Sunway Sitges 2018

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 13, 2018

The festival runs from December 13 to December 23


V Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival - Group A

Organizer(s) : Hotel Sunway Playa Golf & Spa de Sitges i Penya d’Escacs Casino Prado Suburense

Federation : Spain ( ESP )

Time control : 90 min/40 moves + 30 min, + 30 sec per move from the first move

Location : Sitges (Barcelona)

Starting rank of participants

No. Name FED RtgI

1 GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2719
2 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2717
3 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2693
4 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2673
5 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2644
6 GM Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2629
7 GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2626
8 GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2620
9 GM Lagarde Maxime FRA 2616
10 GM Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2614
11 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2614
12 GM Liang Awonder USA 2589
13 GM Peralta Fernando ARG 2584
14 GM Santos Latasa Jaime ESP 2584
15 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel ESP 2580
16 IM Nihal Sarin IND 2576
17 GM Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2565
18 GM Xu Xiangyu CHN 2565
19 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2555
20 GM Kadric Denis BIH 2554
21 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2552
22 GM Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G. ESP 2546
23 GM Beliavsky Alexander G SLO 2544
24 GM Kelires Andreas GRE 2535
25 GM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2530
26 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. ARM 2528
27 GM Alonso Rosell Alvar ESP 2524
28 GM Santos Ruiz Miguel ESP 2523
29 IM Keymer Vincent GER 2508
30 GM Stella Andrea ITA 2503
31 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo CHI 2495
32 IM Sosa Tomas ARG 2488
33 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance ESP 2484
34 GM Dragnev Valentin AUT 2483
35 IM Saduakassova Dinara KAZ 2472
36 IM Gukesh D IND 2466
37 WGM Pogonina Natalija RUS 2465
38 GM Romanishin Oleg M UKR 2451
39 IM Wang Kevin USA 2449
40 IM Garriga Cazorla Pere ESP 2448
41 IM Petrisor Adrian-Marian ROU 2435
42 IM Sadhwani Raunak IND 2434
43 WGM Soumya Swaminathan IND 2428
44 IM Seyb Alexander GER 2419
45 IM Ahlander Bjorn SWE 2417
46 IM Vardaan Nagpal IND 2415
47 FM Raja Rithvik R IND 2415
48 FM Martinez Reyes Pedro Ramon VEN 2408
49 Arjun Kalyan IND 2406
50 CM Rohith Krishna S IND 2399
51 IM Soysal Serkan TUR 2398
52 Korobkov Piotr UKR 2398
53 GM Perez Mitjans Orelvis ESP 2396
54 FM Ayats Llobera Gerard ESP 2395
55 IM Duran Vega Sergio CRC 2391
56 FM Di Nicolantonio Lucas FRA 2389
57 IM Alarcon Casellas Rolando CUB 2387
58 FM Medarde Santiago Luis Marcos ESP 2386
59 IM Low Zhen Yu Cyrus SGP 2384
60 IM Roy Prantik IND 2382

185 participants

[Hans Jung]

There are so many great tournaments happening now I am overwhelmed. I dont know where to look next. (heavy sigh)

[Hans Jung]

There are several of my favorites playing in this one too.

[Hans Jung]

Chucky is hurting but Im sure he will bounce back. I personally admired Beliavsky's miniature and Awonder Liangs game. Both ends of the age scale but the young one has great endgame skill!

[Hans Jung]

I know they probably hugely outrate their opponents but it doesnt take away from the show.

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 14, 2018

Commentators: Anna Rudolf and Miguel Illescas

Round One

The sensation of Round One:

5^thSunway Sitges International 2018
Round 1, Dec. 14
Sreeshwan Maralakshikari (2244) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2717)
A65 Benoni

1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.Nf3 a6 10.Bd3 b5 11.O-O O-O 12.Kh1 Re8 13.a3 c4 14.Bc2 Nc5 15.Nd4 Bg4 16.Qxg4 Bxd4 17.f5 Nbd7 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.e5 Bxe5 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Qxg6+ Bg7 22.Qf7+ Kh8 23.Qh5+ Kg8 24.Bg5 Qc8 25.Qf7+ Kh8 26.Rf4 1-0

Final position



Tim Harding: Round 1 this afternoon saw 2^ndseed Vassily Ivanchuk crushed in under an hour by a 12-year-old Indian.

Not 19…Be5?? But Bc3

Speaking of prodigies: Leonard Barden - The final paragraphs of today's Guardian article discuss the chances of Dommaraju Gukesh, who won his opening round at Sitges today, breaking Karjakin's GM age record of 12 years 7 months.

Gukesh, now 12 years 6 months, has a live raring of 2490 going into Sitges and needs his third and final norm for the record.

_____________

Round 1, Dec. 14
Inarkiev, Ernesto (2693) – Blasco Coll, Andreu (2240)
B12 Caro-kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Be2 Nc8 8.a4 a5 9.O-O Ncb6 10.Ne1 Be7 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Nxd3 O-O 13.Qg4 Kh8 14.Re1 Qc7 15.Re3 f5 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Qh3 Ne4 18.f3 Ng5 19.Qg4 h6 20.Ne5 Rf6 21.Re2 Nf7 22.Bf4 Bd6 23.Nc5 h5 24.Qxh5+ Kg8 25.Bg3 Rf5 26.Qg6 Rf6 27.Nxe6 1-0

