ChessMood Open R1: Vedant Panesar stuns Tigran Harutyunyan

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/10/2021

Vedant Panesar scored the biggest upset of the first round at ChessMood Open. He beat GM Tigran Harutyunyan (ARM) convincingly. CM Robert Piliposyan (ARM) held Georgia no.4 GM Levan Pantsulaia and WIM Priyanka Nutakki held GM Luka Paichadze to a draw. GM Narayanan S L is the top seed of the tournament. He is followed by D Gukesh who is the second seeded player. Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa and Abhimanyu Puranik among the other top Indian seeds at the tournament. A total of 103 players including 26 GMs, 22 IMs, a WGM and 4 WIMs are taking part from ten countries across the world. The total prize fund is 10,250,000 Armenian Drams, first prize is 2,500,000 AMD (approx.₹382,000). Photo: Rupali Mullick

Priyanka Nutakki holds Luka Paichadze to a draw

WIM Priyanka Nutakki held Georgia no.5 GM Luka Paichadze to a draw. CM Prraneeth Vuppala drew with countryman GM Harsha Bharathakoti. WIM Aakanksha Hagawane drew with GM Arman Mikaelyan (ARM). WFM Sahithi Varshini M defeated IM Farahat Ali (USA).

Vedant Panesar made a perfect start | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Vedant Panesar - Harutyunyan: 1-0

Vedant took advantage of his opponent GM Tigran Harutyunyan's (ARM) tactical mistake

Position after 35.Nc4

35.Nc4 takes advantage of the d5-pawn being pinned along the long diagonal. Black is forced to play 35...Qc7. The alternative 35...dxc4 is also bad as the c4-pawn will eventually after 36.Qxf3. The game continued 36.Nxd6 Qxd6 37.Re1 g6 38.Rxe8+ Rxe8 39.Rc8 Rxc8 40.Qxc8+ Kg7 41.Qd7+. The resultant same color bishop ending is completely winning for White due to the fact that a4-pawn will fall shortly and Black has already lost a pawn.

Vedant Panesar en route his victory over GM Tigran K Harutyunyan (ARM) | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Paichadze - Nutakki: 0.5-0.5

WIM Priyanka Nutakki had a good opportunity against GM Luka Paichadze (GEO).

Position after 20.Nf3

20.Nf3 is a dubious move. White could have gone Qa4 threatening b5 after 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8. The idea is to simply blindside the a6-bishop. 20.Nf3 allowed Black to gain a pawn via 20...Bd3 21.Qb3 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 Bxe4. White has no compensation for the lost pawn apart from forcing the c6-knight to go back home at b8 via 23.b5. Black opted for 20...Qe6 and the e4-pawn continued to exist.

Position after 39...Bf5

In the endgame, it was White who got an opportunity to gain a pawn after 39...Bf5. Try to find out how White could have made things difficult for Black in the above position. The game continued 40.Qf4 and Black managed to save the day 40...Qe7.

GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) was held to a draw by WIM Priyanka Nutakki | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Gukesh - Hakemi: 1-0

GM D Gukesh had an interesting game against FM Arman Hakemi (ARM).

Position after 28.b3

28...Rd1 would have still kept Black in the game. 29.Rxd1 Nxd1 30.Re2 Qd4+ 31.Bf2 Nxf2 32.Rxf2 c3 is one of the way Black could have continued the fight. The game continued 28...cxb3 29.Qxb3 Rd3 30.Qa2 Nd1 31.Re2 and now White is completely winning.

GM D Gukesh is in terrific form | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Vantika - Shant Sargsyan: 0-1

WIM Vantika Agrawal could have held GM Shant Sargsyan (ARM) to a draw if she had played the queen ending correctly.

Position after 31...hxg5

What should be White's plan here to save the game?

Position after 36...a5

White decided to protect e5-pawn and give up the a2. The a5-passed pawn looks menacing, however it is still not over, White is very much in the game and can still make a draw. Find out how.

