Sunway Sitges 2018

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 18, 2018

Round Five

Round Five Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Nihal Sarin 2576 4 ½ - ½ 4 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2580
2 GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2524 4 ½ - ½ 3½ GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2673
3 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2565 3½ 1 - 0 3½ GM Vocaturo Daniele 2629
4 GM Kulaots Kaido 2555 3½ 0 - 1 3½ GM Indjic Aleksandar 2620
5 GM Romanov Evgeny 2614 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2523
6 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2530 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Liang Awonder 2589
7 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2719 3 1 - 0 3 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2495
8 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2693 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Dragnev Valentin 2483
9 GM Edouard Romain 2644 3 ½ - ½ 3 IM Gukesh D 2466
10 GM Adly Ahmed 2626 3 1 - 0 3 IM Wang Kevin 2449
11 GM Lagarde Maxime 2616 3 ½ - ½ 3 IM Krishna Teja N 2340
12 GM Peralta Fernando 2584 3 ½ - ½ 3 CM Bharath Subramaniyam H 2234
13 IM Garriga Cazorla Pere 2448 3 0 - 1 3 GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2584
14 IM Sadhwani Raunak 2434 3 1 - 0 3 GM Xu Xiangyu 2565
15 IM Seyb Alexander 2419 3 0 - 1 3 GM Kelires Andreas 2535
16 FM Di Nicolantonio Lucas 2389 3 0 - 1 3 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2528
17 Ingebretsen Jens E 2251 3 0 - 1 3 GM Stella Andrea 2503
18 IM Roy Prantik 2382 2½ 0 - 1 2½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2717
19 GM Pogorelov Ruslan 2354 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2614
20 IM Gual Pascual Antonio 2357 2½ 1 - 0 2½ GM Kadric Denis 2554
21 GM Halkias Stelios 2552 2½ 1 - 0 2½ IM Borocz Istvan 2377
22 IM Keymer Vincent 2508 2½ 1 - 0 2½ FM Lillo Castany Victor 2336
23 IM Sarkar Justin 2332 2½ 0 - 1 2½ IM Sosa Tomas 2488
24 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484 2½ 1 - 0 2½ FM Antova Gabriela 2303
25 WIM Priyanka Nutakki 2293 2½ 0 - 1 2½ WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465

Round Six Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts.Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2620 4½ - 4½ GM Nihal Sarin 2576
2 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2580 4½ - 4½ GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2524
3 GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2584 4 - 4½ GM Petrosyan Manuel 2565
4 GM Liang Awonder 2589 4 - 4 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2719
5 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2673 4 - 4 IM Sadhwani Raunak 2434
6 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2528 4 - 4 GM Adly Ahmed 2626
7 GM Stella Andrea 2503 4 - 4 GM Romanov Evgeny 2614
8 GM Kelires Andreas 2535 4 - 4 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2530
9 GM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2523 4 - 3½ GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2693
10 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2717 3½ - 3½ FM Ayats Llobera Gerard 2395
11 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465 3½ - 3½ GM Edouard Romain 2644
12 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2629 3½ - 3½ IM Gual Pascual Antonio 2357
13 GM Dragnev Valentin 2483 3½ - 3½ GM Lagarde Maxime 2616
14 IM Gukesh D 2466 3½ - 3½ GM Peralta Fernando 2584
15 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2428 3½ - 3½ GM Kulaots Kaido 2555
16 IM Low Zhen Yu Cyrus 2384 3½ - 3½ GM Halkias Stelios 2552
17 IM Krishna Teja N 2340 3½ - 3½ IM Keymer Vincent 2508
18 IM Sosa Tomas 2488 3½ - 3½ FM Pranav Anand 2274
19 CM Bharath Subramaniyam H 2234 3½ - 3½ IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484
20 GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2614 3 - 3 FM Demianjuk Alexander 2344
21 GM Xu Xiangyu 2565 3 - 3 WGM Vaishali R 2329
22 FM O`donnell Conor 2346 3 - 3 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2544
23 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2495 3 - 3 Ingebretsen Jens E 2251
24 FM Shubin Kirill 2334 3 - 3 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2451
25 IM Wang Kevin 2449 3 - 3 Sreeshwan Maralakshikari 2244

Rankings after Round Five

1-5 Nihal Sarin, Alonso, Lopez, Petrosyan, Indjic 4.5
6-17 Sasikiran, Adly, Andreikin, Liang, Romanov, Sadhwani, Kelires, Harutyunian, Santos J., Santos M., Stella, Praggnanandhaa 4.0
18-38 Lagarde, Vocaturo, Kulaots, Inarkiev, Dragnev, Edouard, Gukesh, Keymer etc 3.5

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 18, 2018

Round Five

Round Five Games

Round 5, Dec. 18
Petrosyan, Manuel – Vocaturo, Daniele
C03 French, Tarrasch

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 h6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Re1 c4 9.Bf1 g5 10.h3 h5 11.c3 b5 12.a4 b4 13.Nxc4 dxc4 14.Nxg5 Qc7 15.Bxc4 Bb7 16.Be2 bxc3 17.bxc3 Nd8 18.c4 h4 19.a5 Rc8 20.Bd3 Be7 21.Qg4 Nf8 22.a6 Ba8 23.Ne4 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Ng6 25.Re2 Rg8 26.d5 Bc5 27.Bc2 Rh8 28.Bg5 Nxe5 29.Qf4 Ng6 30.Ba4+ Kf8 31.Qxc7 Rxc7 32.Bxd8 Rc8 33.Bf6 Rh6 34.dxe6 fxe6 35.Rxe6 Kf7 36.Bg5 Rh5 37.Rf6+ Kg7 38.Rf5 Be7 39.Bd7 Rxc4 40.Be3 Rxf5 41.Bxf5 1-0

Seventy moves and fighting down to bare kings!

Round 5, Dec. 18
Praggnanaandhaa, R. – Liang, Awonder
A30 English, symmetrical, Hedgehog

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O g6 5.c4 c5 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.d4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 cxd4 12.Qxd4 d5 13.cxd5 e6 14.d6 Nd5 15.Qd2 Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qxd6 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.Rac1 Rfd8 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Qc7 Qd7 22.Rc4 Qxc7 23.Rxc7 a5 24.Rc6 a4 25.bxa4 Rd2 26.a3 Rb2 27.Rd6 Rxe2 28.Rxb6 Rc2 29.Kf3 Rc3+ 30.Ke4 Rc4+ 31.Ke5 Rxa4 32.Kf6 h5 33.Rb8+ Kh7 34.Rb3 Ra5 35.Kxf7 Rf5+ 36.Kxe6 Rxf2 37.h4 Kh6 38.a4 Ra2 39.Rb4 g5 40.Kf5 Rf2+ 41.Ke4 Ra2 42.hxg5+ Kxg5 43.Kf3 Ra3+ 44.Kg2 Ra2+ 45.Kh3 Kf5 46.Rb5+ Kg6 47.Ra5 Kh6 48.Ra8 Kg6 49.a5 Ra4 50.Ra7 Kh6 51.a6 Kg6 52.Ra8 Kg7 53.Kg2 Ra3 54.Kf2 Kh7 55.a7 Kg7 56.Ke2 Ra1 57.Ke3 Ra4 58.Kd3 Kh7 59.Kc3 Ra1 60.Kd4 Kg7 61.Ke5 Ra2 62.Kf4 Ra3 63.Kg5 Rxg3+ 64.Kxh5 Ra3 65.Kg5 Ra1 66.Kf5 Kh7 67.Kf6 Ra2 68.Re8 Rxa7 69.Re7+ Rxe7 70.Kxe7 1/2-1/2

Position after White’s 61.Ke5




Round 5, Dec. 18
Edouard, Romain – Gukesh, D.
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.c4 Bxb5 5.cxb5 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Re1 Re8 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.f4 e5 15.fxe5 Rxe5 16.Bf4 Ree8 17.Nf3 Nc5 18.Bxd6 Qb6 19.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20.Qf2 Qxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Ng4+ 22.Kg3 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Nf6 24.e5 Nh5+ 25.Kf2 Rxc3 26.Rd7 Nf4 27.Red1 Rc2+ 28.R1d2 Rxd2+ 29.Rxd2 Ne6 30.Rd7 Rc8 31.Rxb7 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Dec. 18
Roy, Prantik – Ivanchuk, Vassily
D02 Queen’s Pawn

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bf4 Qb6 4.Qc1 Bg4 5.Nbd2 Nd7 6.e3 e6 7.Bd3 Ngf6 8.O-O Nh5 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Nxf4 11.exf4 g6 12.c3 Bg7 13.Ne5 Rd8 14.a4 O-O 15.a5 Qc7 16.b4 f6 17.Nxd7 Rxd7 18.Re1 e5 19.fxe5 fxe5 20.dxe5 Bxe5 21.Ra2 Rdf7 22.Rae2 Bh2+ 23.Kh1 Rxf2 24.Rxf2 Rxf2 25.Re8+ Kf7 26.Qe3 Rf6 27.Rh8 Kg7 28.Re8 Bd6 29.Qxa7 Qf7 30.Re1 Bg3 31.Rd1 Bf2 32.Qb8 Qe7 33.a6 bxa6 34.Bxa6 Kh6 35.b5 Qe2 36.Rb1 Be3 37.b6 Qxa6 38.b7 Rf1+ 39.Kh2 Bg1+ 0-1

