Prague Open 2023 R6: Deep in the fray

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/06/2023

GM Deep Sengupta defeated FM Jakub Stinka (CZE) to stay in the championship hunt at Karel Janeček Open, part of 5th Prague International Chess Festival 2023. Five players are in the lead 5.5/6 including the top seed GM Vojtech Plat (CZE) and previous round leader, IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRE). GM Pentala Harikrishna drew his sixth consecutive game in the Masters section. It was a 73-move long battle against one of the three leaders, GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU). GM Hao Wang (CHN) outplayed GM Boris Gelfand (ISR) in a positional battle. Round 7 Masters, Challengers and Open starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

Hao outplays Gelfand

GM Akash G drew against the sole leader GM Benjamin Gledura (HUN) comfortably in the sixth round of the Challengers section. After Deep, GM Mitrabha Guha, FM Sharan Rao and IM Anwesh Upadhyaya are the three Indians at 4.5/6 each in the Karel Janeček Open event.

Round 6 Open in progress | Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

Masters: Hao - Gelfand: 1-0

Six years ago, Hao Wang (CHN, 2722) eliminated Boris Gelfand (ISR, 2668) from the FIDE World Cup. That was the last time they faced each other in a Classical rated game. In the sixth round, Hao showed fantastic positional understanding to outplay the legend.

Position after 23.Nf7+

White increased his advantage by beautifully maneuvering his bishop from f3-g2-h3-e6 and Nf7+ to gain an exchange. 23...Rxf7 24.Bxf7 Re7 25.Bb3 e4 26.Kg2 Ne5 27.Bf4 Bb6 28.f3 White neutralized Black's control of the center. 28...Qc6 29.Bxe5 Rxe5 30.fxe4 Rxe4 31.Qf3 White won the game in another ten moves.

Hao Wang played beautifully against Boris Gelfand | Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

Challengers: GM Akash G drew comfortably against the sole leader GM Benjamin Gledura (HUN) 4.5/6 | Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

Ceremonial first move of Round 6 was made on Harikrishna-Deac's board | Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

GM Ray Robson (USA) won the Game of the Round 5 prize for his win against GM Hao Wang (CHN) | Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

Karel Janeček Open: GM Deep Sengupta 5/6 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Schedule

The Round-Robin tournaments will take place from 21st to 30th June 2023. Every day except the last round, games will start at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST). Monday 26th June is a rest day. The ninth round game on 30th June will start at 11 a.m. local time, 2:30 p.m. IST.

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5th Prague International Chess Festival 2023 Round 6 Master and Challengers live commentary by IM Lawrence Trent (ENG) and WIM Natacha Benmesbah (FRA) | Video: Prague International Chess Festival

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Masters Round 6 results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	10	2704	GM	HARIKRISHNA Pentala	½ - ½	GM	DEAC Bogdan-Daniel	2693	8	PGN
2	9	2722	GM	WANG Hao	1 - 0	GM	GELFAND Boris	2668	7	PGN
3	1	2653	GM	NGUYEN Thai Dai Van	½ - ½	GM	ROBSON Ray	2689	6	PGN
4	2	2690	GM	KEYMER Vincent	½ - ½	GM	MARTIROSYAN Haik M.	2685	5	PGN
5	3	2689	GM	NAVARA David	½ - ½	GM	SHANKLAND Sam	2711	4	PGN

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	8	GM	DEAC Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2693	3,5	0	10,50	4
2	2	GM	KEYMER Vincent	GER	2690	3,5	0	10,25	2
3	6	GM	ROBSON Ray	USA	2689	3,5	0	9,25	4
4	3	GM	NAVARA David	CZE	2689	3	0	9,25	2
5	10	GM	HARIKRISHNA Pentala	IND	2704	3	0	9,00	3
6	4	GM	SHANKLAND Sam	USA	2711	3	0	8,75	3
	5	GM	MARTIROSYAN Haik M.	ARM	2685	3	0	8,75	3
8	9	GM	WANG Hao	CHN	2722	3	0	8,00	3
9	1	GM	NGUYEN Thai Dai Van	CZE	2653	2,5	0	8,00	2
10	7	GM	GELFAND Boris	ISR	2668	2	0	6,25	4

