60th National Championship 2023 R7: Neelash Saha swerves Abhijeet Gupta

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/08/2023

GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB) drew against GM Abhimanyu Puranik (AAI) to maintain his sole lead 6.5/7 at 60th National Chess Championship 2023. The battle between GM Mitrabha Guha (WB) and IM Aronyak Ghosh (RSPB) ended in a quick draw. The top seed of the event, GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB) suffered his second loss here. He could not convert his advantage, allowed his opponent, IM Neelash Saha (RSPB) to first get back in the game and later beat him. GM Iniyan P (TN) won against GM Venkatesh M R (PSPB) in a fantastic manner. Eight players are trailing by a half point at 6/7 each. GM Visakh N R (RSPB) will face Sethuraman in Round 8 which starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photos: Siddhant Mahajan

Iniyan's immortal against Venkatesh

GM Iniyan P (TN) won 27th Creon Open 2023 in France earlier this month. We will mention it in detail in a separate report. He played perhaps his immortal game against GM Venkatesh M R (PSPB). IM Anuj Shrvatri (MP), IM Mehar Chinna Reddy C H (RSPB), Apoorv Kamble (KAR) and Mandar Pradip Lad (Goa) held GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly (PSPB), GM Vignesh N R (RSPB), GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (RSPB) and IM Abhishek Kelkar (MAH) to a draw each respectively.

IM Neelash Saha (RSPB) defeated the top seed of the event - GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB) to move to 6/7

GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB) drew against GM Abhimanyu Puranik (AAI) to maintain his sole lead 6.5/7

Abhijeet - Neelash: 0-1

The top seed of the tournament, GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB, 2625) gained a decisive advantage against IM Neelash Saha (RSPB, 2435). However, he could not capitalize on it.

Position after 22...Nxf5

23.e6! Bxe6 24.Qxc6 would have ended things in White's favor. However, he missed and went with 24.Nxf5 which allowed Black to slightly get back in the game Bxf5 25.Rxf5 Qxf5 and eventually things started turning completely in Black's way.

Position after 35.e6

A dozen moves later, 35.e6?? gave Black a complete decisive advantage Qe3 36.Kh2 Rf2+ and Black went on to win the game comfortably.

The former National Junior champion, IM Neelash Saha (RSPB) defeated the five-time Commonwealth champion, GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB)

Iniyan - Venkatesh

Position after 22.Nxf7

GM Iniyan P (TN, 2502) launched a crushing attack by sacrificing his knight 22.Nxf7! Kxf7 23.Rd6 Bb5 24.Bxe6+ Ke7 25.Bxd7 Kxd6 26.Rd1+ Ke7 27.Qxc5+ Kf7 28.Rd6 Ne7 29.Qh5+ Kg8

Position after 29...Kg8

Find out the finish which Iniyan executed in the game.

GM Iniyan P (TN) played some amazing chess to beat GM Venkatesh M R (PSPB)

IM Anuj Shrivatri (MP) - GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly (PSPB): 0.5-0.5

IM Mehar Chinna Reddy C H (RSPB, pictured) - GM Vignesh N R (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (RSPB) - Apoorv Kamble (KAR, pictured): 0.5-0.5

Mandar Pradip Lad (Goa, pictured) - IM Abhishek Kelkar (MAH): 0.5-0.5

Some notable results

GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB) - GM Abhimanyu Puranik (AAI): 0.5-0.5

GM Mitrabha Guha (WB) - IM Aronyak Ghosh (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB) - IM Neelash Saha (RSPB): 0-1

IM Anuj Shrivatri (MP) - GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly (PSPB): 0.5-0.5

