Half a dozen players at 5.5/7
GM Pranav Anand defeated IM Nico Chasin (USA) to rejoin the lead | Photo: Yury Krylov / London Chess Classic
Praggnanandhaa - Ivic: 0.5-0.5
The first-ever Classical rated game between GM Velimir Ivic (SRB, 2618) and GM R Praggnanandhaa (2768) ended in a draw in 24 moves when the former had a significantly better position.
R Praggnanandhaa - Velimir Ivic (SRB), Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India
Nico - Pranav
Position after 21...Qe5
IM Nico Chasin (USA, 2512) blundered 22.Bxb5?? Find out the winning continuation which GM Pranav Anand (2581) played in the game.
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Round 7 results
| Bo. | White | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | Rtg | PGN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Ivic, Velimir | 2618 | 5 | ½ - ½ | 5 | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | 2768 | PGN | ||
| 2 | GM | Iniyan, P | 2601 | 4½ | 0 - 1 | 4½ | GM | Ghasi, Ameet K | 2500 | PGN | ||
| 3 | IM | Chasin, Nico | 2512 | 4½ | 0 - 1 | 4½ | GM | Pranav, Anand | 2581 | PGN | ||
| 4 | GM | Kraemer, Martin | 2571 | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 4½ | GM | Maze, Sebastien | 2534 | PGN | ||
| 5 | GM | Fodor, Tamas Jr | 2508 | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 4½ | GM | Smirin, Ilya | 2554 | PGN | ||
| 6 | GM | Sanal, Vahap | 2546 | 4½ | 0 - 1 | 4½ | GM | Fernandez, Daniel H | 2501 | PGN | ||
| 7 | FM | Kazarian, Anna-Maja *) | 2224 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | IM | Mahadevan, Siva | 2424 | PGN | ||
| 8 | GM | Gavrilescu, David | 2542 | 4½ | 1 - 0 | 4½ | IM | Willow, Jonah B | 2472 | PGN | ||
| 9 | GM | Gasanov, Eldar | 2447 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Yuffa, Daniil | 2618 | PGN | ||
| 10 | IM | Aizenberg, Benny | 2444 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Jumabayev, Rinat | 2560 | PGN |
Standings after Round 7
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | 2768 | None | 5,5 | |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Ivic, Velimir | 2618 | None | 5,5 | |
| 3 | 5 | GM | Pranav, Anand | 2581 | None | 5,5 | |
| 4 | 10 | GM | Gavrilescu, David | 2542 | None | 5,5 | |
| 5 | 18 | GM | Fernandez, Daniel H | 2501 | 4NCL Wood Green | 5,5 | |
| 6 | 19 | GM | Ghasi, Ameet K | 2500 | Richmond And Twickenham | 5,5 | |
| 7 | 6 | GM | Kraemer, Martin | 2571 | Sc Heimbach-Weis-Neuwied | 5 | |
| 8 | 8 | GM | Smirin, Ilya | 2554 | None | 5 | |
| 9 | 11 | GM | Maze, Sebastien | 2534 | None | 5 | |
| 10 | 13 | GM | Cornette, Matthieu | 2517 | 4NCL Celtic Tigers | 5 |
Round 8 pairings
| Bo. | White | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Black | Rtg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | 2768 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Gavrilescu, David | 2542 | |||
| 2 | GM | Ghasi, Ameet K | 2500 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Ivic, Velimir | 2618 | |||
| 3 | GM | Pranav, Anand | 2581 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Fernandez, Daniel H | 2501 | |||
| 4 | GM | Cornette, Matthieu | 2517 | 5 | 5 | GM | Kraemer, Martin | 2571 | |||
| 5 | GM | Smirin, Ilya | 2554 | 5 | 5 | IM | Rozen, Eytan | 2515 | |||
| 6 | GM | Maze, Sebastien | 2534 | 5 | 5 | GM | Fodor, Tamas Jr | 2508 | |||
| 7 | FM | Willems, Niels | 2368 | 4 | 4 | FM | Kazarian, Anna-Maja *) | 2224 | |||
| 8 | GM | Yuffa, Daniil | 2618 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Roberson, Peter T | 2447 | |||
| 9 | IM | Harvey, Marcus R | 2438 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Iniyan, P | 2601 | |||
| 10 | GM | Jumabayev, Rinat | 2560 | 4½ | 4½ | FM | Tulchynskyi, Feliks | 2409 |
