2nd Maharashtra GM 2023 R8: S Rohith Krishna joins Vedant Panesar and Milosz Szpar in the lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/06/2023

IM S Rohith Krishna continues his terrific form. A day after beating the top seed of the tournament, Rohith won against the third seeded, GM Luka Paichadze (GEO). His preparation worked out as the Georgian made some positional inaccuracies and later lost an exchange. FM Vedant Panesar drew his game against IM Milosz Szapar (POL). Thus, Milos, Rohith and Vedant are now in a three-way lead 6.5/8. IM Neelash Saha, CM Mayank Chakraborty and GM Alexei Fedorov are close on their heels at 6/8 each. They defeated FM Ritviz Parab, GM Vladimir Burmakin and IM Sammed Shete respectively. The top three boards will witness - Rohith vs Vedant, Milosz vs Neelash and Mayank vs Fedorov in Round 9. It starts tomorrow at 3 p.m. IST. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Vidit beats Svidler 17.5-10.5

Vidit Gujrathi drew the third rapid game, won the fourth. Then he lost the fifth blitz game, won the next two and drew the final one to win the match 17.5-10.5. He won the match after the conclusion of the fourth rapid game. Nigel Short started the day with a win in rapid. Raunak Sadhwani immediately struck back. The fifth blitz game was drawn and then Raunak won the next three to win the match 20-8. Maharashtra Challenge Match has been a successful event as both players from Maharashtra - Vidit and Raunak completely dominated Peter Svidler and Nigel Short, two legends of the sport.

IM S Rohith Krishna defeated GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) to join the lead

Rohith - Luka

Position after 20.Nd5??

According to IM S Rohith Krishna (2411), his opponent went for a wrong plan 12.g4, 13.h3 it weakened his dark squares. Later, Black sacrificed his d6-pawn to gain some activity 17...c5 18.Qxd6 Qg5+ 19.Kb1 Bc6 20.Nd5?? and we reach the above position. 20...Rad8 forced White to give up an exchange or to lose material. 21.Qe6+ and here Black felt that his opponent missed the Nf7 resource.

IM S Rohith Krishna on his win against GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) | Video: ChessBase India

IM S Rohith Krishna beat his second GM in-a-row

FM Vedant Panesar - IM Milosz Szapar (POL): 0.5-0.5

GM Levon Babujian (ARM) - GM Deep Sengupta: 0.5-0.5

GM Laxman R R - GM Aleksej Aleksandrov: 0.5-0.5

IM Neelash Saha defeated FM Ritviz Parab to move to 6/8

IM Kushagra Mohan - Sanket Chakravarty: 0.5-0.5

Mayank - Burmakin

Position after 43...g5??

The veteran GM Vladimir Burmakin (2492) blundered in an equal rook endgame. 43...g5?? dropped the h7-pawn for free and things turned completely into White's favor. 44.Rxh7+- Kg6 45.Rb7 g4 46.Rb8 Kg7 47.Kf1 Rb4 48.b7 Rb2 49.Ke1 and Black resigned.

The reigning two-time National Under-17 Open champion, CM Mayank Chakraborty is playing fantastic in this event

Kaustuv Kundu - GM Viacheslav Zakhartsov: 0.5-0.5

CM Vaibhav Jayant Raut capitalized on his opponent GM Venkatesh M R's consecutive blunders in the endgame

CM Aaditya Dhingra - IM Nubairshah Shaikh: 0.5-0.5

Vidit Gujrathi defeated Peter Svidler 17.5-10.5

Raunak Sadhwani completely dominated Nigel Short 20-8

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Round 8 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	22	FM	Panesar, Vedant	2387	MAH	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Szpar, Milosz	2447	POL	12	PGN
2	3	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2513	GEO	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	2411	TN	20	PGN
3	11	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2449	BLR	5	1 - 0	5½	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2440	MAH	14	PGN
4	23	GM	Babujian, Levon	2373	ARM	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2473	PSPB	6	PGN
5	33	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2299	ICF	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2461	BLR	8	PGN
6	13	IM	Neelash, Saha	2440	WB	5	1 - 0	5	FM	Ritviz, Parab	2340	GOA	28	PGN
7	15	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2417	KAR	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Raahul, V S	2299	TN	34	PGN
8	19	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2412	TEL	5	½ - ½	5		Sanket, Chakravarty	2389	WB	21	PGN
9	64	CM	Mayank, Chakraborty	2141	ASSM	5	1 - 0	4½	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2492	RUS	4	PGN
10	1	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2524	RUS	4½	1 - 0	4½		Garv, Rai	2198	DEL	55	PGN
11	43		Kaustuv, Kundu	2242	WB	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V.	2514	FID	2	PGN
12	7	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2469	PSPB	4½	0 - 1	4½	CM	Vaibhav, Jayant Raut	2237	MAH	47	PGN
13	27	GM	Teterev, Vitaly	2344	BLR	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Mirzoev, Azer	2416	AZE	16	PGN
14	17	IM	Srihari, L R	2416	TN	4½	1 - 0	4½		Anadkat, Kartavya	2130	GUJ	67	PGN
15	46	IM	Kulkarni, Vikramaditya	2237	MAH	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Barseghyan, Armen Ar.	2373	ARM	24	PGN

