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Gujarat GM R05+06: Ivan Rozum and Saptarshi Roy take lead

by Satanick Mukhuty - 26/09/2019

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!

A match up between the two most aggressive players of the Indian chess community is always a treat to watch. In round five of the 2nd Gujarat Open, Grandmaster Saptarshi Roy (left) was pitted against the man who is dubbed as the Indian Tal, International Master Rathnakaran K | Photo: Lennart Ootes & ChessBase India

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

17.g4 was the move that weakened the dark squares on White's kingside. Black at once lodged his bishop on h4 and pushed f5-f4.

19...e4 next cleared the e5 square for the black knight jump in and also opened up the e-file.

Suddenly, from what was a clearly equal position, Black's pieces started looking much more dominant that White's. After Nxd2 Kxd2 f3 Rh2 Rfe8 Black seized full control over the open e-file.

Next step was to bring the king into the foray with Kg7-f6-g5-f4 ... All White could do now was wait and watch his own doom!

Obviously Bxe2 wasn't possible because of fxe2 followed by Bxf2, White was simply helpless.

This was the final position on board when White resigned. Clearly after Bb6 and Rb1 there isn't all that much he can do to stop the f-pawn from queening. 

Top seed Ivan Rozum on a roll!

Ivan Rozum beat Maxim Lugovskoy to emerge as one of the two leaders after round six of the event | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Untitled Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri beat IM Nikolai Vlassov in round six and drew IM Nguyen Van Huy to stay half a point behind the leaders with 5.0/6. His sixth round victory with black pieces against IM Vlassov is given below | Photo: Rupesh Kumar

Results of round five

Bo.No. NameRtgPts. ResultPts. NameRtg No.
19IMDas Sayantan 24344 ½ - ½4 GMRozum Ivan 25961
211GMLugovskoy Maxim 24224 ½ - ½4 GMChanda Sandipan 25293
327IMRathnakaran K. 23254 0 - 14 GMSaptarshi Roy 24805
46GMVasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2476 1 - 0 IMSidhant Mohapatra 235723
529Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri 2304 ½ - ½ IMNguyen Van Huy 24547
614GMKarthikeyan P. 2408 ½ - ½ CMLiyanage Ranindu Dilshan 195679
725IMNeelash Saha 2334 0 - 1 IMEraschenkov Denis 239017
82GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J. 25393 1 - 03 IMAbu Sufian Shakil 225534
94GMRahman Ziaur 24923 1 - 03 Nayak Rajesh 222737
1010GMNeelotpal Das 24333 1 - 03 GMZiatdinov Raset 222238

Results of round six

Bo.No. NameRtgPts. ResultPts. NameRtg No.
15
GMSaptarshi Roy 24805 ½ - ½ GMVasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2476
6
21
GMRozum Ivan 2596 1 - 0 GMLugovskoy Maxim 2422
11
33
GMChanda Sandipan 2529 ½ - ½ IMDas Sayantan 2434
9
417
IMEraschenkov Denis 2390 ½ - ½4 GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J. 2539
2
531
FMShailesh Dravid 22994 ½ - ½4 GMRahman Ziaur 2492
4
67
IMNguyen Van Huy 24544 ½ - ½4 Sahoo Utkal Ranjan 2329
26
751
Zia Tahsin Tajwar 21424 ½ - ½4 GMNeelotpal Das 2433
10
813
GMHimanshu Sharma 24084 1 - 04 IMRathnakaran K. 2325
27
955
WGMKiran Manisha Mohanty 21024 0 - 14 GMKarthikeyan P. 2408
14
1015
GMMurshed Niaz 24054 ½ - ½4 Pranav V 2308
28

Standings after round six

Rk.SNo NamesexFEDRtgClub/City TB1 
11
GMRozum IvanRUS2596Russia5,5
5
GMSaptarshi RoyIND2480WB5,5
33
GMChanda SandipanIND2529WB5,0
6
GMVasquez Schroeder RodrigoCHI2476Chile5,0
9
IMDas SayantanIND2434WB5,0
13
GMHimanshu SharmaIND2408Har5,0
14
GMKarthikeyan P.IND2408TN5,0
16
GMHesham AbdelrahmanEGY2396Egypt5,0
17
IMEraschenkov DenisRUS2390Russia5,0
24
FMManush ShahIND2352Guj5,0
29
Bharat Kumar Reddy PoluriIND2304AP5,0

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.

Anurag scored an unbeaten 9.0/10 points to finish clear first in the category B event and gained 57.4 rating points.

Final standings of the category B event after ten rounds

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
118
Anurag JaiswalIND1818WB9,00,063,067,559,508
210
Nikhil MIND1895AP8,50,065,570,057,008
341
Raj D VyasIND1731Guj8,00,063,068,052,007
42
Sumit GroverIND1954JK8,00,062,067,051,756
517
Chudasama AnkitIND1838Guj8,00,060,065,050,008
613
FMMuhammed ShuaauMDV1876Maldives8,00,060,064,549,257
743
Falgun D PurohitIND1719Guj8,00,054,558,545,257
831
AGMChandrajeet Singh RajawatIND1766Raj8,00,052,555,043,757
923
Chavan NameetIND1795Mah7,50,063,568,547,507
108
Kadav OmkarIND1898Mah7,50,056,061,045,507

Complete standings


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