2nd Indore GM Open 2024 R7: Goutham outplays Hesham in the endgame

by Shahid Ahmed - 14/01/2024

Deepan Chakkravarthy drew with Alexei Fedorov in the seventh round of 2nd Indore GM Open 2024. IM Arash Tahbaz (IRI) blundered terribly in a rook endgame which should have been an easy draw against GM Boris Savchenko. Thus, Savchenko joined Fedorov in the lead 6/7. FM Goutham Krishna H scored a fine victory against GM Hesham Abdelrahman (EGY). The teenager showed great technique in the endgame. FM Kashish Manoj Jain got the better of the Sri Lanka no.1 - IM L M S T De Silva. Goutham and Kashish are the only two non-IM/GMs among the eight pack pursuers at 5.5/7 each. The remaining six are - Deepan, IM Ratnakaran K, GM Iniyan Pa, IM Neelash Saha, IM Ameya Audi and IM Shahil Dey. Round 8 starts today at 2 p.m. IST. Photo: Satyam Vishwakarma

Savchenko joins Fedorov in the lead

FM Goutham Krishna H defeated his first GM of the event - Hesham Abdelrahman in the seventh round

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy - GM Alexei Fedorov: 0.5-0.5

IM Arash Tahbaz (IRI) suffered a painful loss against GM Boris Savchenko

Neelash - Aswath

Position after 28.h3

IM Neelash Saha (2446) would have been in deep trouble if his opponent IM Aswath S (2369) spotted the winning continuation. Instead, he played 28...Nxe3 29.Bxe3 dxe3 30.Bb3 and White went on to win the game after a series of inaccuracies by Black. Find out what did Black miss in the above position.

IM Neelash Saha's resiliency paid off against IM Aswath S

IM P Shyam Nikhil - WGM Nandhidhaa P V: 0.5-0.5

Hesham - Goutham

Position after 25...Rxf5

GM Hesham Abdelrahman (EGY, 2424) had a good opportunity to equalize 26.Bxb7 Rb8 27.Be4 Nxa3 28.Bxf5 gxf5 29.bxa3 Rxb3 and White can put up a good fight compared to the game. 26.Ra4 Rxf4 27.Rd1 Re8 28.Kg1 Re3 29.Rd2 d3 30.Kf2 g5 31.h3 h5 32.Ra5 Re5 33.Rd5 Rxd5 34.cxd5 g4 35.hxg4 hxg4 and things just spiraled out of control for White. FM Goutham Krishna H (2288) showed fine technique to win the game eventually.

IM Shahil Dey defeated GM Igor Glek (BEL) after the latter blundered a piece in the endgame

FM Kashish Manoj Jain defeated IM L M S T De Silva (SRI)

IM Ayush Sharma got checkmated by Sudarshan Bhat

Sidhant Gaikwad - WIM Isha Sharma: 1-0

Ceremonial first move of Round 7

Round 7 in progress

Some notable results

IM P Shyam Nikhil - WGM Nandhidhaa P V: 0.5-0.5

GM Hesham Abdelrahman (EGY) - FM Goutham Krishna H: 0-1

IM Shahil Dey - GM Igor Glek (BEL): 1-0

FM Kashish Manoj Jain - IM L M S T De Silva (SRI): 1-0

IM Ayush Sharma - Sudarshan Bhat: 0-1

FM Matta Vinay Kumar - IM Avinash Ramesh: 0.5-0.5

FM Dhananjay S - IM Thilakarathne G M H (SRI): 1-0

Shrayan Majumdar - IM D V Prasad: 0.5-0.5

Setumadhav Yellumahanthi - IM Mohsen Elgabry (EGY): 1-0

WIM Thanh Thuy Tien Nguyen (VIE) - Priansh Das: 0-1

Madhvendra Pratap Sharma - WIM Phuong Hang Luong (VIE): 1-0

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Round 7 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	10	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.			IND	2422	ICF	5	½ - ½	5½	GM	Fedorov, Alexei			BLR	2457	FOR	3	PGN
2	7	IM	Tahbaz, Arash			IRI	2425	FOR	5	0 - 1	5	GM	Savchenko, Boris			RUS	2489	FOR	2	PGN
3	1	GM	Iniyan, Pa			IND	2515	TN	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Nitin, S.			IND	2385	RLYS	17	PGN
4	4	IM	Neelash, Saha			IND	2446	WB	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Aswath, S		U19	IND	2369	TN	20	PGN
5	5	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P			IND	2443	ICF	4½	½ - ½	4½	WGM	Nandhidhaa, P V			IND	2305	TN	27	PGN
6	16	IM	Audi, Ameya			IND	2385	GOA	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Ilamparthi, A R		U19	IND	2426	TN	6	PGN
7	8	GM	Hesham, Abdelrahman			EGY	2424	FOR	4½	0 - 1	4½	FM	Goutham, Krishna H		U19	IND	2288	KER	31	PGN
8	22	IM	Shahil, Dey		U19	IND	2363	ASM	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Glek, Igor		S60	BEL	2423	FOR	9	PGN
9	12	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha			IND	2407	KAR	4½	0 - 1	4½	IM	Ratnakaran, K.			IND	2256	RLYS	34	PGN
10	24	FM	Jain, Kashish Manoj		U19	IND	2334	MAH	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	De Silva, L M S T		U19	SRI	2398	FOR	13	PGN
11	18	FM	Ayush, Sharma		U19	IND	2378	MP	4	0 - 1	4		Sudarshan, Bhat			IND	2120	KAR	61	PGN
12	38	GM	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi			IND	2233	RSPB	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan			SRI	2366	FOR	21	PGN
13	63	IM	Sobh, Amrou			EGY	2117	FOR	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat			UZB	2362	FOR	23	PGN
14	25	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa			VIE	2322	FOR	4	1 - 0	4		Kotikalapudi, Aditya Krishna		U19	USA	2046	FOR	71	PGN
15	52	CM	Nayak, Rajesh			IND	2170	ODI	4	1 - 0	4		Omidi, Arya			IRI	2301	FOR	28	PGN

