Aravindh takes Sitges Sunway 2017

by Klaus Besenthal
12/24/2017 – The "Sunway Chess Festival" ended today in the Catalan city of Sitges. In the last round, the game between the 18-year-old Indian Chithambaram VR Aravindh and Zdenko Kozul from Croatia was the top duel: Both players had previously led the field together with 6½ / 8 each. In a balanced, but extremely sharp position, Kozul finally went wrong, which left the Indian with 7½ / 9 and the sole tournament winner. "Chessbrah" Aman Hambleton earned his third and final GM norm. | Photo: twitter.com/sunwaychessopen
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Aravindh wins

Sam Shankland second after playoff with Salem Saleh, third

One day before Christmas, the normal (chess) life produced some good news from Catalonia (in contrast to the difficult political conditions on the ground, which we hear so much about). There was something to celebrate for the local Catalans, as their FC Barcelona football squad won the "El Clasico" at Real Madrid 3-0 shortly after the end of the chess tournament in Sitges, a coastal town of about 30,000 located some 35 km to the southwest of the Catalonian capital.

Of course you could follow the game on the pitch...if your game was over in time | Photo: sunwaychessfestival.com

The game between Chithambaram VR Aravindh and Zdenko Kozul was at least as exciting. In a Sicilian, both players had uncompromisingly attacked the opposing king: the Indian (white) on the kingside, the Croatian with black on the queenside. In an extremely difficult tactical situation, youth finally triumphed over age. Kozul had probably seen some tactical motif when he played his 36th move, but it did not pan out for him. The young Indian pounced on his opponent's mistake and assuredly took home the full point:

 
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Weiß greift am Königsflügel an, Schwarz am Damenflügel - ein typisches Szenario in der Sizilianischen Verteidigung. In der vorliegenden Stellung ist dies für beide Seiten ein Drahtseilakt: Ein überstürztes Forcieren des Angriffs könnte den eigenen König schutzlos werden lassen. 34...Ne7 34...Nxd4?? funktioniert nicht: 35.Qg6+ Kd8 36.Qg5+ Ke8 37.Qe7# 35.axb4 Qa4 36.Qe2 Rf5
Ein unerklärlicher Fehlgriff von Kozul. Nach 36...Qxb4! 37.Qa6 Kd7 wäre für Schwarz alles in Ordnung gewesen. 37.Bc5! Nach diesem Zug ist der schwarze Angriff am Damenflügel praktisch Geschichte - und das ist entscheidend. Jeder theoretisch mögliche Springerzug des Schwarzen würde nun mit Tg1 und schnellem Gewinn beantwortet werden. Rxe5 37...Rf7 38.Rxf7 Kxf7 39.Qxh5++- 37...Rc7 38.Rg1+- 37...Rxc5 38.bxc5 Rxe5 39.Rd4! Qxd4 40.Qb5+ hätte zum Matt geführt. 38.Rxe7+ Kd8 39.Qd2 Rxc5 40.Rh7
Es ist immer noch interessant: Schwarz besitzt jetzt sogar mehr Material, aber sein König ist für die weißen Schwerfiguren Freiwild. Hingegen steht der weiße Monarch vollkommen sicher. Noch immer spielt die Möglichkeit mit dem Turm nach g1 zu schwenken eine entscheidende Rolle. 40...Rc4 40...Rc7 41.Rxc7 Kxc7 42.Qc3+ Kd6 43.Qc5+ Kd7 44.Rg1 hätte auch nichts genützt. 41.Rf1 Ke8 42.Rf8+ Kxf8 43.Qh6+ Ke8 44.Qg6+ Kd8 45.Qf6+ 1–0
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Aravindh,C2586Kozul,Z26071–02017B67IV Sunway Sitges Open 20179

The name Sicilian Defence (1.e4 c5) describes a number of systems, each of which could easily be considered as an independent opening. The problems in the Paulsen, Richter Rauzer or Sveshnikov are complex, but the Sicilian pawn structures tie them all together. The Scheveningen Sicilian is central to an understanding of them.

American GM Sam Shankland and GM Salem Saleh from the UAE, finished exactly at their starting rank, in second and third, each with 7 / 9, tied with German IM Matthias Dann. But to get there they had to contest a three-way playoff. Saleh had to first beat Dann to face Shankland in the final two game blitz match.

The first game was drawn, and the second looked to be ending peacefully as well until Saleh overlooked a remarkable geometric nuance at the last moment.

 
Salem Saleh vs. Sam Shankland
Position after 56...e4

Saleh played 57.Kf5? immediately, only to discover it was practically the only losing move! It's remarkable because it looks so natural —attack both of black's undefended passed pawns. And yet, Ke5 or Kg5 or Bd4 all maintain a draw. The reason is that after Shankland's 57...Kf3! both pawns are running and Saleh's king is no longer in time to help. He needed to pick a side to run around — either e5-d4 or g5-h4 would do, but suddenly he was unable to stop Shankland from queening one of his pawns.

