IV OPEN CHESS MENORCA GRUPO A
Ciutadella (Menorca), Španija, 22-27.4.2025.
326 igrača, 45 GM, 54 IM, 44 FM, 3 WGM, 3 WIM
Juče, 26. aprila su odigrana dva kola u kojima je Ivančuk osvojio poen i po i zadržao vođstvo na turniru uoči poslednjeg kola. Deveto kolo se igra danas, a Ivančuk se nalazi u vođstvu sa 7 poena ispred šestorice igrača sa po 6,5 poena. U poslednjem kolu Ivanchuk igra crnim figurama protiv GM Pranesha (2572). Na turniru igra i naš šahista IM Petar Benković. On se nalazi u grupi igrača sa po 4 poena.
Rezultati 7.kola 2025/04/26 u 10:00
| Bo. | White | Rtg | Result | Black | Rtg | ||||
| 1 | GM | Petkov, Momchil | 2526 | 0 – 1 | GM | Ivanchuk, Vasyl | 2604 | ||
| 2 | GM | Nihal, Sarin | 2687 | 1 – 0 | IM | Md, Imran | 2433 | ||
| 3 | GM | Suleymenov, Alisher | 2478 | 1 – 0 | GM | Pranav, Anand | 2538 | ||
| 4 | GM | Sosa, Tomas | 2498 | ½ – ½ | GM | Raja, Rithvik R | 2538 | ||
| 5 | GM | Murzin, Volodar | 2658 | ½ – ½ | GM | Balakrishnan, Praveen | 2489 | ||
| 6 | GM | Puranik, Abhimanyu | 2636 | 0 – 1 | IM | Agmanov, Zhandos | 2470 | ||
| 7 | IM | Fernandez Guillen, Ernesto J. | 2474 | 1 – 0 | GM | Pranav, V | 2628 | ||
| 8 | GM | Pranesh, M | 2572 | 1 – 0 | IM | Diaz Perez, Michel Alejandro | 2474 | ||
| 9 | GM | Matviishen, Viktor | 2550 | 1 – 0 | GM | Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan | 2462 | ||
| 10 | IM | Deuer, Marius | 2464 | – – – | GM | Vetokhin, Savva | 2549 | ||
| 11 | GM | Sethuraman, S.P. | 2548 | 1 – 0 | IM | Bilych, Oleksii | 2452 | ||
| 12 | GM | Dragnev, Valentin | 2538 | 1 – 0 | FM | Yordanov, Lachezar | 2364 | ||
| 13 | GM | Woodward, Andy | 2536 | ½ – ½ | FM | Kostov, Deyan Samuil | 2313 | ||
| 14 | IM | Stoyanov, Tsvetan | 2462 | 0 – 1 | GM | Fier, Alexandr | 2534 | ||
| 15 | IM | De Winter, Arthur | 2447 | ½ – ½ | IM | Macias Pino, Diego | 2510 |
Rezultati 8.kola 2025/04/26 u 17:00
| Bo. | White | Rtg | Result | Black | Rtg | ||
| 1 | GM | Ivanchuk, Vasyl | 2604 | ½ – ½ | GM | Suleymenov, Alisher | 2478 |
| 2 | GM | Lu, Shanglei | 2618 | ½ – ½ | GM | Nihal, Sarin | 2687 |
| 3 | GM | Karthikeyan, Murali | 2651 | 1 – 0 | GM | Raja, Rithvik R | 2538 |
| 4 | GM | Fier, Alexandr | 2534 | 0 – 1 | GM | Pranesh, M | 2572 |
| 5 | GM | Sosa, Tomas | 2498 | ½ – ½ | GM | Matviishen, Viktor | 2550 |
| 6 | IM | Fernandez Guillen, Ernesto J. | 2474 | ½ – ½ | GM | Sethuraman, S.P. | 2548 |
| 7 | IM | Agmanov, Zhandos | 2470 | 0 – 1 | GM | Dragnev, Valentin | 2538 |
| 8 | GM | Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio | 2469 | 0 – 1 | GM | Shankland, Sam | 2670 |
| 9 | GM | Royal, Shreyas | 2465 | ½ – ½ | GM | Murzin, Volodar | 2658 |
| 10 | IM | Md, Imran | 2433 | 0 – 1 | GM | Jacobson, Brandon | 2570 |
| 11 | GM | Nogerbek, Kazybek | 2544 | ½ – ½ | IM | Ansat, Aldiyar | 2469 |
| 12 | GM | Pranav, Anand | 2538 | ½ – ½ | GM | Zanan, Evgeny | 2454 |
| 13 | IM | Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr | 2394 | 0 – 1 | GM | Woodward, Andy | 2536 |
| 14 | FM | Kalogridis, Antonios | 2381 | ½ – ½ | GM | Petkov, Momchil | 2526 |
| 15 | IM | Macias Pino, Diego | 2510 | ½ – ½ | IM | Vergara Anton, Diego | 2425 |
Stanje posle 8.kola
Petkov,Momchil (2526) – Ivanchuk,Vasyl (2604) [D15]
IV Menorca Open A 2025 Ciutadella de Menorca ESP (7.1), 26.04.2025
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 c6 5.e4 b5 6.Qc2 e6 7.b3 cxb3 8.axb3 Na6 9.Be2 Nb4 10.Qb1 a6 11.0–0 Bb7 12.e5 Nd7 13.Qe4 Qc7 14.Ng5 Be7 15.Qg4 c5 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Nge4 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Qxe5 19.Bf4 Qxe4 20.Bf3 Qd4 21.Rfd1 Nd3 22.Bxa8 Qxf2+ 23.Kh1 Nxf4 24.Rf1

