2nd SCS International Grandmaster Chess tournament

Martyn Kravtsiv leads, 13-year-old Vaibhav Suri makes his maiden GM Norm

19-year-old Ukraine Grandmaster Martyn Kravtsiv moved into sole lead with 7.5 points, with an upset over leader Maxim Turov in the ninth round of the 2nd SCS International Grandmaster Chess Tournament at Hotel Swosti Premium, Bhubaneswar. Turov, along with eight other GMs and Indian IM B Adhiban shares the second place with seven points each. Five Norms - one GM Norm, one WGM Norm, three IM Norms - were made in an eventful day.

Delhi school boy Vaibhav Suri stole the show as he shocked Bangladesh GM Enamul Hossain to secure his maiden GM norm. He also became an IM, getting his third and final norm in the process. Showing little nerves, Vaibhav converted a tiny advantage arising in the French game. He later gained a pawn in the minor pieces ending to eventually sign an important victory.

Local star Padmini Rout stunned Hungarian GM Zoltan Varga, making her third and final WGM Norm. Padmini becomes the second WGM of Orissa after Kiran Manisha Mohanty. Andhra lad G V Sai Krishna upset Brazilian GM Alexandr Fier making his second successive IM Norm. Also making their IM Norms were Abu Sufian Shakil and Ticia Gara.

GM Zoltan Varga

Round 9 top results:
GM Turov Maxim RUS 2624 - GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2546 0 - 1
GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2604 - GM Maletin Pavel RUS 2584 ½ - ½
GM Dreev Alexey RUS 2655 - GM Sriram Jha IND 2507 1 - 0
GM Kovalyov Anton ARG 2615 - IM Karthikeyan P IND 2411 1 - 0
GM Harutjunyan Gevorg ARM 2460 - GM Kokarev Dmitry RUS 2612 0 - 1
GM Vorobiov Evgeny E RUS 2612 - GM Kasparov Sergey BLR 2504 ½ - ½
GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2592 - IM Lalith Babu M R IND 2493 1 - 0
GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J IND 2488 - GM Lafuente Pablo ARG 2587 0 - 1
GM Hera Imre Jr HUN 2558 - Tiwari Arjun IND 2274 1 - 0
IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy IND 2412 - GM Simonian Hrair ARM 2521 ½ - ½
IM Rathnakaran K IND 2397 - IM Adhiban B IND 2510 0 - 1
GM Luther Thomas GER 2541 - IM Kamble Vikramaditya IND 2412 1 - 0
Swayams Mishra IND 2397 - GM Ismagambetov Anuar KAZ 2524 ½ - ½
GM Ibrayev Nurlan KAZ 2390 - GM Sundararajan Kidambi IND 2520 1 - 0
Vaibhav Suri IND 2347 - GM Hossain Enamul BAN 2499 1 - 0
GM Czebe Attila HUN 2480 - WGM Gara Ticia HUN 2357 1 - 0

Round 9 standings (249 players):
1. GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2546 - 7.5
2-11. GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2604, GM Turov Maxim RUS 2624, GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2592, GM Kovalyov Anton ARG 2615, GM Maletin Pavel RUS 2584, GM Lafuente Pablo ARG 2587, IM Adhiban B IND 2510, GM Dreev Alexey RUS 2655, GM Kokarev Dmitry RUS 2612 and GM Hera Imre Jr HUN 2558 - 7.0
12-22. GM Czebe Attila HUN 2480, GM Simonian Hrair ARM 2521, Vaibhav Suri IND 2347, GM Kasparov Sergey BLR 2504, GM Vorobiov Evgeny E RUS 2612, GM Ibrayev Nurlan KAZ 2390, GM Luther Thomas GER 2541, IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy IND 2412, FM Sai Krishna G V IND 2282, Shreyansh Daklia IND 2287 and Ramnath Bhuvanesh R IND 2350 - 6.5
23-46. IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu IND 2463, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J IND 2488, GM Harutjunyan Gevorg ARM 2460, IM Rathnakaran K IND 2397, GM Sriram Jha IND 2507, IM Karthikeyan P IND 2411, IM Debashis Das IND 2400, IM Lalith Babu M R IND 2493, IM Praveen Kumar C IND 2391, Tiwari Arjun IND 2274, FM Abu Sufian Shakil BAN 2305, GM Khusnutdinov Rustam KAZ 2525, Anwesh Upadhyaya IND 2419, GM Ismagambetov Anuar KAZ 2524, FM Akshat Khamparia IND 2292, WIM Padmini Rout IND 2319, IM Shyam Nikil P IND 2385, GM Iuldachev Saidali UZB 2511, FM Mohammad Javed BAN 2246, FM Rajesh V A V IND 2302, Swayams Mishra IND 2397, FM Nitin S IND 2363, FM Das Sayantan IND 2250 and Bitan Banerjee IND 2311 - 6.0 etc

Round 10 top pairings:
GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2546 - GM Kovalyov Anton ARG 2615
GM Lafuente Pablo ARG 2587 - GM Dreev Alexey RUS 2655
GM Maletin Pavel RUS 2584 - GM Turov Maxim RUS 2624
GM Kokarev Dmitry RUS 2612 - GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2592
GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2604 - GM Hera Imre Jr HUN 2558
IM Adhiban B IND 2510 - GM Luther Thomas GER 2541
GM Ibrayev Nurlan KAZ 2390 - GM Vorobiov Evgeny E RUS 2612
GM Simonian Hrair ARM 2521 - Ramnath Bhuvanesh R IND 2350
GM Kasparov Sergey BLR 2504 - Vaibhav Suri IND 2347
Shreyansh Daklia IND 2287 - GM Czebe Attila HUN 2480
FM Sai Krishna G V IND 2282 - IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy IND 2412
GM Khusnutdinov Rustam KAZ 2525 - Swayams Mishra IND 2397
IM Praveen Kumar C IND 2391 - GM Ismagambetov Anuar KAZ 2524
IM Shyam Nikil P IND 2385 - GM Iuldachev Saidali UZB 2511
GM Sriram Jha IND 2507 - FM Nitin S IND 2363