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Last year, Dommaraju Gukesh was one of the biggest sensations in the chess world. The boy from Chennai excelled at a memorable Olympiad and became the third-youngest player in history to cross the 2700 rating mark. His stunning showings were not limited to elite events, though, as he incredibly won four consecutive open tournaments, all played in Spain. One of these tournaments was the Menorca Open, which celebrated its inaugural edition in 2022.
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The second edition of the event is stronger than last year’s, as top seed Gukesh is now joined by fellow rising star Hans Niemann, 2021 Tata Steel Masters winner Jorden van Foreest and tactical whiz Vladimir Fedoseev. Eleven players rated 2600 or above have made their way to the Balearic island, along with a few open-tournament specialists, like Alexandr Fier, Vahap Sanal and José ‘Pepe’ Cuenca.
A 9-round Swiss open, the tournament includes three double-round days, as it is set to finish on Sunday. The time control is 90 minutes for the entire game, with 30-second increments from the first move.
GM Dommaraju Gukesh 🇮🇳, winner of last year's edition.
— Chessable (@chessable) April 11, 2023
With a 2730 rating, he's the top-seeded player! pic.twitter.com/WeZplN1hrS
Round 1 was already played and saw 18 out of 20 top seeds scoring full points. Max Warmerdam obtained a quick victory over Carlos Martinez with white on board 11.
Black’s 21...e5 allowed 22.Nd5, ignoring the attack on the f4-bishop. After thinking for ten minutes, Martinez decided to grab the piece anyway — but that led to a quick defeat: 22...exf4 23.Qxc8 Nxb2 24.Qb7 Nd3 25.Rc8
The threat of a fork on e7 justified the whole line for White. Martinez resigned.
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | ||
| 1 |
|
GM | Gukesh D | IND | 2730 |
| 2 |
|
GM | Niemann Hans Moke | USA | 2706 |
| 3 |
|
GM | Van Foreest Jorden | NED | 2680 |
| 4 |
|
GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | FID | 2674 |
| 5 |
|
GM | Nguyen Thai Dai Van | CZE | 2649 |
| 6 |
|
GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | UKR | 2619 |
| 7 |
|
GM | Chigaev Maksim | FID | 2617 |
| 8 |
|
GM | Jumabayev Rinat | KAZ | 2609 |
| 9 |
|
GM | Harsha Bharathakoti | IND | 2608 |
| 10 |
|
GM | Aryan Chopra | IND | 2607 |
| 11 |
|
GM | Warmerdam Max | NED | 2605 |
| 12 |
|
GM | Fier Alexandr | BRA | 2599 |
| 13 |
|
GM | Can Emre | TUR | 2594 |
| 14 |
|
GM | Santos Ruiz Miguel | ESP | 2590 |
| 15 |
|
GM | Xu Xiangyu | CHN | 2587 |
| 16 |
|
GM | Albornoz Cabrera Carlos Daniel | CUB | 2586 |
| 17 |
|
GM | Sanal Vahap | TUR | 2582 |
| 18 |
|
GM | Jacobson Brandon | USA | 2556 |
| 19 |
|
GM | Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando | ESP | 2553 |
| 20 |
|
GM | Visakh N R | IND | 2552 |
| 21 |
|
GM | Kobo Ori | ISR | 2549 |
| 22 |
|
GM | Pranav V | IND | 2545 |
| 23 |
|
GM | Sosa Tomas | ARG | 2544 |
| 24 |
|
IM | Iermito Sebastian | ARG | 2533 |
| 25 |
|
GM | Pultinevicius Paulius | LTU | 2532 |
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