Round 1, Dec. 14
Sorensen, Hampus (2219) – Liang, Awonder (2589)
E10 Dzindzikhashvili Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 Qb6 10.N4f3 Be7 11.a4 bxc4 12.Nxc4 Qc6 13.Na5 Qc7 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Rc1 Qb6 16.Nc4 Qb7 17.Na5 Qxb2 18.Bc3 Qb6 19.Nc4 Qb7 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Rb1 Qe4 22.Nd2 Qc6 23.Qb3 Qc7 24.Qb7 Ra7 25.Qe4 Nc6 26.Rfc1 f5 27.Qc4 Rc8 28.e4 fxe4 29.Qxe4 Bf6 30.Qg4+ Bg7 31.Qh5 h6 32.Rc4 Qd8 33.Rbc1 Rac7 34.Rg4 f5 35.Rgc4 Qe8 36.Qxe8+ Rxe8 37.Nb3 Rec8 38.Nbd4 Kf7 39.h3 h5 40.h4 Ke7 41.R1c2 Kf6 42.Nxc6 Rxc6 43.Rxc6 Rxc6 44.Rxc6 dxc6 45.Kf1 e5 46.Ne1 Ke6 47.Nc2 c5 48.Ke2 e4 49.Ne3 Bh6 50.Nc4 Kd5 51.Nb6+ Kd4 52.Kd1 e3 53.fxe3+ Bxe3 54.Ke2 Bh6 55.Nd7 c4 56.Kd1 Bg7 57.Nb8 Be5 58.Nxa6 Bd6 59.Kc2 c3 0-1

Round 1, Dec. 14
Beliavsky, Alexander (2544) – Goormachtigh, Johan (2159)
D99 Grunfeld Defence Smyslov, main line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7 9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.d5 Ne5 12.Be2 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Bh5 14.Rg1 Qc8 15.Rg3 c6 16.a4 Qc7 17.Rc1 cxd5 18.Nxd5 Qe5 19.Nf4 Rac8 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Kf1 Qa5 22.Bb5 Kf8 23.Nxh5 gxh5 24.Rg5 Bf6 25.Rf5 1-0

Round 1, Dec. 14
Praggnanandhaa, R (2530) – Manu David Suthandram, R (2153)
B32 Sicilian, Kalashnikov variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Be6 8.Nc4 Nf6 9.Bg5 Nd4 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nb6 Rd8 12.Ncd5 Bxd5 13.Nxd5 Qg6 14.Qd3 f5 15.exf5 Qxf5 16.Qxf5 Nxf5 17.Bc4 Rc8 18.Bb3 Nd4 19.c3 Nxb3 20.axb3 Kf7 21.O-O-O Ke6 22.Rhe1 g5 23.Re4 Bg7 24.Kb1 h5 25.f3 Rhf8 26.c4 Rf7 27.Nc3 Rg8 28.Re3 Bf8 29.Ne4 Be7 30.Red3 Rd8 31.Rd5 b6 32.b4 g4 33.c5 gxf3 34.cxd6 Bh4 35.R5d2 fxg2 36.Rxg2 Rf4 37.Re2 Kf5 38.Ng3+ Bxg3 39.hxg3 Rxb4 40.Rh2 Rd4 41.Rxh5+ Ke6 42.Rxd4 exd4 43.Rh6+ Kd7 44.Kc2 Rg8 45.Kd3 Rxg3+ 46.Kxd4 Rg5 47.b3 Rb5 48.Kc4 Rc5+ 49.Kd4 Rb5 50.Ke4 1/2-1/2

Round Two Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 FM Ayats Llobera Gerard 2395 1 - 1 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2719
2 IM Duran Vega Sergio 2391 1 - 1 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2693
3 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2673 1 - 1 CM Rohith Krishna S 2399
4 FM Di Nicolantonio Lucas 2389 1 - 1 GM Edouard Romain 2644
5 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2629 1 - 1 FM Medarde Santiago Luis Marcos 2386
6 IM Alarcon Casellas Rolando 2387 1 - 1 GM Adly Ahmed 2626
7 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2620 1 - 1 IM Roy Prantik 2382
8 IM Low Zhen Yu Cyrus 2384 1 - 1 GM Lagarde Maxime 2616
9 GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2614 1 - 1 GM Baghdasaryan Vahe 2376
10 IM Borocz Istvan 2377 1 - 1 GM Romanov Evgeny 2614
11 GM Liang Awonder 2589 1 - 1 GM Pogorelov Ruslan 2354
12 FM Pablo Mari Alejandro 2375 1 - 1 GM Peralta Fernando 2584
13 GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2584 1 - 1 FM Lillo Castany Victor 2336
14 IM Meister Peter 2355 1 - 1 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2580
15 IM Nihal Sarin 2576 1 - 1 IM Sarkar Justin 2332
16 FM O`donnell Conor 2346 1 - 1 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2565
17 IM Krishna Teja N 2340 1 - 1 GM Kulaots Kaido 2555
18 GM Kadric Denis 2554 1 - 1 WIM Vaishali R 2329
19 FM Shubin Kirill 2334 1 - 1 GM Halkias Stelios 2552
20 FM Esplugas Esteve Vicenc 2330 1 - 1 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2544
21 GM Kelires Andreas 2535 1 - 1 IM Henni Mohamed 2314
22 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2528 1 - 1 FM Antova Gabriela 2303
23 IM Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad 2328 1 - 1 GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2524
24 FM Garcia Ramos Daniel 2304 1 - 1 IM Keymer Vincent 2508
25 GM Stella Andrea 2503 1 - 1 FM Ortega Ruiz Jose Miguel 2298
26 IM Bobadilla Viera Jorge Samuel 2302 1 - 1 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2495
27 IM Sosa Tomas 2488 1 - 1 Priyanka Nutakki 2293
28 IM Cruz Filemon 2289 1 - 1 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484
29 GM Dragnev Valentin 2483 1 - 1 FM Pranav Anand 2274
30 CM Mullick Raahil 2276 1 - 1 IM Gukesh D 2466
31 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465 1 - 1 Ingebretsen Jens E 2251
32 WIM Solozhenkina Elizaveta 2258 1 - 1 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2451
33 CM Nunez Lucero Francisco 2102 1 - 1 IM Garriga Cazorla Pere 2448
34 Herms Agullo Jordi 2059 1 - 1 IM Sadhwani Raunak 2434
35 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2428 1 - 1 Sreeshwan Maralakshikari 2244
36 IM Ahlander Bjorn 2417 1 - 1 Ruperez Miguel 2115
37 FM Raja Rithvik R 2415 1 - 1 CM Ansat Aldiyar 1807
38 Arjun Kalyan 2406 1 - 1 Anguera Staina Maxim 1302
39 Prieto Alberto 1953 1 - ½ GM Praggnanandhaa R 2530
50 Ilamparthi A R 1796 ½ - 0 FM Demianjuk Alexander 2344
51 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2717 0 - 0 Hoffmann Max 2110
55 Jimenez Ruano Adrian 2245 0 - 0 CM Low Kevin 2072

