Aravindh Chithambaram on the verge of winning 20th Delhi GM Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 30/03/2023

GM Aravindh Chithambaram showed his class against GM Volodar Murzin in the penultimate round of 20th Delhi GM Open 2023. He showcased his fantastic positional understanding to dethrone the teenager from the leader's position. India's first triple crown, reigning three-time National Rapid and Blitz champion, Aravindh is now the sole leader heading into the final round 8.5/9. Since his tie-break score is not the best, he must beat GM Luka Paichadze to become a clear champion, whereas a draw would allow any of the five foreigners to catch up and maybe surpass him. Will Aravindh become the champion of the tournament? Final Round 10 starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Goutham Krishna beats a GM again

The 34th National Under-12 Open champion, Goutham Krishna H is seizing every opportunity that is heading his way. He defeated his second GM of the event - GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB). He will face the legendary Pole, GM Michal Krasenkow in the final round. The 12-year-olds Goutham and Ethan Vaz are the only untitled players at 7.5/9 each.

GM Aravindh Chithambaram is in a good position to clinch 20th Delhi GM Open 2023 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

20th Delhi GM Open 2023 will take place from 23rd to 30th March | Photo: Official site

Aravindh - Volodar

GM Volodar Murzin's (2554) response against GM Aravindh Chithambaram's (2607) Advance Caro-Kann Defence was not the best choice. However, Black managed to equalize until he incorrectly capture a pawn in the middlegame.

Position after 22.Qf1

The best way to capture the d4-pawn is to take it with the queen 22...Qxd4. Instead, Black self-pinned his knight 22...Nxd4 23.Rd1 Qd7 made things worse. 23...Na4 would have still kept things going. 24.Qg2 Rd8 25.Qe4 Nc4 and then White played a fantastic move.

Position after 26.Ned5!

26.Nxc4? allows Black to equalize Nf3+ 27.Qxf3 Qxd1+ 28.Kg2 Qxf3+ 29.Kxf3 Rd4 and Black is not going to lose the game. Thus 26.Ned5! Aravindh once again showed why he is the stronger player of the two and displayed fantastic understanding of the position. 26...exd5 27.Qxd4 Nb6 28.e6! slowly dismantling Black's position. 28...Qe7 29.Re1 Rd6 30.Qe5 Nc4 31.Qe2 b5 32.Qd3 White did not rush into capturing on f7, instead forced his opponent to take the e6-pawn. 32...fxe6 33.Qxg6+ Qg7 34.Qe8+ Qf8 35.Qxh5 everything is falling apart for Black and White is winning.

Final moments: GM Aravindh Chithambaram vs GM Volodar Murzin | Video: ChessBase India

Aravindh Chithambaram (six) Packs a punch against Volodar Murzin | Video: ChessBase India

GM Aravindh Chithamaram showcased his fantastic positional understanding | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

IM Anuj Shrivatri had a well contested draw with GM Michal Krasenkow (POL) | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

Top seed GM Sethuraman S P scored his third win in-a-row after losing his sixth round game | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

The National Under-12 Open champion, Goutham Krishna H defeated his second GM of the event - GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Top boards in action during Round 9 | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

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A total of 1060 players including 19 GMs and 10 IMs are taking part from 13 countries across the world including India. The eight day ten-round Swiss League Rating tournament is being organized by Delhi Chess Association from 23rd to 30th March 2023 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. The time control of the tournament is 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Round 9 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	2	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.		2607	7½	1 - 0	7½	GM	Murzin, Volodar		2554	6	PGN
2	3	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan		2597	7	1 - 0	7	IM	Neelash Saha,		2444	14	PGN
3	17	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		2432	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil		2569	5	PGN
4	19	GM	Stupak, Kirill		2413	7	0 - 1	7	GM	Savchenko, Boris		2552	7	PGN
5	20	IM	Anuj Shrivatri,		2407	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Krasenkow, Michal	S60	2527	9	PGN
6	10	GM	Paichadze, Luka		2515	7	1 - 0	7	IM	Audi, Ameya		2387	21	PGN
7	12	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej		2484	7	1 - 0	7	IM	Nitin, S.		2381	23	PGN
8	32	FM	Rakhmatullaev, Almas		2275	7	0 - 1	7	GM	Fedorov, Alexei		2477	13	PGN
9	1	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		2639	6½	1 - 0	7	FM	Orozbaev, Eldiar		2313	27	PGN
10	4	GM	Kobalia, Mikhail		2577	6½	1 - 0	6½		Bhosale, Shriraj		1948	67
11	8	GM	Lalit Babu M R,		2544	6½	1 - 0	6½		Sarthak Rawat,		1890	77
12	46	WFM	Lasya G,		2095	6½	0 - 1	6½	GM	Stany, G.A.		2494	11
13	16	IM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin		2436	6½	1 - 0	6½		Mhamane Sourabh,		1751	123
14	60		Goutham Krishna H,	U15	1990	6½	1 - 0	6½	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat		2428	18
15	70		Velpula, Sarayu		1921	6½	0 - 1	6½	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha,		2386	22
16	34	FM	Harsh, Suresh		2261	6½	1 - 0	6½		Mithiran A,	U15	1748	125
17	66	AIM	Vaz, Ethan	U15	1949	6½	1 - 0	6½		Aswath S,	U15	2214	37
18	24	GM	Teterev, Vitaly		2377	6	1 - 0	6½		Dhruva, Thota	U15	1705	141
19	108		Dinesh Kumar Jaganathan,		1799	6	0 - 1	6	GM	Mirzoev, Azer		2437	15
20	114		Patil Priyanshu,		1788	6	0 - 1	6	GM	Saptarshi, Roy		2370	25
21	28		Srihari L,		2289	6	1 - 0	6		Daksh Goyal,	U15	1799	107
22	30	FM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	U15	2281	6	1 - 0	6		Choudhary, Jitendra Kumar		1791	111
23	120		Sachi Jain,	U15	1756	6	0 - 1	6	IM	Ratnakaran, K.		2275	31
24	122		Sriram Adarsh Uppala,	U15	1752	6	0 - 1	6	FM	Zhakshylykov, Erzhan		2274	33
25	36	CM	Rajarishi Karthi,		2244	6	1 - 0	6	CM	Mrithyunjay Mahadevan,	U15	1769	117

