S Rohith Krishna on the verge of winning 2nd Maharashtra GM Open 2023
IM S Rohith Krishna registered his fourth win in-a-row in the penultimate round of 2nd Maharashtra GM Open 2023. What seemed like an opening trap from the outside, was actually unfolding in front of everyone's eyes, just like the players. Rohith defeated IM Milosz Szpar to increase his lead to a full point heading into the final round. He is now at 8.5/10. IM Viani Antonio Dcunha, GM Aleksej Aleksandrov and GM Laxman R R are the only three players at 7.5/10 each. Rohith needs a draw against Aleksej in the final round to become a clear champion. Laxman and Viani have an outside chance of winning the event too, if Aleksej manages to beat Rohith. Round 11 starts tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. IST. Photos: Shahid Ahmed
Laxman and Viani in the fray
Sanket Chakravarty and FM Goutham Krishna H must win the final round to score an IM-norm each. Sanket has the tall order against the top seed of the tournament, GM Boris Savchenko. Goutham has to beat IM David Gochelashvili. 57 games of the penultimate round got over in about 4 hours 10 minutes. The only game which ran the longest was WIM Mrudul Dehankar's victory over Arjun Tiwari, clocking 4.5 hours.
Milos - Rohith
IM S Rohith Krishna (2411) sacrificed two pawns in the opening, things could have gone in various ways. Yet, everything worked out in his favor. IM Milosz Szpar (POL, 2447) played 11.Rf1 which allowed his opponent to gain an exchange Bh3 12.Nd5+ Kf8 13.Ne3 Nxc2+ 14.Qxc2 Bxe3 15.Qe2 Bxc1 16.Rxc1 Qxf1+ 17.Qxf1 Bxf1 18.Kxf1 Black gained an exchange. According to Rohith, he did not play accurately, which allowed his opponent to fight back. However, Rohith eventually managed to turn things around in his favor and win the crucial game.
Viani - Mayank
CM Mayank Chakraborty (2141) miscalculated and made an incorrect sacrifice 22...Bxc2? 23.Qxc2 Rxh5 24.Qe2 Nf3+ 25.Qxf3 Qxh2+ 26.Kf1 e5 27.Be3 d4 Black never got any compensation or counterplay. He soon lost the game.
Luka - Subhayan
The chain exchange does not work out for White. Find out the best continuation for Black after 19.Nxc8.
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Round 10 results
Standings after Round 10
| 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 | 8,5 | 55,5 | 58 | 49,00 | 0 | 7 | 2535 | 10 | 17,7 | ||||
| 2 | 33 | GM | Laxman, R.R. | IND | 2299 | ICF | 7,5 | 57 | 61 | 44,25 | 0 | 5 | 2509 | 10 | 28,4 | ||||
| 3 | 8 | GM | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | FID | 2461 | BLR | 7,5 | 53,5 | 58 | 42,25 | 0 | 6 | 2407 | 10 | -4 | ||||
| 4 | 15 | IM | Viani, Antonio Dcunha | IND | 2417 | KAR | 7,5 | 52,5 | 56 | 41,25 | 0 | 5 | 2369 | 10 | -3,6 | ||||
| 5 | 64 | CM | Mayank, Chakraborty | IND | 2141 | ASSM | 7 | 60 | 63 | 42,00 | 0 | 5 | 2526 | 40 | 191,2 | ||||
| 6 | 12 | IM | Szpar, Milosz | POL | 2447 | POL | 7 | 59 | 62,5 | 40,75 | 0 | 5 | 2411 | 10 | -1,9 | ||||