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 15, 2018

Round Two

Pairings/Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 FM Ayats Llobera Gerard 2395 1 0 - 1 1 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2719
2 IM Duran Vega Sergio 2391 1 0 - 1 1 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2693
3 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2673 1 1 - 0 1 CM Rohith Krishna S 2399
4 FM Di Nicolantonio Lucas 2389 1 0 - 1 1 GM Edouard Romain 2644
5 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2629 1 1 - 0 1 FM Medarde Santiago Luis Marcos 2386
6 IM Alarcon Casellas Rolando 2387 1 0 - 1 1 GM Adly Ahmed 2626
7 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2620 1 ½ - ½ 1 IM Roy Prantik 2382
8 IM Low Zhen Yu Cyrus 2384 1 0 - 1 1 GM Lagarde Maxime 2616
9 GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2614 1 ½ - ½ 1 GM Baghdasaryan Vahe 2376
10 IM Borocz Istvan 2377 1 0 - 1 1 GM Romanov Evgeny 2614
11 GM Liang Awonder 2589 1 ½ - ½ 1 GM Pogorelov Ruslan 2354
12 FM Pablo Mari Alejandro 2375 1 0 - 1 1 GM Peralta Fernando 2584
13 GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2584 1 ½ - ½ 1 FM Lillo Castany Victor 2336
14 IM Meister Peter 2355 1 0 - 1 1 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2580
15 IM Nihal Sarin 2576 1 1 - 0 1 IM Sarkar Justin 2332
16 FM O`donnell Conor 2346 1 0 - 1 1 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2565
17 IM Krishna Teja N 2340 1 0 - 1 1 GM Kulaots Kaido 2555
18 GM Kadric Denis 2554 1 0 - 1 1 WIM Vaishali R 2329
19 FM Shubin Kirill 2334 1 1 - 0 1 GM Halkias Stelios 2552
20 FM Esplugas Esteve Vicenc 2330 1 1 - 0 1 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2544
21 GM Kelires Andreas 2535 1 1 - 0 1 IM Henni Mohamed 2314
22 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2528 1 1 - 0 1 FM Antova Gabriela 2303
23 IM Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad 2328 1 0 - 1 1 GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2524
24 FM Garcia Ramos Daniel 2304 1 ½ - ½ 1 IM Keymer Vincent 2508
25 GM Stella Andrea 2503 1 ½ - ½ 1 FM Ortega Ruiz Jose Miguel 2298
26 IM Bobadilla Viera Jorge Samuel 2302 1 ½ - ½ 1 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2495
27 IM Sosa Tomas 2488 1 ½ - ½ 1 Priyanka Nutakki 2293
28 IM Cruz Filemon 2289 1 0 - 1 1 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484
29 GM Dragnev Valentin 2483 1 1 - 0 1 FM Pranav Anand 2274
30 CM Mullick Raahil 2276 1 0 - 1 1 IM Gukesh D 2466
31 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465 1 1 - 0 1 Ingebretsen Jens E 2251
32 WIM Solozhenkina Elizaveta 2258 1 ½ - ½ 1 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2451
33 CM Nunez Lucero Francisco 2102 1 0 - 1 1 IM Garriga Cazorla Pere 2448
34 Herms Agullo Jordi 2059 1 0 - 1 1 IM Sadhwani Raunak 2434
35 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2428 1 1 - 0 1 Sreeshwan Maralakshikari 2244
36 IM Ahlander Bjorn 2417 1 1 - 0 1 Ruperez Miguel 2115
37 FM Raja Rithvik R 2415 1 1 - 0 1 CM Ansat Aldiyar 1807
38 Arjun Kalyan 2406 1 1 - 0 1 Anguera Staina Maxim 1302
39 Prieto Alberto 1953 1 0 - 1 ½ GM Praggnanandhaa R 2530
40 GM Xu Xiangyu 2565 ½ 1 - 0 ½ WIM Llaneza Vega Patricia 2165
51 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2717 0 1 - 0 0 Hoffmann Max 2110

http://chess-results.com/tnr383044.a...et=YES&flag=30

Round Three Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2719 2 - 2 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2528
2 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2693 2 - 2 GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2524
3 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484 2 - 2 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2673
4 GM Edouard Romain 2644 2 - 2 GM Dragnev Valentin 2483
5 IM Gukesh D 2466 2 - 2 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2629
6 GM Adly Ahmed 2626 2 - 2 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465
7 GM Lagarde Maxime 2616 2 - 2 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2428
8 GM Romanov Evgeny 2614 2 - 2 IM Ahlander Bjorn 2417
9 GM Peralta Fernando 2584 2 - 2 FM Raja Rithvik R 2415
10 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2580 2 - 2 Arjun Kalyan 2406
11 IM Garriga Cazorla Pere 2448 2 - 2 IM Nihal Sarin 2576
12 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2565 2 - 2 FM Shubin Kirill 2334
13 GM Kulaots Kaido 2555 2 - 2 FM Esplugas Esteve Vicenc 2330
14 IM Sadhwani Raunak 2434 2 - 2 GM Kelires Andreas 2535
15 WIM Vaishali R 2329 2 - 1½ GM Indjic Aleksandar 2620
16 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2451 1½ - 1½ GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2614
17 IM Roy Prantik 2382 1½ - 1½ GM Liang Awonder 2589
18 GM Baghdasaryan Vahe 2376 1½ - 1½ GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2584
19 GM Pogorelov Ruslan 2354 1½ - 1½ GM Xu Xiangyu 2565
20 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2530 1½ - 1½ GM Perez Mitjans Orelvis 2396
21 FM Lillo Castany Victor 2336 1½ - 1½ GM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2523
22 IM Keymer Vincent 2508 1½ - 1½ IM Bobadilla Viera Jorge Samuel 2302
23 Priyanka Nutakki 2293 1½ - 1½ GM Stella Andrea 2503
24 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2495 1½ - 1½ FM Garcia Ramos Daniel 2304
25 FM Ortega Ruiz Jose Miguel 2298 1½ - 1½ IM Sosa Tomas 2488
26 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2717 1 - 1½ WIM Solozhenkina Elizaveta 2258

