ChessBase 17 - Mega package - Edition 2024
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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 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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Aravindh Chithambaram defeated Eduardo Iturrizaga in round 6 | Photo: Official site
Aravindh Chithambaram in deep thought | Photo: Official site
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.
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| Rk. | SNo | Name | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. | 2662 | 7,5 | 54 | |||||
| 2 | IM | Siddharth, Jagadeesh | 2490 | 7,5 | 52,5 | |||||
| 3 | GM | Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel | 2603 | 7,5 | 49,5 | |||||
| 4 | GM | Sonis, Francesco | 2562 | 7 | 53 | |||||
| 5 | GM | Karthik, Venkataraman | 2609 | 7 | 53 | |||||
| 6 | GM | Xu, Xiangyu | 2623 | 7 | 51,5 | |||||
| 7 | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo | 2588 | 7 | 49,5 | |||||
| 8 | IM | Martinez Ramirez, Lennis | 2450 | 7 | 49,5 | |||||
| 9 | Iglesias Ferreira, Andres | 2234 | 7 | 47 | ||||||
| 10 | GM | Peralta, Fernando | 2580 | 7 | 45,5 | |||||
| 11 | Ha, Yihan | 1865 | 6,5 | 45 | ||||||
| 12 | GM | Pranav, V | 2604 | 6,5 | 44,5 | |||||
| 13 | FM | Jimenez Martinez, Jose Vicente | 2195 | 6,5 | 42 | |||||
| 14 | IM | Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel | 2211 | 6,5 | 41,5 | |||||
| 15 | Liu, Zexu | 2325 | 6 | 50 |
