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8th Sunway Sitges Open R5: Sethuraman makes a perfect start 5.0/5

by Shahid Ahmed - 18/12/2021

Sethuraman outplayed his opponent Denis Kadric (BIH) to score his fifth consecutive victory and gain sole lead heading into the only rest day of 8th Sunway Sitges Open 2021 Group A. Abhimanyu Puranik scored an academic victory to be in a pack of seven players at 4.5/5. Neelotpal Das had a very good opportunity to beat Aydin Suleymanli (AZE), he missed, and it ended in a draw. Neelotpal, Arjun Erigaisi and Mary Ann Gomes are at 4.0/5 each. Daniel Dardha brought Soumya's great run to a halt as she was unable to find a draw in the same color bishop ending. Sethuraman will face Abdusattorov in Round 6. Today 18th December is a rest day. Round 6 starts tomorrow Sunday 19th December at 9 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Abhimanyu Puranik in pursuit

Things are heating up as six games ended decisively out of the top ten boards. IM Pranesh M, IM Pranav Anand, Shantanu Bhambure, FM Manu David Suthandram R, Utsab Chatterjee, Tanmay Chopra, WIM Priyanka Nutakki, Kush Devnani, Barath Kalyan M and WIM Sakshi Chitlange drew with GM Nihal Sarin, GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI), GM Harsha Bharathakoti, IM Diego Rafael Di Berardino (BRA), IM Nubairshah Shaikh, IM Deimante Daultye-Cornette (FRA), IM Sidhant Mohapatra, WGM Ulviyya Fataliyeva (AZE), WGM Nandhidhaa P V and IM Manish Anto Cristiano F respectively. Sharan Rao and Vaibhav Jayant Raut defeated IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar (INA) and WIM Sila Caglar (TUR) each respectively.

GM Sethuraman S P soars into sole lead 5.0/5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Sethuraman - Kadric: 1-0

Sethuraman positionally outplayed his opponent Denis Kadric (BIH) who first lost a pawn.

Position after 24...Ng6

25.Ne1 Rd2 26.Qxa6, Black not only lost a pawn but the c6-pawn is also under attack. White managed to bring his queen back in action in no time. 26...Ne5 27.Qb7 Be6 28.Qb4 Bc8 29.Qb3+ Kf8 30.Qc3 Ba6 31.b4 Re2

Position after 31...Re2

Giving up the control of the d-file is a big mistake for Black. White brought its final piece into the play 31.Rd1 Qe8 32.N1c2 Qh5 33.Qd4 White improved his position gradually and won the game in few more moves.

Sethuraman scored a convincing victory over Denis Kadric | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Garriga - Abhimanyu: 0-1

GM Abhimanyu Puranik scored an academic victory against IM Pere Garriga Cazorla (ESP).

Position after 18.dxe5

Find out why 18.dxe5 is a big mistake. Abhimanyu correctly spotted it and seized his opportunity.

Abhimanyu moves to 4.5/5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Aydin - Neelotpal: 0.5-0.5

Neelotpal Das had a good opportunity to win the game against Aydin Suleymanli (AZE) in the final moments of the endgame. He probably missed it in time scramble.

Position after 34.Qg4

White's king is more vulnerable than Black's because of imminent attacking chances due to a battery on c-file. 34.Qg4 is a big mistake. Find out why.

GM Neelotpal Das is playing really well in this event so far | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Soumya - Dardha: 0-1

IM Soumya Swaminathan's great momentum was brought to a screeching halt by GM Daniel Dardha (BEL). A back and forth game seemed to be heading towards a draw, until Soumya blundered in the same color bishop endgame.

Position after 64...e4

Can White still save the game? If yes then find out how.

GM Daniel Dardha 4.5/5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Nihal - Pranesh: 0.5-0.5

IM Pranesh M is playing some good chess in this event. He had an interesting draw with Nihal Sarin where the former thwarted all attempts by the latter to stir up trouble.

