Aryan Chopra joins Adhiban at the top
CM Kushagra Mohan, IM Neelash Saha, IM Harikrishnan A Ra, IM Shahil Dey, WIM Arpita Mukherjee. FM Ram Aravind L N and WIM Isha Sharma drew with GM Alexandr Predke, GM Anton Demchenko, GM Denis Kadric (BIH), GM Yago De Moura Santiago (BRA), IM Jurica Srbis (CRO), IM Vignesh N R and IM Muthaiah Al respectively.
Aditya Mittal - Ivic: 0.5-0.5
IM Aditya Mittal (2485) got himself a fantastic opportunity to score a win against GM Velimir Ivic (SRB, 2658).
White correctly played 39.Bg2 threatening Qf7+. 39...Nd3 40.Qf7+ Kh8 White made a grave mistake of taking the g6-pawn 41.Qxg6 allowed Black to get back in the game Qd4+ 42.Kh2 Qh4+ 43.Kg1. After repeating moves, White played 45.Bh3 which now gave Black the decisive advantage. Fortunately for Aditya, Ivic was unable to find a win and the game ended in a draw. Find out what should have White played instead of 41.Qxg6 to win the game.
Harshavardhan - Leon: 1-0
IM Harshavardhan G B (2367) won a positional grind against GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2562).
40...Re5 makes no real threat. It only helps White. The c6-square is unguarded and White would definitely like to put his knight on c6. The best way to achieve that is via 41.Nd4 Ncb6 42.Nc6 Re8 43.Be3 Nc5 44.Bd4 +- and it's over for Black.
Highlights
A few interesting finishes from Round 5
A total of 263 players including 38 GMs, 68 IMs, 6 WGMs and 13 WIMs are taking part from 38 countries across the world including India. The tournament is being organized by Serbia Chess Federation from 28th June to 7th July 2022 at Novi Sad, Serbia. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes/40 moves + 15 minutes for whole game, 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
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Round 5 results
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 13 | GM | Can Emre | 2599 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Adhiban B. | 2616 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 36 | IM | Aditya Mittal | 2485 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Ivic Velimir | 2628 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 11 | GM | Aryan Chopra | 2609 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | WGM | Narva Mai | 2385 | 98 | ||
| 5 | 7 | 1 | GM | Predke Alexandr | 2688 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3½ | CM | Kushagra Mohan | 2343 | 126 | ||
| 5 | 9 | 3 | GM | Demchenko Anton | 2654 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | IM | Neelash Saha | 2439 | 64 | ||
| 5 | 12 | 68 | FM | Samant Aditya S | 2433 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2608 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 13 | 15 | GM | Kadric Denis | 2575 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | IM | Harikrishnan.A.Ra | 2396 | 92 | ||
| 5 | 15 | 19 | GM | Harsha Bharathakoti | 2547 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | FM | Kilic Eray | 2422 | 76 | ||
| 5 | 20 | 28 | GM | Santiago Yago De Moura | 2509 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | IM | Shahil Dey | 2366 | 113 | ||
| 5 | 21 | 37 | IM | Koustav Chatterjee | 2485 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | IM | Anuj Shrivatri | 2356 | 120 | ||
| 5 | 22 | 118 | IM | Padmini Rout | 2357 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | IM | Song Raymond | 2485 | 38 | ||
| 5 | 23 | 39 | IM | Pranav V | 2481 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | FM | Rohith Krishna S | 2339 | 128 | ||
| 5 | 25 | 164 | FM | Eren Ataberk | 2273 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | IM | Pranav Anand | 2467 | 48 | ||
| 5 | 28 | 62 | IM | Vaishali R | 2442 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | WGM | Srija Seshadri | 2241 | 180 | ||
| 5 | 30 | 111 | IM | Harshavardhan G B | 2367 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2562 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 33 | 119 | IM | Vardaan Nagpal | 2357 | 2½ | 0 - 1 | 2½ | GM | Stremavicius Titas | 2495 | 32 | ||
| 5 | 36 | 131 | FM | Karacsonyi Gellert | 2338 | 2½ | 0 - 1 | 2½ | GM | Karthik Venkataraman | 2480 | 40 | ||
| 5 | 37 | 43 | GM | Arjun Kalyan | 2477 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | FM | Kochavi Ori | 2356 | 121 | ||
| 5 | 38 | 138 | FM | Hristodoulou Panagiotis | 2328 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | IM | Nitish Belurkar | 2460 | 52 | ||
| 5 | 40 | 158 | WIM | Arpita Mukherjee | 2281 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | IM | Srbis Jurica | 2455 | 56 |
