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Prague Chess Festival 2022 Masters R5-6: Liem leads, Harikrishna trails

by Shahid Ahmed - 15/06/2022

Pentala Harikrishna and Vidit Gujrathi drew both of their respective games in Round 5 and 6. Liem Quang Le (VIE) emerged as the sole leader 4.5/6 at Prague International Chess Festival 2022 Masters. He is closely followed by Harikrishna at 4/6. They will face each other today in the seventh round. Vidit is still struggling at 2.5/6. In the Challengers section, Sasikiran lost his fifth round game against the in-form Hans Niemann (USA). He bounced back well by winning against Peter Michalik in the following round. Round 7 starts today at 3 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

Harikrishna and Vidit draw, Sasikiran scores

Sasikiran bounced back well after suffering a loss | Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

Masters Round 5: Vidit - Parham: 0.5-0.5

India no.2, Vidit Gujrathi (2723) had a complex game against Iran no.1 GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2716) which ended in a draw.

The 18-point Calculation training with Vidit Gujrathi vs Parham Maghsoodloo | Video: ChessBase India

Round 5: Vidit Gujrathi - Parham Maghsooloo: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Vladimir Jagr/Prague International Chess Festival 2022

Pentala Harikrishna - David Navara: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Vladimir Jagr/Prague International Chess Festival 2022

Challengers Round 6: Sasikiran - Michalik: 1-0

Krishnan Sasikiran (2635) scored a nice win using tactics Peter Michalik (CZE, 2577).

Position after 24...Rfc8

24...Rfc8 allows White to exploit the position tactically. Find out how.

Prague International Chess Festival 2022 Masters Round 5 Live Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India
Prague International Chess Festival 2022 Masters Round 6 Live Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Replay Round 5-6 Masters games

Replay Round 5-6 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 6 results

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.
1102692
GMAnton Guijarro David½ - ½GMShankland Sam
27188
292716
GMMaghsoodloo Parham1 - 0GMVallejo Pons Francisco
27037
312681
GMNavara David½ - ½GMVidit Santosh Gujrathi
27236
422610
GMNguyen Thai Dai Van½ - ½GMHarikrishna Pentala
27015
532709
GMLe Quang Liem1 - 0GMSalem A.R. Saleh
26794

Round 7 pairings

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.
142679
GMSalem A.R. SalehGMAnton Guijarro David
269210
252701
GMHarikrishna PentalaGMLe Quang Liem
27093
362723
GMVidit Santosh GujrathiGMNguyen Thai Dai Van
26102
472703
GMVallejo Pons FranciscoGMNavara David
26811
582718
GMShankland SamGMMaghsoodloo Parham
27169

Complete pairings

Standings after Round 6

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
13
GMLe Quang LiemVIE27094,50,012,002
25
GMHarikrishna PentalaIND27014,00,012,003
32
GMNguyen Thai Dai VanCZE26103,50,59,752
41
GMNavara DavidCZE26813,50,58,002
59
GMMaghsoodloo ParhamIRI27163,00,09,003
67
GMVallejo Pons FranciscoESP27033,00,07,004
8
GMShankland SamUSA27183,00,07,004
86
GMVidit Santosh GujrathiIND27232,50,07,004
910
GMAnton Guijarro DavidESP26921,50,05,003
104
GMSalem A.R. SalehUAE26791,50,04,753

Details

Challengers Round 6 results

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.
1102564
GMHracek Zbynek½ - ½GMStocek Jiri
25418
292613
GMWarmerdam Max0 - 1GMAbdusattorov Nodirbek
26617
312675
GMKeymer Vincent½ - ½GMKrzyzanowski Marcin
25356
422635
GMSasikiran Krishnan1 - 0GMMichalik Peter
25775
532598
GMPechac Jergus½ - ½GMNiemann Hans Moke
26784

Round 7 pairings

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.
142678
GMNiemann Hans MokeGMHracek Zbynek
256410
252577
GMMichalik PeterGMPechac Jergus
25983
362535
GMKrzyzanowski MarcinGMSasikiran Krishnan
26352
472661
GMAbdusattorov NodirbekGMKeymer Vincent
26751
582541
GMStocek JiriGMWarmerdam Max
26139

Complete pairings

Standings after Round 6

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
11
GMKeymer VincentGER26754,50,011,502
27
GMAbdusattorov NodirbekUZB26614,50,010,504
34
GMNiemann Hans MokeUSA26783,50,512,253
43
GMPechac JergusSVK25983,50,510,252
52
GMSasikiran KrishnanIND26353,00,57,252
69
GMWarmerdam MaxNED26133,00,56,753
710
GMHracek ZbynekCZE25642,50,07,003
86
GMKrzyzanowski MarcinPOL25352,01,06,504
98
GMStocek JiriCZE25412,00,05,504
105
GMMichalik PeterCZE25771,50,03,003

Details

Time Control

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

Links

Official site

Prague Chess Festival: fbtwitter, instagram and youtube