[Hans Jung]

Gukesh, who is chasing Karjakhins youngest grandmaster record, got a tough lesson from Vocaturo.

[Hans Jung]

Awonder Liang won a nice attacking game.

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 16, 2018

Round Three

Round Three Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2719 2 1 - 0 2 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2528
2 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2693 2 0 - 1 2 GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2524
3 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484 2 0 - 1 2 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2673
4 GM Edouard Romain 2644 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Dragnev Valentin 2483
5 IM Gukesh D 2466 2 0 - 1 2 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2629
6 GM Adly Ahmed 2626 2 1 - 0 2 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465
7 GM Lagarde Maxime 2616 2 1 - 0 2 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2428
8 GM Romanov Evgeny 2614 2 ½ - ½ 2 IM Ahlander Bjorn 2417
9 GM Peralta Fernando 2584 2 ½ - ½ 2 IM Raja Rithvik R 2415
10 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2580 2 1 - 0 2 IM Arjun Kalyan 2406
11 IM Garriga Cazorla Pere 2448 2 0 - 1 2 GM Nihal Sarin 2576
12 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2565 2 1 - 0 2 FM Shubin Kirill 2334
13 GM Kulaots Kaido 2555 2 1 - 0 2 FM Esplugas Esteve Vicenc 2330
14 IM Sadhwani Raunak 2434 2 1 - 0 2 GM Kelires Andreas 2535
15 WGM Vaishali R 2329 2 0 - 1 1½ GM Indjic Aleksandar 2620
16 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2451 1½ ½ - ½ 1½ GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2614
17 IM Roy Prantik 2382 1½ 0 - 1 1½ GM Liang Awonder 2589
18 GM Baghdasaryan Vahe 2376 1½ 0 - 1 1½ GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2584
19 GM Pogorelov Ruslan 2354 1½ ½ - ½ 1½ GM Xu Xiangyu 2565
20 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2530 1½ 1 - 0 1½ GM Perez Mitjans Orelvis 2396
21 FM Lillo Castany Victor 2336 1½ 0 - 1 1½ GM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2523
22 IM Keymer Vincent 2508 1½ 1 - 0 1½ IM Bobadilla Viera Jorge Samuel 2302
23 WIM Priyanka Nutakki 2293 1½ 0 - 1 1½ GM Stella Andrea 2503
24 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2495 1½ 1 - 0 1½ FM Garcia Ramos Daniel 2304
25 FM Ortega Ruiz Jose Miguel 2298 1½ 0 - 1 1½ IM Sosa Tomas 2488
26 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2717 1 ½ - ½ 1½ WIM Solozhenkina Elizaveta 2258

Round Four Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts.Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2580 3 - 3 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2719
2 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2673 3 - 3 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2565
3 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2629 3 - 3 GM Kulaots Kaido 2555
4 GM Nihal Sarin 2576 3 - 3 GM Adly Ahmed 2626
5 GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2524 3 - 3 GM Lagarde Maxime 2616
6 GM Liang Awonder 2589 2½ - 3 IM Sadhwani Raunak 2434
7 GM Stella Andrea 2503 2½ - 2½ GM Edouard Romain 2644
8 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2620 2½ - 2½ IM Keymer Vincent 2508
9 IM Sosa Tomas 2488 2½ - 2½ GM Romanov Evgeny 2614
10 GM Dragnev Valentin 2483 2½ - 2½ GM Peralta Fernando 2584
11 GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2584 2½ - 2½ GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2495
12 IM Ahlander Bjorn 2417 2½ - 2½ GM Praggnanandhaa R 2530
13 GM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2523 2½ - 2½ IM Raja Rithvik R 2415
14 IM Meister Peter 2355 2 - 2 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2693
15 GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2614 2 - 2 IM Gual Pascual Antonio 2357
16 GM Xu Xiangyu 2565 2 - 2 FM O`donnell Conor 2346
17 GM Kadric Denis 2554 2 - 2 GM Pogorelov Ruslan 2354
18 IM Krishna Teja N 2340 2 - 2 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2544
19 GM Kelires Andreas 2535 2 - 2 FM Demianjuk Alexander 2344
20 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2528 2 - 2 FM Shubin Kirill 2334
21 FM Esplugas Esteve Vicenc 2330 2 - 2 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484
22 IM Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad 2328 2 - 2 IM Gukesh D 2466
23 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465 2 - 2 IM Sarkar Justin 2332
24 IM Cruz Filemon 2289 2 - 2 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2451
25 IM Wang Kevin 2449 2 - 2 WGM Vaishali R 2329
26 CM Mullick Raahil 2276 2 - 2 IM Garriga Cazorla Pere 2448
27 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2428 2 - 2 FM Pranav Anand 2274
28 WIM Solozhenkina Elizaveta 2258 2 - 2 IM Seyb Alexander 2419
29 CM Bharath Subramaniyam H 2234 2 - 2 FM Martinez Reyes Pedro Ramon 2408
30 IM Arjun Kalyan 2406 2 - 2 Ingebretsen Jens E 2251
31 FM Sande Edreira Jose Antonio 2230 2 - 2 FM Ayats Llobera Gerard 2395
32 IM Duran Vega Sergio 2391 2 - 2 Sreeshwan Maralakshikari 2244
33 FM Goormachtigh Johan 2159 2 - 2 FM Di Nicolantonio Lucas 2389
34 IM Low Zhen Yu Cyrus 2384 2 - 2 Moksh Amit Doshi 2233
35 IM Borocz Istvan 2377 2 - 2 Ruperez Miguel 2115
36 Jimenez Ruano Adrian 2245 1½ - 1½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2717
42 IM Alarcon Casellas Rolando 2387 1½ - 1½ CM Low Kevin 2072

