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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.

Replay live stream

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

Replay Round 6 Masters games

Replay Round 6 Challengers games

Replay Round 6 Open games

Masters Round 6 results

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.PGN
1102704
GMHARIKRISHNA Pentala½ - ½GMDEAC Bogdan-Daniel
26938PGN
292722
GMWANG Hao1 - 0GMGELFAND Boris
26687PGN
312653
GMNGUYEN Thai Dai Van½ - ½GMROBSON Ray
26896PGN
422690
GMKEYMER Vincent½ - ½GMMARTIROSYAN Haik M.
26855PGN
532689
GMNAVARA David½ - ½GMSHANKLAND Sam
27114PGN

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
18
GMDEAC Bogdan-DanielROU26933,5010,504
22
GMKEYMER VincentGER26903,5010,252
36
GMROBSON RayUSA26893,509,254
43
GMNAVARA DavidCZE2689309,252
510
GMHARIKRISHNA PentalaIND2704309,003
64
GMSHANKLAND SamUSA2711308,753
5
GMMARTIROSYAN Haik M.ARM2685308,753
89
GMWANG HaoCHN2722308,003
91
GMNGUYEN Thai Dai VanCZE26532,508,002
107
GMGELFAND BorisISR2668206,254

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.PGN
142711
GMSHANKLAND SamGMHARIKRISHNA Pentala
270410
252685
GMMARTIROSYAN Haik M.GMNAVARA David
26893
362689
GMROBSON RayGMKEYMER Vincent
26902
472668
GMGELFAND BorisGMNGUYEN Thai Dai Van
26531
582693
GMDEAC Bogdan-DanielGMWANG Hao
27229

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Challengers Round 6 results

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.PGN
1102645
GMGLEDURA Benjamin½ - ½GMAKASH G
24838PGN
292530
GMPULTINEVICIUS Paulius½ - ½IMVYKOUK Jan
24677PGN
312609
GMBARTEL Mateusz½ - ½GML'AMI Erwin
26456PGN
422436
IMSTALMACH Richard0 - 1GMMOTYLEV Alexander
25975PGN
532409
FMFINEK Vaclav1 - 0GMPECHAC Jergus
26114PGN

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
110
GMGLEDURA BenjaminHUN26454,5012,753
21
GMBARTEL MateuszPOL26094011,252
35
GMMOTYLEV AlexanderROU25973,50,59,503
47
IMVYKOUK JanCZE24673,50,59,004
56
GML'AMI ErwinNED2645318,254
69
GMPULTINEVICIUS PauliusLTU2530308,253
73
FMFINEK VaclavCZE24092,515,502
84
GMPECHAC JergusSVK26112,506,503
92
IMSTALMACH RichardCZE2436206,252
108
GMAKASH GIND24831,505,254

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.PGN
142611
GMPECHAC JergusGMGLEDURA Benjamin
264510
252597
GMMOTYLEV AlexanderFMFINEK Vaclav
24093
362645
GML'AMI ErwinIMSTALMACH Richard
24362
472467
IMVYKOUK JanGMBARTEL Mateusz
26091
582483
GMAKASH GGMPULTINEVICIUS Paulius
25309

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Round 6 Open results

Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.PGN
13
GMPolak, TomasCZE2503½ - ½5IMTsolakidou, StavroulaGRE2373
34PGN
220
FMPeyrer, KonstantinAUT24110 - 1GMPlat, VojtechCZE2516
1PGN
332
IMOzenir, Ekin BarisTUR23741 - 0IMKosakowski, JakubPOL2485
4PGN
433
FMDeuer, MariusGER2374½ - ½IMSokolovsky, YahliISR2464
8PGN
513
IMFus, JakubPOL24261 - 0FMSherman, ReemISR2294
54PGN
676
FMSharan, RaoIND22480 - 1IMHeimisson, Hilmir FreyrISL2413
18PGN
742
GMDrenchev, PetarBUL23434½ - ½4GMMitrabha, GuhaIND2507
2PGN
87
GMSengupta, DeepIND247341 - 04FMStinka, JakubCZE2306
52PGN
915
GMHoffmann, MichaelGER24174½ - ½4FMAydincelebi, KaganTUR2280
58PGN
1045
FMPasti, AronHUN233540 - 14Psyk, RadoslawPOL2417
16PGN

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.SNo NamesexFEDRtgClub/CityPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 Krtg+/-
11
GMPlat, VojtechCZE2516SK JOLY Lysa nad Labem, z.s.5,52124,522,50107,4
218
IMHeimisson, Hilmir FreyrISL2413Breiðablik5,520,523,521,25108,9
332
IMOzenir, Ekin BarisTUR23745,520,52320,751015,7
413
IMFus, JakubPOL2426Polska5,520,52320,251011,5
534
IMTsolakidou, StavroulawGRE23735,518,52118,501015,3
68
IMSokolovsky, YahliISR2464Beer sheva521,524,520,00104,8
73
GMPolak, TomasCZE2503Sachovy klub Moravska Slavia520,52419,50102,9
816
Psyk, RadoslawPOL2417519,522,517,00107,1
933
FMDeuer, MariusGER2374Schoenaich519,52218,252016,2
1069
FMAntova, GabrielawBUL22595192217,002035,4
1139
FMHollan, MartinCZE2349SK OAZA Praha518,521,518,25102,5
1222
IMGrabinsky, AaronUSA2407518,521,518,00104,1
137
GMSengupta, DeepIND24735182118,00101,7
1429
FMYaniv, YuvalISR23905182117,75205,6
1510
IMAdair, James RENG24424NCL White Rose5182017,00102,6
1630
IMNarva, MaiwEST23875171915,75102,1
1776
FMSharan, RaoIND2248Rao's Chess Corner4,522,525,517,752034,8
184
IMKosakowski, JakubPOL2485MUKS Stoczek 45 Bialystok4,521,524,516,7510-1,7
1915
GMHoffmann, MichaelGER2417SC Siegburg 1919 e.V.4,5212417,75101
2054
FMSherman, ReemISR22944,520,523,516,002015

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.No. NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtg No.
11
GMPlat, VojtechCZE2516IMOzenir, Ekin BarisTUR2374
32
234
IMTsolakidou, StavroulaGRE2373IMFus, JakubPOL2426
13
318
IMHeimisson, Hilmir FreyrISL24135GMSengupta, DeepIND2473
7
429
FMYaniv, YuvalISR239055GMPolak, TomasCZE2503
3
58
IMSokolovsky, YahliISR246455IMNarva, MaiEST2387
30
610
IMAdair, James RENG244255FMDeuer, MariusGER2374
33
716
Psyk, RadoslawPOL241755FMHollan, MartinCZE2349
39
822
IMGrabinsky, AaronUSA240755FMAntova, GabrielaBUL2259
69
92
GMMitrabha, GuhaIND2507FMSharan, RaoIND2248
76
104
IMKosakowski, JakubPOL2485WIMYao, LanENG2242
81

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Time Control

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

Links

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