You can replay the complete playoff which was streamed live on Facebook. The action starts at about 15 minutes:

Pity they forgot to switch off the camera which continued streaming for over 2½ hours! | Source: facebook.com/sunwaysitgeschess

It was very strong tournament for Matthias Dann, who finished with a win over Victor Bologan:

 
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Hier war Weiß wohl noch nicht verloren. Aber was soll er tun? Mit seinem Freibauern vorstoßen oder doch lieber den Freibauern des Gegners stoppen? Bologan versucht es mit Ersterem - das funktioniert jedoch nicht. 35.c6 35.Qc4! wäre ein probates Mittel gewesen, den Zug d4-d3 zu verhindern. 35...Rf8! Stark gespielt. Neben d4-d3 steht plötzlich auch das Qualitätsopfer auf g3 im Raum. Und ein Fortzug des Te2 aus der e-Linie ließe Lxe5 zu. Die Stellung ist mit einem Male unhaltbar für Weiß. 36.Qa5 Oder 36.c7 Rxg3+ 37.fxg3 Qxg3+ 38.Rg2 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 Bxe5+ mit durchschlagendem Angriff. 36...d3 0–1
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The Rossolimo Variation 3.Bb5 is considered to be one of the strongest replies to 2…Nc6 in the Sicilian Defence. The fact that the move has been played by practically all the top players proves its popularity and strength. But the most interesting aspect of playing 3.Bb5 is that we force sharp, attacking players who love to have the initiative to forget about the Open Sicilian and to adjust themselves to a new world, one full of positional ideas, manoeuvres and nuances.

GM Alexander Motylev was the Elo favourite but finished in eigth place, after being knocked out of contention by a loss to Aravindh in the seventh round.

Alexander Motylev

Alexander Motylev (left) from Russia | Photo: sunwaychessfestival.com

The other "big news" was Canadian IM Aman Hambleton achieving his goal of qualifying for the GM title. He swore off shaving until he would score his third GM norm, and had long since entered Castaway territory, but it finally happened for him!

Fans of the "Chessbrah" team can now look forward to a live streamed shaving ritual on December 31st!

Update: December 30th — The 2018 festival dates have been accounced:

Final standings

Rk. Snr Title Name FED EloI Pts.
1 14 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2586 7,5
2 2 GM Shankland Samuel USA 2662 7,0
3 21 IM Dann Matthias GER 2517 7,0
4 3 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2638 7,0
5 27 IM Gascon Del Nogal Jose Rafael VEN 2479 7,0
6 4 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2633 6,5
7 8 GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 2607 6,5
8 1 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2675 6,5
9 19 IM Santos Latasa Jaime ESP 2536 6,5
10 13 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2589 6,5
11 5 GM Zubov Alexander UKR 2626 6,5
12 36 IM Cernousek Lukas CZE 2456 6,5
13 11 GM Predke Alexandr RUS 2599 6,0
14 29 IM Hambleton Aman CAN 2474 6,0
15 33 IM Bilguun Sumiya MGL 2459 6,0
16 15 IM Petrov Nikita RUS 2574 6,0
17 6 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2621 6,0
18 39 IM Yankelevich Lev GER 2435 6,0
19 17 GM Peralta Fernando ARG 2556 6,0
20 7 GM Bologan Victor MDA 2607 6,0
21 18 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo CHI 2547 6,0
22 16 GM Liang Awonder USA 2573 6,0
23 20 IM Asis Gargatagli Hipolito ESP 2531 6,0
24 42 IM Krishna C R G IND 2421 6,0
25 49 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag MGL 2397 6,0
26 23 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel ESP 2509 6,0
27 43 IM Raja Harshit IND 2420 6,0
28 12 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel ESP 2598 6,0
29 10 GM Agrest Evgenij SWE 2600 6,0
30 66 GM Pogorelov Ruslan UKR 2344 6,0
31 79 FM Lopez Mulet Inigo ESP 2304 6,0
32 70 FM Arman Deniz SWE 2324 6,0