Photo Gallery

Top seed - GM Narayanan S L (2647) | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Fourth seed - GM Arjun Erigaisi (2634) | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Harsha Bharathakoti - CM Prraneeth Vuppala: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Arman Mikaelyan (ARM) - WIM Aakanksha Hagawane 0.5-0.5| Photo: Rupali Mullick

FM Manoj Kashish Jain - Mahdi Gholami Orimi (IRI): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Sambit Panda - FM Yahli Sokolovsky (ARM): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

WFM Sahithi Varshini M - IM Farahat Ali (USA): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

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Highlights

Here is an interesting finish of Round 1

GM Abhimanyu Puranik defeated CM Ojasva Singh

Replay Round 1 games

The tournament is taking place at Tsaghkadzor Marriott Hotel, Tsaghkadzor in Armenia from 4th to 12th October 2021. Time control is 90'/40 + 30' + 30" per move. Everyday game starts at 3 p.m. local time (4:30 p.m. IST), except 12th October, the final round will start at 10:30 a.m. local time (12 p.m. IST).

Round 1 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	52	GM	Baghdasaryan Vahe	2334	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2647	1
2	2	GM	Gukesh D	2640	0	1 - 0	0	FM	Hakemi Arman	2323	53
3	54	WIM	Vantika Agrawal	2322	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Sargsyan Shant	2640	3
4	4	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2634	0	1 - 0	0	FM	Alaverdyan Gevorg	2320	55
5	56	FM	Atakhan Abtin	2319	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2618	5
6	6	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	2607	0	1 - 0	0	FM	Nazari Arad	2298	57
7	58		Kunal M	2290	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2605	7
8	8	GM	Hakobyan Aram	2603	0	1 - 0	0	IM	Sharma Dinesh K.	2289	59
9	60	CM	Piliposyan Robert	2280	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2570	9
10	10	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2568	0	1 - 0	0	CM	Singh Ojasva	2278	61
11	62		Panesar Vedant	2266	0	1 - 0	0	GM	Harutyunyan Tigran K.	2567	11
12	12	GM	Paichadze Luka	2566	0	½ - ½	0	WIM	Priyanka Nutakki	2263	63
13	64	FM	Chkhaidze Nikoloz	2262	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.	2562	13
14	14	GM	Goganov Aleksey	2557	0	1 - 0	0		Davtyan Arsen	2261	65
15	66	FM	Poormosavi Seyed Kian	2255	0	1 - 0	0	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2543	15
16	16	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	2517	0	½ - ½	0	CM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2253	67
17	68	FM	Wagh Suyog	2246	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Quparadze Giga	2495	17
18	18	GM	Mikaelyan Arman	2487	0	½ - ½	0	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	2238	69
19	70	WFM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	2234	0	1 - 0	0	GM	Mosadeghpour Masoud	2486	19
20	20	IM	Sturt Raven	2485	0	1 - 0	0		Graif William	2231	71

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2647	1		1	IM	Petriashvili Nikoloz	2432	34
2	33	IM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2435	1		1	GM	Gukesh D	2640	2
3	3	GM	Sargsyan Shant	2640	1		1	IM	Pranav Anand	2430	36
4	35		Pour Agha Bala Amirreza	2432	1		1	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2634	4
5	5	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2618	1		1	FM	Daghli Arash	2427	38
6	41	GM	Harutjunyan Gevorg	2409	1		1	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	2607	6
7	7	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2605	1		1	IM	Bardiya Daneshvar	2403	42
8	44	IM	Krishna Teja N	2385	1		1	GM	Hakobyan Aram	2603	8
9	45	IM	Padmini Rout	2380	1		1	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2568	10
10	13	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.	2562	1		1	IM	Moksh Amit Doshi	2379	46
11	47	FM	Ohanyan Emin	2373	1		1	GM	Goganov Aleksey	2557	14
12	17	GM	Quparadze Giga	2495	1		1	IM	Mullick Raahil	2368	48
13	49	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	2367	1		1	IM	Sturt Raven	2485	20
14	50	FM	Barseghyan Armen Ar.	2356	1		1	GM	Movsziszian Karen	2480	22
15	23	IM	Mitrabha Guha	2479	1		1		Panesar Vedant	2266	62
16	66	FM	Poormosavi Seyed Kian	2255	1		1	GM	Minasian Artashes	2472	24
17	25	GM	Kasparov Sergey	2471	1		1	WFM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	2234	70
18	72	FM	Dilanyan Grigor	2214	1		1	IM	Gharibyan Mamikon	2471	26
19	27	IM	Shahinyan David	2469	1		1		Panda Sambit	2102	90
20	94	WFM	Sahithi Varshini M	2070	1		1	IM	Davtyan Artur	2453	28

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