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Bogdanovich takes sole lead after round 6 in 9th HDBank International Open 2019

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/03/2019

GM Stanislav Bogdanovic of Ukraine drew with overnight leader GM Eduardo Bonelli Iturrizaga of Venezuela in round 5, after Iturrizaga defended the endgame well despite being down by an exchange. In the following round Bogdanovic defeated GM Ivan Cheparinov of Georgia and took sole lead in 9th HDBank International Open 2019. Cheparinov went for a wrong chain exchange in Giuco Piano and his position became worse. Eventually rectifying that mistake cost him the game eventually. Among the Indians, IM Leon Mendonca Luke and GM Karthik Venkataraman are the most impressive so far. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Leon Mendonca Luke and GM Karthik Venkataraman impressive among the Indians so far

Leon managed to equalize easily with Black pieces against GM Wen Yang in Sicilian Najdorf. However he got into a prolonged Queen and minor pieces endgame which became worse as time went by. However Leon is not the kind to give up. He shows his never-give-up and managed to walk away with a half-point from a terribly uncomfortable position.

12-year old showcased his tenacity and salvaged a draw after 4.5 hours + marathon game of 99 moves. Video: Shahid Ahmed

Leon defeated IM John Marvin Miciano of Philippines in round 6 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Karthik Venkataraman drew both of his games today against GM Loek Van Wely and GM Ivan Popov in round 5 and 6 respectively | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

In round 5, against Loek Van Wely, Karthik had an interesting draw arising out of Queen's Gambit Declined. Things could have gone sideways easily for Karthik but he made the right call to run his King away when the King's castle was on fire.

You gotta do what's necessary when required even if that means running your King away

Karthik made a quick draw in round 6 against GM Ivan Popov in just 22 moves in Queen's Gambit Accepted.

Bogdanovich missed a few winning chances in the endgame after Iturrizaga's exchange sacrifice went wrong | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Bogdanovich found a few winning opportunities in a 107-move marathon game in round 5.

This was one of the final notable winning opportunity. Here Bogdanovich played 72. Rd3. What should he have played instead?

Cheparinov will rethink his chain exchange choices in Italian Opening after suffering defeat against Bogdanovic | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Cheparinov just played 14.dxe5. Which piece should Black save here? Bishop at c4 or the Knight at f6?

Photo Gallery:

IM P Saravana Krishnan drew with GM Sandipan Chanda in round 5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM P Shyamnikhil drew with GM Anton Demchenko in round 6 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Round 5 results:

Bo.No. NameTypFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameTypFEDRtg No.
113GMBogdanovich StanislavUKR25364½ - ½4GMIturrizaga Bonelli EduardoVEN26396
21GMWang HaoCHN27181 - 0GMMegaranto SusantoINA252616
318IMXu YiCHN2520½ - ½GMMareco SandroARG26664
47GMVan Wely LoekNED2612½ - ½GMKarthik VenkataramanIND249420
540GMLaxman R.R.IND242530 - 13GMCheparinov IvanGEO26832
63GMDemchenko AntonRUS26783½ - ½3GMNguyen Anh DungVIE245826
75GMNguyen Ngoc Truong SonVIE264731 - 03GMLaylo DarwinPHI243036
841IMBulmaga IrinaROU24243½ - ½3GMPredke AlexandrRUS26118
99GMWen YangCHN25993½ - ½3CMMendonca Leon LukeU16IND244630
1011GMPopov IvanRUS258131 - 03GMTu Hoang ThongVIE241644
1146IMNitin S.IND240830 - 13GMTran Tuan MinhVIE255612
1271IMSaravana Krishnan P.IND23523½ - ½3GMChanda SandipanIND253414
1315IMGukesh DU16IND252931 - 03FMZou ChenCHN239748
1419FMNasanjargal UrtnasanMGL25031 - 03Xu MinghuiCHN229386
1565Wang Shixu BCHN2362½ - ½IMNguyen Anh KhoiVIE248424
1627GMNguyen Duc HoaVIE2450½ - ½CMRohith Krishna SU16IND236364
1731IMLiu GuanchuCHN24451 - 0CMLe Minh HoangVIE229982
1883IMKulkarni RakeshIND22981 - 0Chen Qi BCHN244332
1997FMLim Zhuo RenMAS2248½ - ½WGMTokhirjonova GulrukhbegimUZB243433
2073IMTran Minh ThangVIE2343½ - ½Li YankaiCHN243434