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 16, 2018

Games from Rounds Two and Three

Round 2, Dec. 15
Nihal Sarin (2576) – Sarkar, Justin (2332)
A39 Reti/English symmetrical, main line

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Qa5 9.e3 Ne5 10.Nb3 Qa6 11.c5 d6 12.cxd6 Rd8 13.Nc5 Qb6 14.N5e4 e6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qe2 Bg7 17.f4 Nc6 18.Kh1 Rxd6 19.e4 e5 20.Be3 Qd8 21.f5 Nd4 22.Qf2 gxf5 23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Bxd4 exd4 25.Qxf5 Rf6 26.Qh5 dxc3 27.bxc3 Rc8 28.Rxf6 Qxf6 29.Rf1 Qg6 30.Qd5 b6 31.Qd7 Qe6 32.Rxf7 Qxd7 33.Rxd7 Bxc3 34.Bd5+ Kh8 35.Rxa7 Be5 36.Rb7 Rc5 37.Bb3 Bc7 38.Kg2 Kg7 39.Ra7 h5 40.Ra4 Kg6 41.Rd4 Be5 42.Rd7 Rc7 43.Rd5 Rc5 44.Rxc5 bxc5 45.h3 Bc3 46.Kf3 Kg5 47.a4 Be1 48.Bf7 h4 49.g4 Kf6 50.Bg8 Ke5 51.Ke3 Ba5 52.Kd3 Kf4 53.Kc4 Bd8 54.Kxc5 Kg3 55.Be6 Bg5 56.a5 Kxh3 57.a6 Kg3 58.Kc4 Be3 59.g5 1-0

Round 2, Dec. 15
Esplugas Esteve, Vincenc (2330) – Beliavsky, Alexander (2544)
D48 QGD, Semi-Slav, Meran, Reynold’s variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.d5 c4 11.Bc2 e5 12.O-O Bd6 13.Ne2 Nc5 14.Ng3 Bd7 15.Re1 a5 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.exf5 O-O 18.Nxe5 Re8 19.Nf3 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Nxd5 21.Bg5 Qf8 22.Qd2 Nb4 23.f6 g6 24.Bh6 Qd8 25.Rd1 Qxf6 26.Qxd6 Qxd6 27.Rxd6 Nxc2 28.Rb6 b4 29.Rc6 c3 30.bxc3 b3 31.axb3 Nxb3 32.Ne5 a4 33.Rc7 Nc5 34.Rxf7 Ne6 35.Re7 a3 36.Nd7 1-0

How many moves will it take White to mate from the final position after Black makes his move?



Round 2, Dec. 15
Ivanchuk, Vassily (2717) – Hoffmann, Max (2110)
E76 King’s Indian, Four Pawns Attack

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.O-O Nd7 9.Be2 c5 10.d5 Nc7 11.Kh1 a6 12.a4 b6 13.Be3 Rb8 14.Qd2 Re8 15.Rad1 Nf8 16.f5 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 Nd7 18.Rdf1 Ne5 19.Rh3 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.cxb5 c4 22.Bd1 Nd3 23.Ba4 Na8 24.Ne2 Nb6 25.Bc2 Ne5 26.Bh6 Bh8 27.Nd4 Qc7 28.Nc6 Ra8 29.Nxe5 Bxe5 30.Qf2 Bf6 31.e5 dxe5 32.Qg3 Nxd5 33.fxg6 e4 34.gxf7+ Kxf7 35.Bxe4 Qxg3 36.Bxd5+ e6 37.Rxg3 exd5 38.Rgf3 Re6 39.Bg5 Ra5 40.Bxf6 Rxb5 41.h3 Re4 42.Bc3+ Ke7 43.Rf7+ Kd6 44.R1f6+ Re6 45.Rxe6+ Kxe6 46.Rxh7 Kf5 47.Rh4 1-0

Round 3, Dec. 16
Gukesh, D (2466) – Vocaturo, Daniele (2629)
A05 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Re1 Qc7 9.exd5 exd5 10.d4 Bg4 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Bf4 Qd7 14.Be3 d4 15.Bg5 Nd5 16.Rc1 Rfe8 17.Qd2 f6 18.Bf4 g5 19.Bxg5 fxg5 20.Qxg5+ Kh8 21.Nh4 Nc7 22.Nc5 Bxc5 23.Qxc5 Ne6 24.Qb5 a6 25.Qd3 Ng5 26.Qd2 Qg7 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Re1 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 Bd7 30.f4 Nf7 31.Qd2 Nd6 32.Qd3 Qf6 33.c3 dxc3 34.bxc3 Be8 35.Qe3 Bf7 36.a4 Nc4 37.Qc5 Qd6 38.Qg5 Ne3 39.Bf3 h6 40.Nf5 Nxf5 41.Qxf5 Kg7 42.Qg4+ Kf8 43.Qf5 Nd8 44.Qa5 Ke7 45.h4 Be6 46.h5 Bd7 47.c4 Qd4+ 48.Kg2 Qxc4 49.Qe5+ Qe6 50.Qc5+ Ke8 51.Qd4 Qh3+ 52.Kf2 Qh2+ 53.Bg2 Bc6 54.Qe5+ Kd7 55.Qg7+ Kc8 56.Qg4+ Kb8 57.Qh3 Qxg2+ 58.Qxg2 Bxg2 59.Kxg2 b5 60.axb5 a5 61.g4 Nf7 0-1

