AICF World Cup Qualifier R8-11: Gukesh and Iniyan share the lead 8.5/11

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/05/2021

The youngest GM of India, Gukesh scored his second hat-trick of AICF World Cup Qualifier to maintain his lead at 8.5/11. He is joined by India's 61st GM Iniyan P who won four games in-a-row to share the lead with 8.5/11. Gukesh drew with Sethuraman and beat Adhiban today, Iniyan started the day with a blazing victory over Narayanan S L and continued his momentum for the next three games. Tomorrow, the penultimate day will have three rounds. Do replay the Day 3 live stream to learn from the fountain of knowledge - IM V Saravanan. Catch the live commentary by IM Sagar Shah on ChessBase India youtube channel tomorrow from 11:15 a.m. IST.

Iniyan wins four in-a-row

Gukesh started the third day of World Cup Qualifiers with a fantastic draw against Sethuraman. Then he won the next three games against Adhiban, FM Vinay Kumar Matta and IM Rahul Srivasthav, completing his second hat-trick in the event. He is the only player who is undefeated so far.

Gukesh has been phenomenal in the event so far

GM Iniyan P scored four wins today. He started the day with a phenomenal victory over GM Narayanan S L in just 25 moves. Then he beat IM Soumya Swaminathan, GM Vishnu Prasanna and FM Vatsal Singhania to share the lead with Gukesh at 8.5/11.

GM Iniyan P had a fantastic day to become co-leader

IM Raja Rithvik R scored three wins today as he beat Deep Sengupta, Sethuraman and Matta. His only loss was against Adhiban. The current National Sub-Junior champion is now at shared third place with 7.5/11.

IM Raja Rithvik R has been working hard on chess and it is evident now | Photo: Niklesh Jain

GM Sethuraman SP had a tough day as he scored only 2.5/4 today which means he is now a full point behind the leaders at shared third place with Ritvhik at 7.5/11.

Sethuraman is still very much in the race | Photo: Niklesh Jain

GM Narayanan S L is in sole fifth place 6.5/11

Adhiban scored 2.5/4 today to move to 6.0/11 | Photo: Tata Steel Chess

Ganguly lost three games consecutively and he is now at 6.0/11 | Photo: Tata Steel Chess

IM V Saravanan who joined the live commentary today, tweeted some very nice moments from today's games:

AICF World Cup Qualifiers | Day 3 Live commentary | Video: ChessBase India

Replay Round 8-11 games

Round 8-11 results

Round 8 on 2021/05/28 at 1000 hrs
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	14	2527	GM	Sengupta Deep	0 - 1	IM	Rithvik R Raja	2408	12
2	15	2644	GM	S.p Sethuraman	½ - ½	GM	Gukesh D	2578	11
3	16	2660	GM	Baskaran Adhiban	1 - 0	GM	Sekhar Ganguly Surya	2625	10
4	17	2305	FM	Vinay Kumar Matta	1 - 0	IM	Krishna Crg	2478	9
5	1	2463	IM	Srivatshav Peddi Rahul	1 - 0	FM	Singhania Vatsal	2371	8
6	2	2381	IM	S. Nitin	0 - 1	GM	Vasanthan Perumal Vishnu Prasanna	2476	7
7	3	2438	IM	Mittal Aditya	1 - 0	IM	Swaminathan Soumya	2351	6
8	4	2506	GM	P Iniyan	1 - 0	GM	S.L Narayanan	2624	5
9	13	2312	IM	Krishnan P Saravana	0		bye	0	-1
Round 9 on 2021/05/28 at 1100 hrs
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	6	2351	IM	Swaminathan Soumya	0 - 1	GM	P Iniyan	2506	4
2	7	2476	GM	Vasanthan Perumal Vishnu Prasanna	1 - 0	IM	Mittal Aditya	2438	3
3	8	2371	FM	Singhania Vatsal	0 - 1	IM	S. Nitin	2381	2
4	9	2478	IM	Krishna Crg	1 - 0	IM	Srivatshav Peddi Rahul	2463	1
5	10	2625	GM	Sekhar Ganguly Surya	0 - 1	FM	Vinay Kumar Matta	2305	17
6	11	2578	GM	Gukesh D	1 - 0	GM	Baskaran Adhiban	2660	16
7	12	2408	IM	Rithvik R Raja	1 - 0	GM	S.p Sethuraman	2644	15
8	13	2312	IM	Krishnan P Saravana	0 - 1	GM	Sengupta Deep	2527	14
9	5	2624	GM	S.L Narayanan	0		bye	0	-1
Round 10 on 2021/05/28 at 1200 hrs
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	15	2644	GM	S.p Sethuraman	1 - 0	IM	Krishnan P Saravana	2312	13
2	16	2660	GM	Baskaran Adhiban	1 - 0	IM	Rithvik R Raja	2408	12
3	17	2305	FM	Vinay Kumar Matta	0 - 1	GM	Gukesh D	2578	11
4	1	2463	IM	Srivatshav Peddi Rahul	1 - 0	GM	Sekhar Ganguly Surya	2625	10
5	2	2381	IM	S. Nitin	1 - 0	IM	Krishna Crg	2478	9
6	3	2438	IM	Mittal Aditya	1 - 0	FM	Singhania Vatsal	2371	8
7	4	2506	GM	P Iniyan	1 - 0	GM	Vasanthan Perumal Vishnu Prasanna	2476	7
8	5	2624	GM	S.L Narayanan	1 - 0	IM	Swaminathan Soumya	2351	6
9	14	2527	GM	Sengupta Deep	0		bye	0	-1
Round 11 on 2021/05/28 at 1300 hrs
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	7	2476	GM	Vasanthan Perumal Vishnu Prasanna	½ - ½	GM	S.L Narayanan	2624	5
2	8	2371	FM	Singhania Vatsal	0 - 1	GM	P Iniyan	2506	4
3	9	2478	IM	Krishna Crg	1 - 0	IM	Mittal Aditya	2438	3
4	10	2625	GM	Sekhar Ganguly Surya	1 - 0	IM	S. Nitin	2381	2
5	11	2578	GM	Gukesh D	1 - 0	IM	Srivatshav Peddi Rahul	2463	1
6	12	2408	IM	Rithvik R Raja	1 - 0	FM	Vinay Kumar Matta	2305	17
7	13	2312	IM	Krishnan P Saravana	½ - ½	GM	Baskaran Adhiban	2660	16
8	14	2527	GM	Sengupta Deep	0 - 1	GM	S.p Sethuraman	2644	15
9	6	2351	IM	Swaminathan Soumya	0		bye	0	-1

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Standings after Round 11

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	11	GM	Gukesh D	IND	2578	8,5	0,0	38,50	7	4
2	4	GM	P Iniyan	IND	2506	8,5	0,0	36,25	8	4
3	12	IM	Rithvik R Raja	IND	2408	7,5	1,0	31,25	7	3
4	15	GM	S.p Sethuraman	IND	2644	7,5	0,0	30,75	6	3
5	5	GM	S.L Narayanan	IND	2624	6,5	0,0	29,00	4	1
6	16	GM	Baskaran Adhiban	IND	2660	6,0	1,0	26,00	4	0
7	10	GM	Sekhar Ganguly Surya	IND	2625	6,0	0,0	32,50	6	3
8	1	IM	Srivatshav Peddi Rahul	IND	2463	5,5	1,0	27,75	5	1
9	2	IM	S. Nitin	IND	2381	5,5	0,0	18,25	5	2
10	14	GM	Sengupta Deep	IND	2527	5,0	0,0	16,25	4	2
11	3	IM	Mittal Aditya	IND	2438	4,5	0,0	15,00	4	1
12	9	IM	Krishna Crg	IND	2478	4,0	0,0	18,50	3	1
13	7	GM	Vasanthan Perumal Vishnu Prasanna	IND	2476	3,5	0,0	19,25	3	1
14	17	FM	Vinay Kumar Matta	IND	2305	3,0	0,0	13,50	3	1
15	13	IM	Krishnan P Saravana	IND	2312	3,0	0,0	8,75	2	1
16	6	IM	Swaminathan Soumya	IND	2351	2,5	0,0	10,00	2	1
17	8	FM	Singhania Vatsal	IND	2371	1,0	0,0	3,00	1	0

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