Round 5, Dec. 18
Keymer, Vincent – Lillo Castany, Victor
A06 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 a6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O Bd6 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Ba7 12.Na4 Ne4 13.Nd4 Qh4 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Rc1 Nxf2 16.Rxf2 Bxe3 17.Qf1 Bd7 18.Rc3 Qe7 19.Rxe3 Qxe3 20.Ba3 Rfe8 21.Bc5 d4 22.Nb6 Rad8 23.Nc4 Qc3 24.Rf3 Qc2 25.Bd3 Qxa2 26.Nd6 Be6 27.Nxe8 Rxe8 28.Bxd4 1-0

Round 5, Dec. 18
Andreikin, Dmitry – Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo
C49 Four Knights, Janowski variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Re1 Qe7 9.h3 a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Rb1 h6 12.c4 c5 13.Nh4 Nd5 14.Qh5 Nb4 15.Rb2 Be6 16.Bxh6 Qf6 17.Bg5 g6 18.Bxf6 gxh5 19.f4 exf4 20.Rf1 Rfb8 21.Rxf4 Nc6 22.Rb3 a5 23.Nf5 Kh7 24.Ng3 Kg6 25.Bh4 Nd4 26.Rf6+ Kh7 27.Bg5 Rg8 28.Rh6+ Kg7 29.Rb7 Kf8 30.h4 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 19, 2018

Round Six

Round Six Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2620 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ GM Nihal Sarin 2576
2 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2580 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2524
3 GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2584 4 0 - 1 4½ GM Petrosyan Manuel 2565
4 GM Liang Awonder 2589 4 ½ - ½ 4 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2719
5 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2673 4 1 - 0 4 IM Sadhwani Raunak 2434
6 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2528 4 1 - 0 4 GM Adly Ahmed 2626
7 GM Stella Andrea 2503 4 ½ - ½ 4 GM Romanov Evgeny 2614
8 GM Kelires Andreas 2535 4 ½ - ½ 4 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2530
9 GM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2523 4 ½ - ½ 3½ GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2693
10 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2717 3½ 1 - 0 3½ FM Ayats Llobera Gerard 2395
11 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465 3½ 0 - 1 3½ GM Edouard Romain 2644
12 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2629 3½ 1 - 0 3½ IM Gual Pascual Antonio 2357
13 GM Dragnev Valentin 2483 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Lagarde Maxime 2616
14 IM Gukesh D 2466 3½ 0 - 1 3½ GM Peralta Fernando 2584
15 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2428 3½ 0 - 1 3½ GM Kulaots Kaido 2555
16 IM Low Zhen Yu Cyrus 2384 3½ 0 - 1 3½ GM Halkias Stelios 2552
17 IM Krishna Teja N 2340 3½ 1 - 0 3½ IM Keymer Vincent 2508
18 IM Sosa Tomas 2488 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ FM Pranav Anand 2274
19 CM Bharath Subramaniyam H 2234 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484
20 GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2614 3 1 - 0 3 FM Demianjuk Alexander 2344
21 GM Xu Xiangyu 2565 3 ½ - ½ 3 WGM Vaishali R 2329
22 FM O`donnell Conor 2346 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2544
23 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2495 3 1 - 0 3 Ingebretsen Jens E 2251
24 FM Shubin Kirill 2334 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2451
25 IM Wang Kevin 2449 3 1 - 0 3 Sreeshwan Maralakshikari 2244

Ranking after Round Six

1-2 Petrosyan, Alonso 5.5
3-6 Sasikiran, Nihal, Indjic, Harutyunian 5
7-21 Lopez, Andreikin, Vocaturo, Kulaots, Romanov, Liang, Kelires, Edouard, Stella, Praggnanandhaa, Santos, Peralta, Krishna, Halkias, Ivanchuk 4.5
22-42 Adly, Inarkiev, Lagarde and 18 others 4

Round Seven Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts.Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2565 5½ - 5½ GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2524
2 GM Nihal Sarin 2576 5 - 5 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2673
3 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2528 5 - 5 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2620
4 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2719 4½ - 4½ GM Kelires Andreas 2535
5 GM Kulaots Kaido 2555 4½ - 4½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2717
6 GM Edouard Romain 2644 4½ - 4½ GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2580
7 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2530 4½ - 4½ GM Vocaturo Daniele 2629
8 GM Romanov Evgeny 2614 4½ - 4½ IM Krishna Teja N 2340
9 GM Halkias Stelios 2552 4½ - 4½ GM Liang Awonder 2589
10 GM Peralta Fernando 2584 4½ - 4½ GM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2523
11 GM Adly Ahmed 2626 4 - 4½ GM Stella Andrea 2503
12 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2693 4 - 4 FM Di Nicolantonio Lucas 2389
13 GM Lagarde Maxime 2616 4 - 4 IM Duran Vega Sergio 2391
14 IM Sadhwani Raunak 2434 4 - 4 GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2614
15 IM Seyb Alexander 2419 4 - 4 GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2584
16 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2495 4 - 4 IM Alarcon Casellas Rolando 2387
17 FM Garcia Ramos Daniel 2304 4 - 4 IM Sosa Tomas 2488
18 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484 4 - 4 FM Chkhaidze Nikoloz 2297
19 CM Mullick Raahil 2276 4 - 4 GM Dragnev Valentin 2483
20 FM Pranav Anand 2274 4 - 4 IM Wang Kevin 2449
21 IM Garriga Cazorla Pere 2448 4 - 4 CM Bharath Subramaniyam H 2234
22 IM Sarkar Justin 2332 3½ - 3½ GM Xu Xiangyu 2565
23 IM Henni Mohamed 2314 3½ - 3½ GM Kadric Denis 2554
24 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2544 3½ - 3½ IM Meister Peter 2355
25 IM Keymer Vincent 2508 3½ - 3½ FM O`donnell Conor 2346

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 19, 2018

Round Six Games

Round 6, Dec. 19
Lopez Martinez, J.M. – Alonso Rosell, A.
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Nbd7 8.Qc2 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Nd2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 c6 12.a3 Be7 13.e4 Nb6 14.e5 Be6 15.Nb3 Nc4 16.Bd3 b5 17.a4 Qb6 18.axb5 cxb5 19.Bf5 h5 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Qg6+ Kd7 22.Qg7 Rag8 23.Nc5+ Ke8 24.Rxh5 Rxg7 25.Rxh8+ Kf7 26.b4 Bxc5 27.bxc5 Qb7 28.Rh6 b4 29.Nb5 b3 30.Nd6+ Nxd6 31.cxd6 b2 32.Rb1 Qb4+ 0-1

Round 6, Dec. 19
Santos Latasa, J – Petrosyan, Manuel
D12 QGD Slav

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.d4 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.g3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qc2 Rc8 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Bd2 Rfd8 14.Be1 a6 15.Rac1 Qb8 16.Qb1 g5 17.h3 g6 18.Kg2 Kg7 19.b4 Rh8 20.a4 Rh7 21.Bd2 Rch8 22.Rh1 e5 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.b5 a5 25.e4 Bb4 26.Bxg5 Bxc3 27.Bxf6+ Nxf6 28.Rxc3 exd4 29.Rd3 Qe5 30.Qb2 Qxe4+ 31.Rf3 Rc8 32.Bd3 Qe5 33.Qd2 Ne4 34.Qxa5 Ng5 35.Rf4 Rc3 36.Bb1 Nxh3 37.Rg4 Qe2 38.Rxh3 Qf3+ 0-1

