Delhi09: It's Ghosh versus Amonatov for the Championship game!
Diptayan Ghosh played a superb game to beat Saptarshi Roy in the ninth round. Farrukh Amonatov played it safe with the white pieces to draw against Swayams Mishra. Although Amonatov has a half point lead, Diptayan has the chance to inflict a defeat and win the championship! It's an exciting finale, but first the ninth round report. And yes, untitled Niranjan Navalgund made his maiden GM norm! Pictures, video internviews and analysis!
Photos and videos by Jitendra Choudhary
The penultimate round of the Delhi International 2017 was filled with exciting moments. The best part about this tournament is that even though the top seed Farrukh Amonatov is leading with by half a point, the winner remains undecided because Diptayan Ghosh who is just half a point behind him, will be pitted against Farrukh in the last round! But before we move to the last round, let's focus on what happened in the ninth.
Results of Round 9
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
1 | 1 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2619 | 7½ | ½ - ½ | 6½ | IM | Swayams Mishra | 2491 | 15 | ||
2 | 3 | GM | Ghosh Diptayan | 2570 | 6½ | 1 - 0 | 6½ | IM | Saptarshi Roy | 2418 | 29 | ||
3 | 21 | IM | Visakh N R | 2453 | 6½ | ½ - ½ | 6½ | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2564 | 5 | ||
4 | 81 | Navalgund Niranjan | 2207 | 6½ | 0 - 1 | 6½ | GM | Dzhumaev Marat | 2457 | 20 | |||
5 | 2 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2587 | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | GM | Deviatkin Andrei | 2499 | 12 |
[Site "Delhi"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Ne4 Ngf6 14. Nd6+ Ke7
15. Nc4 Bxd2+ 16. Nfxd2 Qd5 17. Ne3 Qa5 18. Nec4 Qd5 19. Ne3 Qa5 1/2-1/2
Diptayan, when he was young, was trained by IM Saptarshi Roy. Today that boy has become stronger than his coach by nearly 150 Elo points - a fact that Saptarshi is quite proud about. In the ninth round Ghosh played some amazing bit of chess to get the better of Roy. One of Diptayan's best qualities is the calm and composure with which he converts his advantage. Have a look at this flawless game:
[Site "Delhi"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ghosh, Diptayan"]
[Black "Saptarshi, Roy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
Noteboom experts, but Saptarshi takes the game into Meran territory.}) 5. Nf3
Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 {is the other way
to play this system.}) 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 {This line has been debated in the
Gelfand-Anand World Championship Match 2012.} (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 {
is considered as fine for Black.}) 10... exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 (12...
Nf6 13. Nxd4 h6 14. Bc4 $5 $14) 13. Nxd4 Nf6 (13... Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1
Qxd4 16. Rd1 $16 {is a clear advantage to White with the bishop pair and the
strong d5 pawn.}) (13... Qh4 14. Nf3 $14) 14. Rd1 Bg4 (14... Nxd5 {It looks
very scary to take this pawn, but maybe it just works.} 15. Nb5 Bg4 $1 16. Bh7+
Kh8 17. Rd4 Rc8 $11 {with some highly crazy lines.}) 15. Be2 Rc8 16. Qd3 Re8
17. h3 Bd7 (17... Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Bc5 $44) 18. Bf3 Qe7 19. Ne2 Rc5 $6 (19... a6
$14 {Threatening Bb5. Black has to play around the d5 pawn. He should be ok
here.}) 20. Be3 $14 Bb5 21. Qd2 Rc4 22. Nc3 $16 {Now it's just an extra pawn.}
Bd7 23. Bd4 Bb8 24. Qd3 Rb4 25. Rab1 g6 26. Qd2 Kh7 27. g3 Qd6 (27... Bxh3 28.
Re1 Qd8 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Qxb4 $18) 28. Re1 Bxh3 29. Rxe8 Nxe8 30. Ne4 Rxd4 (
30... Qf8 31. Bc5 $18) 31. Qxd4 Qe7 32. Re1 Qd7 (32... f5 33. Ng5+ Qxg5 34.
Rxe8 $18) 33. Nc5 Qb5 34. a4 {Some fantastic bit of chess by Diptayan Ghosh
who played with computer like precision.} 1-0
While a loss in the penultimate round is not a great result for Niranjan, he wouldn't be complaining. The lad from Karnataka had played some outstanding chess and had already achieved his GM norm in eight rounds itself! Making a GM norm when your rating is just 2212 is phenomenal. This just goes to show how talented he is.
