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Eduardo and Bogdanovich are in joint lead in 9th HDBank International 2019

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/03/2019

GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo and GM Stanislav Bogdanovich defeated GM Gukesh D and GM Sandipan Chanda respectively to take joint lead at the conclusion of round 4 in 9th HDBank International Open 2019. Gukesh's pawn sacrifice went wrong, things slowly started to get out of hand and eventually the game. Sandipan made a tactical error which cost him an exchange and the position became difficult. Leon and Laxman drew with GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and GM Tranh Tuan Minh. The report contains selected games, photos and interviews. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Gukesh and Sandipan loses lead, Leon draws with GM Truong Son

Despite equalizing easily with Black pieces out of the opening King's Indian Defence, the pawn sacrifice at the center of board did not go well as planned.

Gukesh played 18...d5 here. What would you suggest Black should have gone with?

The future of Indian chess: IM Leon and GM Gukesh | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Leon made a quick draw with GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son of Vietnam in just 13 moves.

GM Stanislav Bogdanovich arrived first at the board and scored the full point | Photo: Shahid Ahmed


Bogdanovich just played 20...g6 and the position seems harmless for White...

Sandipan played 21.Ne2 and Bogdanovich attacked his Queen with 21...h5. How would you react here?

Photo Gallery:

GM Wang Hao scored a comfortable victory against IM Nguyen Anh Khoi of Vietnam | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Susanto Megaranto has had a good start so far. He will face a stiff challenge tomorrow in form of GM Wang Hao of China | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Defending champion GM Sandro Mareco of Argentina scored a quick win against IM P Shyamnikhil | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second seed of the tournament GM Ivan Cheparinov scored a fine win over IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Video Gallery:

Former Dutch no.1 and World top 10 player, GM Loek Van Wely of Netherlands talks about HDBank International being in his wishlist for a long time and a lot more | Video: Shahid Ahmed
GM Antoaneta Stefanova talks about playing in 9th HDBank International Open 2019, Women's Candidates Tournament and more | Video: Shahid Ahmed

Round 4 results:

Bo.No. NameTypFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameTypFEDRtg No.
16GMIturrizaga Bonelli EduardoVEN263931 - 03IMGukesh DU16IND252915
214GMChanda SandipanIND253430 - 13GMBogdanovich StanislavUKR253613
324IMNguyen Anh KhoiVIE24840 - 1GMWang HaoCHN27181
44GMMareco SandroARG26661 - 0IMShyaamnikhil PIND242937
530CMMendonca Leon LukeU16IND2446½ - ½GMNguyen Ngoc Truong SonVIE26475
634Li YankaiCHN24340 - 1GMVan Wely LoekNED26127
736GMLaylo DarwinPHI2430½ - ½GMPopov IvanRUS258111
812GMTran Tuan MinhVIE2556½ - ½GMLaxman R.R.IND242540
916GMMegaranto SusantoINA25261 - 0GMCao SangVIE238553
1018IMXu YiCHN25201 - 0IMChu Wei ChaoCHN237362
1120GMKarthik VenkataramanIND24941 - 0IMKulkarni RakeshIND229883
122GMCheparinov IvanGEO268321 - 02IMPham Le Thao NguyenVIE237461
1356IMSukandar Irine KharismaINA238120 - 12GMDemchenko AntonRUS26783
148GMPredke AlexandrRUS261121 - 02IMVo Thanh NinhVIE235869
1558FMSetyaki Azarya JodiINA237820 - 12GMWen YangCHN25999
1674Huang RenjieU16CHN23352½ - ½2FMNasanjargal UrtnasanMGL250319
1726GMNguyen Anh DungVIE245821 - 02IMRaghunandan Kaumandur SrihariIND235270
1886Xu MinghuiCHN229321 - 02IMPascua HaridasPHI244628
1929IMTaher Yoseph TheolifusINA244620 - 12IMSaravana Krishnan P.IND235271
2090IMBao KhoaVIE22772½ - ½2IMLiu GuanchuCHN244531

 

Round 5 pairings

Bo.No. NameTypFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameTypFEDRtg No.
113
GMBogdanovich StanislavUKR253644GMIturrizaga Bonelli EduardoVEN2639
6
21
GMWang HaoCHN2718GMMegaranto SusantoINA2526
16
318
IMXu YiCHN2520GMMareco SandroARG2666
4
47
GMVan Wely LoekNED2612GMKarthik VenkataramanIND2494
20
540
GMLaxman R.R.IND242533GMCheparinov IvanGEO2683
2
63
GMDemchenko AntonRUS267833GMNguyen Anh DungVIE2458
26
75
GMNguyen Ngoc Truong SonVIE264733GMLaylo DarwinPHI2430
36
841
IMBulmaga IrinaROU242433GMPredke AlexandrRUS2611
8
99
GMWen YangCHN259933CMMendonca Leon LukeU16IND2446
30
1011
GMPopov IvanRUS258133GMTu Hoang ThongVIE2416
44
1146
IMNitin S.IND240833GMTran Tuan MinhVIE2556
12
1271
IMSaravana Krishnan P.IND235233GMChanda SandipanIND2534
14
1315
IMGukesh DU16IND252933FMZou ChenCHN2397
48
1419
FMNasanjargal UrtnasanMGL25033Xu MinghuiCHN2293
86
1565
Wang Shixu BCHN2362IMNguyen Anh KhoiVIE2484
24
1627
GMNguyen Duc HoaVIE2450CMRohith Krishna SU16IND2363
64
1731
IMLiu GuanchuCHN2445CMLe Minh HoangVIE2299
82
1883
IMKulkarni RakeshIND2298Chen Qi BCHN2443
32
1997
FMLim Zhuo RenMAS2248WGMTokhirjonova GulrukhbegimUZB2434
33
2073
IMTran Minh ThangVIE2343Li YankaiCHN2434
34


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