Fedoseev first at 2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera 2023, Karthik second and Leon third

by Shahid Ahmed - 29/04/2023

Leon Luke Mendonca ended Pranav Venkatesh's fantastic run in the final round of 2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera Open 2023. In the battle of teenagers, Pranav's bold approach in the Advance Caro-Kann did not pan out the way he wanted. Leon beautifully maneuvered his pieces and display his great positional understanding. Fedoseev, Karthik Venkataraman, Pranav V and Leon, all four of them ended up with the same score 7/10. Fedoseev won the Armageddon against Karthik to become champion, thus Karthik secured second place. Leon finished third and Pranav fourth, as per Playoff results. IM Prraneeth Vuppala, GM Aravindh Chithambaram and GM Aryan Chopra scored 6.5/10 each to secure fifth, sixth and seventh place respectively. Photo: Sunway Chess Festival

Playoff changes the standings

GM Pranav Venkatesh had the sole lead heading into the final round. However, a last round loss and Playoff games changed the standings slightly. Only GM Karthik Venkataramn maintained his second place after the final round and Playoffs. The total prize fund of the tournament was €20500. The top three prizes in the Group A (>1700) were €3000, €2000 and €1000 along with a trophy each.

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd GM Karthik Venkataraman 7/10, 1st GM Vladimir Fedoseev 7/10 and 3rd GM Leon Luke Mendonca | Photo: Sunway Chess Festival

Pranav V - Leon: 0-1

GM Pranav Venkatesh's (2545) bold approach in the Advance Caro-Kann did not work out well against GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2596). White decided not to castle and rush his g and h-pawns down the board which left his king vulnerable and pieces uncoordinated. Leon gained control in the center and beautifully maneuvered his pieces.

Position after 28...Qa8

28.Bc1? was unnecessary as the d4-pawn was pinned anyway Qa8 29.Ng3 Qd5 30.Ne2 Qe6 Black moved his queen from a5 to e6 as it was not doing much on a5. 31.Rh2 Nf5 32.h6 g6 33.Kg1 Rfd8 34.a5 d3 35.Ng3 Nxg3 36.fxg3 e4 and Black went on to win the game.

GM Leon Luke Mendonca scored a crucial win in the last round | Photo: Sunway Chess Festival

GM Brandon Jacobson (USA) drew with GM Karthik Venkataraman. IM Peng Chen (CHN) lost against GM Vladimir Fedoseev. Thus four players - Fedoseev, Karthik, Pranav V and Leon ended up having the same score 7/10.

The Playoff participants (L to R) - GM Karthik Venkataraman, GM Vladimir Fedoseev, GM Pranav Venkatesh and GM Leon Luke Mendonca | Photo: Sunway Chess Festival

GM Vladimir Fedoseev defeated GM Karthik Venkataraman in Armageddon to win the tournament

Fedoseev was thrown to the pool after becoming the champion

The tournament hall before the final round | Photo: Sunway Chess Festival

A total of 57 players including 19 GMs, 11 IMs, 2 WGMs and 2 WIMs took part from 18 countries across the world in Group A (>1700). The eleven day ten-round Swiss League Rating tournament was organized by and at Hotel Club Sunway Punta Prima from 18th to 28th April 2023 in Spain. The time control of the tournament was 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes + 30 seconds per move from the first move.

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Round 10 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
10	1	11	GM	Pranav V	2545	7	0 - 1	6	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2596	6
10	2	9	GM	Jacobson Brandon	2556	6	½ - ½	6½	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2516	14
10	4	25	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2437	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Aryan Chopra	2607	5
10	5	4	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2607	6	½ - ½	5½	GM	Dardha Daniel	2625	2
10	7	15	GM	Asis Gargatagli Hipolito	2511	5½	0 - 1	5	GM	Pranav Anand	2525	12
10	8	3	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	2619	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2433	26
10	9	7	GM	Peralta Fernando	2592	5	1 - 0	5	FM	Mahitosh Dey	2154	45
10	11	17	IM	Aditya Mittal	2505	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Raja Rithvik R	2472	21
10	12	19	IM	Samant Aditya S	2496	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Kushagra Mohan	2400	28
10	13	36	FM	Ivanov Mike	2288	5	½ - ½	4½	FM	Panda Sambit	2452	23
10	17	40	FM	Sahithi Varshini M	2260	4	0 - 1	4	FM	Jacobson Aaron	2280	37
10	22	55	FM	Krishnan Ritvik	2004	3½	½ - ½	3	FM	Ayza Ballester Jordi	2096	48
10	25	56		Advaitt Srikant Koduri	1630	3	½ - ½	3		Blazquez Denis	2077	52

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Standings after Round 10

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir		FID	2674		7	56,5	61	41,00
2	14	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman		IND	2516		7	53,5	54,5	38,25
3	11	GM	Pranav, V		IND	2545		7	52,5	56,5	39,25
4	6	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke		IND	2596		7	52	56	40,75
5	25	IM	Prraneeth, Vuppala		IND	2437		6,5	57,5	61	38,25
6	4	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.		IND	2607		6,5	57	61,5	38,50
7	5	GM	Aryan, Chopra		IND	2607		6,5	56	61	38,25
8	9	GM	Jacobson, Brandon		USA	2556		6,5	51,5	55,5	35,00
9	13	GM	Alsina Leal, Daniel		ESP	2520		6,5	47	51	31,25
10	2	GM	Dardha, Daniel		BEL	2625	SK Moretus Hoboken	6	55	59,5	32,75
11	10	GM	Li, Di		CHN	2554		6	52,5	56,5	32,75
12	16	GM	Xu, Yi		CHN	2505		6	51,5	55,5	31,25
13	3	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy		UKR	2619		6	50,5	54,5	32,50
14	27		Chen, Peng		CHN	2425		6	50	53,5	31,50
15	17	IM	Aditya, Mittal		IND	2505		6	49	53,5	30,75

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