 22. f3 {60} Qh3
{416} 23. Qxh3 {14} Bxh3 {6} 24. Rfb1 {38} Kf7 {577} 25. Kf2 {87} Rg8 {38} 26.
Rxb4 {389} Rg2+ {70} 27. Ke1 {5} cxb4 {3} 28. Rb1 {4} Ra2 {179} 29. Rxb4 {331}
Bg2 {8} 30. f4 {11} Bf3 {6} 31. Bd2 {21} f5 {10} 32. exf5 {21} Bxd5 {36} 33.
Bc3 {23} Rxh2 {25} 34. Bg7 {17} Rh5 {179} 35. Rb8 {54} Rxf5 {4} 36. Rf8+ {4}
Kg6 {3} 37. Rxf5 {6} Kxf5 {1} 38. Bf8 {-error} 1/2-1/2
{0} O-O {5} 6. Be3 {8} Na6 {180} 7. g4 {950} c5 {193} 8. d5 {551} b5 {299} 9.
cxb5 {92} Nc7 {14} 10. a4 {74} Rb8 {25} 11. g5 {795} Nh5 {54} 12. Bxh5 {1210}
gxh5 {16} 13. Qxh5 {9} a6 {19} 14. Nge2 {25} axb5 {41} 15. axb5 {73} Nxb5 {200}
16. Nxb5 {298} Rxb5 {77} 17. O-O {5} Rxb2 {1091} 18. Ng3 {45} Qd7 {821} 19. Nf5
{711} Rb4 {189} 20. Nh6+ {90} Bxh6 {127} 21. gxh6 {11} f6 {729} 22. f3 {60} Qh3
{416} 23. Qxh3 {14} Bxh3 {6} 24. Rfb1 {38} Kf7 {577} 25. Kf2 {87} Rg8 {38} 26.
Rxb4 {389} Rg2+ {70} 27. Ke1 {5} cxb4 {3} 28. Rb1 {4} Ra2 {179} 29. Rxb4 {331}
Bg2 {8} 30. f4 {11} Bf3 {6} 31. Bd2 {21} f5 {10} 32. exf5 {21} Bxd5 {36} 33.
Bc3 {23} Rxh2 {25} 34. Bg7 {17} Rh5 {179} 35. Rb8 {54} Rxf5 {4} 36. Rf8+ {4}
Kg6 {3} 37. Rxf5 {6} Kxf5 {1} 38. Bf8 {-error} 1/2-1/2
[Event "15th International GM Open Chess Tourna"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Aradhya, Garg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5
h6 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. g4 Bxd5 12. exd5 Na5 13. Bc2 Nxd5 14. g5 h5 15. b4
Nxc3 16. Qd2 Bxb4 17. a3 c5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. O-O Rc8 20. Kh2 Qc7 21. Nh4 Nc6
22. Rxa6 Nd4 23. Bd1 Nb1 24. Qxb4 Qxc1 25. Ng6 Nd2 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Qxd6 Nxf1+
0-1
h6 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. g4 Bxd5 12. exd5 Na5 13. Bc2 Nxd5 14. g5 h5 15. b4
Nxc3 16. Qd2 Bxb4 17. a3 c5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. O-O Rc8 20. Kh2 Qc7 21. Nh4 Nc6
22. Rxa6 Nd4 23. Bd1 Nb1 24. Qxb4 Qxc1 25. Ng6 Nd2 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Qxd6 Nxf1+
0-1
Final Ranking after 10 Rounds
Rk. | SNo | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
1 | 1 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2619 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 62,0 | 56,5 | |
2 | 3 | GM | Ghosh Diptayan | 2570 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 60,0 | 54,5 | |
3 | 20 | GM | Dzhumaev Marat | 2457 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 54,0 | 50,0 | |
4 | 5 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2564 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 64,0 | 58,0 | |
5 | 15 | IM | Swayams Mishra | 2491 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 60,0 | 54,5 | |
6 | 2 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2587 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 57,0 | 52,0 | |
7 | 14 | GM | Czebe Attila | 2491 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 56,0 | 50,5 | |
8 | 12 | GM | Deviatkin Andrei | 2499 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 55,0 | 50,0 | |
9 | 9 | GM | Tukhaev Adam | 2516 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 54,0 | 49,5 | |
10 | 21 | IM | Visakh N R | 2453 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 61,5 | 56,0 |