IM Panjwani in Biel Open

[Michael Yip]

Raja is doing well. Rd2 he beat 2672 GM Martirosyan

[Michael Yip]

Draw with Black today against Iturrizaga Bonelli(2619) leaves Raja at 2.5/3

[Larry Bevand]

Draw with Black today against Iturrizaga Bonelli(2619) leaves Raja at 2.5/3

Thanks Michael for keeping us in the loop! A very tough field for sure!

I hope all is well with you.

Here are 4th round pairings:

1	11	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2612	3		3	GM	Visakh N R	2503	23
2	27	IM	Pranav Anand	2463	3		3	GM	Aryan Chopra	2610	13
3	1	GM	Yu Yangyi	2720	2½		2½	GM	Azarov Sergei	2566	18
4	5	GM	Sargsyan Shant	2661	2½		2½	GM	Gagare Shardul	2514	22
5	7	GM	Motylev Alexander	2632	2½		2½	GM	Iniyan P	2533	20
6	9	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2623	2½		2½	GM	Pavlovic Milos	2461	28
7	17	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2567	2½		2½	GM	Banusz Tamas	2611	12
8	15	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2608	2½		2½	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2479	24
9	31	IM	Panjwani Raja	2450	2½		2½	GM	Erdos Viktor	2586	16

[Sheldon Ab]

Amazing! Keep up the solid play.

[Michael Yip]

Raja drew GM Erdos today

Round 4 on 2022/07/16 at 14:00

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	11	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2612	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Visakh N R	2503	23
2	27	IM	Pranav Anand	2463	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Aryan Chopra	2610	13
3	1	GM	Yu Yangyi	2720	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Azarov Sergei	2566	18
4	5	GM	Sargsyan Shant	2661	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Gagare Shardul	2514	22
5	7	GM	Motylev Alexander	2632	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Iniyan P	2533	20
6	9	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2623	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Pavlovic Milos	2461	28
7	17	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2567	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Banusz Tamas	2611	12
8	15	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2608	2½	1 - 0	2½	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2479	24
9	31	IM	Panjwani Raja	2450	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Erdos Viktor	2586	16

[Michael Yip]

Raja won last round
Round 7 on 2022/07/20 at 14:00

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	13	GM	Aryan Chopra	2610	5	0 - 1	5	GM	Alekseenko Kirill	2708	2
2	7	GM	Motylev Alexander	2632	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Visakh N R	2503	23
3	15	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2608	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	2686	3
4	27	IM	Pranav Anand	2463	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Sargsyan Shant	2661	5
5	20	GM	Iniyan P	2533	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2623	9
6	10	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	2619	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2567	17
7	14	GM	Huschenbeth Niclas	2610	4	0 - 1	4½	GM	Muradli Mahammad	2523	21
8	4	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	2672	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Licznerski Lukasz	2451	30
9	8	GM	Lagarde Maxime	2631	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	2445	32
10	34	IM	Krishna C R G	2430	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2612	11
11	16	GM	Erdos Viktor	2586	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Korley Kassa	2421	37
12	29	CM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2457	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Petrov Martin	2534	19
13	24	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2479	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Seul Georg	2367	52
14	12	GM	Banusz Tamas	2611	3½	1 - 0	4	CM	Popiol Michal	2118	89
15	44	FM	Stijve Theo	2394	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Yu Yangyi	2720	1
16	6	GM	Shevchenko Kirill	2654	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Song Julien	2391	45
17	50	IM	Haimovich Tal	2372	3½	½ - ½	3½	GM	Azarov Sergei	2566	18
18	22	GM	Gagare Shardul	2514	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Materia Marco	2409	41
19	56	FM	Tanmay Chopra	2322	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Rathanvel V S	2478	25
20	26	GM	Raja Harshit	2477	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Ajay Krishna S	2372	49
21	28	GM	Pavlovic Milos	2461	3½	1 - 0	3½	FM	Schnepp Gunnar	2265	61
22	54	IM	Unuk Laura	2340	3½	0 - 1	3½	IM	Panjwani Raja	2450	31

[Michael Yip]

Another draw vs a strong GM for Raja. He will not play rd9


Round 8 on 2022/07/21 at 14:00

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	23	GM	Visakh N R	2503	5½	½ - ½	6	GM	Alekseenko Kirill	2708	2
2	21	GM	Muradli Mahammad	2523	5½	1 - 0	5½	GM	Motylev Alexander	2632	7
3	3	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	2686	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Erdos Viktor	2586	16
4	5	GM	Sargsyan Shant	2661	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2479	24
5	9	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2623	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Aryan Chopra	2610	13
6	10	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	2619	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Pranav Anand	2463	27
7	17	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2567	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2608	15
8	11	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2612	4½	1 - 0	5	GM	Iniyan P	2533	20
9	1	GM	Yu Yangyi	2720	4½	½ - ½	4½	CM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2457	29
10	32	IM	Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	2445	4½	0 - 1	4½	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	2672	4
11	30	IM	Licznerski Lukasz	2451	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Lagarde Maxime	2631	8
12	31	IM	Panjwani Raja	2450	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Banusz Tamas	2611	12

[Frank Dixon]

Raja may have withdrawn; he is unpaired for round 8. Perhaps on his way to India for the Olympiad. Seven rounds: three wins, three draws, one loss, so he should gain rating points. Good showing, good warmup for Chennai.