Mumbai 07: Diptayan steers clear; Popov loses again
The seventh round was eventful in more than one ways — the top board saw the clash between the two leaders and a handful of youngsters took on the might of their more fancied rivals. The games were fun! The top seed Ivan Popov was shocked once again while Diptayan walked into the sole lead with a beautiful win over Shyaamnikhil. An illustrated report.
Mumbai 07: Diptayan steers clear; Popov loses again
The Mumbai Mayor's Cup is into its ninth edition and it has been growing in size ever since its inception. For years now, it has been a reason behind the rise of many a talent in India. The ninth edition carries a prize fund of Rs. 27 lakhs, Rs. 11 lakhs of which is earmarked for the Elite category, a ten-round swiss with the time control of 90 min. + 30 sec. per move increment.
The seventh round was eventful in more than one ways — the top board saw the clash between the two leaders and a handful of youngsters took on the might of their more fancied rivals. The games were fun!
The welcoming signboard to the tired players arriving at the tournament arena after a long commute in packed trains or clogged traffic in pollution-friendly rickshaws or cars.
The chess fans were all glued to the clash between the top seed GM Ivan Popov (2645) and FM Srinath Rao S.V. (2218).
Both of them were on 4.0/6. Popov had a fine position...
...until he made some woozy decisions that left him suffering.
And Srinath Rao won the game!
Later, he commented that this was the first time he was defeating a 2600 grandmaster. He had once let go a player of similar caliber by blundering in a won position and hence, towards the end, most of his moves were made with trembling hands and constant re-checking.
[Event "9th Mumbai Mayors Cup GM International "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Srinath, Rao S.V"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Srinath, Rao S.V"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8.
Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. d5 Nb4 11. a3 Na6 12. O-O e6 13. Qe2 f6 14. Rd1 Nc7
15. Nh4 exd5 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qxh8 Bf5 19. Bh6 O-O-O 20. Bxf8 Rxf8
21. Qg7 Rd8 22. Rac1 Kb8 23. h3 Rd7 24. Qg8+ Rd8 25. Qg7 g5 26. Na4 d4 27. Nc5
b6 28. Nd3 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Nd5 30. g3 Ne7 31. Rf3 Nd5 32. Qg6 Qe6 33. Qe4 Ne7 34.
Re1 Rd5 35. Qg4 f5 36. Qxg5 e4 37. g4 Qd6 38. Rf4 d3 39. gxf5 d2 40. Rd1 Qe5
41. Rh4 Nxf5 42. Rh7 Qe6 43. Rxd2 Rxd2 44. Rh8+ Kb7 45. Qxd2 e3 46. fxe3 Nxe3
47. Rh7+ Ka6 48. Qd3+ b5 49. a4 Nc4 50. axb5+ Ka5 51. Rxa7+ Kb4 52. Qc3+ Kxb5
53. Qb3+ Kc5 54. Rc7+ 1-0
Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. d5 Nb4 11. a3 Na6 12. O-O e6 13. Qe2 f6 14. Rd1 Nc7
15. Nh4 exd5 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qxh8 Bf5 19. Bh6 O-O-O 20. Bxf8 Rxf8
21. Qg7 Rd8 22. Rac1 Kb8 23. h3 Rd7 24. Qg8+ Rd8 25. Qg7 g5 26. Na4 d4 27. Nc5
b6 28. Nd3 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Nd5 30. g3 Ne7 31. Rf3 Nd5 32. Qg6 Qe6 33. Qe4 Ne7 34.
Re1 Rd5 35. Qg4 f5 36. Qxg5 e4 37. g4 Qd6 38. Rf4 d3 39. gxf5 d2 40. Rd1 Qe5
41. Rh4 Nxf5 42. Rh7 Qe6 43. Rxd2 Rxd2 44. Rh8+ Kb7 45. Qxd2 e3 46. fxe3 Nxe3
47. Rh7+ Ka6 48. Qd3+ b5 49. a4 Nc4 50. axb5+ Ka5 51. Rxa7+ Kb4 52. Qc3+ Kxb5
53. Qb3+ Kc5 54. Rc7+ 1-0
GM Diptayan Ghosh (2562) managed to completely outplay his co-leader and moved to the sole first place with 6.5/7.
[Event "9th Mumbai Mayors Cup GM International "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ghosh, Diptayan"]
[Black "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ghosh, Diptayan"]
[Black "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Nc3
Rc8 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Be2 b5 17. a3 Qb8 18. Rd3 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Qa2 Nc5 21.
