Eduardo and Bogdanovich are in joint lead in 9th HDBank International 2019

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/03/2019

GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo and GM Stanislav Bogdanovich defeated GM Gukesh D and GM Sandipan Chanda respectively to take joint lead at the conclusion of round 4 in 9th HDBank International Open 2019. Gukesh's pawn sacrifice went wrong, things slowly started to get out of hand and eventually the game. Sandipan made a tactical error which cost him an exchange and the position became difficult. Leon and Laxman drew with GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and GM Tranh Tuan Minh. The report contains selected games, photos and interviews. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Gukesh and Sandipan loses lead, Leon draws with GM Truong Son

Despite equalizing easily with Black pieces out of the opening King's Indian Defence, the pawn sacrifice at the center of board did not go well as planned.

Gukesh played 18...d5 here. What would you suggest Black should have gone with?

The future of Indian chess: IM Leon and GM Gukesh | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Leon made a quick draw with GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son of Vietnam in just 13 moves.

GM Stanislav Bogdanovich arrived first at the board and scored the full point | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Bogdanovich just played 20...g6 and the position seems harmless for White...

Sandipan played 21.Ne2 and Bogdanovich attacked his Queen with 21...h5. How would you react here?

Photo Gallery:

GM Wang Hao scored a comfortable victory against IM Nguyen Anh Khoi of Vietnam | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Susanto Megaranto has had a good start so far. He will face a stiff challenge tomorrow in form of GM Wang Hao of China | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Defending champion GM Sandro Mareco of Argentina scored a quick win against IM P Shyamnikhil | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second seed of the tournament GM Ivan Cheparinov scored a fine win over IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Video Gallery:

Former Dutch no.1 and World top 10 player, GM Loek Van Wely of Netherlands talks about HDBank International being in his wishlist for a long time and a lot more | Video: Shahid Ahmed

GM Antoaneta Stefanova talks about playing in 9th HDBank International Open 2019, Women's Candidates Tournament and more | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Round 4 results:

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	6	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo		VEN	2639	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Gukesh D	U16	IND	2529	15
2	14	GM	Chanda Sandipan		IND	2534	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Bogdanovich Stanislav		UKR	2536	13
3	24	IM	Nguyen Anh Khoi		VIE	2484	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Wang Hao		CHN	2718	1
4	4	GM	Mareco Sandro		ARG	2666	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Shyaamnikhil P		IND	2429	37
5	30	CM	Mendonca Leon Luke	U16	IND	2446	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son		VIE	2647	5
6	34		Li Yankai		CHN	2434	2½	0 - 1	2½	GM	Van Wely Loek		NED	2612	7
7	36	GM	Laylo Darwin		PHI	2430	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Popov Ivan		RUS	2581	11
8	12	GM	Tran Tuan Minh		VIE	2556	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Laxman R.R.		IND	2425	40
9	16	GM	Megaranto Susanto		INA	2526	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Cao Sang		VIE	2385	53
10	18	IM	Xu Yi		CHN	2520	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Chu Wei Chao		CHN	2373	62
11	20	GM	Karthik Venkataraman		IND	2494	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Kulkarni Rakesh		IND	2298	83
12	2	GM	Cheparinov Ivan		GEO	2683	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen		VIE	2374	61
13	56	IM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma		INA	2381	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Demchenko Anton		RUS	2678	3
14	8	GM	Predke Alexandr		RUS	2611	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Vo Thanh Ninh		VIE	2358	69
15	58	FM	Setyaki Azarya Jodi		INA	2378	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Wen Yang		CHN	2599	9
16	74		Huang Renjie	U16	CHN	2335	2	½ - ½	2	FM	Nasanjargal Urtnasan		MGL	2503	19
17	26	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung		VIE	2458	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari		IND	2352	70
18	86		Xu Minghui		CHN	2293	2	1 - 0	2	IM	Pascua Haridas		PHI	2446	28
19	29	IM	Taher Yoseph Theolifus		INA	2446	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.		IND	2352	71
20	90	IM	Bao Khoa		VIE	2277	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Liu Guanchu		CHN	2445	31

Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	13	GM	Bogdanovich Stanislav		UKR	2536	4		4	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo		VEN	2639	6
2	1	GM	Wang Hao		CHN	2718	3½		3½	GM	Megaranto Susanto		INA	2526	16
3	18	IM	Xu Yi		CHN	2520	3½		3½	GM	Mareco Sandro		ARG	2666	4
4	7	GM	Van Wely Loek		NED	2612	3½		3½	GM	Karthik Venkataraman		IND	2494	20
5	40	GM	Laxman R.R.		IND	2425	3		3	GM	Cheparinov Ivan		GEO	2683	2
6	3	GM	Demchenko Anton		RUS	2678	3		3	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung		VIE	2458	26
7	5	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son		VIE	2647	3		3	GM	Laylo Darwin		PHI	2430	36
8	41	IM	Bulmaga Irina		ROU	2424	3		3	GM	Predke Alexandr		RUS	2611	8
9	9	GM	Wen Yang		CHN	2599	3		3	CM	Mendonca Leon Luke	U16	IND	2446	30
10	11	GM	Popov Ivan		RUS	2581	3		3	GM	Tu Hoang Thong		VIE	2416	44
11	46	IM	Nitin S.		IND	2408	3		3	GM	Tran Tuan Minh		VIE	2556	12
12	71	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.		IND	2352	3		3	GM	Chanda Sandipan		IND	2534	14
13	15	IM	Gukesh D	U16	IND	2529	3		3	FM	Zou Chen		CHN	2397	48
14	19	FM	Nasanjargal Urtnasan		MGL	2503	2½		3		Xu Minghui		CHN	2293	86
15	65		Wang Shixu B		CHN	2362	2½		2½	IM	Nguyen Anh Khoi		VIE	2484	24
16	27	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa		VIE	2450	2½		2½	CM	Rohith Krishna S	U16	IND	2363	64
17	31	IM	Liu Guanchu		CHN	2445	2½		2½	CM	Le Minh Hoang		VIE	2299	82
18	83	IM	Kulkarni Rakesh		IND	2298	2½		2½		Chen Qi B		CHN	2443	32
19	97	FM	Lim Zhuo Ren		MAS	2248	2½		2½	WGM	Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim		UZB	2434	33
20	73	IM	Tran Minh Thang		VIE	2343	2½		2½		Li Yankai		CHN	2434	34

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