Tag: LeidenChess2015

With a convincing victory over IM Arghyadip Das in Round 7, GM David Howell of England took up a massive one-point lead over his nearest rivals. The Howell – Arghyadip game, which started with an in-trend line of the Queen’s Gambit Accepted, turned out to be a complex affair right out of the opening. However, on move 17, Arghyadip made a crucial mistake with his Knight leap. Howell took perfect advantage of this and never allowed his opponent to sneak back into the game. The Indian IM resigned 10 moves later.

On the other top boards, GMs Postny and Tiviakov split points while GM Chatalbashev overcame FM Erwich. With this win, Chatalbashev joined Postny on the second spot with 5.5 points, a full point behind David Howell. The two Indians in the fray – IMs Arghyadip Das and Palit Somak – are currently placed joint 3rd and joint 4th respectively.

A crucial victory in Round 4 over GM Nikolic allowed GM David Howell of England to take up the sole lead after Round 4 at the Leiden Chess tournament 2015. This win also helped the British GM to cross the 2700-mark for the first time ever in the live ratings.

Amongst Indians, IM Arghyadip Das succeeded in holding GM Tiviakov to a draw while IM Palit Somak went down to much lesser rated Van Halderen.

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