... total of 183 Spieler in the A Tournament

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Motylev,A2675Cuadras Avellana,J22631–02017B48Sunway Sitges Open 20171.1
Soham,D2263Shankland,S26620–12017C53Sunway Sitges Open 20171.2
Salem,A2638Rodriguez Alvarez,V22561–02017E15Sunway Sitges Open 20171.3
Blechzin,I2255Melkumyan,H26330–12017E60Sunway Sitges Open 20171.4
Zubov,A2626Dardha,D22551–02017E04Sunway Sitges Open 20171.5
Varriale,L2245Edouard,R26210–12017A40Sunway Sitges Open 20171.6
Bologan,V2607Zherebtsova,A22431–02017C53Sunway Sitges Open 20171.7
Ashwath,R2239Kozul,Z26070–12017D78Sunway Sitges Open 20171.8
Can,E2605Schwartz,Y22381–02017A40Sunway Sitges Open 20171.9
Blasco Coll,A2236Agrest,E2600½–½2017D52Sunway Sitges Open 20171.10
Predke,A2599Anand,N22291–02017A49Sunway Sitges Open 20171.11
Chan,K2229Lopez Martinez,J2598½–½2017A04Sunway Sitges Open 20171.12
Sokolov,I2589Pajeken,J22271–02017D27Sunway Sitges Open 20171.13
Larsen,K2224Aravindh,C25860–12017B52Sunway Sitges Open 20171.14
Petrov,N2574Favaloro,A22171–02017A07Sunway Sitges Open 20171.15
Onyekwere,C2215Liang,A25730–12017C53Sunway Sitges Open 20171.16
Peralta,F2556Betaneli,A22071–02017D31Sunway Sitges Open 20171.17
Pajeken,W2204Vasquez Schroeder,R25470–12017A34Sunway Sitges Open 20171.18
Santos Latasa,J2536Martinez Lopez,I21991–02017A13Sunway Sitges Open 20171.19
Llaneza Vega,P2197Asis Gargatagli,H25310–12017B23Sunway Sitges Open 20171.20
Dann,M2517Nandhidhaa,P21961–02017A12Sunway Sitges Open 20171.21
Harshini,A2189Alonso Rosell,A25090–12017B15Sunway Sitges Open 20171.22
Santos Ruiz,M2509Linsenmeyer,M2188½–½2017C42Sunway Sitges Open 20171.23
Nordquelle,D2188Stella,A2505½–½2017B23Sunway Sitges Open 20171.24
Matinian,N2499Galiana Fernandez,A21831–02017C00Sunway Sitges Open 20171.25
Sorensen,H2183Manolache,M24950–12017E84Sunway Sitges Open 20171.26
Gascon Del Nogal,J2479Sumit,K21761–02017C84Sunway Sitges Open 20171.27
Raahul,V2175Karthik,V2475½–½2017A14Sunway Sitges Open 20171.28
Hambleton,A2474Boyer,M21681–02017D35Sunway Sitges Open 20171.29
Chu,R2166Liu,G24621–02017A50Sunway Sitges Open 20171.30
Saduakassova,D2460Villar Reymundo,J21641–02017D72Sunway Sitges Open 20171.31
Benet Morant,D2159Sosa,T24600–12017A41Sunway Sitges Open 20171.32
Bilguun,S2459Ruperez,M21581–02017B40Sunway Sitges Open 20171.33
Eggleston,D2389Motylev,A26750–12017A29Sunway Sitges Open 20172.1
Shankland,S2662Ootes,L23841–02017B07Sunway Sitges Open 20172.2
Minero Pineda,S2384Salem,A2638½–½2017A57Sunway Sitges Open 20172.3
Melkumyan,H2633Perez Mitjans,O23811–02017A49Sunway Sitges Open 20172.4
Sai Agni Jeevitesh,J2384Zubov,A26260–12017A41Sunway Sitges Open 20172.5
Edouard,R2621Trepat Herranz,J23761–02017A13Sunway Sitges Open 20172.6
Grafl,F2380Bologan,V26070–12017A04Sunway Sitges Open 20172.7
Kozul,Z2607Bjerre,J23651–02017E00Sunway Sitges Open 20172.8
Liu,Y2366Can,E26050–12017D38Sunway Sitges Open 20172.9
Akshat,K2364Predke,A25990–12017E20Sunway Sitges Open 20172.10
Chakravarthi Reddy,M2364Sokolov,I25890–12017A21Sunway Sitges Open 20172.11
Aravindh,C2586Kaasen,T23471–02017B40Sunway Sitges Open 20172.12
O'Donnell,C2349Petrov,N25740–12017D10Sunway Sitges Open 20172.13
Liang,A2573Garcia Ramos,D23321–02017B42Sunway Sitges Open 20172.14
Rajesh,V2334Peralta,F25560–12017E48Sunway Sitges Open 20172.15
Vasquez Schroeder,R2547Fenil,S23241–02017B44Sunway Sitges Open 20172.16
