Ioannidis, Beerdsen, Pechac, Zhao and Sofronie are at the top

GM Raja Rithvik is in the lead 4.5/5

Vykouk - Rithvik

Position after 33.g3?

33.g3? was a mistake by IM Jan Vykouk (CZE, 2478). GM Raja Rithvik R (2522) correctly found 33...Ne7! Backward moves are not easy to find. This was necessary to capitalize on the second rank absolute pin. 34.Ra8+ Kh7 35.Ra7 Nd5 36.Rxf7 Nc3 Black won the game in five more moves.

Replay Round 1-5 games

Round 5 results

Rd.Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
5213
IMVykouk JanCZE247840 - 13½GMRaja Rithvik RIND2522
6
51041
IMDas ArghyadipIND23503½0 - 13½IMZhao YuanheCHN2466
18
51260
WGMKlek Hanna MarieGER22893½ - ½3GMSasikiran KrishnanIND2548
4
51617
IMUrazayev ArystanbekKAZ246731 - 03CMSoham DatarIND2239
70
51969
FMRasmussen CasperDEN22403½ - ½3IMDhulipalla Bala Chandra PrasadIND2432
24
52481
FMChakrabarty ReyaanshAUS21813½ - ½3IMVantika AgrawalIND2411
29
54133
IMBitan BanerjeeIND23992½0 - 12½CMSofronie VladimirROU2078
112
555158
Avadhoot Lokesh Bhakti BrahmeIND20002½1 - 02½Malkiel DanielUSA2126
96
593258
Bakhare AtharvaIND17682½ - ½2CMPopov RomanCZE2010
150
5146292
Rithik Heman OdhraniIND151701 - 00Polacek TimotejCZE1639
280

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.SNo NamesexFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 Krtg+/-
16
GMRaja, Rithvik RIND25224,51518,516,50107,7
211
GMIoannidis, EvgeniosGRE24844,5151714,75109,2
37
GMBeerdsen, ThomasNED25114,514,517,515,25108
41
GMPechac, JergusSVK2603Tj Slávia Caissa Čadca4,513,51513,00103,9
518
IMZhao, YuanheCHN2466Chinese Sichuan4,513,514,512,50107,5
636
IMSofronie, IulianROU2380ACS LOGIC 64 BRASOV4,5131512,501012,1
72
GMNyzhnyk, IllyaUKR2569415,51814,00100,2
831
IMEren, AtaberkTUR2402415,517,513,25106,4
913
IMVykouk, JanCZE2478SK JOLY Lysa nad Labem, z.s.4151712,50104,5
1019
GMKraus, TomasCZE2451SK JOLY Lysa nad Labem, z.s.414,51712,75105,6

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Round 6 pairings

Rd.Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
626
GMRaja Rithvik RIND25224½4½IMZhao YuanheCHN2466
18
6174
GMSasikiran KrishnanIND25483½4FMTopencik BrunoCZE2153
89
62124
IMDhulipalla Bala Chandra PrasadIND24323½3½FMChakrabarty ReyaanshAUS2181
81
62374
Santamaria Fernandez GuillermoESP22253½3½IMVantika AgrawalIND2411
29
62978
IMWelling GerardNED21953½3½IMDas ArghyadipIND2350
41
637158
Avadhoot Lokesh Bhakti BrahmeIND20003½3½WGMKlek Hanna MarieGER2289
60
64870
CMSoham DatarIND223933Pintor SimaoPOR2038
134
665155
WCMEjsymont BlankaPOL20032½2½IMBitan BanerjeeIND2399
33
678137
WFMSilva MarianaPOR20302½2½Bakhare AtharvaIND1768
258
6136249
Kusova NikolaCZE179011Rithik Heman OdhraniIND1517
292

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