Round 6, Dec. 19
Liang, Awonder – Andreikin, Dmitry
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.Be2 Bd6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.d4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qf3 Bc7 13.Rd1 h5 14.h4 Ng4 15.Bg5 Bh2+ 16.Kh1 f6 17.Be3 Bc7 18.Bc4 Qe7 19.Bf4 O-O-O 20.Bxc7 Qxc7 21.Bxe6+ Kb8 22.Bxg4 hxg4 23.Qg3 g5 24.Qxc7+ Kxc7 25.g3 gxh4 26.gxh4 Rxh4+ 27.Kg2 f5 28.c3 Rdh8 29.Rg1 f4 30.Kf1 Re8 31.Re1 Rxe1+ 32.Kxe1 Kd6 33.Kd2 Kd5 34.Kd3 b5 35.a4 a6 36.axb5 axb5 37.Rg2 Rh3+ 38.Kd2 Rh4 39.Kd3 g3 40.fxg3 Rg4 41.b3 fxg3 42.c4+ Ke6 43.cxb5 cxb5 44.Kc3 Kd5 45.Kb4 Kc6 46.Ka5 Rg5 47.b4 Rg6 48.d5+ Kxd5 49.Kxb5 Ke4 50.Kc5 Kf3 51.Rg1 Kf2 52.Ra1 g2 53.b5 Re6 54.b6 Re1 55.Ra2+ Re2 56.Ra1 Re1 57.Ra2+ Re2 58.Ra1 Rb2 59.Kc6 g1=Q 60.Rxg1 Kxg1 61.b7 Rxb7 62.Kxb7 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Dec. 19
Harutyunian, Tigran – Adly, Ahmed
D40 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.Bg5 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Nc2 d4 9.Nd5 Be6 10.e4 Nd7 11.Bd3 h5 12.O-O h4 13.h3 Bh6 14.b4 f5 15.exf5 Bxd5 16.cxd5 Kf8 17.Na3 Nf6 18.Bc4 Rc8 19.Bb3 Rg8 20.Nb5 a6 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.Qxd4 Qd6 23.Rae1 Bf4 24.Re6 fxe6 25.Qxf6+ Ke8 26.dxe6 Rf8 27.Qg6+ Kd8 28.Rd1 Rc1 29.Rxc1 Bxc1 30.f6 Re8 31.f7 Rf8 32.Qf6+ Qe7 33.Qd4+ Kc8 34.Qc3+ Kb8 35.Qxc1 Rc8 36.Qe3 Ka8 37.Bd5 Kb8 38.Qb6 Rc1+ 39.Kh2 Rc7 40.Bxb7 1-0

Round 6, Dec. 19
Kelires, Andreas – Praggnanandhaa, R.
E05 Catalan, open, Classical line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 c6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nc3 c5 12.Rfd1 b4 13.Na4 Be4 14.Qc1 cxd4 15.Rxd4 Qe8 16.Qd1 h6 17.Bd2 a5 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Ne1 Bxg2 20.Nxg2 Ne5 21.Rxc8 Qxc8 22.Ne3 Qa6 23.b3 Rc8 24.Bc1 Nc6 25.Rd3 Ne5 26.Rd4 Nc6 27.Rd3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Dec. 19
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Ayats Llobera, Gerard
D07 QGD, Chigorin Defence

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bg5 dxc4 8.Bxc4 h6 9.Bh4 O-O 10.Be2 Be7 11.O-O Nd5 12.Bg3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bd6 14.c4 Bxg3 15.hxg3 b6 16.c5 Ne7 17.Qc2 bxc5 18.Rfd1 c6 19.Qxc5 Qc7 20.Rac1 Rab8 21.Qc2 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Rb6 23.Rd2 Rfb8 24.Be4 a5 25.g4 Nd5 26.Qa4 Nf6 27.Bf3 Rb1 28.Rc2 R8b2 29.g3 Qb6 30.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 31.Kg2 Ra1 32.Rxc6 Qb1 33.Rc8+ Kh7 34.Qc2+ Qxc2 35.Rxc2 Kg8 36.Be2 Kf8 37.Kf3 Nd5 38.Bc4 Nb6 39.Bb5 Nd5 40.e4 Nb4 41.Rc8+ Ke7 42.a4 f6 43.Rc7+ Kf8 44.Ra7 Re1 45.Rxa5 Nc2 46.Ra8+ Ke7 47.Ra7+ Kf8 48.d5 exd5 49.exd5 Re5 50.Ra8+ Kf7 51.Kg2 1-0

Round 6, Dec. 19
Pogonina, Natalija – Edouard, Romain
A61 Benoni Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.a4 Bg7 9.h3 O-O 10.e3 Re8 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.Be2 Ne5 13.O-O Nfd7 14.Bh2 f5 15.Re1 b6 16.Bf1 Nf7 17.Qc2 Rb8 18.e4 fxe4 19.Ndxe4 Nf6 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Ne4 Bd4 22.Rad1 Bf5 23.Bxa6 Ng5 24.Bd3 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 Qe7 26.Rxd4 cxd4 27.f3 Rbc8 28.Qf2 d3 29.Bg3 Rc2 30.Qxb6 Bxe4 31.fxe4 d2 32.Rf1 Rc1 33.Qd4 Rxf1+ 34.Kxf1 Qf6+ 0-1

Round 6, Dec. 19
Gukesh, D. – Peralta, Fernando
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Nb3 Bb6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.c3 Bg4 11.Be2 Re8 12.Nbd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Ne4 14.Be3 Nd6 15.Ne5 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 f6 17.Nf3 Qd7 18.Qd3 Re7 19.Bd2 Rae8 20.Bb4 Re4 21.Bc5 Bc7 22.g3 Nf5 23.Rac1 Bb8 24.Rfe1 h5 25.Qf1 Qe6 26.Rcd1 h4 27.a4 hxg3 28.hxg3 Bxg3 29.fxg3 Nxg3 30.Qf2 Ne2+ 31.Kh2 Qg4 32.Qg2 Qf4+ 33.Kh1 Ng3+ 34.Kg1 Re2 35.Qf2 R8e4 36.Rxe2 Rxe2 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 20, 2018

Round Seven

Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2565 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2524
2 GM Nihal Sarin 2576 5 0 - 1 5 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2673
3 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2528 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2620
4 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2719 4½ 1 - 0 4½ GM Kelires Andreas 2535
5 GM Kulaots Kaido 2555 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2717
6 GM Edouard Romain 2644 4½ 1 - 0 4½ GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2580
7 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2530 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ GM Vocaturo Daniele 2629
8 GM Romanov Evgeny 2614 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ IM Krishna Teja N 2340
9 GM Halkias Stelios 2552 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ GM Liang Awonder 2589
10 GM Peralta Fernando 2584 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ GM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2523
11 GM Adly Ahmed 2626 4 1 - 0 4½ GM Stella Andrea 2503
12 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2693 4 1 - 0 4 FM Di Nicolantonio Lucas 2389
13 GM Lagarde Maxime 2616 4 1 - 0 4 IM Duran Vega Sergio 2391
14 IM Sadhwani Raunak 2434 4 ½ - ½ 4 GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2614
15 IM Seyb Alexander 2419 4 ½ - ½ 4 GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2584
16 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2495 4 ½ - ½ 4 IM Alarcon Casellas Rolando 2387
17 FM Garcia Ramos Daniel 2304 4 0 - 1 4 IM Sosa Tomas 2488
18 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484 4 1 - 0 4 FM Chkhaidze Nikoloz 2297
19 CM Mullick Raahil 2276 4 0 - 1 4 GM Dragnev Valentin 2483
20 FM Pranav Anand 2274 4 0 - 1 4 IM Wang Kevin 2449
21 IM Garriga Cazorla Pere 2448 4 1 - 0 4 CM Bharath Subramaniyam H 2234
22 IM Sarkar Justin 2332 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Xu Xiangyu 2565
23 IM Henni Mohamed 2314 3½ 0 - 1 3½ GM Kadric Denis 2554
24 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2544 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ IM Meister Peter 2355
25 IM Keymer Vincent 2508 3½ 1 - 0 3½ FM O`donnell Conor 2346

Ranking after Round Seven

1-3 Sasikiran, Alonso, Petrosyan 6
4-8 Andreikin, Harutyunian, Indjic, Edouard, Ivanchuk 5.5
9-24 Nihal, Adly, Lagard, Dragnev, Vocaturo, Liang, Inarkiev, Praggnananadhaa and 8 others 5

Round Eight Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2673 6 - 5½ GM Andreikin Dmitry 2719
2 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2717 5½ - 6 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2565
3 GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2524 6 - 5½ IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2528
4 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2620 5½ - 5½ GM Edouard Romain 2644
5 GM Halkias Stelios 2552 5 - 5 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2693
6 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2629 5 - 5 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484
7 GM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2523 5 - 5 GM Adly Ahmed 2626
8 IM Sosa Tomas 2488 5 - 5 GM Lagarde Maxime 2616
9 GM Dragnev Valentin 2483 5 - 5 GM Romanov Evgeny 2614
10 GM Liang Awonder 2589 5 - 5 IM Garriga Cazorla Pere 2448
11 IM Wang Kevin 2449 5 - 5 GM Peralta Fernando 2584
12 IM Krishna Teja N 2340 5 - 5 GM Nihal Sarin 2576
13 GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2614 4½ - 5 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2530
14 IM Gukesh D 2466 4½ - 4½ GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2584
15 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465 4½ - 4½ GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2580
16 IM Ahlander Bjorn 2417 4½ - 4½ GM Kulaots Kaido 2555
17 GM Kadric Denis 2554 4½ - 4½ IM Sadhwani Raunak 2434
18 GM Kelires Andreas 2535 4½ - 4½ FM Medarde Santiago Luis Marcos 2386
19 IM Raja Rithvik R 2415 4½ - 4½ IM Keymer Vincent 2508
20 GM Stella Andrea 2503 4½ - 4½ IM Seyb Alexander 2419
21 IM Low Zhen Yu Cyrus 2384 4½ - 4½ GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2495
22 IM Alarcon Casellas Rolando 2387 4½ - 4 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2544
23 GM Xu Xiangyu 2565 4 - 4 FM Garcia Ramos Daniel 2304
24 IM Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad 2328 4 - 4 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2451
25 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2428 4 - 4 IM Sarkar Justin 2332

