Prague Chess Festival 2022 Masters R2: A tough day

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/06/2022

Sometimes things do not turn out the way we want it to be. A loved one may not respond the way you expected, words can be misconstrued, and the result on the 64 squares may end up being the undesired one. Vidit was on the unfortunate end of a now common draw in the Petroff's Defence against Spain no.2, David Anton Guijarro. Harikrishna's opponent Spain no.1 Francisco Vallejo Pons did not give him any opportunity. Sasikiran was denied any point by Germany no.1, Vincent Keymer. Overall, it was a tough a day for the Indian players at Prague International Chess Festival 2022 in both Masters and Challengers section. Round 3 starts today at 3 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

Vidit and Harikrishna draw, Sasikiran loses

FIDE Vice-President and IO Lukasz Turlej visited the tournament.

Round 2 in action | Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

Masters: Anton - Vidit: 0.5-0.5

Spain no.2 David Anton Guijarro (2692) had a draw with India no.2 Vidit Gujrathi (2723) in the Petroff's Defense. A very similar draw was observed over 1.5 years in the game between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Levon Aronian at Skilling Open, part of Champions Chess Tour 2020.

Vidit ends up with more time when the game finished than what he began with! | Video: ChessBase India

Prague International Chess Festival 2022 Masters Round 2 Live Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Replay Round 2 Masters games

Replay Round 2 Challengers games

Schedule

The Round-Robin tournament will take place from 8th to 17th June 2022. Every day except the last round, games will start at 3 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. IST). Sunday 12th June is a rest day. The ninth round game on 17th June will start at 11 a.m. local time (2:30 p.m. IST).

Masters Round 2 results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	10	2692	GM	Anton Guijarro David	½ - ½	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2723	6
2	7	2703	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	½ - ½	GM	Harikrishna Pentala	2701	5
3	8	2718	GM	Shankland Sam	1 - 0	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2679	4
4	9	2716	GM	Maghsoodloo Parham	½ - ½	GM	Le Quang Liem	2709	3
5	1	2681	GM	Navara David	½ - ½	GM	Nguyen Thai Dai Van	2610	2

Round 3 pairings

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	2610	GM	Nguyen Thai Dai Van		GM	Anton Guijarro David	2692	10
2	3	2709	GM	Le Quang Liem		GM	Navara David	2681	1
3	4	2679	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh		GM	Maghsoodloo Parham	2716	9
4	5	2701	GM	Harikrishna Pentala		GM	Shankland Sam	2718	8
5	6	2723	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi		GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2703	7

Complete pairings

Challengers Round 2 results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	10	2564	GM	Hracek Zbynek	1 - 0	GM	Krzyzanowski Marcin	2535	6
2	7	2661	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	1 - 0	GM	Michalik Peter	2577	5
3	8	2541	GM	Stocek Jiri	1 - 0	GM	Niemann Hans Moke	2678	4
4	9	2613	GM	Warmerdam Max	½ - ½	GM	Pechac Jergus	2598	3
5	1	2675	GM	Keymer Vincent	1 - 0	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2635	2

Round 3 pairings

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	2635	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan		GM	Hracek Zbynek	2564	10
2	3	2598	GM	Pechac Jergus		GM	Keymer Vincent	2675	1
3	4	2678	GM	Niemann Hans Moke		GM	Warmerdam Max	2613	9
4	5	2577	GM	Michalik Peter		GM	Stocek Jiri	2541	8
5	6	2535	GM	Krzyzanowski Marcin		GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	2661	7

Complete pairings

Time Control

The time control is 90'/40 moves + 30'/end & 30"/move.

Links

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