World Rapid 2023 Day 2: A Phenomenal day for Priyanka Nutakki

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/12/2023

WGM Priyanka Nutakki had a fantastic day at World Rapid 2023 Women. She won five games in-a-row, including wins against three GMs - Zhu Chen (QAT), former women's world champion, Valentina Gunina and Vaishali R. IM Anastasia Bodnaruk is the sole leader 7/8, followed by GM Koneru Humpy and WGM Zhai Mo (CHN) at 6.5/8 each. Priyanka took her score to 6/8. In the Open event, Magnus Carlsen (NOR), Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO) and Yangyi Yu (CHN) are in a three-way lead 7/9. They are followed by 13 players at 6.5/9 including three Indians - GM Bharath Subramaniyam H, GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM Vidit Gujrathi. Round 10 Open and Round 9 Women starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 3:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Carlsen in a three-way lead with Fedoseev and Yangyi

WGM Priyanka Nutakki scored five wins in-a-row, including three consecutive victories against GMs

GM Bharath Subramaniyam H ended GM Sandipan Chanda's unbeaten run in the sixth round and finished the day with 6.5/9

Round 6 Open: Bharath stuns Sandipan

In the sixth round, GM Bharath Subramaniyam H (2426) continued his momentum from the previous day and defeated GM Sandipan Chanda (2602), ending his unbeaten streak at this event. GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2818) did what he does best, grind a relatively balanced double knight endgame, until his opponent GM Vidit Gujrathi (2691) made an inaccuracy which cost him the game.

Bharath - Sandipan

Position after 14...h6?

Bharath showed great positional understanding 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nf4 Qf7 17.Qd5 Qxd5 18.Ncxd5 and black is positionally lost.

Final moments: Vidit Gujrathi vs Magnus Carlsen | Video: ChessBase India

Round 5 Women: Humpy wins, Atousa stuns Anna

GM Jiner Zhu (CHN, 2431) defeated IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL, 2371) to emerge sole leader. IM Daria Charochkina (2293) lost to GM Koneru Humpy (2444). WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan (USA, 2281) got the better of former World Rapid Women's champion, GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR, 2424).

GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) got the better of IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL)

Atousa - Anna

Position after 49.Qg4

Black needed to find 49...Nh4! defending g6-pawn as well as threatening Qh2# 50.Qf4 Qxf4 51.Rxf4 Re1+ 52.Kh2 Rxb1 53.Rxh4 Ra1 and Black would have gotten a decent advantage. Instead, 49...Qh5?? ended the game 50.Qxh5 gxh5 51.Rg1 the knight cannot be saved from the pin.

Round 7 Open: Arjun draws against Magnus Carlsen

GM Arjun Erigaisi (2654) drew against GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2818) in 20 moves. A draw with the black pieces against the world no.1, is an excellent result, on any given day. Almost two years ago, they faced each other in World Blitz. It ended in a draw. They can still face other one more time before the year ends. GM Bharath Subramaniyam H (2426) suffered his first and only loss against GM Yangyi Yu (CHN, 2699).

Magnus Carlsen vs Arjun Erigaisi | Video: ChessBase India

Magnus Carlsen arrived on the board before Arjun Erigaisi

A gentleman's handshake between Magnus Carlsen and Arjun Erigaisi

Round 6 Women: Priyanka beats Zhu Chen

GM Koneru Humpy defeated IM Gunay Mammadzada (AZE, 2315) to maintain her pursuit. WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan (USA) managed to save herself from a lost postion against GM Vaishali R. FM Sahithi Varshini M (2138) defeated IM Divya Deshmukh (2422) after the latter made a one-move rook blunder. WGM Priyanka Nutakki defeated the ninth women's world champion - GM Zhu Chen (QAT, 2394).