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Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	3	GM	Fedorov, Alexei			BLR	2457	6	29	31	24,50	0	5	10	11,1
2	2	GM	Savchenko, Boris			RUS	2489	6	26,5	29	23,50	0	6	10	10,3
3	10	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.			IND	2422	5,5	33	34,5	25,75	0	4	10	13,2
4	34	IM	Ratnakaran, K.			IND	2256	5,5	27,5	29,5	21,00	0	5	10	22,2
5	1	GM	Iniyan, Pa			IND	2515	5,5	26,5	29	22,00	0	4	10	3,4
6	4	IM	Neelash, Saha			IND	2446	5,5	26	28,5	21,25	0	5	10	3,4
7	16	IM	Audi, Ameya			IND	2385	5,5	26	28,5	20,50	0	5	10	8,7
8	31	FM	Goutham, Krishna H	U19		IND	2288	5,5	25	27,5	20,00	0	5	20	21,2
9	22	IM	Shahil, Dey	U19		IND	2363	5,5	22,5	25	19,75	0	5	10	-2
10	24	FM	Jain, Kashish Manoj	U19		IND	2334	5,5	22	23,5	17,75	0	5	20	-2,4
11	7	IM	Tahbaz, Arash			IRI	2425	5	31	34	22,50	0	4	10	4
12	27	WGM	Nandhidhaa, P V		w	IND	2305	5	27,5	31	21,75	0	4	20	22,6
13	23	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat			UZB	2362	5	25,5	29	20,50	0	3	10	-7,7
14	5	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P			IND	2443	5	25,5	28,5	19,75	0	3	10	-3,4
15	25	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa			VIE	2322	5	25	27,5	17,00	0	5	10	-0,9
16	61		Sudarshan, Bhat			IND	2120	5	24	26,5	17,50	0	5	20	5,4
17	36		Saurabh, Anand			IND	2243	5	23,5	25	17,25	0	3	20	22,4
18	52	CM	Nayak, Rajesh			IND	2170	5	23	24	15,75	0	4	20	16,4
19	38	GM	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi			IND	2233	5	22,5	25,5	17,50	0	4	10	0,5
20	17	IM	Nitin, S.			IND	2385	4,5	29,5	33	19,75	0	3	10	1,2

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	3	GM	Fedorov, Alexei		BLR	2457	FOR	6	6	GM	Savchenko, Boris		RUS	2489	FOR	2
2	22	IM	Shahil, Dey	U19	IND	2363	ASM	5½	5½	GM	Iniyan, Pa		IND	2515	TN	1
3	24	FM	Jain, Kashish Manoj	U19	IND	2334	MAH	5½	5½	IM	Neelash, Saha		IND	2446	WB	4
4	34	IM	Ratnakaran, K.		IND	2256	RLYS	5½	5½	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2422	ICF	10
5	31	FM	Goutham, Krishna H	U19	IND	2288	KER	5½	5½	IM	Audi, Ameya		IND	2385	GOA	16
6	36		Saurabh, Anand		IND	2243	BIH	5	5	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P		IND	2443	ICF	5
7	27	WGM	Nandhidhaa, P V		IND	2305	TN	5	5	IM	Tahbaz, Arash		IRI	2425	FOR	7
8	23	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat		UZB	2362	FOR	5	5	GM	Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi		IND	2233	RSPB	38
9	61		Sudarshan, Bhat		IND	2120	KAR	5	5	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa		VIE	2322	FOR	25
10	9	GM	Glek, Igor	S60	BEL	2423	FOR	4½	5	CM	Nayak, Rajesh		IND	2170	ODI	52
11	37	FM	Joshua, A P		IND	2234	KAR	4½	4½	IM	Ilamparthi, A R	U19	IND	2426	TN	6
12	49		Nithin, Babu		IND	2177	KER	4½	4½	GM	Hesham, Abdelrahman		EGY	2424	FOR	8
13	53	FM	Manon, Reja Neer	U19	BAN	2169	FOR	4½	4½	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha		IND	2407	KAR	12
14	13	IM	De Silva, L M S T	U19	SRI	2398	FOR	4½	4½	FM	Dhananjay, S		IND	2151	CHHAT	56
15	17	IM	Nitin, S.		IND	2385	RLYS	4½	4½	FM	Matta, Vinay Kumar		IND	2132	UBI	58