Prague Masters 2024 R2: Gukesh beats Thai Dai Van
D Gukesh defeated Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE) in Round 2 of Prague International Chess Festival 2024 Masters. The Czech Republic no.2 made an exchange sacrifice, which did not work out the way he wanted. A blunder in time trouble cost R Praggnanandhaa his game against Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI). He emerged an early sole leader 2/2. Vidit Gujrathi drew against Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) comfortably. Gukesh vs Vidit and Praggnanandhaa vs Richard Rapport (ROU) will take place in Round 3. Aansh Nandan Nerurkar has won his second game in-a-row, to gain an early sole lead 2/2. Round 3 for Masters, Challengers and Futures start today at 3 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival
Parham and Aansh Nerurkar win two in-a-row
Vishy Anand had an autograph session and before that he had a private workshop with the young participants of the Futures group.
Thai Dai Van - Gukesh: 0-1
D Gukesh (2743) faced the Czech Republic no.2, Thai Dai Van Nguyen (2630) for the first time in a rated game. After a lot of maneuvering arising out of the English Opening, White decided to sacrifice an exchange.
35.Rxe5 Bxe5 36.Rxe5 bxc4 37.Nf4 Bd7 38.dxc4 Rxc4 now 39.Bd5 does not work due to Qf6. Similarly after 39.Bf1 Qf6 is still there. The exchange sacrifice did not yield much for White. 40.Rd5 Rc7 41.b5 Rfc8 42.Qxd4 Qxd4 43.Rxd4 and soon White went on to lose the game.
Parham - Praggnanandhaa: 1-0
R Praggnanandhaa (2747) does not have a good score against Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI, 2715) in Classical rated games. That did not improve yesterday. In a difficult position, Praggnanandhaa blundered while going towards the first time control.
Black's position was already not easy to play. In time trouble, he blundered 37...Ne6?? 38.Rxf6 immediately finished things.
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Schedule
The Round-Robin tournaments will take place from 27th February to 7th March 2024. Every day except the last round, games will start at 3 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST. Sunday 3rd March is a rest day. The ninth round game on 7th March will start at 11 a.m. local time, 3:30 p.m. IST.
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Round 2 Masters results
Standings after Round 2
Round 3 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2744 | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | GM | Navara David | 2667 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 2743 | GM | Gukesh D | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2747 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | 2660 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | GM | Nguyen Thai Dai Van | 2630 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 2747 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | GM | Rapport Richard | 2717 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 2738 | GM | Keymer Vincent | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | 2715 | 7 |
Round 2 Challengers results
Standings after Round 2
Round 3 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2590 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | IM | Gurel Ediz | 2560 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 2429 | IM | Finek Vaclav | GM | Mishra Abhimanyu | 2627 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | 2612 | GM | Santos Latasa Jaime | GM | L'ami Erwin | 2636 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 2666 | GM | Korobov Anton | IM | Stalmach Richard | 2434 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 2481 | IM | Vaishali Rameshbabu | IM | Hrbek Stepan | 2426 | 7 |
Round 2 Futures results
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 1745 | Siskou Evangelia | 1 - 0 | Guntaka Aayansh R | 1767 | 6 | PGN | ||||
| 2 | 7 | 1636 | Mrozowski Nikodem | 0 - 1 | Aansh Nandan Nerurkar | 1786 | 5 | PGN | ||||
| 3 | 8 | 1678 | Stara Zuzana | 1 - 0 | Markina Sofiia | 1724 | 4 | PGN | ||||
| 4 | 9 | 1914 | Brzezina Pawel | 1 - 0 | Jakubse Tamae Severina | 1738 | 3 | PGN | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 1822 | Peglau Paul David | 0 - 1 | Andre Tomas | 1915 | 2 | PGN |
Standings after Round 2
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Aansh Nandan Nerurkar | IND | 1786 | 2 | 0 | 0,00 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 9 | Brzezina Pawel | POL | 1914 | 1,5 | 0 | 1,75 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Andre Tomas | SVK | 1915 | 1,5 | 0 | 1,25 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 10 | Siskou Evangelia | GRE | 1745 | 1,5 | 0 | 0,25 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Jakubse Tamae Severina | CZE | 1738 | 1 | 0 | 1,00 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Stara Zuzana | CZE | 1678 | 1 | 0 | 1,00 | 1 | |||
| 7 | 4 | Markina Sofiia | CZE | 1724 | 1 | 0 | 0,00 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Peglau Paul David | GER | 1822 | 0,5 | 0 | 0,75 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Guntaka Aayansh R | USA | 1767 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Mrozowski Nikodem | POL | 1636 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 1 |
Round 3 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1915 | Andre Tomas | Siskou Evangelia | 1745 | 10 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 1738 | Jakubse Tamae Severina | Peglau Paul David | 1822 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | 4 | 1724 | Markina Sofiia | Brzezina Pawel | 1914 | 9 | ||||||
| 4 | 5 | 1786 | Aansh Nandan Nerurkar | Stara Zuzana | 1678 | 8 | ||||||
| 5 | 6 | 1767 | Guntaka Aayansh R | Mrozowski Nikodem | 1636 | 7 |
Time Control
The time control is 90'/40 moves + 30'/end & 30"/move.
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