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ChessBase 17 - Mega package - Edition 2024
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Pavel Eljanov showed that sometimes a retreat is the best form of attack
Alexey Shirov
With this smooth win against Eljanov took the sole lead with 5.5/6. Half a point behind follow three players with 5.0/6 each. One of them is Fabiano Caruana who won in round six with Black against Women's World Champion Hou Yifan. An interesting game in which both sides tried to seize the initiative by willingly giving material.
Fabiano Caruana
Hou Yifan
The Isle of Man tournament is an extremely strong open and every round a lot of interesting games are played. In the following game the young Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram had a chance to play a nice positional queen sacrifice.
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 5 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2741 | 4½ | 1 - 0 | 4½ | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2679 | 11 |
2 | 17 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2649 | 4 | 0 - 1 | 4 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2813 | 1 |
3 | 26 | GM | Bok Benjamin | 2594 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | So Wesley | 2794 | 2 |
4 | 8 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2687 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | GM | Van Foreest Jorden | 2615 | 24 |
5 | 46 | GM | Illingworth Max | 2465 | 4 | 0 - 1 | 4 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2686 | 9 |
6 | 4 | GM | Adams Michael | 2745 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2626 | 23 |
7 | 10 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2684 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | GM | L'ami Erwin | 2605 | 25 |
8 | 12 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2677 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Svane Rasmus | 2552 | 34 |
9 | 31 | GM | Brunello Sabino | 2566 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2676 | 13 |
10 | 14 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2670 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2528 | 36 |
11 | 35 | GM | Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan | 2536 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | 2653 | 15 |
12 | 16 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | 2650 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | IM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2480 | 44 |
13 | 55 | GM | Sundararajan Kidambi | 2429 | 3½ | 0 - 1 | 3½ | GM | Howell David W L | 2644 | 21 |
14 | 45 | IM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2471 | 3½ | 0 - 1 | 3½ | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2642 | 22 |
15 | 49 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2459 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | 3 |
16 | 6 | GM | Leko Peter | 2709 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | IM | Lou Yiping | 2458 | 50 |
17 | 60 | IM | Karavade Eesha | 2421 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Meier Georg | 2648 | 19 |
18 | 20 | GM | Bachmann Axel | 2645 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | IM | Gaponenko Inna | 2421 | 59 |
19 | 51 | GM | Romanishin Oleg M | 2456 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Lenderman Aleksandr | 2593 | 27 |
20 | 28 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2586 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | IM | Wallace John Paul | 2355 | 74 |
21 | 29 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | 2581 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | GM | Tarjan James E | 2420 | 61 |
22 | 71 | Hemant Sharma (del) | 2371 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | GM | Marin Mihail | 2569 | 30 | |
23 | 83 | IM | Mannion Stephen R | 2313 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2564 | 32 |
24 | 33 | GM | Shyam Sundar M. | 2552 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | IM | Kojima Shinya | 2399 | 65 |
25 | 38 | GM | Schroeder Jan-Christian | 2514 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | WIM | Shvayger Yuliya | 2405 | 63 |
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | TB1 | Rp | |
1 | 5 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | UKR | 2741 | 5,5 | 2929 |
2 | 1 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | USA | 2813 | 5,0 | 2863 |
8 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | ISR | 2687 | 5,0 | 2868 | |
9 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2686 | 5,0 | 2797 | |
5 | 2 | GM | So Wesley | USA | 2794 | 4,5 | 2731 |
4 | GM | Adams Michael | ENG | 2745 | 4,5 | 2749 | |
10 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | AZE | 2684 | 4,5 | 2799 | |
