60th National Championship 2023 R5: Sethuraman, Abhimanyu, Deep and Mitrabha in a four-way lead 5/5

by Shahid Ahmed - 21/08/2023

Nine out of the top ten games were decisive in the fifth round of 60th National Chess Championship 2023. GMs Abhimanyu Puranik (AAI), Sethuraman S P (PSPB), Mitrabha Guha (WB) and Deep Sengupta (PSPB) won their games against GM Sayantan Das (RSPB), GM Vignesh N R (RSPB), IM Praveen Kumar C (RSPB) and GM Iniyan P (TN) respectively. It will be Abhimanyu vs Mitrabha and Deep vs Sethuraman in the sixth round. They are chased by eight players at 4.5/5 each. Among them is, 11-year-old Bhaavan Kolla (AP). He is having a great tournament so far. The little kid defeated IM Nitin S (RSPB) in the fifth round. 12-year-old Aakash G (TN) scored a huge win over GM Laxman R R (RSPB). WFM Supreetha Potluri (AP) got the better of IM Utsab Chatterjee (WB). Round 6 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Eight in pursuit

GM Sethuraman S P is one of the four leaders at 5/5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Bhaavan - Nitin

Position after 26.Rxe6

When an 11-year-old kid plays 26.Rxe6 confidently against a strong IM like Nitin S (RSPB, 2386), you can easily figure out that he has a good understanding. 26...fxe6 27.f7 Kb7 28.f8Q Rxf8 29.Qxf8 and White went on to win the game.

WFM Supreetha Potluri (AP, pictured) defeated IM Utsab Chatterjee (WB) | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Some notable results

CM Kaivalya Sandip Nagare (MAH) - IM Neelash Saha (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

Bhoopnath (BIH) - IM Anuj Shrivatri (MP): 0.5-0.5

Bhavan Kolla (AP) - IM Nitin S (RSPB): 1-0

Aakash G (TN) - GM Laxman R R (RSPB): 1-0

WFM Supreetha Potluri (AP) - IM Utsab Chatterjee (WB): 1-0

WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty (LIC) - Raihaan Zahid (TEL): 0.5-0.5

Pradeep Tiwari (DASCB) - IM D V Prasad (KAR): 1-0

A total of 352 players including 18 GMs, 17 IMs and a WGM are taking part in this tournament from various states across the country. The eleven-round Swiss League Rating tournament is taking place at Boxing Hall, Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, Maharashtra from 16th to 26th August 2023. The time control of the event is 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds from move no.1

Prizes

The total prize fund of the tournament is ₹3000000. The top three prizes are ₹600000, ₹500000 and ₹400000 each.

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Round 5 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	11	GM	Das, Sayantan	2489	RSPB	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2611	AAI	2
2	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2591	PSPB	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Vignesh, N R	2501	RSPB	10
3	43	IM	Praveen, Kumar C	2167	TN	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2505	WB	8
4	9	GM	Iniyan, P	2502	TN	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2474	PSPB	12
5	4	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	3½	1 - 0	3½	CM	Soham, Kamotra	2381	J&K	26
6	5	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	WB	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Konguvel, Ponnuswamy	2250	PSPB	33
7	7	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2538	RSPB	3½	1 - 0	3½	FM	Wagh, Suyog	2221	MAH	35
8	13	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	2467	RSPB	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Abhishek, Kelkar	2217	MAH	36
9	15	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2446	RSPB	3½	1 - 0	3½	FM	Dhananjay, S	2133	CHAT	48
10	55	CM	Nagare, Kaivalya Sandip	2071	MAH	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Neelash, Saha	2435	RSPB	16
11	17	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2434	PSPB	3½	1 - 0	3½		Bhosale, Shriraj	1930	MAH	87
12	169		Bhoopnath,	1706	BIH	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2420	MP	18
13	21	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V	2411	TN	3½	1 - 0	3½		Nirnay, Garg	1777	HAR	138
14	161		Kolla, Bhaavan	1727	AP	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Nitin, S.	2386	RSPB	24
15	1	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2625	PSPB	3	1 - 0	3		Ram, S. Krishnan	1941	BSNL	82
16	91		Kartik, Kumar Singh	1925	MAH	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Visakh, N R	2540	RSPB	6
17	93		Umashankar, A	1920	PUD	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Akash, G	2456	TN	14
18	19	IM	Sidhant, Mohapatra	2420	RSPB	3	1 - 0	3		Mehta, Naitik R	1931	GUJ	86
19	20	IM	Das, Arghyadip	2413	RSPB	3	1 - 0	3		Jani, Kushal R	1913	GUJ	94
20	101	CM	Ebenezer, Joseph	1866	TN	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Srihari, L R	2407	TN	22

