TePe Sigeman: Arjun beats Gukesh, Abhimanyu and Svidler co-leaders

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
5/8/2023 – Dommaraju Gukesh kicked off the TePe Sigeman & Co tournament with back-to-back wins, but is now sharing second place with Nils Grandelius a half point behind co-leaders Peter Svidler and Abhimanyu Mishra (pictured). Gukesh drew Grandelius in round 3 and was defeated by Arjun Erigaisi in round 4. Svidler and Abhimanyu both collected wins on Saturday, over Arjun and Vincent Keymer respectively. | Photo: David Llada
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Arjun bounces back

Indian prodigy Arjun Erigaisi has yet to draw a game in Malmö, at the 28th edition of the TePe Sigeman & Co tournament. The 19-year-old beat Boris Gelfand in the first round and then lost two games in a row, first against Nils Grandelius and then against Peter Svidler. In Sunday’s round 4, the youngster stopped the bleeding by taking down his compatriot Dommaraju Gukesh with the white pieces.

Arjun is now the only player with a fifty-percent score in the 8-player single round-robin. Svidler and Abhimanyu Mishra are the co-leaders of the event, with 3/4 points each. Gukesh and Grandelius stand a half point back with +1 scores.

Abhimanyu’s status as co-leader is truly remarkable. The youngest-ever GM in history is the clear underdog in Malmö — with a 2550 Elo rating, he stands 110 points below Grandelius (the second-lowest rated player in the field) in the world ranking. The 14-year-old grabbed consecutive wins over Jorden van Foreest and Vincent Keymer in rounds 3 and 4, and shared on Twitter (referring to his win over the Dutchman):

I’m happy to get my first win against a Super GM in a classical time control. There were multiple wins in online rapid and draws in classical earlier. Looking forward to five more fighting games.

Abhimanyu will play black against Gukesh in Monday’s fifth round.

Peter Svidler

Peter Svidler is sharing the lead with Abhimanyu Mishra | Photo: David Llada

Arjun 1 - 0 Gukesh

Erigaisi Arjun27011–0Gukesh D2732
TePe Sigeman Co 2023
Malmo07.05.2023[Besenthal,Klaus-Günther]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.c3 Bb6 8.Ba4 0-0 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 d6 11.h3 g5 12.Bg3 c6 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Bc2 Re8 15.Kh1 Bc7 16.d4 b5 17.a4 a5 18.Re1 Rb8 19.axb5 cxb5 20.Nf1 b4 21.Ba4 Rf8 22.Rc1 bxc3 23.bxc3
In this position White had a slight advantage, since for example, the black knight is having a tough time finding a good square. 23...exd4? But this move only has disadvantages for Black. White elegantly gets rid of the c3-pawn, which is actually only a hindrance, and the pawn duo in the centre is henceforth mobile. Moreover, the white minor pieces are all better placed than the black ones for the moment. Going for 23...Rb2 24.Bc2 Bb6 25.Ne3 a4 26.Qd3 a3 27.Ra1 Qa8 was a better alternative for Black, in a difficult position. 24.cxd4 Rb4 At least this square is now available for the rook. 25.d5! Bc8 26.Qc2? After this move the white advantage is almost completely gone. The knight was the piece to improve:: 26.Nd2!+- 26...Bb6 27.e5 dxe5 28.Bxe5 Bd4 29.Bxd4 Rxd4 30.Bb3 Nxd5 31.Qc6 Nf4 32.Qxh6 Bf5?
This move does nothing positive for Black. This was the way to go: 32...Bxh3! 33.Re5 33.gxh3? Rd6-+ 33...Bxg2+ 34.Kh2 Nh3 35.Qg6+ Kh8 36.Qh6+ Kg8 37.Qg6+= The immediate 32...Rd6? fails to 33.Bxf7+ Rxf7 34.Rxc8 Rxh6 35.Rxd8+ Rf8± 33.Rc6! The black bishop cannot go to g6 now. Rd3? 33...Be4? 34.Ng3 Bxg2+ 35.Kh2 Bxc6 fails to 36.Nf5 Ne6 37.Rxe6 1–0

