Moscow Open 2008, Round 7 results

Moscow Open 2008

Round 7 results

Under "Open A",

Rank Title Name Rating Country Points
1 GM Timofeev Artyom 2664 RUS 6
2 GM Popov Ivan 2595 RUS 6
3 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2681 RUS 6

Under "Open C-ladies tournament",

Rank Title Name Rating Country Points
1 IM Muzychuk Anna 2460 SLO 6
2 WFM Bodnaruk Anastasia 2317 RUS 6
3 WFM Girya Olga 2342 RUS 6

Indian
7 IM Harika Dronavalli 2455 IND 5

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship, Round 7, Ganguly Surya Shekhar leads with 5.5 points!

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship

Round 7

Below are the undefeated! still (also top 3 are leaders!)

Rank Title Name Rating Points

1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2579 5,5
2 GM Kunte Abhijit 2550 5,0
3 GM Barua Dibyendu 2491 5,0
4 Thejkumar M S 2382 4,5
8 GM Gopal G N 2528 4,5
12 IM Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi 2418 4,0

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship, Round 5, Ganguly Surya Shekhar & Bakre Tejas leading with 4!

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship

Round 5

Ganguly Surya Shekhar & Bakre Tejas are leading with 4 points!

Unbeaten players till now!

1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2579 4
2 GM Bakre Tejas 2459 4
3 Thejkumar M S 2382 3.5
5 GM Barua Dibyendu 2491 3.5
6 GM Kunte Abhijit 2550 3.5
7 GM Gopal G N 2528 3.5
12 IM Shetty Rahul 2320 3.0
15 IM Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi 2418 3.0

There is a very very good game lesson here!

If you "get the feeling that you already won!", check once! -- else you may loose next move (?)

Looked like Arun Prasad S fell just a step before victory!, against Adhiban B
Sure this game will come in dreams of the looser, for the next 3-5 years to come!
Just look at this game, sacrificing all, a single pawn went all the way to become Queen but a mere mis-calculation of a simple check by opponent, will loose that pawn and game!

Moscow Open 2008, Round 4 results

Moscow Open 2008

Round 4 results!

Under "Open A" main category,
GM Riazantsev Alexander leads with pefect score 4/4!
A big list follows on 3 points!

Under "Open C-ladies tournament",
A perfect 4/4 score for IM Tairova Elena and IM Ushenina Anna, leads the tournament!
Indian IM Harika Dronavalli now on 2 poinst, after winning! on Savina Anastasia.

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship, Bakre Tejas shoots into lead!

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship

Round 4

Bakre Tejas crushed previous round leader Deepan Chakkravarthy J, in just 33 moves, and shoots himself into lead!

Sethuraman,S P (2424) crushed Kunte,Abhijit (2550)
Example for "No King safty, No game!"

Great!! game by Venkatesh M R (2444)
Sacrificing a Bishop, and winning a Queen!

End game power by Adhiban B!

Attacked like a Tiger! - Sharma R Preetham! (2314)
Here too an example for "No King safty, No game!"

Here are the standings!

1 GM Bakre Tejas (2459) 3.5
2 Thejkumar M S (2382) 3
3 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J (2491) 3
4 GM Gopal G N (2528) 3
5 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar (2579) 3
6 GM Kunte Abhijit (2550) 3
7 IM Venkatesh M R (2444) 3
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13 GM Negi Parimarjan (2526) 2.5
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