1st Maharashtra GM Open 2022 R8: Resilient Aditya Mittal

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/06/2022

IM Aditya Mittal had a very tough endgame against GM Nguyen Duc Hoa (VIE). However, Aditya showed his resilience and managed to salvage a draw. GM Boris Savchenko, GM Farrukh Amonatov and GM Mihail Nikitenko are in a three-way lead 6.5/8 at 1st Maharashtra International GM Open 2022. Seven players are trailing by a half point at 6/8 each. They are - GM Nguyen Duc Hoa, GM Aleksej Aleksandrov, GM Karthik Venkataraman, GM Deep Sengupta, GM Arjun Kalyan, IM Aditya Mittal and IM Neelash Saha. Both IMs in pursuit, will face each other in the ninth round which starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Divya outplays Nubairshah

To play in a strong tournament, one of the skills required is to seize advantage and convert them. Something WGM Divya Deshmukh did against IM Nubairshah Shaikh. She is currently the top scorer 5.5/8 among female participants. The other skill required is persevere tough positions. IM Aditya Mittal showed his tenacity and salvaged a draw from a tough position.

IM Aditya Mittal survived a difficult endgame against GM Nguyen Duc Hoa | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

I am aiming to get my final GM norm and enjoy the game of chess - IM Aditya Mittal | Video: ChessBase India

GM Arjun Kalyan - GM Deep Sengupta: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Luka - Anuj: 0.5-0.5

IM Anuj Shrivatri (2356) had a very good opportunity to go for a win against GM Luka Paichadze (GEO, 2567) who erred in the final moments of the Rook and many Pawns endgame.

Position after 44.Rxh7

44.Rxh7 is certainly a mistake as Black capitalized on it c3. However, after 45.Rf7 Black did not follow through correctly, Rd2+ 46.Ke3 c4 and White managed to escape with a draw. Find out the better continuation for Black instead of 45...Rd2.

IM Anuj Shrivatri had the opportunity to score maximum against GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Srihari L R - GM Lalit Rohit: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Azer Mirzoev (AZE) - FM Aaryan Varshney: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Nubairshah Shaikh - WGM Divya Deshmukh: 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Final moments: IM Nubairshah Shaikh vs WGM Divya Deshmukh | Video: ChessBase India

CM Aaditya Dhingra - IM Bhakti Kulkarni: 0.5-0,5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Viani Antonio Dcunha - IM Srihari L: 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Enamul Hossain (BAN) - IM P Saravana Krishnan (pictured): 0-1 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Raahul V S - FM Ram Aravind L N (pictured): 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

A doctor turned Chess Coach | The interesting story of Dr. Raksha Jajoo | 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 8 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	11	GM	Nikitenko Mihail	2479	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Amonatov Farrukh	2622	1
2	13	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2477	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Sengupta Deep	2526	5
3	6	GM	Savchenko Boris	2524	5½	1 - 0	5½	GM	Stupak Kirill	2440	17
4	9	IM	Aditya Mittal	2490	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2398	26
5	2	GM	Paichadze Luka	2567	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Anuj Shrivatri	2356	35
6	24	IM	Srihari L R	2404	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2563	3
7	7	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2492	5	1 - 0	5	FM	Panesar Vedant	2337	41
8	10	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2480	5	1 - 0	5	FM	Sharan Rao	2274	53
9	18	IM	Neelash Saha	2439	5	1 - 0	5		Kaustuv Kundu	2327	45
10	23	GM	Nguyen Van Huy	2405	5	0 - 1	4½	GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	2437	19
11	8	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2490	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	2331	43
12	14	GM	Mirzoev Azer	2476	4½	½ - ½	4½	FM	Aaryan Varshney	2308	50
13	16	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	2443	4½	0 - 1	4½	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	2317	47
14	20	FM	Samant Aditya S	2433	4½	1 - 0	4½	WIM	Priyanka Nutakki	2303	52
15	25		Utsab Chatterjee	2403	4½	½ - ½	4½	CM	Nayak Rajesh	2179	69

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Round 9 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Amonatov Farrukh	2622	6½		6½	GM	Savchenko Boris	2524	6
2	5	GM	Sengupta Deep	2526	6		6½	GM	Nikitenko Mihail	2479	11
3	26	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2398	6		6	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2492	7
4	18	IM	Neelash Saha	2439	6		6	IM	Aditya Mittal	2490	9
5	10	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2480	6		6	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2477	13
6	47	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	2317	5½		5½	GM	Paichadze Luka	2567	2
7	3	GM	Lalith Babu M R	2563	5½		5½	CM	Kushagra Mohan	2343	40
8	35	IM	Anuj Shrivatri	2356	5½		5½	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2490	8
9	17	GM	Stupak Kirill	2440	5½		5½	IM	Kulkarni Vikramaditya	2311	48
10	19	GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	2437	5½		5½	IM	Srihari L R	2404	24
11	71		Srihari L	2178	5½		5½	FM	Samant Aditya S	2433	20
12	4	GM	Fedorov Alexei	2529	5		5	FM	Panesar Vedant	2337	41
13	45		Kaustuv Kundu	2327	5		5	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	2478	12
14	55	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.	2269	5		5	GM	Mirzoev Azer	2476	14
15	15	IM	Nigmatov Ortik	2463	5		5	FM	Aaryan Varshney	2308	50

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