Neelotpal or Ortik - Who will win 3rd Gujarat GM Open?

by Shahid Ahmed - 07/04/2022

IM Srihari L R held GM Neelotpal Das to a solid draw in the penultimate round of 3rd Gujarat International GM Open 2022. IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB) won against GM Stany G A to join the lead with Neelotpal 8.0/9. Ortik and Neelotpal will face each other in the final round. The winner will become a clear champion. While a draw would allow Abdisalimov and Srihari to catch up with them and maybe surpass on tie-breaks too. Two in-form teenagers IM Anuj Shrivatri and IM Srihari will clash on the second board. Arpita is still the top scoring female performer so far 6.5/9. Final Round 10 starts today at 10:00 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Anuj on a double hat-trick

IM Anuj Shrivatri registered his fifth consecutive win of the event. IM Ratnakaran K and Srithan Saypuri beat GM P Karthikeyan and GM Cristhian Camilo Rios (COL) respectively. FM Kashish Manoj Jain, Satvik Sharma, Jaiveer Mahendru and Yash Watarkar won against IM P Konguvel, IM Diego Del Rey (ESP), IM Anup Deshmukh and WIM Priyanka K respectively.

IM Ortik Nigmatov faces GM Neelotpal Das in the final round | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Stany - Ortik: 0-1

GM Stany G A (2517) captured a pawn in the endgame which took his rook away from the action. Having a couple of doubled pawn also did not help his case.

Position after 22.Rxb5

22.Rxb5 stranded White's rook. 22...Qe6 23.e5 Ra8 and now White has serious problems in the back rank. 24.Qg4 Ra1+ 25.Kg2 dxe5 things fell apart in a hurry for White.

IM Ortik Nigmatov (UZB) scored an important win over GM Stany G A to get into the lead | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Srihari L R and GM Neelotpal Das had a relatively calm draw | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Harsha Bharathakoti - IM Abdisalimov Abdimalik (UZB): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Mehar Chinna Reddy - GM Venkatesh M R: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

C R G Krishna - Anuj: 0-1

IM Anuj Shrivatri (2350) converted his positional advantage beautifully against IM C R G Krishna (2466).

Position after 34...Re8

Sometimes a strong relative pin does not gain you a material immediately. However, it helps you to increase the positional advantage which is exactly what Anuj did. 35.Kf2 h5 36.Qd2 h4 37.Nd3 White managed to unpin his knight. The price he had to pay was an onslaught on the kingside. 37...Rxe2+ 38.Qxe2 Qd8 of course Black will decline the queen exchange as he is the one who is attacking and keeping the queen definitely helps him. 39.Qd2 hxg3+ 40.hxg3 Qf6 continuously hammering on White's weaknesses. Black won the game in another seven moves.

IM Anuj Shrivatri scored his fifth win in-a-row | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Neelash Saha - FM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage (SRI): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

FM Ayush Sharma - IM Vignesh N R: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM P Karthikeyan - IM Ratnakaran K: 0-1 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

WIM Arpita Mukherjee - IM Sidhant Mohapatra: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

FM Kashish Manoj Jain - IM P Konguvel: 1-0 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

IM Ameya Audi - Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

For more Round 9 photos, please click here.