| 7 | 34 | IM | Raahul, V S | IND | 2299 | TN | 7 | 57 | 61,5 | 41,25 | 0 | 5 | 2493 | 10 | 27,1 | ||||
| 8 | 11 | GM | Fedorov, Alexei | FID | 2449 | BLR | 7 | 52,5 | 56,5 | 37,50 | 0 | 7 | 2329 | 10 | -10,6 | ||||
| 9 | 13 | IM | Neelash, Saha | IND | 2440 | WB | 7 | 51,5 | 54,5 | 36,75 | 0 | 5 | 2281 | 10 | -12,4 | ||||
| 10 | 19 | IM | Kushagra, Mohan | IND | 2412 | TEL | 7 | 51,5 | 54 | 36,00 | 0 | 5 | 2351 | 10 | -3 | ||||
| 11 | 22 | FM | Panesar, Vedant | IND | 2387 | MAH | 6,5 | 59 | 63,5 | 38,00 | 0 | 5 | 2351 | 20 | 1 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | GM | Paichadze, Luka | GEO | 2513 | GEO | 6,5 | 57 | 59,5 | 34,50 | 0 | 4 | 2418 | 10 | -9,6 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | GM | Savchenko, Boris | FID | 2524 | RUS | 6,5 | 56,5 | 60,5 | 35,75 | 0 | 5 | 2393 | 10 | -12,5 | ||||
| 14 | 28 | FM | Ritviz, Parab | IND | 2340 | GOA | 6,5 | 56 | 60 | 36,75 | 0 | 5 | 2366 | 20 | 15,4 | ||||
| 15 | 21 | Sanket, Chakravarty | IND | 2389 | WB | 6,5 | 55,5 | 59 | 37,25 | 0 | 3 | 2387 | 20 | 8,2 |
Round 11 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | No. | ||||
| 1 | 8 | GM | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | 2461 | BLR | 7½ | 8½ | IM | Rohith, Krishna S | 2411 | TN | 20 | |||
| 2 | 33 | GM | Laxman, R.R. | 2299 | ICF | 7½ | 7½ | IM | Viani, Antonio Dcunha | 2417 | KAR | 15 | |||
| 3 | 19 | IM | Kushagra, Mohan | 2412 | TEL | 7 | 7 | GM | Fedorov, Alexei | 2449 | BLR | 11 | |||
| 4 | 34 | IM | Raahul, V S | 2299 | TN | 7 | 7 | IM | Szpar, Milosz | 2447 | POL | 12 | |||
| 5 | 64 | CM | Mayank, Chakraborty | 2141 | ASSM | 7 | 7 | IM | Neelash, Saha | 2440 | WB | 13 | |||
| 6 | 21 | Sanket, Chakravarty | 2389 | WB | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Savchenko, Boris | 2524 | RUS | 1 | ||||
| 7 | 22 | FM | Panesar, Vedant | 2387 | MAH | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V. | 2514 | FID | 2 | |||
| 8 | 59 | CM | Nayak, Rajesh | 2168 | ODI | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Paichadze, Luka | 2513 | GEO | 3 | |||
| 9 | 6 | GM | Sengupta, Deep | 2473 | PSPB | 6½ | 6½ | Subhayan, Kundu | 2353 | WB | 26 | ||||
| 10 | 28 | FM | Ritviz, Parab | 2340 | GOA | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Vorobiov, Evgeny E. | 2454 | RUS | 9 | |||
| 11 | 14 | IM | Sammed Jaykumar, Shete | 2440 | MAH | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Teterev, Vitaly | 2344 | BLR | 27 | |||
| 12 | 16 | GM | Mirzoev, Azer | 2416 | AZE | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Babujian, Levon | 2373 | ARM | 23 | |||
| 13 | 18 | IM | Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh | 2415 | MAH | 6½ | 6½ | FM | Ayush, Sharma | 2312 | MP | 31 | |||
| 14 | 4 | GM | Burmakin, Vladimir | 2492 | RUS | 6 | 6 | IM | Saravana, Krishnan P. | 2255 | KVB | 39 | |||
| 15 | 10 | IM | Nitish, Belurkar | 2450 | GOA | 6 | 6 | FM | Sharan, Rao | 2248 | KAR | 41 |
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