Arjun Erigaisi

Arjun Erigaisi | Photo: David Llada

Standings after round 4

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
TBPerf.
1
Mishra,A
2550
3.0
4
½
½
1
1
5.25
2877
2
Svidler,P
2683
3.0
4
½
1
½
1
4.75
2848
3
Grandelius,N
2664
2.5
4
½
½
1
½
5.25
2766
4
Gukesh D
2732
2.5
4
½
0
1
1
3.75
2784
5
Erigaisi Arjun
2701
2.0
4
0
0
1
1
3.00
2689
6
Van Foreest,J
2689
1.5
4
0
½
0
1
2.00
2574
7
Keymer,V
2700
1.0
4
0
½
0
½
1.50
2463
8
Gelfand,B
2678
0.5
4
0
0
0
½
0.50
2371
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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1.d4 2 Nf6 9 2.c4 4 e6 5 3.Nf3 4 d5 6 4.g3 8 dxc4 8 5.Bg2 4 Nbd7 7 6.0-0 41 c6 6 7.a4 13 b6 6 E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3. 8.Nfd2 18 Ba6 8 9.Bxc6 33 Rc8 7 White is slightly better. 10.Bb5 2:13 Bb7 17 11.Nc3 13 h5 19 12.e4 4:08 h4 22
13.g4N 26:48 Predecessor: 13.Re1 hxg3 14.hxg3 Bb4 15.Bxc4 Qe7 16.Bf1 Qf8 17.Bg2 Qg8 18.Qe2 Qh7 19.d5 0-1 Makhnyov,D (2379)-Kostenko,P (2440) KAZ-ch Almaty 2017 (3) 13...Bb4 58 14.Qe2! 1:07 0-0 37 15.Bxc4 9:34 Better is 15.g5 15...Nb8= 29:39       And now ...Nc6 would win. 16.g5 55 Ne8 1:24 17.Qe3 7:37 17.Nf3= Bxc3 18.bxc3 17...Nc6! 2:48 18.d5 3:38 Ne5 2:29 19.Ba2 6:09 exd5 3:59 20.Nxd5 2:30
Now White is beyond hope. 20.exd5 Ng6 21.Nde4 20...Rxc1!-+ 1:09       Decoy 21.Nxb4 2:06 21.Rfxc1? loses. Bxd2 22.Qe2 Qxg5+ 23.Kh1 Bxc1-+ 21...Rxa1 34 22.Rxa1 5
22...Qxd2 23       Remove Defender, Decoy 23.Qxd2 9 Wrong is 23.Bxf7+? Rxf7 24.Qxd2 Nf3+ 25.Kf1 Nxd2+-+ 23...Nf3+ 5 23...Bxe4? 24.Qf4 Nf3+ 25.Kf1+- 24.Kg2 13 Nxd2 6 A dynamic duo of knights. 25.f3 2 a5 7:57 26.Nd5 3:29
26.Rd1 Nxe4 27.fxe4 Bxe4+ 28.Kh3 axb4 29.Rd4 26...Bxd5! 24 27.Bxd5 3 Nc7 9 ...Nxd5 would be deadly. 28.Ba2 1:16 Ne6 12 Black is clearly winning. 29.g6 1:32 Rc8 1:12 30.Kf2 1:46 Kf8 9:07 31.Rd1 4:06 Nc4 46 32.gxf7 7 Kxf7 53 33.Rc1 1:22 Nd6 8 34.Rxc8 2 Nxc8 6 35.e5 7 Ne7 3:11 36.Ke3 26 Nf5+ 55 37.Ke4 22 g6 1:38 38.Kd5 3:05 Ned4 1:35 39.Ke4+ 14 Ke7 10 40.Bb1 1:36 Ne6 1:58 ...Nc5+ is the strong threat. 41.Bc2 30:38 h3 32:42 Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.01 (flawless) 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Gelfand,B2678Erigaisi Arjun27010–12023E04TePe Sigeman Co 20231.1
Van Foreest,J2689Gukesh D27320–12023D12TePe Sigeman Co 20231.2
Svidler,P2683Mishra,A2550½–½2023B51TePe Sigeman Co 20231.3
Keymer,V2700Grandelius,N2664½–½2023D12TePe Sigeman Co 20231.4
Erigaisi Arjun2701Grandelius,N26640–12023B96TePe Sigeman Co 20232.1
Gukesh D2732Keymer,V27001–02023C78TePe Sigeman Co 20232.2
Mishra,A2550Van Foreest,J26891–02023E10TePe Sigeman Co 20232.3
Gelfand,B2678Svidler,P26830–12023A15TePe Sigeman Co 20232.4
Svidler,P2683Erigaisi Arjun27011–02023A20TePe Sigeman Co 20233.1
Van Foreest,J2689Gelfand,B26781–02023B35TePe Sigeman Co 20233.2
Keymer,V2700Mishra,A25500–12023D30TePe Sigeman Co 20233.3
Grandelius,N2664Gukesh D2732½–½2023C67TePe Sigeman Co 20233.4
Erigaisi Arjun2701Gukesh D27321–02023C65TePe Sigeman Co 20234.1
Mishra,A2550Grandelius,N2664½–½2023D12TePe Sigeman Co 20234.2
Gelfand,B2678Keymer,V2700½–½2023E54TePe Sigeman Co 20234.3
Svidler,P2683Van Foreest,J2689½–½2023C72TePe Sigeman Co 20234.4
Van Foreest,J2689Erigaisi Arjun27011–02023C48TePe Sigeman Co 20235.1
Keymer,V2700Svidler,P2683½–½2023A30TePe Sigeman Co 20235.2
Grandelius,N2664Gelfand,B2678½–½2023B40TePe Sigeman Co 20235.3
Gukesh D2732Mishra,A2550½–½2023B90TePe Sigeman Co 20235.4
Erigaisi Arjun2701Mishra,A2550½–½2023D01TePe Sigeman Co 20236.1
Gelfand,B2678Gukesh D2732½–½2023D17TePe Sigeman Co 20236.2
Svidler,P2683Grandelius,N2664½–½2023B90TePe Sigeman Co 20236.3
Van Foreest,J2689Keymer,V2700½–½2023E20TePe Sigeman Co 20236.4
Keymer,V2700Erigaisi Arjun2701½–½2023A20TePe Sigeman Co 20237.1
Grandelius,N2664Van Foreest,J2689½–½2023C63TePe Sigeman Co 20237.2
Gukesh D2732Svidler,P2683½–½2023E60TePe Sigeman Co 20237.3
Mishra,A2550Gelfand,B26780–12023B30TePe Sigeman Co 20237.4

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Carlos Colodro is a Hispanic Philologist from Bolivia. He works as a freelance translator and writer since 2012. A lot of his work is done in chess-related texts, as the game is one of his biggest interests, along with literature and music.
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