Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2023 R6: Donchenko emerges sole leader, Raja Rithvik draws with Michael Adams

by Shahid Ahmed - 30/06/2023

GM Leon Luke Mendonca had a well contested draw against GM Aryan Chopra in the sixth round of Sparkassen Chess Trophy Open A, part of 50th International Dortmund Chess Days. In an All-German battle, GM Alexander Donchenko defeated GM Matthias Bluebaum to gain sole lead 5.5/6. Six players including Aryan, Leon and GM Harshit Raja are in pursuit at 5/6 each. GM Karthik Venkataraman defeated WGM Jana Schneider (GER) to reduce the gap 4/6 with the leaders IM Ruben Gideon Kollner and WGM Dinara Wagner 4.5/6 each. Round 7 Open and Sportland NRW Cup, NC World Masters Round 4 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Official site

Karthik reduces the gap

Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2023 Open A: GM Alexander Donchenko (GER) is the sole leader 5.5/6 | Photo: Official site

GM Alexander Donchenko after his victory over GM Matthias Bluebaum (German audio) | Video: Dortmund Chess Channel

Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2023 - 50th International Dortmund Chess Days | Photo: Official site

GM Raja Rithvik R - GM Michael Adams (ENG) | Photo: Official site

GM Harshit Raja 5/6

GM Peter Prohaszka (GER) - IM Moksh Amit Doshi (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Sportland NRW Cup 2023: GM Karthik Venkataraman defeated WGM Jana Schneider (GER) to take his score 4/6 | Photo: Official site

Replay 50th International Dortmund Chess Days 2023 Day 5 Part 1 Live commentary by GM Artur Yusupov and WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni | Video: Dortmund Chess Channel

Replay 50th International Dortmund Chess Days 2023 Day 5 Part 2 Live commentary by GM Artur Yusupov and WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni | Video: Dortmund Chess Channel

Replay Sportland NRW Cup Round 6 games

Replay Sparkassen Chess Trophy Open A Round 6 games

Sparkassen Chess Trophy Open A Round 6 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	8	GM	Mendonca,Leon Luke,	2623	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Aryan Chopra,	2626	6
2	2	GM	Donchenko,Alexander,	2667	4½	1 - 0	4	GM	Blübaum,Matthias,	2673	1
3	22	GM	Raja Rithvik R,	2488	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Adams,Michael,	2666	3
4	4	GM	Ponomariov,Ruslan,	2664	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Guo,Arthur,	2445	32
5	25	IM	Rathanvel,V S,	2463	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Svane,Frederik,	2622	9
6	27	IM	Vogel,Roven,	2461	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Kobo,Ori,	2556	15
7	18	GM	Raja Harshit,	2510	4	1 - 0	4		Skabs,Denis,	2059	203
8	31	FM	Seemann,Jakub,	2446	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Samant Aditya S,	2503	19
9	20	IM	Samunenkov,Ihor,	2499	4	1 - 0	4		Strehse,Nelson,	1995	235
10	67	FM	Woelk,Tom-Frederic,	2330	4	0 - 1	3½	GM	Safarli,Eltaj,	2609	11

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	RtgN	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	2	GM	Donchenko,Alexander,	GER	2667	2656	OSG Baden-Baden	5,5	21,5	108,5
2	6	GM	Aryan Chopra,	IND	2626	0		5	23	102,5
3	9	GM	Svane,Frederik,	GER	2622	2622	Hamburger SK von 1830 eV	5	22	101,5
4	8	GM	Mendonca,Leon Luke,	IND	2623	2606	Hamburger SK von 1830 eV	5	21	105,5
5	18	GM	Raja Harshit,	IND	2510	0		5	19	95
6	31	FM	Seemann,Jakub,	POL	2446	0		5	18,5	97,5
7	20	IM	Samunenkov,Ihor,	UKR	2499	0		5	18,5	95,5
8	3	GM	Adams,Michael,	ENG	2666	2631	OSG Baden-Baden	4,5	22,5	96,5
9	15	GM	Kobo,Ori,	ISR	2556	0		4,5	21	104,5
10	4	GM	Ponomariov,Ruslan,	UKR	2664	0		4,5	21	99,5
11	27	IM	Vogel,Roven,	GER	2461	2461	USV TU Dresden	4,5	20,5	99,5
12	32	IM	Guo,Arthur,	USA	2445	0		4,5	20,5	99
13	23	IM	Dudin,Gleb,	FID	2486	2453	SV Deggendorf	4,5	20,5	93
14	7	GM	Svane,Rasmus,	GER	2625	2625	Hamburger SK von 1830 eV	4,5	19,5	97,5
15	45	IM	Souhardo Basak,	IND	2400	0		4,5	19,5	95,5
16	17	GM	Pranav Anand,	IND	2510	0		4,5	19,5	94,5
17	11	GM	Safarli,Eltaj,	AZE	2609	0		4,5	19,5	94
18	22	GM	Raja Rithvik R,	IND	2488	0		4,5	19	103
19	16	GM	Bailet,Pierre,	FRA	2513	0		4,5	19	98,5
20	37	IM	Wadsworth,Matthew J,	ENG	2431	0		4,5	19	98

