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2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera R6: Aryan Chopra regains sole lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 25/04/2023

Aryan Chopra defeated Raja Rithvik R to regain his sole lead. Aravindh Chithambaram and Pranav Venkatesh drew with Vladimir Fedoseev and Karthik Venkataraman respectively. IM Prraneeth Vuppala scored an impressive win over the World Under-16 champion, GM Pranav Anand. IM Vaishali drew with GM Xu Yi (CHN). Aravindh, Fedoseev and Pranav V are in pursuit at 4.5/6 each. Karthik finished third in the second Blitz event on 23rd April, scoring 7/9. Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR) and Daniel Dardha (BEL) scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed first and second respectively. Aryan will face Fedoseev at the top board in the seventh round which starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

Prraneeth scores an impressive win over Pranav Anand

GM Aryan Chopra is back at the top again 5/6 | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

GM Vladimir Fedoseev - GM Aravindh Chithambaram: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Sunway Chess Open

Aryan - Raja Rithvik

Position after 21.d6

GM Aryan Chopra (2607) played 21.d6 to keep the bishop pair on the board. 21...Rxb1 22.Rxb1 Bh6 is what the computer recommends being balanced. GM Raja Rithvik R (2472) opted for 21...Nd7? 22.Bh3 Red8 23.Bxd7 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Rxd7 25.Rb6 d3 26.Rxa6 Nb7 27.Ra7 the d6-pawn is tactically defended. Eventually the passed d-pawn played a crucial role in White earning the victory.

Prraneeth - Pranav Anand

Position after 27.c5

IM Prraneeth Vuppala (2437) made a positional squeeze against GM Pranav Anand (2525). White already had a space advantage on the queenside. He increased it further 26.c4, 27.c5. Black's crippled pieces could not save the game. White is positionally winning in the above diagram and he had no trouble converting it into a win.

IM Prraneeth Vuppala 4/6 | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

IM Vaishali (pictured) - GM Xu Yi (CHN): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

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.

Replay Round 6 games

Round 6 results

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
611
GMFedoseev Vladimir26744½ - ½4GMAravindh Chithambaram Vr.2607
4
625
GMAryan Chopra260741 - 04GMRaja Rithvik R2472
21
6311
GMPranav V25454½ - ½GMKarthik Venkataraman2516
14
6517
IMAditya Mittal25050 - 13GMMendonca Leon Luke2596
6
6823
FMPanda Sambit245230 - 13GMLi Di2554
10
6925
IMPrraneeth Vuppala243731 - 03GMPranav Anand2525
12
61015
GMAsis Gargatagli Hipolito251131 - 03IMKushagra Mohan2400
28
61126
IMVaishali Rameshbabu24333½ - ½3GMXu Yi2505
16
61319
IMSamant Aditya S249631 - 03FMKrishnan Ritvik2004
55
61640
FMSahithi Varshini M22601 - 0FMGrutter Tim2353
29
62341
CMKrzywda Andrzej2223½ - ½FMMahitosh Dey2154
45
62556
Advaitt Srikant Koduri1630½ - ½WIMVarela La Madrid Tilsia Carolina2078
51

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.SNo NamesexFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
15
GMAryan, ChopraIND26075192217,75
24
GMAravindh, Chithambaram Vr.IND26074,520,523,517,00
31
GMFedoseev, VladimirFID26744,517,52014,00
411
GMPranav, VIND25454,516,519,514,50
52
GMDardha, DanielBEL2625SK Moretus Hoboken42021,513,50
66
GMMendonca, Leon LukeIND259641922,514,75
714
GMKarthik, VenkataramanIND25164192112,75
825
IMPrraneeth, VuppalaIND243741920,512,25
921
GMRaja, Rithvik RIND247241920,512,00
109
GMJacobson, BrandonUSA2556418,52112,75

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Round 7 pairings

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
711
GMFedoseev Vladimir26745GMAryan Chopra2607
5
724
GMAravindh Chithambaram Vr.2607GMPranav V2545
11
732
GMDardha Daniel262544IMPrraneeth Vuppala2437
25
756
GMMendonca Leon Luke259644GMAsis Gargatagli Hipolito2511
15
7621
GMRaja Rithvik R247244GMJacobson Brandon2556
9
7714
GMKarthik Venkataraman251644IMSamant Aditya S2496
19
7913
GMAlsina Leal Daniel2520IMVaishali Rameshbabu2433
26
71016
GMXu Yi2505FMSahithi Varshini M2260
40
71120
IMChen Qi B2493IMAditya Mittal2505
17
71212
GMPranav Anand25253Chen Peng2425
27
71434
Liu Zhaoqi230133FMPanda Sambit2452
23
71628
IMKushagra Mohan240033FMKrishnan Ritvik2004
55
72545
FMMahitosh Dey215422Blazquez Denis2077
52
72654
WFMBlanco Garcia Liliam Barbara20542Advaitt Srikant Koduri1630
56

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