Hejazipour,M2317Santos Latasa,J25360–12017E01Sunway Sitges Open 20172.17
Asis Gargatagli,H2531Charochkina,D2317½–½2017B12Sunway Sitges Open 20172.18
Cruz,F2304Dann,M2517½–½2017A46Sunway Sitges Open 20172.19
Alonso Rosell,A2509Garcia Martin,M2316½–½2017A05Sunway Sitges Open 20172.20
Lopez Mulet,I2304Matinian,N24990–12017E63Sunway Sitges Open 20172.21
Manolache,M2495Santarius,E2299½–½2017D37Sunway Sitges Open 20172.22
Sankalp,G2295Gascon Del Nogal,J2479½–½2017C45Sunway Sitges Open 20172.23
Kucuksari,K2290Hambleton,A24740–12017E10Sunway Sitges Open 20172.24
Mehar,C2287Saduakassova,D24600–12017A45Sunway Sitges Open 20172.25
Sosa,T2460Kholopov,A2292½–½2017C41Sunway Sitges Open 20172.26
Chalmeta Ugas,R2285Bilguun,S24590–12017B42Sunway Sitges Open 20172.27
Narciso Dublan,M2456Miroshnichenko,P22871–02017D00Sunway Sitges Open 20172.28
Cernousek,L2456Ayats Llobera,G22850–12017D72Sunway Sitges Open 20172.29
Dardha,A2279Das,A2451½–½2017A43Sunway Sitges Open 20172.30
Das,S2442Ojas,K2278½–½2017C77Sunway Sitges Open 20172.31
Kumar,N2271Yankelevich,L24350–12017A48Sunway Sitges Open 20172.32
Krishna,C2421Santagati,A22691–02017A14Sunway Sitges Open 20172.33
Motylev,A2675Vasquez Schroeder,R2547½–½2017C92Sunway Sitges Open 20173.1
Santos Latasa,J2536Shankland,S2662½–½2017B48Sunway Sitges Open 20173.2
Matinian,N2499Melkumyan,H26330–12017C43Sunway Sitges Open 20173.3
Zubov,A2626Hambleton,A2474½–½2017E52Sunway Sitges Open 20173.4
Saduakassova,D2460Edouard,R26211–02017E00Sunway Sitges Open 20173.5
Bologan,V2607Bilguun,S2459½–½2017B40Sunway Sitges Open 20173.6
Yankelevich,L2435Kozul,Z26070–12017E81Sunway Sitges Open 20173.7
Can,E2605Narciso Dublan,M24560–12017D11Sunway Sitges Open 20173.8
Predke,A2599Krishna,C24211–02017D12Sunway Sitges Open 20173.9
Sokolov,I2589Khademalsharieh,S2406½–½2017E52Sunway Sitges Open 20173.10
Munguntuul,B2397Aravindh,C25860–12017B12Sunway Sitges Open 20173.11
Petrov,N2574Tania,S2400½–½2017C50Sunway Sitges Open 20173.12
Ayats Llobera,G2285Liang,A2573½–½2017C71Sunway Sitges Open 20173.13
Peralta,F2556Tarun,V19671–02017D35Sunway Sitges Open 20173.14
Salem,A2638Lamorelle,J23201–02017D47Sunway Sitges Open 20173.15
Garriga Cazorla,P2406Lopez Martinez,J25981–02017A40Sunway Sitges Open 20173.16
Raghunandan,K2404Asis Gargatagli,H2531½–½2017A05Sunway Sitges Open 20173.17
Dann,M2517Minero Pineda,S23841–02017B49Sunway Sitges Open 20173.18
Valenzuela Gomez,F2385Alonso Rosell,A2509½–½2017A92Sunway Sitges Open 20173.19
Santos Ruiz,M2509Jimenez Ruano,A23111–02017E62Sunway Sitges Open 20173.20
Charochkina,D2317Stella,A2505½–½2017A40Sunway Sitges Open 20173.21
Garcia Martin,M2316Manolache,M24950–12017B07Sunway Sitges Open 20173.22
Gascon Del Nogal,J2479Cruz,F23041–02017B12Sunway Sitges Open 20173.23
Santarius,E2299Karthik,V24750–12017B50Sunway Sitges Open 20173.24
Sankalp,G2295Sosa,T24600–12017C45Sunway Sitges Open 20173.25
Kholopov,A2292Romanishin,O2458½–½2017E34Sunway Sitges Open 20173.26
Das,A2451Shah,R1973½–½2017B23Sunway Sitges Open 20173.27
Chu,R2166Das,S24421–02017D30Sunway Sitges Open 20173.28
Starostits,I2427Dardha,A22791–02017A46Sunway Sitges Open 20173.29
Raja,H2420Alok,S19051–02017B76Sunway Sitges Open 20173.30
Ojas,K2278Seyb,A2411½–½2017C47Sunway Sitges Open 20173.31
Rodriguez Alvarez,V2256Cernousek,L2456½–½2017A09Sunway Sitges Open 20173.32
Zherebtsova,A2243Cruz,J24321–02017A46Sunway Sitges Open 20173.33
