Aditya upsets Adhiban
While an 1811-rated player was shockingly sharing the lead after three rounds — Kushal lost with black against Andrey Esipenko on Thursday — the lowest-rated player in the leading pack after four rounds has a 2470 rating. Samant Aditya, from India, defeated his compatriot Adhiban to remain among the players with perfect scores after four rounds in Sitges.
Aditya got his IM title just six months ago, at 15 years of age. In the fifth round, he will face a third Indian player in a row (no fewer than 65 Indian representatives have made their way to Catalonia), as he will get the white pieces against Karthikeyan Murali on board 4.
Sharing first place with the aforementioned Aditya and Karthikeyan are Hans Niemann, Kirill Alekseenko, Karen Grigoryan and Puranik Abhimanyu.
Playing white against Adhiban, Aditya made the most of his opponent’s questionable decision of leaving his king in the centre.
White has both a better structure and better chances to create an attack. There followed 20.Rxd6 Qxd6 21.bxc5 Qxc5 and now, crucially, the e6-pawn falls.
After 22.Qxe6+ Kf8 23.c3 Rb8, the younger Indian spent close to 10 minutes before playing the strong 24.Ng5, simplifying into a winning position.
Adhiban had nothing better than 24...fxg5 25.Qxg6, but after 25...gxh4 26.Re3, the black monarch’s precarious situation cannot be dealt with successfully. The rook is ready to join the attack, with decisive effect.
In this first part, the emphasis is on themes and ideas whereas Part 2 and 3 focus on theoretical knowledge!
Black is doomed. Resignation came after 26...Qa3 27.Qe6 Qc1+ 28.Kh2. A fine, quick victory by yet another talented youngster from the South Asian chess powerhouse.
In round 3, Aryan Chopra could have suffered a similar upset loss to the one suffered by Adhiban, but his opponent, Ortig Nigmatov from Uzbekistan, did not find the precise path to victory in a very complicated ending with two rooks and a light-squared bishop per side. Our in-house expert Karsten Müller analysed the instructive position.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.f3 h6 11.Bf4 d5 12.Qe1 Bb4 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 0-0 15.Be5 Rc8 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxf6 gxf6 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Rd4 f5 20.Bd3 Bc6 21.Rd1 Kg7 22.Be2 Kg6 23.g3 e5 24.Rd6+ f6 25.Kd2 Rfe8 26.b3 h5 27.Ke3 Rc7 28.h4 a5 29.R1d2 Rce7 30.Bf1 Kg7 31.Kf2 Rc7 32.Be2 Kg6 33.c4 e4 34.fxe4 fxe4 35.Ke3 Rg7 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4 Re5 38.b5 Be8 39.Rb6 Kf5 40.Rdd6 Rxg3+ 41.Kd4 Rg6 42.Rxb7 e3 43.Rbb6 Rg4+ 44.Kc3 Rxh4 45.Rxf6+ Kg5 46.Rbd6? 46.Rbe6 Rhe4 47.Rxe5+ Rxe5 48.Rf3 h4 49.Kd4 Re7 50.Rxe3 Rxe3 50...Rd7+ 51.Kc3 Rd8 52.c5+- 51.Kxe3 h3 52.b6 Bc6 53.Bf3+- 46.Rf1 Rh2 47.Re1+- 46...Rh2 47.b6 Rxe2 48.b7 48.Rfe6 Rxe6 49.Rxe6 Ba4 50.b7 Rc2+ 51.Kb4 Rb2+ 52.Kxa4 Rxb7 53.Rxe3= 48...Rb2! 49.Kxb2 e2 50.Rf2 50.Rf8 e1Q 51.Rg8+ Kh4 52.Rd4+ Kh3 53.Rd3+ Re3 54.Rxe3+ Qxe3 55.b8Q Qd2+= 50...e1Q 51.Rg2+ Kf5 52.b8Q Re2+ 53.Rxe2 Qxe2+ 54.Kb3 Qe3+! 54...Ba4+? 55.Ka3+- 55.Kb2 Qe2+ 56.Ka3 Qxc4 57.Qxe8 Qc5+ 58.Kb3 Qxd6 59.Qxh5+ Ke6 60.Qg6+ Ke5 61.Qg3+ Kd5 62.Qxd6+ Kxd6 ½–½
Standings after round 4
1 |
18 |
|
GM |
Puranik Abhimanyu |
|
|
2616 |
4 |
9 |
11,5 |
11,50 |
2 |
40 |
|
IM |
Samant Aditya S |
|
|
2470 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
10,00 |
3 |
8 |
|
GM |
Alekseenko Kirill |
|
|
2672 |
4 |
7,5 |
9,5 |
9,50 |
4 |
2 |
|
GM |
Niemann Hans Moke |
|
|
2698 |
4 |
7,5 |
9 |
9,00 |
5 |
14 |
|
GM |
Karthikeyan Murali |
|
|
2620 |
4 |
7,5 |
8,5 |
8,50 |
6 |
15 |
|
GM |
Grigoryan Karen H. |
|
|
2619 |
4 |
7 |
9 |
9,00 |
7 |
3 |
|
GM |
Van Foreest Jorden |
|
|
2690 |
3,5 |
9 |
11 |
9,25 |
|
16 |
|
GM |
Aryan Chopra |
|
|
2618 |
3,5 |
9 |
11 |
9,25 |
9 |
23 |
|
GM |
Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. |
|
|
2607 |
3,5 |
9 |
10,5 |
8,75 |
10 |
57 |
|
IM |
Nigmatov Ortik |
|
|
2439 |
3,5 |
8,5 |
10,5 |
8,75 |
11 |
28 |
|
GM |
Svane Frederik |
|
|
2568 |
3,5 |
8,5 |
10 |
8,25 |
|
76 |
|
IM |
Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali |
|
|
2397 |
3,5 |
8,5 |
10 |
8,25 |
13 |
6 |
|
GM |
Esipenko Andrey |
|
|
2678 |
3,5 |
8 |
10 |
8,50 |
|
19 |
|
GM |
Safarli Eltaj |
|
|
2616 |
3,5 |
8 |
10 |
8,50 |
15 |
1 |
|
GM |
Yu Yangyi |
|
|
2728 |
3,5 |
8 |
10 |
8,25 |
|
20 |
|
GM |
Durarbayli Vasif |
|
|
2612 |
3,5 |
8 |
10 |
8,25 |
|
34 |
|
GM |
Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio |
|
|
2500 |
3,5 |
8 |
10 |
8,25 |
18 |
75 |
|
IM |
Tahay Alexis |
|
|
2400 |
3,5 |
8 |
8,5 |
6,75 |
19 |
22 |
|
GM |
Kollars Dmitrij |
|
|
2610 |
3,5 |
7,5 |
9,5 |
8,00 |
20 |
11 |
|
GM |
Demchenko Anton |
|
|
2632 |
3,5 |
7,5 |
9 |
7,75 |
21 |
13 |
|
GM |
Petrosyan Manuel |
|
|
2621 |
3,5 |
7 |
9 |
8,00 |
22 |
37 |
|
IM |
Aditya Mittal |
|
|
2479 |
3,5 |
7 |
8,5 |
7,25 |
23 |
35 |
|
GM |
Sankalp Gupta |
|
|
2485 |
3,5 |
6,5 |
7,5 |
6,50 |
24 |
9 |
|
GM |
Korobov Anton |
|
|
2662 |
3,5 |
6 |
7,5 |
6,50 |
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