Prraneeth draws with Iniyan
CM Prraneeth Vuppala who holds an IM-norm drew with GM Iniyan P. The only Indian woman taking part in this event, WIM Isha Sharma also made an impressive start as she drew with IM Bharath Subramaniyam H. Untitled Vaibhav Jayant Raut continues his good form from 53rd Barbera del Valles Open 2021, as he drew with IM IM Claudio Javier Minzer (ARG).
Karthikeyan - Marta: 1-0
GM Karthikeyan Murali executed a beautiful combination against IM Marta Garcia Martin (ESP).
Try to think like Karthikeyan and find the beautiful finish for White after 25...h5.
Cadilhac - Arjun Erigaisi: 0-1
FM Igor Tokuichi Kikuchi Cadilhac (BRA) did not respond correctly to GM Arjun Erigaisi's attack on the kingside.
Black has a simple threat of Qxf2+ and exploit White's back-rank weakness, White completely ignored it. 30.Bxf8 Qxf2+ 31.Kh1 Ne5 and White had to resign as the queen does not have any more safe squares where it can also prevent back-rank checkmate threat.
Replay Round 1 games
The tournament is taking place at Hotel Playafels, at Castelldefels, Barcelona in Spain from 30th November to 8th December 2021. Every day game starts at 9:30 p.m. IST, except the last round which starts at 2:30 p.m. IST. Time control is 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes/end + 30 seconds increment per move starting from move 1.
Round 1 results
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 76 | GM | Pogorelov Ruslan | 2338 | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | 2646 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2633 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | WGM | Heinemann Josefine | 2336 | 77 | ||
| 3 | 78 | FM | Klimkowski Jan | 2333 | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | GM | Santos Latasa Jaime | 2633 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2630 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | IM | Garcia Martin Marta | 2324 | 79 | ||
| 5 | 80 | FM | Cadilhac Igor Tokuichi Kikuchi | 2323 | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2627 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 2620 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | IM | Cruz Filemon | 2310 | 81 | ||
| 7 | 82 | FM | Barbero Sendic Alejandro | 2307 | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo | 2606 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2604 | 0 | ½ - ½ | 0 | FM | Dudognon Thibault | 2305 | 83 | ||
| 9 | 84 | FM | Kenneskog Theodor | 2302 | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | GM | Fedorchuk Sergey A. | 2594 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 135 | Flaata Alexander R. | 2061 | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | FM | Habans Aguerrea Javier | 2298 | 85 | |||
| 11 | 86 | FM | Samant Aditya S | 2297 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | 2592 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 11 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | 2579 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | FM | Seemann Jakub | 2296 | 87 | ||
| 13 | 88 | FM | Schippers Maurice | 2290 | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | 2567 | 12 | ||
| 14 | 13 | GM | Fier Alexandr | 2563 | 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 | CM | Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan | 2282 | 89 | ||
| 15 | 90 | IM | Pomes Marcet Juan | 2275 | 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 | GM | Meshkovs Nikita | 2557 | 14 |
Round 2 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | 2646 | 1 | 1 | IM | Martinez Ramirez Lennis | 2458 | 44 | |||
| 2 | 45 | GM | Movsziszian Karen | 2457 | 1 | 1 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2633 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 46 | IM | Das Arghyadip | 2453 | 1 | 1 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2630 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 5 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2627 | 1 | 1 | IM | Ayats Llobera Gerard | 2448 | 50 | |||
| 5 | 49 | IM | Zwirs Nico | 2450 | 1 | 1 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 2620 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 7 | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo | 2606 | 1 | 1 | IM | Das Sayantan | 2436 | 54 | |||
| 7 | 9 | GM | Fedorchuk Sergey A. | 2594 | 1 | 1 | IM | Kaasen Tor Fredrik | 2432 | 56 | |||
| 8 | 51 | GM | Kjartansson Gudmundur | 2443 | 1 | 1 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | 2579 | 11 | |||
| 9 | 12 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | 2567 | 1 | 1 | IM | Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh | 2429 | 57 | |||
| 10 | 53 | IM | Pantzar Milton | 2441 | 1 | 1 | GM | Fier Alexandr | 2563 | 13 | |||
| 11 | 14 | GM | Meshkovs Nikita | 2557 | 1 | 1 | GM | Perez Mitjans Orelvis | 2425 | 59 | |||
| 12 | 55 | IM | Molina Roberto Junio Brito | 2434 | 1 | 1 | GM | Stocek Jiri | 2557 | 15 | |||
| 13 | 58 | FM | Garcia Ramos Daniel | 2428 | 1 | 1 | GM | Suleymanli Aydin | 2541 | 18 | |||
| 14 | 21 | GM | Vetoshko Volodymyr | 2525 | 1 | 1 | IM | Maltsevskaya Aleksandra | 2411 | 61 | |||
| 15 | 60 | IM | Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio | 2413 | 1 | 1 | GM | Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel | 2520 | 22 |
