ChessMood Open R6: Samvel Ter-Sahakyan regains sole lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/10/2021

GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan defeated compatriot IM David Shahinyan in the sixth round to regain his sole lead 5.5/6 at ChessMood Open. Four players are trailing by a half point. They are - Narayanan S L, Levan Pantsulaia (GEO), Abhimanyu Puranik and Alexey Goganov (RUS). All three of them won their respective games in the sixth round. IM Bharath Subramaniyam H had a 116-move long marathon draw against GM Arman Mikaelyan (ARM). Arjun, Gukesh, Sandipan and Karthik won their respective games. WFM Sahithi Varshini M held IM Padmini Rout to a draw. Round 7 starts today from 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: ChessMood

Narayanan and Abhimanyu in the title fray

Top seed of the tournament GM Narayanan S L and GM Abhimanyu Puranik maintain their position in the championship picture as they are just a half point behind the leader at 5.0/6.

GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan defeated IM David Shahinyan | Photo: ChessMood

ChessMood Open logo | Photo: Official site

Narayanan - Paichadze: 1-0

GM Narayanan S L defeated GM Luka Paichadze using a nice tactics.

Position after 29.Nc6

29.Nc6 is a multipurpose move. It is blockading the rook's support on the c5-knight, also threatening Be5 in the next move. Black has no choice but to take the knight 29...bxc6 30.Bxc5 and now he decided to sacrifice his queen to increase the fighting chances 30...Qxc5 31.Rxc5 Bxc5. White is still winning and Narayanan had no trouble showcasing the right technique. 30...Qd7 31.Bxe7 Qxe7 32.b6 Rc8 33.Qd2 would have also given White a decisive advantage.

Position after 44.g4

Narayanan made a very nice breakthrough 44.g4 to convert his advantage into a win. 44...fxg4 45.Qg6+ Ke7 46.Qxg7+ Ke8 47.Qxh6 Re7 48.Bxg4 Bxg4 49.Qg6+ and it's all over for Black.

GM Narayanan S L 5.0/6 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Praggnanandhaa - Goganov: 0-1

GM Alexey Goganov made an interesting sacrifice on GM Praggnanandhaa's kingside.

Position after 22...Bxh3

22...Bxh3 is undoubtedly an interesting sacrifice with the motive of 23...Nf3+ if White decides to accept the sacrifice 23.gxh3 which is not a good idea. Thus the best continuation is to eliminate the Nf3 threat immediately 23.Rxe5 and then after 23...Bxe5 24.gxh3 will allow White to save the game. The game continued 23.Nxc7 Qxc7 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.gxh3 Rae8 and things just spiraled out of control for White. 25.Bf4 would still have given some fighting chance.

Mosadeghpour - Abhimanyu: 0-1

GM Abhimanyu Puranik does not shy away from tactical skirmish. His opponent GM Masoud Mosadeghpour (IRI) missed a tactical defense and had to pay a heavy price for it.

Position after 25...Bxg4

White is in deep trouble, however he has a way to get out of the skewer and avoid material loss. How? 26.Nxc5 Qxc5 27.Qc3 Bxd1 28.Be5 Qc6 29.Rfd1 Rfe8 and Black converted his advantage into a full point in a few more moves.

GM Abhimanyu Puranik 5.0/6 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Farahat - Arjun: 0-1

GM Arjun Erigaisi scored a crushing victory against IM Farahat Ali (USA).

Position after 13.b4

Arjun had made his intentions clear with an early 6...g5, 7...g4 that he is playing only for one result - win. 13.b4 only helped Black's case as 13...Nxe4 gave Black a free pawn and his pieces swarmed towards White's kingside. Black wrapped up the game in just 24 moves.

GM Arjun Erigaisi scored a thumping victory | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Bharath Subramaniyam H had a 116-move long marathon draw against GM Arman Mikaelyan (ARM) | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Gukesh - Mitrabha: 1-0

IM Mitrabha Guha played extremely passive against GM D Gukesh.

Position after 31...gxf5

Black had to sacrifice the knight for a pawn to open up the position 31...gxf5 32.gxh5 fxe4 33.Bxe4. Unfortunately for him, it was not enough and Gukesh went on to win the game.

