2nd Maharashtra GM 2023 R9: S Rohith Krishna emerges sole leader

by Shahid Ahmed - 07/06/2023

IM S Rohith Krishna defeated FM Vedant Panesar to emerge sole leader at 2nd Maharashtra GM Open 2023. 13-year-old, reigning two-time National Under-17 Open champion, CM Mayank Chakraborty outplayed GM Alexei Fedorov. The veteran made some positional inaccuracy which the teenager correctly capitalized on. This win earned him his maiden GM and IM-norm. IM Kushagra Mohan and untitled Sanket Chakravarty held the top seed GM Boris Savchenko and the third seed GM Luka Paichadze to a draw each. FM Ayush Sharma defeated IM Sammed Shete after the latter made an incorrect exchange which increased the vulnerability of his king. IM Milosz Szapr and Mayank are trailing Rohith by a half point at 7/9 each. Round 10 starts tomorrow at 3 p.m. IST. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Mayank Chakraborty scores his maiden GM and IM-norm

13-year-old CM Mayank Chakraborty is having the tournament of his life. He completed a hat-trick of wins by defeating his second consecutive GM of the event. Currently he is performing at 2593 and already gained a whopping 198 Elo rating points.

IM S Rohith Krishna defeated FM Vedant Panesar to emerge sole leader

Rohith - Vedant

Position after 12...Bf5

12...Bf5 surprised IM S Rohith Krishna as his opponent FM Vedant Panesar was offering two minor pieces for his rook but he had enough compensation. His pawns were strong and White felt that his pieces were uncoordinated. Eventually, Black blundered in the end and lost material.

Rohith Krishna keeps calm and gains sole lead | 2nd Maharashtra GM 2023 | Video: ChessBase India

IM S Rohith Krishna defeated the in-form FM Vedant Panesar

IM Milosz Szapar (POL) - IM Neelash Saha: 0.5-0.5

Mayank - Fedorov

Position after 17.Ng5

GM Alexei Fedorov (2449) got his position in trouble when he opted for 15...Kf8? 16.Rad1 Ke7 17.Ng5 and White just slowly outplayed Black positionally. A fantastic win by the 13-year-old earned him his maiden GM and IM-norm.

The reigning two-time National Under-17 Open champion, CM Mayank Chakraborty earned his maiden GM and IM-norm

IM Kushagra Mohan - GM Boris Savchenko: 0.5-0.5

Sanket Chakravarty had a tiny window of opportunity to make things difficult for GM Luka Paichadze (GEO)

Deep - Laxman

Position after 36...Qe3+

Two strong GMs Deep Sengupta (2473) and Laxman R R (2299) faced each other for the first time in nearly five years since their last Classical battle. Where should the white king go after 36...Qe3+ ? White chose incorrectly and went on to lose the game.

GM Deep Sengupta - GM Laxman R R: 0-1

Sammed - Ayush

Position after 19...Nd4

How should White capture on d4? There is only one correct way.

FM Ayush Sharma (pictured) won comfortably when his opponent IM Sammed Shete opted for an incorrect exchange

IM Ratnakaran K took nearly 40 moves to corner his opponent IM Nitish Belukar's king to checkmate with bishop and knight

Armen - Kaustuv

Position after 28.Rxa3??

IM Armen Barseghyan (2373) blundered 28.Rxa3?? Find out the winning continuation which Kaustuv Kundu (2242) executed.

