1st Maharashtra GM Open 2022 R4: The Aditya Samant Ascension

by Shahid Ahmed - 03/06/2022

Pune, Maharashtra's next big talent is FM Aditya S Samant. There is no doubt that he is going to become an IM. The 15-year-old already has an IM-norm. He drew with the top seed Farrukh Amonatov in the third round, showing his tenacity. In the fourth round, he scored a win against IM N Krishna Teja with a great display of attack. Currently he is the only non IM/GM player unbeaten at 3.5/4 out of eleven players. IM Anup Deshmukh continues his impressive run as he drew with Amonatov in another exciting battle. Lalit, Deep, Karthik, Arjun Kalyan, Vishnu and Srihari L R are the remaining Indians at 3.5/4 each. Round 5 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Luka Paichadze makes a perfect start

Second seed of the event, GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) defeated GM Venkatesh M R to score 4/4. Although at one point, Venkatesh had one opportunity to turn things around. Luckily for the Georgian, his opponent did not spot it at the right moment.

Aditya Samant scored a scintillating win | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Aditya Samant - Krishna Teja: 1-0

FM Aditya S Samant (2433) launched a devastating attack on IM N Krishna Teja's (2374) kingside.

Position after 27.Nf5

Apart from the g7-bishop, all black pieces are on the back rank which means this is a perfect time to launch an attack. 27.Nf5 is an excellent move. There is no immediate finish, yet it is the prelude to black king's eventual demise. 27...c6 28.Qf4 cxd5 29.Nxh6 dxc4 30.Ng5+

Position after 30.Ng5+

When someone plays like this, it is bound to give them immense joy. Black was forced to give up the queen 30...Qxg5 31.Qxg5 Bxh6 32.Qg4 and rest was just a matter of time to score the victory.

FM Aditya S Samant is in terrific form | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Anup Deshmukh - GM Farrukh Amonatov: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Rahul Sangma - GM Stupak Kirill: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Atharva Godbole - GM Nguyen Van Huy (VIE): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Srihari L (pictured) - GM Karthikeyan P: 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Aanjaneya Phatak (pictured) - WGM Mary Ann Gomes: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

FM Ram Aravind L N - IM Asyl Abdyjapar (KGZ): 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Yash Bharadia (pictured) - IM P Konguvel: 1-0

Meenal Gupta (pictured) - WIM Rakshitta Ravi: 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Soumya Swaminathan - Ilamparthi A R (pictured): 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

"Keep rooting for us, we need your best wishes"- IM Bhakti Kulkarni | Video: ChessBase India

"It is very important for parents to choose the right coach" - Jayant Gokhale | Video: ChessBase India

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A total of 141 players including 20 GMs, 29 IMs, 6 WGM and 9 WIMs are taking part from 13 countries across the world including India. The tournament is organized by Maharashtra Chess Association from 31st May to 8th June 2022 at Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, Maharashtra. The eleven-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Round 4 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Paichadze Luka	2567	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2490	8
2	6	GM	Savchenko Boris	2524	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2477	13
3	10	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2480	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2492	7
4	70	IM	Deshmukh Anup	2178	3	½ - ½	2½	GM	Amonatov Farrukh	2622	1
5	27	IM	Gusain Himal	2396	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2563	3
6	26	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2398	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Fedorov Alexei	2529	4
7	30	IM	Raahul V S	2371	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Sengupta Deep	2526	5
8	28	IM	Audi Ameya	2389	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Aditya Mittal	2490	9
9	126		Kumar Gaurav	1998	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	2437	19
10	20	FM	Samant Aditya S	2433	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Krishna Teja N	2374	29
11	24	IM	Srihari L R	2404	2½	1 - 0	2½	FM	Sharan Rao	2274	53
12	46	IM	Saravanan V.	2324	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Nikitenko Mihail	2479	11
13	14	GM	Mirzoev Azer	2476	2	½ - ½	2	FM	Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali	2308	51
14	15	IM	Nigmatov Ortik	2463	2	1 - 0	2	WIM	Priyanka Nutakki	2303	52
15	16	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	2443	2	1 - 0	2	WGM	Srija Seshadri	2241	57

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	3	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2563	3½		4	GM	Paichadze Luka	2567	2
2	5	GM	Sengupta Deep	2526	3½		3½	FM	Samant Aditya S	2433	20
3	19	GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	2437	3½		3½	GM	Savchenko Boris	2524	6
4	7	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2492	3½		3½	IM	Srihari L R	2404	24
5	26	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2398	3½		3½	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2480	10
6	13	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2477	3½		3½	IM	Deshmukh Anup	2178	70
7	1	GM	Amonatov Farrukh	2622	3		3	GM	Hossain Enamul	2413	22
8	8	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2490	3		3	IM	Audi Ameya	2389	28
9	9	IM	Aditya Mittal	2490	3		3	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha	2364	32
10	11	GM	Nikitenko Mihail	2479	3		3		Srihari L	2178	71
11	31	IM	Kulkarni Bhakti	2370	3		3	IM	Nigmatov Ortik	2463	15
12	45		Kaustuv Kundu	2327	3		3	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	2443	16
13	96	FM	Ram Aravind L N	2116	3		3	IM	Neelash Saha	2439	18
14	17	GM	Stupak Kirill	2440	2½		3		Bharadia Yash	1924	138
15	4	GM	Fedorov Alexei	2529	2½		2½	FM	Jubin Jimmy	2259	56

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