2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera R5: Raja Rithvik and Pranav Venkatesh make it a five-way lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/04/2023

GM Aravindh Chithambaram had a well contested draw against GM Aryan Chopra. GMs Vladimir Fedossev, Raja Rithvik R and Pranav Venkatesh won their respective games to join the previous day leaders at 4/5 each. Raja Rithvik scored a very nice victory over GM Fernando Peralta (ARG). He created his advantage in a balanced major piece endgame and converted it into a full point. Pranav Venkatesh scored his fourth win in-a-row and ended his opponent FM Ritvik Krishnan's unbeaten run. The latter had an advantage, however it was not easy to maintain it and Pranav eventually seized his advantage. Today is a rest day. Round 6 starts tomorrow Monday 24th April at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

Pranav Venkatesh wins four in-a-row

Despite starting the tournament with a loss, GM Pranav Venkatesh made a good recovery by winning his next four games. His fifth round victory against FM Ritvik Krishnan was an exciting game.

GM Aravindh Chithambaram drew with GM Aryan Chopra | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

Raja Rithvik - Fernando

Position after 39.f4

GM Raja Rithvik R (2472) played the major piece endgame quite well. From an equal position, he managed to gain a decisive advantage against GM Fernando Peralta (ARG, 2592), after the latter made some inaccuracies.

GM Raja Rithvik R is one of the five leaders at 4/5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Ritvik - Pranav V

Position after 26.f5

FM Ritvik Krishnan (2004) had an interesting position against GM Pranav Venkatesh (2545). It was quite difficult to evaluate after 26.f5. Black took the e5-pawn 26...Rxe5? which is a mistake as he loses material after 27.Bf4 Nxf5 28.Bxe5 Qxe5 29.Rb1 Nd4 although White has an exchange, the knights can be very tricky.

Position after 38...Qb8

White needed to trade the queens, even if it meant returning the exchange as the queen combined with two knights is threatening to create a havoc on the kingside. 39.Qb4 was the best choice. 39.Qxa6? Ng4 40.Rfe2 Qb1 41.Kg2 Nfxh2 and it was over for White.

GM Pranav Venkatesh made a good recovery after the first round loss | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

GM Leon Luke Mendonca - IM Prraneeth Vuppala (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

GM Li Di (CHN) - IM Aditya S Samant (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

IM R Vaishali (pictured) - GM Hipolito Asis Gargatagli (ESP): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

IM Yuanhe Zhao (CHN) - FM Sahithi Varshini M (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

Beautiful scenery outside of the tournament hall | 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 5 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
5	1	4	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2607	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Aryan Chopra	2607	5
5	2	12	GM	Pranav Anand	2525	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	2674	1
5	3	2	GM	Dardha Daniel	2625	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Aditya Mittal	2505	17
5	4	14	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2516	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	2619	3
5	5	21	GM	Raja Rithvik R	2472	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Peralta Fernando	2592	7
5	6	55	FM	Krishnan Ritvik	2004	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Pranav V	2545	11
5	7	6	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2596	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2437	25
5	9	10	GM	Li Di	2554	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Samant Aditya S	2496	19
5	10	26	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2433	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Asis Gargatagli Hipolito	2511	15
5	15	35	FM	Ibanez Aullana Ramon	2292	2	0 - 1	2	FM	Panda Sambit	2452	23
5	16	24	IM	Zhao Yuanhe	2447	2	½ - ½	2	FM	Sahithi Varshini M	2260	40
5	17	39	WIM	Rakhmangulova Anastasiya	2266	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Kushagra Mohan	2400	28
5	19	45	FM	Mahitosh Dey	2154	1½	0 - 1	1½	GM	Jonkman Harmen	2323	31
5	25	43	FM	Bergstrom Rolf	2196	1	½ - ½	1		Advaitt Srikant Koduri	1630	56

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5	GM	Aryan, Chopra		IND	2607		4	13	15	11,25
2	4	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.		IND	2607		4	12,5	15	11,50
3	1	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir		FID	2674		4	12	14,5	11,25
4	21	GM	Raja, Rithvik R		IND	2472		4	11,5	12,5	9,50
5	11	GM	Pranav, V		IND	2545		4	11	13	11,00
6	2	GM	Dardha, Daniel		BEL	2625	SK Moretus Hoboken	3,5	13	14	9,00
7	14	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman		IND	2516		3,5	12,5	14,5	9,25
8	3	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy		UKR	2619		3,5	12	14	9,50
9	17	IM	Aditya, Mittal		IND	2505		3,5	9,5	11	7,75
10	12	GM	Pranav, Anand		IND	2525	All India Chess Federation	3	14	16,5	9,00

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Round 6 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
6	1	1	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	2674	4		4	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2607	4
6	2	5	GM	Aryan Chopra	2607	4		4	GM	Raja Rithvik R	2472	21
6	3	11	GM	Pranav V	2545	4		3½	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2516	14
6	5	17	IM	Aditya Mittal	2505	3½		3	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2596	6
6	8	23	FM	Panda Sambit	2452	3		3	GM	Li Di	2554	10
6	9	25	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2437	3		3	GM	Pranav Anand	2525	12
6	10	15	GM	Asis Gargatagli Hipolito	2511	3		3	IM	Kushagra Mohan	2400	28
6	11	26	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2433	3		3	GM	Xu Yi	2505	16
6	13	19	IM	Samant Aditya S	2496	3		3	FM	Krishnan Ritvik	2004	55
6	16	40	FM	Sahithi Varshini M	2260	2½		2½	FM	Grutter Tim	2353	29
6	23	41	CM	Krzywda Andrzej	2223	1½		1½	FM	Mahitosh Dey	2154	45
6	25	56		Advaitt Srikant Koduri	1630	1½		1½	WIM	Varela La Madrid Tilsia Carolina	2078	51

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