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.

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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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".