La Nucia Open: Iniyan beats Postny with a picturesque finish
GM P Iniyan beat the previous round leader GM Evgeny Postny (ISR) in the fifth round of La Nucia International Open to take the sole lead 4.5/5. Iniyan scored a very nice win with a picturesque finish against Postny who had a huge momentum as he won four consecutive games. Iniyan will face GM Andrey Sumets (UKR) in the sixth round. A total of 87 players in the Open section, including 10GMs, 9 IMs, a WGM and a WIM are taking part from 14 countries across the world. The total prize fund is €9000, first prize is €2500 in the Open section (approx.₹217,300). Round 6 starts today at 1 p.m. IST. Photo: facv.org
Iniyan jumps into sole lead
Iniyan brought Postny's winning streak to an end as he beat him with a nice positional sacrifice in the endgame which eventually followed by a beautiful finish to jump in the sole lead 4.5/5.
Iniyan - Postny: 1-0
GM Iniyan P made a very nice sacrifice in the endgame against GM Evgeny Postny (ISR).
Despite not having anything concrete, it is quite evident that 34.Nxg6+ is promising and there are practical chances for White. The game continued 34...fxg6 35.Rh7+ Kd6 and that is the mistake which cost Black the game. 35...Ke6 would have allowed Black to continue the fight. 35...Kd6 meant 36.e5+ cannot be taken by the knight as the b7-bishop is unprotected. So even if Black takes it anyway 36...Nxe5 37.dxe5+ Kc6 38.Bxg6 is completely lost for Black. The game finished in a picturesque finish.
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Highlights
Here are few interesting finishes of Round 1-5.
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The tournament is taking place at Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Muixara, La Nucia, Alicante in Spain from 6th to 12th October 2021. Time control is 90 mins + 30 seconds each from move no.1.
Round 5 results
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
1 | 5 | GM | Iniyan P | 2529 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 4 | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2552 | 4 | ||
2 | 3 | GM | Solodovnichenko Yuri | 2577 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Sumets Andrey | 2497 | 6 | ||
3 | 15 | IM | Leon Valdes Jony Wilson | 2379 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Santos Ruiz Miguel | 2596 | 2 | ||
4 | 7 | IM | Garriga Cazorla Pere | 2481 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | GM | Pogorelov Ruslan | 2348 | 17 | ||
5 | 19 | IM | Lujan Carolina | 2340 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | GM | Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo | 2467 | 8 | ||
6 | 9 | GM | Aagaard Jacob | 2461 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | GM | Plaskett H James | 2375 | 16 | ||
7 | 21 | FM | Domingo Nunez Alejandro | 2326 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | IM | Ayats Llobera Gerard | 2453 | 10 | ||
8 | 23 | FM | Davtyan David Arm. | 2292 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | IM | Cruz Lledo Pablo | 2446 | 12 | ||
9 | 13 | FM | Domingo Nunez Ruben | 2399 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | Luque Saiz Andres | 2307 | 22 | |||
10 | 14 | WGM | Cori T. Deysi | 2382 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | FM | Ibanez Aullana Ramon | 2283 | 24 |