Sunway Sitges Open R6: Cheparinov, Moussard, Latasa and Niemann in a four-way lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 20/12/2020

Jules Moussard beat overnight leader Vojtech Plat to join the four-way lead along with Ivan Cheparinov, Jaime Santos Latasa and Hans Niemann with 5.0/6 at the conclusion of the sixth round in VII Sunway Sitges International Open. Leon beat compatriot Souhardo to take his score to 4.0/6. He will now face FM Marc Carbonell Sancho in the seventh round. GM-elect IM Hans Niemann wins the second night of blitz tournament. Shubham Bandikatte wins his sixth round game and moves to 4.5/6. Round 7 will start tonight from 9 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes / Sunway Chess Open

Korobov gets close

GM Jules Moussard, GM Ivan Cheparinov, GM Jaime Santos Latasa and IM Hans Niemann join the four-way lead with 5.0/6 at the end of sixth round. Top seed and defending champion Anton Korobov wins again and gets closer to the leaders with 4.5/6. Leon Mendonca beats compatriot Souhardo Basak to move to 4.0/6 and Shubham Bandikatte also scores a win to take his score to 4.5/6 in Group B.

The tournament hall | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Sunway Chess Open

Moussard - Plat: 1-0

Overnight sole leader Vojtech Plat went wrong early in the middle game.

Moussard - Plat

Position after 14...Na5

Black should have retreated his knight to b6. 14...Na5 lands up black in more trouble.

Position after 20...Nxd4

20...Nxd4 is a game losing blunder. Find out why and what black should have played instead.

Alexandr Fier taking a moment to enjoy the beautiful vista | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Sunway Chess Open

Leon - Souhardo: 1-0

Souhardo made a positional inaccuracy in an already difficult position, Leon capitalized on that opportunity and converted it into a win with ease.

Leon - Souhardo

Position after 22.Ng5

22.Ng5 makes the obvious threat of attacking the f7-pawn. How should black defend it?

Leon beat compatriot Souhardo | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Sunway Chess Open

Photo Gallery

GM-elect IM Hans Niemann is the winner of Sunway Sitges Blitz Open night 2 | Photo: Sunway Chess Open

Will fist pump become the new norm? | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Sunway Chess Open

Shubham Bandikatte moves to 4.5/6 | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Sunway Chess Open

It is important to write the correct name | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Sunway Chess Open

Replay Round 6 games

Round 6 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	5	GM	Moussard Jules	2626	4	1 - 0	4½	GM	Plat Vojtech	2552	11
2	2	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2660	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Asis Gargatagli Hipolito	2470	25
3	6	GM	Santos Latasa Jaime	2588	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Batsiashvili Nino	2466	27
4	21	GM	Narciso Dublan Marc	2495	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Santos Ruiz Miguel	2581	7
5	24	IM	Niemann Hans Moke	2478	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Cornette Matthieu	2558	9
6	12	GM	Fier Alexandr	2549	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	2459	29
7	26	IM	Sochacki Christophe	2469	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel	2542	15
8	28	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2466	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Checa Nicolas	2527	18
9	22	IM	Garriga Cazorla Pere	2487	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Korobov Anton	2693	1
10	3	GM	Grigoryan Karen H.	2651	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Maurizzi Marc Andria	2445	30
11	34	IM	Gatineau Yovann	2423	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Lagarde Maxime	2651	4
12	10	GM	Maze Sebastien	2557	3½	1 - 0	3½	FM	Garcia Ramos Daniel	2380	43
13	44	IM	Ootes Lars	2373	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Nevednichy Vladislav	2546	13
14	14	GM	Krysa Leandro	2544	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio	2437	31
15	46	IM	Garcia Martin Marta	2342	3½	0 - 1	3½	GM	Bellahcene Bilel	2510	19
16	20	GM	Flom Gabriel	2499	3½	1 - 0	3½	FM	Boyer Mahel	2307	53
17	8	GM	Dragnev Valentin	2564	3	½ - ½	3		Dalaud Dorian	2291	55
18	16	IM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2530	3	1 - 0	3		Souhardo Basak	2276	59
19	56	FM	Garcia Jimenez Francisco Javier	2288	3	0 - 1	3	IM	Dardha Daniel	2485	23
20	58	FM	Jimenez Ruano Adrian	2279	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Bulmaga Irina	2424	33

Details

Prizes

Total Prize fund - €27155. For the entire prize details, click here.

Schedule

13th - 22nd December - 9:00 p.m. IST

18th December - Rest day

23rd December - 2:00 p.m. IST

Links

Official site

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