Chhattisgarh CM Trophy GM Masters R4: Ayush Sharma superb against Shyam Sundar

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/09/2022

Top seed of the tournament, GM Levan Pantsulaia (GEO) has emerged as the sole leader 4/4 at Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Trophy GM Masters 2022. Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni held the legendary Polish GM Michal Krasenkow to a draw. Ten players are trailing by a half point at 3.5/4 each. Six of them are Indians - Chidvilash, IM Aronyak Ghosh, IM Himal Gusain, GM Laxman R R, GM Mitrabha Guha and IM Harshavardhan G B. FM Ayush Sharma scored the biggest win of the round as he scored a thumping victory over GM Shyam Sundar M. Praloy Sahoo scored an impressive win against IM Avinash Ramesh. Round 5 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Mukesh Tandi

Levan Pantsulaia gains sole lead

FM Vedant Panesar, Srihari L, FM Aaryan Varshney, Gaurav Rajesh Zagade, CM Mayank Chakraborty, Harshit Pawar, CM Vinod Kumar Sharma and Indrajeet Mahindrakar drew with IM Nubairshah Shaikh, IM Neelash Saha, GM Luka Paichadze, IM Rajesh Vav, IM Srinath Rao S V, IM Kushagra Mohan, IM Ratnakaran K and WGM Srija Seshadri. Utsab Chatterjee defeated IM Nisha Mohota

FM Ayush Sharma scored a smashing victory over GM Shyam Sundar | Photo: Mukesh Tandi

GM Michal Krasenkow (POL) - Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Mukesh Tandi

Ayush - Shyam: 1-0

GM Shyam Sundar M (2526) went wrong early in the opening against FM Ayush Sharma (2200).

Position after 10.Nb6

Black neglected the development of his pieces with moves like 8...Rc8 and 9...b5. White immediately struck 10.Nb6 Rb8 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Nd4 13.Nbd5 Rxb2 14.Bxd4 exd4 15.Qxd4 White is in complete control. Ayush converted his decisive advantage into a win comfortably.

Srihari L - IM Neelash Saha: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Mukesh Tandi

GM Luka Paichadze (GEO) - FM Aaryan Varshney: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Mukesh Tandi

Utsab Chatterjee - IM Nisha Mohota: 1-0 | Photo: Mukesh Tandi

Gaurav Rajesh Zagade - IM Rajesh Vav: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Mukesh Tandi

IM Srinath Rao S V - CM Mayank Chakraborty: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Mukesh Tandi

IM Kushagra Mohan - Harshit Pawar: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Mukesh Tandi

CM Vinod Kumar Sharma - IM Ratnakaran K: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Mukesh Tandi

Praloy - Avinash: 1-0

Praloy Sahoo (2117) defeated IM Avinash Ramesh (2328) after the latter made a bigger mistake trying to correct his first one.

Position after 19...Nd5

18...Nxe4 was not a good idea in the first place. 18...Qb6 was a better option. 19.Qg4 Nxd5 20.Qxe4 Ra4 21.a3 Nxb4 22.b3

Position after 22.b3

Despite both rook and knight being under attack, Black can still save the game 22...Rd8 23.bxa4 Rd4 24.Qb1 Qc7 the position is very sharp and finding this line was certainly not an easy task. 22...Qc7 23.Bc4 Qa5 24.0-0 and White won the game in another five moves.

Praloy Sahoo - IM Avinash Ramesh: 1-0 | Photo: Mukesh Tandi

WGM Srija Seshadri - Indrajeet Mahindrakar: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Mukesh Tandi

For more Round 4 photos, please click here.