IM Mehar Chinna Reddy C H (RSPB) - GM Vignesh N R (RSPB): 0.5-0.5

GM Deepan Chakkravarthhy (RSPB) - Apoorv Kamble (KAR): 0.5-0.5

Mandar Pradip Lad (Goa) - IM Abhishek Kelkar (MP): 0.5-0.5

GM P Karthikeyan (RSPB) - Shadhursshaan R (TN): 0.5-0.5

IM D K Sharma (LIC) - Devesh Anand Naik (Goa): 0.5-0.5

IM Anup Deshmukh (MAH) - Priansh Das (ODI): 0.5-0.5

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 7 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2591	PSPB	6	½ - ½	5½	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2611	AAI	2	PGN
2	8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2505	WB	5½	½ - ½	5½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2538	RSPB	7	PGN
3	1	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2625	PSPB	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Neelash, Saha	2435	RSPB	16	PGN
4	18	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2420	MP	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	4	PGN
5	5	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	WB	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Das, Arghyadip	2413	RSPB	20	PGN
6	19	IM	Sidhant, Mohapatra	2420	RSPB	5	0 - 1	5	GM	Visakh, N R	2540	RSPB	6	PGN
7	9	GM	Iniyan, P	2502	TN	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2434	PSPB	17	PGN
8	25	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.	2384	RSPB	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Vignesh, N R	2501	RSPB	10	PGN
9	169		Bhoopnath,	1706	BIH	5	0 - 1	5	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2474	PSPB	12	PGN
10	13	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	2467	RSPB	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Srihari, L R	2407	TN	22	PGN
11	15	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2446	RSPB	5	½ - ½	5		Apoorv, Kamble	2082	KAR	52	PGN
12	14	GM	Akash, G	2456	TN	4½	1 - 0	5		Kolla, Bhaavan	1727	AP	161	PGN
13	50	CM	John, Veny Akkarakaran	2127	KER	4½	0 - 1	4½	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V	2411	TN	21	PGN
14	23	IM	Krishna, C R G	2405	RSPB	4½	1 - 0	4½		Sharsha, Backer	1997	KER	66	PGN
15	55	CM	Nagare, Kaivalya Sandip	2071	MAH	4½	0 - 1	4½	CM	Soham, Kamotra	2381	J&K	26	PGN
16	31	GM	Sriram, Jha	2316	LIC	4½	1 - 0	4½		Ambarish, Sharma	1993	WB	68	PGN
17	62		Vignesh, Advaith Vemula	2018	TEL	4½	1 - 0	4½	FM	Wagh, Suyog	2221	MAH	35	PGN
18	75		Lad, Mandar Pradip	1954	GOA	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Abhishek, Kelkar	2217	MAH	36	PGN
19	41	CM	Nayak, Rajesh	2194	ODI	4½	1 - 0	4½	AFM	Pawar, Harshit	1970	DEL	72	PGN
20	253		Vedant, Garg	1529	CHD	4½	1 - 0	4½	CM	Shreyans, K. Shah	2170	MAH	42	PGN

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Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		IND	2591	PSPB	6,5	31,5	35,5	32,50	0	6
2	2	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu		IND	2611	AAI	6	31	34,5	28,25	0	5
3	12	GM	Sengupta, Deep		IND	2474	PSPB	6	31	34	27,50	0	6
4	5	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan		IND	2568	WB	6	30	33	27,75	0	5
5	8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2505	WB	6	29	32	26,00	0	5
6	7	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh		IND	2538	RSPB	6	28,5	31,5	27,00	0	5
7	9	GM	Iniyan, P		IND	2502	TN	6	28,5	31,5	25,50	0	6
8	6	GM	Visakh, N R		IND	2540	RSPB	6	26	29	24,50	0	5
9	16	IM	Neelash, Saha		IND	2435	RSPB	6	25	28	23,75	0	5
10	10	GM	Vignesh, N R		IND	2501	RSPB	5,5	30,5	34	24,75	0	5
11	4	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar		IND	2583	PSPB	5,5	30	33,5	25,75	0	4
12	26	CM	Soham, Kamotra		IND	2381	J&K	5,5	29	33	25,00	0	5
13	21	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V		IND	2411	TN	5,5	28,5	32	23,75	0	5
14	15	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2446	RSPB	5,5	28,5	31,5	23,75	0	4
15	23	IM	Krishna, C R G		IND	2405	RSPB	5,5	28	31,5	23,25	0	5
16	18	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri		IND	2420	MP	5,5	27,5	30,5	23,25	0	4
17	22	IM	Srihari, L R		IND	2407	TN	5,5	27,5	30,5	21,25	0	5
18	13	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P		IND	2467	RSPB	5,5	26,5	29,5	23,00	0	4
19	25	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.		IND	2384	RSPB	5,5	26,5	29	22,50	0	4
20	253		Vedant, Garg		IND	1529	CHD	5,5	26	29	22,50	0	4

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	6	GM	Visakh, N R	2540	RSPB	6		6½	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2591	PSPB	3
2	2	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2611	AAI	6		6	GM	Iniyan, P	2502	TN	9
3	8	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2505	WB	6		6	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2568	WB	5
4	7	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2538	RSPB	6		6	GM	Sengupta, Deep	2474	PSPB	12
5	16	IM	Neelash, Saha	2435	RSPB	6		5½	IM	Shyaamnikhil, P	2467	RSPB	13
6	4	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	2583	PSPB	5½		5½	IM	Krishna, C R G	2405	RSPB	23
7	10	GM	Vignesh, N R	2501	RSPB	5½		5½	GM	Sriram, Jha	2316	LIC	31
8	25	IM	Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.	2384	RSPB	5½		5½	GM	Akash, G	2456	TN	14
9	26	CM	Soham, Kamotra	2381	J&K	5½		5½	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2446	RSPB	15
10	41	CM	Nayak, Rajesh	2194	ODI	5½		5½	IM	Anuj, Shrivatri	2420	MP	18
11	52		Apoorv, Kamble	2082	KAR	5½		5½	GM	Vishnu, Prasanna. V	2411	TN	21
12	22	IM	Srihari, L R	2407	TN	5½		5½		Vignesh, Advaith Vemula	2018	TEL	62
13	20	IM	Das, Arghyadip	2413	RSPB	5		5½		Vedant, Garg	1529	CHD	253
14	64		Imocha, Laishram	2004	PSPB	5		5	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	2625	PSPB	1
15	80		Setumadhav, Yellumahanthi	1942	AP	5		5	GM	Das, Sayantan	2489	RSPB	11
16	82		Ram, S. Krishnan	1941	BSNL	5		5	GM	Venkatesh, M.R.	2434	PSPB	17
17	98		Shankhodip, De	1883	WB	5		5	IM	Sidhant, Mohapatra	2420	RSPB	19
18	150		Harsh, Himanshu	1744	BIH	5		5		Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan	2367	ODI	27
19	28	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2349	RSPB	5		5		Bharadia, Yash	1997	RAJ	65
20	33	IM	Konguvel, Ponnuswamy	2250	PSPB	5		5		Lad, Mandar Pradip	1954	GOA	75

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