Nihal and Pranesh had a great game | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Pranav Anand had a solid draw with GM M Amin Tabatabaei | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Arjunb Erigaisi made a short work of IM Mahel Boyer in 26 moves | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Shantanu Bhambure - GM Harsha Bharathakoti: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Diego Rafael Di Berardino (BRA) - FM Manu David Suthandram R: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh - Utsab Chatterjee: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Sharan Rao - IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar (INA): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Deimante Daulyte-Cornette (FRA) - Tanmay Chopra: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Sidhant Mohapatra - WIM Priyanka Nutakki: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

WGM Ulviyya Fataliyeva (AZE) - Kush Devnani: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Barath Kalyan M - WGM Nandhidhaa P V: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Manish Anto Cristiano F - WIM Sakshi Chitlange: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

WIM Sila Caglar (TUR) - Vaibhav Jayant Raut: 0-1 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

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Replay Round 5 games

Round 5 results

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
5111
GMSethuraman S.P.261341 - 04GMKadric Denis2572
16
5429
IMSankalp Gupta25040 - 1GMNiemann Hans Moke2645
4
5837
IMGarriga Cazorla Pere24770 - 1GMPuranik Abhimanyu2604
12
51023
GMSuleymanli Aydin2537½ - ½GMNeelotpal Das2410
62
51190
IMSoumya Swaminathan23510 - 1GMDardha Daniel2533
24
5123
GMNihal Sarin26623½ - ½3IMPranesh M2437
50
5135
GMTabatabaei M. Amin26433½ - ½3IMPranav Anand2416
58
51453
IMBoyer Mahel242730 - 13GMErigaisi Arjun2629
8
51515
GMFier Alexandr257231 - 03IMVaishali R2401
66
51617
GMIniyan Panneerselvam255530 - 13IMDionisi Thomas2396
70
51963
IMBaenziger Fabian24093½ - ½3GMArjun Kalyan2537
22
52178
Bhambure Shantanu23773½ - ½3GMHarsha Bharathakoti2489
32
52233
GMVasquez Schroeder Rodrigo248431 - 03IMMoksh Amit Doshi2368
80
52335
IMDi Berardino Diego Rafael24803½ - ½3FMManu David Suthandram R2360
84
52481
IMAulia Medina Warda23673½ - ½3IMBharath Subramaniyam H2479
36
52645
IMQuintiliano Pinto Renato R.246630 - 13WGMGomes Mary Ann2354
88
5287
GMKarthikeyan Murali26301 - 0FMKenneskog Theodor2307
111
53447
IMAditya Mittal24591 - 0FMAranha Filho Alvaro Z.2283
116
53651
IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh2429½ - ½Utsab Chatterjee2255
122
54157
IMCuhendi Sean Winshand24191 - 0WIMRakshitta Ravi2240
130

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Round 6 pairings

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
616
GMAbdusattorov Nodirbek26335GMSethuraman S.P.2613
11
6412
GMPuranik Abhimanyu2604GMRios Cristhian Camilo2460
46
6562
GMNeelotpal Das241044GMKorobov Anton2699
1
678
GMErigaisi Arjun262944GMVan Foreest Lucas2530
25
61388
WGMGomes Mary Ann23544GMTabatabaei M. Amin2643
5
61454
FMStoyanov Tsvetan2424GMNihal Sarin2662
3
61557
IMCuhendi Sean Winshand2419GMKarthikeyan Murali2630
7
61622
GMArjun Kalyan2537IMGines Esteo Pedro Antonio2413
59
61758
IMPranav Anand2416IMSankalp Gupta2504
29
61932
GMHarsha Bharathakoti2489FMHess Max2404
65
62034
IMDann Matthias2482CMPrraneeth Vuppala2377
77
62135
IMDi Berardino Diego Rafael2480Bhambure Shantanu2377
78
62236
IMBharath Subramaniyam H2479IMSalimova Nurgyul2353
89
62442
IMKacharava Nikolozi2469IMSoumya Swaminathan2351
90
62584
FMManu David Suthandram R2360GMNestorovic Nikola2467
43
62695
IMPadmini Rout2345IMKurmann Oliver2466
44
627135
WIMSieber Fiona2225IMAditya Mittal2459
47
629160
Sharan Rao2179IMAyats Llobera Gerard2448
49
63050
IMPranesh M2437IMTarigan Gilbert Elroy2149
173
633108
WGMNandhidhaa P V231333GMIniyan Panneerselvam2555
17

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Prizes

Total Prize fund - €27155. For the entire prize details, click here.

Schedule

13th - 22nd December - 9:00 p.m. IST

18th December - Rest day

23rd December - 1:30 p.m. IST

Links

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Tournament rules



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