Prague Masters 2023 R7: Ray Robson outplays Vincent Keymer, gains sole lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 29/06/2023

Ray Robson (USA) defeated one of the coleaders, Vincent Keymer (GER) to emerge sole leader at the Prague Masters 2023. Pentala Harikrishna had another hard-fought draw against Sam Shankland (USA) to move to 3.5/7. He is now a full point behind the leader along with five more players. The other previous round leader, Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) drew against Hao Wang (CHN) to move to 4/7. GM Deep Sengupta continues to stay in the championship hunt as he won a positional skirmish against IM Hilmir Freyr Heimission (ISL). He is now a half point behind the leaders - IM Ekin Baris Ozenir (TUR) and IM Jakub Fus (INA) at 6.5/7 each in the Karel Janeček Open, part of 5th Prague International Chess Festival 2023. Round 8 Masters, Challengers and Open starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

Deep stays in the race

FM Sharan Rao held GM Mitrabha Guha to a 118 move long marathon draw. They both are now at 5/7 each with IM Ameya Audi. IM Anwesh Upadhyaya defeated CM Bardur Orn Birkisson (ISL) to move to 5.5/7.

GM Ray Robson (USA) is the sole leader in the Masters 4.5/7 | Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

Masters: Robson - Keymer: 1-0

Ray Robson (USA, 2689) faced Vincent Keymer (GER, 2690) for the first time in a rated game.

Position after 23...Nc2

Black had already lost his a7-pawn few moves ago. 23...Nc2? worsened his already difficult position 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.dxe6 Nc5 25.Qxc4 Nxa1 26.Nd2 Nxe6 27.Rxa1 and White went won to convert his advantage into a win.

FM Vaclav Finek (CZE) won the Game of the Round 6 prize for his win against GM Jergus Pechac (SVK) | Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

Ceremonial first move of Round 7 was made on Gelfand-Thai Dai Van's board by Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam, Editor-in-chief of the famous chess magazine - New in Chess | Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

Hilmir - Deep, Round 7

Position after 22...Bb4

22.Ne1 gave up the control of the b4-square. GM Deep Sengupta (2473) seized his opportunity 22...Bb4 23.Qxb4 Nxb4 24.Rxd5 Nxd5 25.Nc2 Ba6 26.Bd2 Bd3 and Black went on to win the game in another 15 moves.

Karel Janeček Open: GM Deep Sengupta outplayed IM Hilmir Freyr Heimission (GRE) to move to 6/7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

FM Sharan Rao held GM Mitrabha Guha to a 118 move long marathon draw | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Schedule

The Round-Robin tournaments will take place from 21st to 30th June 2023. Every day except the last round, games will start at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST). Monday 26th June is a rest day. The ninth round game on 30th June will start at 11 a.m. local time, 2:30 p.m. IST.

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5th Prague International Chess Festival 2023 Round 7 Master and Challengers live commentary by IM Lawrence Trent (ENG) and WIM Natacha Benmesbah (FRA) | Video: Prague International Chess Festival

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Masters Round 7 results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	4	2711	GM	SHANKLAND Sam	½ - ½	GM	HARIKRISHNA Pentala	2704	10	PGN
2	5	2685	GM	MARTIROSYAN Haik M.	½ - ½	GM	NAVARA David	2689	3	PGN
3	6	2689	GM	ROBSON Ray	1 - 0	GM	KEYMER Vincent	2690	2	PGN
4	7	2668	GM	GELFAND Boris	½ - ½	GM	NGUYEN Thai Dai Van	2653	1	PGN
5	8	2693	GM	DEAC Bogdan-Daniel	½ - ½	GM	WANG Hao	2722	9	PGN

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Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	6	GM	ROBSON Ray	USA	2689	4,5	0	14,50	4
2	8	GM	DEAC Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2693	4	0	14,50	4
3	10	GM	HARIKRISHNA Pentala	IND	2704	3,5	0	12,25	4
4	3	GM	NAVARA David	CZE	2689	3,5	0	12,25	3
5	2	GM	KEYMER Vincent	GER	2690	3,5	0	12,00	3
	5	GM	MARTIROSYAN Haik M.	ARM	2685	3,5	0	12,00	3
7	4	GM	SHANKLAND Sam	USA	2711	3,5	0	11,75	3
8	9	GM	WANG Hao	CHN	2722	3,5	0	11,50	4
9	1	GM	NGUYEN Thai Dai Van	CZE	2653	3	0	10,50	3
10	7	GM	GELFAND Boris	ISR	2668	2,5	0	8,75	4

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	10	2704	GM	HARIKRISHNA Pentala		GM	WANG Hao	2722	9
2	1	2653	GM	NGUYEN Thai Dai Van		GM	DEAC Bogdan-Daniel	2693	8
3	2	2690	GM	KEYMER Vincent		GM	GELFAND Boris	2668	7
4	3	2689	GM	NAVARA David		GM	ROBSON Ray	2689	6
5	4	2711	GM	SHANKLAND Sam		GM	MARTIROSYAN Haik M.	2685	5

