29th Tepe Sigeman & Co 2024 R3: Arjun Erigaisi crushes Maurizzi, makes it a three-way lead
Arjun Erigaisi scored his second win of the tournament at 29th TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2024. He was determined to play for a win. It was evident with his aggressive pawn pushes on the kingside. The reigning World Junior champion decided to sacrifice his knight for two pawns and expose Arjun's king. However, the India no.1 managed to defend his king quite well and won the game. The remaining three games ended in draws. Nils Grandelius (SWE) is the only one among them who had a tiny window of opportunity in the endgame against Wenjun Ju (CHN). Arjun joined Anton Korobov (UKR) and Vincent Keymer (GER) in the lead 2.5/3. Round 4 starts tomorrow Tuesday 30th April at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Mikael Svensson/tepesigemanchess.com
Arjun scores the sole win
The third round is the first time in this edition where three games ended in draws and only one ended decisively, just the inverse of first two rounds.
Arjun - Maurizzi: 1-0
Arjun Erigaisi (2756) was determined to play for a win against the reigning World Junior champion, Marc` Andria Maurizzi (FRA, 2605). It was evident with his pawn pushes on the kingside.
22...Nhxf4+? did not yield the desired effect 23.exf4 Nxf4+ 24.Kf1 b4 25.Nd1 White managed to defend his king and went on to win the game.
Time Control
90 minutes for 40 moves and then 30 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move (Malmö rules-no draws before move 40).
Replay Round 3 games
Round 3 results
Anton Korobov - Vincent Keymer: 0.5-0.5
Arjun Erigaisi - Marc` Andria Maurizzi: 1-0
Peter Svidler - Nodirbek Abdusattorov: 0.5-0.5
Nils Gradelius - Wenjun Ju: 0.5-0.5
Standings after Round 3
Round 4 pairings
Vincent Keymer - Wenjun Ju
Nodirbek Abdusattorov - Nils Grandelius
Marc` Andria Maurizzi - Peter Svidler
Anton Korobov - Arjun Erigaisi
Schedule
27th April - 2nd May: 3 p.m. CET, 6:30 p.m. IST, 3rd May: 12 p.m. CET, 3:30 p.m. IST.