 

Round 6 results:

Bo.No. NameTypFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameTypFEDRtg No.
16
GMIturrizaga Bonelli EduardoVEN2639½ - ½GMWang HaoCHN2718
1
22
GMCheparinov IvanGEO268340 - 1GMBogdanovich StanislavUKR2536
13
34
GMMareco SandroARG266641 - 04IMGukesh DU16IND2529
15
412
GMTran Tuan MinhVIE25564½ - ½4GMNguyen Ngoc Truong SonVIE2647
5
57
GMVan Wely LoekNED261241 - 04IMXu YiCHN2520
18
620
GMKarthik VenkataramanIND24944½ - ½4GMPopov IvanRUS2581
11
737
IMShyaamnikhil PIND2429½ - ½GMDemchenko AntonRUS2678
3
88
GMPredke AlexandrRUS26111 - 0IMLe Quang LongVIE2412
45
941
IMBulmaga IrinaROU24240 - 1GMWen YangCHN2599
9
1014
GMChanda SandipanIND25340 - 1GMCao SangVIE2385
53
1116
GMMegaranto SusantoINA25260 - 1IMPham ChuongVIE2383
55
1219
FMNasanjargal UrtnasanMGL2503½ - ½IMChu Wei ChaoCHN2373
62
1326
GMNguyen Anh DungVIE24581 - 0IMSaravana Krishnan P.IND2352
71
1430
CMMendonca Leon LukeU16IND24461 - 0IMMiciano John MarvinPHI2317
76
1583
IMKulkarni RakeshIND22980 - 1IMLiu GuanchuCHN2445
31
1691
IMQuizon DanielU16PHI22680 - 1Zhao YuanheCHN2431
35
1724
IMNguyen Anh KhoiVIE248431 - 03FMNguyen Dang Hong PhucVIE2376
59
1858
FMSetyaki Azarya JodiINA237831 - 03GMNguyen Duc HoaVIE2450
27
1960
Tran Quoc DungVIE237631 - 03IMPascua HaridasPHI2446
28
2033
WGMTokhirjonova GulrukhbegimUZB243430 - 13IMPham Le Thao NguyenVIE2374
61

Round 7 pairings:

Bo.No. NameTypFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameTypFEDRtg No.
113
GMBogdanovich StanislavUKR25365GMMareco SandroARG2666
4
21
GMWang HaoCHN271855GMVan Wely LoekNED2612
7
35
GMNguyen Ngoc Truong SonVIE26475GMIturrizaga Bonelli EduardoVEN2639
6
431
IMLiu GuanchuCHN2445GMPredke AlexandrRUS2611
8
59
GMWen YangCHN2599GMNguyen Anh DungVIE2458
26
611
GMPopov IvanRUS2581CMMendonca Leon LukeU16IND2446
30
735
Zhao YuanheCHN2431GMTran Tuan MinhVIE2556
12
853
GMCao SangVIE2385GMKarthik VenkataramanIND2494
20
955
IMPham ChuongVIE23834GMDemchenko AntonRUS2678
3
1049
FMHoang Canh HuanVIE239444GMCheparinov IvanGEO2683
2
1115
IMGukesh DU16IND252944FMSetyaki Azarya JodiINA2378
58
1218
IMXu YiCHN252044Tran Quoc DungVIE2376
60
1361
IMPham Le Thao NguyenVIE237444FMNasanjargal UrtnasanMGL2503
19
1462
IMChu Wei ChaoCHN237344IMNguyen Anh KhoiVIE2484
24
1570
IMRaghunandan Kaumandur SrihariIND235244IMShyaamnikhil PIND2429
37
1640
GMLaxman R.R.IND242544WIMNandhidhaa P VIND2240
100
1765
Wang Shixu BCHN2362GMChanda SandipanIND2534
14
1866
IMRathnakaran K.IND2361GMMegaranto SusantoINA2526
16
1967
IMFenil ShahIND2360Chen Qi BCHN2443
32
2069
IMVo Thanh NinhVIE2358Li YankaiCHN2434
34