ChessMood Open R5: Ter-Sahakyan and Shahinyan at the top

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/10/2021

Samvel Ter-Sahakyan drew with Praggnanandhaa in the fifth round to maintain his lead 4.5/5. He is joined by fellow countryman IM David Shahinyan (ARM) after the fifth round of ChessMood Open. The tournament leaders will face each other in the sixth round. Ten players are at a half point behind the leader. Narayanan S L, Praggnanandhaa and Abhimanyu Puranik are the three Indians among them. IMs Mitrabha Guha and P Shyam Nikhil held Armenian GMs Shant Sargsyan and Manuel Petrosyan to a draw each, respectively. IM Bharath Subramaniyam H got back to winning ways as he defeated GM Harsha Bharathakoti. Round 6 starts today from 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Narayanan, Praggnanandhaa and Abhimanyu in the hunt

Three of the first five boards ended in draws. The remaining games of the top ten boards ended decisively. That definitely shows how strong the field is.

Samvel Ter-Sahakyan drew with R Praggnanandhaa | Photo: Rupali Mullick

ChessMood Open logo | Photo: Official site

Ter-Sahakyan - Praggnanandhaa: 0.5-0.5

Samvel Ter-Sahakyan sacrificed his bishop to expose Praggnanandhaa's king.

Position after 19.Bxg7

19.Bxg7 is not that scary for Black because White does not have sufficient pieces to deliver the checkmate. 19...Kxg7 20.Qg5+ Kh8 and after a couple of repetitions 24.Re3 Rfc8 25.e5 Kf8 26.Rae1 Qd8 27.Qh8+ Ke7 28.Qf6+ and it is a draw by perpetual check.

IM Mitrabha Guha made a solid draw against GM Shant Sargsyan (ARM) | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Karthik - Narayanan: 0-1

An incorrect break at the center can completely have the opposite outcome than a desired one. GM Karthik Venkataraman made a break which did not yield what he wanted against GM Narayanan S L.

Position after 28.d4

28.d4 actually helps Black to gain more control of the center, get rid of the doubled pawns on e-file which means the f6-bishop's path also gets opened. White could have done 28.b4 instead. The game continued 28...exd4 29.Nxd4 c5 30.Nf3 Be7. The next positional mistake was 31.e5 which reduced the space for White after 31...d5 32.Rg4 d4 33.Bd2 Rxb2. Black could have gone for 33...Qxf3+ 34.Qxf3 Rxf3 35.Kxf3 Ne5 which is also winning. White managed to prolong the game, however the outcome remained unchanged.

Narayanan bounced back well after a loss | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Abhimanyu - Kasparov: 1-0

GM Abhimanyu Puranik scored a clinical victory over GM Sergey Kasparov (BLR).

GM Abhimanyu Puranik 4.0/5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Arjun Erigaisi - IM Vahe Danielyan (ARM): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM D Gukesh - FM Emin Ohanyan (ARM): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM P Shyam Nikhil - GM Manuel Petrosyan (ARM): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Harsha Bharathakoti - IM Bharath Subramaniyam H: 0-1 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Nikoloz Petriashvili (GEO) - Kunal M: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

WFM Srishti Pandey - WIM Priyanka Nutakki: 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

WFM Sahithi Varshini M - IM Nisha Mohota: 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Krishna Teja N, Sidhant Mohapatra, Karthik Venkataraman and Abhimanyu Puranik share a light moment | Photo: Rupali Mullick

For more Round 5 photos, please click here.

Highlights

Here are a few interesting finishes of Round 5.

GM Karthik Venkataraman lost to GM Narayanan S L

GM Aram Hakobyan (ARM) lost to GM Gevorg Harutjunyan (ARM)

GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) defeated IM Maksim Schekachikhin (RUS)

Replay Round 5 games

The tournament is taking place at Tsaghkadzor Marriott Hotel, Tsaghkadzor in Armenia from 4th to 12th October 2021. Time control is 90'/40 + 30' + 30" per move. Everyday game starts at 3 p.m. local time (4:30 p.m. IST), except 12th October, the final round will start at 10:30 a.m. local time (12 p.m. IST).

Round 5 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	6	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	2607	4	½ - ½	3½	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2618	5
2	32	GM	Babujian Levon	2447	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Goganov Aleksey	2557	14
3	27	IM	Shahinyan David	2469	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Quparadze Giga	2495	17
4	21	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2483	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2647	1
5	23	IM	Mitrabha Guha	2479	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Sargsyan Shant	2640	3
6	8	GM	Hakobyan Aram	2603	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Harutjunyan Gevorg	2409	41
7	26	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	2471	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2570	9
8	10	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2568	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Kasparov Sergey	2471	25
9	12	GM	Paichadze Luka	2566	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Schekachikhin Maksim	2448	31
10	38	FM	Daghli Arash	2427	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.	2562	13
11	72	FM	Dilanyan Grigor	2214	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Mosadeghpour Masoud	2486	19
12	20	IM	Sturt Raven	2485	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Farahat Ali	2392	43
13	4	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2634	2½	1 - 0	3	IM	Danielyan Vahe	2335	51
14	2	GM	Gukesh D	2640	2½	½ - ½	2½	FM	Ohanyan Emin	2373	47
15	29	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	2453	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2605	7
16	28	IM	Davtyan Artur	2453	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Harutyunyan Tigran K.	2567	11
17	30	IM	Urazayev Arystanbek	2451	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2543	15
18	16	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	2517	2½	0 - 1	2½	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2435	33
19	18	GM	Mikaelyan Arman	2487	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	2367	49
20	66	FM	Poormosavi Seyed Kian	2255	2½	0 - 1	2	GM	Movsziszian Karen	2480	22

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Round 6 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	27	IM	Shahinyan David	2469	4½		4½	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	2607	6
2	1	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2647	4		4	GM	Paichadze Luka	2566	12
3	5	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2618	4		4	GM	Goganov Aleksey	2557	14
4	13	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.	2562	4		4	GM	Hakobyan Aram	2603	8
5	9	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2570	4		4	GM	Babujian Levon	2447	32
6	19	GM	Mosadeghpour Masoud	2486	4		4	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2568	10
7	3	GM	Sargsyan Shant	2640	3½		3½	IM	Davtyan Artur	2453	28
8	43	IM	Farahat Ali	2392	3½		3½	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2634	4
9	17	GM	Quparadze Giga	2495	3½		3½	IM	Sturt Raven	2485	20
10	33	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2435	3½		3½	GM	Mikaelyan Arman	2487	18
11	2	GM	Gukesh D	2640	3		3½	IM	Mitrabha Guha	2479	23
12	7	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2605	3		3	IM	Krishna Teja N	2385	44
13	15	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2543	3		3	IM	Bardiya Daneshvar	2403	42
14	41	GM	Harutjunyan Gevorg	2409	3		3	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2483	21
15	22	GM	Movsziszian Karen	2480	3		3	FM	Chkhaidze Nikoloz	2262	64
16	25	GM	Kasparov Sergey	2471	3		3	FM	Barseghyan Armen Ar.	2356	50
17	47	FM	Ohanyan Emin	2373	3		3	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	2471	26
18	51	IM	Danielyan Vahe	2335	3		3	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	2453	29
19	53	FM	Hakemi Arman	2323	3		3	IM	Urazayev Arystanbek	2451	30
20	31	IM	Schekachikhin Maksim	2448	3		3	FM	Wagh Suyog	2246	68

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