Chhattisgarh CM Trophy GM Masters R7: Six-pack in pursuit

by Shahid Ahmed - 26/09/2022

Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) maintained his sole lead 6.5/7 at Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Trophy GM Masters 2022. He made a quick draw with Mongolia no.3 Tsegmed Batchuluun. Six players are in the chase at 5.5/7 each. They are - IM Tahbaz Arash (IRI), GM Batchuluun, IM Himal Gusain, IM Ajay Karthikeyan, IM Nubairshah Shaikh and IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete. Sammed scored an impressive win against GM Venkatesh M R. Utsab Chatterjee also scored a big win over GM Luka Paichadze (GEO). WGM Divya Deshmukh defeated IM D K Sharma. She is currently the highest scorer among female participants. Round 8 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

Sammed and Utsab score big wins

IM Rajesh Vav, IM Chakravarthi Reddy, Srihari L, Praloy Sahoo and Kaivalya Sandip Nagare drew with GM Deepan Chakkravarthy, GM Saptarshi Roy, IM Ratnakaran K, IM Viani Antonio Dcunha and WIM Mahalaxmi M. Ilamparthi A R and Harshit Pawar defeated WGM Varshini V and WIM Mrudul Dehankar.

IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete is on a four-game winning streak | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

Venkatesh - Sammed: 0-1

GM Venkatesh (2481) got an advantage out of the Sicilian Pelikan opening. However, his opponent IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete (2387) waited for his opportunity to turn the tables.

Position after 25...Rf2+

Instead of taking on h5, White needed to prevent the rook invasion on the f-file. Thus, 24.Raf1 instead of gxh5 was a safer choice. 24...Rxf1 25.Nxf1 Qe8+ 26.Nde3 and White would have done fine. 24,gxh5 Ne5 25.Qe4 Rf2+ 26.Kd1 Qh8! what a beautiful queen maneuver. White cannot even prevent Qh5 by any means. 27.hxg6 Qh5+ 28.Kc1 Raf8 and Black's attack is too strong for White to defend.

IM Rajesh Vav - GM Deepan Chakkravarthy: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

Utsab - Luka: 1-0

Utsab Chatterjee (2332) got a pleasant position out of the Caro-Kann Exchange variation against GM Luka Paichadze (GEO, 2560).

Position after 18...Qc7

Black needed to play 18...h6 to defend the d5-pawn. Instead, 18...Qc7 dropped it 19.Nb3 Na4 20.Qxd5+ e6 21.Qd2 Rfd8 22.Qf2 White played a bit cautiously but he managed to win the game nevertheless.

Utsab Chatterjee - GM Luka Paichadze (GEO): 1-0 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

GM Saptarshi Roy - IM Chakravarthi Reddy: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

IM Ratnakaran K - Srihari L: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

IM Viani Antonio Dcunha - Praloy Sahoo: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

WGM Divya Deshmukh - IM D K Sharma: 1-0 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

WIM Mahalaxmi M - Kaivalya Sandip Nagare: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh

Ilamparthi A R (pictured) - WGM Varshini V: 1-0

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Chhattisgarh CM Trophy GM Masters Tournament Hall tour | Video: ChessBase India

A total of 127 players including 15 GMs, 23 IMs, 3 WGMs and 11 WIMs are taking part from 14 countries across the world including India in the Masters section. The tournament is organized by Chhattisgarh Pradesh Shatranj Sangh from 19th to 28th September 2022 at Hotel Grand Imperia in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1.