Round 3, Dec. 16
Roy, Prantik (2382) – Liang, Awonder (2589)
A45 Trompovsky Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 O-O 7.Nf3 c5 8.d5 Nd7 9.Nc3 a6 10.a4 f5 11.Qc2 f4 12.O-O fxe3 13.Rae1 exf2+ 14.Qxf2 Nf6 15.Qh4 Bf5 16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.Rxe5 Bg6 18.Rfe1 Qd6 19.Re7 Rae8 20.Rxb7 Rxe1+ 21.Qxe1 Qf4 22.Bxa6 Ng4 23.g3 Qd4+ 24.Kh1 Nf2+ 25.Kg2 Ne4 26.Re7 Qf6 27.Rxe4 Bxe4+ 28.Nxe4 Qxa6 29.Nxc5 Qc4 30.b4 Qxd5+ 31.Kf2 Qa2+ 32.Qe2 Qb1 33.Qe4 Qb2+ 34.Kf3 Rb8 35.Nd3 Qxh2 36.a5 Qh1+ 37.Ke3 Qa1 38.Qc6 Rd8 39.Qc4 Qd1 40.a6 Re8+ 41.Kd4 Qa1+ 42.Kd5 Qf6 43.b5 h5 44.Qf4 Qc3 45.Nc5 Rd8+ 46.Kc6 Rc8+ 47.Kb7 Qxc5 48.a7 Re8 49.b6 Qc8# 0-1

Round 3, Dec. 16
Praggnanandhaa R (2530) – Perz Mitjans, Orelvis (2396)
B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical System

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.O-O d6 8.f4 Be7 9.g4 Nc6 10.g5 Nd7 11.Be3 Na5 12.f5 Ne5 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Nb3 Nac4 15.Bxc4 Qxc4 16.Qh5+ g6 17.Qh6 Bf8 18.Qh4 Bd7 19.Rad1 Qc7 20.Qf2 Be7 21.Bb6 Qc4 22.Na5 Qb4 23.Qd4 Qxd4+ 24.Bxd4 b5 25.Nb7 b4 26.Ne2 Bb5 27.Rf2 Bxe2 28.Rxe2 Nf3+ 29.Kg2 O-O 30.Bf2 Nxg5 31.Bh4 Rf4 32.Bxg5 Rg4+ 33.Kh1 Rxg5 34.Nxd6 Rf8 35.e5 Rf4 36.c4 bxc3 37.bxc3 Rf3 38.c4 Rg4 39.Rc2 Re3 40.c5 Rxe5 41.Nb7 Rf5 42.c6 Rf8 43.c7 Rc8 44.Rd7 Kf8 45.Nd6 1-0

Round 3, Dec. 16
Garriga Cazorla, Pere (2448) – Nihal Sarin (2576)
D46 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nd4 Neg4 14.g3 Bc5 15.Nf5 Re8 16.Bxg4 Nxg4 17.Bf4 Qf6 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.h3 Ne5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 Nf3+ 22.Kg2 Nd4 23.Nxd4 Bxd4 24.Qc1 c5 25.f3 Qc6 26.g4 b4 27.Ne2 Bf6 28.Rxd8+ Bxd8 29.Be3 Be7 30.b3 a5 31.Nf4 Ba6 32.Nd5 Bf8 33.a3 c4 34.axb4 axb4 35.bxc4 Qxc4 36.Qa1 Bb7 37.Qe5 Bxd5 38.exd5 Qe2+ 39.Kg3 b3 40.d6 b2 41.d7 b1=Q 42.d8=Q Qbe1+ 43.Kf4 Qh2+ 0-1

Final position with mate for Black in 11 moves




Round 3, Dec. 16
Keymer, Vincent (2508) – Bobadilla Viera, Jorge Samuel (2302)
A41 Modern Defence

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.g3 Nd7 5.Bg2 e5 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 h6 9.e4 Nc6 10.Be3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.b3 Nc5 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Rad1 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bc6 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.b4 Ne6 18.b5 Bd7 19.e5 Nc5 20.exd6 cxd6 21.Qd4+ Qf6 22.Qxf6+ Kxf6 23.Nd5+ 1-0

All the Round Three games quoted have a prodigy in each

[Erik Malmsten]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 16, 2018

Games from Rounds Two and Three


Round 2, Dec. 15
Esplugas Esteve, Vincenc (2330) – Beliavsky, Alexander (2544)
D48 QGD, Semi-Slav, Meran, Reynold’s variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.d5 c4 11.Bc2 e5 12.O-O Bd6 13.Ne2 Nc5 14.Ng3 Bd7 15.Re1 a5 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.exf5 O-O 18.Nxe5 Re8 19.Nf3 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Nxd5 21.Bg5 Qf8 22.Qd2 Nb4 23.f6 g6 24.Bh6 Qd8 25.Rd1 Qxf6 26.Qxd6 Qxd6 27.Rxd6 Nxc2 28.Rb6 b4 29.Rc6 c3 30.bxc3 b3 31.axb3 Nxb3 32.Ne5 a4 33.Rc7 Nc5 34.Rxf7 Ne6 35.Re7 a3 36.Nd7 1-0

How many moves will it take White to mate from the final position after Black makes his move?

White threatens to mate with Nf6+ and Rxh7 but Black can cover the f6-square with 36... Rf8 and threatens to queen the a-pawn (winning White's rook) . So no immediate mate and White has to be careful, there is a big difference between 37. Nxf8 and Bxf8.

[Hans Jung]

Awonder Liang wins another complicated attacking game in rd 4.