GM Koneru Humpy scored her fourth win in-a-row against the Azerbaijan no.1 - IM Gunay Mammadzada

Round 8 Open: Bharath draws against Praggnanandhaa, Arjun loses versus Fedoseev

Magnus drew against GM Yangyi Yu (CHN, 2699). GM Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO, 2716) defeated GM Arjun Erigaisi exactly a year later at the very same event, only the color was changed.

GM R Praggnanandhaa vs GM Bharath Subramaniyam H | Video: ChessBase India

GM Yangyi Yu vs GM Magnus Carlsen | Video: ChessBase India

GM Yangyi Yu (CHN) - GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR): 0.5-0.5

A Smooth Finish - Vidit Gujrathi vs David Paravyan | Video: ChessBase India

Round 7 Women: Humpy beats Zhai Mo, Priyanka stuns Gunina

GM Koneru Humpy defeated the sole leader, WGM Zhai Mo (CHN, 2351). GM Vaishali R drew against the reigning four-time Women's World Champion, GM Wenjun Ju (CHN, 2575). WGM Priyanka Nutakki beat her second GM in-a-row - Valentina Gunina (2412) after the latter blundered a piece in a complex battle.

GM Koneru Humpy defeated WGM Zhai Mo (CHN) to join the three-way lead

Round 9 Open: Magnus draws against Keymer, Arjun bounces back and Bharath wins

The only player to beat Magnus Carlsen at FIDE World Cup 2023, GM Vincent Keymer (GER, 2631) drew against each other. Arjun Erigaisi bounced back with a win over GM Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM, 2589).

Magnus Carlsen (NOR) vs Vincent Keymer (GER) | Video: ChessBase India

Vincent Keymer (GER) was laser focused on his game against Magnus Carlsen (NOR)

Round 8 Women: Humpy misses a win against Tingjie, Priyanka beats Vaishali

GM Koneru Humpy was winning for the better part of the rook and knight, eventually knight endgame. However, she abandoned her passed pawn and went to capture the wrong one. A minute inaccuracy, followed by a massive rook blunder by GM Vaishali R, allowed WGM Priyanka Nutakki to score her fifth win in-a-row, third against GMs and two consecutive wins against them with the black pieces. If that is not the definition of an amazing day, it would be difficult to say what is.

A Brutal Blunder - GM R Vaishali vs WGM Priyanka Nutakki | Video: ChessBase India

WGM Priyanka Nutakki had a sensational day

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Round 9 Open results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
9	5	43	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2618	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2691	18
9	10	23	GM	Nihal Sarin	2667	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Vakhidov Jakhongir	2527	93
9	12	55	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	2589	5½	0 - 1	5½	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2654	26
9	13	137	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2426	5½	1 - 0	5½	GM	Brunello Sabino	2651	28
9	19	7	GM	Svidler Peter	2737	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Narayanan S L	2586	58
9	22	61	GM	Paravyan David	2584	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2706	14
9	25	97	GM	Suleymanli Aydin	2517	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Gukesh D	2656	24
9	26	27	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2652	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Aditya Mittal	2381	150
9	36	49	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2602	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Smirnov Anton	2486	115
9	38	141	IM	Madaminov Mukhiddin	2415	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	2586	60
9	39	64	GM	Najer Evgeniy	2579	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Pranav V	2472	122
9	62	30	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2645	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Kosakowski Jakub	2472	123
9	63	35	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2631	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Mitrabha Guha	2436	134
9	65	129	GM	Pranesh M	2459	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	2582	62
9	69	138	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2426	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Hong Andrew	2539	84
9	74	183	FM	Khusenkhojaev Mustafokhuja	2205	3½	1 - 0	3	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2573	68
9	76	185	FM	Begmuratov Khumoyun	2195	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Adhiban B.	2528	92

