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Arjun Erigaisi wins Delhi Chess Open

29 Mar, 2022by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

Grandmaster and National Champion Arjun Erigaisi came up with another inspired effort and crashed through the defenses of Karthik Venkataraman to annex the 19th Delhi International open chess tournament that concluded here at the Tivoli Gardens. Starting the day in a five-way lead and having the best tiebreak, Arjun left nothing to chance as he went for an offensive right from the word go in a Sicilian Najdorf game as white and even though Karthik posed some challenge in the middle game, the young National champion romped home easily with some finely crafted maneuvers.

Arjun got four lakh rupees as the winner’s purse plus a glittering trophy and looks like a sure fire bet for the main team in the forthcoming Chess Olympiad at Chennai as he scaled past 2675 in live Elo ratings. Earlier this month the young man had won the National championship at Kanpur quite easily and that means his winnings this month are ten lakhs in all. The next event for Arjun Erigasi is the MPL Indian Chess Tour 2022.

D Gukesh, who had also fought tooth and nail with Arjun in the national championship, defeated last event’s winner Abhijeet Gupta from a level endgame to finish second. The Nimzo Indian by Gukesh as black led to a level endgame but Abhijeet took unwarranted risks leading to his downfall. It was almost the repeat of last round of the National championship when Abhijeet had a similar fate out of the same opening against Gukesh.

Harsha Bharthakoti finished third on tiebreak defeating S P Sethuraman who played black. For the records, Arjun, Gukesh and Harsh all ended up on 8.5 points out of a possible ten.

The caravan now moves to Ahmedabad for the final installment of the three International events planned in India after a two-year gap.

The Delhi open next year will be a much bigger event in several categories with Rs. 1.25 Crores as prize money, an announcement made by All India Chess Federation Secretary and Delhi Association President Bharat Singh Chauhan on the opening day of this gala meet.

Important results final round: Abhijeet Gupta (7.5) lost to D Gukesh (8.5); S P Sethuraman (7.5) lost to Harsha Bharathakoti (8.5); Erigaisi Arjun (8.5) beat Karthik Venkataraman (7); Gusain Himal (7.5) drew with M R Lalith Babu (7.5); Tahbaz Arash (7) lost to Nigmatov Ortik (8); P Iniyan (7) drew with Neelash Saha (7.5); Shahil Dey (6.5) lost to Delgado Ramirez Neuris (7.5); Divya Deshmukh (6.5) lost to R R Laxman (7.5); S Nitin (6.5) lost to Rohith Krishna (7.5); Aradhya Garg (6.5) lost to Gholami Orimi Mahdi (7.5).

The top ten: 1-3: Erigaisi Arjun, D Gukesh, Harsha Bharathakoti (8.5 each); 4. Nigmatov Ortik (8); 5-10: S P Sethuraman, Delgado Ramirez Neuris, M R Lalith Babu,  Abhijeet Gupta, Neelash Saha,        Gholami Orimi Mahdi (7.5 each).

