S Rohith Krishna on the verge of winning 2nd Maharashtra GM Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 08/06/2023

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.

IM S Rohith Krishna defeated IM Milosz Szapar (POL) to gain a full point lead heading into the final round

Milos - Rohith

Position after 11.Rf1

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.

S Rohith Krishna is inches away from winning 2nd Maharashtra GM Open 2023 | Video: ChessBase India

Laser focused IM S Rohith Krishna scored his fourth win in-a-row

Viani - Mayank

Position after 22..Bxc2?

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.

The newly crowned two-time Karnataka State champion - IM Viani Antonio Dcunha is in terrific form

GM Aleksej Aleksandrov defeated FM Ayush Sharma to move to 7.5/10

GM Laxman R R outplayed FM Vedant Panesar to move to 7.5/10

GM Viacheslav V Zakhartsov had a short and exciting draw against Sanket Chakravarty

Luka - Subhayan

Position after 19.Nxc8

The chain exchange does not work out for White. Find out the best continuation for Black after 19.Nxc8.

Subhayan Kundu had a good opportunity to push for a win against GM Luka Paichadze (GEO)

FM Nikhil Dixit - GM Vladimir Burmakin: 0.5-0.5

FM Ritviz Parab defeated his second GM of the event - Venkatesh M R

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Round 10 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	12	IM	Szpar, Milosz	2447	POL	7	0 - 1	7½	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	2411	TN	20	PGN
2	15	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2417	KAR	6½	1 - 0	7	CM	Mayank, Chakraborty	2141	ASSM	64	PGN
3	31	FM	Ayush, Sharma	2312	MP	6½	0 - 1	6½	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2461	BLR	8	PGN
4	13	IM	Neelash, Saha	2440	WB	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Raahul, V S	2299	TN	34	PGN
5	33	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2299	ICF	6½	1 - 0	6½	FM	Panesar, Vedant	2387	MAH	22	PGN
6	1	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2524	RUS	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Mirzoev, Azer	2416	AZE	16	PGN
7	2	GM	Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V.	2514	FID	6	½ - ½	6		Sanket, Chakravarty	2389	WB	21	PGN
8	3	GM	Paichadze, Luka	2513	GEO	6	½ - ½	6		Subhayan, Kundu	2353	WB	26	PGN
9	11	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2449	BLR	6	1 - 0	6	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	2254	RLYS	40	PGN
10	43		Kaustuv, Kundu	2242	WB	6	0 - 1	6	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2412	TEL	19	PGN
11	35	FM	Dixit, Nikhil	2289	MAH	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2492	RUS	4	PGN
12	37	FM	Wagh, Suyog	2276	MCA	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2473	PSPB	6	PGN
13	7	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2469	PSPB	5½	0 - 1	5½	FM	Ritviz, Parab	2340	GOA	28	PGN
14	9	GM	Vorobiov, Evgeny E.	2454	RUS	5½	1 - 0	5½	CM	Vaibhav, Jayant Raut	2237	MAH	47	PGN
15	48		Bhattacharyya, Soham	2219	WB	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2440	MAH	14	PGN

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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

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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