Melkumyan,H2633Peralta,F25561–02017A13Sunway Sitges Open 20174.1
Kozul,Z2607Saduakassova,D2460½–½2017E04Sunway Sitges Open 20174.2
Aravindh,C2586Predke,A2599½–½2017C84Sunway Sitges Open 20174.3
Narciso Dublan,M2456Motylev,A2675½–½2017A45Sunway Sitges Open 20174.4
Shankland,S2662Gascon Del Nogal,J24791–02017A15Sunway Sitges Open 20174.5
Karthik,V2475Salem,A2638½–½2017B90Sunway Sitges Open 20174.6
Sosa,T2460Zubov,A2626½–½2017B07Sunway Sitges Open 20174.7
Hambleton,A2474Bologan,V26071–02017A20Sunway Sitges Open 20174.8
Bilguun,S2459Sokolov,I2589½–½2017C95Sunway Sitges Open 20174.9
Starostits,I2427Petrov,N2574½–½2017D11Sunway Sitges Open 20174.10
Liang,A2573Raja,H24201–02017A14Sunway Sitges Open 20174.11
Vasquez Schroeder,R2547Garriga Cazorla,P2406½–½2017B53Sunway Sitges Open 20174.12
Khademalsharieh,S2406Santos Latasa,J2536½–½2017D52Sunway Sitges Open 20174.13
Tania,S2400Dann,M25170–12017E81Sunway Sitges Open 20174.14
Ayats Llobera,G2285Santos Ruiz,M2509½–½2017B92Sunway Sitges Open 20174.15
Manolache,M2495Chu,R2166½–½2017A48Sunway Sitges Open 20174.16
Edouard,R2621Kaasen,T23471–02017A13Sunway Sitges Open 20174.17
O'Donnell,C2349Can,E2605½–½2017E35Sunway Sitges Open 20174.18
Asis Gargatagli,H2531Kholopov,A22921–02017C41Sunway Sitges Open 20174.19
Alonso Rosell,A2509Charochkina,D23171–02017D43Sunway Sitges Open 20174.20
Stella,A2505Sanchez,L22901–02017D51Sunway Sitges Open 20174.21
Rajesh,V2334Matinian,N24990–12017D83Sunway Sitges Open 20174.22
Romanishin,O2458Miroshnichenko,P22871–02017A05Sunway Sitges Open 20174.23
Hejazipour,M2317Das,A24510–12017A61Sunway Sitges Open 20174.24
Lopez Mulet,I2304Yankelevich,L24350–12017A57Sunway Sitges Open 20174.25
Krishna,C2421Ojas,K22781–02017E60Sunway Sitges Open 20174.26
Seyb,A2411Soham,D2263½–½2017B90Sunway Sitges Open 20174.27
Chalmeta Ugas,R2285Raghunandan,K24040–12017B06Sunway Sitges Open 20174.28
Munguntuul,B2397Zherebtsova,A2243½–½2017C86Sunway Sitges Open 20174.29
Larsen,K2224Valenzuela Gomez,F23851–02017B06Sunway Sitges Open 20174.30
Pajeken,W2204Perez Mitjans,O2381½–½2017E91Sunway Sitges Open 20174.31
Shah,R1973Trepat Herranz,J2376½–½2017B07Sunway Sitges Open 20174.32
Tarun,V1967Bjerre,J2365½–½2017E25Sunway Sitges Open 20174.33
Shankland,S2662Melkumyan,H2633½–½2017C47Sunway Sitges Open 20175.1
Dann,M2517Kozul,Z26071–02017B32Sunway Sitges Open 20175.2
Predke,A2599Hambleton,A24740–12017A46Sunway Sitges Open 20175.3
Saduakassova,D2460Aravindh,C25860–12017E04Sunway Sitges Open 20175.4
Liang,A2573Narciso Dublan,M24561–02017B11Sunway Sitges Open 20175.5
Motylev,A2675Karthik,V24751–02017B90Sunway Sitges Open 20175.6
Salem,A2638Sosa,T24601–02017D38Sunway Sitges Open 20175.7
Zubov,A2626Bilguun,S2459½–½2017B40Sunway Sitges Open 20175.8
Romanishin,O2458Edouard,R26210–12017A46Sunway Sitges Open 20175.9
Sokolov,I2589Starostits,I24271–02017D85Sunway Sitges Open 20175.10
Petrov,N2574Krishna,C24211–02017A04Sunway Sitges Open 20175.11
Peralta,F2556Khademalsharieh,S24061–02017E40Sunway Sitges Open 20175.12
Das,A2451Vasquez Schroeder,R25470–12017C69Sunway Sitges Open 20175.13
Santos Latasa,J2536Akshat,K2364½–½2017A80Sunway Sitges Open 20175.14
Yankelevich,L2435Asis Gargatagli,H2531½–½2017B51Sunway Sitges Open 20175.15
Garriga Cazorla,P2406Alonso Rosell,A2509½–½2017A84Sunway Sitges Open 20175.16
Santos Ruiz,M2509Larsen,K22241–02017D30Sunway Sitges Open 20175.17
Chu,R2166Stella,A2505½–½2017D83Sunway Sitges Open 20175.18