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		IND	2591	PSPB	5	14,5	17	17,00	0	5
2	2	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu		IND	2611	AAI	5	14	17	17,00	0	5
3	12	GM	Sengupta, Deep		IND	2474	PSPB	5	13	14	14,00	0	5
4	8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2505	WB	5	12,5	14	14,00	0	5
5	21	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V		IND	2411	TN	4,5	13,5	16	14,50	0	4
6	4	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar		IND	2583	PSPB	4,5	13,5	16	14,25	0	4
	5	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan		IND	2568	WB	4,5	13,5	16	14,25	0	4
8	161		Kolla, Bhaavan		IND	1727	AP	4,5	13,5	14,5	12,50	0	4
9	17	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.		IND	2434	PSPB	4,5	12,5	14,5	12,75	0	4
10	15	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2446	RSPB	4,5	12	13,5	12,00	0	4
11	7	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2538	RSPB	4,5	11,5	13,5	12,50	0	4
	13	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P		IND	2467	RSPB	4,5	11,5	13,5	12,50	0	4
13	10	GM	Vignesh, N R		IND	2501	RSPB	4	17	20	15,00	0	4
14	11	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2489	RSPB	4	15,5	17,5	12,50	0	4
15	18	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri		IND	2420	MP	4	15	16,5	12,50	0	3
16	16	IM	Neelash, Saha		IND	2435	RSPB	4	15	16	12,25	0	3
17	9	GM	Iniyan, P		IND	2502	TN	4	14,5	17,5	12,50	0	4
18	6	GM	Visakh, N R		IND	2540	RSPB	4	14	17	13,00	0	3
19	23	IM	Krishna, C R G		IND	2405	RSPB	4	14	16	11,00	0	4
20	43	IM	Praveen, Kumar C		IND	2167	TN	4	14	15	10,00	0	4

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Round 6 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	2	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2611	AAI	5		5	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2505	WB	8
2	12	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2474	PSPB	5		5	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2591	PSPB	3
3	4	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	4½		4½	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2446	RSPB	15
4	17	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2434	PSPB	4½		4½	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	WB	5
5	21	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V	2411	TN	4½		4½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2538	RSPB	7
6	161		Kolla, Bhaavan	1727	AP	4½		4½	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	2467	RSPB	13
7	27		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2367	ODI	4		4	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2625	PSPB	1
8	6	GM	Visakh, N R	2540	RSPB	4		4	IM	Sharma, Dinesh K.	2203	LIC	37
9	43	IM	Praveen, Kumar C	2167	TN	4		4	GM	Iniyan, P	2502	TN	9
10	52		Apoorv, Kamble	2082	KAR	4		4	GM	Das, Sayantan	2489	RSPB	11
11	14	GM	Akash, G	2456	TN	4		4	CM	Nagare, Kaivalya Sandip	2071	MAH	55
12	16	IM	Neelash, Saha	2435	RSPB	4		4	CM	Vivaan, Vishal Shah	2047	GUJ	57
13	18	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2420	MP	4		4		Bharadia, Yash	1997	RAJ	65
14	67		Mahindrakar, Indrajeet	1996	MAH	4		4	IM	Sidhant, Mohapatra	2420	RSPB	19
15	20	IM	Das, Arghyadip	2413	RSPB	4		4		Aakash, G	1833	TN	109
16	22	IM	Srihari, L R	2407	TN	4		4	WFM	Potluri, Supreetha	1810	AP	117
17	72	AFM	Pawar, Harshit	1970	DEL	4		4	IM	Krishna, C R G	2405	RSPB	23
18	119		Majumder, Shrayan	1807	MAH	4		4	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.	2384	RSPB	25
19	24	IM	Nitin, S.	2386	RSPB	3½		4		Bhoopnath,	1706	BIH	169
20	26	CM	Soham, Kamotra	2381	J&K	3½		3½		Mukund, Hemant Agarwal	1950	GUJ	77

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