Prague Chess Festival 2022 Masters R5-6: Liem leads, Harikrishna trails
Pentala Harikrishna and Vidit Gujrathi drew both of their respective games in Round 5 and 6. Liem Quang Le (VIE) emerged as the sole leader 4.5/6 at Prague International Chess Festival 2022 Masters. He is closely followed by Harikrishna at 4/6. They will face each other today in the seventh round. Vidit is still struggling at 2.5/6. In the Challengers section, Sasikiran lost his fifth round game against the in-form Hans Niemann (USA). He bounced back well by winning against Peter Michalik in the following round. Round 7 starts today at 3 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival
Harikrishna and Vidit draw, Sasikiran scores
Masters Round 5: Vidit - Parham: 0.5-0.5
India no.2, Vidit Gujrathi (2723) had a complex game against Iran no.1 GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2716) which ended in a draw.
Challengers Round 6: Sasikiran - Michalik: 1-0
Krishnan Sasikiran (2635) scored a nice win using tactics Peter Michalik (CZE, 2577).
24...Rfc8 allows White to exploit the position tactically. Find out how.
Replay Round 5-6 Masters games
Replay Round 5-6 Challengers games
Schedule
The Round-Robin tournament will take place from 8th to 17th June 2022. Every day except the last round, games will start at 3 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. IST). Sunday 12th June is a rest day. The ninth round game on 17th June will start at 11 a.m. local time (2:30 p.m. IST).
Masters Round 6 results
Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
1 | 10 | 2692 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | ½ - ½ | GM | Shankland Sam | 2718 | 8 | ||
2 | 9 | 2716 | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | 1 - 0 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2703 | 7 | ||
3 | 1 | 2681 | GM | Navara David | ½ - ½ | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2723 | 6 | ||
4 | 2 | 2610 | GM | Nguyen Thai Dai Van | ½ - ½ | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | 2701 | 5 | ||
5 | 3 | 2709 | GM | Le Quang Liem | 1 - 0 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | 2679 | 4 |
Round 7 pairings
Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
1 | 4 | 2679 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2692 | 10 | |||
2 | 5 | 2701 | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | GM | Le Quang Liem | 2709 | 3 | |||
3 | 6 | 2723 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | GM | Nguyen Thai Dai Van | 2610 | 2 | |||
4 | 7 | 2703 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | GM | Navara David | 2681 | 1 | |||
5 | 8 | 2718 | GM | Shankland Sam | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | 2716 | 9 |
Standings after Round 6
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
1 | 3 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2709 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 12,00 | 2 | |
2 | 5 | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | IND | 2701 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 12,00 | 3 | |
3 | 2 | GM | Nguyen Thai Dai Van | CZE | 2610 | 3,5 | 0,5 | 9,75 | 2 | |
4 | 1 | GM | Navara David | CZE | 2681 | 3,5 | 0,5 | 8,00 | 2 | |
5 | 9 | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | IRI | 2716 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 9,00 | 3 | |
6 | 7 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2703 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 7,00 | 4 | |
8 | GM | Shankland Sam | USA | 2718 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 7,00 | 4 | ||
8 | 6 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2723 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 7,00 | 4 | |
9 | 10 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | ESP | 2692 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 5,00 | 3 | |
10 | 4 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2679 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 4,75 | 3 |
Challengers Round 6 results
Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
1 | 10 | 2564 | GM | Hracek Zbynek | ½ - ½ | GM | Stocek Jiri | 2541 | 8 | ||
2 | 9 | 2613 | GM | Warmerdam Max | 0 - 1 | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | 2661 | 7 | ||
3 | 1 | 2675 | GM | Keymer Vincent | ½ - ½ | GM | Krzyzanowski Marcin | 2535 | 6 | ||
4 | 2 | 2635 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 1 - 0 | GM | Michalik Peter | 2577 | 5 | ||
5 | 3 | 2598 | GM | Pechac Jergus | ½ - ½ | GM | Niemann Hans Moke | 2678 | 4 |
Round 7 pairings
Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
1 | 4 | 2678 | GM | Niemann Hans Moke | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2564 | 10 | |||
2 | 5 | 2577 | GM | Michalik Peter | GM | Pechac Jergus | 2598 | 3 | |||
3 | 6 | 2535 | GM | Krzyzanowski Marcin | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2635 | 2 | |||
4 | 7 | 2661 | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | GM | Keymer Vincent | 2675 | 1 | |||
5 | 8 | 2541 | GM | Stocek Jiri | GM | Warmerdam Max | 2613 | 9 |
Standings after Round 6
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
1 | 1 | GM | Keymer Vincent | GER | 2675 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 11,50 | 2 | |
2 | 7 | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | UZB | 2661 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 10,50 | 4 | |
3 | 4 | GM | Niemann Hans Moke | USA | 2678 | 3,5 | 0,5 | 12,25 | 3 | |
4 | 3 | GM | Pechac Jergus | SVK | 2598 | 3,5 | 0,5 | 10,25 | 2 | |
5 | 2 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | IND | 2635 | 3,0 | 0,5 | 7,25 | 2 | |
6 | 9 | GM | Warmerdam Max | NED | 2613 | 3,0 | 0,5 | 6,75 | 3 | |
7 | 10 | GM | Hracek Zbynek | CZE | 2564 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 7,00 | 3 | |
8 | 6 | GM | Krzyzanowski Marcin | POL | 2535 | 2,0 | 1,0 | 6,50 | 4 | |
9 | 8 | GM | Stocek Jiri | CZE | 2541 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 5,50 | 4 | |
10 | 5 | GM | Michalik Peter | CZE | 2577 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 3,00 | 3 |
Time Control
The time control is 90'/40 moves + 30'/end & 30"/move.
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