Silver Lake Open R6: Nihal beats Petrosyan to take sole lead 5.5/6

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/06/2021

Nihal Sarin is very determined to hit top gear before he begins his FIDE World Cup 2021 campaign next month. He showcased his endgame prowess against Manuel Petrosyan in Round 6 of Silver Lake Open to take the sole lead 5.5/6. He will face IM Denis Makhnev in the next round. Both Raunak and Abhimanyu drew their respective games. Raunak along with three other players are in the title fray at 5.0/6 each. Harshit, Rakshitta and Isha won their respective games. Only three rounds left to go. Round 7 starts today at 8:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Raunak stays in the hunt

Nihal converted his minute advantage into a substantial one to beat one of Levon Aronian's second, Manuel Petrosyan. Raahil lost to Samvel Ter-Sahakyan who will face Raunak in the next round. Both Raunak and Abhimanyu Puranik drew their respective games.

Nihal Sarin scored a fantastic victory | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Nihal - Manuel: 1-0

Nihal converted his extra pawn advantage beautifully in the endgame against Manuel Petrosyan.

Position after 26...Bd7

Find out the correct plan for White in the above diagram.

Nihal Sarin is performing at Elo 2824 at Silver Lake Open | Video: Sagar Shah

Nihal played a fantastic endgame | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Sedlak - Raunak: 0.5-0.5

Raunak made a quick 11-move draw with GM Nikola Sedlak.

Raunak stays in the hunt 5.0/6 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Ter-Sahakyan - Raahil: 0-1

Raahil played inaccurately after his opponent GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan sacrificed a knight.

Position after 21...Qc5

Black needed to complete the development of the pieces. 22...Bb7 with the idea of 0-0-0 would have been better than the text. White recovered the piece eventually and the game was decided when Black missed a tactic and blundered a rook.

Samvel will face Raunak in the next round | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Stukan - Puranik: 0.5-0.5

FM Martin Stukan held GM Abhimanyu Puranik to a draw.

Abhimanyu is steadily moving ahead | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Toghrul Hasanzade lost to IM Harshit Raja | Photo: Rupali Mullick

CM Damjan Jandric lost to WIM Rakshitta Ravi | Photo: Rupali Mullick

WIM Isha Sharma defeated Uno Skonnord | Photo: Rupali Mullick

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Round 6 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
6	1	3	GM	Nihal Sarin	2620	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2625	2
6	2	7	GM	Sedlak Nikola	2519	4	½ - ½	4½	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	2555	6
6	3	1	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	2644	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Mullick Raahil	2386	22
6	4	25	FM	Stukan Martin	2376	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2589	4
6	11	35	IM	Hasanzade Toghrul	2317	3½	0 - 1	3½	IM	Raja Harshit	2459	13
6	25	64	CM	Jandric Damjan	2175	3	0 - 1	3	WIM	Rakshitta Ravi	2190	58
6	31	50	WIM	Sharma Isha	2237	2½	1 - 0	2½		Skonnord Uno	2112	78
6	47	123		Phatak Aanjaneya	1769	2	0 - 1	2		Konyves Almos	2102	81
6	51	114		Devnani Kush	1855	1½	½ - ½	1½		Gagic Milan A	2180	63
6	59	107		Djordjevic Nevena	1923	1½	1 - 0	1½		Rajveer Pinkesh Nahar	1598	131
6	34	72		Anaishaa Pinkesh Nahar	1155	2	1 - 0	2		Veljkovic Varvara	1621	49

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Round 7 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
7	1	11	IM	Makhnev Denis	2480	5		5½	GM	Nihal Sarin	2620	3
7	2	6	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	2555	5		5	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	2644	1
7	5	4	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2589	4½		4½	IM	Agmanov Zhandos	2404	18
7	6	13	IM	Raja Harshit	2459	4½		4½	GM	Sedlak Nikola	2519	7
7	10	22	IM	Mullick Raahil	2386	4		4½	IM	Govedarica Radovan	2289	42
7	13	58	WIM	Rakshitta Ravi	2190	4		4	GM	Abramovic Bosko	2334	28
7	19	24	FM	Milosevic Milos	2377	3½		3½	WIM	Sharma Isha	2237	50
7	51	91		Nemeth Zalan	2055	2		2		Devnani Kush	1855	114
7	55	101		Bozanic Jovan	1961	2		2		Phatak Aanjaneya	1769	123
7	61	98		Majoros Rozsa Evelin	1997	1		1½		Rajveer Pinkesh Nahar	1598	131
7	28	52		Strbac Dusan	1573	3		3		Anaishaa Pinkesh Nahar	1155	72

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