Matinian,N2499Ayats Llobera,G2285½–½2017B43Sunway Sitges Open 20175.19
Raghunandan,K2404Manolache,M24950–12017A56Sunway Sitges Open 20175.20
Bologan,V2607Pogorelov,R23441–02017B12Sunway Sitges Open 20175.21
Can,E2605Lamorelle,J23201–02017A11Sunway Sitges Open 20175.22
Garcia Martin,M2316Agrest,E2600½–½2017B15Sunway Sitges Open 20175.23
Cruz,F2304Lopez Martinez,J25980–12017A22Sunway Sitges Open 20175.24
Gascon Del Nogal,J2479Kucuksari,K2290½–½2017E17Sunway Sitges Open 20175.25
Santarius,E2299Liu,G24620–12017C05Sunway Sitges Open 20175.26
Sankalp,G2295Cernousek,L24560–12017B19Sunway Sitges Open 20175.27
Raja,H2420Mehar,C2287½–½2017B06Sunway Sitges Open 20175.28
Dardha,A2279Seyb,A2411½–½2017B51Sunway Sitges Open 20175.29
Kumar,N2271Tania,S2400½–½2017A47Sunway Sitges Open 20175.30
Soham,D2263Munguntuul,B2397½–½2017B48Sunway Sitges Open 20175.31
Ootes,L2384Anand,N22291–02017A16Sunway Sitges Open 20175.32
Zherebtsova,A2243Sai Agni Jeevitesh,J23840–12017A40Sunway Sitges Open 20175.33
Melkumyan,H2633Liang,A2573½–½2017E17Sunway Sitges Open 20176.1
Aravindh,C2586Dann,M2517½–½2017C96Sunway Sitges Open 20176.2
Hambleton,A2474Salem,A2638½–½2017A42Sunway Sitges Open 20176.3
Petrov,N2574Motylev,A2675½–½2017D16Sunway Sitges Open 20176.4
Vasquez Schroeder,R2547Shankland,S2662½–½2017B44Sunway Sitges Open 20176.5
Edouard,R2621Peralta,F2556½–½2017A13Sunway Sitges Open 20176.6
Manolache,M2495Sokolov,I2589½–½2017D90Sunway Sitges Open 20176.7
Zubov,A2626Santos Ruiz,M2509½–½2017B93Sunway Sitges Open 20176.8
Narciso Dublan,M2456Bologan,V2607½–½2017A45Sunway Sitges Open 20176.9
Kozul,Z2607Garriga Cazorla,P24061–02017A34Sunway Sitges Open 20176.10
Bilguun,S2459Can,E2605½–½2017B63Sunway Sitges Open 20176.11
Cernousek,L2456Predke,A2599½–½2017D30Sunway Sitges Open 20176.12
Lopez Martinez,J2598Yankelevich,L2435½–½2017C50Sunway Sitges Open 20176.13
Ootes,L2384Santos Latasa,J25360–12017A33Sunway Sitges Open 20176.14
Asis Gargatagli,H2531Perez Mitjans,O23811–02017C07Sunway Sitges Open 20176.15
Alonso Rosell,A2509Bjerre,J2365½–½2017A37Sunway Sitges Open 20176.16
Stella,A2505Ayats Llobera,G22851–02017A13Sunway Sitges Open 20176.17
Sai Agni Jeevitesh,J2384Matinian,N24991–02017A42Sunway Sitges Open 20176.18
Akshat,K2364Gascon Del Nogal,J24790–12017E70Sunway Sitges Open 20176.19
Liu,G2462Schwartz,Y22381–02017C44Sunway Sitges Open 20176.20
O'Donnell,C2349Saduakassova,D24600–12017E35Sunway Sitges Open 20176.21
Agrest,E2600Chu,R21661–02017A48Sunway Sitges Open 20176.22
Karthik,V2475Chakravarthi Reddy,M2364½–½2017C06Sunway Sitges Open 20176.23
Sosa,T2460Kaasen,T23470–12017B40Sunway Sitges Open 20176.24
Charochkina,D2317Romanishin,O2458½–½2017E36Sunway Sitges Open 20176.25
Garcia Martin,M2316Das,A2451½–½2017B00Sunway Sitges Open 20176.26
Cruz,J2432Kholopov,A22921–02017B30Sunway Sitges Open 20176.27
Hejazipour,M2317Starostits,I24270–12017A43Sunway Sitges Open 20176.28
Krishna,C2421Miroshnichenko,P22871–02017A15Sunway Sitges Open 20176.29
Lopez Mulet,I2304Raja,H24200–12017B90Sunway Sitges Open 20176.30
Seyb,A2411Kumar,N22710–12017C02Sunway Sitges Open 20176.31
Khademalsharieh,S2406Dardha,A22791–02017D41Sunway Sitges Open 20176.32
Mehar,C2287Raghunandan,K2404½–½2017A05Sunway Sitges Open 20176.33
Dann,M2517Melkumyan,H2633½–½2017D85Sunway Sitges Open 20177.1
Liang,A2573Hambleton,A2474½–½2017C48Sunway Sitges Open 20177.2