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 20, 2018

Round Seven

Round 7, Dec. 20
Nihal Sarin, - Sasikiran, Krishnan
E92 King’s Indian, Andersson variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 Re8 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 c6 12.Bc4 cxd5 13.Bxd5 Nd7 14.Nd2 Nc5 15.Be3 Nd3+ 16.Ke2 Nf4+ 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Rac1 Bxb2 19.Rc7 Be6 20.Bxe6 Rxe6 21.Rxb7 Bc3 22.Rc1 Bxd2 23.Kxd2 Rxe4 24.Rcc7 Rd8+ 25.Kc3 Rf8 26.Rb4 Rxb4 27.Kxb4 Re8 28.Rc2 Re5 29.f3 Kg7 30.Kc4 g5 31.Kd3 Ra5 32.Ke2 Kg6 33.Kf2 h5 34.h3 f6 35.Rb2 Ra3 36.Rc2 Ra5 37.Kg1 Kf5 38.Kf2 g4 39.hxg4+ hxg4 40.fxg4+ Kxg4 41.Rb2 Ra3 42.Rc2 f5 43.Rd2 a6 44.Rc2 a5 45.Rd2 f3 46.g3 Ra4 47.Rc2 Re4 0-1

Round 7, Dec. 20
Andreikin, Dmitry – Kelires, Andreas
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.Nd5 Nc6 7.Nxf6+ gxf6 8.O-O e6 9.d3 Bd6 10.c3 h5 11.h4 Qb6 12.d4 Ne7 13.Nf4 f5 14.Nxh5 O-O-O 15.e5 Bc7 16.Bg5 Nc6 17.Bxd8 Rxd8 18.Rc1 cxd4 19.cxd4 Nxd4 20.Nf6 d6 21.exd6 Rxd6 22.Ne8 Nf3+ 23.Bxf3 Rxd1 24.Rfxd1 Bxf3 25.Rd6 Qxd6 26.Nxd6+ Kd7 27.Nxf7 1-0

Round 7, Dec. 20
Kulaots, Kaido – Ivanchuk, Vassily
C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Flohr-Zaitsev System

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Nd7 13.a4 Bf6 14.d5 Ne7 15.axb5 axb5 16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Na3 Ba6 18.Nh2 g6 19.Bc2 Bg7 20.Bd3 Rb8 21.Qe2 b4 22.Bxa6 bxa3 23.bxa3 Nc5 24.Bc4 f5 25.exf5 Nxf5 26.g4 Nh6 27.Nf1 Nf7 28.Ng3 Bh6 29.Bxh6 Nxh6 30.Ra1 Qa5 31.Qc2 Nf7 32.a4 Ng5 33.Kg2 Rf8 34.h4 Nf3 35.h5 Rf4 36.Be2 Nh4+ 37.Kh3 g5 38.Bd1 Qa6 39.Be2 Qa8 40.Bd1 Kg7 41.Qd2 Qa6 42.Be2 Qa5 43.Bd1 h6 44.Ra2 Rc4 45.Ra3 Rd4 46.Qc2 Rxd5 47.Be2 e4 48.Nxe4 Re5 49.Ng3 Ne6 50.Bd1 Nf4+ 51.Kh2 Qd5 52.f3 Nxf3+ 53.Bxf3 Qxf3 0-1

Final position



Round 7, Dec. 20
Praggnanandhaa, R. – Vocaturo, Daniele
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O Nf6 10.Bd3 c5 11.Rhe1 Be6 12.Kb1 Qa5 13.c4 Qxd2 14.Bxd2 h6 15.h3 d5 16.Ne5 Rfd8 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.g4 Kf8 19.g5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 Rd6 21.Re2 Be6 22.Rde1 Nd5 23.h4 Bxg5 24.hxg5 Nf4 25.Re4 Nxd3 26.Nxd3 Rad8 27.Kc1 b6 28.Rh4 g6 29.Reh1 Ke7 30.Re1 Kf8 31.Reh1 Ke7 32.Re1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Dec. 20
Halkias, Stelio – Liang, Awonder
A34 English, symmetrical, Three Knights System

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 e6 6.Nxd5 exd5 7.b4 cxb4 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.Nd4 Ne5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Qh5 Bd6 12.Nf5 Bxb5 13.Nxg7+ Kf8 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.Qxe5 Rg8 16.Nf5 Qd7 17.Qd4 Rxg2 18.Qxb4+ Kg8 19.Ne7+ Kg7 20.Qd4+ f6 21.Nxd5 Rg6 22.f3 Kf7 23.Kf2 Rd8 24.Nf4 Qxd4 25.exd4 Rg5 26.d5 Rf5 27.Rhb1 Rxf4 28.Rxb5 Rd7 29.Rab1 b6 30.Ke3 Rh4 31.R1b4 Rxh2 32.a4 Re7+ 33.Re4 Rd7 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Dec. 20
Adly, Ahmed – Stella, Andrea
E04 Catalan, open

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qd3 c4 10.Qc2 Be7 11.Nc3 Rc8 12.Bg5 a6 13.a3 O-O 14.e4 h6 15.Bf4 b4 16.axb4 Nxb4 17.Qe2 Qb6 18.Ne5 Nd3 19.Be3 Bb5 20.b3 1-0

Final position

What is the threat?



Round 7, Dec. 20
Keymer, Vincent – O’Donnell, Conor
A13 English Opening, Agincourt variation

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nxd5 Qxd5 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Bc4 Qd8 10.O-O Nc6 11.Qb1 b6 12.d4 cxd4 13.Bd3 g6 14.Be4 Bd7 15.Nxd4 Rc8 16.Qd1 Bc5 17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.Qf3 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Qe7 20.Rad1 Ba3 21.Ba1 Rfd8 22.Rd4 f6 23.Rfd1 e5 24.Rd5 Rxd5 25.Qxd5+ Kf8 26.g4 Rc2 27.g5 fxg5 28.Bxe5 Rc8 29.Bg3 h5 30.h3 Re8 31.Qc6 Qe6 32.Qxe6 Rxe6 33.Rd7 a5 34.Rd5 Be7 35.Be5 Rc6 36.Bd4 Kf7 37.Kg2 Ke6 38.Rb5 Bd8 39.a4 Rd6 40.Kf3 Rd5 41.Ke4 Rxb5 42.axb5 Bc7 43.f3 Bd8 44.Be5 Be7 45.Bc7 Bc5 46.Bd8 Kd6 47.Bxg5 Ke6 48.Bd8 Kf7 49.Kd5 Ke8 50.Bg5 Kd7 51.e4 Bf2 52.Bf6 Bg3 53.e5 Bf2 54.e6+ Kc7 55.Be5+ Kd8 56.Bd4 1-0

Round 7 Dec. 20
Beliavsky, Alexander – Meister, Peter
B06 Pirc-Robatsch

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.h4 Bb7 7.f3 h5 8.O-O-O Nd7 9.Nh3 Rc8 10.Kb1 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Ng5 Qc7 13.g3 Nf6 14.Bh3 Rb8 15.e5 dxe5 16.Bxc5 Qxc5 17.Bd7+ Kf8 18.Be6 Bh6 19.Bxf7 Bxg5 20.hxg5 Kxf7 21.gxf6 exf6 22.Rhf1 Qc7 23.Qe3 Rbd8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Qh6 Qc4 26.Re1 Bxf3 27.Qh7+ Ke6 28.Qxg6 b4 29.Na4 Qc6 30.b3 Rd1+ 31.Rxd1 Bxd1 32.Kc1 Qxc2+ 33.Qxc2 Bxc2 34.Kxc2 Kf5 35.Nc5 Kg4 36.Ne4 f5 37.Nf6+ Kxg3 38.Nxh5+ Kf3 39.Kd2 e4 40.Ke1 f4 41.Nf6 a5 42.Kf1 Ke3 43.Nd5+ Kd2 44.Nxf4 Kc2 45.Ke2 Kb2 46.Ne6 Kxa2 47.Nc5 Ka3 48.Kd2 a4 49.bxa4 b3 50.Kc1 Kb4 51.Nxb3 Kxa4 1/2-1/2

Final position



Draw after 52.Kd1

[Hans Jung]

Unheralded Kevin Low from Canada has an equal score and a perfomance rating close to 2300 including 1 out of 2 against IMs. Impressive! I'll wish him luck because if he wins in the last 2 rounds against IMs he will achieve an IM norm.

[Hans Jung]

GM Alvar Alonso from Spain is having an amazing tournament. With 6.5 points (5 wins and 3 draws) he is tied for first with two monster 2700+, the famous Ivanchucky and Andreikin.

[Hans Jung]

In response to the question what is the threat (above) the counter question what does Black do? is sufficient. Try as he might (there are several variations) Black will lose a piece. Good calculating exercise. Give it a try.

