GM Kirill Alekseenko u vođstvu uoči poslednjeg kola
Većina partija na prvih osam stolova završena je remijem, samo je pobjedu postigao GM Niemann tako da je sada, sa 7,5 poena, pola poena iza vodećeg Alekseenka.
Gokerkan,Cem Kaan (2470) – Niemann,Hans Moke (2698) [B15]
9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP (9.2), 21.12.2022
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng3 h5 6.Bc4 h4 7.N3e2 Bf5 8.h3 Be4 9.Nf3 e6 10.Be3 Qa5+ 11.c3 Nbd7 12.Bd3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 g6 14.Rg1 Bh6 15.Qd2 Bxe3 16.fxe3 e5 17.f4 exd4 18.exd4 0–0–0 19.Rg5 Qc7 20.0–0–0 Rde8 21.f5 Nh7 22.Rg2 g5 23.Ng1 f6 24.Bc4 Nb6 25.Be6+ Kb8 26.Nf3 Nf8 27.Bb3 Nd5 28.Bxd5 cxd5 29.Nh2 Nd7 30.Ng4 Re4 31.Re2 Rhe8 32.Rde1 Rxe2 33.Rxe2 Rxe2 34.Qxe2 Qf4+ 35.Ne3 Nb6 36.Kd1 Qe4 37.Kd2 a6 38.Qh2+ Ka7 39.Qd6

39…Qxe3+ 0–1
Tin,Jingyao (2562) – Jones,Gawain C B (2630) [E97]
9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP (9.9), 21.12.2022
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 b6 14.Qc2 Bh6 15.Nb5 Ng8 16.c5 bxc5 17.bxc5 Nxc5 18.f4 exf4 19.Bb2+ Bg7 20.Bxg7+ Kxg7 21.e5 Qe7 22.Nf3 dxe5 23.Rfc1 Na6 24.Nxc7 Nxc7 25.Qxc7 Ra7 26.Qxe7+ Rxe7 27.d6 Rd7 28.Rb8 Rxd6 29.Rcxc8 Rxc8 30.Rxc8 e4 31.Ng5 h6 32.Rc7+ Kf6 33.Nh7+ Ke5 34.Ra7 h5 35.Rxa5+ Kd4 36.Ra6 Rxa6 37.Bxa6 Ne7 38.a4 h4 39.Ng5 Ke3

40.Bb7 Kd4 41.a5 Kc5 42.Ne6+ Kb5 43.a6 Kb6 44.Nxf4 g5 45.Ne6 Ng6 46.Nxg5 Nf4 47.Nf7 e3 48.Nd6 h3 49.Nc4+ Ka7 50.Nxe3 1–0
Bernadskiy,Vitaliy (2617) – Woodward,Andy (2457) [A45]
9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP (9.10), 21.12.2022
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 b5 5.Nxb5 Ne4 6.Bd2 g6 7.c3 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 Bg7 9.e4 0–0 10.Nf3 Nd7 11.Bd3 Nb6 12.0–0 e6 13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.Rfe1 Rb8 15.Bf1 d5 16.Nxa7 Qd7 17.Nb5 Rfd8 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Qf4 c4 20.Na3 Na4 21.Nxc4 Nxb2 22.Nce5 Qa7 23.a4 Rbc8 24.a5 Qc7 25.a6 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Qa7 27.Rab1 Bxe5 28.Qxe5 Nd3 29.Bxd3 Rxd3 30.Qf6 Rd7 31.Re3 h5 32.Rbe1 Rf8 33.Re8 Qc5 34.R1e7 Qd5 35.Rxf8+ Kxf8

36.Re1 1–0
Garcia Ramos,Daniel (2439) – Karthikeyan,Murali (2620) [E10]
9th Sunway Sitges 2022 Sitges ESP (9.14), 21.12.2022
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2 d5 6.e3 0–0 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 a5 9.Qc2 b6 10.Rc1 Ba6 11.Bd2 Ne7 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bxc4 15.Qxc4 Ne4 16.0–0 c5 17.Rfd1 Nd6 18.Qc2 c4 19.b5 Rc8 20.Qb1 f6 21.e4 f5 22.Bb4 fxe4 23.Ng5 Qd7 24.Nxe4 Nxe4 25.Qxe4 Rf7 26.Bxe7 Rxe7 27.Qe5 Qd5 28.Re1 Qxe5 29.Rxe5 Kf7 30.f4 Rd7 31.f5 Rxd4 32.Rxe6 c3 33.Kf2 Rd2+ 34.Ke3 Rxg2 35.Rxb6 Rxh2 36.Rc6 Rxc6 37.bxc6 Rh6 38.Rxc3?? (38.f6=)

38… Rh3+ 39.Kd4 Rxc3 40.Kxc3 Ke7 41.Kc4 Kd6 0–1
9. kolo 2022/12/21 u 16:30
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Stanje posle 9. kola
| Мј | Име | пол | ФЕД | Ртг | Бод. | |
| 1 | GM | Alekseenko Kirill | FID | 2672 | 8 | |
| 2 | GM | Niemann Hans Moke | USA | 2698 | 7,5 | |
| 3 | GM | Petrosyan Manuel | ARM | 2621 | 7 | |
| 4 | GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2728 | 7 | |
| 5 | GM | Tabatabaei Mohammad Amin | IRI | 2660 | 7 | |
| 6 | GM | Durarbayli Vasif | AZE | 2612 | 7 | |
| 7 | GM | Adhiban B. | IND | 2611 | 7 | |
| 8 | GM | Tin Jingyao | SGP | 2562 | 7 | |
| 9 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | UKR | 2617 | 7 | |
| 10 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | IND | 2616 | 6,5 | |
| 11 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2607 | 6,5 | |
| 12 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | IND | 2620 | 6,5 | |
| 13 | GM | Demchenko Anton | FID | 2632 | 6,5 | |
| 14 | GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2662 | 6,5 | |
| 15 | GM | Esipenko Andrey | FID | 2678 | 6,5 | |
| 16 | GM | Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio | ESP | 2500 | 6,5 | |
| 17 | GM | Dardha Daniel | BEL | 2606 | 6,5 | |
| 18 | GM | Svane Frederik | GER | 2568 | 6,5 | |
| 19 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2688 | 6,5 | |
| 20 | GM | Sankalp Gupta | IND | 2485 | 6,5 | |
| 21 | GM | Moussard Jules | FRA | 2684 | 6,5 | |
| 22 | IM | Gokerkan Cem Kaan | TUR | 2470 | 6,5 | |
| 23 | IM | Willow Jonah B | ENG | 2409 | 6,5 | |
| 24 | GM | Alsina Leal Daniel | ESP | 2527 | 6,5 | |
| 25 | GM | Kraemer Martin | GER | 2583 | 6,5 | |
| 26 | FM | Bilych Olexiy | UKR | 2401 | 6,5 | |
| 27 | IM | Aditya Mittal | IND | 2479 | 6,5 | |
| 28 | IM | Boyer Mahel | FRA | 2434 | 6,5 | |
| 29 | IM | Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan | TUR | 2453 | 6,5 | |
| 30 | GM | Grigoryan Karen H. | ARM | 2619 | 6 |
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