19th BCC Open 2019: Gustafsson takes sole lead, Lalith Babu and Short closes in
Second seeded GM Jan Gustafsson took sole lead at the conclusion of round 5 after Karthik blundered a rook and Gustafsson won the game in just 23 moves. Kunte went for two minor pieces and two pawns for a rook but that did not turn out in his favor as Short utilized his pawns and rooks brilliantly to score a victory. Lalith Babu scored a victory over Villamayor Buenaventura after the latter got a bad pawn structure in Reti and then blundered an exchange. FM Susilodinata Andrean scored a nice victory over GM Ly Moulthun in Ruy Lopez Berlin. GM Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder of Chile won 19th BCC Open Blitz by scoring 12.0/15 . He won a Rolling Trophy and 12000 Baht as prize. Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Karthik's horrifying blunder puts Gustafsson into sole lead
Things were going quite well for the 55th Indian GM Karthik Venkataraman but suddenly he made an irrevocable blunder.
GM Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder wins 19th Bangkok Chess Club Open Blitz
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Round 5 on 2019/04/10 at 11:00
Round 6 pairings
Round 3 Challenger pairings
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
1 | 1 | Sacar Mohamad | 2092 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | Nguyen Trong Hung | 1853 | 17 | ||||
2 | 3 | Portugalera Ric | 2075 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | Calacday Henry | 1820 | 20 | ||||
3 | 22 | Borigas Edgardo | 1745 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | Chirananthavat Theemathas | 2042 | 4 | ||||
4 | 5 | WFM | Nguyen Thi Thuy Trien | 2002 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | Schmidt Stephan | 1731 | 23 | |||
5 | 7 | Lozano Arvie | 1989 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | Maunders Myiesha | 1695 | 24 | ||||
6 | 9 | Tushar Anand | 1953 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | Kapoor Satvik | 1674 | 26 | ||||
7 | 11 | Samrat Ghorai | 1933 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | De Jesus Normel Benigno | 1648 | 27 | ||||
8 | 34 | Kunnavakkam Sudarshanagopal Vin | 1562 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | Brasoy Aksel | 1900 | 12 | ||||
9 | 13 | Shahid Ahmed S.K. | 1900 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | WCM | Kong Zi Yau Bernadette | 1357 | 46 |
Round 4 pairings
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
1 | 13 | Shahid Ahmed S.K. | 1900 | 3 | 3 | Sacar Mohamad | 2092 | 1 | |||||
2 | 14 | Lovejoy David | 1877 | 3 | 3 | Portugalera Ric | 2075 | 3 | |||||
3 | 4 | Chirananthavat Theemathas | 2042 | 3 | 3 | Kunnavakkam Sudarshanagopal Vin | 1562 | 34 | |||||
4 | 27 | De Jesus Normel Benigno | 1648 | 3 | 3 | WFM | Nguyen Thi Thuy Trien | 2002 | 5 | ||||
5 | 77 | Catayas Rodrigo | 0 | 3 | 3 | Lozano Arvie | 1989 | 7 | |||||
6 | 2 | Manaog Stewart | 2080 | 2½ | 2½ | Tushar Anand | 1953 | 9 | |||||
7 | 26 | Kapoor Satvik | 1674 | 2½ | 2 | Samrat Ghorai | 1933 | 11 | |||||
8 | 10 | Naudin Yvan | 1937 | 2 | 2 | Nicolas Liagre | 1535 | 36 | |||||
9 | 12 | Brasoy Aksel | 1900 | 2 | 2 | Htet Htet Than Sein | 1532 | 38 | |||||
10 | 39 | Burbach Bruno | 1497 | 2 | 2 | Loyaga Nathaniel | 1865 | 16 |