IM Armen Barseghyan (ARM) - Kaustuv Kundu (pictured): 0-1

GM Manik Mikulas (SVK) - FM FT Niranjan Navalgund: 0.5-0.5

CM Rajesh Nayak - GM Vitaly Teterev: 0.5-0.5

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Round 9 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	20	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	2411	TN	6½	1 - 0	6½	FM	Panesar, Vedant	2387	MAH	22
2	12	IM	Szpar, Milosz	2447	POL	6½	½ - ½	6	IM	Neelash, Saha	2440	WB	13
3	64	CM	Mayank, Chakraborty	2141	ASSM	6	1 - 0	6	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2449	BLR	11
4	19	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2412	TEL	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2524	RUS	1
5	21		Sanket, Chakravarty	2389	WB	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2513	GEO	3
6	6	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2473	PSPB	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2299	ICF	33
7	8	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2461	BLR	5½	1 - 0	5½	GM	Babujian, Levon	2373	ARM	23
8	14	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2440	MAH	5½	0 - 1	5½	FM	Ayush, Sharma	2312	MP	31
9	47	CM	Vaibhav, Jayant Raut	2237	MAH	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2417	KAR	15
10	34	IM	Raahul, V S	2299	TN	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	Srihari, L R	2416	TN	17
11	2	GM	Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V.	2514	FID	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	2255	KVB	39
12	10	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2450	GOA	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	2254	RLYS	40
13	16	GM	Mirzoev, Azer	2416	AZE	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Kulkarni, Vikramaditya	2237	MAH	46
14	24	IM	Barseghyan, Armen Ar.	2373	ARM	5	0 - 1	5		Kaustuv, Kundu	2242	WB	43
15	25	GM	Manik, Mikulas	2367	SVK	5	½ - ½	5	FM	Navalgund, Niranjan	2200	KAR	54

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Standings after Round 9

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	20	IM	Rohith, Krishna S				IND	2411	TN	7,5	45	47,5	39,00	0	6	2488	10	12,2
2	12	IM	Szpar, Milosz				POL	2447	POL	7	48	51,5	39,00	0	5	2465	10	3,6
3	64	CM	Mayank, Chakraborty				IND	2141	ASSM	7	46,5	49,5	37,25	0	5	2593	40	198
4	22	FM	Panesar, Vedant				IND	2387	MAH	6,5	46,5	50,5	34,25	0	5	2401	20	13,4
5	34	IM	Raahul, V S				IND	2299	TN	6,5	45,5	49	33,50	0	5	2499	10	25,2
6	33	GM	Laxman, R.R.				IND	2299	ICF	6,5	44	47	32,25	0	4	2474	10	22,2
7	8	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej				FID	2461	BLR	6,5	43,5	47	32,75	0	5	2369	10	-7
8	15	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha				IND	2417	KAR	6,5	42	45	32,25	0	4	2346	10	-5,3
9	31	FM	Ayush, Sharma				IND	2312	MP	6,5	41	44,5	30,75	0	6	2388	20	22,2
10	13	IM	Neelash, Saha				IND	2440	WB	6,5	37,5	40,5	28,25	0	5	2279	10	-10,5
11	3	GM	Paichadze, Luka				GEO	2513	GEO	6	46,5	48,5	28,75	0	4	2428	10	-7,5
12	43		Kaustuv, Kundu				IND	2242	WB	6	46	49,5	30,50	0	4	2340	20	26,4
13	1	GM	Savchenko, Boris				FID	2524	RUS	6	45,5	49,5	30,00	0	5	2393	10	-11
14	21		Sanket, Chakravarty				IND	2389	WB	6	43,5	46,5	30,00	0	3	2375	20	4,8
15	2	GM	Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V.				FID	2514	FID	6	42	45,5	29,00	0	4	2358	10	-12,3

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Round 10 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	12	IM	Szpar, Milosz	2447	POL	7		7½	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	2411	TN	20
2	15	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2417	KAR	6½		7	CM	Mayank, Chakraborty	2141	ASSM	64
3	31	FM	Ayush, Sharma	2312	MP	6½		6½	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2461	BLR	8
4	13	IM	Neelash, Saha	2440	WB	6½		6½	IM	Raahul, V S	2299	TN	34
5	33	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2299	ICF	6½		6½	FM	Panesar, Vedant	2387	MAH	22
6	1	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2524	RUS	6		6	GM	Mirzoev, Azer	2416	AZE	16
7	2	GM	Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V.	2514	FID	6		6		Sanket, Chakravarty	2389	WB	21
8	3	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2513	GEO	6		6		Subhayan, Kundu	2353	WB	26
9	11	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2449	BLR	6		6	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	2254	RLYS	40
10	43		Kaustuv, Kundu	2242	WB	6		6	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2412	TEL	19
11	35	FM	Dixit, Nikhil	2289	MAH	5½		5½	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2492	RUS	4
12	37	FM	Wagh, Suyog	2276	MCA	5½		5½	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2473	PSPB	6
13	7	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2469	PSPB	5½		5½	FM	Ritviz, Parab	2340	GOA	28
14	9	GM	Vorobiov, Evgeny E.	2454	RUS	5½		5½	CM	Vaibhav, Jayant Raut	2237	MAH	47
15	48		Bhattacharyya, Soham	2219	WB	5½		5½	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2440	MAH	14