Delhi Chess final standings


1 GM Erigaisi Arjun  IND 2660 8,5
2 GM Gukesh D  IND 2614 8,5
3 GM Harsha Bharathakoti   IND 2499 8,5
4 IM Nigmatov Ortik  UZB 2445 8
5 GM Sethuraman S.P.  IND 2619 7,5
6 GM Delgado Ramirez Neuris  PAR 2622 7,5
7 GM Lalith Babu M R  IND 2558 7,5
8 GM Gupta Abhijeet  IND 2628 7,5
9 IM Neelash Saha  IND 2445 7,5
10   Gholami Orimi Mahdi  IRI 2420 7,5
11 FM Rohith Krishna S  IND 2304 7,5
12 IM Gusain Himal  IND 2408 7,5
13 GM Laxman R.R.  IND 2429 7,5
14 GM Iniyan P   IND 2516 7
15 GM Karthik Venkataraman   IND 2485 7
16 GM Arjun Kalyan   IND 2506 7
17 GM Mirzoev Azer   AZE 2476 7
18 GM Visakh N R IND 2522 7
19 IM Tahbaz Arash   IRI 2469 7
20 IM Krishna C R G IND 2466 7
21 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J.   IND 2520 7
22 IM Shyaamnikhil P  IND 2442 7
23 GM Mitrabha Guha   IND 2510 7
24 IM Vignesh N R  IND 2444 7
25 IM Abdisalimov Abdimalik  UZB 2435 7
26 IM Srihari L R  IND 2400 7
27   Utsab Chatterjee  IND 2324 7
28   Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri  IND 2263 7
29 IM Harshavardhan G B  IND 2402 7
30 IM Viani Antonio Dcunha  IND 2397 7
31 GM Rios Cristhian Camilo  COL 2449 7
32 GM Ponkratov Pavel   RUS 2641 6,5
33 FM Aaryan Varshney  IND 2277 6,5
34 FM Poormosavi Seyed Kian   IRI 2229 6,5
35 IM Shahil Dey  IND 2400 6,5
36 FM Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan  SRI 2340 6,5
37 GM Karthikeyan P.  IND 2397 6,5
38 GM Saptarshi Roy  IND 2402 6,5
39 WGM Divya Deshmukh  IND 2301 6,5
40 IM Anuj Shrivatri  IND 2350 6,5
41 IM Padmini Rout  IND 2350 6,5
42 GM Fawzy Adham  EGY 2490 6,5
43 IM Das Sayantan  IND 2459 6,5
44 FM Aradhya Garg  IND 2236 6,5
45 GM Mosadeghpour Masoud  IRI 2511 6,5
46   Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U  IND 2022 6,5
47 IM Ratnakaran K.  IND 2316 6,5
48 WIM Arpita Mukherjee  IND 2260 6,5
49 IM Nitin S.  IND 2427 6,5
50 IM Raahul V S  IND 2478 6,5
51   Saurabh Anand  IND 2276 6,5
52   Sudarshan Bhat  IND 2100 6,5
53 IM Praveen Kumar C  IND 2158 6,5
54   Bhattacharyya Soham  IND 2004 6,5
55   Ghosh Samriddhaa  IND 1877 6,5
56   Mahindrakar Indrajeet  IND 2059 6,5
57 AIM Bhavik Ahuja  IND 1879 6,5
58 FM De Silva L M S T  SRI 2220 6,5
59   Parekh Vishrut   IND 1747 6,5
60 AFM Sureka Akshat  IND 1342 6,5
61 WGM Srija Seshadri  IND 2219 6
62   Manigandan S S  IND 2127 6
63   Ilamparthi A R  IND 1993 6
64 FM Jain Kashish Manoj  IND 2162 6
65   Adireddy Arjun  IND 1796 6
66   Rohit S  IND 2276 6
67   Santu Mondal   IND 2063 6
68 IM Sharma Dinesh K.  IND 2283 6
69 CM Singh Ojasva  IND 2141 6
70   Soham Datar   IND 2115 6
71 AGM Sahib Singh   IND 1792 6
72   Borgaonkar Akshay  IND 1985 6
73 IM Palit Somak  IND 2300 6
74   Garv Rai  IND 1869 6
75   Dhruva Thota  IND 1525 6
76   Kulkarni Vinayak   IND 2170 6
77   Hemanth Raam  IND 2026 6
78 FM Phadke Sohan  IND 2233 6
79 FM Dutta Joydeep  IND 2101 6
80   Singh Neha  IND 1833 6
81   Sri Sai Baswanth P  IND 2057 6
82   Ayan Pal  IND 1913 6
83   Aashman Gupta  IND 1781 6
84   Bala Kannamma P  IND 2120 6
85 CM Daakshin Arun  IND 2173 6
86   Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy  IND 1356 6
87 WFM Baghirova Khatun  AZE 1855 6
88 AIM Abhay Bandewar  IND 1804 6
89   Darshan Sasthaa M  IND 1457 6
90   Jatinder Kapoor  IND 1573 6
91   Jain Hitansh  IND 1321 6
92 FM Muhammed Shuaau   MDV 1969 5,5
93 IM Sangma Rahul  IND 2286 5,5
94   Hriday Panchal  IND 1691 5,5
95 AFM Pawar Harshit  IND 1921 5,5
96 WIM Chitlange Sakshi  IND 2205 5,5
97   Shaik Sumer Arsh  IND 1852 5,5
98 WIM Michelle Catherina P  IND 2176 5,5
99   Kian Dishank Shah  IND 1339 5,5
100 WIM Franco Valencia Angela  COL 2116 5,5
101 FM Ram Aravind L N  IND 2127 5,5
102 WIM Priyanka K  IND 2215 5,5
103   Jani Kushal R  IND 1746 5,5
104   Velpula Sarayu   IND 1875 5,5
105 IM Weerawardane Romesh  SRI 2005 5,5
106   Makwana Devam  IND 1684 5,5
107   Aritrya Pal  IND 1590 5,5
108   Roneet Das  IND 1720 5,5
109   Padmaesh M K  IND 1430 5,5
110   Jaiveer Mahendru  IND 1715 5,5
111   Sathvik Adiga  IND 1562 5,5
112 AIM Nagarkatte Vedant  IND 2013 5,5
113   Falgun D Purohit  IND 1669 5,5
114   Harshit Jaggi  IND 1099 5,5
115   Vinayak Agarwal  IND 1404 5,5
116   Swayham P Das  IND 1675 5,5
117   Dissanayake D M Madushan Sameera  SRI 1261 5,5
118 AFM Shubhi Gupta  IND 1434 5,5
119   Tarun N  IND 1285 5,5
120   Madduri Satya Tejeswar   IND 1672 5,5
121   Vatsal Makol  IND 1471 5,5
122   Joel Paul Ganta  IND 2004 5,5
123   Kolomwe Willian   ZAM 1783 5,5
124   Karki Rajiv  NEP 1776 5,5
125   Rout Yashita  IND 1392 5
126 IM Manish Anto Cristiano F IND 2236 5
127   Shawn Pravin  IND 1296 5
128   Jain Kushagra  IND 1452 5
129   Shivika Rohilla  IND 1898 5
130 FM Gaikwad Siddhant  IND 2016 5
131 WFM Chaitanya V.  IND 1668 5
132   Krishnan Ritvik  IND 1761 5
133   Chaitanya Sairam Mogili  IND 1867 5
134 IM Sai Agni Jeevitesh J   IND 2316 5
135   Shreyas Seshadri Nallore  IND 1696 5
136   Jihan Tejas Shah  IND 1682 5
137   Rounaiv Rana  IND 1772 5
138   Singh Ambesh Pratap  IND 1584 5
139   Buxy Rajanikant  IND 1639 5
140   Cera Dagaria  IND 1557 5
141   Arshpreet Singh  IND 1570 5
142 CM Kavinda Akila  SRI 2068 5
143   Ashutosh Kumar  IND 1964 5
144   Ishvi Aggarwal  IND 1833 5
145   Aarav Sinha  IND 1470 5
146   Khuanna Kapoor  IND 1404 5
147   Shubh Kapur  IND 1617 5
148   Thirunarayanan Sampath Kumar   IND 1458 5
149   Aman Sharma  IND 1749 5
150   Bhagwat Heramb  IND 1673 5