Aravindh Chithambaram victorious at 50th La Roda Open

by Shahid Ahmed
4/3/2024 – GM Aravindh Chithambaram (India), IM Siddharth Jagadeesh (Singapore) and GM Carlos Albornoz (Cuba) scored an unbeaten 7/9 each at the 50th La Roda Open. Aravindh won the tournament thanks to his better tiebreak score. Albornoz drew against Aravindh in the final round in an exciting game. This was the first rating tournament that Aravindh played this year in any format, and he won it emphatically. | Photo: Official website
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Aravindh’s first rated tournament of 2024

Playing a tournament which has four consecutive double rounds is not an easy task. Winning it definitely makes things that much more difficult.

GM Aravindh Chithambaram made a blazing start by scoring a double hat-trick of wins. His 6/6 start put him in the sole lead position. It allowed him to draw the last three games to become the champion.

In the final round, Cuban GM Carlos Albornoz had an interesting draw against Aravindh. It is evident from his games that Aravindh made the most out of the last three months. He did not show any vulnerability in any of his nine games.

Aravindh v. Iturrizaga - Round 6

Aravindh made a nice positional exchange sacrifice with 15.Nxb4 to momentarily trap the queen after 15...Qxa1 16.Na2. White obviously cannot attempt to capture the queen without avoiding his second rook being taken.

Soon, Black managed to free the queen up, but not under ideal conditions

20...c4 21.Bxa4 Qxa2 liberated the queen from the corner.

Iturrizaga eventually returned the exchange and made things worse for himself. Aravindh showed fine positional skills to seize his opportunity and win the game.

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.Na2 Qxa4 14.e4 Qa5 15.Nxb4 Qxa1 16.Na2 Nb6 17.Bb3 Na4 18.Qc2 c5 19.e5 Nh7 20.d5 c4 21.Bxa4 21.Qxc4 b5 21...Rac8 22.Qxa4+- 22.Qd4 exd5 21...Qxa2 22.dxe6 fxe6 23.Bd7 Rfd8 23...Qa5 24.Bxe6+ Kh8 23...Qa6 24.Qxg6 24.Bxe6+ Kh8 25.Re1 Qa5 26.Qe2 c3 27.bxc3 Qxc3 28.h3 Rf8 29.Bd7 Rae8? 30.Bxe8 Rxe8 31.e6 a6 32.Bb2 Qc5 33.Qe4 Qe7 34.Qxg6 Rf8 35.Re3 1–0
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Aravindh Chithambaram2662Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli25881–02024D1950th La Road Open 20246

Aravindh Chithambaram, Eduardo Iturrizaga

Aravindh Chithambaram defeated Eduardo Iturrizaga in round 6 | Photo: Official site

Aravindh Chithambaram

Aravindh Chithambaram in deep thought | Photo: Official site

La Roda Chess Open

Players in action | Photo: Official site

A total of 209 players including 8 GMs, 9 IMs and a WIM took part from 22 countries across the world. The tournament was organized by Club Ajedrez La Roda from 27th to 31st March 2024 at La Caja Blanca in La Roda, Albacete, Spain. The nine-round Swiss tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30-second increments.

Final standings

Rk. SNo Name RtgI Pts.  TB1   TB2   TB3   TB4 
1 Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. 7,5 54
2 Siddharth, Jagadeesh 7,5 52,5
3 Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel 7,5 49,5
4 Sonis, Francesco 7 53
5 Karthik, Venkataraman 7 53
6 Xu, Xiangyu 7 51,5
7 Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo 7 49,5
8 Martinez Ramirez, Lennis 7 49,5
9 Iglesias Ferreira, Andres 7 47
10 Peralta, Fernando 7 45,5
11 Ha, Yihan 6,5 45
12 Pranav, V 6,5 44,5
13 Jimenez Martinez, Jose Vicente 6,5 42
14 Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel 6,5 41,5
15 Liu, Zexu 6 50

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Shahid Ahmed is the senior coordinator and editor of ChessBase India. He enjoys covering chess tournaments and also likes to play in chess events from time to time.
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