Gukesh, Vidit and Vaishali gain maximum momentum heading into FIDE World Cup 2023
Last year, GM D Gukesh played for the same team and became world no.18 in the live ratings. Then he just had an okay finish. Almost a year later, Gukesh played on the top board of the same team, delivered a top class performance to become very close to knocking on the world top ten door. His teammates GM Vidit Gujrathi and IM Vaishali R also played well. All three of them gained excellent form just days before the important FIDE World Cup 2023. What an amazing day they had on International Chess Day!
D Gukesh 7.5/10
Despite starting with three draws including against World no.14 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (BPSSK), GM D Gukesh won the next two rounds against GM Anton Demchenko (HFSVKK) and FM Yanki Taspinar (ASVSK). After two more draws in the seventh and eighth round, Gukesh finished the event with three wins in the last three rounds.
Gukesh - Sychev
Gukesh offered an exchange to gain positional advantage 19.Qf4 f5 20.Bxb7 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 e5 22.Qc4 Rc8 23.a6 White is in no hurry to regain the exchange. He is just aiming to consolidate and improve his position. 23...Qc7 24.Qb4 Be6 25.Bxc8 Bxc8 26.Qb7! Kh8?
26...Qf7 and Bxb3 were better alternatives. 26...Kh8? allowed 27.Bxa7 Qc3? worsened things further for Black 28.Nc5 Qxc2 29.Rf1 Qc4 30.Nxe6 Qxe6 31.Bb8 the a-pawn is unstoppable.
GM D Gukesh and GM Vidit Gujrathi tweeted on their triumph
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Round 11 results
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | TÜRK HAVA YOLLARI SPOR KULÜBÜ | TAŞ DUVAR SPOR KULÜBÜ | 4½ | : | 1½ |
| 2 | ROTA KOLEJİ SPOR KULÜBÜ | GÖKTÜRK SATRANÇ SPOR KULÜBÜ | 1½ | : | 4½ |
| 3 | BURHANİYE SATRANÇ SPOR KULÜBÜ | BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYE SPOR KULUBÜ | 2 | : | 4 |
| 4 | DENİZ SU AQUAMATCH SATRANÇ GENÇLİK VE SP | DARÜŞŞAFAKA LİNK SPOR KULÜBÜ | 3½ | : | 2½ |
| 5 | BAYEGAN PENDİK SATRANÇ SPOR KULÜBÜ | KARAMAN FUTBOL KULÜBÜ | 5 | : | 1 |
| 6 | HUKUKÇU FENERBAHÇELİLER SPOR VE KÜLTÜR K | APAYDIN SATRANÇ VE SPOR KULÜBÜ | 3 | : | 3 |
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 6 | TÜRK HAVA YOLLARI SPOR KULÜBÜ | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3747 |
| 2 | 10 | BAYEGAN PENDİK SATRANÇ SPOR KULÜBÜ | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3644 |
| 3 | 1 | APAYDIN SATRANÇ VE SPOR KULÜBÜ | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2940 |
| 4 | 5 | GÖKTÜRK SATRANÇ SPOR KULÜBÜ | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 3104 |
| 5 | 3 | DARÜŞŞAFAKA LİNK SPOR KULÜBÜ | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2848 |
| 6 | 7 | ROTA KOLEJİ SPOR KULÜBÜ | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2601 |
| 7 | 12 | TAŞ DUVAR SPOR KULÜBÜ | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2357 |
| 8 | 11 | HUKUKÇU FENERBAHÇELİLER SPOR VE KÜLTÜR K | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2411 |
| 9 | 2 | KARAMAN FUTBOL KULÜBÜ | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2151 |
| 10 | 8 | BURHANİYE SATRANÇ SPOR KULÜBÜ | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2251 |
| 11 | 9 | DENİZ SU AQUAMATCH SATRANÇ GENÇLİK VE SP | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2139 |
| 12 | 4 | BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYE SPOR KULUBÜ | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2147 |