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Round 8 Women results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
8	2	3	GM	Lei Tingjie	2517	5½	½ - ½	6	GM	Koneru Humpy	2444	8
8	9	20	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2373	5	0 - 1	5	WGM	Priyanka Nutakki	2205	69
8	16	9	GM	Dronavalli Harika	2440	4	½ - ½	4½	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	2166	75
8	17	45	WGM	Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim	2285	4	0 - 1	4	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	2422	13
8	22	38	GM	Danielian Elina	2312	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Padmini Rout	2255	56
8	23	80	FM	Sahithi Varshini M	2138	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Charochkina Daria	2293	41
8	34	105	WFM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan	1903	3½	0 - 1	3½	WGM	Savitha Shri B	2238	60
8	45	89	IM	Soumya Swaminathan	2104	3	½ - ½	2½	IM	Mammadova Gulnar	2315	36
8	47	103	WGM	Rakshitta Ravi	1921	2½	1 - 0	2½	WFM	Hajiyeva Laman	2066	94
8	53	92	WFM	Aydin Gulenay	2089	2	0 - 1	2		Velpula Sarayu	1751	110

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Standings after Round 9 Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	1	GM	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2818	7	47	50	2628	0	0,20	0	0
2	11	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	SLO	2716	7	46	50	2590	0	0,83	0	0
3	15	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2699	7	44,5	48	2621	0	1,35	0	0
4	137	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	IND	2426	6,5	49	53,5	2653	0	4,48	0	0
5	26	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2654	6,5	49	53,5	2626	0	1,47	0	0
6	43	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2618	6,5	47,5	51,5	2626	0	1,82	0	0
7	4	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2767	6,5	47	51	2599	0	-0,09	0	0
8	13	GM	Dubov, Daniil	FID	2712	6,5	46,5	49,5	2559	0	0,10	0	0
9	79	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2547	6,5	46	47	2641	0	2,55	0	0
10	18	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2691	6,5	45,5	49,5	2596	0	0,70	0	0
11	42	GM	Shevchenko, Kirill	ROU	2619	6,5	42,5	46	2563	0	0,97	0	0
12	17	GM	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2691	6,5	42	46	2556	0	0,25	0	0
13	36	GM	Keymer, Vincent	GER	2631	6,5	42	46	2522	0	0,55	0	0
14	98	GM	Idani, Pouya	IRI	2516	6,5	41	44	2576	0	2,25	0	0
15	37	GM	Andreikin, Dmitry	FID	2629	6,5	40,5	44	2548	0	0,86	0	0
16	50	GM	Korobov, Anton	UKR	2601	6,5	39	42	2493	0	0,57	0	0
17	88	GM	Nesterov, Arseniy	FID	2534	6	45,5	49,5	2646	0	2,30	0	0
18	39	GM	Anton Guijarro, David	ESP	2625	6	44	48	2576	0	0,70	0	0
19	57	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	ESP	2587	6	44	47,5	2605	0	1,40	0	0
20	52	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	CHN	2598	6	44	47,5	2580	0	1,03	0	0

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Standings after Round 8 Women