Rank after Round 9
Rk. | SNo | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
1 | 1 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2619 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 49,0 | 44,5 | |
2 | 3 | GM | Ghosh Diptayan | 2570 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 48,5 | 43,5 | |
3 | 20 | GM | Dzhumaev Marat | 2457 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 43,0 | 39,0 | |
4 | 5 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2564 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 51,5 | 46,5 | |
5 | 21 | IM | Visakh N R | 2453 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 50,5 | 45,5 | |
6 | 15 | IM | Swayams Mishra | 2491 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 50,5 | 45,0 | |
7 | 9 | GM | Tukhaev Adam | 2516 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 41,0 | 37,0 | |
8 | 81 | Navalgund Niranjan | 2207 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 53,0 | 47,0 | ||
9 | 22 | GM | Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy | 2448 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 48,5 | 43,5 | |
10 | 8 | GM | Sivuk Vitaly | 2540 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 48,0 | 43,0 | |
18 | GM | Grover Sahaj | 2467 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 48,0 | 43,0 | ||
12 | 29 | IM | Saptarshi Roy | 2418 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 46,5 | 42,0 | |
13 | 14 | GM | Czebe Attila | 2491 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 45,5 | 41,0 | |
14 | 2 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2587 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 45,0 | 40,0 | |
24 | GM | Murshed Niaz | 2444 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 45,0 | 40,0 | ||
16 | 23 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | 2446 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 39,5 | |
17 | 12 | GM | Deviatkin Andrei | 2499 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 44,0 | 39,5 | |
18 | 11 | GM | Movsziszian Karen | 2507 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 42,5 | 38,0 | |
19 | 28 | GM | Hesham Abdelrahman | 2418 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 36,0 |
Round 10 on 2017/01/16 at 10:00 hrs
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
1 | 3 | GM | Ghosh Diptayan | 2570 | 7½ | 8 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 2619 | 1 | |||
2 | 5 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2564 | 7 | 7½ | GM | Dzhumaev Marat | 2457 | 20 | |||
3 | 15 | IM | Swayams Mishra | 2491 | 7 | 7 | GM | Tukhaev Adam | 2516 | 9 | |||
4 | 2 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2587 | 6½ | 7 | IM | Visakh N R | 2453 | 21 | |||
5 | 23 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | 2446 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Sivuk Vitaly | 2540 | 8 |
Standings in C category after 8 rounds
Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 69 | Maharnav Deka | U15 | IND | 1529 | Ass | 8,0 | 39,5 | 35,0 | 42,00 | |
2 | 15 | Suhaib Ahmad | IND | 1581 | UP | 7,5 | 42,0 | 37,5 | 40,75 | ||
3 | 19 | Vaisakh R P | IND | 1579 | Ker | 7,5 | 39,5 | 35,0 | 39,75 | ||
4 | 157 | Gouravkumar Nanwani | IND | 1472 | Mah | 7,5 | 39,5 | 34,5 | 39,25 | ||
5 | 181 | Arun R | IND | 1451 | TN | 7,5 | 39,0 | 35,5 | 38,75 | ||
6 | 88 | Borase Manoj | IND | 1519 | Mah | 7,0 | 42,0 | 38,0 | 38,00 | ||
7 | 134 | Himanshu Ranjan | IND | 1491 | Bih | 7,0 | 42,0 | 37,5 | 38,00 | ||
8 | 89 | Chaitanya Suresh V | IND | 1518 | AP | 7,0 | 39,5 | 34,5 | 37,00 | ||
9 | 7 | Shanmukha Teja P | IND | 1589 | AP | 7,0 | 39,0 | 35,5 | 35,50 | ||
10 | 67 | Bidkar Nikhil | IND | 1529 | Mah | 7,0 | 39,0 | 34,0 | 37,00 | ||
11 | 99 | Sachinder | IND | 1512 | Del | 7,0 | 37,5 | 34,0 | 32,00 | ||
12 | 145 | Sathya Naarayanan S | IND | 1483 | TN | 7,0 | 36,5 | 32,5 | 33,50 | ||
13 | 49 | Barde Om | U12 | IND | 1550 | Goa | 7,0 | 35,5 | 32,0 | 33,25 | |
14 | 173 | Patil Harshal | IND | 1456 | Mah | 7,0 | 35,0 | 31,0 | 32,00 | ||
15 | 125 | Utkarsh Gupta | IND | 1498 | Del | 7,0 | 34,0 | 30,0 | 32,00 | ||
16 | 187 | Rohit Roy Chaudhary | IND | 1449 | Cha | 7,0 | 33,0 | 29,5 | 31,50 | ||
17 | 48 | Basak Bishal | IND | 1551 | Wes | 7,0 | 33,0 | 29,5 | 30,50 | ||
18 | 107 | Qureshi A S | IND | 1507 | Chh | 7,0 | 32,0 | 28,5 | 31,00 | ||
19 | 66 | Vishwanath Kannam | IND | 1530 | AP | 6,5 | 43,0 | 38,0 | 37,25 | ||
20 | 28 | Esshan Wadhawan | U15 | IND | 1570 | Del | 6,5 | 40,5 | 36,5 | 33,75 |
Two more rounds are to be played on 16th January. Deka Maharnav is currently leading with 8.0/8.