Ray Robson wins 5th Prague International Chess Festival 2023 Masters, Harikrishna third

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/07/2023

Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) and Ray Robson (USA) finished with the same score 5.5/9 at 5th Prague International Chess Festival 2023 Masters. They had to play tie-breaks to determine the winner. Robson won the first blitz tie-break game and drew the second, although he was winning that too. The defending champion, Pentala Harikrishna drew his final round game against Haik Martirosyan (ARM). He scored an unbeaten sole 5/9 to finish third. FM Sharan Rao defeated IM Yahli Sokolovsky (ISR) in the final round of Karel Janeček Open to secure his final IM-norm. He scored 7/9 and finished seventh. A last round loss cost GM Deep Sengupta a podium finish. He was placed sixth. GM Mitrabha Guha and IM Ameya Audi also scored 7/9 each. They were placed eighth and tenth respectively. Photos: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

Sharan Rao scores final IM-norm

FM Sharan Rao gained 69.6 Elo rating points. His live rating is now 2324.6. Before this event, Sharan won LJ Slovakia Chess Open 2023 (Below 2299). We will mention in detail in a separate report.

5th Prague International Chess Festival 2023 Champion - GM Ray Robson (USA) 5.5/9

Masters Top 3 (L to R) - Petr Boleslav, Tournament Director, 2nd GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) 5.5/9, 1st GM Ray Robson (USA) 5.5/9, 3rd GM Pentala Harikrishna 5/9 and Roman Mužík, President of Novy Bor Chess Club

Challengers Champion - GM Mateusz Bartel (POL) 6.5/9

Challengers Top 3 (L to R) - 2nd Alexander Motylev (ROU) 6/9, 1st GM Mateusz Bartel (POL) 6.5/9 and 3rd GM Paulius Pultinevicius (LTU) 5/9

Ray Robson (USA) and Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) are in action during the tie-break games

FM Sharan Rao scored his final IM-norm

Sokolovsky - Sharan

Position after 12...Qxb2

IM Yahli Sokolovsky (ISR, 2464) erred early 12.Bxh6? His opponent, FM Sharan Rao pounced on that opportunity 12...Qxb2 13.Nd2 Nxe5 14.Qg3 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Qxc3 16.Qe2 d3 17.Qf3 gxh6 18.Nb3 Bc6 19.Rac1 Qb4 20.Red1 Bb6 21.Qxf7 Rd7 22.Qxe6 Qd6 23.Qe1 Rhxh7 Black converted his positional advantage into a material advantage with precise play. He won the game in nine more moves.

FM Sharan Rao scored 7/9, performed at 2601 and increased 69.6 Elo rating points to earn his final IM-norm

Replay live stream

Replay 5th Prague International Chess Festival 2023 Round 9 Masters and Challengers Part 1 live commentary by IM Lawrence Trent (ENG) and WIM Natacha Benmesbah (FRA) | Video: Prague International Chess Festival

Replay 5th Prague International Chess Festival 2023 Round 9 Masters and Challengers Part 2 live commentary by IM Lawrence Trent (ENG) and WIM Natacha Benmesbah (FRA) | Video: Prague International Chess Festival

Replay 5th Prague International Chess Festival 2023 Round 9 Masters Playoff live commentary by IM Lawrence Trent (ENG) and WIM Natacha Benmesbah (FRA) | Video: Prague International Chess Festival

Replay Masters Round 9 and Playoff games

Replay Round 9 Challengers games

Replay Round 9 Open games

Masters Round 9 results

Bo.

No.

Rtg

Name

Result

Name

Rtg

No.

PGN

2685

½ - ½

2704

2689

½ - ½

2711

2668

½ - ½

2689

2693

½ - ½

2690

2722

½ - ½

2653

Playoff results

Round 1 on 2023/06/30

Bo.

No.

Rtg

Name

Result

Name

Rtg

No.

PGN

2644

DEAC Bogdan-Daniel

0 - 1

ROBSON Ray

2660

PGN

Round 2 on 2023/06/30

Bo.

No.

Rtg

Name

Result

Name

Rtg

No.