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 21, 2018

Round Eight

Round Eight Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2673 6 0 - 1 5½ GM Andreikin Dmitry 2719
2 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2717 5½ 1 - 0 6 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2565
3 GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2524 6 ½ - ½ 5½ IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2528
4 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2620 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Edouard Romain 2644
5 GM Halkias Stelios 2552 5 0 - 1 5 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2693
6 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2629 5 ½ - ½ 5 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484
7 GM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2523 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Adly Ahmed 2626
8 IM Sosa Tomas 2488 5 1 - 0 5 GM Lagarde Maxime 2616
9 GM Dragnev Valentin 2483 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Romanov Evgeny 2614
10 GM Liang Awonder 2589 5 1 - 0 5 IM Garriga Cazorla Pere 2448
11 IM Wang Kevin 2449 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Peralta Fernando 2584
12 IM Krishna Teja N 2340 5 1 - 0 5 GM Nihal Sarin 2576
13 GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2614 4½ ½ - ½ 5 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2530
14 IM Gukesh D 2466 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2584
15 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2580
16 IM Ahlander Bjorn 2417 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Kulaots Kaido 2555
17 GM Kadric Denis 2554 4½ 1 - 0 4½ IM Sadhwani Raunak 2434
18 GM Kelires Andreas 2535 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ FM Medarde Santiago Luis Marcos 2386
19 IM Raja Rithvik R 2415 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ IM Keymer Vincent 2508
20 GM Stella Andrea 2503 4½ 1 - 0 4½ IM Seyb Alexander 2419
21 IM Low Zhen Yu Cyrus 2384 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2495
22 IM Alarcon Casellas Rolando 2387 4½ 0 - 1 4 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2544
23 GM Xu Xiangyu 2565 4 1 - 0 4 FM Garcia Ramos Daniel 2304
24 IM Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad 2328 4 ½ - ½ 4 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2451
25 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2428 4 ½ - ½ 4 IM Sarkar Justin 2332
26 FM Antova Gabriela 2303 4 0 - 1 4 FM Martinez Reyes Pedro Ramon 2408
27 FM Chkhaidze Nikoloz 2297 4 ½ - ½ 4 CM Rohith Krishna S 2399
28 GM Perez Mitjans Orelvis 2396 4 0 - 1 4 FM Ortega Ruiz Jose Miguel 2298
29 WIM Solozhenkina Elizaveta 2258 4 1 - 0 4 FM Ayats Llobera Gerard 2395
30 IM Duran Vega Sergio 2391 4 1 - 0 4 CM Mullick Raahil 2276
36 FM Lillo Castany Victor 2336 4 1 - 0 4 CM Low Kevin 2072

Standings after Round Eight

1-3 Alonso Andreikin, Ivanchuk 6.5
4-12 Petrosyan Sasikiran, Harutyunian, Inarkiev, Indjic, Edouard, Liang, Krishna, Sosa 6
13-26 Lopez, Romanov, Santos, Vocaturo, Kulaots, Adly, Dragnev, Praggnanandhaa and six others 5.5

Round Nine Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts.Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2719 6½ - 6½ GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2524
2 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2693 6 - 6½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2717
3 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2528 6 - 6 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2673
4 GM Edouard Romain 2644 6 - 6 IM Sosa Tomas 2488
5 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2565 6 - 6 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2620
6 IM Krishna Teja N 2340 6 - 6 GM Liang Awonder 2589
7 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2495 5½ - 5½ GM Vocaturo Daniele 2629
8 GM Adly Ahmed 2626 5½ - 5½ GM Praggnanandhaa R 2530
9 GM Romanov Evgeny 2614 5½ - 5½ IM Wang Kevin 2449
10 GM Peralta Fernando 2584 5½ - 5½ GM Stella Andrea 2503
11 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2580 5½ - 5½ GM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2523
12 GM Kulaots Kaido 2555 5½ - 5½ GM Dragnev Valentin 2483
13 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484 5½ - 5½ GM Kadric Denis 2554
14 GM Lagarde Maxime 2616 5 - 5 IM Raja Rithvik R 2415
15 IM Garriga Cazorla Pere 2448 5 - 5 GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2614
16 GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2584 5 - 5 IM Duran Vega Sergio 2391
17 GM Nihal Sarin 2576 5 - 5 FM Lillo Castany Victor 2336
18 FM Martinez Reyes Pedro Ramon 2408 5 - 5 GM Xu Xiangyu 2565
19 FM Medarde Santiago Luis Marcos 2386 5 - 5 GM Halkias Stelios 2552
20 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2544 5 - 5 FM Shubin Kirill 2334
21 FM Ortega Ruiz Jose Miguel 2298 5 - 5 GM Kelires Andreas 2535
22 IM Keymer Vincent 2508 5 - 5 WIM Solozhenkina Elizaveta 2258
23 FM Demianjuk Alexander 2344 5 - 5 IM Gukesh D 2466
24 IM Gual Pascual Antonio 2357 4½ - 4½ WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465
25 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2451 4½ - 4½ IM Meister Peter 2355
26 IM Sadhwani Raunak 2434 4½ - 4½ FM O`donnell Conor 2346
27 GM Pogorelov Ruslan 2354 4½ - 4½ WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2428
28 IM Seyb Alexander 2419 4½ - 4½ FM Chkhaidze Nikoloz 2297
29 IM Sarkar Justin 2332 4½ - 4½ IM Ahlander Bjorn 2417
30 IM Henni Mohamed 2314 4½ - 4½ IM Arjun Kalyan 2406
48 CM Low Kevin 2072 4 - 4 FM Sande Edreira Jose Antonio 2230

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 21, 2018

Round Eight

Round 8, Dec. 21
Sasikiran, Krishnan – Andreikin, Dmitry
B08 Pirc, Classical System

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Be2 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O a6 7.Re1 Nc6 8.d5 Nb8 9.a4 e5 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Nd4 Nc6 12.Be3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 c5 14.Be3 Qb6 15.Rb1 Rad8 16.Bf3 Qb4 17.Bd2 Rfe8 18.h3 Qb6 19.Qc1 Nd7 20.Bg5 Rb8 21.Rd1 Qc7 22.Qd2 Ne5 23.Qf4 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Bf6 Bxf6 26.Qxf6 b4 27.Ne2 b3 28.cxb3 Rxb3 29.Nc3 Qd8 30.Qxd8 Rxd8 31.Be2 Bc4 32.Rd2 Rdb8 33.f4 Rxc3 34.fxe5 Bxe2 35.Rxe2 dxe5 36.Rd1 Rcb3 37.Rd5 c4 38.Rc5 Rxb2 39.Rxb2 Rxb2 40.Rxc4 Kg7 41.Kh2 h5 42.Kg3 h4+ 43.Kf3 Rb3+ 44.Kf2 Kh6 45.Rc7 f6 46.Rc6 Kg5 47.Re6 Rb5 48.Ke3 Rb2 49.Kf3 Ra2 50.Rc6 Ra3+ 51.Kf2 f5 52.Re6 fxe4 53.Re8 e3+ 54.Kf3 e2+ 55.Kxe2 Kf4 56.Rg8 Ra2+ 57.Kf1 Ke3 58.Kg1 Ra6 59.g3 hxg3 60.Kg2 e4 61.Kxg3 Ke2 62.Re8 e3 63.Kf4 Ra4+ 64.Kg5 Kd3 65.Kxg6 e2 66.Rxe2 Kxe2 67.Kg5 Kf3 0-1

Early on in the next game, it looked like Petrosyan had the upper hand against Chucky and then came 26…Qxg2 instead of 26….Rc4+

Round 8, Dec. 21
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Petrosyan, Manuel
B12 Caro-Kann, Tartakower variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.Qd3 b6 7.O-O-O Ba6 8.Qe3 Bxf1 9.Rxf1 O-O 10.Nge2 c5 11.exd5 Bxc3 12.Nxc3 Nxd5 13.Qe4 Nc6 14.dxc5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qf6 16.Kb2 bxc5 17.Rb1 Rad8 18.Rhd1 Rd5 19.Rd3 Rxd3 20.cxd3 Nb4 21.Bd2 Rd8 22.d4 h6 23.cxb4 Rxd4 24.Qa8+ Kh7 25.Kc1 Qg6 26.Rb2 Qxg2 27.Rc2 cxb4 28.Qxa7 Rd3 29.Bxb4 Qf1+ 30.Kb2 Rxf3 31.Qc5 Rf4 32.a3 Qh1 33.Rf2 e5 34.Rxf4 exf4 35.Qf5+ Kg8 36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Qf5+ Kg8 38.Qxf4 g5 39.Qe5 Qb7 40.Kb3 Kh7 41.Qf5+ Kg7 42.a4 f6 43.a5 Qf7+ 44.Kb2 Qb7 45.Ka3 Qc7 46.a6 Qc6 47.a7 Qc1+ 48.Kb3 Qd1+ 49.Qc2 Qf3+ 50.Qc3 Qb7 51.Qe3 Qd5+ 52.Ka3 Qc6 53.Qc5 Qf3+ 54.Ka4 Kg6 55.Qc8 Qd1+ 56.Kb5 Qd5+ 57.Bc5 Qb3+ 58.Kc6 Qf3+ 59.Kc7 Qd5 60.Qe8+ 1-0

