Women: Srija Seshadri back at the top
Three Women - WGM Srija Seshadri, World Rapid 2023 Women champion - IM Anastasia Bodnaruk and WCM Bat-Erdene Mungunzul (MGL) are the leaders 4.5/5. They are followed by seven players at 4/5 each. There are two Indians among them - IM Vantika Agrawal and Asian Continental Women 2022 champion - WGM Nandhidhaa P V.
GM Karthikeyan Murali won against GM Aleksey Grebnev to stay in the lead 4.5/5
Karthikeyan - Grebnev
Position after 19...c6
GM Aleksey Grebnev (2556) made the mistake of playing 19...c6? It cost him a pawn. 20.Qxg7+! Qxg7 21.Bxe6+ Qf7 22.Bxf7+ Kxf7 23.h5 and GM Karthikeyan Murali (2658) went on to use his extra pawn advantage into a win.
Bardiya - Iniyan
Position after 12...e4?
GM Iniyan Pa (2573) went wrong early in the game 12...e4? 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.cxd5 Nb4 15.a3 0-0 16.axb4 Qxb4 17.Ra4 White already got a substantial advantage apart from the extra pawn.
GM Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI) defeated GM Iniyan Pa to stay in the lead 4.5/5 | Photo: asianchess.com
GM Abhimanyu Puranik - IM Harshavardhan G B: 0.5-0.5
GM Pranesh M (pictured) defeated FM Imangali Akhilbay (KAZ) with ease
IM Srihari L R (pictured) - GM Pranav Anand: 0.5-0.5
GM Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen (VIE) - IM Ilamparthi A R: 0.5-0.5
Srija - Xeniya
Position after 25...Rae8?
WGM Xeniya Balabayeva (KAZ, 2311) should have traded the queen 25...Qxg5 26.hxg5 Rad8 to reduce the intensity of the attack. Instead, she opted for 25...Rae8? 26.Qg6+- Nf6 27.Rae1 e4 28.h5 Qf7 now it's too late 29.h6 Black cannot avoid material loss.
WGM Srija Seshadri defeated WGM Xeniya Balabayeva (KAZ) to get back in the lead
IM Savitha Shri B - IM Vantika Agrawal (pictured): 0-1
WCM Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan (MGL) - WGM Nandhidhaa P V (pictured): 0-1
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Round 5 Open results
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | 4 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2658 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | GM | Grebnev Aleksey | 2556 | 27 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 12 | GM | Daneshvar Bardiya | 2621 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | GM | Iniyan Pa | 2573 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2693 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | GM | Lobanov Sergei | 2527 | 36 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 44 | Huang Renjie | 2491 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2630 | 9 | |||
| 5 | 7 | 10 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2624 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | IM | Harshavardhan G B | 2441 | 72 | ||
| 5 | 9 | 18 | GM | Pranesh M | 2576 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | FM | Akhilbay Imangali | 2346 | 111 | ||
| 5 | 10 | 55 | GM | Prraneeth Vuppala | 2474 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | GM | Zemlyanskii Ivan | 2563 | 23 | ||
| 5 | 11 | 59 | IM | Srihari L R | 2468 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Pranav Anand | 2555 | 28 | ||
| 5 | 15 | 6 | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | 2632 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | IM | Ilamparthi A R | 2469 | 58 | ||
| 5 | 17 | 52 | IM | Agmanov Zhandos | 2480 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2577 | 17 |
Standings after Round 5
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | GM | Daneshvar, Bardiya | IRI | 2621 | 4,5 | 2550 | 13,5 | 15,5 | 0 | |
| 2 | 4 | GM | Karthikeyan, Murali | IND | 2658 | 4,5 | 2529 | 13 | 15 | 0 | |
| 3 | 74 | Jiang, Haochen | CHN | 2439 | 4 | 2559 | 12 | 12,5 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 115 | FM | Yang, Zilong | CHN | 2326 | 4 | 2529 | 13 | 15 | 0 | |
| 5 | 36 | GM | Lobanov, Sergei | FID | 2527 | 4 | 2478 | 10,5 | 12 | 0 | |
| 6 | 23 | GM | Zemlyanskii, Ivan | FID | 2563 | 4 | 2463 | 11,5 | 13,5 | 0 | |
| 7 | 18 | GM | Pranesh, M | IND | 2576 | 4 | 2416 | 13 | 16 | 0 | |
| 8 | 59 | IM | Srihari, L R | IND | 2468 | 3,5 | 2597 | 13 | 13,5 | 0 | |
| 9 | 72 | IM | Harshavardhan, G B | IND | 2441 | 3,5 | 2568 | 12,5 | 13 | 0 | |
| 10 | 27 | GM | Grebnev, Aleksey | FID | 2556 | 3,5 | 2553 | 13,5 | 16 | 0 |
Round 6 pairings
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | 12 | GM | Daneshvar Bardiya | 2621 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2658 | 4 | |||
| 6 | 2 | 36 | GM | Lobanov Sergei | 2527 | 4 | 4 | GM | Pranesh M | 2576 | 18 | |||