Rf3 O-O 22. Nd5 Qb7 23. Rd1 Rb8 24. Ra3 Qd7 25. Bxh5 Nxe4 26. Bg4 Qd8 27. Qc4
Nc5 28. Bf5 Bf6 29. Rf3 Rxb2+ 30. Kc1 Rb6 31. Nxf6+ Qxf6 32. Bh7+ Kxh7 33. Rxf6
gxf6 34. Re1 f5 35. Qh4+ Kg6 36. g4 fxg4 37. Rg1 Rb4 38. Rxg4+ Rxg4 39. Qxg4+
Kf6 40. Qh4+ Ke6 41. Qh6+ Ke7 42. Qg5+ f6 43. Qg7+ Rf7 44. Qg6 Ne6 45. h4 Rg7
46. Qe4 Rg1+ 47. Kb2 Kf7 48. h5 Rg5 49. Qh7+ Rg7 50. Qd3 Nf4 51. Qxd6 Nxh5 52.
c4 Nf4 53. c5 Rg2 54. Qd7+ Kf8 55. c6 Rxf2+ 56. Kb3 Ng6 57. Qd8+ Kf7 58. Qd5+
Kg7 59. Qc5 Rf3+ 60. Kc2 1-0
Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Nc3
Rc8 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Be2 b5 17. a3 Qb8 18. Rd3 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Qa2 Nc5 21.
Rf3 O-O 22. Nd5 Qb7 23. Rd1 Rb8 24. Ra3 Qd7 25. Bxh5 Nxe4 26. Bg4 Qd8 27. Qc4
Nc5 28. Bf5 Bf6 29. Rf3 Rxb2+ 30. Kc1 Rb6 31. Nxf6+ Qxf6 32. Bh7+ Kxh7 33. Rxf6
gxf6 34. Re1 f5 35. Qh4+ Kg6 36. g4 fxg4 37. Rg1 Rb4 38. Rxg4+ Rxg4 39. Qxg4+
Kf6 40. Qh4+ Ke6 41. Qh6+ Ke7 42. Qg5+ f6 43. Qg7+ Rf7 44. Qg6 Ne6 45. h4 Rg7
46. Qe4 Rg1+ 47. Kb2 Kf7 48. h5 Rg5 49. Qh7+ Rg7 50. Qd3 Nf4 51. Qxd6 Nxh5 52.
c4 Nf4 53. c5 Rg2 54. Qd7+ Kf8 55. c6 Rxf2+ 56. Kb3 Ng6 57. Qd8+ Kf7 58. Qd5+
Kg7 59. Qc5 Rf3+ 60. Kc2 1-0
GM Boris Grachev (2639) remained close on the heels of Ghosh by accepting a classical bishop sacrifice and staying put with his King on g3. He won and moved to 6.0/7
[Event "9th Mumbai Mayors Cup GM International "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grachev, Boris"]
[Black "Abhishek, Kelkar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grachev, Boris"]
[Black "Abhishek, Kelkar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Qc2 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Bd2 a6 12. Ng5 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg3 h6
15. Nh7 f5 16. Nxf8 Nxf8 17. Be2 c5 18. Bxg4 fxg4 19. f3 gxf3 20. gxf3 Qc7+ 21.
Kf2 cxd4 22. Rg1 Qh2+ 23. Rg2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Rc8 25. Qd1 dxc3 26. Bxc3 Rc7 27.
Rg4 Qh5 28. Qd4 Qf7 29. Rf4 Qg6+ 30. Rg4 Qf7 31. Qf4 g5 32. Qxf7+ Rxf7 33. f4
Bf3 34. Rg3 g4 35. Kf2 Ng6 36. a4 h5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rxf3 gxf3 39. Ra6 Nf8
40. Kxf3 Rb7 41. Bb4 e5 42. Ra8 Rf7 43. Bxf8 Rxf8 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 45. f5 Kg7 46.
e4 Kf6 47. b4 Kg7 48. Kg3 Kh7 49. Kh4 Kh6 50. f6 Kg6 51. f7 Kxf7 52. Kxh5 1-0
Nc3 O-O 9. Qc2 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Bd2 a6 12. Ng5 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg3 h6
15. Nh7 f5 16. Nxf8 Nxf8 17. Be2 c5 18. Bxg4 fxg4 19. f3 gxf3 20. gxf3 Qc7+ 21.
Kf2 cxd4 22. Rg1 Qh2+ 23. Rg2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Rc8 25. Qd1 dxc3 26. Bxc3 Rc7 27.
