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2nd elllobregat Open R8: Abdusattorov surges ahead

by Shahid Ahmed - 08/12/2021

Top seed of the tournament Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) has claimed sole lead 6.5/8 for the first time as he beat Eltaj Safarli (AZE) in the penultimate round of 2nd elllobregat Open 2021. IM Aditya Mittal continues his good form as he drew with GM Jaime Santos Latasa (ESP) to score his second GM-norm with a round to spare. Arjun Erigaisi drew with Nikita Meshkovs (LAT) after the former's opening mistake went unnoticed. Karthikeyan Murali scored a win in a tumultuous game. Eleven players are at 6.0/8 including four Indians - Karthikeyan, Arjun Erigaisi, Sethuraman and Aditya Mittal. Round 9 starts today at 2:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

Aditya Mittal scores a GM-norm

Six out of top ten boards ended decisively which definitely shows how competitive the tournament is getting. IM Bharath Subramaniyam H and FM Aditya S Samant drew with GM Alexandr Fier (BRA) and GM Gudmundur Kjartansson (ISL). WIM Isha Sharma defeated IM Marta Garcia Martin (ESP).

Abdusattorov might have claimed sole lead but Aditya Mittal maintains his chase | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

Abdusattorov - Safarli: 1-0

Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) got a better position out of the opening against Eltaj Safarli (AZE). The latter could not make a comeback for the rest of the game.

Jaime - Aditya Mittal: 0.5-0.5

IM Aditya Mittal continues his good form as he played solid against GM Jaime Santos Latasa (ESP) to draw the game. The better part of the game featured a double rook ending, Aditya defended his position well despite being down by a pawn.

Nikita - Arjun Erigaisi: 0.5-0.5

Arjun Erigaisi erred early in the opening which was not punished by his opponent Nikita Meshkovs (LAT).

Position after 8...b6

Black should have done 8...0-0 here. Instead, 8...b6 opens a can of worms as 9.Nd4 forces Black to give up a pawn to hold the position from falling apart. Find out how. The game continued 9.Nfd2 Rb8 and Black did not give any more chances for the remainder of the game.

Karthikeyan - Marcin: 1-0

Karthikeyan Murali defeated Marcin Krzyzanowski (POL) which could have gone either player's way.

Karthikeyan scored an important win | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

IM Bharath Subramaniyam H (pictured) - GM Alexandr Fier (BRA) | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Gudmundur Kjartansson (ISL) - FM Aditya S Samant (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Patricia Claros Aguilar

IM Marta Garcia Martin (ESP) - WIM Isha Sharma (pictured): 0-1 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Replay Round 8 games

The tournament is taking place at Hotel Playafels, at Castelldefels, Barcelona in Spain from 30th November to 8th December 2021. Every day game starts at 9:30 p.m. IST, except the last round, which starts at 2:30 p.m. IST. Time control is 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes/end + 30 seconds increment per move starting from move 1.

Round 8 results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
11
GMAbdusattorov Nodirbek26461 - 0GMSafarli Eltaj2579
11
23
GMSantos Latasa Jaime2633½ - ½IMAditya Mittal2459
43
314
GMMeshkovs Nikita2557½ - ½GMErigaisi Arjun2627
5
427
IMMuradli Mahammad2501½ - ½5GMPuranik Abhimanyu2604
8
521
GMVetoshko Volodymyr25255½ - ½5GMPonomariov Ruslan2633
2
64
GMKarthikeyan Murali263051 - 05GMKrzyzanowski Marcin2510
25
775
IMSuarez Uriel Adrian234350 - 15GMSethuraman S.P.2620
6
812
GMYuffa Daniil256751 - 05IMPantzar Milton2441
53
917
IMSosa Tomas254251 - 05IMDas Sayantan2436
54
1029
GMKarthik Venkataraman249150 - 15GMVan Foreest Lucas2532
20
1136
IMGarriga Cazorla Pere247751 - 0GMIturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo2606
7
129
GMFedorchuk Sergey A.25941 - 0IMVrolijk Liam2470
38
1310
GMBernadskiy Vitaliy25921 - 0IMDas Arghyadip2453
46
1435
IMBharath Subramaniyam H2479½ - ½GMFier Alexandr2563
13
1539
IMKacharava Nikolozi2469½ - ½GMStocek Jiri2557
15

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Round 9 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
13
GMSantos Latasa Jaime26336GMAbdusattorov Nodirbek2646
1
217
IMSosa Tomas254266GMKarthikeyan Murali2630
4
35
GMErigaisi Arjun262766IMMuradli Mahammad2501
27
46
GMSethuraman S.P.262066IMGarriga Cazorla Pere2477
36
543
IMAditya Mittal245966GMYuffa Daniil2567
12
620
GMVan Foreest Lucas253266GMMeshkovs Nikita2557
14
72
GMPonomariov Ruslan2633GMArjun Kalyan2537
19
88
GMPuranik Abhimanyu2604GMVetoshko Volodymyr2525
21
911
GMSafarli Eltaj2579GMFedorchuk Sergey A.2594
9
1024
GMVisakh N R2515GMBernadskiy Vitaliy2592
10
1133
IMBeerdsen Thomas24845GMIniyan P2554
16
1213
GMFier Alexandr256355IMSankalp Gupta2468
41
1315
GMStocek Jiri255755IMMinzer Claudio Javier2442
52
1418
GMSuleymanli Aydin254155IMSuarez Uriel Adrian2343
75
1540
IMQuintiliano Pinto Renato R.246955GMNarciso Dublan Marc2519
23

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