A total of 374 players including 14 GMs, 30 IMs and 3 WIM are taking part from 14 countries across the world including India. The tournament is organized by Gujarat State Chess Association from 31st March to 7th April 2022 at Karnavati Club, Ahmedabad. The ten-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Round 9 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	26	IM	Srihari L R			2400	India	7	½ - ½	7½	GM	Neelotpal Das			2409	India	22
2	3	GM	Stany G.A.			2517	India	7	0 - 1	7	IM	Nigmatov Ortik			2445	Uzbekistan	14
3	4	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti			2499	India	6½	½ - ½	7	IM	Abdisalimov Abdimalik			2435	Uzbekistan	16
4	20	IM	Mehar Chinna Reddy C.H.			2422	India	6½	½ - ½	6½	GM	Venkatesh M.R.			2493	India	5
5	11	IM	Krishna C R G			2466	India	6½	0 - 1	6½	IM	Anuj Shrivatri			2350	India	34
6	9	GM	Mirzoev Azer			2476	Azerbaijan	6	½ - ½	6½	GM	Laxman R.R.			2429	India	17
7	1	GM	Delgado Ramirez Neuris			2622	Paraguay	6	1 - 0	6		Ritviz Parab			2349	India	35
8	41	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh J			2316	India	6	0 - 1	6	GM	Savchenko Boris			2535		2
9	13	IM	Neelash Saha	GJ		2445	India	6	½ - ½	6	FM	Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan			2340	Srilanka	37
10	43	FM	Ayush Sharma			2302	India	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Vignesh N R			2444	India	15
11	18	IM	Nitin S.			2427	India	6	1 - 0	6	FM	Wagh Suyog			2328	India	38
12	47		Kaustuv Kundu			2281	India	6	0 - 1	6	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete			2408	India	24
13	25	IM	Shahil Dey		U15	2400	India	6	1 - 0	6		Garv Rai		U15	1869	India	94
14	27	GM	Karthikeyan P.			2397	India	6	0 - 1	6	IM	Ratnakaran K.			2316	India	40
15	51	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee			2260	India	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra			2359	India	32
16	63	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj			2162	India	6	1 - 0	6	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy			2358	India	33
17	7	GM	Chanda Sandipan			2485	India	5½	1 - 0	5½	FM	Ram Aravind L N			2127	India	66
18	70		Santu Mondal			2063	CCSCSB	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Raahul V S			2478	India	8
19	19	GM	Hesham Abdelrahman			2424	Egypt	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	Sahu Sekhar Chandra			2049	India	72
20	21	IM	Audi Ameya			2418	India	5½	½ - ½	5½		Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U			2022	India	74

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Round 10 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	14	IM	Nigmatov Ortik			2445	Uzbekistan	8		8	GM	Neelotpal Das			2409	India	22
2	34	IM	Anuj Shrivatri			2350	India	7½		7½	IM	Srihari L R			2400	India	26
3	16	IM	Abdisalimov Abdimalik			2435	Uzbekistan	7½		7	GM	Stany G.A.			2517	India	3
4	1	GM	Delgado Ramirez Neuris			2622	Paraguay	7		7	IM	Nitin S.			2427	India	18
5	2	GM	Savchenko Boris			2535		7		7	IM	Mehar Chinna Reddy C.H.			2422	India	20
6	24	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete			2408	India	7		7	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti			2499	India	4
7	5	GM	Venkatesh M.R.			2493	India	7		7	IM	Shahil Dey		U15	2400	India	25
8	40	IM	Ratnakaran K.			2316	India	7		7	GM	Laxman R.R.			2429	India	17
9	7	GM	Chanda Sandipan			2485	India	6½		7	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj			2162	India	63
10	8	IM	Raahul V S			2478	India	6½		6½	FM	Ayush Sharma			2302	India	43
11	32	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra			2359	India	6½		6½	GM	Mirzoev Azer			2476	Azerbaijan	9
12	36	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.			2340	India	6½		6½	IM	Krishna C R G			2466	India	11
13	44	IM	Sangma Rahul	GJ		2286	India	6½		6½	IM	Neelash Saha	GJ		2445	India	13
14	37	FM	Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan			2340	Srilanka	6½		6½	IM	Vignesh N R			2444	India	15
15	54	FM	Aradhya Garg			2236	India	6½		6½	GM	Hesham Abdelrahman			2424	Egypt	19
16	118		Satvik Sharma			1753	India	6½		6½	IM	Gusain Himal			2408	India	23
17	28	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha			2397	India	6½		6½	FM	Aaryan Varshney			2277	India	49
18	30	IM	Rajesh V A V			2376	India	6½		6½	AGM	Sahib Singh		U15	1792	India	104
19	10	GM	Huerga Leache Mikel			2471	Spain	6		6½	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee			2260	India	51
20	76	IM	Weerawardane Romesh			2005	Srilanka	6		6	IM	Audi Ameya			2418	India	21

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