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Standings after Round 9

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.			IND	2607	Tn	8,5	52,5	56	52,50
2	10	GM	Paichadze, Luka			GEO	2515	GEO	8	54	59	51,75
3	7	GM	Savchenko, Boris			FID	2552	FID	8	54	58,5	51,50
4	13	GM	Fedorov, Alexei			FID	2477	FID	8	53,5	58	51,00
5	3	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan			GEO	2597	GEO	8	52	56,5	49,25
6	12	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej			FID	2484	FID	8	47	51,5	46,00
7	5	GM	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil			GEO	2569	GEO	7,5	56,5	61,5	50,00
8	6	GM	Murzin, Volodar			FID	2554	FID	7,5	56	59,5	47,25
9	22	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha,			IND	2386	Ka	7,5	53	58	46,75
10	20	IM	Anuj Shrivatri,			IND	2407	Mp	7,5	53	57	46,50
11	16	IM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin			UZB	2436	UZB	7,5	52,5	57,5	46,25
12	1	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.			IND	2639	Tn	7,5	52,5	57	46,00
13	9	GM	Krasenkow, Michal	S60		POL	2527	POL	7,5	52	56,5	45,25
14	11	GM	Stany, G.A.			IND	2494	Ka	7,5	51,5	56,5	45,75
15	4	GM	Kobalia, Mikhail			FID	2577	FID	7,5	50,5	55,5	45,50
16	17	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.			IND	2432	Tn	7,5	50,5	55	44,00
17	60		Goutham Krishna H,	U15		IND	1990	Kl	7,5	50	54	42,50
18	66	AIM	Vaz, Ethan	U15		IND	1949	Ga	7,5	49,5	54	44,00
19	8	GM	Lalit Babu M R,			IND	2544	Ap	7,5	47,5	52,5	43,50
20	34	FM	Harsh, Suresh			IND	2261	Tn	7,5	46	50,5	42,00
21	14	IM	Neelash Saha,			IND	2444	Gj	7	55,5	59,5	43,25
22	32	FM	Rakhmatullaev, Almas			UZB	2275	UZB	7	54	58,5	43,25
23	33	FM	Zhakshylykov, Erzhan			KGZ	2274	KGZ	7	52,5	57	42,25
24	19	GM	Stupak, Kirill			FID	2413	FID	7	52	55	38,50
25	15	GM	Mirzoev, Azer			AZE	2437	AZE	7	50,5	55	40,75

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Round 10 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.		2607	8½		8	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan		2597	3
2	7	GM	Savchenko, Boris		2552	8		8	GM	Aleksandrov, Aleksej		2484	12
3	13	GM	Fedorov, Alexei		2477	8		8	GM	Paichadze, Luka		2515	10
4	16	IM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin		2436	7½		7½	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.		2639	1
5	4	GM	Kobalia, Mikhail		2577	7½		7½	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		2432	17
6	5	GM	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil		2569	7½		7½	FM	Harsh, Suresh		2261	34
7	6	GM	Murzin, Volodar		2554	7½		7½	IM	Anuj Shrivatri,		2407	20
8	22	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha,		2386	7½		7½	GM	Lalit Babu M R,		2544	8
9	9	GM	Krasenkow, Michal	S60	2527	7½		7½		Goutham Krishna H,	U15	1990	60
10	11	GM	Stany, G.A.		2494	7½		7½	AIM	Vaz, Ethan	U15	1949	66
11	14	IM	Neelash Saha,		2444	7		7	CM	Adireddy Arjun,	U15	2078	48
12	15	GM	Mirzoev, Azer		2437	7		7	CM	Sakline Mostafa Sajid,	U15	1994	58
13	47		Sinha, Sudhir Kumar		2084	7		7	GM	Stupak, Kirill		2413	19
14	21	IM	Audi, Ameya		2387	7		7		Daaevik Wadhawan,	U15	1886	78
15	23	IM	Nitin, S.		2381	7		7		Jani, Kushal R		1875	80
16	65	CM	Daakshin Arun,	U15	1960	7		7	GM	Teterev, Vitaly		2377	24
17	25	GM	Saptarshi, Roy		2370	7		7		Majumder Shrayan,		1821	103
18	27	FM	Orozbaev, Eldiar		2313	7		7		Vivaan Vishal Shah,	U15	1833	98
19	71		Sudhanshu Ranjan,		1912	7		7		Srihari L,		2289	28
20	72		Apoorv Kamble,	U15	1909	7		7	FM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	U15	2281	30
21	31	IM	Ratnakaran, K.		2275	7		7		Shankhodip De,	U15	1671	160
22	95		Anilkumar, O.T.	S60	1840	7		7	FM	Rakhmatullaev, Almas		2275	32
23	33	FM	Zhakshylykov, Erzhan		2274	7		7		Aditya, Savalkar		1664	165
24	156		Madkar, Atharva		1677	7		7	CM	Rajarishi Karthi,		2244	36
25	166		Swarna, Nihal	U15	1664	7		7	FM	Jaiswal, Rupesh		2153	40

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