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 4 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	14	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	2439	RLYS	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2596	GEO	1	PGN
2	15	IM	Tahbaz Arash	2437	IRI	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Savchenko Boris	2547	RUS	3	PGN
3	4	GM	Krasenkow Michal	2545	POL	3	½ - ½	3		Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni	2000	TEL	107	PGN
4	6	IM	Aronyak Ghosh	2519	WB	2½	1 - 0	3	IM	Ajay Karthikeyan	2422	TN	19	PGN
5	27	IM	Gusain Himal	2359	RLYS	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	2513	WB	7	PGN
6	31	IM	Raahul V S	2345	TN	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Batchuluun Tsegmed	2478	MGL	9	PGN
7	10	GM	Mitrabha Guha	2471	WB	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha	2348	KAR	30	PGN
8	32	FM	Panesar Vedant	2336	MAH	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	2461	MAH	11	PGN
9	58		Srihari L	2214	PON	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Neelash Saha	2454	WB	13	PGN
10	18	IM	Harshavardhan G B	2429	TN	2½	1 - 0	2½	FM	Aradhya Garg	2332	DEL	33	PGN
11	22	GM	Laxman R.R.	2388	ICF	2½	1 - 0	2½		Tiwari Arjun	2034	RLYS	103	PGN
12	2	GM	Paichadze Luka	2560	GEO	2	½ - ½	2	FM	Aaryan Varshney	2263	DEL	48	PGN
13	60	FM	Ayush Sharma	2200	MP	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Shyam Sundar M.	2526	TN	5	PGN
14	62		Masango Spencer	2192	ZIM	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Neverov Valeriy	2430	UKR	17	PGN
15	20	IM	Nitish Belurkar	2419	GOA	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.	2261	TN	49	PGN
16	21	IM	Nitin S.	2416	TN	2	1 - 0	2	FM	Mohamed Anees M	2204	TN	59	PGN
17	67	WFM	Pandey Srishti	2173	MAH	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Saptarshi Roy	2388	WB	23	PGN
18	26	FM	Panda Sambit	2363	ODI	2	1 - 0	2		Dhananjay S	2197	CG	61	PGN
19	28		Kaustuv Kundu	2358	WB	2	1 - 0	2	FM	Mahitosh Dey	2176	ODI	66	PGN
20	34		Utsab Chatterjee	2332	WB	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Mohota Nisha	2166	PSPB	68	PGN

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	1	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2596	GEO	4		3½	GM	Krasenkow Michal	2545	POL	4
2	3	GM	Savchenko Boris	2547	RUS	3½		3½	IM	Harshavardhan G B	2429	TN	18
3	6	IM	Aronyak Ghosh	2519	WB	3½		3½	IM	Tahbaz Arash	2437	IRI	15
4	9	GM	Batchuluun Tsegmed	2478	MGL	3½		3½	GM	Laxman R.R.	2388	ICF	22
5	107		Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni	2000	TEL	3½		3½	GM	Mitrabha Guha	2471	WB	10
6	11	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	2461	MAH	3		3½	IM	Gusain Himal	2359	RLYS	27
7	13	IM	Neelash Saha	2454	WB	3		3	FM	Panda Sambit	2363	ODI	26
8	28		Kaustuv Kundu	2358	WB	3		3	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	2439	RLYS	14
9	17	GM	Neverov Valeriy	2430	UKR	3		3	FM	Panesar Vedant	2336	MAH	32
10	19	IM	Ajay Karthikeyan	2422	TN	3		3		Utsab Chatterjee	2332	WB	34
11	36	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	2330	MAH	3		3	IM	Nitish Belurkar	2419	GOA	20
12	21	IM	Nitin S.	2416	TN	3		3	IM	Chakravarthi Reddy M	2306	TEL	42
13	23	GM	Saptarshi Roy	2388	WB	3		3		Srihari L	2214	PON	58
14	7	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	2513	WB	2½		3	FM	Ayush Sharma	2200	MP	60
15	53	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	2252	MAH	2½		2½	GM	Paichadze Luka	2560	GEO	2
16	48	FM	Aaryan Varshney	2263	DEL	2½		2½	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2481	TN	8
17	64	IM	Deshmukh Anup	2176	MAH	2½		2½	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete	2387	MAH	24
18	25	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa	2365	VIE	2½		2½	WIM	Mrudul Dehankar	2256	MAH	50
19	30	IM	Viani Antonio Dcunha	2348	KAR	2½		2½		Gaurav Rajesh Zagade	2160	MAH	69
20	88		Bharadia Yash	2085	RAJ	2½		2½	IM	Raahul V S	2345	TN	31

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