Prague Chess Festival 2022 Masters R5-6: Liem leads, Harikrishna trails

by Shahid Ahmed - 15/06/2022

Pentala Harikrishna and Vidit Gujrathi drew both of their respective games in Round 5 and 6. Liem Quang Le (VIE) emerged as the sole leader 4.5/6 at Prague International Chess Festival 2022 Masters. He is closely followed by Harikrishna at 4/6. They will face each other today in the seventh round. Vidit is still struggling at 2.5/6. In the Challengers section, Sasikiran lost his fifth round game against the in-form Hans Niemann (USA). He bounced back well by winning against Peter Michalik in the following round. Round 7 starts today at 3 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

Harikrishna and Vidit draw, Sasikiran scores

Sasikiran bounced back well after suffering a loss | Photo: Petr Vrabec/Prague International Chess Festival

Masters Round 5: Vidit - Parham: 0.5-0.5

India no.2, Vidit Gujrathi (2723) had a complex game against Iran no.1 GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2716) which ended in a draw.

The 18-point Calculation training with Vidit Gujrathi vs Parham Maghsoodloo | Video: ChessBase India

Round 5: Vidit Gujrathi - Parham Maghsooloo: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Vladimir Jagr/Prague International Chess Festival 2022

Pentala Harikrishna - David Navara: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Vladimir Jagr/Prague International Chess Festival 2022

Challengers Round 6: Sasikiran - Michalik: 1-0

Krishnan Sasikiran (2635) scored a nice win using tactics Peter Michalik (CZE, 2577).

Position after 24...Rfc8

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Prague International Chess Festival 2022 Masters Round 5 Live Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Prague International Chess Festival 2022 Masters Round 6 Live Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Replay Round 5-6 Masters games

Replay Round 5-6 Challengers games

Schedule

The Round-Robin tournament will take place from 8th to 17th June 2022. Every day except the last round, games will start at 3 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. IST). Sunday 12th June is a rest day. The ninth round game on 17th June will start at 11 a.m. local time (2:30 p.m. IST).

Masters Round 6 results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	10	2692	GM	Anton Guijarro David	½ - ½	GM	Shankland Sam	2718	8
2	9	2716	GM	Maghsoodloo Parham	1 - 0	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2703	7
3	1	2681	GM	Navara David	½ - ½	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2723	6
4	2	2610	GM	Nguyen Thai Dai Van	½ - ½	GM	Harikrishna Pentala	2701	5
5	3	2709	GM	Le Quang Liem	1 - 0	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2679	4

Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2679	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh		GM	Anton Guijarro David	2692	10
2	5	2701	GM	Harikrishna Pentala		GM	Le Quang Liem	2709	3
3	6	2723	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi		GM	Nguyen Thai Dai Van	2610	2
4	7	2703	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco		GM	Navara David	2681	1
5	8	2718	GM	Shankland Sam		GM	Maghsoodloo Parham	2716	9

Complete pairings

Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	GM	Le Quang Liem	VIE	2709	4,5	0,0	12,00	2
2	5	GM	Harikrishna Pentala	IND	2701	4,0	0,0	12,00	3
3	2	GM	Nguyen Thai Dai Van	CZE	2610	3,5	0,5	9,75	2
4	1	GM	Navara David	CZE	2681	3,5	0,5	8,00	2
5	9	GM	Maghsoodloo Parham	IRI	2716	3,0	0,0	9,00	3
6	7	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	ESP	2703	3,0	0,0	7,00	4
	8	GM	Shankland Sam	USA	2718	3,0	0,0	7,00	4
8	6	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2723	2,5	0,0	7,00	4
9	10	GM	Anton Guijarro David	ESP	2692	1,5	0,0	5,00	3
10	4	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	UAE	2679	1,5	0,0	4,75	3

Details

Challengers Round 6 results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	10	2564	GM	Hracek Zbynek	½ - ½	GM	Stocek Jiri	2541	8
2	9	2613	GM	Warmerdam Max	0 - 1	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	2661	7
3	1	2675	GM	Keymer Vincent	½ - ½	GM	Krzyzanowski Marcin	2535	6
4	2	2635	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	1 - 0	GM	Michalik Peter	2577	5
5	3	2598	GM	Pechac Jergus	½ - ½	GM	Niemann Hans Moke	2678	4

Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2678	GM	Niemann Hans Moke		GM	Hracek Zbynek	2564	10
2	5	2577	GM	Michalik Peter		GM	Pechac Jergus	2598	3
3	6	2535	GM	Krzyzanowski Marcin		GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2635	2
4	7	2661	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek		GM	Keymer Vincent	2675	1
5	8	2541	GM	Stocek Jiri		GM	Warmerdam Max	2613	9

Complete pairings

Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	Keymer Vincent	GER	2675	4,5	0,0	11,50	2
2	7	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	UZB	2661	4,5	0,0	10,50	4
3	4	GM	Niemann Hans Moke	USA	2678	3,5	0,5	12,25	3
4	3	GM	Pechac Jergus	SVK	2598	3,5	0,5	10,25	2
5	2	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	IND	2635	3,0	0,5	7,25	2
6	9	GM	Warmerdam Max	NED	2613	3,0	0,5	6,75	3
7	10	GM	Hracek Zbynek	CZE	2564	2,5	0,0	7,00	3
8	6	GM	Krzyzanowski Marcin	POL	2535	2,0	1,0	6,50	4
9	8	GM	Stocek Jiri	CZE	2541	2,0	0,0	5,50	4
10	5	GM	Michalik Peter	CZE	2577	1,5	0,0	3,00	3

Details

Time Control

The time control is 90'/40 moves + 30'/end & 30"/move.

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