Position after White’s 26.Rb2



Round 8, Dec. 21
Sosa, Tomas – Lagarde, Maxime
B68 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Kb1 b5 11.a3 Rb8 12.Nb3 h6 13.Bh4 b4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Be2 a5 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nfd5 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Nxa5 O-O 21.c4 Qa3 22.cxd5 exd5 23.Rhf1 Rb6 24.Ba6 Rfb8 25.Bb7 Be6 26.Rf3 Qa4 27.b3 d4 28.Qa2 Qxa2+ 29.Kxa2 Rb5 30.Nc6 R8xb7 31.Nxd4 Ra5+ 32.Kb2 Bg4 33.Nc6 Rc5 34.Rd8+ Kh7 35.Rg3 Bd7 36.Nd4 Rxe5 37.Rd3 g5 38.Nf3 Re7 39.g3 Bf5 40.Rc3 Re2+ 41.Rd2 Rbe7 42.Kc1 Kg6 43.Rc6+ f6 44.Rdd6 Rf7 45.Kd1 Re3 46.Nd2 h5 47.Nc4 Ree7 48.Kd2 h4 49.gxh4 gxh4 50.Rd4 Rh7 51.Rdd6 Rhf7 52.Rd4 Rh7 53.Rdd6 Ra7 54.Rxf6+ Kg5 55.Ra6 Rhd7+ 56.Ke2 Bg4+ 57.Ke3 Re7+ 58.Kd3 Rad7+ 59.Rfd6 Kf4 60.Rxd7 Rxd7+ 61.Kc3 Bf5 62.Ra2 Rd3+ 63.Kb4 Be6 64.Rf2+ Rf3 65.Re2 Bf5 66.Nd2 Re3 67.Rf2+ Kg4 68.Nc4 Re1 69.Kc5 Bd3 70.Kd4 Bh7 71.b4 Rb1 72.Ne5+ Kh3 73.Nc6 Rd1+ 74.Kc5 Be4 75.b5 Rc1+ 76.Kd6 Rb1 77.Nd4 Bg2 78.Rf4 Kxh2 79.Rxh4+ Kg3 80.Nf5+ Kf2 81.Rf4+ Kg1 82.Kc5 Rf1 83.Rxf1+ Bxf1 84.b6 Bg2 85.Kd6 Ba8 86.Kc7 Kf2 87.Nd6 Kg1 88.Nb7 1-0

Position after 83…Bxf1. This should be a draw but…




Round 8, Dec. 21
Liang, Awonder – Garriga Cazoria, Pere
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O a6 6.c4 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.d3 O-O 9.h3 Ne8 10.Be3 Nc7 11.d4 Ne6 12.Qd2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Ne5 14.Bb3 Nc6 15.Nxe6 Bxe6 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Na5 18.Rfc1 Nxb3 19.axb3 Qd7 20.Rc4 Rfc8 21.Rac1 Rxc4 22.Rxc4 Rc8 23.Qc2 Rxc4 24.bxc4 Qc7 25.b4 h5 26.c5 dxc5 27.bxc5 Qa5 28.g3 Be5 29.Qb3 Qb5 30.Qxb5 axb5 31.Bf4 Bxf4 32.gxf4 Kf8 33.Kf1 f6 34.Ke2 e5 35.fxe5 fxe5 36.Kd2 g5 37.Kc3 h4 38.f3 1-0

Round 8, Dec. 21
Krishna Teja, N. – Nihal Sarin
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack, Modern main line

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.d5 Nb4 8.a3 Nxd3+ 9.Qxd3 c6 10.Be3 cxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Qd2 Rc8 13.O-O Rxc3 14.Qxc3 Nxd5 15.Qb3 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Bxc2 17.Qxa7 Be4 18.Qe3 Bd5 19.Rad1 e6 20.Rf2 Qd7 21.Rfd2 Rc8 22.Nd4 f5 23.Nb5 Bf8 24.Rxd5 exd5 25.Rxd5 Qc6 26.Rd1 d5 27.b4 Re8 28.Qd3 Rd8 29.Nd4 Qb6 30.Qb5 Qxb5 31.Nxb5 Kf7 32.Kf2 Rd7 33.Rc1 Bg7 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Rc8 Rd8 36.Rc7+ Rd7 37.Kd3 Bh6 38.Rxd7+ Kxd7 39.g3 Bg7 40.a4 Bf8 41.Kc3 Bg7+ 42.Nd4 Kd6 43.Kd3 Bf6 44.h3 Bh8 45.Nf3 Bb2 46.Ng5 h6 47.Nf3 Ba3 48.Kc3 d4+ 49.Nxd4 Kd5 50.Ne2 Ke4 51.Kb3 Kd5 1-0

Round 8 Dec. 21
Gordievsky, Dmitry – Praggnanandhaa, R.
A06 Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 Bd6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Nd2 a6 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Qc2 Ne4 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Nxe4 Rxe4 16.Bd3 Rh4 17.g3 Rh6 18.e4 Qg5 19.f4 Qh5 20.Rf2 dxe4 21.Bxe4 Re8 22.Bf3 Bg4 23.Qxc6 Rhe6 24.Qc3 Bf8 25.Bxg4 Qxg4 26.Kg2 Re3 27.Qd4 h5 28.Rc3 R3e4 29.Qd5 Re2 30.Rf3 h4 31.Be5 Rxf2+ 32.Rxf2 Rc8 33.Rd2 Bb4 34.Qd7 h3+ 35.Kf2 Qxd7 36.Rxd7 Rc2+ 37.Kf3 Rxh2 38.Kg4 f6 39.Bd4 Rxa2 40.Kxh3 Ra3 41.Rd8+ Kh7 42.Rd7 Kh6 43.Rb7 a5 44.Bb6 a4 45.bxa4 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Dec. 21
Gukesh, D. – Santos Latasa, Jaime
A05 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 a5 7.Nc3 d5 8.O-O c6 9.Na4 Ne4 10.c4 b5 11.cxb5 cxb5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 b4 14.Bb2 Nd7 15.Ne5 e6 16.Qd2 Bb7 17.Rfc1 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qd7 19.Bd4 Rfc8 20.f4 Bf8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rc1 Rc6 23.e3 Ba6 24.Bf1 1/2-1/2

Tweet - Gukesh draw today leaves him with almost no chances of becoming the youngest GM in the history of the game. Let's wait for pairings and check his opponents ratings, and see if he can score 2 wins in the last 2 rounds... But he's fighting well and he'll become a great GM anyway!

Round 8, Dec. 21
Alarcon Casellas, Rolando – Beliavsky, Alexander
C70 Ruy Lopez, Caro variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 g6 6.h4 Bg7 7.a4 b4 8.d3 h6 9.Nbd2 Nge7 10.Nf1 d5 11.Be3 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Bd2 dxe4 14.dxe4 c5 15.h5 g5 16.Ng3 O-O 17.O-O Qc7 18.Bc4 Be5 19.f4 gxf4 20.Ne2 Be6 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Nxf4 Bxf4 23.Qg4+ Bg5 24.Qxe6+ Kg7 25.Bxg5 hxg5 26.e5 Ng8 27.Qg6+ Kh8 28.e6 Qg7 29.Rf7 Rxf7 30.exf7 Qxg6 31.hxg6 Nf6 32.Re1 Kg7 33.Re6 a5 34.Rc6 Kxg6 35.Rxc5 Kxf7 36.Kf1 Ne4 37.Re5 Nd2+ 38.Ke2 Nc4 39.Rxg5 Nxb2 40.Rd5 d3+ 41.cxd3 Nxa4 42.Kd2 Nc3 43.Rd4 Ke6 44.Kc2 Nd5 45.Kb2 a4 46.Re4+ Kd6 47.Rh4 Rf8 0-1

[Hans Jung]

GM Alonso survived as black against Andreikin and is now in a multi-way tie for first going into the last round.

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 22, 2018

Round Nine

Peter Doggers has a nice article on Sunway Sitges at:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/vete...-sunway-sitges

He says: “This author was pleasantly surprised not only by the ambition from the organizers to improve the tournament each year, but also by their attention to detail. It is this combination that made a tournament like Gibraltar—it is not a secret that to some extent it has served as an example for Sitges—so successful.”

There are photos of 12-year-old D. Gukesh, 49-year-old Vassily Ivanchuk, upcoming star Lance Henderson de la Fuente and Praggnanandhaa and Nihal.

__________

In Round Nine, it looked like Ivanchuk was going to win his sixth game in a row and then, offered a draw in a winning position.

