Bogdanovich takes sole lead after round 6 in 9th HDBank International Open 2019

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/03/2019

GM Stanislav Bogdanovic of Ukraine drew with overnight leader GM Eduardo Bonelli Iturrizaga of Venezuela in round 5, after Iturrizaga defended the endgame well despite being down by an exchange. In the following round Bogdanovic defeated GM Ivan Cheparinov of Georgia and took sole lead in 9th HDBank International Open 2019. Cheparinov went for a wrong chain exchange in Giuco Piano and his position became worse. Eventually rectifying that mistake cost him the game eventually. Among the Indians, IM Leon Mendonca Luke and GM Karthik Venkataraman are the most impressive so far. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Leon Mendonca Luke and GM Karthik Venkataraman impressive among the Indians so far

Leon managed to equalize easily with Black pieces against GM Wen Yang in Sicilian Najdorf. However he got into a prolonged Queen and minor pieces endgame which became worse as time went by. However Leon is not the kind to give up. He shows his never-give-up and managed to walk away with a half-point from a terribly uncomfortable position.

12-year old showcased his tenacity and salvaged a draw after 4.5 hours + marathon game of 99 moves. Video: Shahid Ahmed

Leon defeated IM John Marvin Miciano of Philippines in round 6 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Karthik Venkataraman drew both of his games today against GM Loek Van Wely and GM Ivan Popov in round 5 and 6 respectively | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

In round 5, against Loek Van Wely, Karthik had an interesting draw arising out of Queen's Gambit Declined. Things could have gone sideways easily for Karthik but he made the right call to run his King away when the King's castle was on fire.

You gotta do what's necessary when required even if that means running your King away

Karthik made a quick draw in round 6 against GM Ivan Popov in just 22 moves in Queen's Gambit Accepted.

Bogdanovich missed a few winning chances in the endgame after Iturrizaga's exchange sacrifice went wrong | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Bogdanovich found a few winning opportunities in a 107-move marathon game in round 5.

This was one of the final notable winning opportunity. Here Bogdanovich played 72. Rd3. What should he have played instead?

Cheparinov will rethink his chain exchange choices in Italian Opening after suffering defeat against Bogdanovic | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Cheparinov just played 14.dxe5. Which piece should Black save here? Bishop at c4 or the Knight at f6?

Photo Gallery:

IM P Saravana Krishnan drew with GM Sandipan Chanda in round 5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM P Shyamnikhil drew with GM Anton Demchenko in round 6 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Round 5 results:

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	13	GM	Bogdanovich Stanislav		UKR	2536	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo		VEN	2639	6
2	1	GM	Wang Hao		CHN	2718	3½	1 - 0	3½	GM	Megaranto Susanto		INA	2526	16
3	18	IM	Xu Yi		CHN	2520	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Mareco Sandro		ARG	2666	4
4	7	GM	Van Wely Loek		NED	2612	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Karthik Venkataraman		IND	2494	20
5	40	GM	Laxman R.R.		IND	2425	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Cheparinov Ivan		GEO	2683	2
6	3	GM	Demchenko Anton		RUS	2678	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung		VIE	2458	26
7	5	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son		VIE	2647	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Laylo Darwin		PHI	2430	36
8	41	IM	Bulmaga Irina		ROU	2424	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Predke Alexandr		RUS	2611	8
9	9	GM	Wen Yang		CHN	2599	3	½ - ½	3	CM	Mendonca Leon Luke	U16	IND	2446	30
10	11	GM	Popov Ivan		RUS	2581	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Tu Hoang Thong		VIE	2416	44
11	46	IM	Nitin S.		IND	2408	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Tran Tuan Minh		VIE	2556	12
12	71	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.		IND	2352	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Chanda Sandipan		IND	2534	14
13	15	IM	Gukesh D	U16	IND	2529	3	1 - 0	3	FM	Zou Chen		CHN	2397	48
14	19	FM	Nasanjargal Urtnasan		MGL	2503	2½	1 - 0	3		Xu Minghui		CHN	2293	86
15	65		Wang Shixu B		CHN	2362	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Nguyen Anh Khoi		VIE	2484	24
16	27	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa		VIE	2450	2½	½ - ½	2½	CM	Rohith Krishna S	U16	IND	2363	64
17	31	IM	Liu Guanchu		CHN	2445	2½	1 - 0	2½	CM	Le Minh Hoang		VIE	2299	82
18	83	IM	Kulkarni Rakesh		IND	2298	2½	1 - 0	2½		Chen Qi B		CHN	2443	32
19	97	FM	Lim Zhuo Ren		MAS	2248	2½	½ - ½	2½	WGM	Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim		UZB	2434	33
20	73	IM	Tran Minh Thang		VIE	2343	2½	½ - ½	2½		Li Yankai		CHN	2434	34

