Karel Janecek Open in Prague: IM Xiang Zeyu leads with 5.0/5

by Johannes Fischer
3/4/2024 – The Karel Janecek Open, which takes place as part of the Prague Chess Festival, features a number of grandmasters, but after five of nine rounds an IM is in the lead with 5 out of 5: Xiang Zeyu from China. Eight players follow half a point behind with 4.5 out of 5 each. Four of these eight players are Grandmasters, four are International Masters. | Foto: Petr Vrabec
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Prague Chess Festival, Karel Janecek Open, Round 5

Born in 1999, Xiang Zeyu is internationally not particularly well-known. He became IM in 2018, after which he played less. With a current rating of 2407, he is ranked 59th in China in the active player rankings and started in Prague as number 29 in the seeding list. However, since he began the Open at the Prague Chess Festival with 5 wins in a row, he has a current Elo performance of 3008.

Among the eight chasers with 4.5 out of 5 is the young Indian A.R. Ilamparthi, born in 2009, U14 World Champion 2022, who also won the Solution Tournament in Prague, one of the numerous side events of the Prague Chess Festival.

A. R. Ilamparthi

He proved his tactical and strategic skills in round 4 against his compatriot Bharat Subramaniyam, whom he defeated with play on both wings.

Ilamparthi A R24261–0Bharath Subramaniyam H2515
Karel Janecek Open 2024
Prague02.03.2024[Johannes Fischer]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 Bg4 7.d3 Nge7 8.Nbd2 0-0 9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 f6 12.Ndf3 Bf7 13.d4 Ba7 14.d5 b5 15.Bc2 Na5 16.a4 c6 17.Qd3 cxd5 18.exd5 g6 19.Bh6 Re8?! An interesting alternative was the exchange sacrifice 19...Bxd5 e.g. 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Nd2 Nc4 and Black has active play and compensation. After the move played in the game Black quickly gets into trouble. 20.axb5 Bxd5 After 20...Nxd5 21.Nd2 axb5 22.Ne4 White is also better. 21.Nd2 axb5 22.Qxb5 Bc6 23.Qe2 d5 24.b4 Nb7 25.b5 Bd7 26.Qf3! After White's queen wreaked havoc on the queenside, it turns her attention to Black's king. Black's pieces are too clumsy to defend adequately against the many threats. Kf7 27.Bg5 Qb6 28.Ra6 e4
29.Nxe4! dxe4 30.Bb3+ Kg7 31.Bxf6+ Kf8 32.Qf4 1–0

Standings after 5 rounds

Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1   TB2 
1 29
IM Xiang, Zeyu CHN 2407 5 13,5 16,5
2 27
IM Ilamparthi, A R IND 2414 4,5 15 17,5
3 33
IM Harshavardhan, G B IND 2392 4,5 15 17,5
4 20
IM Isik, Alparslan TUR 2452 4,5 14,5 16
5 6
GM Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis GRE 2556 4,5 14 16,5
6 34
GM Neuman, Petr CZE 2390 4,5 14 16
7 9
GM Polak, Tomas CZE 2506 4,5 13,5 16
8 5
GM Li, Di CHN 2563 4,5 13,5 15,5
9 21
IM Zhao, Yuanhe CHN 2449 4,5 13 15,5
10 17
IM Stoyanov, Tsvetan BUL 2465 4 16 18
11 15
GM Barbosa, Evandro Amorim BRA 2491 4 14,5 17
12 42
FM Kusa, Jakub CZE 2348 4 14,5 17
13 3
GM Bernadskiy, Vitaliy UKR 2572 4 14 17
14 1
GM Safarli, Eltaj AZE 2614 4 14 17
15 14
GM Quintiliano, Renato R. BRA 2493 4 14 17
16 57
FM Senthil, Maran K IND 2275 4 14 16
17 22
IM Harikrishnan.A.Ra, IND 2443 4 14 16
18 8
GM Bharath, Subramaniyam H IND 2515 4 14 15,5
19 19
IM Muthaiah, AL IND 2454 4 13,5 16
20 4
IM Amar, Elham NOR 2567 4 13,5 16
21 16
IM Csonka, Balazs HUN 2480 4 13 15,5
22 71
Rohit, S IND 2215 4 13 15
23 26
FM Kalogeris, Ioannis GRE 2429 4 12,5 15
24 23
IM Kilic, Eray TUR 2439 4 12,5 13,5
25 12
IM Kraus, Tomas CZE 2497 4 12 14
26 46
FM Mis, Mieszko POL 2325 4 12 14
27 35
FM Shagbazyan, Taron UKR 2388 3,5 14,5 17

... 263 participants (Source: chess-results)