Motylev,A2675Aravindh,C25860–12017B48Sunway Sitges Open 20177.3
Shankland,S2662Asis Gargatagli,H25311–02017B94Sunway Sitges Open 20177.4
Salem,A2638Stella,A25051–02017D72Sunway Sitges Open 20177.5
Santos Latasa,J2536Edouard,R2621½–½2017B32Sunway Sitges Open 20177.6
Santos Ruiz,M2509Kozul,Z26070–12017B52Sunway Sitges Open 20177.7
Sokolov,I2589Liu,G2462½–½2017E15Sunway Sitges Open 20177.8
Gascon Del Nogal,J2479Petrov,N2574½–½2017C84Sunway Sitges Open 20177.9
Peralta,F2556Manolache,M24950–12017E91Sunway Sitges Open 20177.10
Saduakassova,D2460Vasquez Schroeder,R2547½–½2017E62Sunway Sitges Open 20177.11
Bologan,V2607Sai Agni Jeevitesh,J23841–02017C00Sunway Sitges Open 20177.12
Starostits,I2427Zubov,A2626½–½2017B08Sunway Sitges Open 20177.13
Can,E2605Krishna,C2421½–½2017D12Sunway Sitges Open 20177.14
Raja,H2420Agrest,E2600½–½2017B10Sunway Sitges Open 20177.15
Predke,A2599Khademalsharieh,S24061–02017C72Sunway Sitges Open 20177.16
Munguntuul,B2397Lopez Martinez,J25981–02017B43Sunway Sitges Open 20177.17
Eggleston,D2389Alonso Rosell,A25091–02017C11Sunway Sitges Open 20177.18
Valenzuela Gomez,F2385Bilguun,S24590–12017D31Sunway Sitges Open 20177.19
Bjerre,J2365Narciso Dublan,M2456½–½2017B18Sunway Sitges Open 20177.20
Kaasen,T2347Cernousek,L2456½–½2017C84Sunway Sitges Open 20177.21
Yankelevich,L2435Lillo Castany,V23961–02017A13Sunway Sitges Open 20177.22
Kumar,N2271Cruz,J24320–12017A46Sunway Sitges Open 20177.23
Matinian,N2499Arman,D23240–12017B04Sunway Sitges Open 20177.24
Sankalp,G2295Karthik,V2475½–½2017B06Sunway Sitges Open 20177.25
Romanishin,O2458Garcia Martin,M2316½–½2017A07Sunway Sitges Open 20177.26
Das,A2451Charochkina,D23170–12017B18Sunway Sitges Open 20177.27
Santarius,E2299Das,S24421–02017E61Sunway Sitges Open 20177.28
Garriga Cazorla,P2406Mehar,C22871–02017D15Sunway Sitges Open 20177.29
Ayats Llobera,G2285Raghunandan,K24040–12017B92Sunway Sitges Open 20177.30
Santagati,A2269Tania,S24000–12017C45Sunway Sitges Open 20177.31
Soham,D2263Ootes,L2384½–½2017B07Sunway Sitges Open 20177.32
Perez Mitjans,O2381Zherebtsova,A22431–02017C52Sunway Sitges Open 20177.33
Aravindh,C2586Shankland,S2662½–½2017C78Sunway Sitges Open 20178.1
Melkumyan,H2633Salem,A2638½–½2017D44Sunway Sitges Open 20178.2
Kozul,Z2607Liang,A25731–02017E01Sunway Sitges Open 20178.3
Hambleton,A2474Peralta,F2556½–½2017A45Sunway Sitges Open 20178.4
Edouard,R2621Dann,M2517½–½2017A25Sunway Sitges Open 20178.5
Liu,G2462Bologan,V26070–12017B14Sunway Sitges Open 20178.6
Saduakassova,D2460Predke,A25990–12017A41Sunway Sitges Open 20178.7
Yankelevich,L2435Sokolov,I2589½–½2017A15Sunway Sitges Open 20178.8
Bilguun,S2459Petrov,N2574½–½2017C92Sunway Sitges Open 20178.9
Vasquez Schroeder,R2547Munguntuul,B2397½–½2017B48Sunway Sitges Open 20178.10
Cruz,J2432Santos Latasa,J25360–12017B90Sunway Sitges Open 20178.11
Eggleston,D2389Gascon Del Nogal,J24790–12017B90Sunway Sitges Open 20178.12
Garriga Cazorla,P2406Motylev,A26750–12017D45Sunway Sitges Open 20178.13
Raghunandan,K2404Zubov,A26260–12017A41Sunway Sitges Open 20178.14
Tania,S2400Can,E26050–12017D38Sunway Sitges Open 20178.15
Agrest,E2600Perez Mitjans,O23811–02017A45Sunway Sitges Open 20178.16
Asis Gargatagli,H2531Bjerre,J23651–02017B90Sunway Sitges Open 20178.17
Sai Agni Jeevitesh,J2384Santos Ruiz,M25090–12017A41Sunway Sitges Open 20178.18
Stella,A2505Chakravarthi Reddy,M23641–02017D15Sunway Sitges Open 20178.19
