Sunway Formentera Chess Festival, Round 10: Live

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4/19/2024 – After nine of ten rounds of the Sunway International Open on Formentera, Ukrainian chess legend Vasyl Ivanchuk and German Grandmaster Alexander Donchenko share the lead with 7.0/9 each. Half a point behind follow three players with 6.5/9. Alexandra and Andrea Botez provide additional entertainment because their games are streamed and commented live. The 10th and final round starts at 09:00 CEST (03:00 ET).

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51 players start at the Sunway Formentera International Chess Festival (9-19 April), but eleven of them are grandmasters, and one of them is chess legend Vasyl Ivanchuk. The popular streamers Alexandra and Andrea Botez also take part - their games are shown live and commentated.

Standings after 9 rounds

Rk. SNo Name FED RtgI Club/City Pts.  TB1   TB2   TB3 
1 1
GM Donchenko, Alexander GER 2633 OSG Baden-Baden 7 48,5 53,5 40,75
2 2
GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR 2611 Vasyl Ivanchuk Chess School 7 45,5 49,5 38,50
3 4
GM Pranav, V IND 2604 All India Chess Federation 6,5 49 53 36,25
4 12
Xiao, Tong(Qd) CHN 2484 Shandong 6,5 45 49 34,25
5 11
GM Alsina Leal, Daniel ESP 2497 Barbera C.E. 6,5 42 45 30,75
6 8
GM Baklan, Vladimir UKR 2531 SC Siegburg 6 46 50,5 31,75
7 26
FM Mohamed, Anees M IND 2253 Viyugam Chess Academy 6 46 50 30,50
8 16
IM Song, Yuxin CHN 2379 TAJFUN SK Ljubljana 6 41 44 26,75
9 3
GM Moussard, Jules FRA 2610 Asnières - Le Grand Echiquier 5,5 45,5 49,5 27,75
10 13
IM Fernandez Guillen, Ernesto J. CUB 2474 Club de Ajedrez Marcos Frechín 5,5 45,5 47 24,00
11 7
GM Raja, Rithvik R IND 2532 All India Chess Federation 5,5 44,5 48 26,75
12 9
GM Balakrishnan, Praveen USA 2500 Virginia 5,5 42 46 27,50
13 17
FM Colbow, Collin GER 2376 SAbt SV WERDER BREMEN 5,5 40,5 43,5 22,00
14 15
IM Vantika, Agrawal IND 2398 All India Chess Federation 5,5 37 38,5 20,00
15 5
GM Dragnev, Valentin AUT 2571 FC Bayern München 5 45 49 25,50
16 22
IM Manish, Anto Cristiano F IND 2293 All India Chess Federation 5 44,5 49 25,75
17 23
Zhu, Hengyi CHN 2282 Hangzhou 5 41,5 44,5 23,75
18 21
FM Adarsh, Tripathi IND 2304 All India Chess Federation 5 39,5 42,5 21,00
19 14
IM Jacobson, Aaron USA 2431 New York 5 39,5 42,5 20,00
20 18
WGM Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim USA 2357 Saint Louis Chess Club 5 39,5 41,5 20,50
21 29
FM Kazarian, Anna-Maja NED 2207 Voorschoten 5 36 37,5 15,25
22 34
WIM Nurgali, Nazerke KAZ 2148 Kyzylorda team 5 35 38 19,50
23 38
WIM Serikbay, Assel KAZ 2109 Kyzylorda team 5 32 34 15,00
24 37
Zubizarreta Landera, Amets ESP 2110 CLUB DE AJEDREZ SANTURTZI 5 32 33,5 14,50
25 20
FM Mekhane, Adam FRA 2307 Tremblay Athletique Club - TAC Eche 4,5 40,5 44,5 20,25

...51 participants

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