ECCC R5: Arjun Erigaisi becomes the second Indian and overall 16th to cross 2800

Novy Bor Chess Club emerges sole leader

Arjun Erigaisi won his match for Alkaloid and now just 3.2 Elo rating points away from becoming World no.2. His teammate, GM Aravindh Chithambaram missed a win against GM Nihal Sarin. Alkaloid ended up making a 3-3 draw against Turkish Airlines. Both of those teams are trailing the leader - Novy Bor Chess Club, along with C'Chartres Echecs by a full point at 9/10 each. In the Women's event, TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana suffered their first match loss against SuperChess Club by a minimum margin 1.5-2.5. SuperChess Club and Garuda Ajka BSK have now caught up with TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana at the top in a three-way lead 8/10 each.

Rested Indians in Round 5: None

Open: Alkaloid - Turkish Airlines: 3-3

GM Arjun Erigaisi (2797) and GM Yangyi Yu (2717) scored the wins for Alkaloid against GM Dmitry Andreikin (2729) and GM M Amin Tabatabaei (2702) respectively. GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2719) and GM Volodar Murzin (2648) were victorious over GM Wei Yi (2763) and GM S L Narayanan (2640) respectively. The All-Indian clash between GM Nihal Sarin (2668) and GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2698) ended in a draw.

Arjun - Andreikin

Capturing the b5-pawn 37...Rxb5?? proved to be a fatal mistake. Black needed to play 37...e3 to keep the game going. 38.Rc7+- Rg5 39.h4 Rg4 40.Rd8+ Rg8 41.Rdd7 and White won the game in the next few moves.

The maestro, Vishy Anand congratulated Arjun Erigaisi on crossing 2800 in live ratings

Nihal - Aravindh

It is clear that the above position became extremely volatile after 19...Ng3 20.e6. Black took the pawn 20...fxe6 to prevent exf7+. The game continued 21.N5d4 Kh7 22.fxg3 e5 23.gxf4 Qf6 24.Kf1? exd4 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Ng5+ Kh8 27.Nf7+ Kh7 28.Ng5+ Kh8 29.Nf7+ Kg8 30.Nxd6+ Kh7 31.Nxe8 Qxf4+ 32.Ke1 dxc3 33.Qe2 cxb2 34.Rb1

Now 34...Qb4+ would have been winning for Black. Instead, Black played 34...Bd4 protecting the b2-pawn 35.Kd1 Bc6 36.Kc2 and the game ended in a draw.

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Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub - Novy Bor Chess Club: 1.5-4.5

GM Vidit Gujrathi (2726), GM Pentala Harikrishna (2688), GM David Anton Guijarro (2667) and GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen (2663) scored the wins for Novy Bor Chess Club. GM Vincent Keymer (2721) conceded the sole draw against GM Andrei Volokitin (2648). GM Benjamin Gledura (2639) scored the sole win for his team Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai Sakk Klub, over GM David Navara (2683).

Eljanov - Vidit

White's ambitious attack starting with 25.Ne3? did not work out the way he wanted g6 26.f5? Bxd4 27.fxe6 fxe6 28.Qg4?? was too much as White does not have sufficient pieces left to follow through the attack Bxa1 29.Qxe6+ Kh8 30.Rxa1 Nc5 and Black won as the bishop cannot be saved.

Chigaev - Harikrishna

Black was in complete control after 22...c4. Things became worse for White after 23.b3? It helped Black to create a passed pawn c3 24.e3 d4 25.e4 Qb7 and it all went downhill for White. Harikrishna, being an endgame expert, does not miss these opportunities to win.

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SuperChess - SK JAVES Modra: 5-1

GM D Gukesh (2794) and GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (2691) were held to draws by GM Jergus Pechac (2582) and IM Rokas Klabis (2399) respectively. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2783), GM R Praggnanandhaa (2746), GM Jorden van Foreest (2697) and GM Javokhir Sindarov (2668) won the games against GM Tomas Laurusas (2573), GM Jiri Stocek (2501), FM Patrik Stevik (2268) and FM Jozef Federic (2199) respectively.

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Perfect - Vados Chess Club: 1-5

GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2622) suffered his first loss at this event, against GM Ilia Smirin (2563). His team members, GM Aryan Chopra (2620), GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (2584), IM Felix-Antonio Ilinca (2419), FM Filip Magold (2409) and IM Alexandru-Vasile David (2345) scored wins over GM Vladimir Hamiteici (2419), IM Valery Atlas (2394), IM Andrey Alekseev (2298), Mikhail Pleshkov (2002) and Valeriu Mindru (1867) respectively.

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Women: Crvena zvezda - Data Driven Lab - Garuda Ajka BSK: 1.5-2.5

IM Divya Deshmukh (2501) and WIM Zsoka Gaal (2398) scored the wins over WIM Adela Velikic (2253) and WIM Jovana Srdanovic (2142). IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (2487) drew with IM Alina Bivol (2345). Only, IM Teodora Injac (2424) suffered a loss against WFM Anna Zhurova (2199). Garuda Ajka BSK won by a minimum margin 1.5-2.5 over Crvena zvezda - Data Driven Lab.

Adela - Divya

Black made a suspicious move 34...Kd8?! creating an opportunity for White 35.d6 cxd6 36.Bxd6 Rd7? did not help her case 37.a4 Rg5 38.Rc6 Nb4 39.Rxb6 Ke8?? dropped the knight 40.Rb8+ Kf7 41.Bxb4 and White won

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Schachgesellschaft Solingen B - Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo: 0.5-3.5

GM Aleksandra Goryachkina (2533) conceded the sole draw against IM Inna Gaponenko (2335). GM R Vaishali (2487), IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (2478) and IM Almira Skripchenko (2365) scored wins over WFM Michelle Trunz (2084), Yaroslava Sereda (1960) and Melani Muedder (1931) respectively.

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Wasa SK - Rudar Kostolac: 1-3

WGM Savitha Shri B (2348), WGM Nadya Toncheva (2301), WFM Anastasia Grozdanovic (2041) scored wins against WGM Laura Rogule (2266), WIM Marija Marcetic (2053), WIM Cristine Rose Isurina Mariano (1962) respectively. Only WCM Andjela Dimitrijevic (1884) suffered a loss against WIM Borislava Borisova (1936).

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Everyday round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST from 20th to 25th October 2024. The final round on 26th October starts 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. The seven-round Swiss system tournament has a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The tournament will be taking place at Hotel Zepter in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia.

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