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1.e4 3 c5 5:37 2.Nf3 10 Nc6 5 3.Bb5 11 g6 6 4.0-0 1:15 Bg7 9 5.Nc3 5 d6 16 6.e5 1:51 dxe5 2:19 7.Bxc6+ 23 bxc6 5 8.Re1 55 Qc7 1:19 The position is equal. 9.d3 11 c4 18 10.h3 17 Dodges Bg4 Much worse is 10.dxc4 f5 10...cxd3 18 11.cxd3 4 Be6 1:28 12.Qe2 1:35 Nf6 2:02 13.Nxe5 1:18 Nd5 5:14 Repels Bf4 14.Nxd5 5:12 Qxe5 1:38 15.Qxe5 2:25 Bxe5 8 This pair of bishops is nice. 16.Nxe7 14 Kxe7 3:34 17.Rxe5 15 Rhd8 1:28 18.Re3 3:07 Rd5 4:04 19.Kf1 3:09 Rad8 14:04 20.Ke2 41 Kf8 43 21.g4 1:30 Ra5 7:07 22.a4 3:06 Bb3 16:55 23.Ra3 2:04 Rb8 17 24.Re4 2:04 Bd5 49 25.Rd4 2:48 Bg2 1:50 26.Bh6+ 2:35 Ke7 3:05 27.b4 3:19 c5 6:31 28.bxc5 2:29 Bf4 is the strong threat. Rxc5 0 29.Ra2 8:22 Against Rb2+ g5 3:56
...Rb6! would now be deadly. 30.f4 1:18 f6 3:58 Black should play 30...Rd5 31.Rxd5 31.Bxg5+ f6= 31...Bxd5 31.Kf2 4:25 Bxh3? 4:56       31...Rd5± 32.Re2+ Kd6 33.Rxd5+ Bxd5 34.fxg5 fxg5 35.Bxg5 Rb3 32.Kg3 0 Bf1 2:36 Prevents Re2+. 33.Rf2 0 Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.36. Loses game: --- Black=1 Mistake: --- Black=1 Inaccurate: White=2 Black=3 OK: White=14 Black=9 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Safarli,E2604Nesse,D20021–02024Karel Janecek Open 20241.1
Phatak Aanjaneya1974Bernadskiy,V25660–12024Karel Janecek Open 20241.2
Amar,E2555Kudrytskyi,S19921–02024Karel Janecek Open 20241.3
Ilandzis,S1925Li,D25630–12024Karel Janecek Open 20241.4
Kourkoulos-Arditis,S2547Tesar,J17581–02024Karel Janecek Open 20241.5
Tolhuizen,L1993Heberla,B25460–12024Karel Janecek Open 20241.6
Bharath Subramaniyam H2515Taus,M19941–02024Karel Janecek Open 20241.7
Pousada Garcia,V1965Polak,T25250–12024Karel Janecek Open 20241.8
Popovic,D2504Topencik,B18741–02024Karel Janecek Open 20241.9
Bezeyko,O1851Sadzikowski,D24970–12024Karel Janecek Open 20241.10
Kraus,T2484Hanak,T19691–02024Karel Janecek Open 20241.11
Sofronie,V1927Maksimovic,B24970–12024Karel Janecek Open 20241.12
Quintiliano,R2493Kurek,P19911–02024Karel Janecek Open 20241.13
Belenkaya,D2202Gierhardt,V16891–02024Karel Janecek Open 20241.14
Csonka,B2480Botez,A19771–02024Karel Janecek Open 20241.15
Kanakova,N2169Botez,A17091–02024Karel Janecek Open 20241.16
Toniolo,S2030Barbosa,E24910–12024Karel Janecek Open 20241.17
Hurtak,O1958Stoyanov,T24650–12024Karel Janecek Open 20241.18
Simacek,P2456Bigabylov,Z19721–02024Karel Janecek Open 20241.19
Lever,E2199Safarli,E26040–12024Karel Janecek Open 20242.1
Sethuraman,S2594Welling,G22241–02024Karel Janecek Open 20242.2
Bernadskiy,V2566Chkhaidze,N2209½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20242.3
Bravetti,A2227Amar,E25550–12024Karel Janecek Open 20242.4
Li,D2563Garcia Martinez,M21871–02024Karel Janecek Open 20242.5
Rohit S2174Kourkoulos-Arditis,S25470–12024Karel Janecek Open 20242.6
Heberla,B2546Budrewicz,K21841–02024Karel Janecek Open 20242.7
Nemitz,A2223Bharath Subramaniyam H25150–12024Karel Janecek Open 20242.8
Polak,T2525Leskiewicz,I21671–02024Karel Janecek Open 20242.9
Koffeman,T2186Popovic,D25040–12024Karel Janecek Open 20242.10
Sadzikowski,D2497Assylov,M22880–12024Karel Janecek Open 20242.11
Sevcik,M2201Kraus,T2484½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20242.12
Maksimovic,B2497Kanakova,N21691–02024Karel Janecek Open 20242.13
Kratochvil,V2177Quintiliano,R24930–12024Karel Janecek Open 20242.14
Sahithi Varshini M2173Csonka,B2480½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20242.15
Stoyanov,T2465Mohylnyi,S21801–02024Karel Janecek Open 20242.16
Barbosa,E2491Belenkaya,D22021–02024Karel Janecek Open 20242.17
Botez,A1977Milner,R1710½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20242.18
Botez,A1709Bezeyko,O1851½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20242.19
Safarli,E2604Sofronie,J23952024Karel Janecek Open 20243.1
Safarli,E2604Sofronie,I2422½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20243.1
Neuman,P2398Sethuraman,S25941–02024Karel Janecek Open 20243.2
Amar,E2555Harshavardhan G B23920–12024Karel Janecek Open 20243.3