Here is the game:

Round 9, Dec. 22
Inarkiev, Ernesto – Ivanchuk, Vassily
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Bf5 10.h4 Qd7 11.h5 h6 12.Nh4 Bh7 13.Kb1 Rae8 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Ne5 16.Qd5 Bxh4 17.Rxh4 b6 18.c4 Re7 19.b3 Rfe8 20.Bc1 Ng4 21.Qf3 Re4 22.Qg3 Nf6 23.Rdh1 Rxh4 24.Rxh4 Re1 25.Kb2 Ne4 26.Qf4 Qe6 27.Rh3 f5 28.Rd3 Qf6+ 29.Ka3 a5 30.Rd5 Nc3 31.Rxf5 Nb1+ 32.Ka4 Nc3+ 1/2-1/2

Final position after Black’s 32…..Nc3+



White would move 33.Ka3. Could you win with Black here?

Vassily had 49 seconds left on his clock and Ernesto 1 min and 47 seconds. Vassily offered the draw.

A possible line (32...Nc3+ 33.Ka3 Nb1+ 34.Ka4 Qe7 35.Bb2 Re5 36.Rf8+ Qxf8 37.Qxf8+ Kxf8 38.Bxe5 dxe5 39.Kb5 Nc3+ 40.Kc6 e4 41.c5 bxc5 42.Kxc5 Nxa2 43.Kd4 Nb4 44.c4 Nd3 45.Kxe4 Nxf2+ 46.Kd5)

Alonso Rosell, Andreikin, Edouard and Ivanchuk all have 7 points going in to the tenth round. This round starts seven hours earlier at 08:30 Barcelona time which is 02:30 AM Toronto/Montreal time.

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 22, 2018

Round Nine

Round Nine Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2719 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2524
2 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2693 6 ½ - ½ 6½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2717
3 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2528 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2673
4 GM Edouard Romain 2644 6 1 - 0 6 IM Sosa Tomas 2488
5 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2565 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2620
6 IM Krishna Teja N 2340 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Liang Awonder 2589
7 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2495 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Vocaturo Daniele 2629
8 GM Adly Ahmed 2626 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Praggnanandhaa R 2530
9 GM Romanov Evgeny 2614 5½ 1 - 0 5½ IM Wang Kevin 2449
10 GM Peralta Fernando 2584 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Stella Andrea 2503
11 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2580 5½ 0 - 1 5½ GM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2523
12 GM Kulaots Kaido 2555 5½ 0 - 1 5½ GM Dragnev Valentin 2483
13 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Kadric Denis 2554
14 GM Lagarde Maxime 2616 5 ½ - ½ 5 IM Raja Rithvik R 2415
15 IM Garriga Cazorla Pere 2448 5 0 - 1 5 GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2614
16 GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2584 5 + - - 5 IM Duran Vega Sergio 2391
17 GM Nihal Sarin 2576 5 1 - 0 5 FM Lillo Castany Victor 2336
18 FM Martinez Reyes Pedro Ramon 2408 5 0 - 1 5 GM Xu Xiangyu 2565
19 FM Medarde Santiago Luis Marcos 2386 5 0 - 1 5 GM Halkias Stelios 2552
20 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2544 5 1 - 0 5 FM Shubin Kirill 2334
21 FM Ortega Ruiz Jose Miguel 2298 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Kelires Andreas 2535
22 IM Keymer Vincent 2508 5 1 - 0 5 WIM Solozhenkina Elizaveta 2258
23 FM Demianjuk Alexander 2344 5 ½ - ½ 5 IM Gukesh D 2466
24 IM Gual Pascual Antonio 2357 4½ 0 - 1 4½ WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465
25 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2451 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ IM Meister Peter 2355
26 IM Sadhwani Raunak 2434 4½ 1 - 0 4½ FM O`donnell Conor 2346
27 GM Pogorelov Ruslan 2354 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2428
28 IM Seyb Alexander 2419 4½ 1 - 0 4½ FM Chkhaidze Nikoloz 2297
29 IM Sarkar Justin 2332 4½ 1 - 0 4½ IM Ahlander Bjorn 2417
30 IM Henni Mohamed 2314 4½ 0 - 1 4½ IM Arjun Kalyan 2406
48 CM Low Kevin 2072 4 0 - 1 4 FM Sande Edreira Jose Antonio 2230

Ranking after Round Nine

1-4 Alonso, Andreikin, Edouard, Ivanchuk 7
5-15 Sasikiran, Inarkiev, Petrosyan, Indjic, Krishna, Dragnev, Santos, Peralta, Harutyunian, Romanov, Liang 6.5
16-29 Adly, Nihal, Vocaturo, Vasquez, Sosa, Praggnanandhaa and 8 others

Final Round Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts.Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2717 7 - 7 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2719
2 GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2524 7 - 7 GM Edouard Romain 2644
3 GM Liang Awonder 2589 6½ - 6½ GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2693
4 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2673 6½ - 6½ GM Romanov Evgeny 2614
5 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2620 6½ - 6½ GM Peralta Fernando 2584
6 GM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2523 6½ - 6½ GM Petrosyan Manuel 2565
7 GM Dragnev Valentin 2483 6½ - 6½ IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2528
8 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2629 6 - 6½ IM Krishna Teja N 2340
9 IM Sosa Tomas 2488 6 - 6 GM Adly Ahmed 2626
10 GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2614 6 - 6 GM Halkias Stelios 2552
11 GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2584 6 - 6 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2544
12 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2530 6 - 6 GM Nihal Sarin 2576
13 GM Xu Xiangyu 2565 6 - 6 IM Keymer Vincent 2508
14 GM Kadric Denis 2554 6 - 6 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2495
15 GM Kelires Andreas 2535 5½ - 6 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484
16 IM Arjun Kalyan 2406 5½ - 5½ GM Lagarde Maxime 2616
17 IM Alarcon Casellas Rolando 2387 5½ - 5½ GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2580
18 IM Low Zhen Yu Cyrus 2384 5½ - 5½ GM Kulaots Kaido 2555
19 GM Stella Andrea 2503 5½ - 5½ Korobkov Piotr 2398
20 IM Gukesh D 2466 5½ - 5½ IM Sarkar Justin 2332
21 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465 5½ - 5½ FM Demianjuk Alexander 2344
22 FM Pablo Mari Alejandro 2375 5½ - 5½ IM Sadhwani Raunak 2434
23 CM Bharath Subramaniyam H 2234 5½ - 5½ IM Seyb Alexander 2419
24 IM Raja Rithvik R 2415 5½ - 5½ FM Ortega Ruiz Jose Miguel 2298
25 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2451 5 - 5½ Ingebretsen Jens E 2251
26 FM Shubin Kirill 2334 5 - 5 IM Garriga Cazorla Pere 2448
27 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2428 5 - 5 WGM Vaishali R 2329
28 IM Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad 2328 5 - 5 IM Vardaan Nagpal 2415
29 WIM Solozhenkina Elizaveta 2258 5 - 5 FM Martinez Reyes Pedro Ramon 2408
30 FM Sande Edreira Jose Antonio 2230 5 - 5 CM Rohith Krishna S 2399
54 WFM Movileanu Daniela 2180 4 - 4 CM Low Kevin 2072

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 22, 2018

Round Nine

Round 9, Dec. 22
Andreikin, Dmitry – Alonso Rosell, Alvar
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O a6 6.c3 d6 7.Nbd2 h6 8.Bb3 O-O 9.Re1 Be6 10.Nf1 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Re8 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Nxe3 Rb8 14.Nd5 Na5 15.Qa4 Nc6 16.d4 exd4 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.cxd4 Qf4 19.d5 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Rxe5 21.g3 Qg4 22.Rac1 Re7 23.Kg2 Qc8 24.Re3 Qe8 25.Qd4 c6 26.dxc6 bxc6 27.b3 Re6 28.Rc4 a5 29.Ra4 Rb4 30.Rxb4 c5 31.Rb8 Qxb8 32.Qd5 Qb4 33.h4 g6 34.f4 a4 35.g4 axb3 36.axb3 Qd4 37.Kf3 Qa1 38.f5 Qf1+ 39.Kg3 Qg1+ 40.Kf3 Qf1+ 41.Kg3 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

Inarkiev – Ivanchuk given on a previous posting

Round 9, Dec. 22
Edouard, Romain – Sosa, Tomas
D24 QGA

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 b6 7.Bxc4 Bb7 8.O-O Bb4 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.f4 c5 12.Na2 Ba5 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.b3 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Ne4 16.Bb2 Rfd8 17.Bd3 h6 18.Qc2 f5 19.exf6 Nxf6 20.Bc4 Be4 21.Qe2 Bg6 22.h3 Qf7 23.Bxa6 Ne4 24.Bc4 Bd2 25.Kh2 Ra7 26.Bb5 Qe7 27.Bc6 Ba5 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Rd1 Qh4 30.Bxe4 Bxe4 31.Bc3 Bd5 32.Qc2 Qh5 33.Bxa5 Rxa5 34.e4 Ba8 35.Rd8+ Kh7 36.e5+ Qf5 37.Qxf5+ exf5 38.e6 c4 39.e7 Bc6 40.Nb4 c3 41.Nxc6 c2 42.Rh8+ Kxh8 43.e8=Q+ Kh7 44.Ne7 1-0

Round 9, Dec. 22
Krishna Teja, N – Liang, Awonder
A37 English, symmetrical, Botvinnik System reversed

