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56th Biel MTO R9: Aditya Samant becomes India's 83rd Grandmaster

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/07/2023

IM Aditya Samant just needed to play his ninth round game against GM Aryan Chopra at 56th Biel Chess Festival 2023 MTO. The result of the game was immaterial for his GM title. Aryan won the game and maintained his pursuit 7/9 against the tournament sole leader GM Xiangzhi Bu (CHN) 7.5/9. Thus, Aditya became India's 83rd and Maharashtra's 12th GM. The last two GMs from Maharashtra are named Aditya. For the third consecutive year, India has got a new GM at this event. Harshit Raja in 2021, Pranav Anand 2022 and now Aditya Samant. Liem Quang Le (VIE) 32.5/56 won the GMT event for the second consecutive year. Arjun Erigaisi defeated Vincent Keymer (GER) in the final round to dash his championship hopes. He finished second 31.5/56. David Navara (CZE) finished third 30.5/56. MTO Round 10 starts today from 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Biel Chess Festival

GMT: Liem wins twice in-a-row, Arjun spoils Keymer's finish

The Grandmaster title for IM Aditya S Samant was a long overdue. Anyone who has seen his games, is well aware of the fact that he likes playing sharp chess. However, he is also quite in his positional play. In every tournament he plays, there are at least one or two games which are worth checking out, irrespective of the result or the eventual tournament outcome. We will soon have a detailed report of Aditya's journey towards the coveted title. 

India's 83rd GM Aditya S Samant

The maestro Vishy Anand congratulated Aditya Samant on increasing the rare club of Indian GMs to 83

56th Biel GMT 2023 champion - GM Liem Quang Le 32.5/56

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd GM Vincent Keymer (GER) 31.5/56, 1st GM Liem Quang Le (VIE) 32.5/56 and 3rd GM David Navara (CZE) 30.5/56

56th Biel Chess GMT 2023 participants with Peter Bohnenblust, OC President (left), Angelika Valkova and Paul Kohler, Tournament Director (right)
ISF Biel 2023 GMT Round 7 - Analysis with David Navara and Le Quang Liem | Video: Biel Chess Festival

GMT Round 7: GM David Navara (CZE) - GM Liem Quang Le (VIE): 0.5-0.5

GMT Round 7: Arjun - Keymer: 4-0

Until the final round of the Classical event, Arjun Erigaisi (2710) had won against Vincent Keymer (GER, 2690) only once in the Blitz event. In a difficult rook and minor piece endgame, the Germany no.1 made a minute error.

Position after 44...Nd4?

Arjun correctly seized his opportunity, 45.Kf2 Nb5 46.Rc8 Na7 47.Ra8 Nb5 48.Rb8 Nc7 49.Ncd6 Re8 White slowly improved his position before liquidating into a completely winning rook and pawn endgame.

ISF Biel 2023 GMT Round 7 - Analysis with Arjun Erigaisi | Video: Biel Chess Festival

Just like the Blitz event, GM Arjun Erigaisi defeated GM Vincent Keymer (GER) in the final round

A fantastic statistics shared by Biel Chess Festival. Well we certainly hope to get another new GM in 2024.

Replay 56th Biel International Chess Festival 2023 GMT Round 7 Live commentary by GM Arturs Neiksans (LAT) and Angelika Valkova (UKR) Part 1 | Video: Biel Chess Festival
Replay 56th Biel International Chess Festival 2023 GMT Round 7 Live commentary by GM Arturs Neiksans (LAT) and Angelika Valkova (UKR) Part 2 | Video: Biel Chess Festival
Replay 56th Biel International Chess Festival 2023 GMT Round 7 Live commentary by GM Arturs Neiksans (LAT) and Angelika Valkova (UKR) Part 3 | Video: Biel Chess Festival
Replay 56th Biel International Chess Festival 2023 GMT Round 7 Live commentary by GM Arturs Neiksans (LAT) and Angelika Valkova (UKR) Part 4 | Video: Biel Chess Festival
Replay 56th Biel International Chess Festival 2023 GMT Round 7 Live commentary by GM Arturs Neiksans (LAT) and Angelika Valkova (UKR) Part 5 | Video: Biel Chess Festival

Replay GMT Round 7 games

Replay MTO Round 9 games

GMT Scoring

Rapid: Win = 2 points, Draw = 1 point and Loss = 0

Classical: Win = 4 points, Draw = 1.5 points and Loss = 0

Blitz: Win = 1 point, Draw = 0.5 point and Loss = 0

GMT Round 7 results

Bo.No.RtgNameResultNameRtgNo.
142689GMNavara, David½ - ½GMLe, Quang Liem27288
252694GMAmin, Bassem½ - ½GMYu, Yangyi27353
362710GMErigaisi, Arjun1 - 0GMKeymer, Vincent26902
472654GMMoussard, Jules½ - ½GMDeac, Bogdan-Daniel26931

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Final standings at GMT

GM Liem Quang Le (VIE) won Biel GMT for the second consecutive year 32.5/56 | Source: Official site

MTO Round 9 results

Bo.No.NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtgNo.PGN
11GMBu, Xiangzhi26761 - 06GMPranav, Anand251010PGN
23GMAryan, Chopra262661 - 06IMSamant, Aditya S251011PGN
39GMLiu, Yan25426½ - ½6Peng, Xiongjian248913PGN
419IMRathanvel, V S24636½ - ½WGMVantika, Agrawal242828PGN
516IMSamadov, Read2482½ - ½GMNguyen, Ngoc Truong Son26452PGN
633IMShlyakhtenko, Robert24011 - 0GMQuesada Perez, Luis Ernesto25538PGN
732IMHarikrishnan, A Ra2406½ - ½5GMAlbornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel25915PGN
87GMMeshkovs, Nikita25655½ - ½5FMDeuer, Marius237439PGN
946FMHuston, Gus23415½ - ½5IMSaraci, Nderim247218PGN
1041FMDotzer, Lukas236950 - 15IMChasin, Nico245520PGN

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Standings after Round 9

Rk.SNoNameTypsexFEDRtgIPts. TB1  TB2 Rp
11GMBu, XiangzhiCHN26767,548366,52756
23GMAryan, ChopraIND2626748364,52695
39GMLiu, YanCHN25426,5473552646
413Peng, XiongjianCHN24896,5433502555
519IMRathanvel, V SIND24636,541,53342553
633IMShlyakhtenko, RobertU18USA24016,5383272506
711IMSamant, Aditya SU18IND25106483572602
810GMPranav, AnandU18IND2510647,53582579
92GMNguyen, Ngoc Truong SonVIE2645647340,52577
1020IMChasin, NicoU18USA2455645,5342,52531

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Round 10 pairings

Bo.No.NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtgNo.
113Peng, Xiongjian2489GMBu, Xiangzhi26761
23GMAryan, Chopra26267IMRathanvel, V S246319
39GMLiu, Yan2542IMShlyakhtenko, Robert240133
42GMNguyen, Ngoc Truong Son264566WGMVantika, Agrawal242828
510GMPranav, Anand251066IMSamadov, Read248216
622Huang, Renjie244566IMSamant, Aditya S251011
720IMChasin, Nico245566IMHarikrishnan, A Ra240632
836IMSeul, Georg23766GMMeshkovs, Nikita25657
94GMYuffa, Daniil2603IMSanchez Alvarez, Roberto Carlos244423
1048Nie, Xinyang2288GMAlbornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel25915

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