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2nd Maharashtra GM 2023 R8: S Rohith Krishna joins Vedant Panesar and Milosz Szpar in the lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/06/2023

IM S Rohith Krishna continues his terrific form. A day after beating the top seed of the tournament, Rohith won against the third seeded, GM Luka Paichadze (GEO). His preparation worked out as the Georgian made some positional inaccuracies and later lost an exchange. FM Vedant Panesar drew his game against IM Milosz Szapar (POL). Thus, Milos, Rohith and Vedant are now in a three-way lead 6.5/8. IM Neelash Saha, CM Mayank Chakraborty and GM Alexei Fedorov are close on their heels at 6/8 each. They defeated FM Ritviz Parab, GM Vladimir Burmakin and IM Sammed Shete respectively. The top three boards will witness - Rohith vs Vedant, Milosz vs Neelash and Mayank vs Fedorov in Round 9. It starts tomorrow at 3 p.m. IST. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Vidit beats Svidler 17.5-10.5

Vidit Gujrathi drew the third rapid game, won the fourth. Then he lost the fifth blitz game, won the next two and drew the final one to win the match 17.5-10.5. He won the match after the conclusion of the fourth rapid game. Nigel Short started the day with a win in rapid. Raunak Sadhwani immediately struck back. The fifth blitz game was drawn and then Raunak won the next three to win the match 20-8. Maharashtra Challenge Match has been a successful event as both players from Maharashtra - Vidit and Raunak completely dominated Peter Svidler and Nigel Short, two legends of the sport.

IM S Rohith Krishna defeated GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) to join the lead

Rohith - Luka

Position after 20.Nd5??

According to IM S Rohith Krishna (2411), his opponent went for a wrong plan 12.g4, 13.h3 it weakened his dark squares. Later, Black sacrificed his d6-pawn to gain some activity 17...c5 18.Qxd6 Qg5+ 19.Kb1 Bc6 20.Nd5?? and we reach the above position. 20...Rad8 forced White to give up an exchange or to lose material. 21.Qe6+ and here Black felt that his opponent missed the Nf7 resource.

IM S Rohith Krishna on his win against GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) | Video: ChessBase India

IM S Rohith Krishna beat his second GM in-a-row

FM Vedant Panesar - IM Milosz Szapar (POL): 0.5-0.5

GM Levon Babujian (ARM) - GM Deep Sengupta: 0.5-0.5

GM Laxman R R - GM Aleksej Aleksandrov: 0.5-0.5

IM Neelash Saha defeated FM Ritviz Parab to move to 6/8

IM Kushagra Mohan - Sanket Chakravarty: 0.5-0.5

Mayank - Burmakin

Position after 43...g5??

The veteran GM Vladimir Burmakin (2492) blundered in an equal rook endgame. 43...g5?? dropped the h7-pawn for free and things turned completely into White's favor. 44.Rxh7+- Kg6 45.Rb7 g4 46.Rb8 Kg7 47.Kf1 Rb4 48.b7 Rb2 49.Ke1 and Black resigned.

The reigning two-time National Under-17 Open champion, CM Mayank Chakraborty is playing fantastic in this event

Kaustuv Kundu - GM Viacheslav Zakhartsov: 0.5-0.5

CM Vaibhav Jayant Raut capitalized on his opponent GM Venkatesh M R's consecutive blunders in the endgame

CM Aaditya Dhingra - IM Nubairshah Shaikh: 0.5-0.5

Vidit Gujrathi defeated Peter Svidler 17.5-10.5

Raunak Sadhwani completely dominated Nigel Short 20-8

Replay Vidit-Svidler Rapid Game 3-4 and Blitz Game 5-8

Replay Short-Raunak Rapid Game 3-4 and Blitz 5-8

Replay all Maharashtra Challenge Match games in interactive format and learn from IM Sagar Shah at Chessranga.

For more GM Round 8 and Match Rapid 3 - Vidit vs Svidler and Short vs Raunak photos, please click on the respective links.

