Praggnanandhaa, Kollars and Hakobyan in pursuit
Sevian - Aravindh: 0.5-0.5
Samuel Sevian (USA, 2687) faced Aravindh Chithambaram (2749) only once in a Classical rated game over 1.5 years ago. It ended in a draw. Their second game also had the same result with the same color.
According to the computer, White needed to go for a 35.f4 break exf4 36.Nxf4 Bxf4 37.Bxf4 Kg7 38.Kg2. However, the game continued 35.c3 g5 36.Ne3 Kg6 37.Ke2 Bxe3 38.Kxe3 f6 39.Rfb1 Rd8 40.Rxb6!? Nxb6 41.Rxb6 Rd6 the exchange sacrifice did not work out as Black managed to defend correctly and the game ended in a draw.
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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 5 results
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2641 | GM | Bjerre Jonas Buhl | 1 - 0 | GM | Xu Xiangyu | 2623 | 10 | |||
| 2 | 4 | 2694 | GM | Sevian Samuel | ½ - ½ | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2749 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 5 | 2665 | GM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | 1 - 0 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | 2635 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 2625 | GM | Kollars Dmitrij | ½ - ½ | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2758 | 9 | |||
| 5 | 7 | 2663 | GM | Gledura Benjamin | ½ - ½ | GM | Hakobyan Aram | 2620 | 8 |
Standings after Round 5
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2749 | 3,5 | 8,00 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2 | 9 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | IND | 2758 | 3 | 7,75 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | 6 | GM | Kollars Dmitrij | GER | 2625 | 3 | 7,00 | 3 | 0 | |
| 8 | GM | Hakobyan Aram | ARM | 2620 | 3 | 7,00 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 4 | GM | Sevian Samuel | USA | 2694 | 2,5 | 6,50 | 2 | 0 | |
| 6 | 3 | GM | Bjerre Jonas Buhl | DEN | 2641 | 2,5 | 5,75 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7 | 7 | GM | Gledura Benjamin | HUN | 2663 | 2 | 4,75 | 3 | 0 | |
| 8 | 10 | GM | Xu Xiangyu | CHN | 2623 | 2 | 4,00 | 3 | 0 | |
| 9 | 5 | GM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | UZB | 2665 | 2 | 4,00 | 2 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | ARM | 2635 | 1,5 | 4,25 | 2 | 0 |
Round 6 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 2623 | GM | Xu Xiangyu | GM | Hakobyan Aram | 2620 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | 9 | 2758 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | GM | Gledura Benjamin | 2663 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | 2635 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | GM | Kollars Dmitrij | 2625 | 6 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 2749 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | GM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | 2665 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 2641 | GM | Bjerre Jonas Buhl | GM | Sevian Samuel | 2694 | 4 |
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 |