PGN

2660

½ - ½

2644

Final standings after Round 9

Masters final standings after tie-break games | Photo: Official site

Challengers Round 9 results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	5	2597	GM	MOTYLEV Alexander	1 - 0	GM	GLEDURA Benjamin	2645	10	PGN
2	6	2645	GM	L'AMI Erwin	½ - ½	GM	PECHAC Jergus	2611	4	PGN
3	7	2467	IM	VYKOUK Jan	1 - 0	FM	FINEK Vaclav	2409	3	PGN
4	8	2483	GM	AKASH G	1 - 0	IM	STALMACH Richard	2436	2	PGN
5	9	2530	GM	PULTINEVICIUS Paulius	0 - 1	GM	BARTEL Mateusz	2609	1	PGN

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Final standings after Round 9

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	BARTEL Mateusz	POL	2609	6,5	0	26,25	4
2	5	GM	MOTYLEV Alexander	ROU	2597	6	0	25,25	4
3	9	GM	PULTINEVICIUS Paulius	LTU	2530	5	1,5	20,25	5
4	10	GM	GLEDURA Benjamin	HUN	2645	5	1	21,00	5
5	7	IM	VYKOUK Jan	CZE	2467	5	0,5	21,25	5
6	6	GM	L'AMI Erwin	NED	2645	4,5	0	18,75	5
7	4	GM	PECHAC Jergus	SVK	2611	4	0	17,75	4
8	3	FM	FINEK Vaclav	CZE	2409	3,5	0	13,50	4
9	2	IM	STALMACH Richard	CZE	2436	3	0	13,50	4
10	8	GM	AKASH G	IND	2483	2,5	0	10,50	5

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Round 9 Open results

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	13	IM	Fus, Jakub	POL	2426	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Polak, Tomas	CZE	2503	3	PGN
2	1	GM	Plat, Vojtech	CZE	2516	6½	1 - 0	7	GM	Sengupta, Deep	IND	2473	7	PGN
3	16		Psyk, Radoslaw	POL	2417	6½	1 - 0	6½	FM	Deuer, Marius	GER	2374	33	PGN
4	32	IM	Ozenir, Ekin Baris	TUR	2374	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Baenziger, Fabian	SUI	2414	17	PGN
5	37	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	IND	2353	6½	½ - ½	6½	GM	Jurcik, Marian	SVK	2405	23	PGN
6	29	FM	Yaniv, Yuval	ISR	2390	6	0 - 1	6	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	IND	2507	2	PGN
7	8	IM	Sokolovsky, Yahli	ISR	2464	6	0 - 1	6	FM	Sharan, Rao	IND	2248	76	PGN
8	30	IM	Narva, Mai	EST	2387	6	1 - 0	6	GM	Petrov, Marian	BUL	2454	9	PGN
9	20	FM	Peyrer, Konstantin	AUT	2411	6	1 - 0	6	FM	Pasti, Aron	HUN	2335	45	PGN
10	26	IM	Audi, Ameya	IND	2393	6	1 - 0	6	CM	Carreto Nieto, Giovanni	MEX	2182	106	PGN

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Final standings after Round 9

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	K	rtg+/-
1	1	GM	Plat, Vojtech		CZE	2516	SK JOLY Lysa nad Labem, z.s.	7,5	52	56	45,25	10	8,4
2	13	IM	Fus, Jakub		POL	2426	Polska	7,5	49,5	53,5	41,50	10	16,8
3	3	GM	Polak, Tomas		CZE	2503	Sachovy klub Moravska Slavia	7,5	49	54	44,50	10	8,6
4	16		Psyk, Radoslaw		POL	2417		7,5	49	53,5	41,75	10	15,7
5	32	IM	Ozenir, Ekin Baris		TUR	2374		7	51,5	55	40,25	10	19,9
6	7	GM	Sengupta, Deep		IND	2473		7	48,5	53,5	39,50	10	5,3
7	76	FM	Sharan, Rao		IND	2248	Rao's Chess Corner	7	47	51	38,00	20	69,6
8	2	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2507		7	46,5	50,5	38,25	10	-1,4
9	20	FM	Peyrer, Konstantin		AUT	2411		7	46,5	50	37,50	10	8,4
10	26	IM	Audi, Ameya		IND	2393		7	45,5	50	36,00	10	4

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Time Control

The time control is 90'/40 moves + 30'/end & 30"/move.

Links

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