2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera R3: Aryan Chopra emerges sole leader

by Shahid Ahmed - 21/04/2023

GM Aryan Chopra scored his third consecutive victory to become the sole leader at 2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera Open 2023. He defeated GM Daniel Alsina Leal (ESP) convincingly. First he transferred his king from kingside to the queenside, before liquidating into a winning a rook endgame. FM Ritvik Krishnan scored an excellent win against GM Hipolito Asis Gargatagli (ESP). The GM could not manage to gain enough compensation for the sacrificed knight against the teenager. Ritvik, GM Aravindh Chithambaram and GM Karthik Venkataraman are trailing the leader by a half point at 2.5/3 each. Round 4 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: 2nd Menorca Chess Open 2023

Ritvik Krishnan makes an impressive start

FM Ritvik Krishnan is the sole non IM/GM player among the top 25 who is undefeated with a score 2.5/3. IM Kushagra Mohan drew with GM Xu Yi (CHN), after Kushagra made some grave mistakes in the pawn endgame and eventually saved the day.

GM Aryan Chopra is the sole leader 3/3 | Photo: 2nd Menorca Open

Alsina Leal - Aryan

Position after 40...Kb7

GM Aryan Chopra (2607) transferred his king from the kingside to the queenside via h8, g8, f7, e7, d8, c8 and b7. GM Daniel Alsina Leal (ESP, 2520) had a slightly inferior pawn structure and weaknesses on c4 and h6. 41.Qg1 Rc8 42.Kb1? R5c7! Black forces queen exchange. If White wants to avoid it, the queen will invade via d4 and try to gain White's weak pawns. 43.Qxb6+ Kxb6 44.Ka1 e4! the theory of two weaknesses. White had one weakness at c4. However, it was not easy to exploit without creating another and simultaneously opening up another file. 45.fxe4 Rxe4 46.c5+ Rxc5 47.Rxc5 dxc5 48.Re1 g4 49.Kb1 c4 50.Kc1 Kc5 and Black won the game in the next few moves.

Pranav Anand - Raja Rithvik

Position after 48.Rg6+

GM Pranav Anand (2525) escaped a loss for the second consecutive game. GM Raja Rithvik R (2472) was on the better side compared to his previous round encounter. The game ended in a draw via threefold repetition 48...Kf7 49.Rg1 Ke6 50.Rg6+ Kf7 51.Rg1 Ke6. Find out what did Black miss in the final moments and how he could have avoided repetition to push for a win.

Ritvik - Hipolito

Position after 18...cxd5

GM Hipolito Asis Gargatagli (ESP, 2511) made a sound sacrifice 18...cxd5 to expose the white king. However, he was unable to follow through correctly and his opponent, FM Ritvik Krishnan (2004) handled it quite well. 19.axb4 axb4 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.cxd5 Qc7+. Here computer recommends 21...Bd7 and use the rooks on the open c and e-file. Black could not get enough compensation for the rest of the game and went on to lose eventually.

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 3 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
3	2	13	GM	Alsina Leal Daniel	2520	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Aryan Chopra	2607	5
3	3	14	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2516	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Peralta Fernando	2592	7
3	4	4	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2607	1½	1 - 0	2	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2437	25
3	6	6	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2596	1½	½ - ½	1½	IM	Chen Qi B	2493	20
3	7	12	GM	Pranav Anand	2525	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Raja Rithvik R	2472	21
3	8	55	FM	Krishnan Ritvik	2004	1½	1 - 0	1½	GM	Asis Gargatagli Hipolito	2511	15
3	9	16	GM	Xu Yi	2505	1½	½ - ½	1½	IM	Kushagra Mohan	2400	28
3	10	45	FM	Mahitosh Dey	2154	1½	0 - 1	1	IM	Samant Aditya S	2496	19
3	13	37	FM	Jacobson Aaron	2280	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Pranav V	2545	11
3	14	39	WIM	Rakhmangulova Anastasiya	2266	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Aditya Mittal	2505	17
3	16	56		Advaitt Srikant Koduri	1630	1	0 - 1	1	FM	Panda Sambit	2452	23
3	18	26	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2433	1	½ - ½	1	WGM	Maisuradze Nino	2270	38
3	19	18	IM	Seo Jung Min	2500	½	1 - 0	1	FM	Sahithi Varshini M	2260	40

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Standings after Round 3

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5	GM	Aryan, Chopra		IND	2607		3	4	5	5,00
2	7	GM	Peralta, Fernando		ARG	2592	Escola d'Escacs de Barcelona	2,5	4,5	5,5	4,25
3	4	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.		IND	2607		2,5	4	5	4,00
4	9	GM	Jacobson, Brandon		USA	2556		2,5	4	5	3,75
5	2	GM	Dardha, Daniel		BEL	2625	SK Moretus Hoboken	2,5	4	4,5	3,50
6	1	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir		FID	2674		2,5	3,5	5	4,00
	55	FM	Krishnan, Ritvik		IND	2004		2,5	3,5	5	4,00
8	14	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman		IND	2516		2,5	3,5	4,5	3,25
9	8	GM	Xu, Xiangyu		CHN	2587		2	5	6	3,00
10	16	GM	Xu, Yi		CHN	2505		2	4,5	5,5	3,25

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Round 4 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
4	1	5	GM	Aryan Chopra	2607	3		2½	GM	Dardha Daniel	2625	2
4	2	1	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	2674	2½		2½	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2516	14
4	3	9	GM	Jacobson Brandon	2556	2½		2½	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2607	4
4	4	7	GM	Peralta Fernando	2592	2½		2½	FM	Krishnan Ritvik	2004	55
4	6	19	IM	Samant Aditya S	2496	2		2	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2596	6
4	7	11	GM	Pranav V	2545	2		2	IM	Fernandez Guillen Ernesto J.	2461	22
4	8	23	FM	Panda Sambit	2452	2		2	GM	Pranav Anand	2525	12
4	9	21	GM	Raja Rithvik R	2472	2		2	GM	Alsina Leal Daniel	2520	13
4	10	25	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2437	2		2	GM	Xu Yi	2505	16
4	11	17	IM	Aditya Mittal	2505	2		2	IM	Zhao Yuanhe	2447	24
4	12	28	IM	Kushagra Mohan	2400	2		1½	GM	Li Di	2554	10
4	15	31	GM	Jonkman Harmen	2323	1½		1½	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2433	26
4	16	27		Chen Peng	2425	1½		1½	FM	Mahitosh Dey	2154	45
4	23	56		Advaitt Srikant Koduri	1630	1		1	WIM	Rakhmangulova Anastasiya	2266	39
4	24	40	FM	Sahithi Varshini M	2260	1		1		Wagner Bernd	2070	53

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