Bernadskiy in sole lead
In Round 4, IM Moksh Amit Doshi, FM Mohamed Anees M and Ojas Kulkarni drew with GM Zdenko Kozul (CRO), IM Pranesh M and IM Hampus Sorensen (SWE) respectively. In Round 5, Anees drew with GM Ivajlo Enchev (BUL).
Round 5: Prraneeth - Hans: 1-0
CM Prraneeth Vuppal drew the morning round 4 game against GM Arjun Kalyan. In the fifth round, he was paired against GM Hans Niemann (USA).
23...a5 may seem like an unassuming move at a first glance. Only after a careful observation, one might realize why it is a big positional mistake. Try to think like Prraneeth and find the best continuation for White.
Find out the nice finish for White after 32...Qe8.
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The tournament is taking place at Hotel Kursaal, Cattolica in Italy from 2nd to 9th January 2021. Time control is 90 mins + 30 seconds increment and 15 minutes each will be added after 40th move in Group A which is for above 1800 FIDE rating.
Replay Round 4-5 games
Round 4 results
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 13 | GM | Lodici Lorenzo | 2524 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Korobov Anton | 2699 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 18 | GM | Kotronias Vasilios | 2485 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Tabatabaei M. Amin | 2643 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 8 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | 2589 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | IM | Ioannidis Evgenios | 2466 | 22 | ||
| 4 | 24 | IM | Pantzar Milton | 2434 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2548 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 17 | GM | Dvirnyy Danyyil | 2492 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | GM | Thybo Jesper Sondergaard | 2592 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 11 | GM | Arjun Kalyan | 2532 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | CM | Prraneeth Vuppala | 2417 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 15 | GM | Alsina Leal Daniel | 2507 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | FM | Pasti Aron | 2411 | 27 | ||
| 8 | 2 | GM | Niemann Hans Moke | 2645 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2½ | IM | Salimova Nurgyul | 2353 | 44 | ||
| 9 | 4 | GM | Kozul Zdenko | 2639 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | IM | Moksh Amit Doshi | 2368 | 37 | ||
| 10 | 6 | GM | Lagarde Maxime | 2632 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | 2354 | 43 | ||
| 11 | 10 | GM | Iniyan P | 2540 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | FM | Siddharth Jagadeesh | 2344 | 47 | ||
| 12 | 36 | FM | Costa Leonardo | 2373 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | GM | Zelcic Robert | 2531 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 40 | FM | Cumming Rhys | 2358 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | GM | Nikolov Momchil | 2508 | 14 | ||
| 14 | 51 | WGM | Fataliyeva Ulviyya | 2324 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | GM | Brunello Sabino | 2503 | 16 | ||
| 15 | 19 | GM | Enchev Ivajlo | 2477 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | WIM | Beydullayeva Govhar | 2290 | 57 |
Round 5 results
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Korobov Anton | 2699 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | 2589 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 3 | GM | Tabatabaei M. Amin | 2643 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Lodici Lorenzo | 2524 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 9 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2548 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Kotronias Vasilios | 2485 | 18 | ||
| 4 | 7 | GM | Thybo Jesper Sondergaard | 2592 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3½ | IM | Pantzar Milton | 2434 | 24 | ||
| 5 | 25 | CM | Prraneeth Vuppala | 2417 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | GM | Niemann Hans Moke | 2645 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 22 | IM | Ioannidis Evgenios | 2466 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Short Nigel D | 2633 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 27 | FM | Pasti Aron | 2411 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | GM | Lagarde Maxime | 2632 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 28 | GM | Neelotpal Das | 2410 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Iniyan P | 2540 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 29 | IM | Gilevych Artem | 2407 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Arjun Kalyan | 2532 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 30 | FM | Hess Max | 2404 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | GM | Alsina Leal Daniel | 2507 | 15 | ||
| 11 | 31 | FM | Martinovici Ilia | 2398 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Dvirnyy Danyyil | 2492 | 17 | ||
| 12 | 65 | FM | Sreyas Payyappat | 2250 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | IM | Bharath Subramaniyam H | 2476 | 21 | ||
| 13 | 45 | IM | Soumya Swaminathan | 2351 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | GM | Kozul Zdenko | 2639 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 12 | GM | Zelcic Robert | 2531 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | WGM | Nandhidhaa P V | 2336 | 48 | ||
| 15 | 14 | GM | Nikolov Momchil | 2508 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | FM | Pasztor Balazs | 2335 | 49 |
Round 6 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 8 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | 2589 | 4½ | 4 | GM | Tabatabaei M. Amin | 2643 | 3 | |||
| 2 | 15 | GM | Alsina Leal Daniel | 2507 | 4 | 4 | GM | Korobov Anton | 2699 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 6 | GM | Lagarde Maxime | 2632 | 4 | 4 | GM | Kotronias Vasilios | 2485 | 18 | |||
| 4 | 13 | GM | Lodici Lorenzo | 2524 | 4 | 4 | GM | Thybo Jesper Sondergaard | 2592 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 21 | IM | Bharath Subramaniyam H | 2476 | 4 | 4 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2548 | 9 | |||
| 6 | 5 | GM | Short Nigel D | 2633 | 3½ | 4 | CM | Prraneeth Vuppala | 2417 | 25 | |||
| 7 | 10 | GM | Iniyan P | 2540 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Gilevych Artem | 2407 | 29 | |||
| 8 | 11 | GM | Arjun Kalyan | 2532 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Neelotpal Das | 2410 | 28 | |||
| 9 | 31 | FM | Martinovici Ilia | 2398 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Nikolov Momchil | 2508 | 14 | |||
| 10 | 32 | IM | Barp Alberto | 2388 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Brunello Sabino | 2503 | 16 | |||
| 11 | 17 | GM | Dvirnyy Danyyil | 2492 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Sorensen Hampus | 2379 | 34 | |||
| 12 | 41 | FM | Klabis Rokas | 2356 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Ioannidis Evgenios | 2466 | 22 | |||
| 13 | 23 | IM | Pranesh M | 2437 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Salimova Nurgyul | 2353 | 44 | |||
| 14 | 51 | WGM | Fataliyeva Ulviyya | 2324 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Pantzar Milton | 2434 | 24 | |||
| 15 | 4 | GM | Kozul Zdenko | 2639 | 3 | 3½ | Piangerelli Michele | 2065 | 90 |
Prizes
Total Prize fund - €10000.
