3rd Goa GM R2-3: Viresh Sharnarthi outplays Ameya Audi

by Shahid Ahmed - 13/01/2025

Advaitt Srikant Koduri held Singapore's latest GM Siddharth Jagadeesh to a draw in the second round of Late Shri Manohar Parrikar Goa International GM Tournament 2025.Viresh Sharnarthi showed great positional understanding to beat IM Ameya Audi. Vignesh B drew with IM Aronyak Ghosh. WCM Charvi A drew in a much better position against IM Ethan Vaz. WCM Prishita Gupta shared the point against IM Ritviz Parab. IM Nitin S defeated GM Raset Ziatdinov (USA). In Round 3, IM Utsab Chatterjee held GM Mitrabha Guha to a draw. FM Ram Aravind L N got the better of IM Neelash Saha. WIM Mrudul Dehankar split the point with GM Deepan Chakkravarthy. Round 4 starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

IMs keep tumbling, Nitin and Mohit beats GMs

One of the many signs of a strong playing field is - strong titled players having a tough time against untitled players. Lots of IMs suffered a loss in the second round. IM Nitin S defeated GM Raset Ziatdinov (USA) in Round 2. Mohit S got the better of GM Saptarshi Roy in Round 3.

The tournament banner | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Round 2: Nitin beats Raset, Viresh, Naitik, Sriram, Shreyash, Mahish and Nihal get the better of IMs

Vignesh B (pictured) - IM Aronyak Ghosh: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Ameya - Viresh

Position after 20...Rxc4

Viresh Sharnarthi (2084) made a very nice exchange sacrifice 20...Rxc4! Black is not worried about recovering the exchange. IM Ameya Audi (2422) needed to be careful about capturing it safely. 21.Nxc4 allowed the knight on the rim, to get in the action Naxc4 22.Qd1 Nb2 23.Qb3 Nbd3 Black not only managed to recover the sacrificed exchange but also arrive at an advantageous position. He had no trouble converting it into a win.

Viresh Sharnathi scored a nice win against IM Ameya Audi | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

WCM Charvi A drew with IM Ethan Vaz when the former had a great position | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Nubairshah - Naitik

Position after 43...Rxh2

44.b4 Ra2 45.Rxh3 or 44...f5 45.a5 is how White stays in the game. Instead, IM Nubairshah Shaikh (2411) blundered 44.Kb1?? allowing Naitik R Mehta (2076) to gain a valuable tempo 44...f5 in the pawn race. 45.b4 is too little too late f4 46.a5 f3 and Black won the game in few more moves.

Results

Vignesh B - IM Aronyak Ghosh: 0.5-0.5

GM Siddharth Jagadeesh (SGP) - Advaitt Srikant Koduri: 0.5-0.5

IM Ameya Audi - Viresh Sharnarthi: 0-1

WCM Charvi A - IM Ethan Vaz: 0.5-0.5

IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh - Naitik R Mehta: 0-1

IM Ritviz Parab - WCM Prishita Gupta (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

IM Nitin S (pictured) - GM Raset Ziatdinov (USA): 1-0 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

IM Amrou Sobh (EGY) - Sriram Adarsh Uppala: 0-1

GM Laxman R R - Bhuvan Krishna Prashanth: 0.5-0.5

Shreyash Singh - IM N Krishna Teja: 1-0

Saharsha Challa - GM Manik Mikulas (SVK): 0.5-0.5

Mahish S A - IM Rahul Sangma: 1-0

WIM Saina Salonika - Sri Akhil Prasad: 0.5-0.5

Nihal Swarna - IM Yehya Rahman (EGY): 1-0

Esshan Wadhwan - WIM Diajeng Theresa Singgih (INA): 1-0

GM Marat Dzhumaev (UZB) celebrated his birthday by cutting a delectable cake | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Round 3 results

GM Mitrabha Guha - IM Utsab Chatterjee (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

FM Ram Aravind L N - IM Neelash Saha: 1-0

WIM Mrudul Dehankar (pictured) - GM Deepan Chakkravarthy: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: IA NI Vivek Sohani

