3rd Goa GM R8: Semetei Tologon Tegin emerges sole leader

by Shahid Ahmed - 18/01/2025

IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ) defeated GM Alexei Fedorov to emerge sole leader 7/8 at Late Shri Manohar Parrikar Goa International GM Tournament 2025. IM Alexander Slizhevsky and IM Aronyak Ghosh signed a 19-move draw. IM Srihari L R and GM Diptayan Ghosh shared the point after 17 moves. GM Sethurama S P defeated GM Sayantan Das to stay in the hunt 6.5/7. IM Ayush Sharma scored a fine victory over GM Mitrabha Guha. Ayush moved to 6.5/7. He will face the leader, Semetei in the penultimate round. FM Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi held GM Boris Savchenko to a draw. IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete got the better of GM P Karthikeyan. Round 9 starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Sethuraman and Ayush in the fray

FM Ram Aravind L N needs a draw and Sriram Adarsh Uppala need to score a win in the ninth round to score an IM-norm each.

IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ) is the sole leader 7/8 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

The tournament banner | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Alexei - Semetei

Position after 22...Nb3

GM Alexei Fedorov (2409) made an unusual decision of not castling his king after responding 2.g3 against 1...d6 by IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ, 2351). The GM took this approach two years ago and drew his game. However, this time, Semetei seized his opportunity when White made a positional inaccuracy. In the above position, 23.Ra2 keeps the knight trapped, while attacking it 23.Ra3 allows it to move towards e4 23...Nd2 24.Qe2 Ne4 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Qg4+ Rd7 27.d5 Rf8 soon Black went on to win the game. White pieces having lack of coordination and moreover vulnerable king were the key factors.

IM Aronyak Ghosh made a 19-move draw against IM Alexander Slizhevsky | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

IM Srihari L R - GM Diptayan Ghosh: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

GM Sethuraman S P scored an emphatic victory over GM Sayantan Das | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Ayush - Mitrabha

Position after 25...Rh6?

IM Ayush Sharma (2469) got a better position out of the opening against GM Mitrabha Guha (2509). White made a checkmate threat at f7 26.Qb7 Re7?? 27.Qc8+ Re8 28.e7+! and it's over. 25...Kg8 would have continued the fight.

IM Ayush Sharma scored his second hat-trick of the tournament | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

FM Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi (pictured) - GM Boris Savchenko: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete - GM P Karthikeyan: 1-0 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Anirudhha Potawad got the better of IM Arghyadip Das | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

A total of 187 players including 17 GMs, 34 IMs and 6 WIMs are taking part from 17 countries across the world including India in Category A (>2000). The tournament is organized by Goa Chess Association from 11th to 19th January 2025 at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Panaji, Goa. 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 8 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	19	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2409	BLR	6	0 - 1	6	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2351	KGZ	30
2	33	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2340	RUS	6	½ - ½	5½	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2544	RSPB	3
3	7	IM	Srihari, L R	2494	TN	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2569	RSPB	1
4	2	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2560	TN	5½	1 - 0	5½	GM	Das, Sayantan	2434	WB	12
5	11	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2469	MP	5½	1 - 0	5½	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2509	WB	5
6	10	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	2473	TN	5	1 - 0	5½		Nithin, Babu	2169	KER	63
7	49	FM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi	2278	MAH	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2481	RUS	9
8	13	IM	Audi, Ameya	2422	GOA	5	1 - 0	5	FM	Adireddy, Arjun	2327	TEL	38
9	62		Varun, V	2173	TEL	5	½ - ½	5	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2418	VIE	14
10	16	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2412	TEL	5	½ - ½	5		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	2306	TEL	40
11	34	IM	Nitin, S.	2338	TN	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Vaz, Ethan	2412	GOA	17
12	22	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2379	MAH	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Karthikeyan, P.	2286	TN	46
13	28	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2359	VIE	5	1 - 0	5		Sri, Sai Baswanth P	2160	AP	65
14	6	GM	Anurag, Mhamal	2499	GOA	4½	½ - ½	4½	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	2281	MP	48
15	15	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2413	ICF	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2257	RUS	51
16	20	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2409	WB	4½	1 - 0	4½	CM	Sherla, Prathamesh	2191	MAH	60
17	53	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	2244	KVB	4½	0 - 1	4½	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	2392	MGL	21
18	47	FM	Potawad, Anirudhha	2281	MAH	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Das, Arghyadip	2376	WB	23
19	24	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty	2374	WB	4½	1 - 0	4½		Saptorshi, Gupta	2070	WB	88
20	26	IM	Ritviz, Parab	2371	GOA	4½	0 - 1	4½	FM	Ram, Aravind L N	2249	TN	52