Ivanov,M2356Li,D25630–12024Karel Janecek Open 20243.4
Kourkoulos-Arditis,S2547Shagbazyan,T2403½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20243.5
Svanda,O2369Heberla,B2546½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20243.6
Bharath Subramaniyam H2515Abdilkhair,A23571–02024Karel Janecek Open 20243.7
Kusa,J2350Polak,T2525½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20243.8
Popovic,D2504Roubalik,J23511–02024Karel Janecek Open 20243.9
Jares,M2314Maksimovic,B2497½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20243.10
Quintiliano,R2493Chinguun,S23191–02024Karel Janecek Open 20243.11
Mis,M2301Barbosa,E24910–12024Karel Janecek Open 20243.12
Balabayeva,X2282Stoyanov,T24650–12024Karel Janecek Open 20243.13
Simacek,P2456Senthil Maran K22750–12024Karel Janecek Open 20243.14
Daakshin Arun2309Muthaiah AL24640–12024Karel Janecek Open 20243.15
Isik,A2452Novotny,M22601–02024Karel Janecek Open 20243.16
Belenkaya,D2202Stefan,I1772½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20243.17
Mathisen,P1639Botez,A19770–12024Karel Janecek Open 20243.18
Hurtak,O1958Botez,A17091–02024Karel Janecek Open 20243.19
Li,D2563Harikrishnan.A.Ra2448½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20244.1
Ilamparthi A R2426Bharath Subramaniyam H25151–02024Karel Janecek Open 20244.2
Xiang,Z2418Popovic,D25041–02024Karel Janecek Open 20244.3
Harshavardhan G B2392Quintiliano,R24931–02024Karel Janecek Open 20244.4
Barbosa,E2491Neverov,V2423½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20244.5
Stoyanov,T2465Kalogeris,I24271–02024Karel Janecek Open 20244.6
Muthaiah AL2464Neuman,P23980–12024Karel Janecek Open 20244.7
Senthil Maran K2275Isik,A2452½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20244.8
Shagbazyan,T2403Safarli,E26040–12024Karel Janecek Open 20244.9
Bernadskiy,V2566Svanda,O23691–02024Karel Janecek Open 20244.10
Lohia,S2354Kourkoulos-Arditis,S25470–12024Karel Janecek Open 20244.11
Heberla,B2546Kusa,J23500–12024Karel Janecek Open 20244.12
Polak,T2525Jares,M23141–02024Karel Janecek Open 20244.13
Tan,J2310Kraus,T2484½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20244.14
Maksimovic,B2497Cieslak,P2325½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20244.15
Sorm,D2279Csonka,B24800–12024Karel Janecek Open 20244.16
Smietanska,W1968Belenkaya,D22020–12024Karel Janecek Open 20244.17
Botez,A1977Garcia Martinez,M21870–12024Karel Janecek Open 20244.18
Botez,A1709Tolhuizen,L19931–02024Karel Janecek Open 20244.19
Xiang,Z2418Stoyanov,T24651–02024Karel Janecek Open 20245.1
Harshavardhan G B2392Zhao,Y2461½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20245.2
Neuman,P2398Ilamparthi A R2426½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20245.3
Safarli,E2604Kilic,E2439½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20245.4
Harikrishnan.A.Ra2448Bernadskiy,V2566½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20245.5
Neverov,V2423Li,D25630–12024Karel Janecek Open 20245.6
Kourkoulos-Arditis,S2547Jarmula,L24341–02024Karel Janecek Open 20245.7
Chkhaidze,N2209Polak,T25250–12024Karel Janecek Open 20245.8
Kusa,J2350Barbosa,E2491½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20245.9
Csonka,B2480Senthil Maran K2275½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20245.10
Isik,A2452Kokoszczynski,J22721–02024Karel Janecek Open 20245.11
Cieslak,P2325Sethuraman,S2594½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20245.12
Amar,E2555Simek,P22911–02024Karel Janecek Open 20245.13
Bharath Subramaniyam H2515Serrano Salvador,E22811–02024Karel Janecek Open 20245.14
Popovic,D2504Novotny,M2260½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20245.15
Kraus,T2484Vojta,J22521–02024Karel Janecek Open 20245.16
Belenkaya,D2202Sadzikowski,D2497½–½2024Karel Janecek Open 20245.17
Al Ibrahim,A1911Botez,A19770–12024Karel Janecek Open 20245.18
Botez,A1709Hujo,J19501–02024Karel Janecek Open 20245.19

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".
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