Half a dozen players join Praggnanandhaa and Pranav in the lead
IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete shared second place with CM Louis Khoo-Thwe (NOR) in Emirates Rapid 1 event. Both Sammed and Louis scored 6/7 each. GM Georg Meier (URU) scored a perfect 7/7 to become the champion.
Praggnanandhaa - Pranav Anand: 0.5-0.5
GM R Praggnanandhaa (2768) and GM Pranav Anand (2581) played four Classical rated games against each other. Two of them ended in draws and the remaining two were won by the World no.7. Their fifth battle was a relatively calm draw.
GM R Praggnanandhaa - GM Pranav Anand, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India
The newly crowned Commonwealth 2025 Gold medalist, GM Daniel Howard Fernandez (ENG, 2501) held the reigning National double champion, GM Iniyan Pa (2601) to a draw.
Replay all Round 4 Open games
Round 4 results
| Bo. | White | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | Rtg | PGN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | 2768 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Pranav, Anand | 2581 | PGN | ||
| 2 | GM | Mikhalevski, Victor | 2504 | 2½ | 0 - 1 | 2½ | GM | Ivic, Velimir | 2618 | PGN | ||
| 3 | GM | Yuffa, Daniil | 2618 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | IM | Grieve, Harry | 2491 | PGN | ||
| 4 | GM | Fernandez, Daniel H | 2501 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | GM | Iniyan, P | 2601 | PGN | ||
| 5 | IM | Willow, Jonah B | 2472 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | GM | Kraemer, Martin | 2571 | PGN | ||
| 6 | GM | Jumabayev, Rinat | 2560 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | GM | Wadsworth, Matthew J | 2487 | PGN | ||
| 7 | FM | Kazarian, Anna-Maja *) | 2224 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | GM | Gasanov, Eldar | 2447 | PGN | ||
| 8 | GM | Sanal, Vahap | 2546 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | IM | Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav | 2478 | PGN | ||
| 9 | IM | Czopor, Maciej | 2463 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | GM | Gavrilescu, David | 2542 | PGN | ||
| 10 | GM | Maze, Sebastien | 2534 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | IM | Magold, Filip | 2465 | PGN |
Standings after Round 4
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | 2768 | None | 3,5 | |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Ivic, Velimir | 2618 | None | 3,5 | |
| 3 | 3 | GM | Yuffa, Daniil | 2618 | None | 3,5 | |
| 4 | 5 | GM | Pranav, Anand | 2581 | None | 3,5 | |
| 5 | 9 | GM | Sanal, Vahap | 2546 | None | 3,5 | |
| 6 | 11 | GM | Maze, Sebastien | 2534 | None | 3,5 | |
| 7 | 16 | GM | Fodor, Tamas Jr | 2508 | 4NCL Wood Green | 3,5 | |
| 8 | 25 | IM | Willow, Jonah B | 2472 | 4NCL Wood Green | 3,5 | |
| 9 | 4 | GM | Iniyan, P | 2601 | None | 3 | |
| 10 | 7 | GM | Jumabayev, Rinat | 2560 | None | 3 |
Round 5 pairings
| Bo. | White | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | Rtg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Fodor, Tamas Jr | 2508 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | 2768 | |||
| 2 | GM | Ivic, Velimir | 2618 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Sanal, Vahap | 2546 | |||
| 3 | GM | Pranav, Anand | 2581 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Yuffa, Daniil | 2618 | |||
| 4 | GM | Iniyan, P | 2601 | 3 | 3½ | IM | Willow, Jonah B | 2472 | |||
| 5 | GM | Royal, Shreyas | 2495 | 3 | 3 | GM | Jumabayev, Rinat | 2560 | |||
| 6 | IM | Travadon, Loic | 2492 | 3 | 3 | GM | Smirin, Ilya | 2554 | |||
| 7 | FM | Kazarian, Anna-Maja *) | 2224 | 2½ | 2½ | IM | Wang, Hao | 2424 | |||
| 8 | GM | Gavrilescu, David | 2542 | 3 | 3 | GM | Gordon, Stephen J | 2465 | |||
| 9 | GM | Wadsworth, Matthew J | 2487 | 3 | 3 | GM | Cornette, Matthieu | 2517 | |||
| 10 | IM | Rozen, Eytan | 2515 | 3 | 3 | IM | Harvey, Marcus R | 2438 |