24…Nd3 25.Bc6 Bc5 26.Bxd7+ Kxd7 27.Qd1 Qd4 28.Ra2 Ke7 29.Qf3 f5 30.b4 Bb6 31.Re2 g6 32.Qc6 Ne5 33.Qb7+ Kf6 34.Rfe1 Rd8 35.Qxh7 Rd5 36.h3 Bd8 37.Qh8+ Kf7 38.Qh7+ Ke8 39.Qg8+ Kd7 40.Qg7+ Be7 41.Qg8 Bxb4 42.Rc1 Rc5 43.Qg7+ Kc6 44.Rg1 Kb6 45.Qg8 Qd6 46.Qa8 a5 47.Rb1 Nc6 0–1
Pranesh,M (2572) – Diaz Perez,Michel Alejandro (2474) [C79]
IV Menorca Open A 2025 Ciutadella de Menorca ESP (7.8), 26.04.2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 d6 6.Re1 Bd7 7.c4 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nd7 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nc3 g6 12.b4 Bg7 13.d3 Nf8 14.a4 Ne6 15.a5 0–0 16.Be3 Qe8 17.g4 Kh8 18.Kh2 Qd7 19.Rg1 Nf4 20.Bd2 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Bxf4 fxg4 23.Rxg4 Rxf4 24.Rxf4 exf4 25.Rc1 Rb8 26.Ne4 Rxb4 27.Qh5 Kg8 28.Rg1 Qe7 29.Qf5 Rb2 30.Nf6+ Kf8 31.Nh5+ Bf6 32.Nxf6 Rxf2+ 33.Kh1 Qe2

34.Nd5+ 1–0
Karthikeyan,Murali (2651) – Raja,Rithvik R (2538) [B90]
IV Menorca Open A 2025 Ciutadella de Menorca ESP (8.3), 26.04.2025
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0–0 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Re1 Be7 10.a4 b4 11.Na2 0–0 12.Nxb4 d5 13.e5 Bxb4 14.Bg5 Be7 15.exf6 Bxf6

16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qh5 g6 18.Bxg6 Qd7

19.Rxe6 hxg6 20.Qxg6+ Qg7 21.Rxf6 Rxf6 22.Qxf6 Qxf6 23.Bxf6 Nc6 24.Rd1 Kf7 25.Bg5 Re8 26.h4 Re5 27.f4 Re2 28.Rxd5 Rxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Na5 30.Kf2 Bxd5 31.Ke3 Be6 32.Kd4 Bf5 33.b4 Nc6+ 34.Kc5 Nxb4 35.Kxb4 Bxc2 36.h5 Ke6 37.h6 Kd5 38.Ka5 Bd3 39.Kb6 Kd6 40.Bf6 Kd7 41.a5 Kd6 42.Be5+ Kd7 43.Kb7 Ke6 44.h7 Bxh7 45.Kxa6 Kd7 46.Kb6 Be4 47.a6 Kc8 48.a7 Kd7 49.f5 Ba8 50.f6 Bf3 51.Bg3 Bd5

52.Bh4 1–0
Fier,Alexandr (2534) – Pranesh,M (2572) [E04]
IV Menorca Open A 2025 Ciutadella de Menorca ESP (8.4), 26.04.2025
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Qc2 c5 8.Qxc4 b6 9.dxc5 Ba6 10.Qd4 Bxc5 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Nc3 Ke7 13.Na4 Nbd7 14.Nxc5 Nxc5 15.Bc3 Rac8 16.Bd4 Rhd8 17.Rd1 Nfe4 18.Ne5 Ke8 19.f3 Nd6 20.Kf2 f6 21.Ng4 Na4 22.Rc1 Nf5 23.Be3 h5 24.b3 Nb2 25.Bxb6 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rd2 27.Bxa5 Rxe2+ 28.Kg1 hxg4 29.Bf1

29…Nd4 30.Kh1 Bb7 0–1