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	8	GM	Mendonca,Leon Luke,	2623	5		5½	GM	Donchenko,Alexander,	2667	2
2	6	GM	Aryan Chopra,	2626	5		5	GM	Raja Harshit,	2510	18
3	9	GM	Svane,Frederik,	2622	5		5	IM	Samunenkov,Ihor,	2499	20
4	3	GM	Adams,Michael,	2666	4½		5	FM	Seemann,Jakub,	2446	31
5	23	IM	Dudin,Gleb,	2486	4½		4½	GM	Ponomariov,Ruslan,	2664	4
6	7	GM	Svane,Rasmus,	2625	4½		4½	IM	Vogel,Roven,	2461	27
7	32	IM	Guo,Arthur,	2445	4½		4½	GM	Wagner,Dennis,	2616	10
8	11	GM	Safarli,Eltaj,	2609	4½		4½	IM	Janzelj,Tim,	2453	29
9	15	GM	Kobo,Ori,	2556	4½		4½	IM	Souhardo Basak,	2400	45
10	39	IM	Parvanyan,Ashot,	2425	4½		4½	GM	Bailet,Pierre,	2513	16

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NRW Cup Round 6 results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	10	2423	IM	Petrovskiy,Vadim,	½ - ½	GM	Bagrationi,Alexander,	2454	8
2	9	2419	IM	Souleidis,Georgios,	½ - ½	GM	Saltaev,Mihail,	2462	7
3	1	2378	FM	De Winter,Arthur,	1 - 0	IM	Köllner,Ruben Gideon,	2429	6
4	2	2548	GM	Karthik Venkataraman,	1 - 0	FM	Schneider,Jana,	2326	5
5	3	2325	FM	Besou,Hussain,	0 - 1	WGM	Wagner,Dinara,	2447	4

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	6	IM	Köllner,Ruben Gideon,	GER	2429	SF Deizisau	4,5	4	9,50
2	4	WGM	Wagner,Dinara,	GER	2447	SC Viernheim 1934 e.V.	4,5	3	12,25
3	2	GM	Karthik Venkataraman,	IND	2548		4	3	9,00
4	9	IM	Souleidis,Georgios,	GRE	2419	Hamburger SK von 1830 eV	3,5	2	9,25
5	1	FM	De Winter,Arthur,	NED	2378	SV Erkenschwick 1923 e	3	2	8,50
6	3	FM	Besou,Hussain,	GER	2325	LSV Turm Lippstadt	2,5	1	7,25
7	7	GM	Saltaev,Mihail,	UZB	2462	SV Mülheim-Nord 1931 e	2,5	1	5,00
8	10	IM	Petrovskiy,Vadim,	UKR	2423	Sfr. Bad Emstal/Wolfhagen	2	1	6,25
9	8	GM	Bagrationi,Alexander,	ISR	2454		2	1	2,75
10	5	FM	Schneider,Jana,	GER	2326	SC Bavaria Regensburg von 1881 e	0,5	0	1,25

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2447	WGM	Wagner,Dinara,		IM	Petrovskiy,Vadim,	2423	10
2	5	2326	FM	Schneider,Jana,		FM	Besou,Hussain,	2325	3
3	6	2429	IM	Köllner,Ruben Gideon,		GM	Karthik Venkataraman,	2548	2
4	7	2462	GM	Saltaev,Mihail,		FM	De Winter,Arthur,	2378	1
5	8	2454	GM	Bagrationi,Alexander,		IM	Souleidis,Georgios,	2419	9

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