Mitrabha could not get out of the gate against Gukesh | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Sandipan Chanda - IM Daneshvar Bardiya (IRI): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Gevorg Harutjunyan (ARM) - GM Karthik Venkataraman: 0-1 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Amirezza Pour Agha Bala (IRI) - Vedant Panesar: 0-1 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Padmini Rout - WFM Sahithi Varshini M: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

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Highlights

Here are a few interesting finishes of Round 6.

GM Narayanan S L defeated GM Luka Paichadze (GEO)

IM Farahat Ali (USA) lost to GM Arjun Erigaisi

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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 6 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	27	IM	Shahinyan David	2469	4½	0 - 1	4½	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	2607	6
2	1	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2647	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Paichadze Luka	2566	12
3	5	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2618	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Goganov Aleksey	2557	14
4	13	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.	2562	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Hakobyan Aram	2603	8
5	9	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2570	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Babujian Levon	2447	32
6	19	GM	Mosadeghpour Masoud	2486	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2568	10
7	3	GM	Sargsyan Shant	2640	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Davtyan Artur	2453	28
8	43	IM	Farahat Ali	2392	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2634	4
9	17	GM	Quparadze Giga	2495	3½	0 - 1	3½	IM	Sturt Raven	2485	20
10	33	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2435	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Mikaelyan Arman	2487	18
11	2	GM	Gukesh D	2640	3	1 - 0	3½	IM	Mitrabha Guha	2479	23
12	7	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2605	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Krishna Teja N	2385	44
13	15	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2543	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Bardiya Daneshvar	2403	42
14	41	GM	Harutjunyan Gevorg	2409	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2483	21
15	22	GM	Movsziszian Karen	2480	3	0 - 1	3	FM	Chkhaidze Nikoloz	2262	64
16	25	GM	Kasparov Sergey	2471	3	0 - 1	3	FM	Barseghyan Armen Ar.	2356	50
17	47	FM	Ohanyan Emin	2373	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	2471	26
18	51	IM	Danielyan Vahe	2335	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	2453	29
19	53	FM	Hakemi Arman	2323	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Urazayev Arystanbek	2451	30
20	31	IM	Schekachikhin Maksim	2448	3	1 - 0	3	FM	Wagh Suyog	2246	68

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	6	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	2607	5½		5	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2570	9
2	10	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2568	5		5	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2647	1
3	14	GM	Goganov Aleksey	2557	5		4½	GM	Hakobyan Aram	2603	8
4	4	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2634	4½		4½	IM	Shahinyan David	2469	27
5	20	IM	Sturt Raven	2485	4½		4½	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.	2562	13
6	28	IM	Davtyan Artur	2453	4		4	GM	Gukesh D	2640	2
7	31	IM	Schekachikhin Maksim	2448	4		4	GM	Sargsyan Shant	2640	3
8	32	GM	Babujian Levon	2447	4		4	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2618	5
9	33	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2435	4		4	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2605	7
10	12	GM	Paichadze Luka	2566	4		4	IM	Danielyan Vahe	2335	51
11	50	FM	Barseghyan Armen Ar.	2356	4		4	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2543	15
12	18	GM	Mikaelyan Arman	2487	4		4	FM	Dilanyan Grigor	2214	72
13	64	FM	Chkhaidze Nikoloz	2262	4		4	GM	Mosadeghpour Masoud	2486	19
14	21	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2483	4		4		Chaqryan Erik	2181	80
15	46	IM	Moksh Amit Doshi	2379	3½		3½	GM	Harutyunyan Tigran K.	2567	11
16	55	FM	Alaverdyan Gevorg	2320	3½		3½	GM	Quparadze Giga	2495	17
17	23	IM	Mitrabha Guha	2479	3½		3½	FM	Ohanyan Emin	2373	47
18	26	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	2471	3½		3½	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	2367	49
19	30	IM	Urazayev Arystanbek	2451	3½		3½	FM	Atakhan Abtin	2319	56
20	34	IM	Petriashvili Nikoloz	2432	3½		3½	FM	Hakemi Arman	2323	53

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