2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera R8: Pranav Venkatesh outplays Vladimir Fedoseev

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/04/2023

Pranav Venkatesh outplayed Vladimir Fedoseev to emerge sole leader 6.5/8 at 2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera Open 2023. The World Rapid 2017 Silver medalist, sacrificed his bishop for two pawns in the Advance Caro-Kann. However, he was unable to gain enough compensation for it. Pranav seized his opportunity to grab a crucial pawn on his opponent's kingside and converted it into a win without any difficulty. The current National Senior champion, Karthik Venkataraman defeated the Belgium no.1, Daniel Dardha to move to sole second spot 6/8, a half point behind Pranav. IM Prraneeth Vuppala won against GM Daniel Alsina Leal (ESP) to move to 5.5/8. It will be Aryan vs Pranav V, Karthik vs Aravindh and Fedoseev vs Prraneeth on the top three boards of Round 9 starting today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Sunway Chess Open

Karthik ascends to the top

GM Aravindh Chithambaram bounced back with a victory over GM Hipolito Asis Gargatagli (ESP). IM Kushagra Mohan drew with GM Aditya Mittal and IM Sambit Panda defeated GM Harmen Jonkman (NED).

GM Pranav Venkatesh has gained sole lead 6.5/8 | Photo: Sunway Chess Open

Pranav Venkatesh - Fedoseev

Position after 14...Bxc5

GM Vladimir Fedoseev (2674) sacrificed his bishop for two pawns 14...Bxc5 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Qe2 d4 17.Nd1 d3 18.Qf2 Ne4 19.Qxa7 White recovered one of the two pawns.

Position after 26...Rfc8

26...Rfc8 gave up the support of the f7-pawn 27.Rd7 Qc4 28.Qa7 and now Black cannot defend it without conceding material. Fedoseev ignored protecting the pawn as now it was too little to late to make an attempt of saving it. 28...Qe2 29.Rxf7 Qg4 30.Rd7 and White gained a decisive advantage. Almost anything works here.

GM Aryan Chopra - GM Li Di (CHN) | Photo: Sunway Chess Open

Dardha - Karthik

Position after 39.Rb4

Reigning National Senior champion, GM Karthik Venkataraman (2516) is someone whom you don't want to face at the second half of the tournament because generally he plays at a much stronger level than the first half. This event is no different either. Belgium no.1 GM Daniel Dardha (2625) made a minute inaccuracy 39.Rb4. Black gave a couple of checks to improve his rook's position and cross the first time control simultaneously 39...Rg8+ 40.Kf1 Rf8+ 41.Kg1 Ra6 42.Rc5. The key difference is now 42.Rb7 Rxc6 43.Rxa7 does not work as Black has checkmate threats. 42...Rf6 43.Rg5 White decided to abandon the pawn for active play, instead of going for the passive 43.Rbc4 Rb6 which would have had the same result eventually. 43...Raxc6 44.Rg8+ Kd7 45.Rg7+ Kd6 and Black had no trouble converting his advantage into a win.

GM Karthik Venkataraman is at sole second place 6/8 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Aravindh Chithambaram (right) defeated GM Hipolito Asis Gargatagli (ESP) | Photo: Sunway Chess Open

IM Prraneeth Vuppala capitalized on his opponent GM Daniel Alsina Leal's (ESP) blunder | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

GM Aditya Mittal - IM Kushagra Mohan (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

IM Sambit Panda (pictured) - GM Harmen Jonkman (NED): 1-0 | 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 8 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
8	1	11	GM	Pranav V	2545	5½	1 - 0	5½	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	2674	1
8	2	5	GM	Aryan Chopra	2607	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Li Di	2554	10
8	3	2	GM	Dardha Daniel	2625	4½	0 - 1	5	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2516	14
8	4	15	GM	Asis Gargatagli Hipolito	2511	4½	0 - 1	4½	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2607	4
8	5	27		Chen Peng	2425	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2596	6
8	7	25	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2437	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Alsina Leal Daniel	2520	13
8	8	3	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	2619	4	½ - ½	4½	GM	Raja Rithvik R	2472	21
8	10	17	IM	Aditya Mittal	2505	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Kushagra Mohan	2400	28
8	12	19	IM	Samant Aditya S	2496	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Zhao Yuanhe	2447	24
8	14	23	FM	Panda Sambit	2452	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Jonkman Harmen	2323	31
8	15	40	FM	Sahithi Varshini M	2260	3½	0 - 1	3½	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2433	26
8	17	55	FM	Krishnan Ritvik	2004	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Pranav Anand	2525	12
8	19	35	FM	Ibanez Aullana Ramon	2292	3	0 - 1	3	FM	Mahitosh Dey	2154	45
8	23	56		Advaitt Srikant Koduri	1630	2½	0 - 1	2½	CM	Krzywda Andrzej	2223	41

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Standings after Round 8

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	11	GM	Pranav, V		IND	2545		6,5	33,5	36,5	29,50
2	14	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman		IND	2516		6	34	37	26,25
3	4	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.		IND	2607		5,5	37,5	40,5	26,00
4	1	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir		FID	2674		5,5	35,5	39	24,50
5	5	GM	Aryan, Chopra		IND	2607		5,5	35	39	25,75
6	10	GM	Li, Di		CHN	2554		5,5	34	38	25,00
7	25	IM	Prraneeth, Vuppala		IND	2437		5,5	33,5	35,5	23,00
8	9	GM	Jacobson, Brandon		USA	2556		5,5	32	35,5	23,25
9	6	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke		IND	2596		5	34	38	23,25
10	21	GM	Raja, Rithvik R		IND	2472		5	33,5	36	21,25

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Round 9 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
9	1	5	GM	Aryan Chopra	2607	5½		6½	GM	Pranav V	2545	11
9	2	14	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2516	6		5½	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2607	4
9	3	1	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	2674	5½		5½	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2437	25
9	5	6	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2596	5		5	GM	Peralta Fernando	2592	7
9	6	21	GM	Raja Rithvik R	2472	5		5		Chen Peng	2425	27
9	8	23	FM	Panda Sambit	2452	4½		4½	GM	Dardha Daniel	2625	2
9	9	28	IM	Kushagra Mohan	2400	4½		4½	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	2619	3
9	11	16	GM	Xu Yi	2505	4½		4½	IM	Samant Aditya S	2496	19
9	12	26	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2433	4½		4½	IM	Aditya Mittal	2505	17
9	14	12	GM	Pranav Anand	2525	4		4	WGM	Maisuradze Nino	2270	38
9	17	45	FM	Mahitosh Dey	2154	4		3½	FM	Grutter Tim	2353	29
9	19	31	GM	Jonkman Harmen	2323	3½		3½	FM	Sahithi Varshini M	2260	40
9	23	42	FM	Sande Edreira Jose Antonio	2217	3		3	FM	Krishnan Ritvik	2004	55
9	27	50	CM	Arnott Jonathan W	2080	2½		2½		Advaitt Srikant Koduri	1630	56

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