Round 6 results:

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	6	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo		VEN	2639	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Wang Hao		CHN	2718	1
2	2	GM	Cheparinov Ivan		GEO	2683	4	0 - 1	4½	GM	Bogdanovich Stanislav		UKR	2536	13
3	4	GM	Mareco Sandro		ARG	2666	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Gukesh D	U16	IND	2529	15
4	12	GM	Tran Tuan Minh		VIE	2556	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son		VIE	2647	5
5	7	GM	Van Wely Loek		NED	2612	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Xu Yi		CHN	2520	18
6	20	GM	Karthik Venkataraman		IND	2494	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Popov Ivan		RUS	2581	11
7	37	IM	Shyaamnikhil P		IND	2429	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Demchenko Anton		RUS	2678	3
8	8	GM	Predke Alexandr		RUS	2611	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Le Quang Long		VIE	2412	45
9	41	IM	Bulmaga Irina		ROU	2424	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Wen Yang		CHN	2599	9
10	14	GM	Chanda Sandipan		IND	2534	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Cao Sang		VIE	2385	53
11	16	GM	Megaranto Susanto		INA	2526	3½	0 - 1	3½	IM	Pham Chuong		VIE	2383	55
12	19	FM	Nasanjargal Urtnasan		MGL	2503	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Chu Wei Chao		CHN	2373	62
13	26	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung		VIE	2458	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Saravana Krishnan P.		IND	2352	71
14	30	CM	Mendonca Leon Luke	U16	IND	2446	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Miciano John Marvin		PHI	2317	76
15	83	IM	Kulkarni Rakesh		IND	2298	3½	0 - 1	3½	IM	Liu Guanchu		CHN	2445	31
16	91	IM	Quizon Daniel	U16	PHI	2268	3½	0 - 1	3½		Zhao Yuanhe		CHN	2431	35
17	24	IM	Nguyen Anh Khoi		VIE	2484	3	1 - 0	3	FM	Nguyen Dang Hong Phuc		VIE	2376	59
18	58	FM	Setyaki Azarya Jodi		INA	2378	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Nguyen Duc Hoa		VIE	2450	27
19	60		Tran Quoc Dung		VIE	2376	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Pascua Haridas		PHI	2446	28
20	33	WGM	Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim		UZB	2434	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen		VIE	2374	61

Round 7 pairings:

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	13	GM	Bogdanovich Stanislav		UKR	2536	5½		5	GM	Mareco Sandro		ARG	2666	4
2	1	GM	Wang Hao		CHN	2718	5		5	GM	Van Wely Loek		NED	2612	7
3	5	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son		VIE	2647	4½		5	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo		VEN	2639	6
4	31	IM	Liu Guanchu		CHN	2445	4½		4½	GM	Predke Alexandr		RUS	2611	8
5	9	GM	Wen Yang		CHN	2599	4½		4½	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung		VIE	2458	26
6	11	GM	Popov Ivan		RUS	2581	4½		4½	CM	Mendonca Leon Luke	U16	IND	2446	30
7	35		Zhao Yuanhe		CHN	2431	4½		4½	GM	Tran Tuan Minh		VIE	2556	12
8	53	GM	Cao Sang		VIE	2385	4½		4½	GM	Karthik Venkataraman		IND	2494	20
9	55	IM	Pham Chuong		VIE	2383	4½		4	GM	Demchenko Anton		RUS	2678	3
10	49	FM	Hoang Canh Huan		VIE	2394	4		4	GM	Cheparinov Ivan		GEO	2683	2
11	15	IM	Gukesh D	U16	IND	2529	4		4	FM	Setyaki Azarya Jodi		INA	2378	58
12	18	IM	Xu Yi		CHN	2520	4		4		Tran Quoc Dung		VIE	2376	60
13	61	IM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen		VIE	2374	4		4	FM	Nasanjargal Urtnasan		MGL	2503	19
14	62	IM	Chu Wei Chao		CHN	2373	4		4	IM	Nguyen Anh Khoi		VIE	2484	24
15	70	IM	Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari		IND	2352	4		4	IM	Shyaamnikhil P		IND	2429	37
16	40	GM	Laxman R.R.		IND	2425	4		4	WIM	Nandhidhaa P V		IND	2240	100
17	65		Wang Shixu B		CHN	2362	3½		3½	GM	Chanda Sandipan		IND	2534	14
18	66	IM	Rathnakaran K.		IND	2361	3½		3½	GM	Megaranto Susanto		INA	2526	16
19	67	IM	Fenil Shah		IND	2360	3½		3½		Chen Qi B		CHN	2443	32
20	69	IM	Vo Thanh Ninh		VIE	2358	3½		3½		Li Yankai		CHN	2434	34