56th Biel MTO R6: Aryan, Pranav, Aditya and Vantika in a ten-way pursuit
GM Aryan Chopra drew against GM Xiangzhi Bu (CHN) in the sixth round of 56th Biel Chess Festival MTO 2023. Xiangzhi maintained his sole lead 4.5/6. GM Pranav Anand missed an opportunity to win against FM Marius Deuer (GER). It was a complex middlegame and the former could not navigate his way to keep his material advantage. IM Vantika Agrawal drew her game against IM Aditya S Samant. Untitled Jinan Jomon drew against his second GM of the event, Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez (CUB). Pranav will face Aryan in the seventh round. GMT Round 5 and MTO Round 7 starts today from 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Biel Chess Festival
Xiangzhi still in sole lead
Pranav - Marius
25...Qd4 first and then e4 would have given FM Marius Deuer (GER, 2374) a substantial advantage. An immediate 25...e4 had the opposite effect 26.Nf4 Qe5 27.Re1 Rfe8 28.f6! Rc7 29.Bc4+ d5 30.Ng6 e3
In the above critical moment, trading the queens leads to a winning endgame for White. 31.Nxe5 exd2 32.Rxd2 gxf6 33.Nc6 Rxe1+ 34.Bxe1 and White maintains his material advantage. 31.Qc2? Qe4 32.Qxe4 Nxe4 and the game ended in a draw as White has both rook and bishop under attack. It is not possible to save them both.
Replay Round 6 games
MTO Round 6 results
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||
| 1 | 3 | GM | Aryan, Chopra | 2626 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4½ | GM | Bu, Xiangzhi | 2676 | 1 | PGN |
| 2 | 12 | IM | Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn | 2495 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Liu, Yan | 2542 | 9 | PGN |
| 3 | 10 | GM | Pranav, Anand | 2510 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | FM | Deuer, Marius | 2374 | 39 | PGN |
| 4 | 28 | WGM | Vantika, Agrawal | 2428 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | IM | Samant, Aditya S | 2510 | 11 | PGN |
| 5 | 5 | GM | Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel | 2591 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 4 | IM | Wang, Chen | 2477 | 17 | PGN |
| 6 | 2 | GM | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | 2645 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | IM | Muthaiah, Al | 2445 | 21 | PGN |
| 7 | 4 | GM | Yuffa, Daniil | 2603 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | IM | Materia, Marco | 2436 | 25 | PGN |
| 8 | 8 | GM | Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto | 2553 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | Jinan, Jomon | 2409 | 31 | PGN | |
| 9 | 20 | IM | Chasin, Nico | 2455 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | IM | Samadov, Read | 2482 | 16 | PGN |
| 10 | 22 | Huang, Renjie | 2445 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | IM | Rathanvel, V S | 2463 | 19 | PGN |
Standings after Round 6
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | |
| 1 | 1 | GM | Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | 2676 | 5 | 20 | 98 |
| 2 | 3 | GM | Aryan, Chopra | IND | 2626 | 4,5 | 22 | 94,5 |
| 3 | 9 | GM | Liu, Yan | CHN | 2542 | 4,5 | 21 | 95,5 |
| 4 | 39 | FM | Deuer, Marius | GER | 2374 | 4,5 | 20,5 | 93,5 |
| 5 | 12 | IM | Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn | CAN | 2495 | 4,5 | 20 | 97 |
| 6 | 10 | GM | Pranav, Anand | IND | 2510 | 4,5 | 19 | 98 |
| 7 | 2 | GM | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2645 | 4,5 | 19 | 94,5 |
| 8 | 4 | GM | Yuffa, Daniil | ESP | 2603 | 4,5 | 19 | 93 |
| 9 | 11 | IM | Samant, Aditya S | IND | 2510 | 4,5 | 19 | 91 |
| 10 | 28 | WGM | Vantika, Agrawal | IND | 2428 | 4,5 | 18 | 94,5 |
Round 7 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Bu, Xiangzhi | 2676 | 5 | 4½ | GM | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | 2645 | 2 | |
| 2 | 10 | GM | Pranav, Anand | 2510 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Aryan, Chopra | 2626 | 3 | |
| 3 | 11 | IM | Samant, Aditya S | 2510 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Yuffa, Daniil | 2603 | 4 | |
| 4 | 39 | FM | Deuer, Marius | 2374 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel | 2591 | 5 | |
| 5 | 9 | GM | Liu, Yan | 2542 | 4½ | 4½ | WGM | Vantika, Agrawal | 2428 | 28 | |
| 6 | 13 | Peng, Xiongjian | 2489 | 4 | 4½ | IM | Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn | 2495 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 23 | IM | Sanchez Alvarez, Roberto Carlos | 2444 | 4 | 4 | GM | Meshkovs, Nikita | 2565 | 7 | |
| 8 | 41 | FM | Dotzer, Lukas | 2369 | 4 | 4 | GM | Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto | 2553 | 8 | |
| 9 | 16 | IM | Samadov, Read | 2482 | 4 | 4 | Huang, Renjie | 2445 | 22 | ||
| 10 | 17 | IM | Wang, Chen | 2477 | 4 | 4 | FM | Weishaeutel, Moritz | 2442 | 24 |
