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RTU Open in Riga: Donchenko joins the leaders

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8/14/2021 – Alexander Donchenko won a fifth game in a row on Saturday to join Igor Kovalenko and Narayanan in the shared lead on 6½ points at the Riga Techinal University Open. The German grandmaster will have the black pieces against Kovalenko in Sunday’s final round. The action begins at 10:00 CEST (4:00 ET, 10:00 UTC).

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RTU Open 2021

The RTU Open 2021 is a nine round Swiss with a time limit of 90 minutes for the entire game and an increment of 30 seconds for each move.

Standings after round 8

Rk.	SNo			Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	K	rtg+/-
1	3		GM	Kovalenko Igor					2644	6,5	40,0	33,5	2751	10	11,6
2	6		GM	Narayanan.S.L					2624	6,5	38,5	32,0	2735	10	12,0
3	1		GM	Donchenko Alexander					2657	6,5	33,5	28,0	2577	10	-0,2
4	7		GM	Hakobyan Aram	U20				2612	6,0	39,5	33,0	2687	10	9,2
5	11		GM	Erigaisi Arjun	U18				2597	6,0	39,0	32,5	2678	10	10,1
6	8		GM	Smirin Ilia					2610	6,0	37,5	31,5	2650	10	5,5
7	18		IM	Laurusas Tomas					2549	6,0	37,0	30,5	2628	10	9,3
8	24		IM	Arjun Kalyan	U20				2503	6,0	36,0	30,0	2644	10	15,9
9	20		GM	Kantor Gergely					2533	6,0	36,0	30,0	2618	10	10,2
10	15		GM	Meshkovs Nikita					2568	6,0	35,5	29,5	2571	10	2,4
11	13		GM	Gukesh D	U16				2578	6,0	35,5	29,0	2573	10	2,8
12	14		GM	Ivic Velimir	U20				2571	6,0	35,0	29,0	2610	10	5,3
13	10		GM	Karthikeyan Murali					2606	6,0	34,0	28,0	2514	10	-2,7
14	2		GM	Nihal Sarin	U18				2655	5,5	39,0	33,0	2619	10	-1,5
15	5		GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.					2641	5,5	37,5	31,5	2560	10	-6,1
16	27		GM	Budisavljevic Luka	U18				2495	5,5	36,0	29,5	2569	10	10,0
17	23		GM	Grigorov Grigor					2507	5,5	35,5	29,5	2560	10	7,8
18	16		GM	Sanal Vahap					2557	5,5	35,0	28,5	2588	10	5,0
19	46		IM	Pranav Anand	U16				2417	5,5	35,0	28,5	2531	10	14,6
20	31		IM	Roshka Yevgeniy	U20				2476	5,5	35,0	28,5	2467	10	1,6
21	9		GM	Praggnanandhaa R	U16				2608	5,5	34,5	28,5	2448	10	-5,6
22	17		GM	Yuffa Daniil					2556	5,5	34,5	28,0	2510	10	-3,2
23	22		GM	Visakh N R					2516	5,5	34,0	28,0	2467	10	-2,8
24	54		FM	Chukavin Kirill	U20				2370	5,5	33,0	27,0	2508	20	33,8
25	34		IM	Gokerkan Cem Kaan					2466	5,5	33,0	27,0	2468	10	2,8
26	29		IM	Raja Harshit	U20				2486	5,5	32,5	27,0	2390	10	-4,7
27	33		GM	Miezis Normunds					2468	5,5	32,0	26,5	2343	10	-8,5
28	45		FM	Dudin Gleb	U18				2422	5,5	30,0	24,0	2434	10	4,1
29	4		GM	Sethuraman S.P.					2644	5,5	29,5	24,0	2417	10	-13,3
30	21		GM	Pultinevicius Paulius	U20				2528	5,0	38,5	32,0	2542	10	3,3

...176 participants

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