20th Delhi GM Open 2023 R4: Daaevik's defiance against Georgia no.1 Levan Pantsulaia
13-year-old Mukund H Agarwal scored a big win against GM Saptarshi Roy in Round 4 of 20th Delhi GM Open 2023. Another 13-year-old Daaevik Wadhawan shined brightly against Georgia no.1 GM Levan Pantsulaia. The reignin Delhi State Under-17 and Amateur champion's decision to play queenless middlegame almost worked out in his favor. The conversion of his advantage into a full point was not easy. The strong GM managed to avoid disaster by escaping with a draw. A total of 29 players have made a perfect start of 4/4. Today is the last double round of the tournament. The leaderboard is expected to become thinner by the end of the day as the event will cross its halfway mark. Round 5 starts at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
Mukund Agarwal beats Saptarshi Roy
Apart from Daaevik, Anup Shankar R, Prithvvi Singh, Kishore Kumar Jaganathan, Sourabh Mhamane and Jaidambareesh N R drew their games against GM Stany G A, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy, GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB), IM Avinash Ramesh and GM Aleksej Aleksandrov. For the second consecutive round, Jaidambareesh had a good opportunity against a GM but he could only manage a draw.
Pantsulaia - Daaevik
The decision to go for a queenless middlegame almost paid off for the 13-year-old Daaevik Wadhawan (1886) against GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO, 2597). The teenager got a good position in the middlegame, thanks to White's king being at a precarious position at e3. However, it was not easy to convert the advantage for a human, especially when you are playing against a strong GM like Levan. 24...Be6 25.Kf4 Bf7 26.Rge1 Rhe8 27.Nf5 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 and the game ended in a draw in another ten moves.
Jaidambareesh - Aleksandrov
How do you assess the above endgame? The protected outside passed pawn on a4 gives Jaidambareesh N R (1666) a great chance against GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (2484). 1...Kf6 2.Rb5 e5 3.a5 e4 4.Rxb4 Rf3+ 5.Kg2 g4 6.a6 e3 and now White made the mistake of securing a draw 7.Nxg4+. Try to find out what he should have done to win the game.
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Standings after Round 4
Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
1 | 1 | GM | Sethuraman, S.P. | IND | 2639 | Tn | 4 | 9 | 11,5 | 11,50 | |||
55 | Kulkarni Vinayak, | IND | 2011 | Ka | 4 | 9 | 11,5 | 11,50 | |||||
3 | 10 | GM | Paichadze, Luka | GEO | 2515 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11,00 | ||||
22 | IM | Viani Antonio Dcunha, | IND | 2386 | Ka | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11,00 | ||||
37 | Aswath S, | U15 | IND | 2214 | Tn | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11,00 | ||||
41 | IM | Deshmukh, Anup | IND | 2129 | Mh | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11,00 | ||||
50 | Nithin Babu, | IND | 2061 | Kl | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11,00 | |||||
60 | Goutham Krishna H, | U15 | IND | 1990 | Kl | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11,00 | ||||
9 | 32 | FM | Rakhmatullaev, Almas | UZB | 2275 | 4 | 9 | 10,5 | 10,50 | ||||
33 | FM | Zhakshylykov, Erzhan | KGZ | 2274 | 4 | 9 | 10,5 | 10,50 | |||||
48 | CM | Adireddy Arjun, | U15 | IND | 2078 | Tg | 4 | 9 | 10,5 | 10,50 | |||
12 | 2 | GM | Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2607 | Tn | 4 | 8,5 | 10,5 | 10,50 | |||
59 | AFM | Pawar, Harshit | IND | 1992 | Dl | 4 | 8,5 | 10,5 | 10,50 | ||||
64 | Arpith S Bijoy, | U15 | IND | 1966 | Kl | 4 | 8,5 | 10,5 | 10,50 | ||||
67 | Bhosale, Shriraj | IND | 1948 | Mh | 4 | 8,5 | 10,5 | 10,50 | |||||
69 | Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy | U15 | IND | 1922 | Up | 4 | 8,5 | 10,5 | 10,50 | ||||
17 | 16 | IM | Madaminov, Mukhiddin | UZB | 2436 | 4 | 8,5 | 10 | 10,00 | ||||
18 | 14 | IM | Neelash Saha, | IND | 2444 | Gj | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10,00 | |||
23 | IM | Nitin, S. | IND | 2381 | Tn | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10,00 | ||||
20 | 5 | GM | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | GEO | 2569 | 4 | 8 | 9,5 | 9,50 | ||||
6 | GM | Murzin, Volodar | FID | 2554 | 4 | 8 | 9,5 | 9,50 | |||||
7 | GM | Savchenko, Boris | FID | 2552 | 4 | 8 | 9,5 | 9,50 | |||||
23 | 4 | GM | Kobalia, Mikhail | FID | 2577 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9,00 | ||||
24 | 19 | GM | Stupak, Kirill | FID | 2413 | 4 | 7,5 | 9,5 | 9,50 | ||||
21 | IM | Audi, Ameya | IND | 2387 | Ga | 4 | 7,5 | 9,5 | 9,50 |