Xiangyu swindles as Hovhannisyan misses a win
GM Aravindh Chithambaram and GM R Praggnanandhaa played a relatively calm draw | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia
Aravindh - Praggnanandhaa: 0.5-0.5
GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2749) and GM R Praggnanandhaa (2758) played four Classical rated games against each other. The recent one was earlier this year in Prague, Czech Republic. All of them ended in draws.
GM Aravindh Chithambaram - GM R Praggnanandhaa: 0.5-0.5
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GM Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) missed a win against GM Xiangyu Xu (CHN) who eventually turned things around
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GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre (DEN) - GM Aram Hakobyan (ARM): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia
GM Samuel Sevian (USA) - GM Benjamin Gledura (HUN): 0.5-0.5
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GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB) - GM Dmitrij Kollars (GER): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia
Round 1 in progress | Photo: Chess Academy of Armenia
Replay Round 1 live stream
Replay Round 1 live commentary by IM Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM) and GM Harshit Raja | Video: ChessBase India
Time Control
90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game (with 30 seconds increment starting from move one).
Prizes
The total prize fund is 7450000 AMD (≈ US$ 19325). The top three prizes are 3100000 AMD (≈ US$ 8041), 1 850 000 AMD (≈ US$ 4799) and 1500000 (≈ US$ 3891).
Round 1 results
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2635 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | 0 - 1 | GM | Xu Xiangyu | 2623 | 10 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 2749 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | ½ - ½ | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2758 | 9 | |||
| 3 | 3 | 2641 | GM | Bjerre Jonas Buhl | ½ - ½ | GM | Hakobyan Aram | 2620 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 2694 | GM | Sevian Samuel | ½ - ½ | GM | Gledura Benjamin | 2663 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 2665 | GM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | ½ - ½ | GM | Kollars Dmitrij | 2625 | 6 |
Standings after Round 1
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | GM | Xu Xiangyu | CHN | 2623 | 1 | 0,00 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 6 | GM | Kollars Dmitrij | GER | 2625 | 0,5 | 0,25 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | GM | Gledura Benjamin | HUN | 2663 | 0,5 | 0,25 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 8 | GM | Hakobyan Aram | ARM | 2620 | 0,5 | 0,25 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 9 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | IND | 2758 | 0,5 | 0,25 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 2 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2749 | 0,5 | 0,25 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | GM | Bjerre Jonas Buhl | DEN | 2641 | 0,5 | 0,25 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | GM | Sevian Samuel | USA | 2694 | 0,5 | 0,25 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | GM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | UZB | 2665 | 0,5 | 0,25 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 1 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | ARM | 2635 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 | 0 |
Round 2 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 2623 | GM | Xu Xiangyu | GM | Kollars Dmitrij | 2625 | 6 | ||||
| 2 | 7 | 2663 | GM | Gledura Benjamin | GM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | 2665 | 5 | ||||
| 3 | 8 | 2620 | GM | Hakobyan Aram | GM | Sevian Samuel | 2694 | 4 | ||||
| 4 | 9 | 2758 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | GM | Bjerre Jonas Buhl | 2641 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 2635 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2749 | 2 |
Schedule
| Wednesday | 28 May at 19:00 | Opening Ceremony |
| Thursday | 29 May at 15:00 | Round 1 |
| Friday | 30 May at 15:00 | Round 2 |
| Saturday | 31 May at 15:00 | Round 3 |
| Sunday | 1 June at 15:00 | Round 4 |
| Monday | 2 June at 15:00 | Round 5 |
| Tuesday | 3 June at 15:00 | Round 6 |
| Wednesday | 4 June at 15:00 | Round 7 |
| Thursday | 5 June at 15:00 | Round 8 |
| Friday | 6 June at 11:00 | Round 9 |
| Friday | 6 June at 18:00 | Closing Ceremony |