Rg4 Qh5 28. Qd4 Qf7 29. Rf4 Qg6+ 30. Rg4 Qf7 31. Qf4 g5 32. Qxf7+ Rxf7 33. f4
Bf3 34. Rg3 g4 35. Kf2 Ng6 36. a4 h5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rxf3 gxf3 39. Ra6 Nf8
40. Kxf3 Rb7 41. Bb4 e5 42. Ra8 Rf7 43. Bxf8 Rxf8 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 45. f5 Kg7 46.
e4 Kf6 47. b4 Kg7 48. Kg3 Kh7 49. Kh4 Kh6 50. f6 Kg6 51. f7 Kxf7 52. Kxh5 1-0
Untitled Himal Gusain (2440) took down Sammed Shete (2256) and also moved to 6.0/7.
Shailesh Dravid (2171) is having a good tournament. He is at 5.0/7.
Dravid was playing White here. White to play.
[Event "9th Mumbai Mayors Cup GM International "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shailesh, Dravid"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shailesh, Dravid"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 h6 8.
Be3 e6 9. f4 d5 10. exd5 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qf3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3
Bc5 15. O-O-O O-O 16. c3 Bd7 17. Bc2 Qf6 18. g4 g6 19. h4 Qg7 20. Rhe1 Rfd8 21.
h5 g5 22. Kb1 Bc6 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Qh7+ 26. Bc2 Bxe3 27.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rxe3 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Re8 0-1
Be3 e6 9. f4 d5 10. exd5 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qf3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3
Bc5 15. O-O-O O-O 16. c3 Bd7 17. Bc2 Qf6 18. g4 g6 19. h4 Qg7 20. Rhe1 Rfd8 21.
h5 g5 22. Kb1 Bc6 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Qh7+ 26. Bc2 Bxe3 27.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rxe3 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Re8 0-1
If you chose 24.Nxe6 like Dravid did in the above puzzle, you were deceived, just as Dravid was, by GM Amonatov Farrukh (2614). A surprised Farrukh moved to 6.0/7 as well, along with Gusain and Grachev.
IM Visakh N.R. (2400) held GM Swapnil Dhopade (2504) and both are on 5.5/7.
Mumbai's very own IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni (2278) joined the party, defeating Bangladeshi GM Ziaur Rahman (2521).
[Event "9th Mumbai Mayors Cup GM International "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shailesh, Dravid"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shailesh, Dravid"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 h6 8.
Be3 e6 9. f4 d5 10. exd5 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qf3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3
Bc5 15. O-O-O O-O 16. c3 Bd7 17. Bc2 Qf6 18. g4 g6 19. h4 Qg7 20. Rhe1 Rfd8 21.
h5 g5 22. Kb1 Bc6 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Qh7+ 26. Bc2 Bxe3 27.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rxe3 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Re8 0-1
Be3 e6 9. f4 d5 10. exd5 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qf3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3
Bc5 15. O-O-O O-O 16. c3 Bd7 17. Bc2 Qf6 18. g4 g6 19. h4 Qg7 20. Rhe1 Rfd8 21.
h5 g5 22. Kb1 Bc6 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Qh7+ 26. Bc2 Bxe3 27.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rxe3 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Re8 0-1
A unique dressing sense did not help talented Delhi boy Aradhya Garg (2274) as he went down fighting to IM Girish Kaushik.
IM Saptarshi Roy, after an early upset, has made a fine comeback.
Black to play.