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e5 6.O-O Nge7 7.Ne1 O-O 8.Nc2 d6 9.a3 Be6 10.Ne3 Qd7 11.d3 Bh3 12.Ned5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 f5 14.e3 Rf7 15.Rb1 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 e4 17.f4 exf3+ 18.Qxf3 Ne5 19.Qe2 Re8 20.b4 Ng4 21.Bb2 Bxb2 22.Rxb2 Nf6 23.Nxf6+ Rxf6 24.Qf3 b6 25.e4 Ree6 26.Qe3 Qe7 27.Rbf2 Kg7 28.b5 fxe4 29.Rxf6 Rxf6 30.Rxf6 Kxf6 31.Qf4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Dec. 22
Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo – Vocaturo, Daniele
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 Re8 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 e5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ne4 12.Qd4 Qh4 13.g3 Qh5 14.Bg2 Bh3 15.O-O Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Qxe5 17.Qxd5 Qxd5 18.cxd5 f5 19.b4 Rad8 20.Rd1 Re5 21.d6 Rxd6 22.Rxd6 Nxd6 23.Bb2 Rd5 24.Rc1 c6 25.Rc2 g5 26.h3 g4 27.hxg4 fxg4 28.Bd4 Nb5 29.Bb2 Nd6 30.Bd4 a6 31.Kf1 Ne4 32.Kg2 Rf5 33.Ba7 Rf8 34.Bb6 Rf7 35.Ba7 Kg7 36.Bb8 Kg6 37.Kf1 h5 38.Bf4 Rd7 39.Ke2 Kf5 40.Bb8 Rd5 41.Ba7 Rd8 42.Bd4 Ke6 43.Bc3 Rd5 44.Be1 Nd6 45.a4 Kf5 46.f3 Ke6 47.Rc1 Rf5 48.fxg4 hxg4 49.Rd1 Rd5 50.Rc1 Kf5 51.Bc3 Ne4 52.Rf1+ Kg6 53.Be1 Rf5 54.Rh1 Rf3 55.Kd3 Ng5 56.Rh4 Kf5 57.Rh8 Nf7 58.Rf8 Ke6 59.Rg8 Rf5 60.Bc3 Rd5+ 61.Ke4 Nd6+ 62.Kf4 Rf5+ 63.Kxg4 Rf7 64.Rg7 Rf1 65.Bd4 b5 66.axb5 axb5 67.Rg6+ Kd7 68.Be5 Nc4 69.Rg7+ Ke6 70.Bf4 Re1 71.Kf3 Nd2+ 72.Kf2 Rb1 73.Rg6+ Kf5 74.Rxc6 Ne4+ 75.Kf3 Rf1+ 76.Kg2 Rb1 77.Rc8 Rxb4 78.Re8 Nf6 79.Re5+ Kg6 80.g4 Rb1 81.Kf3 Rf1+ 82.Ke2 Rb1 83.Rg5+ Kf7 84.Be5 Ne4 85.Rg7+ Ke6 86.Bd4 b4 87.Rg8 Nd6 88.Rb8 b3 89.Kf2 Nc4 90.Rb4 b2 91.Bxb2 Nxb2 92.Kf3 Rf1+ 93.Ke4 1/2-1/2

Final position



Round 9, Dec. 22
Adly, Ahmed – Praggnanandhaa, R.
E04 Catalan, open

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Nfd4 Bd7 13.c4 Rac8 14.Nb5 Ne5 15.Bxb7 Rb8 16.Bf4 Nxc4 17.Bxb8 Rxb8 18.Ba6 Bxb5 19.Bxb5 Rxb5 20.Rac1 Rd5 21.Rd4 Nd6 22.Ra4 Nb5 23.Ra5 Ne4 24.Rc8+ Bf8 25.a4 Nbd6 26.Rxd5 Nxc8 27.Rd7 a5 28.Rb7 Nc3 29.Rc7 Nxe2+ 30.Kf1 Nxg3+ 31.hxg3 Nb6 32.Nc5 g6 33.Ne4 h6 34.Nf6+ Kg7 35.Ng4 Nxa4 36.Ne5 Bd6 37.Rxf7+ Kg8 38.Ra7 Bxe5 39.Rxa5 Bxg3 40.fxg3 Nc3 41.Ra7 Ne4 42.Kg2 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Dec. 22
Nihal Sarin – Lillo Castany, Victor
E04 Catalan, open

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qe2 Bd6 9.Qxc4 O-O 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.Nc3 Rab8 12.Qe2 e5 13.d5 Na7 14.Nd2 Nb5 15.Nce4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Rbd8 17.a4 Na7 18.b3 Nc8 19.Bb2 Bf5 20.Nxd6 Nxd6 21.e4 Bd7 22.Rac1 Rc8 23.Rd2 Rfd8 24.Ba3 Qf6 25.f4 Qe7 26.Rdc2 c6 27.Rd2 cxd5 28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.Rxd5 Be6 30.Rd3 b5 31.Qd1 1-0

Round 9, Dec. 22
Keymer, Vincent – Solozhenkina, Elizaveta
A15 English Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bd6 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 b6 7.Rc1 a6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.g3 Bb7 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Bg2 Qe7 12.O-O Ne4 13.Ne2 a5 14.Nf4 a4 15.b4 Bxf4 16.gxf4 Qxb4 17.Rxc7 Qxb2 18.Rxb7 Ndf6 19.Qb1 Qxb1 20.Rxb1 Nc3 21.Rb2 Rfb8 22.Rxb8+ Rxb8 23.Ne5 h6 24.Nc6 Rb7 25.Rc2 Nb5 26.Bf1 Nc7 27.Nb4 Kf8 28.Bd3 g6 29.f3 Kg7 30.Kf2 Ne6 31.Bb5 Ra7 32.Rc6 Nc7 33.Bd3 Rb7 34.h3 h5 35.e4 Ne6 36.Ke3 g5 37.fxg5 Nxg5 38.e5 Nd7 39.f4 Ne6 40.Nxd5 b5 41.f5 1-0

Round 9, Dec. 22
Beliavsky, Alexander – Shubin, Kirill
E00 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Bg2 d6 6.e3 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Nbd7 8.Nc3 e5 9.Nge2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Rac1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Qc2 Nfd7 14.b3 Ne5 15.a3 c6 16.h3 h5 17.Rcd1 h4 18.g4 Nxg4 19.hxg4 Bxg4 20.f3 Bd7 21.Rfe1 h3 22.Bf1 Qg5+ 23.Kh1 Rxe3 24.Qd2 Rae8 25.Rxe3 Qxe3 26.b4 axb4 27.axb4 Nb3 28.Qxe3 Rxe3 29.Nxb3 Rxc3 30.Nd2 Be6 31.Kh2 Rc2 32.Kg3 Rb2 33.b5 h2 34.Bg2 cxb5 35.cxb5 Rxb5 36.Nf1 Rb2 37.Nxh2 b5 38.Rxd6 g5 39.Ng4 b4 40.Bh3 Kg7 41.Ne3 Bxh3 42.Kxh3 f6 43.Rb6 b3 44.Nf5+ Kf7 45.Nd6+ 1-0

Round 9, Dec. 22
Demianjuk, Alexander – Gukesh, D.
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Be3 e5 9.O-O b6 10.Nh2 Nf8 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Ne6 13.Bg3 Nd4 14.Qd2 Be6 15.Nd1 Nb5 16.c3 O-O 17.Nf2 Qd7 18.Nfg4 Bxg4 19.Nxg4 f6 20.a4 Nd6 21.Rae1 Rad8 22.Qc2 h5 23.Nh2 Nf7 24.Rd1 Ng5 25.Nf3 Nxf3+ 26.Rxf3 Qe6 27.Rdf1 Rfe8 28.c4 Rf8 29.b3 Rf7 30.Be1 Bf8 31.Bc3 Be7 32.Qf2 Rdf8 33.Qg3 Kh7 34.Qf4 Bd6 35.e5 Bc7 36.g4 f5 37.gxh5 g5 38.Qe3 Re7 39.Kh1 f4 40.Qe4+ Qf5 41.h4 Qxe4 42.dxe4 Bxe5 43.hxg5 Bxc3 44.Rxc3 Rxe4 45.Rg3 Kg7 46.Rg4 a6 47.Rf3 b5 48.axb5 cxb5 49.cxb5 axb5 50.Kg2 Rd4 51.Kh3 c4 52.bxc4 bxc4 53.Kh4 Rf5 54.Ra3 Rd7 55.h6+ Kh7 56.Ra6 Rf8 57.g6+ Kg8 58.g7 Rc8 59.Rxf4 Rf7 60.Rxf7 Kxf7 61.Ra7+ Kg8 62.Ra6 c3 63.Kh5 Kf7 64.Ra7+ Kg8 65.Ra6 Kf7 66.Ra1 c2 67.Rf1+ Kg8 68.Rc1 Kh7 69.Kg5 Rc6 70.Kf5 Rxh6 1/2-1/2

Final position