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Standings after Round 8

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	30	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	KGZ	2351	KGZ	7	36,5	38	31,50	6
2	33	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	RUS	2340	RUS	6,5	40	43	33,75	5
3	2	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2560	TN	6,5	39	42,5	32,50	6
4	11	IM	Ayush, Sharma	IND	2469	MP	6,5	35	38	29,00	6
5	3	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2544	RSPB	6	38	42	30,50	4
6	1	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	IND	2569	RSPB	6	38	40	28,50	4
7	7	IM	Srihari, L R	IND	2494	TN	6	37	38	25,25	5
8	19	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	BLR	2409	BLR	6	36,5	40,5	28,50	5
9	28	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	VIE	2359	VIE	6	36	39	26,75	5
10	22	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	IND	2379	MAH	6	35	38	27,50	6
11	17	IM	Vaz, Ethan	IND	2412	GOA	6	34,5	38	27,50	4
12	10	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	IND	2473	TN	6	30,5	36,5	26,50	5
13	13	IM	Audi, Ameya	IND	2422	GOA	6	30,5	33,5	24,50	5
14	12	GM	Das, Sayantan	IND	2434	WB	5,5	37	41	25,75	4
15	5	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	IND	2509	WB	5,5	36,5	40	25,75	4
16	9	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2481	RUS	5,5	35,5	39	25,75	5
17	14	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	VIE	2418	VIE	5,5	35,5	39	25,50	4
18	40		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	IND	2306	TEL	5,5	35,5	38,5	24,00	4
19	62		Varun, V	IND	2173	TEL	5,5	35	37	22,25	5
20	52	FM	Ram, Aravind L N	IND	2249	TN	5,5	34,5	37,5	25,00	3

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Round 9 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	30	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2351	KGZ	7		6½	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2469	MP	11
2	2	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2560	TN	6½		6	IM	Srihari, L R	2494	TN	7
3	13	IM	Audi, Ameya	2422	GOA	6		6½	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2340	RUS	33
4	1	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2569	RSPB	6		6	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2409	BLR	19
5	3	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2544	RSPB	6		6	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2379	MAH	22
6	17	IM	Vaz, Ethan	2412	GOA	6		6	IM	Rohith, Krishna S	2473	TN	10
7	9	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2481	RUS	5½		6	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2359	VIE	28
8	5	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2509	WB	5½		5½	FM	Potawad, Anirudhha	2281	MAH	47
9	12	GM	Das, Sayantan	2434	WB	5½		5½	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	2329	TN	37
10	14	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2418	VIE	5½		5½		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	2306	TEL	40
11	52	FM	Ram, Aravind L N	2249	TN	5½		5½	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2412	TEL	16
12	21	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	2392	MGL	5½		5½	FM	Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi	2278	MAH	49
13	63		Nithin, Babu	2169	KER	5½		5½	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty	2374	WB	24
14	35	FM	Mohamed, Anees M	2334	TN	5½		5½		Varun, V	2173	TEL	62
15	44	FM	Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy	2293	UP	5		5	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2516	SGP	4
16	51	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2257	RUS	5		5	GM	Anurag, Mhamal	2499	GOA	6
17	48	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	2281	MP	5		5	IM	Neelash, Saha	2490	RSPB	8
18	65		Sri, Sai Baswanth P	2160	AP	5		5	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2413	ICF	15
19	27	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat	2364	UZB	5		5	GM	Saptarshi, Roy	2289	RSPB	45
20	29	IM	Krishna Teja, N	2352	AP	5		5	FM	Aditya, Varun Gampa	2179	AP	61

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