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 17, 2018

Round Four

Round Four Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2580 3 1 - 0 3 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2719
2 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2673 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2565
3 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2629 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Kulaots Kaido 2555
4 GM Nihal Sarin 2576 3 1 - 0 3 GM Adly Ahmed 2626
5 GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2524 3 1 - 0 3 GM Lagarde Maxime 2616
6 GM Liang Awonder 2589 2½ 1 - 0 3 IM Sadhwani Raunak 2434
7 GM Stella Andrea 2503 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ GM Edouard Romain 2644
8 GM Indjic Aleksandar 2620 2½ 1 - 0 2½ IM Keymer Vincent 2508
9 IM Sosa Tomas 2488 2½ 0 - 1 2½ GM Romanov Evgeny 2614
10 GM Dragnev Valentin 2483 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ GM Peralta Fernando 2584
11 GM Santos Latasa Jaime 2584 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2495
12 IM Ahlander Bjorn 2417 2½ 0 - 1 2½ GM Praggnanandhaa R 2530
13 GM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2523 2½ 1 - 0 2½ IM Raja Rithvik R 2415
14 IM Meister Peter 2355 2 0 - 1 2 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2693
15 GM Gordievsky Dmitry 2614 2 ½ - ½ 2 IM Gual Pascual Antonio 2357
16 GM Xu Xiangyu 2565 2 1 - 0 2 FM O`donnell Conor 2346
17 GM Kadric Denis 2554 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Pogorelov Ruslan 2354
18 IM Krishna Teja N 2340 2 1 - 0 2 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2544
19 GM Kelires Andreas 2535 2 1 - 0 2 FM Demianjuk Alexander 2344
20 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2528 2 1 - 0 2 FM Shubin Kirill 2334
21 FM Esplugas Esteve Vicenc 2330 2 ½ - ½ 2 IM Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2484
22 IM Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad 2328 2 0 - 1 2 IM Gukesh D 2466
23 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465 2 ½ - ½ 2 IM Sarkar Justin 2332
24 IM Cruz Filemon 2289 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2451
25 IM Wang Kevin 2449 2 1 - 0 2 WGM Vaishali R 2329
26 CM Mullick Raahil 2276 2 0 - 1 2 IM Garriga Cazorla Pere 2448
27 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2428 2 ½ - ½ 2 FM Pranav Anand 2274
28 WIM Solozhenkina Elizaveta 2258 2 0 - 1 2 IM Seyb Alexander 2419
29 CM Bharath Subramaniyam H 2234 2 1 - 0 2 FM Martinez Reyes Pedro Ramon 2408
30 IM Arjun Kalyan 2406 2 0 - 1 2 Ingebretsen Jens E 2251
36 Jimenez Ruano Adrian 2245 1½ 0 - 1 1½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2717

Standings after Round Four

1-3 Nihal Sarin, Alonso, Lopez 4
4-11 Vocaturo, Kulaots, Sasikiran, Liang, Petrosyan, Romanov, Indijic, Praggnananadhaa, Santos 3.5
12-34 Adly, Lagarde, Andreikin, Dragnev, Inarkiev and 17 others 3

Round Five pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts.Result Pts. Name Rtg

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

[Wayne Komer]

Sunway Sitges 2018

December 17, 2018

Round Four

Games from Round Four

Round 4, Dec. 17
Lopez Martinez, J M – Andreikin, Dmitry
E10 Dzindikhashvili Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bh4 Bd6 10.Bg3 Bxg3 11.hxg3 c6 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfe1 Qd6 15.Rab1 Bg4 16.b4 Rfe8 17.Na4 Re7 18.Nc5 Qc7 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.a4 Qd6 21.Nh2 Bh5 22.Rec1 Nb6 23.Qc5 Qd8 24.Ra1 Bg6 25.Bf1 Be4 26.Qc3 Rc8 27.Be2 Bf5 28.Nf1 Rec7 29.Qc5 Nd7 30.Qd6 Qf8 31.Qxf8+ Kxf8 32.Nd2 Ke7 33.Nb3 Kd6 34.g4 Be6 35.f3 Ra8 36.Rc3 b6 37.a5 b5 38.Kf2 Re8 39.Rac1 Rcc8 40.Bd3 Re7 41.Nd2 Nf6 42.Nf1 Bd7 43.Ng3 Ree8 44.Bf5 Be6 45.Rh1 Kc7 46.Ne2 Rcd8 47.Nf4 Rd6 48.Nd3 Nd7 49.Rhc1 Kb7 50.Nf4 g5 51.Nd3 Bxf5 52.gxf5 h5 53.Rh1 h4 54.g3 Rh6 55.gxh4 gxh4 56.Rcc1 Reh8 57.Rcg1 R8h7 58.Rh3 Kc7 59.e4 dxe4 60.fxe4 Rh8 61.Rg7 R6h7 62.Rxh7 Rxh7 63.Kf3 Nf6 64.Nc5 Rh6 65.Nxa6+ Kc8 66.Nc5 Nh7 67.Kg4 1-0

Round 4, Dec. 17
Nihal Sarin – Adly, Ahmed
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.a4 h6 10.Be3 b6 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.Bc4 Qc7 13.Qe2 Nc5 14.Bxc5 Qxc5 15.O-O O-O 16.Rfe1 Rfc8 17.Rad1 Bf8 18.Bb3 Bc6 19.Qc4 Be8 20.Qxc5 dxc5 21.Nc4 b5 22.Nb6 c4 23.Ba2 Bb4 24.Nxa8 Rxa8 25.Re3 Bc5 26.Re2 Bd4 27.Nb1 Bd7 28.Kf1 Kf8 29.c3 Bc5 30.f3 Be6 31.Nd2 g5 32.g3 Ke7 33.Kg2 Nd7 34.a5 Rc8 35.b4 Ba7 36.Nf1 Nf8 37.Ne3 Bxe3 38.Rxe3 Ng6 39.Re2 Rd8 40.Rxd8 Kxd8 41.Rd2+ Ke7 42.Bb1 h5 43.Bc2 Bd7 44.Bd1 h4 45.Be2 Be6 46.Kf2 Bc8 47.Bf1 Be6 48.Ke3 Bc8 49.Rg2 Bh3 50.Rg1 Be6 51.gxh4 gxh4 52.Rg5 Kd6 53.Be2 Bd7 54.f4 exf4+ 55.Kd4 Be8 56.Rf5 Nf8 57.Rd5+ Ke7 58.Bg4 Ne6+ 59.Bxe6 fxe6 60.Rc5 Kd6 61.Rg5 Bc6 62.e5+ Kd7 63.Rg4 1-0

