Gujarat GM R05+06: Ivan Rozum and Saptarshi Roy take lead
Grandmasters Ivan Rozum and Saptarshi Roy lead the 2nd Gujarat International Grandmaster Open after the completion of rounds five and six yesterday here in Ahmedabad. GM Saptarshi defeated Rathnakaran K in the fifth round and drew Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder in the sixth, while Ivan Rozum beat Maxim Lugovskoy in the sixth round but was held to a draw by Sayantan Das in the fifth. Both Ivan and Saptarshi have 5.5/6 points each and they are being followed closely by nine players who are just half a point behind with 5.0/6. The category B tournament for players rated below 2000 also came to conclusion yesterday with 1818 rated Anurag Jaiswal of West Bengal finishing clear first with 9.0/10 points. In this illustrated report we bring you the latest games, analyses, and much more from the event.
Saptarshi Roy brings down Rathnakaran K with the black pieces!
The encounter didn't however open with any ultra-sharp aggressive line but rather the calm and positional 4.d3 variation of the Two Knights defense. Rathnakaran had the White pieces but he simply couldn't steer the game into the kind of position he feels comfortable in and on move 17 ended up lashing out a weakening pawn push. Saptarshi immediately took his opportunity to hit the nail on the head and thereafter with almost flawless technique bagged a smooth victory.
Rathnakaran K - Saptarshi Roy, Round 5
Top seed Ivan Rozum on a roll!
Results of round five
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
1 | 9 | IM | Das Sayantan | 2434 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Rozum Ivan | 2596 | 1 | ||
2 | 11 | GM | Lugovskoy Maxim | 2422 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Chanda Sandipan | 2529 | 3 | ||
3 | 27 | IM | Rathnakaran K. | 2325 | 4 | 0 - 1 | 4 | GM | Saptarshi Roy | 2480 | 5 | ||
4 | 6 | GM | Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo | 2476 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | IM | Sidhant Mohapatra | 2357 | 23 | ||
5 | 29 | Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri | 2304 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | IM | Nguyen Van Huy | 2454 | 7 | |||
6 | 14 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | 2408 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | CM | Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan | 1956 | 79 | ||
7 | 25 | IM | Neelash Saha | 2334 | 3½ | 0 - 1 | 3½ | IM | Eraschenkov Denis | 2390 | 17 | ||
8 | 2 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | 2539 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | IM | Abu Sufian Shakil | 2255 | 34 | ||
9 | 4 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2492 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | Nayak Rajesh | 2227 | 37 | |||
10 | 10 | GM | Neelotpal Das | 2433 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | GM | Ziatdinov Raset | 2222 | 38 |
Results of round six
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
1 | 5 | GM | Saptarshi Roy | 2480 | 5 | ½ - ½ | 4½ | GM | Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo | 2476 | 6 | ||
2 | 1 | GM | Rozum Ivan | 2596 | 4½ | 1 - 0 | 4½ | GM | Lugovskoy Maxim | 2422 | 11 | ||
3 | 3 | GM | Chanda Sandipan | 2529 | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 4½ | IM | Das Sayantan | 2434 | 9 | ||
4 | 17 | IM | Eraschenkov Denis | 2390 | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | 2539 | 2 | ||
5 | 31 | FM | Shailesh Dravid | 2299 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Rahman Ziaur | 2492 | 4 | ||
6 | 7 | IM | Nguyen Van Huy | 2454 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | Sahoo Utkal Ranjan | 2329 | 26 | |||
7 | 51 | Zia Tahsin Tajwar | 2142 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Neelotpal Das | 2433 | 10 | |||
8 | 13 | GM | Himanshu Sharma | 2408 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | IM | Rathnakaran K. | 2325 | 27 | ||
9 | 55 | WGM | Kiran Manisha Mohanty | 2102 | 4 | 0 - 1 | 4 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | 2408 | 14 | ||
10 | 15 | GM | Murshed Niaz | 2405 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | Pranav V | 2308 | 28 |
Standings after round six
Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | TB1 | ||
1 | 1 | GM | Rozum Ivan | RUS | 2596 | Russia | 5,5 | ||
5 | GM | Saptarshi Roy | IND | 2480 | WB | 5,5 | |||
3 | 3 | GM | Chanda Sandipan | IND | 2529 | WB | 5,0 | ||
6 | GM | Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo | CHI | 2476 | Chile | 5,0 | |||
9 | IM | Das Sayantan | IND | 2434 | WB | 5,0 | |||
13 | GM | Himanshu Sharma | IND | 2408 | Har | 5,0 | |||
14 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | IND | 2408 | TN | 5,0 | |||
16 | GM | Hesham Abdelrahman | EGY | 2396 | Egypt | 5,0 | |||
17 | IM | Eraschenkov Denis | RUS | 2390 | Russia | 5,0 | |||
24 | FM | Manush Shah | IND | 2352 | Guj | 5,0 | |||
29 | Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri | IND | 2304 | AP | 5,0 |
Complete results and standings
Anurag Jaiswal wins category-B (below 2000) event
West Bengal's Anurag Jaiswal clinched the below 2000 category event by scoring an unbeaten 9.0/10 points. Nikhil M of Andhra Pradesh finished half a point behind with 8.5/10 to secure sole second spot. Six players followed next with 8.0/10 points among them Raj D Vyas of Gujarat took the third place on the basis of having the best tie-break score.
Final standings of the category B event after ten rounds
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
1 | 18 | Anurag Jaiswal | IND | 1818 | WB | 9,0 | 0,0 | 63,0 | 67,5 | 59,50 | 8 | ||
2 | 10 | Nikhil M | IND | 1895 | AP | 8,5 | 0,0 | 65,5 | 70,0 | 57,00 | 8 | ||
3 | 41 | Raj D Vyas | IND | 1731 | Guj | 8,0 | 0,0 | 63,0 | 68,0 | 52,00 | 7 | ||
4 | 2 | Sumit Grover | IND | 1954 | JK | 8,0 | 0,0 | 62,0 | 67,0 | 51,75 | 6 | ||
5 | 17 | Chudasama Ankit | IND | 1838 | Guj | 8,0 | 0,0 | 60,0 | 65,0 | 50,00 | 8 | ||
6 | 13 | FM | Muhammed Shuaau | MDV | 1876 | Maldives | 8,0 | 0,0 | 60,0 | 64,5 | 49,25 | 7 | |
7 | 43 | Falgun D Purohit | IND | 1719 | Guj | 8,0 | 0,0 | 54,5 | 58,5 | 45,25 | 7 | ||
8 | 31 | AGM | Chandrajeet Singh Rajawat | IND | 1766 | Raj | 8,0 | 0,0 | 52,5 | 55,0 | 43,75 | 7 | |
9 | 23 | Chavan Nameet | IND | 1795 | Mah | 7,5 | 0,0 | 63,5 | 68,5 | 47,50 | 7 | ||
10 | 8 | Kadav Omkar | IND | 1898 | Mah | 7,5 | 0,0 | 56,0 | 61,0 | 45,50 | 7 |