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	51	IM	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	FID	2265	7	36,5	38,5	2404	0	3,83	10	38,3
2	8	GM	Koneru, Humpy	IND	2444	6,5	35	38	2324	0	1,10	10	11
3	29	WGM	Zhai, Mo	CHN	2351	6,5	35	37	2324	0	1,85	20	37
4	11	GM	Zhu, Jiner	CHN	2431	6	42	45,5	2316	0	0,63	10	6,3
5	21	IM	Salimova, Nurgyul	BUL	2371	6	38	40,5	2265	0	0,60	20	12
6	5	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	FID	2486	6	35,5	39	2249	0	-0,46	10	-4,6
7	42	IM	Garifullina, Leya	FID	2287	6	35,5	38	2339	0	2,14	20	42,8
8	3	GM	Lei, Tingjie	CHN	2517	6	34,5	37,5	2275	0	-0,54	10	-5,4
9	6	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	FID	2463	6	33,5	37	2300	0	0,10	10	1
10	69	WGM	Priyanka, Nutakki	IND	2205	6	29	31	2274	0	2,29	20	45,8
11	12	GM	Muzychuk, Anna	UKR	2424	5,5	37,5	40	2241	0	-0,53	10	-5,3
12	10	IM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	KAZ	2436	5,5	36,5	39,5	2255	0	-0,47	10	-4,7
13	59	WIM	Lu, Miaoyi	CHN	2239	5,5	34,5	38	2384	0	2,45	40	98
14	1	GM	Ju, Wenjun	CHN	2575	5,5	32,5	35	2297	0	-1,30	10	-13
15	70	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	AZE	2197	5,5	31,5	33,5	2402	0	2,85	20	57
16	24	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2363	5,5	31,5	33,5	2247	0	0,16	10	1,6
17	28	IM	Narva, Mai	EST	2351	5,5	31	34	2284	0	0,56	20	11,2
18	2	GM	Tan, Zhongyi	CHN	2528	5,5	30,5	34	2275	0	-1,01	10	-10,1
19	65	WGM	Yu, Jennifer	USA	2217	5	35,5	38	2405	0	2,22	20	44,4
20	102	WFM	Nurgaliyeva, Zarina	KAZ	1963	5	34	37,5	2311	0	4,02	40	160,8

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Round 10 Open pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
10	5	18	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2691	6½	6½	GM	Korobov Anton	2601	50
10	6	26	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2654	6½	6½	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2618	43
10	8	137	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2426	6½	6½	GM	Andreikin Dmitry	2629	37
10	15	88	GM	Nesterov Arseniy	2534	6	6	GM	Nihal Sarin	2667	23
10	20	14	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2706	5½	5½	GM	Holt Conrad	2548	77
10	22	24	GM	Gukesh D	2656	5½	5½	GM	Kobalia Mikhail	2539	85
10	31	58	GM	Narayanan S L	2586	5½	5½	IM	Gurel Ediz	2313	165
10	32	150	GM	Aditya Mittal	2381	5½	5½	GM	Predke Alexandr	2586	59
10	40	105	GM	Makhnev Denis	2504	5	5	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2602	49
10	48	122	GM	Pranav V	2472	4½	4½	GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	2772	3
10	49	134	GM	Mitrabha Guha	2436	4½	4½	GM	Jobava Baadur	2671	22
10	50	140	IM	Galchenko Matvey	2416	4½	4½	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2645	30
10	52	60	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	2586	4½	4½	GM	Zvjaginsev Vadim	2469	127
10	61	72	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2561	4	4	GM	Pranesh M	2459	129
10	77	158	FM	Amilal Munkhdalai	2340	3½	3½	GM	Adhiban B.	2528	92
10	82	198		Sklokin Sergey	1946	3½	3½	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2426	138
10	84	68	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2573	3	3	FM	Zverev Lev	2269	176

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Round 9 Women pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
9	1	8	GM	Koneru Humpy	2444	6½	7	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	2265	51
9	5	69	WGM	Priyanka Nutakki	2205	6	6	IM	Garifullina Leya	2287	42
9	10	13	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	2422	5	5	IM	Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel	2286	44
9	13	58	IM	Balajayeva Khanim	2246	5	5	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2373	20
9	19	55	WGM	Hejazipour Mitra	2256	4½	4½	GM	Dronavalli Harika	2440	9
9	20	23	IM	Arabidze Meri	2364	4½	4½	WGM	Savitha Shri B	2238	60
9	22	30	IM	Tsolakidou Stavroula	2349	4½	4½	FM	Sahithi Varshini M	2138	80
9	28	56	IM	Padmini Rout	2255	4	4	GM	Krush Irina	2395	16
9	37	53	IM	Bivol Alina	2257	3½	3½	IM	Soumya Swaminathan	2104	89
9	42	17	GM	Zhu Chen	2394	3	3½	WGM	Rakshitta Ravi	1921	103
9	50	110		Velpula Sarayu	1751	3	3	WFM	Getman Tatyana	2125	85

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