Round 4, Dec. 17
Liang, Awonder – Sadhwani, Raunak
A20 English Opening

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nd4 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Qe5 8.Bg2 Bc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.d4 exd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Qe2 a5 13.O-O Bg4 14.Qc2 Nbd7 15.h3 Be6 16.Qe2 a4 17.Nd2 a3 18.Kh2 Nd5 19.Nd1 Nb4 20.f4 Qc5 21.bxa3 Nc2 22.f5 Nxa1 23.fxe6 Qxc1 24.exd7 Qc2 25.Nf2 Ba5 26.Nfe4 Qxa2 27.Qg4 Bxd2 28.Nf6+ Kh8 29.Qf5 Qc2 30.Be4 g6 31.Qg4 Qb2 32.Rf2 Qe5 33.Qh4 h5 34.Rf5 Qxf5 35.Bxf5 Rfd8 36.Qd4 Nb3 37.Qe5 Kg7 38.Bc2 Ra5 39.Qe7 1-0

Awonder meets Praggnanandhaa in the next round!

Round 4, Dec. 17
Indjic, Aleksandar – Keymer, Vincent
A00 Mieses Opening

1.d3 d5 2.Nd2 Nf6 3.Ngf3 Nc6 4.e4 e5 5.c3 a5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Re8 9.a3 d4 10.cxd4 Nxd4 11.Bb2 b6 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.Bxd4 Qxd4 14.Qc2 c5 15.Nc4 b5 16.Nd2 Ba6 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.Rfd1 Re7 19.g3 g6 20.Bf1 Qd6 21.Qc3 b4 22.Qa1 Rcc7 23.axb4 axb4 24.Qa5 Bc8 25.Rc2 Rc6 26.Rdc1 Rec7 27.d4 Qxd4 28.Bb5 Nxe4 29.Nxe4 Qxe4 30.Bxc6 Rxc6 31.Qa8 Kg7 32.Rxc5 Rxc5 33.Qxe4 Rxc1+ 34.Kg2 Rc5 35.Qxb4 Rd5 36.Qc3 Bb7 37.f3 g5 38.Kf2 Kg6 39.Qc7 Rb5 40.b4 e4 41.Qd7 Rb6 42.f4 gxf4 43.gxf4 e3+ 44.Kxe3 Re6+ 45.Kd4 Bc6 46.f5+ Kxf5 47.Qxf7+ Rf6 48.Qxh7+ Kg5 49.Ke5 1-0

Round 4, Dec. 17
Ahlander, Bjorn – Praggnanandhaa R
D02 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nb4 5.Na3 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c3 Nc6 8.Nc2 Nf6 9.Nce1 h6 10.Nd3 O-O 11.a4 a5 12.b3 Bd6 13.Bb2 Be4 14.Re1 Qb8 15.c4 Nb4 16.Rc1 Nxd3 17.exd3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 c6 19.Qc2 Ne8 20.Bc3 Qd8 21.c5 Be7 22.Rb1 b6 23.b4 axb4 24.Bxb4 bxc5 25.dxc5 Nf6 26.d4 Nd7 27.Bd1 Bf6 28.Bc3 Qc7 29.f4 g6 30.Qd3 Bg7 31.Bc2 Nf6 32.Qd1 Qa7 33.a5 Nd7 34.Rb6 Nxc5 35.Qd2 Nb7 36.Ra1 Nd6 37.Bd3 Rfb8 38.Rab1 Nc8 39.Rxb8 Rxb8 40.Rxb8 Qxb8 41.Kg2 Bf6 42.Qc2 Kg7 43.Qa4 c5 44.Ba6 Na7 45.Qa3 Qc7 46.Qb2 c4 47.Qb6 Bd8 48.Qxc7 Bxc7 49.Bb7 Nb5 50.Bb4 c3 51.a6 Bb6 52.Bc6 c2 53.Bd2 Nxd4 54.Ba4 Kf6 55.g4 Ke7 56.Kf1 Kd6 57.Bb4+ Kc7 58.Ba3 Kb8 59.Ke1 Ba5+ 60.Kf2 Bd2 61.f5 c1=Q 62.Bxc1 Bxc1 63.Be8 gxf5 64.gxf5 Nxf5 65.Bxf7 Ng7 0-1

Round 4, Dec. 17
Krishna Teja, N – Beliavsky, Alexander
D10 QGD Slav Defence

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Ne4 Qd5 7.Nd2 Ba6 8.Qc2 c3 9.bxc3 Bxf1 10.Kxf1 e6 11.c4 Qh5 12.Ngf3 a5 13.c5 Nf6 14.h3 Be7 15.Kg1 O-O 16.g4 Qd5 17.e4 Qd8 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.Bg5 Rd8 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Qc1 Nd7 22.g5 f5 23.e5 Nxc5 24.dxc5 Bxc5 25.Kg2 Rd3 26.Qf4 Rad8 27.Rac1 Qa7 28.Rhf1 b3 29.Nb2 R3d5 30.Qc4 Rb8 31.Nd3 Bf8 32.Rb1 Qd7 33.Nf4 Rb4 34.Nxd5 cxd5 35.Qd3 Qxa4 36.Rfc1 b2 37.Rc8 Kg7 38.Rc7 Rc4 39.Rb7 Ba3 40.Rb3 Rc1 1-0