Will Pranav Venkatesh win 2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera 2023?

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/04/2023

Pranav Venkatesh drew with Aryan Chopra to maintain his sole lead 7/9, heading into the final round of 2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera Open 2023. The reigning National Senior champion, Karthik Venkataraman maintained his sole second place 6.5/9 by sharing the point with India's first triple crown champion, Aravindh Chithambaram. IM Prraneeth Vuppala played fantastic chess to draw with the super strong Vladimir Fedoseev. It also secured his third GM-norm. Prraneeth is now 20.6 Elo rating points away from becoming India's next Grandmaster. It will be Pranav V vs Leon Luke Mendonca and Brandon Jacobson (USA) vs Karthik in Round 10 which starts today at 9 p.m. local time, 12:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Amruta Mokal

Prraneeth Vuppala scores his third GM-norm

GM Pranav Venkatesh has gained 67 Elo rating points this month alone combining four tournaments - Reykjavik Open, 49th La Roda Open, 2nd Menorca Open and this event 2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera Open. His ranks have been - tenth, third, second and this event is still on as he has one more game to play.

GM Pranav Venkatesh maintains his sole lead 7/9 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

16-year-old Pranav Venkatesh crosses 2600 Elo, gained 67 rating points in a month | Video: ChessBase India

Pranav has been performing over 2600 in consecutive events, which pushed him over 2600 in the live ratings | Source: 2700chess.com

GM Karthik Venkataraman - GM Aravindh Chithambaram (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

Fedoseev - Prraneeth

Position after 40...Nh4

IM Prraneeth Vuppala (2437) generated great counterplay on the kingside against GM Vladimir Fedoseev (2674) after sacrificing his b-pawn. 40...Nh4 threatening Rxd2 and Nf3+ White was forced to play 41.f3 Qb4 42.gxh4 Rxd2 43.Rxd2 Rxd2 44.Qe4 Qb2 Black is making some checkmate threats 45.Qf4 protecting the h2-pawn exd5 46.Qxf7+ Qg7 47.Qe6 d4 48.e4 d3 and Prraneeth played really well to draw the major piece endgame.

IM Prraneeth Vuppala scored an impressive 6/9 to secure his final GM-norm | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

Prraneeth Vuppala scored 6/9 to earn his final GM-norm

IM Kushagra Mohan (pictured) - GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

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

IM Vaishali R (pictured) - GM Aditya Mittal: 0.5-0.5 | 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 9 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
9	1	5	GM	Aryan Chopra	2607	5½	½ - ½	6½	GM	Pranav V	2545	11
9	2	14	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2516	6	½ - ½	5½	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2607	4
9	3	1	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	2674	5½	½ - ½	5½	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2437	25
9	5	6	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2596	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Peralta Fernando	2592	7
9	6	21	GM	Raja Rithvik R	2472	5	0 - 1	5		Chen Peng	2425	27
9	8	23	FM	Panda Sambit	2452	4½	0 - 1	4½	GM	Dardha Daniel	2625	2
9	9	28	IM	Kushagra Mohan	2400	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	2619	3
9	11	16	GM	Xu Yi	2505	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Samant Aditya S	2496	19
9	12	26	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2433	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Aditya Mittal	2505	17
9	14	12	GM	Pranav Anand	2525	4	1 - 0	4	WGM	Maisuradze Nino	2270	38
9	17	45	FM	Mahitosh Dey	2154	4	1 - 0	3½	FM	Grutter Tim	2353	29
9	19	31	GM	Jonkman Harmen	2323	3½	½ - ½	3½	FM	Sahithi Varshini M	2260	40
9	23	42	FM	Sande Edreira Jose Antonio	2217	3	½ - ½	3	FM	Krishnan Ritvik	2004	55
9	27	50	CM	Arnott Jonathan W	2080	2½	½ - ½	2½		Advaitt Srikant Koduri	1630	56

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Standings after Round 9

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	11	GM	Pranav, V		IND	2545		7	41,5	45	35,25
2	14	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman		IND	2516		6,5	43	44	32,50
3	4	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.		IND	2607		6	48	51,5	32,25
4	5	GM	Aryan, Chopra		IND	2607		6	46,5	51,5	33,25
5	1	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir		FID	2674		6	45,5	49	30,25
6	25	IM	Prraneeth, Vuppala		IND	2437		6	45	48,5	30,75
7	10	GM	Li, Di		CHN	2554		6	43,5	47,5	29,75
8	6	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke		IND	2596		6	42,5	46,5	30,75
9	9	GM	Jacobson, Brandon		USA	2556		6	41,5	45,5	29,25
10	27		Chen, Peng		CHN	2425		6	39,5	43	29,00

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Round 10 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
10	1	11	GM	Pranav V	2545	7		6	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2596	6
10	2	9	GM	Jacobson Brandon	2556	6		6½	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2516	14
10	4	25	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2437	6		6	GM	Aryan Chopra	2607	5
10	5	4	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2607	6		5½	GM	Dardha Daniel	2625	2
10	7	15	GM	Asis Gargatagli Hipolito	2511	5½		5	GM	Pranav Anand	2525	12
10	8	3	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	2619	5		5	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2433	26
10	9	7	GM	Peralta Fernando	2592	5		5	FM	Mahitosh Dey	2154	45
10	11	17	IM	Aditya Mittal	2505	5		5	GM	Raja Rithvik R	2472	21
10	12	19	IM	Samant Aditya S	2496	5		5	IM	Kushagra Mohan	2400	28
10	13	36	FM	Ivanov Mike	2288	5		4½	FM	Panda Sambit	2452	23
10	17	40	FM	Sahithi Varshini M	2260	4		4	FM	Jacobson Aaron	2280	37
10	22	55	FM	Krishnan Ritvik	2004	3½		3	FM	Ayza Ballester Jordi	2096	48
10	25	56		Advaitt Srikant Koduri	1630	3		3		Blazquez Denis	2077	52

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