2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera R2: Prraneeth Vuppala beats Li Di

by Shahid Ahmed - 20/04/2023

IM Prraneeth Vuppala scored an impressive win over GM Li Di (CHN) in the second round of 2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera Open 2023. The Chinese had trouble getting his kingside rook into the play for the entire game. In the end, he had to pay a price for it by losing the game. Prraneeth is now one of the eight players to have a made a perfect start 2/2. GM Aryan Chopra and the reigning National Senior champion, GM Karthik Venkataraman are the remaining two Indians among the pack. IM Kushagra Mohan had a good opportunity to beat the current World Under-16 Open champion, GM Pranav Anand. However, practically it was not so easy to convert. FM Mahitosh Dey and FM Ritvik Krishnan drew with GM Hipolito Asis Gargatagli (ESP) and GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR) each respectively. Round 3 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

Kushagra, Mahitosh and Ritvik draw with GMs

After Round 2 got over, there was a Blitz event. Third seeded GM Pranav Venkatesh scored 8/9 and finished a full point ahead to win the event. We will mention it in detail in a separate report.

IM Prraneeth Vuppala is one of the eight players at 2/2 | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

Prraneeth - Li

Position after 39.Rc3

GM Li Di (CHN, 2554) had trouble getting the rook into play right out of the opening against IM Prraneeth Vuppala (2437). 39...Rh8 just ended the game for him 40.Rc8 Qb6 41.Qf6+ Kh7 42.Qxh4+ Kg7 43.Qf6+ Kh7 44.Rxe8 and Black resigned.

Raja Rithvik - Leon

Position after 90.e4

GM Raja Rithvik R (2472) opted for a bishop vs double bishop endgame where he had three pawns for his opponent, GM Leon Luke Mendonca's (2596) extra bishop. It was a drawn endgame from the 61st move after the queens got traded. However, White made an attempt to push for a win 90.e4. It was actually a fatal mistake. Luckily for him, his opponent did not notice and he played 90...dxe4. The winning continuation was 90...Bg6 pinning the e4-pawn. 91.Ba4 Bxe4 92.Bxc6 Bg6 and White does not get to promote any of this center pawns.

GM Leon Luke Mendonca could have made a 2/2 start | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

Kushagra - Pranav Anand

Position after 79...Rd4+

IM Kushagra Mohan (2400) had a decisive advantage for the better part of the endgame against GM Pranav Anand (2525). However, practically it was not easy to convert it into a win. 79.f6 allowed his opponent to find a cute finish Rd4+! 80.Kxd4 and it's a stalemate. The game would have ended in a draw anyway even if White had decided not to take the rook.

IM Kushagra Mohan played well and the win was not easy against GM Pranav Anand | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

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

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Round 2 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
2	2	19	IM	Samant Aditya S	2496	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Dardha Daniel	2625	2
2	3	20	IM	Chen Qi B	2493	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2607	4
2	4	5	GM	Aryan Chopra	2607	1	1 - 0	1	IM	Fernandez Guillen Ernesto J.	2461	22
2	5	21	GM	Raja Rithvik R	2472	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2596	6
2	7	23	FM	Panda Sambit	2452	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Xu Xiangyu	2587	8
2	8	9	GM	Jacobson Brandon	2556	1	1 - 0	1	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2433	26
2	9	25	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2437	1	1 - 0	1	GM	Li Di	2554	10
2	10	28	IM	Kushagra Mohan	2400	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Pranav Anand	2525	12
2	12	57		Da Silva Jose Carlos Peixoto M.	1606	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2516	14
2	13	15	GM	Asis Gargatagli Hipolito	2511	1	½ - ½	1	FM	Mahitosh Dey	2154	45
2	14	3	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	2619	½	½ - ½	1	FM	Krishnan Ritvik	2004	55
2	16	11	GM	Pranav V	2545	0	1 - 0	½	IM	Seo Jung Min	2500	18
2	17	17	IM	Aditya Mittal	2505	0	1 - 0	0	CM	Krzywda Andrzej	2223	41
2	28	40	FM	Sahithi Varshini M	2260	0	1 - 0	0	WFM	Blanco Garcia Liliam Barbara	2054	54

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Round 3 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
3	2	13	GM	Alsina Leal Daniel	2520	2		2	GM	Aryan Chopra	2607	5
3	3	14	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2516	2		2	GM	Peralta Fernando	2592	7
3	4	4	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2607	1½		2	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2437	25
3	6	6	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2596	1½		1½	IM	Chen Qi B	2493	20
3	7	12	GM	Pranav Anand	2525	1½		1½	GM	Raja Rithvik R	2472	21
3	8	55	FM	Krishnan Ritvik	2004	1½		1½	GM	Asis Gargatagli Hipolito	2511	15
3	9	16	GM	Xu Yi	2505	1½		1½	IM	Kushagra Mohan	2400	28
3	10	45	FM	Mahitosh Dey	2154	1½		1	IM	Samant Aditya S	2496	19
3	13	37	FM	Jacobson Aaron	2280	1		1	GM	Pranav V	2545	11
3	14	39	WIM	Rakhmangulova Anastasiya	2266	1		1	IM	Aditya Mittal	2505	17
3	16	56		Advaitt Srikant Koduri	1630	1		1	FM	Panda Sambit	2452	23
3	18	26	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2433	1		1	WGM	Maisuradze Nino	2270	38
3	19	18	IM	Seo Jung Min	2500	½		1	FM	Sahithi Varshini M	2260	40

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