[Event "9th Mumbai Mayors Cup GM International "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akash Pc, Iyer"]
[Black "Saptarshi, Roy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akash Pc, Iyer"]
[Black "Saptarshi, Roy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Re1 g6 11. c3 Rb8 12. h3 Na5 13. Ba2 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. d4
bxc3 16. bxc3 Nh5 17. g3 exd4 18. cxd4 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Qc2 c4 21. Bb2 Bb4
22. Bc3 Nb3 23. Rad1 Qe7 24. Kg2 Nxd2 25. Nxd2 Qg5 26. Rf1 Rxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qxg3+
28. Kf1 Qxh3+ 29. Ke2 Bxc3 30. Rg1 Bd4 0-1
b4 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Re1 g6 11. c3 Rb8 12. h3 Na5 13. Ba2 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. d4
bxc3 16. bxc3 Nh5 17. g3 exd4 18. cxd4 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Qc2 c4 21. Bb2 Bb4
22. Bc3 Nb3 23. Rad1 Qe7 24. Kg2 Nxd2 25. Nxd2 Qg5 26. Rf1 Rxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qxg3+
28. Kf1 Qxh3+ 29. Ke2 Bxc3 30. Rg1 Bd4 0-1
WIM Mahalakshmi M. (2251) played a nice game to hold Kunal M. (2354), both moving to 5.5/7.
[Event "9th Mumbai Mayors Cup GM International "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mahalakshmi, M."]
[Black "Kunal, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mahalakshmi, M."]
[Black "Kunal, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Nf3 Rac8
15. Qd2 h6 16. g4 f6 17. Kh1 g5 18. Bg3 Kg7 19. h4 Rh8 20. h5 e5 21. dxe5 Qxg4
22. Nh2 Qxh5 23. Qxd5 Rhd8 24. Qe6 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. f4 Kg7 27. Ng4 fxe5
28. Nxe5 Bf6 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. Rf1+ Ke6 32. Bh3+ Kd5 33. e4+ Kd4
34. Nf3+ Kd3 35. Bxc8 Rxc8 36. Nxg5 Nd4 37. Rd1+ Ke3 38. Re1+ Kd2 39. Rf1 Rg8
40. Bf4+ Ke2 41. Rg1 Rf8 42. Rg2+ Ke1 43. Rg1+ Ke2 44. Rg2+ 1/2-1/2
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Nf3 Rac8
15. Qd2 h6 16. g4 f6 17. Kh1 g5 18. Bg3 Kg7 19. h4 Rh8 20. h5 e5 21. dxe5 Qxg4
22. Nh2 Qxh5 23. Qxd5 Rhd8 24. Qe6 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. f4 Kg7 27. Ng4 fxe5
28. Nxe5 Bf6 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. Rf1+ Ke6 32. Bh3+ Kd5 33. e4+ Kd4
34. Nf3+ Kd3 35. Bxc8 Rxc8 36. Nxg5 Nd4 37. Rd1+ Ke3 38. Re1+ Kd2 39. Rf1 Rg8
40. Bf4+ Ke2 41. Rg1 Rf8 42. Rg2+ Ke1 43. Rg1+ Ke2 44. Rg2+ 1/2-1/2
10-year-old CM Aditya Mittal (2034) is by far the greatest hope of Mumbai chess lovers. Despite his struggles, he has beaten an IM and drawn two GMs for his 4.0/7.
The C-category event for players rated below 1600 got underway yesterday and our writer Nitin Pai of Kerala is among the leaders. Check the round five pairings here.
Pairings for Round 08:
| Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 14 | Gusain Himal | IND | 2440 | 6 | 6½ | GM | Ghosh Diptayan | IND | 2562 | 6 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | TJK | 2614 | 6 | 6 | GM | Grachev Boris | RUS | 2639 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 16 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | IND | 2415 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Gleizerov Evgeny | RUS | 2506 | 12 | |||
| 4 | 13 | GM | Swapnil S. Dhopade | IND | 2504 | 5½ | 5½ | IM | Girish A. Koushik | IND | 2406 | 18 | |||
| 5 | 15 | IM | Saptarshi Roy | IND | 2435 | 5½ | 5½ | IM | Visakh N R | IND | 2400 | 19 | |||
| 6 | 17 | IM | Krishna C R G | IND | 2411 | 5 | 5½ | IM | Kulkarni Vikramaditya | IND | 2278 | 36 | |||
| 7 | 5 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | IND | 2585 | 5 | 5 | Hemant Sharma (del) | IND | 2257 | 40 | ||||
| 8 | 33 | FM | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | IND | 2295 | 5 | 5 | GM | Ulybin Mikhail | RUS | 2520 | 10 | |||
| 9 | 11 | GM | Gagare Shardul | IND | 2509 | 5 | 5 | WIM | Mahalakshmi M | IND | 2251 | 42 | |||
| 10 | 21 | IM | Abhishek Kelkar | IND | 2394 | 5 | 5 | Ram S. Krishnan | IND | 2234 | 44 |
Check the complete pairings here.
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