Serbia Open 2022 R5: Ivic makes a narrow escape against Aditya Mittal

by Shahid Ahmed - 03/07/2022

IM Aditya Mittal found himself in a winning position against Serbia no.3 GM Velimir Ivic. However, he missed his opportunity before Ivic could not find a way to make the most out of his. GM Aryan Chopra defeated WGM Narva Mai (EST) to join Adhiban and three more players in the lead 4.5/5. IM Harshavardhan G B scored an impressive win against GM Leon Luke Mendonca. The former had to grind a position in the middlegame, until his opponent erred which he capitalized on. Among the women participants, IM Padmini Rout has made a fantastic start with an unbeaten 4/5. Round 6 starts today at 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Aryan Chopra joins Adhiban at the top

CM Kushagra Mohan, IM Neelash Saha, IM Harikrishnan A Ra, IM Shahil Dey, WIM Arpita Mukherjee. FM Ram Aravind L N and WIM Isha Sharma drew with GM Alexandr Predke, GM Anton Demchenko, GM Denis Kadric (BIH), GM Yago De Moura Santiago (BRA), IM Jurica Srbis (CRO), IM Vignesh N R and IM Muthaiah Al respectively.

IM Aditya Mittal is playing well in this event so far | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Aditya Mittal - Ivic: 0.5-0.5

IM Aditya Mittal (2485) got himself a fantastic opportunity to score a win against GM Velimir Ivic (SRB, 2658).

Position after 38...Qe5

White correctly played 39.Bg2 threatening Qf7+. 39...Nd3 40.Qf7+ Kh8 White made a grave mistake of taking the g6-pawn 41.Qxg6 allowed Black to get back in the game Qd4+ 42.Kh2 Qh4+ 43.Kg1. After repeating moves, White played 45.Bh3 which now gave Black the decisive advantage. Fortunately for Aditya, Ivic was unable to find a win and the game ended in a draw. Find out what should have White played instead of 41.Qxg6 to win the game.

Harshavardhan - Leon: 1-0

IM Harshavardhan G B (2367) won a positional grind against GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2562).

Position after 40...Re5

40...Re5 makes no real threat. It only helps White. The c6-square is unguarded and White would definitely like to put his knight on c6. The best way to achieve that is via 41.Nd4 Ncb6 42.Nc6 Re8 43.Be3 Nc5 44.Bd4 +- and it's over for Black.

IM Harshavardhan G B displayed his positional prowess | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Highlights

A few interesting finishes from Round 5

IM Aditya Mittal (2485) - GM Velimir Ivic (SRB, 2628): 0.5-0.5

GM Harsha Bharathakoti (2547) - FM Eray Kilic (TUR, 2422): 1-0

IM Koustav Chatterjee (2485) - IM Anuj Shrivatri (2356): 1-0

IM Padmini Rout (2357) - IM Raymond Song (TPE, 2485): 1-0

A total of 263 players including 38 GMs, 68 IMs, 6 WGMs and 13 WIMs are taking part from 38 countries across the world including India. The tournament is being organized by Serbia Chess Federation from 28th June to 7th July 2022 at Novi Sad, Serbia. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes/40 moves + 15 minutes for whole game, 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Round 5 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
5	1	13	GM	Can Emre	2599	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Adhiban B.	2616	10
5	2	36	IM	Aditya Mittal	2485	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Ivic Velimir	2628	4
5	5	11	GM	Aryan Chopra	2609	3½	1 - 0	3½	WGM	Narva Mai	2385	98
5	7	1	GM	Predke Alexandr	2688	3	½ - ½	3½	CM	Kushagra Mohan	2343	126
5	9	3	GM	Demchenko Anton	2654	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Neelash Saha	2439	64
5	12	68	FM	Samant Aditya S	2433	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2608	12
5	13	15	GM	Kadric Denis	2575	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra	2396	92
5	15	19	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	2547	3	1 - 0	3	FM	Kilic Eray	2422	76
5	20	28	GM	Santiago Yago De Moura	2509	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Shahil Dey	2366	113
5	21	37	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	2485	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Anuj Shrivatri	2356	120
5	22	118	IM	Padmini Rout	2357	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Song Raymond	2485	38
5	23	39	IM	Pranav V	2481	3	1 - 0	3	FM	Rohith Krishna S	2339	128
5	25	164	FM	Eren Ataberk	2273	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Pranav Anand	2467	48
5	28	62	IM	Vaishali R	2442	3	1 - 0	3	WGM	Srija Seshadri	2241	180
5	30	111	IM	Harshavardhan G B	2367	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2562	16
5	33	119	IM	Vardaan Nagpal	2357	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Stremavicius Titas	2495	32
5	36	131	FM	Karacsonyi Gellert	2338	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2480	40
5	37	43	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2477	2½	1 - 0	2½	FM	Kochavi Ori	2356	121
5	38	138	FM	Hristodoulou Panagiotis	2328	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Nitish Belurkar	2460	52
5	40	158	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	2281	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Srbis Jurica	2455	56

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Round 6 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
6	1	8	GM	Motylev Alexander	2619	4½		4½	GM	Aryan Chopra	2609	11
6	2	10	GM	Adhiban B.	2616	4½		4½	IM	Ioannidis Evgenios	2459	55
6	4	12	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2608	4		4	IM	Sturt Raven	2450	57
6	5	48	IM	Pranav Anand	2467	4		4	GM	Sanal Vahap	2576	14
6	6	19	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	2547	4		4	IM	Vaishali R	2442	62
6	8	26	GM	Muradli Mahammad	2510	4		4	IM	Padmini Rout	2357	118
6	9	100	WGM	Injac Teodora	2384	4		4	IM	Aditya Mittal	2485	36
6	10	126	CM	Kushagra Mohan	2343	4		4	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	2485	37
6	11	127	WGM	Fataliyeva Ulviyya	2341	4		4	IM	Pranav V	2481	39
6	15	64	IM	Neelash Saha	2439	3½		3½	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	2628	5
6	18	84	IM	Srihari L R	2404	3½		3½	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	2617	9
6	20	20	GM	Perunovic Milos	2543	3½		3½	IM	Harshavardhan G B	2367	111
6	21	92	IM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra	2396	3½		3½	GM	Suleymanli Aydin	2537	21
6	26	40	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2480	3½		3½	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj	2271	166
6	27	113	IM	Shahil Dey	2366	3½		3½	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2477	43
6	28	130	IM	Souhardo Basak	2338	3½		3½	IM	Parkhov Yair	2467	47
6	30	58	IM	Badelka Olga	2448	3½		3½	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	2216	197
6	39	46	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2467	3		3	IM	Tadic Stefan	2373	109
6	40	120	IM	Anuj Shrivatri	2356	3		3	IM	Cabarkapa Novak	2466	50
6	41	52	IM	Nitish Belurkar	2460	3		3	IM	Tomazini Zan	2361	115

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