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Prague Masters 2024 R6: Praggnanandhaa beats Abdusattorov, reduces the gap

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/03/2024

R Praggnanandhaa defeated the sole leader Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) in the sixth round of Prague International Chess Festival 2024 Masters. Praggnanandhaa made the most out of his opportunity when his opponent made a tactical error before the first time control. Speaking of blunders, Vidit Gujrathi blundered in a winning position against the Germany no.1, Vincent Keymer. His mistake also occurred before move no.40. D Gukesh played peculiar chess to lose against Mateusz Bartel (POL). In the Futures, Aansh Nandan Nerurkar maintained his sole lead 5.5/6 by winning against Tomas Andre (SVK). Round 7 for Masters, Challengers and Futures start today at 3 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Dr. Mark Livshitz/Prague International Chess Festival

Aansh Nerurkar maintains his sole lead; A day of blunders

R Praggnanadhaa scored an important victory over Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) | Photo: Dr. Mark Livshitz/Prague International Chess Festival

Abdusattorov -Praggnanandhaa: 0-1

Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB, 2744) and R Praggnanandhaa (2747) haven't had a decisive Classical game in recent times. Their only decisive game was nearly a decade ago when both of them were kids. Abdusattorov blundered in a sharp position.

Position after 36.Re2??

Find out why 36.Re2?? is a blunder. Praggnanandhaa had no trouble spotting and converting his advantage into a win.

Nodirbek Abdusattorov - R Praggnanandhaa, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India
Praggnanandhaa analyzes his win over Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Video: ChessBase India

Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE) scored his second win of the event against Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI)

Vidit - Keymer: 0-1

Vidit Gujrathi (2747) played only two Classical rated games against Vincent Keymer (GER, 2738) a little over two years ago. Both ended in draws. This time, Vidit was completely winning until he made a terrible mistake.

Position after 32...Re7

Black's idea is simple Rh7-h1+ and skewer the king and queen. What White needed to do was get the queen out of the danger immediately 33.Qa1 Rh7 34.Qf6 and White maintains his decisive advantage. Instead, 33.Bb4?? Rh7 34.Kf2 Rh1 finished things as the white queen is trapped.

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Two out of three of them won their games in the sixth round | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Photo Gallery

Prague International Chess Festival 2024 Masters, Challengers, Future, Solving competition and Cero invest Rapid Tournament Director - Petr Boleslav's 50th birthday | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Erwin L'Ami, Vincent Keymer and Loek van Wely at Petr Boleslav's 50th birthday party on the rest day | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Loek van Wely (NED) making the ceremonial first move of Round 6 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

R Praggnanandhaa receives his Best Game of Round 5 prize | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Audience following Round 6 games | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Round 6 in progress | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) signs autograph for a young fan even after losing his game | Photo: Amruta Mokal

The photographer - Dr. Mark Livshitz gets photographed | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Video Gallery

Vidit Gujrathi's First Win in Prague! | 3-Tempo Down Odds Match | Video: ChessBase India
From 2700+ GM to a world of spiritual living - GM Viktor Laznicka | Video: ChessBase India
When 1950 ELO almost defeated IM Sagar Shah! | Video: ChessBase India
When Pragg took on world no.5 Nodirbek Abdusattorov - IM Sagar Shah's Round 6 recap | Video: ChessBase India

Schedule

The Round-Robin tournaments will take place from 27th February to 7th March 2024. Every day except the last round, games will start at 3 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST. Sunday 3rd March is a rest day. The ninth round game on 7th March will start at 11 a.m. local time, 3:30 p.m. IST.

Replay Round 6 Live Commentary by IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal | Video: ChessBase India

Replay Round 6 Masters games

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Replay Round 6 Futures games

Round 6 Masters results

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.PGN
1102667
GMNavara David½ - ½GMRapport Richard
27178PGN
292630
GMNguyen Thai Dai Van1 - 0GMMaghsoodloo Parham
27157PGN
312747
GMVidit Santosh Gujrathi0 - 1GMKeymer Vincent
27386PGN
422744
GMAbdusattorov Nodirbek0 - 1GMPraggnanandhaa R
27475PGN
532743
GMGukesh D0 - 1GMBartel Mateusz
26604PGN

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Standings after Round 6

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.PGN
142660
GMBartel MateuszGMNavara David
266710
252747
GMPraggnanandhaa RGMGukesh D
27433
362738
GMKeymer VincentGMAbdusattorov Nodirbek
27442
472715
GMMaghsoodloo ParhamGMVidit Santosh Gujrathi
27471
582717
GMRapport RichardGMNguyen Thai Dai Van
26309

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Round 6 Challengers results

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.PGN
1102560
IMGurel Ediz½ - ½IMStalmach Richard
24348PGN
292636
GML'ami Erwin1 - 0IMHrbek Stepan
24267PGN
312627
GMMishra Abhimanyu1 - 0IMVaishali Rameshbabu
24816PGN
422590
GMRodshtein Maxim1 - 0GMKorobov Anton
26665PGN
532429
IMFinek Vaclav0 - 1GMSantos Latasa Jaime
26124PGN

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Standings after Round 6

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.PGN
142612
GMSantos Latasa JaimeIMGurel Ediz
256010
252666
GMKorobov AntonIMFinek Vaclav
24293
362481
IMVaishali RameshbabuGMRodshtein Maxim
25902
472426
IMHrbek StepanGMMishra Abhimanyu
26271
582434
IMStalmach RichardGML'ami Erwin
26369

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Round 6 Futures results

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.PGN
1101745
Siskou Evangelia1 - 0Stara Zuzana
16788PGN
291914
Brzezina Pawel1 - 0Mrozowski Nikodem
16367PGN
311822
Peglau Paul David0 - 1Guntaka Aayansh R
17676PGN
421915
Andre Tomas0 - 1Aansh Nandan Nerurkar
17865PGN
531738
Jakubse Tamae Severina1 - 0Markina Sofiia
17244PGN

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
15
Aansh Nandan NerurkarIND17866,5016,753
29
Brzezina PawelPOL19144,5012,253
310
Siskou EvangeliaGRE1745408,004
43
Jakubse Tamae SeverinaCZE17383,509,002
52
Andre TomasSVK1915309,752
66
Guntaka Aayansh RUSA1767305,754
71
Peglau Paul DavidGER1822215,752
88
Stara ZuzanaCZE1678213,754
94
Markina SofiiaCZE1724203,503
107
Mrozowski NikodemPOL16360,501,004

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.PGN
141724
Markina SofiiaSiskou Evangelia
174510
251786
Aansh Nandan NerurkarJakubse Tamae Severina
17383
361767
Guntaka Aayansh RAndre Tomas
19152
471636
Mrozowski NikodemPeglau Paul David
18221
581678
Stara ZuzanaBrzezina Pawel
19149

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Time Control

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

Links

Official site

Tournament Regulations: Masters, Challengers and Open

Prague Chess Festival: fbtwitter, instagram and youtube


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