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	4	2711	GM	SHANKLAND Sam		GM	HARIKRISHNA Pentala	2704	10
2	5	2685	GM	MARTIROSYAN Haik M.		GM	NAVARA David	2689	3
3	6	2689	GM	ROBSON Ray		GM	KEYMER Vincent	2690	2
4	7	2668	GM	GELFAND Boris		GM	NGUYEN Thai Dai Van	2653	1
5	8	2693	GM	DEAC Bogdan-Daniel		GM	WANG Hao	2722	9

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Challengers Round 6 results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	10	2645	GM	GLEDURA Benjamin	½ - ½	GM	AKASH G	2483	8	PGN
2	9	2530	GM	PULTINEVICIUS Paulius	½ - ½	IM	VYKOUK Jan	2467	7	PGN
3	1	2609	GM	BARTEL Mateusz	½ - ½	GM	L'AMI Erwin	2645	6	PGN
4	2	2436	IM	STALMACH Richard	0 - 1	GM	MOTYLEV Alexander	2597	5	PGN
5	3	2409	FM	FINEK Vaclav	1 - 0	GM	PECHAC Jergus	2611	4	PGN

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	10	GM	GLEDURA Benjamin	HUN	2645	4,5	0	12,75	3
2	1	GM	BARTEL Mateusz	POL	2609	4	0	11,25	2
3	5	GM	MOTYLEV Alexander	ROU	2597	3,5	0,5	9,50	3
4	7	IM	VYKOUK Jan	CZE	2467	3,5	0,5	9,00	4
5	6	GM	L'AMI Erwin	NED	2645	3	1	8,25	4
6	9	GM	PULTINEVICIUS Paulius	LTU	2530	3	0	8,25	3
7	3	FM	FINEK Vaclav	CZE	2409	2,5	1	5,50	2
8	4	GM	PECHAC Jergus	SVK	2611	2,5	0	6,50	3
9	2	IM	STALMACH Richard	CZE	2436	2	0	6,25	2
10	8	GM	AKASH G	IND	2483	1,5	0	5,25	4

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	4	2611	GM	PECHAC Jergus		GM	GLEDURA Benjamin	2645	10
2	5	2597	GM	MOTYLEV Alexander		FM	FINEK Vaclav	2409	3
3	6	2645	GM	L'AMI Erwin		IM	STALMACH Richard	2436	2
4	7	2467	IM	VYKOUK Jan		GM	BARTEL Mateusz	2609	1
5	8	2483	GM	AKASH G		GM	PULTINEVICIUS Paulius	2530	9

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Round 6 Open results

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	3	GM	Polak, Tomas	CZE	2503	4½	½ - ½	5	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2373	34	PGN
2	20	FM	Peyrer, Konstantin	AUT	2411	4½	0 - 1	4½	GM	Plat, Vojtech	CZE	2516	1	PGN
3	32	IM	Ozenir, Ekin Baris	TUR	2374	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Kosakowski, Jakub	POL	2485	4	PGN
4	33	FM	Deuer, Marius	GER	2374	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Sokolovsky, Yahli	ISR	2464	8	PGN
5	13	IM	Fus, Jakub	POL	2426	4½	1 - 0	4½	FM	Sherman, Reem	ISR	2294	54	PGN
6	76	FM	Sharan, Rao	IND	2248	4½	0 - 1	4½	IM	Heimisson, Hilmir Freyr	ISL	2413	18	PGN
7	42	GM	Drenchev, Petar	BUL	2343	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	IND	2507	2	PGN
8	7	GM	Sengupta, Deep	IND	2473	4	1 - 0	4	FM	Stinka, Jakub	CZE	2306	52	PGN
9	15	GM	Hoffmann, Michael	GER	2417	4	½ - ½	4	FM	Aydincelebi, Kagan	TUR	2280	58	PGN
10	45	FM	Pasti, Aron	HUN	2335	4	0 - 1	4		Psyk, Radoslaw	POL	2417	16	PGN