| 6 | 8 | 9 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2630 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Suyarov Mukhammadzokhid | 2491 | 43 | |||
| 6 | 9 | 30 | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | 2551 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2624 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 11 | 19 | GM | Iniyan Pa | 2573 | 3½ | 3½ | Huang Renjie | 2491 | 44 | ||||
| 6 | 13 | 72 | IM | Harshavardhan G B | 2441 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Karthik Venkataraman | 2565 | 22 | |||
| 6 | 14 | 27 | GM | Grebnev Aleksey | 2556 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Srihari L R | 2468 | 59 | |||
| 6 | 15 | 28 | GM | Pranav Anand | 2555 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Zverev Lev | 2471 | 57 | |||
| 6 | 16 | 71 | Meng Yihan | 2443 | 3½ | 3 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2693 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | 18 | 58 | IM | Ilamparthi A R | 2469 | 3 | 3 | GM | Idani Pouya | 2630 | 8 |
Round 5 Women results
| 5 | 2 | 38 | WGM | Srija Seshadri | 2226 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | WGM | Balabayeva Xeniya | 2311 | 21 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 24 | IM | Savitha Shri B | 2298 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | IM | Vantika Agrawal | 2377 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 7 | 8 | IM | Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim | 2369 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | WGM | Rakshitta Ravi | 2324 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 8 | 28 | WCM | Bayasgalan Khishigbaatar | 2265 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | WGM | Nandhidhaa P V | 2363 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 10 | 14 | WIM | Khamdamova Afruza | 2344 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | WFM | Arshiya Das | 2174 | 46 | ||
| 5 | 11 | 34 | WGM | Kurmangaliyeva Liya | 2246 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 2½ | IM | Padmini Rout | 2359 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 16 | 69 | WGM | Swati Ghate | 2035 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | WGM | Priyanka Nutakki | 2277 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 19 | 81 | Ananya Raman | 1904 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2 | WIM | Sihite Chelsie Monica Ignesias | 2239 | 35 | |||
| 5 | 22 | 55 | WIM | Fronda Jan Jodilyn | 2120 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | 2258 | 31 | ||
| 5 | 23 | 71 | Arya G Mallar | 2014 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | WFM | Kaliakhmet Elnaz | 2258 | 33 |
Standings after Round 5
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 38 | WGM | Srija, Seshadri | IND | 2226 | 4,5 | 2356 | 14 | 15,5 | 0 | |
| 2 | 17 | IM | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | FID | 2332 | 4,5 | 2297 | 13 | 14,5 | 0 | |
| 3 | 22 | WCM | Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene | MGL | 2302 | 4,5 | 2260 | 14,5 | 16,5 | 0 | |
| 4 | 4 | IM | Song, Yuxin | CHN | 2397 | 4 | 2302 | 13 | 15,5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 7 | IM | Vantika, Agrawal | IND | 2377 | 4 | 2258 | 12 | 14,5 | 0 | |
| 6 | 3 | GM | Girya, Olga | FID | 2400 | 4 | 2236 | 11,5 | 13,5 | 0 | |
| 7 | 14 | WIM | Khamdamova, Afruza | UZB | 2344 | 4 | 2224 | 13 | 15,5 | 0 | |
| 8 | 8 | IM | Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim | UZB | 2369 | 4 | 2216 | 10,5 | 12,5 | 0 | |
| 9 | 10 | IM | Batkhuyag, Munguntuul | MGL | 2359 | 4 | 2206 | 10,5 | 11,5 | 0 | |
| 10 | 9 | WGM | Nandhidhaa, P V | IND | 2363 | 4 | 2192 | 11,5 | 13,5 | 0 |
Round 6 pairings
| 6 | 1 | 38 | WGM | Srija Seshadri | 2226 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Bodnaruk Anastasia | 2332 | 17 | |||
| 6 | 4 | 7 | IM | Vantika Agrawal | 2377 | 4 | 4 | WIM | Khamdamova Afruza | 2344 | 14 | |||
| 6 | 5 | 9 | WGM | Nandhidhaa P V | 2363 | 4 | 4 | IM | Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim | 2369 | 8 | |||
| 6 | 9 | 15 | WGM | Alinasab Mobina | 2342 | 3½ | 3½ | WGM | Swati Ghate | 2035 | 69 | |||
| 6 | 12 | 11 | IM | Padmini Rout | 2359 | 3 | 3 | WFM | Nurgaliyeva Zarina | 2235 | 37 | |||
| 6 | 15 | 19 | WGM | Rakshitta Ravi | 2324 | 3 | 3 | WFM | Mohammadi Melika | 2205 | 42 | |||
| 6 | 16 | 82 | Zhou Shumeng | 1901 | 3 | 3 | IM | Savitha Shri B | 2298 | 24 | ||||
| 6 | 18 | 30 | WFM | Yakimova Mariya | 2260 | 3 | 3 | Ananya Raman | 1904 | 81 | ||||
| 6 | 19 | 31 | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | 2258 | 3 | 3 | WFM | Arshiya Das | 2174 | 46 | |||
| 6 | 20 | 33 | WFM | Kaliakhmet Elnaz | 2258 | 3 | 3 | IM | Mohota Nisha | 2161 | 48 |