Aarit Kapil - IM Ameya Audi: 0.5-0.5

GM Raset Ziatdinov (USA) - IM Nubairshah Shaikh: 0.5-0.5

IM Avinash Ramesh - Dishank Sachin Bajaj: 0.5-0.5

GM Manik Mikulas (SVK) - Abhinav Raj: 0.5-0.5

Mohit S - GM Saptarshi Roy: 1-0

IM Amrou Sobh (EGY) - Kartavya Anadkat: 0.5-0.5

WIM Thanh Thuy Tien Nguyen (VIE) - Nithik Reddy Bhavanam: 0.5-0.5

IM N Krishna Teja - Kavin Vijayakumar: 0.5-0.5

Nirvan Bhamidi - WIM Saina Salonika: 0.5-0.5

IM Yehya Rahman (EGY) - Jayaraj Gowrishankar: 0.5-0.5

WIM Diajeng Theresa Singgih (INA) - Aashish Phuyal: 0.5-0.5

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 3 results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	1	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2569	RSPB	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	2329	TN	37
2	38	FM	Adireddy, Arjun	2327	TEL	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2560	TN	2
3	5	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2509	WB	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Utsab, Chatterjee	2308	WB	39
4	7	IM	Srihari, L R	2494	TN	2	1 - 0	2		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	2306	TEL	40
5	9	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2481	RUS	2	1 - 0	2	FM	Potawad, Anirudhha	2281	MAH	47
6	46	GM	Karthikeyan, P.	2286	TN	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2469	MP	11
7	12	GM	Das, Sayantan	2434	WB	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2257	RUS	51
8	54	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	2225	Southern Railways	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2379	MAH	22
9	25	IM	Shahil, Dey	2374	ASM	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	2244	KVB	53
10	27	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat	2364	UZB	2	1 - 0	2		Nithin, Babu	2169	KER	63
11	62		Varun, V	2173	TEL	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2359	VIE	28
12	84		Sharnarthi, Viresh	2084	MAH	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2351	KGZ	30
13	33	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2340	RUS	2	1 - 0	2	WFM	Saparya, Ghosh	1962	WB	151
14	86		Mehta, Naitik R	2076	GU	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Nitin, S.	2338	TN	34
15	161	IM	Sahu, Sekhar Chandra	1941	ORI	2	0 - 1	1½	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2516	SGP	4
16	3	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2544	RSPB	1½	1 - 0	1½	FM	Aditya, Varun Gampa	2179	AP	61
17	52	FM	Ram, Aravind L N	2249	TN	1½	1 - 0	1½	IM	Neelash, Saha	2490	RSPB	8
18	14	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2418	VIE	1½	1 - 0	1½	AGM	Vignesh, B	2135	TN	70
19	74	WIM	Mrudul, Dehankar	2121	MAH	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2413	ICF	15
20	17	IM	Vaz, Ethan	2412	GOA	1½	1 - 0	1½	IM	Sarwat, Walaa	2088	EGY	82

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Standings after Round 3

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	2	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	2560	TN	3	4	5,5	5,50	3
2	27	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat	UZB	2364	UZB	3	4	5,5	5,50	3
3	28	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	VIE	2359	VIE	3	4	5	5,00	3
4	1	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	IND	2569	RSPB	3	4	4	4,00	3
5	7	IM	Srihari, L R	IND	2494	TN	3	4	4	4,00	3
6	9	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2481	RUS	3	3,5	4,5	4,50	3
7	30	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	KGZ	2351	KGZ	3	3,5	4,5	4,50	3
8	34	IM	Nitin, S.	IND	2338	TN	3	3,5	4,5	4,50	3
9	33	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	RUS	2340	RUS	3	3,5	3,5	3,50	3
10	11	IM	Ayush, Sharma	IND	2469	MP	3	3	4	4,00	3
11	54	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	IND	2225	Southern Railways	3	3	3	3,00	3
12	5	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	IND	2509	WB	2,5	4,5	5,5	4,25	2
13	53	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	IND	2244	KVB	2,5	4,5	5,5	4,25	2
14	4	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	SGP	2516	SGP	2,5	4	5,5	4,75	2
15	12	GM	Das, Sayantan	IND	2434	WB	2,5	4	5,5	4,25	2
16	25	IM	Shahil, Dey	IND	2374	ASM	2,5	4	5	3,75	2
17	51	IM	Gochelashvili, David	RUS	2257	RUS	2,5	4	5	3,75	2
18	3	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	IND	2544	RSPB	2,5	3,5	5	4,25	2
19	52	FM	Ram, Aravind L N	IND	2249	TN	2,5	3,5	4,5	3,50	2
20	39	IM	Utsab, Chatterjee	IND	2308	WB	2,5	3,5	4,5	3,25	2

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Round 4 pairings

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	28	GM	Nguyen, Duc Hoa	2359	VIE	3		3	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2569	RSPB	1
2	2	GM	Sethuraman, S.P.	2560	TN	3		3	GM	Dzhumaev, Marat	2364	UZB	27
3	30	IM	Tologon Tegin, Semetei	2351	KGZ	3		3	IM	Srihari, L R	2494	TN	7
4	34	IM	Nitin, S.	2338	TN	3		3	GM	Savchenko, Boris	2481	RUS	9
5	11	IM	Ayush, Sharma	2469	MP	3		3	IM	Slizhevsky, Alexander	2340	RUS	33
6	3	IM	Aronyak, Ghosh	2544	RSPB	2½		3	IM	Ratnakaran, K.	2225	Southern Railways	54
7	4	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2516	SGP	2½		2½	IM	Shahil, Dey	2374	ASM	25
8	26	IM	Ritviz, Parab	2371	GOA	2½		2½	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	2509	WB	5
9	32	GM	Podolchenko, Evgeniy	2346	BLR	2½		2½	GM	Das, Sayantan	2434	WB	12
10	39	IM	Utsab, Chatterjee	2308	WB	2½		2½	FM	Nguyen, Quoc Hy	2418	VIE	14
11	41	GM	Laxman, R.R.	2303	ICF	2½		2½	IM	Vaz, Ethan	2412	GOA	17
12	48	CM	Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	2281	MP	2½		2½	GM	Fedorov, Alexei	2409	BLR	19
13	51	IM	Gochelashvili, David	2257	RUS	2½		2½	IM	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	2392	MGL	21
14	53	IM	Saravana, Krishnan P.	2244	KVB	2½		2½	IM	Das, Arghyadip	2376	WB	23
15	24	IM	Sanket, Chakravarty	2374	WB	2½		2½	FM	Ram, Aravind L N	2249	TN	52
16	6	GM	Anurag, Mhamal	2499	GOA	2		2	WIM	Mrudul, Dehankar	2121	MAH	74
17	15	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.	2413	ICF	2		2		Sharnarthi, Viresh	2084	MAH	84
18	75	IM	Elgabry, Mohsen	2107	EGY	2		2	IM	Kushagra, Mohan	2412	TEL	16
19	20	IM	Kaustuv, Kundu	2409	WB	2		2		Mehta, Naitik R	2076	GU	86
20	22	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2379	MAH	2		2	WFM	Shubhi, Gupta	2049	UP	94

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