11 | GM | Shirov Alexei | LAT | 2679 | 4,5 | 2798 | |
16 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2650 | 4,5 | 2669 | |
21 | GM | Howell David W L | ENG | 2644 | 4,5 | 2681 | |
22 | GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2642 | 4,5 | 2780 | |
26 | GM | Bok Benjamin | NED | 2594 | 4,5 | 2759 | |
13 | 3 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2787 | 4,0 | 2660 |
6 | GM | Leko Peter | HUN | 2709 | 4,0 | 2580 | |
12 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | ARM | 2677 | 4,0 | 2693 | |
13 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | FRA | 2676 | 4,0 | 2624 | |
14 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2670 | 4,0 | 2624 | |
15 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | ARM | 2653 | 4,0 | 2528 | |
17 | GM | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2649 | 4,0 | 2687 | |
20 | GM | Bachmann Axel | PAR | 2645 | 4,0 | 2551 | |
24 | GM | Van Foreest Jorden | NED | 2615 | 4,0 | 2716 | |
29 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | GER | 2581 | 4,0 | 2508 | |
31 | GM | Brunello Sabino | ITA | 2566 | 4,0 | 2560 | |
32 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2564 | 4,0 | 2469 | |
34 | GM | Svane Rasmus | GER | 2552 | 4,0 | 2513 | |
35 | GM | Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan | IND | 2536 | 4,0 | 2636 | |
36 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2528 | 4,0 | 2646 | |
46 | GM | Illingworth Max | AUS | 2465 | 4,0 | 2567 | |
47 | IM | Trent Lawrence | ENG | 2463 | 4,0 | 2511 | |
71 | Hemant Sharma (del) | IND | 2371 | 4,0 | 2537 | ||
74 | IM | Wallace John Paul | AUS | 2355 | 4,0 | 2630 | |
76 | Balint Vilmos | HUN | 2334 | 4,0 | 2534 | ||
33 | 18 | GM | Granda Zuniga Julio E | PER | 2648 | 3,5 | 2528 |
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 9 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2686 | 5 | 5½ | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2741 | 5 | |
2 | 1 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2813 | 5 | 5 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2687 | 8 | |
3 | 2 | GM | So Wesley | 2794 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | 2650 | 16 | |
4 | 21 | GM | Howell David W L | 2644 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Adams Michael | 2745 | 4 | |
5 | 22 | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2642 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2684 | 10 | |
6 | 26 | GM | Bok Benjamin | 2594 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2679 | 11 | |
7 | 3 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | 4 | 4 | GM | Brunello Sabino | 2566 | 31 | |
8 | 32 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2564 | 4 | 4 | GM | Leko Peter | 2709 | 6 | |
9 | 35 | GM | Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan | 2536 | 4 | 4 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2677 | 12 | |
10 | 13 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2676 | 4 | 4 | GM | Illingworth Max | 2465 | 46 | |
11 | 34 | GM | Svane Rasmus | 2552 | 4 | 4 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2670 | 14 | |
12 | 15 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | 2653 | 4 | 4 | IM | Trent Lawrence | 2463 | 47 | |
13 | 36 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2528 | 4 | 4 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2649 | 17 | |
14 | 74 | IM | Wallace John Paul | 2355 | 4 | 4 | GM | Bachmann Axel | 2645 | 20 | |
15 | 24 | GM | Van Foreest Jorden | 2615 | 4 | 4 | Hemant Sharma (del) | 2371 | 71 | ||
16 | 76 | Balint Vilmos | 2334 | 4 | 4 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | 2581 | 29 | ||
17 | 18 | GM | Granda Zuniga Julio E | 2648 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Romanishin Oleg M | 2456 | 51 | |
18 | 19 | GM | Meier Georg | 2648 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Visakh N R | 2456 | 52 | |
19 | 23 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2626 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2442 | 54 | |
20 | 25 | GM | L'ami Erwin | 2605 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Sundararajan Kidambi | 2429 | 55 | |
21 | 27 | GM | Lenderman Aleksandr | 2593 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Tania Sachdev | 2414 | 62 | |
22 | 48 | GM | Ushenina Anna | 2459 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Shyam Sundar M. | 2552 | 33 | |
23 | 53 | IM | Kiewra Keaton F | 2454 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | 2522 | 37 | |
24 | 65 | IM | Kojima Shinya | 2399 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Schroeder Jan-Christian | 2514 | 38 | |
25 | 63 | WIM | Shvayger Yuliya | 2405 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | 2513 | 39 |
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