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Standings after Round 8

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	12	IM	Szpar, Milosz				POL	2447	POL	6,5	37	40,5	32,00	0	5	2472	10	3,7
2	22	FM	Panesar, Vedant				IND	2387	MAH	6,5	35	38,5	30,75	0	5	2464	20	22,8
3	20	IM	Rohith, Krishna S				IND	2411	TN	6,5	34,5	37	29,50	0	5	2445	10	7,5
4	64	CM	Mayank, Chakraborty				IND	2141	ASSM	6	36	38,5	27,50	0	4	2556	40	163,6
5	11	GM	Fedorov, Alexei				FID	2449	BLR	6	32,5	35,5	26,00	0	6	2368	10	-4,5
6	13	IM	Neelash, Saha				IND	2440	WB	6	27,5	29,5	21,25	0	5	2264	10	-10,6
7	1	GM	Savchenko, Boris				FID	2524	RUS	5,5	37,5	40,5	25,00	0	5	2391	10	-9,5
8	34	IM	Raahul, V S				IND	2299	TN	5,5	37	40,5	25,75	0	4	2464	10	18,6
9	3	GM	Paichadze, Luka				GEO	2513	GEO	5,5	36	37,5	22,25	0	4	2434	10	-5,8
10	23	GM	Babujian, Levon				ARM	2373	ARM	5,5	35,5	39	24,25	0	5	2399	10	5,5
11	14	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete				IND	2440	MAH	5,5	35	38,5	25,00	0	4	2429	10	0,4
12	33	GM	Laxman, R.R.				IND	2299	ICF	5,5	34,5	37	24,25	0	3	2428	10	14,9
13	31	FM	Ayush, Sharma				IND	2312	MP	5,5	33,5	37	24,25	0	5	2336	20	8,8
14	6	GM	Sengupta, Deep				IND	2473	PSPB	5,5	33	35,5	23,00	0	4	2336	10	-10,1
15	21		Sanket, Chakravarty				IND	2389	WB	5,5	32,5	35,5	23,50	0	3	2359	20	1,4

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Round 9 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	20	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	2411	TN	6½		6½	FM	Panesar, Vedant	2387	MAH	22
2	12	IM	Szpar, Milosz	2447	POL	6½		6	IM	Neelash, Saha	2440	WB	13
3	64	CM	Mayank, Chakraborty	2141	ASSM	6		6	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2449	BLR	11
4	19	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2412	TEL	5½		5½	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2524	RUS	1
5	21		Sanket, Chakravarty	2389	WB	5½		5½	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2513	GEO	3
6	6	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2473	PSPB	5½		5½	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2299	ICF	33
7	8	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2461	BLR	5½		5½	GM	Babujian, Levon	2373	ARM	23
8	14	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2440	MAH	5½		5½	FM	Ayush, Sharma	2312	MP	31
9	47	CM	Vaibhav, Jayant Raut	2237	MAH	5½		5½	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2417	KAR	15
10	34	IM	Raahul, V S	2299	TN	5½		5½	IM	Srihari, L R	2416	TN	17
11	2	GM	Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V.	2514	FID	5		5	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	2255	KVB	39
12	10	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2450	GOA	5		5	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	2254	RLYS	40
13	16	GM	Mirzoev, Azer	2416	AZE	5		5	IM	Kulkarni, Vikramaditya	2237	MAH	46
14	24	IM	Barseghyan, Armen Ar.	2373	ARM	5		5		Kaustuv, Kundu	2242	WB	43
15	25	GM	Manik, Mikulas	2367	SVK	5		5	FM	Navalgund, Niranjan	2200	KAR	54