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Challengers Round 7 results

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

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Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	10	GM	GLEDURA Benjamin	HUN	2645	5	0	16,00	4
2	1	GM	BARTEL Mateusz	POL	2609	4,5	0,5	14,75	3
3	5	GM	MOTYLEV Alexander	ROU	2597	4,5	0,5	13,50	3
4	7	IM	VYKOUK Jan	CZE	2467	4	1,5	13,50	4
5	6	GM	L'AMI Erwin	NED	2645	4	1	12,00	4
6	9	GM	PULTINEVICIUS Paulius	LTU	2530	4	0,5	11,00	4
7	4	GM	PECHAC Jergus	SVK	2611	3	0	9,50	3
8	3	FM	FINEK Vaclav	CZE	2409	2,5	0	6,50	3
9	2	IM	STALMACH Richard	CZE	2436	2	0	7,00	3
10	8	GM	AKASH G	IND	2483	1,5	0	6,25	4

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Round 8 pairings

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

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Round 7 Open results

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	1	GM	Plat, Vojtech	CZE	2516	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Ozenir, Ekin Baris	TUR	2374	32	PGN
2	34	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2373	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Fus, Jakub	POL	2426	13	PGN
3	18	IM	Heimisson, Hilmir Freyr	ISL	2413	5½	0 - 1	5	GM	Sengupta, Deep	IND	2473	7	PGN
4	29	FM	Yaniv, Yuval	ISR	2390	5	0 - 1	5	GM	Polak, Tomas	CZE	2503	3	PGN
5	8	IM	Sokolovsky, Yahli	ISR	2464	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Narva, Mai	EST	2387	30	PGN
6	10	IM	Adair, James R	ENG	2442	5	½ - ½	5	FM	Deuer, Marius	GER	2374	33	PGN
7	16		Psyk, Radoslaw	POL	2417	5	1 - 0	5	FM	Hollan, Martin	CZE	2349	39	PGN
8	22	IM	Grabinsky, Aaron	USA	2407	5	½ - ½	5	FM	Antova, Gabriela	BUL	2259	69	PGN
9	2	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	IND	2507	4½	½ - ½	4½	FM	Sharan, Rao	IND	2248	76	PGN
10	4	IM	Kosakowski, Jakub	POL	2485	4½	1 - 0	4½	WIM	Yao, Lan	ENG	2242	81	PGN

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Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	K	rtg+/-
1	32	IM	Ozenir, Ekin Baris		TUR	2374		6,5	28,5	31	27,75	10	22,6
2	13	IM	Fus, Jakub		POL	2426	Polska	6,5	28	31	27,75	10	15,8
3	3	GM	Polak, Tomas		CZE	2503	Sachovy klub Moravska Slavia	6	28,5	32,5	27,50	10	6,4
4	16		Psyk, Radoslaw		POL	2417		6	28,5	32	26,00	10	11,2
5	7	GM	Sengupta, Deep		IND	2473		6	27,5	31	27,00	10	5,9
6	30	IM	Narva, Mai	w	EST	2387		6	23,5	26,5	22,75	10	8,2
7	1	GM	Plat, Vojtech		CZE	2516	SK JOLY Lysa nad Labem, z.s.	5,5	31	34,5	25,50	10	0,5
8	4	IM	Kosakowski, Jakub		POL	2485	MUKS Stoczek 45 Bialystok	5,5	30	33,5	24,50	10	0,3
9	34	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	w	GRE	2373		5,5	29,5	32,5	23,00	10	11
10	18	IM	Heimisson, Hilmir Freyr		ISL	2413	Breiðablik	5,5	29	32,5	24,50	10	4,7
11	69	FM	Antova, Gabriela	w	BUL	2259		5,5	28	31	23,25	20	39,4
12	33	FM	Deuer, Marius		GER	2374	Schoenaich	5,5	27	30,5	23,50	20	18
13	22	IM	Grabinsky, Aaron		USA	2407		5,5	27	30	23,25	10	2,1
14	10	IM	Adair, James R		ENG	2442	4NCL White Rose	5,5	26,5	29,5	23,00	10	1,7
15	20	FM	Peyrer, Konstantin		AUT	2411		5,5	26,5	28,5	21,50	10	6,4
16	23	GM	Jurcik, Marian		SVK	2405		5,5	26	29	22,50	10	0,9
17	17	IM	Baenziger, Fabian		SUI	2414		5,5	24	27	21,25	10	-1
18	37	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya		IND	2353		5,5	23	26	20,25	10	0,9
19	103	CM	Panek, Bartosz		POL	2188	UKS Ognisko Rydułtowy	5,5	22	24,5	18,00	20	25,6
20	8	IM	Sokolovsky, Yahli		ISR	2464	Beer sheva	5	29,5	33	21,75	10	-1,3

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.

No.

Name

FED

Rtg

Pts.

Result

Pts.

Name

FED

Rtg

No.

Fus, Jakub

POL

2426

6½

2417

2503

6½

2374

2473

2387

2407

5½

2516

2405

5½

2485

2353

5½

2442

2414

5½

Tsolakidou, Stavroula

GRE

2373

Deuer, Marius

GER

2374

5½

Heimisson, Hilmir Freyr

ISL

2413

Antova, Gabriela

BUL

2259

5½

2411

2507

5½

Panek, Bartosz

POL

2188

103

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