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	K	rtg+/-
1	1	GM	Plat, Vojtech		CZE	2516	SK JOLY Lysa nad Labem, z.s.	5,5	21	24,5	22,50	10	7,4
2	18	IM	Heimisson, Hilmir Freyr		ISL	2413	Breiðablik	5,5	20,5	23,5	21,25	10	8,9
3	32	IM	Ozenir, Ekin Baris		TUR	2374		5,5	20,5	23	20,75	10	15,7
4	13	IM	Fus, Jakub		POL	2426	Polska	5,5	20,5	23	20,25	10	11,5
5	34	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	w	GRE	2373		5,5	18,5	21	18,50	10	15,3
6	8	IM	Sokolovsky, Yahli		ISR	2464	Beer sheva	5	21,5	24,5	20,00	10	4,8
7	3	GM	Polak, Tomas		CZE	2503	Sachovy klub Moravska Slavia	5	20,5	24	19,50	10	2,9
8	16		Psyk, Radoslaw		POL	2417		5	19,5	22,5	17,00	10	7,1
9	33	FM	Deuer, Marius		GER	2374	Schoenaich	5	19,5	22	18,25	20	16,2
10	69	FM	Antova, Gabriela	w	BUL	2259		5	19	22	17,00	20	35,4
11	39	FM	Hollan, Martin		CZE	2349	SK OAZA Praha	5	18,5	21,5	18,25	10	2,5
12	22	IM	Grabinsky, Aaron		USA	2407		5	18,5	21,5	18,00	10	4,1
13	7	GM	Sengupta, Deep		IND	2473		5	18	21	18,00	10	1,7
14	29	FM	Yaniv, Yuval		ISR	2390		5	18	21	17,75	20	5,6
15	10	IM	Adair, James R		ENG	2442	4NCL White Rose	5	18	20	17,00	10	2,6
16	30	IM	Narva, Mai	w	EST	2387		5	17	19	15,75	10	2,1
17	76	FM	Sharan, Rao		IND	2248	Rao's Chess Corner	4,5	22,5	25,5	17,75	20	34,8
18	4	IM	Kosakowski, Jakub		POL	2485	MUKS Stoczek 45 Bialystok	4,5	21,5	24,5	16,75	10	-1,7
19	15	GM	Hoffmann, Michael		GER	2417	SC Siegburg 1919 e.V.	4,5	21	24	17,75	10	1
20	54	FM	Sherman, Reem		ISR	2294		4,5	20,5	23,5	16,00	20	15

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Plat, Vojtech	CZE	2516	5½		5½	IM	Ozenir, Ekin Baris	TUR	2374	32
2	34	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2373	5½		5½	IM	Fus, Jakub	POL	2426	13
3	18	IM	Heimisson, Hilmir Freyr	ISL	2413	5½		5	GM	Sengupta, Deep	IND	2473	7
4	29	FM	Yaniv, Yuval	ISR	2390	5		5	GM	Polak, Tomas	CZE	2503	3
5	8	IM	Sokolovsky, Yahli	ISR	2464	5		5	IM	Narva, Mai	EST	2387	30
6	10	IM	Adair, James R	ENG	2442	5		5	FM	Deuer, Marius	GER	2374	33
7	16		Psyk, Radoslaw	POL	2417	5		5	FM	Hollan, Martin	CZE	2349	39
8	22	IM	Grabinsky, Aaron	USA	2407	5		5	FM	Antova, Gabriela	BUL	2259	69
9	2	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	IND	2507	4½		4½	FM	Sharan, Rao	IND	2248	76
10	4	IM	Kosakowski, Jakub	POL	2485	4½		4½	WIM	Yao, Lan	ENG	2242	81

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