3rd Menorca Open R1-5: Aryan Chopra and Nihal Sarin in a six-way lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/04/2024

GM Aryan Chopra and GM Nihal Sarin are the two Indian in a six-pack lead 4.5/5 at 3rd Menorca Open 2024. The remaining four are - GM Kirill Alekseenko (AUT), GM Daniel Dardha (BEL), IM Jan Klimkowski (POL) and GM Max Warmerdam (NED). They are closely followed by a dozen and a half players at 4/5. Aryan will face Nihal in the sixth round. The tournament boasts a field of 43 GMs, 56 IMs, 6 WGMs and 6 WIMs from 45 countries in a total of 275 players. The total prize fund is €20000. The top three prizes are €5000, €3000 and €2000 along with a trophy each. The first two editions were won by D Gukesh. Will another Indian win the third edition? Round 6 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 8:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Menorca Chess Open

An extremely strong field

GM Nihal Sarin is one of the six leaders at 4.5/5 | Photo: Menorca Chess Open

Aryan - Girel, Round 4

Position after 41...f5??

IM Joseph Girel (FRA, 2479) blundered in an equal knight endgame against GM Aryan Chopra (2630). Find out the winning continuation for White. The game continued 42.gxf5+ gxf5 43.f4 Black blundered against exf4+?? 44.Kxf4 and White won the game in the next few moves.

GM Aryan Chopra is one of the six leaders at 4.5/5

Nihal - Iermito, Round 5

Position after 44...Be7??

Find out the winning continuation for White after IM Sebastian Iermito's (ARG, 2511) big mistake 44...Be7?? against GM Nihal Sarin (2698).

Top boards | Photo: Menorca Chess Open

The tournament hall at Ciutadella in Menorca, Spain | Photo: Menorca Chess Open

Replay Round 5 Live Commentary by IM Michael Rahal (ESP) | Video: Michael Rahal

A total of 275 players including 43 GMs, 56 IMs, 6 WGMs and 6 WIMs are taking part from 45 countries across the world in Group A (>1750). The six day nine-round Swiss League Rating tournament is organized by Chess Menorca from 2nd to 7th April 2024 at Ciutadella in Menorca, Spain. The time control of the tournament is 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Replay Round 1-5 games

Round 5 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	39	IM	Klimkowski, Jan	2505	4	½ - ½	3½	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	2662	6
2	24	GM	Sosa, Tomas	2562	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2756	1
3	2	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2698	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Iermito, Sebastian	2511	37
4	5	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2668	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Krzyzanowski, Marcin	2510	38
5	7	GM	Alekseenko, Kirill	2655	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Alexakis, Dimitris	2443	72
6	28	GM	Gorshtein, Ido	2540	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Warmerdam, Max	2633	10
7	65	IM	Agmanov, Zhandos	2458	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Aryan, Chopra	2630	12
8	13	GM	Dardha, Daniel	2630	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Audi, Ameya	2387	94
9	63	IM	Seemann, Jakub	2465	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	2621	14
10	67	FM	Makkar, Rajat	2452	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Idani, Pouya	2602	19
11	117	FM	Mamedov, Edgar	2317	3½	0 - 1	3	GM	Pichot, Alan	2644	8
12	3	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	2690	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier	2467	60
13	9	GM	Lagarde, Maxime	2640	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Zhu, Jiner	2463	64
14	11	GM	Murzin, Volodar	2632	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Bilych, Olexiy	2451	68
15	15	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2609	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Deuer, Marius	2439	74

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	12	GM	Aryan, Chopra	IND	2630	4,5	16,5	14	13,5
2	7	GM	Alekseenko, Kirill	AUT	2655	4,5	16	14	14
	13	GM	Dardha, Daniel	BEL	2630	4,5	16	14	14
4	39	IM	Klimkowski, Jan	POL	2505	4,5	15,5	13,5	14,5
5	10	GM	Warmerdam, Max	NED	2633	4,5	15,5	13,5	13,5
6	2	GM	Nihal, Sarin	IND	2698	4,5	14,5	13	13,5
7	5	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	NED	2668	4	17,5	14,5	13
8	19	GM	Idani, Pouya	IRI	2602	4	16,5	12,5	13,5
9	63	IM	Seemann, Jakub	POL	2465	4	16	14,5	13
10	14	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	ESP	2621	4	16	14	13
	24	GM	Sosa, Tomas	ARG	2562	4	16	14	13
12	8	GM	Pichot, Alan	ESP	2644	4	16	14	12,5
13	38	GM	Krzyzanowski, Marcin	POL	2510	4	15,5	14	13,5
14	6	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2662	4	15,5	13,5	12,5
	67	FM	Makkar, Rajat	FRA	2452	4	15,5	13,5	12,5

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Round 6 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	12	GM	Aryan, Chopra	2630	4½	4½	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2698	2
2	13	GM	Dardha, Daniel	2630	4½	4½	GM	Alekseenko, Kirill	2655	7
3	10	GM	Warmerdam, Max	2633	4½	4½	IM	Klimkowski, Jan	2505	39
4	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2756	4	4	GM	Raja, Rithvik R	2532	31
5	3	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	2690	4	4	GM	Sosa, Tomas	2562	24
6	5	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2668	4	4	GM	Pranav, Anand	2519	35
7	6	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	2662	4	4	GM	Balakrishnan, Praveen	2500	43
8	8	GM	Pichot, Alan	2644	4	4	IM	Seemann, Jakub	2465	63
9	19	GM	Idani, Pouya	2602	4	4	GM	Murzin, Volodar	2632	11
10	14	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	2621	4	4	FM	Makkar, Rajat	2452	67
11	38	GM	Krzyzanowski, Marcin	2510	4	4	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	2609	15
12	48	IM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2491	4	4	GM	Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel	2604	17
13	56	FM	Macias Pino, Diego	2478	3½	3½	GM	Lagarde, Maxime	2640	9
14	16	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	2607	3½	3½	IM	Baskin, Robert	2466	62
15	18	GM	Pranav, V	2604	3½	3½	IM	Koelle, Tobias	2467	61

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