La Nucia Open: Iniyan beats Postny with a picturesque finish

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/10/2021

GM P Iniyan beat the previous round leader GM Evgeny Postny (ISR) in the fifth round of La Nucia International Open to take the sole lead 4.5/5. Iniyan scored a very nice win with a picturesque finish against Postny who had a huge momentum as he won four consecutive games. Iniyan will face GM Andrey Sumets (UKR) in the sixth round. A total of 87 players in the Open section, including 10GMs, 9 IMs, a WGM and a WIM are taking part from 14 countries across the world. The total prize fund is €9000, first prize is €2500 in the Open section (approx.₹217,300). Round 6 starts today at 1 p.m. IST. Photo: facv.org

Iniyan jumps into sole lead

Iniyan brought Postny's winning streak to an end as he beat him with a nice positional sacrifice in the endgame which eventually followed by a beautiful finish to jump in the sole lead 4.5/5.

GM Iniyan beat GM Evgeny Postny with a picturesque finish | Photo: facv.org

Iniyan - Postny: 1-0

GM Iniyan P made a very nice sacrifice in the endgame against GM Evgeny Postny (ISR).

Position after 34.Nxg6+

Despite not having anything concrete, it is quite evident that 34.Nxg6+ is promising and there are practical chances for White. The game continued 34...fxg6 35.Rh7+ Kd6 and that is the mistake which cost Black the game. 35...Ke6 would have allowed Black to continue the fight. 35...Kd6 meant 36.e5+ cannot be taken by the knight as the b7-bishop is unprotected. So even if Black takes it anyway 36...Nxe5 37.dxe5+ Kc6 38.Bxg6 is completely lost for Black. The game finished in a picturesque finish.

Award-winning author and famous trainer - GM Jacob Aagaard 4.0/5 | Photo: facv.org

The tournament hall | Photo: facv.org

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Highlights

Here are few interesting finishes of Round 1-5.

GM P Iniyan defeated Felix Manso Marquez (ESP), Round 1

IM Mauricio Vassallo Barroche (ESP) defeated GM Sergey A Fedorchuk (UKR), Round 2

WGM Cori T Deysi (PER) defeated GM Miguel Santos Ruiz (ESP), Round 3

GM P Iniyan drew with GM H James Plaskett (ENG), Round 3

GM P Iniyan defeated GM Evgeny Postny (ISR), Round 5

Replay Round 1-5 games

The tournament is taking place at Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Muixara, La Nucia, Alicante in Spain from 6th to 12th October 2021. Time control is 90 mins + 30 seconds each from move no.1.

Round 5 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	5	GM	Iniyan P	2529	3½	1 - 0	4	GM	Postny Evgeny	2552	4
2	3	GM	Solodovnichenko Yuri	2577	3	½ - ½	3½	GM	Sumets Andrey	2497	6
3	15	IM	Leon Valdes Jony Wilson	2379	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Santos Ruiz Miguel	2596	2
4	7	IM	Garriga Cazorla Pere	2481	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Pogorelov Ruslan	2348	17
5	19	IM	Lujan Carolina	2340	3	0 - 1	3	GM	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	2467	8
6	9	GM	Aagaard Jacob	2461	3	1 - 0	3	GM	Plaskett H James	2375	16
7	21	FM	Domingo Nunez Alejandro	2326	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Ayats Llobera Gerard	2453	10
8	23	FM	Davtyan David Arm.	2292	3	½ - ½	3	IM	Cruz Lledo Pablo	2446	12
9	13	FM	Domingo Nunez Ruben	2399	3	½ - ½	3		Luque Saiz Andres	2307	22
10	14	WGM	Cori T. Deysi	2382	3	1 - 0	3	FM	Ibanez Aullana Ramon	2283	24

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