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Round 7 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	1	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2596	GEO	6	½ - ½	5	GM	Batchuluun Tsegmed	2478	MGL	9	PGN
2	3	GM	Savchenko Boris	2547	RUS	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Neverov Valeriy	2430	UKR	17	PGN
3	6	IM	Aronyak Ghosh	2519	WB	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Harshavardhan G B	2429	TN	18	PGN
4	7	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	2513	WB	4½	0 - 1	4½	IM	Ajay Karthikeyan	2422	TN	19	PGN
5	21	IM	Nitin S.	2416	TN	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Mitrabha Guha	2471	WB	10	PGN
6	11	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	2461	MAH	4½	+ - -	4½	IM	Nitish Belurkar	2419	GOA	20	PGN
7	13	IM	Neelash Saha	2454	WB	4½	0 - 1	4½	IM	Gusain Himal	2359	RLYS	27	PGN
8	35	IM	Rajesh V A V	2331	RLYS	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	2439	RLYS	14	PGN
9	15	IM	Tahbaz Arash	2437	IRI	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Laxman R.R.	2388	ICF	22	PGN
10	8	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2481	TN	4	0 - 1	4½	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete	2387	MAH	24	PGN
11	34		Utsab Chatterjee	2332	WB	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Paichadze Luka	2560	GEO	2	PGN
12	23	GM	Saptarshi Roy	2388	WB	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Chakravarthi Reddy M	2306	TEL	42	PGN
13	25	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2365	VIE	4	1 - 0	4	FM	Aaryan Varshney	2263	DEL	48	PGN
14	29	IM	Ratnakaran K.	2352	RLYS	4	½ - ½	4		Srihari L	2214	PON	58	PGN
15	68	IM	Mohota Nisha	2166	PSPB	4	0 - 1	4	IM	Raahul V S	2345	TN	31	PGN
16	114		Mahindrakar Indrajeet	1979	MAH	4	0 - 1	4	FM	Panesar Vedant	2336	MAH	32	PGN
17	33	FM	Aradhya Garg	2332	DEL	4	½ - ½	4	CM	Mayank Chakraborty	2044	ASS	98	PGN
18	30	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha	2348	KAR	3½	½ - ½	4		Praloy Sahoo	2117	WB	79	PGN
19	53	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	2252	MAH	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Krasenkow Michal	2545	POL	4	PGN
20	57	CM	Vaibhav Jayant Raut	2243	MAH	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Shyam Sundar M.	2526	TN	5	PGN

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	11	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	2461	MAH	5½		6½	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2596	GEO	1
2	19	IM	Ajay Karthikeyan	2422	TN	5½		5½	GM	Batchuluun Tsegmed	2478	MGL	9
3	24	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete	2387	MAH	5½		5½	IM	Tahbaz Arash	2437	IRI	15
4	27	IM	Gusain Himal	2359	RLYS	5½		5	GM	Savchenko Boris	2547	RUS	3
5	32	FM	Panesar Vedant	2336	MAH	5		5	IM	Aronyak Ghosh	2519	WB	6
6	10	GM	Mitrabha Guha	2471	WB	5		5	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2365	VIE	25
7	14	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	2439	RLYS	5		5		Utsab Chatterjee	2332	WB	34
8	31	IM	Raahul V S	2345	TN	5		5	GM	Neverov Valeriy	2430	UKR	17
9	18	IM	Harshavardhan G B	2429	TN	5		5	IM	Nitin S.	2416	TN	21
10	5	GM	Shyam Sundar M.	2526	TN	4½		5	IM	Rajesh V A V	2331	RLYS	35
11	4	GM	Krasenkow Michal	2545	POL	4½		4½	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	2330	MAH	36
12	58		Srihari L	2214	PON	4½		4½	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	2513	WB	7
13	38		Subhayan Kundu	2327	WB	4½		4½	IM	Neelash Saha	2454	WB	13
14	22	GM	Laxman R.R.	2388	ICF	4½		4½	IM	Avinash Ramesh	2328	TN	37
15	79		Praloy Sahoo	2117	WB	4½		4½	GM	Saptarshi Roy	2388	WB	23
16	98	CM	Mayank Chakraborty	2044	ASS	4½		4½	IM	Ratnakaran K.	2352	RLYS	29
17	42	IM	Chakravarthi Reddy M	2306	TEL	4½		4½	FM	Aradhya Garg	2332	DEL	33
18	44	FM	Sourath Biswas	2302	WB	4		4½		Omidi Arya	2309	IRI	41
19	2	GM	Paichadze Luka	2560	GEO	4		4	CM	Nayak Rajesh	2142	ODI	74
20	72	WIM	Bommini Mounika Akshaya	2152	AP	4		4	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2481	TN	8

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