Replay GM Open Round 8 games

Round 8 results

Bo.No. NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/City No.PGN
122
FMPanesar, Vedant2387MAH6½ - ½6IMSzpar, Milosz2447POL
12PGN
23
GMPaichadze, Luka2513GEO0 - 1IMRohith, Krishna S2411TN
20PGN
311
GMFedorov, Alexei2449BLR51 - 0IMSammed Jaykumar, Shete2440MAH
14PGN
423
GMBabujian, Levon2373ARM5½ - ½5GMSengupta, Deep2473PSPB
6PGN
533
GMLaxman, R.R.2299ICF5½ - ½5GMAleksandrov, Aleksej2461BLR
8PGN
613
IMNeelash, Saha2440WB51 - 05FMRitviz, Parab2340GOA
28PGN
715
IMViani, Antonio Dcunha2417KAR5½ - ½5IMRaahul, V S2299TN
34PGN
819
IMKushagra, Mohan2412TEL5½ - ½5Sanket, Chakravarty2389WB
21PGN
964
CMMayank, Chakraborty2141ASSM51 - 0GMBurmakin, Vladimir2492RUS
4PGN
101
GMSavchenko, Boris2524RUS1 - 0Garv, Rai2198DEL
55PGN
1143
Kaustuv, Kundu2242WB½ - ½GMZakhartsov, Viacheslav V.2514FID
2PGN
127
GMVenkatesh, M.R.2469PSPB0 - 1CMVaibhav, Jayant Raut2237MAH
47PGN
1327
GMTeterev, Vitaly2344BLR½ - ½GMMirzoev, Azer2416AZE
16PGN
1417
IMSrihari, L R2416TN1 - 0Anadkat, Kartavya2130GUJ
67PGN
1546
IMKulkarni, Vikramaditya2237MAH½ - ½IMBarseghyan, Armen Ar.2373ARM
24PGN

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Standings after Round 8

Rk.SNo NameTypsexGrFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 RpKrtg+/-
112
IMSzpar, MiloszPOL2447POL6,53740,532,00052472103,7
222
FMPanesar, VedantIND2387MAH6,53538,530,750524642022,8
320
IMRohith, Krishna SIND2411TN6,534,53729,50052445107,5
464
CMMayank, ChakrabortyIND2141ASSM63638,527,5004255640163,6
511
GMFedorov, AlexeiFID2449BLR632,535,526,0006236810-4,5
613
IMNeelash, SahaIND2440WB627,529,521,2505226410-10,6
71
GMSavchenko, BorisFID2524RUS5,537,540,525,0005239110-9,5
834
IMRaahul, V SIND2299TN5,53740,525,750424641018,6
93
GMPaichadze, LukaGEO2513GEO5,53637,522,2504243410-5,8
1023
GMBabujian, LevonARM2373ARM5,535,53924,25052399105,5
1114
IMSammed Jaykumar, SheteIND2440MAH5,53538,525,00042429100,4
1233
GMLaxman, R.R.IND2299ICF5,534,53724,250324281014,9
1331
FMAyush, SharmaIND2312MP5,533,53724,25052336208,8
146
GMSengupta, DeepIND2473PSPB5,53335,523,0004233610-10,1
1521
Sanket, ChakravartyIND2389WB5,532,535,523,50032359201,4

Details

Round 9 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/City No.
120
IMRohith, Krishna S2411TNFMPanesar, Vedant2387MAH
22
212
IMSzpar, Milosz2447POL6IMNeelash, Saha2440WB
13
364
CMMayank, Chakraborty2141ASSM66GMFedorov, Alexei2449BLR
11
419
IMKushagra, Mohan2412TELGMSavchenko, Boris2524RUS
1
521
Sanket, Chakravarty2389WBGMPaichadze, Luka2513GEO
3
66
GMSengupta, Deep2473PSPBGMLaxman, R.R.2299ICF
33
78
GMAleksandrov, Aleksej2461BLRGMBabujian, Levon2373ARM
23
814
IMSammed Jaykumar, Shete2440MAHFMAyush, Sharma2312MP
31
947
CMVaibhav, Jayant Raut2237MAHIMViani, Antonio Dcunha2417KAR
15
1034
IMRaahul, V S2299TNIMSrihari, L R2416TN
17
112
GMZakhartsov, Viacheslav V.2514FID55IMSaravana, Krishnan P.2255KVB
39
1210
IMNitish, Belurkar2450GOA55IMRatnakaran, K.2254RLYS
40
1316
GMMirzoev, Azer2416AZE55IMKulkarni, Vikramaditya2237MAH
46
1424
IMBarseghyan, Armen Ar.2373ARM55Kaustuv, Kundu2242WB
43
1525
GMManik, Mikulas2367SVK55FMNavalgund, Niranjan2200KAR
54

Details

Links

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