Manolache,M2495Kaasen,T23471–02017D37Sunway Sitges Open 20178.20
Narciso Dublan,M2456Charochkina,D23171–02017B18Sunway Sitges Open 20178.21
Cernousek,L2456Santarius,E22991–02017B17Sunway Sitges Open 20178.22
Pogorelov,R2344Starostits,I24271–02017D02Sunway Sitges Open 20178.23
Krishna,C2421Raahul,V21751–02017E63Sunway Sitges Open 20178.24
Arman,D2324Raja,H2420½–½2017B21Sunway Sitges Open 20178.25
Lopez Martinez,J2598Garcia Martin,M23161–02017A13Sunway Sitges Open 20178.26
Alonso Rosell,A2509Sankalp,G22951–02017A46Sunway Sitges Open 20178.27
Karthik,V2475Kholopov,A2292½–½2017A80Sunway Sitges Open 20178.28
Lopez Mulet,I2304Romanishin,O24581–02017E00Sunway Sitges Open 20178.29
Seyb,A2411Pajeken,W2204½–½2017C45Sunway Sitges Open 20178.30
Khademalsharieh,S2406Kumar,N22711–02017D41Sunway Sitges Open 20178.31
Lillo Castany,V2396Soham,D2263½–½2017B10Sunway Sitges Open 20178.32
Schwartz,Y2238Valenzuela Gomez,F23850–12017E11Sunway Sitges Open 20178.33
Aravindh,C2586Kozul,Z26071–02017B67Sunway Sitges Open 20179.1
Shankland,S2662Hambleton,A24741–02017A07Sunway Sitges Open 20179.2
Salem,A2638Peralta,F25561–02017D38Sunway Sitges Open 20179.3
Santos Latasa,J2536Melkumyan,H2633½–½2017B13Sunway Sitges Open 20179.4
Bologan,V2607Dann,M25170–12017B52Sunway Sitges Open 20179.5
Predke,A2599Gascon Del Nogal,J24790–12017D37Sunway Sitges Open 20179.6
Motylev,A2675Stella,A25051–02017B48Sunway Sitges Open 20179.7
Zubov,A2626Manolache,M24951–02017B07Sunway Sitges Open 20179.8
Santos Ruiz,M2509Edouard,R2621½–½2017D27Sunway Sitges Open 20179.9
Can,E2605Cernousek,L24560–12017D20Sunway Sitges Open 20179.10
Bilguun,S2459Agrest,E2600½–½2017B15Sunway Sitges Open 20179.11
Sokolov,I2589Narciso Dublan,M24561–02017D15Sunway Sitges Open 20179.12
Petrov,N2574Yankelevich,L2435½–½2017A05Sunway Sitges Open 20179.13
Liang,A2573Krishna,C2421½–½2017A04Sunway Sitges Open 20179.14
Pogorelov,R2344Vasquez Schroeder,R2547½–½2017D45Sunway Sitges Open 20179.15
Munguntuul,B2397Asis Gargatagli,H2531½–½2017B92Sunway Sitges Open 20179.16
Lopez Martinez,J2598Eggleston,D23891–02017D27Sunway Sitges Open 20179.17
Trepat Herranz,J2376Alonso Rosell,A2509½–½2017C45Sunway Sitges Open 20179.18
Valenzuela Gomez,F2385Liu,G2462½–½2017E45Sunway Sitges Open 20179.19
Akshat,K2364Saduakassova,D2460½–½2017A50Sunway Sitges Open 20179.20
Arman,D2324Cruz,J24321–02017C50Sunway Sitges Open 20179.21
Raja,H2420Nandhidhaa,P21961–02017B48Sunway Sitges Open 20179.22
Mahalakshmi,M2151Khademalsharieh,S2406½–½2017D00Sunway Sitges Open 20179.23
Das,A2451Lopez Mulet,I23040–12017C12Sunway Sitges Open 20179.24
Matinian,N2499Kaasen,T23471–02017C95Sunway Sitges Open 20179.25
Charochkina,D2317Karthik,V24750–12017E32Sunway Sitges Open 20179.26
Kholopov,A2292Das,S24420–12017A04Sunway Sitges Open 20179.27
Starostits,I2427Cruz,F23041–02017A46Sunway Sitges Open 20179.28
Santarius,E2299Seyb,A2411½–½2017B90Sunway Sitges Open 20179.29
Soham,D2263Garriga Cazorla,P24060–12017B94Sunway Sitges Open 20179.30
Rodriguez Alvarez,V2256Raghunandan,K2404½–½2017E97Sunway Sitges Open 20179.31
Ashwath,R2239Tania,S24000–12017E12Sunway Sitges Open 20179.32
Raahul,V2175Lillo Castany,V23960–12017A13Sunway Sitges Open 20179.33

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Translation from German and additional reporting: Macauley Peterson

Klaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.

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