December 20th 2022

The 2022 Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival is taking place from 11-22 December in Sitges, Barcelona, and features two tournaments: Open A and Open B, with a total prize fund of 27.155eur. After seven played rounds, GM Kirill Alekseenko has the sole lead with perfect score of 7/7 points.

The 8th round starts today at 16:30 (local time) and features interesting encounters between the leaders. See the pairings below:

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Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	10	GM	Tabatabaei Mohammad Amin	2660	6		7	GM	Alekseenko Kirill	2672	8
2	2	GM	Niemann Hans Moke	2698	5½		6	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2607	23
3	15	GM	Grigoryan Karen H.	2619	5½		5½	GM	Yu Yangyi	2728	1
4	5	GM	Moussard Jules	2684	5½		5½	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2616	18
5	20	GM	Durarbayli Vasif	2612	5½		5½	GM	Korobov Anton	2662	9
6	21	GM	Adhiban B.	2611	5½		5½	GM	Demchenko Anton	2632	11
7	31	GM	Sumets Andrey	2506	5½		5½	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2621	13
8	14	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2620	5½		5½	IM	Gokerkan Cem Kaan	2470	39
9	4	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2688	5		5	GM	Firat Burak	2460	47
10	40	IM	Samant Aditya S	2470	5		5	GM	Esipenko Andrey	2678	6
11	49	IM	Woodward Andy	2457	5		5	GM	Ivanchuk Vasyl	2673	7
12	12	GM	Jones Gawain C B	2630	5		5	IM	Nigmatov Ortik	2439	57
13	16	GM	Aryan Chopra	2618	5		5	IM	Ajay Karthikeyan	2430	60
14	52	GM	Goh Wei Ming Kevin	2452	5		5	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	2617	17
15	63	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2427	5		5	GM	Safarli Eltaj	2616	19
16	22	GM	Kollars Dmitrij	2610	5		5	FM	Jubin Jimmy	2376	84
17	55	IM	Abdisalimov Abdimalik	2447	5		5	GM	Dardha Daniel	2606	24
18	72	IM	Willow Jonah B	2409	5		5	GM	Sanal Vahap	2597	25
19	101	FM	Dalaud Dorian	2342	5		5	GM	Kraemer Martin	2583	27
20	74	FM	Bilych Olexiy	2401	5		5	GM	Svane Frederik	2568	28
21	108	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj	2334	5		5	GM	Tin Jingyao	2562	29
22	30	GM	Alsina Leal Daniel	2527	5		5	IM	Tahay Alexis	2400	75
23	104	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	2337	5		5	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2505	32
24	114	FM	Bhambure Shantanu	2306	5		5	GM	Nevednichy Vladislav	2502	33
25	35	GM	Sankalp Gupta	2485	5		5	FM	Harshad S	2202	161
26	37	IM	Aditya Mittal	2479	5		5	IM	Gholami Orimi Mahdi	2415	69
27	88	WGM	Injac Teodora	2365	4½		4½	GM	Van Foreest Jorden	2690	3
28	26	GM	Cheng Bobby	2583	4½		4½	IM	Salimova Nurgyul	2390	79
29	90	WGM	Nandhidhaa P V	2358	4½		4½	GM	Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio	2500	34
30	94	FM	Nawin Jayaprakash Jayavalli	2351	4½		4½	IM	Wadsworth Matthew J	2470	41
31	44	IM	Ayats Llobera Gerard	2464	4½		4½	FM	Kanov Nikola	2377	83
32	172		Sherman Reem	2179	4½		4½	GM	Sochacki Christophe	2463	45
33	46	IM	Fernandez Guillen Ernesto J.	2462	4½		4½	FM	Mathieu Phileas	2367	87
34	48	IM	Sardana Rishi	2460	4½		4½	FM	Akbas Umut Ata	2351	93
35	50	GM	Raja Rithvik R	2453	4½		4½	IM	Valenzuela Gomez Fernando	2361	89
36	121		Ortega Serra Marc	2291	4½		4½	IM	Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan	2453	51
37	194		Gugan Govindan	2126	4½		4½	IM	Kaasen Tor Fredrik	2452	53
38	232		Vignesh Bhuvaneswari	2032	4½		4½	IM	Garcia Ramos Daniel	2439	56
39	58	IM	Boyer Mahel	2434	4½		4½	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	2347	97
40	302		Prudhvi Kumar V	1733	4½		4½	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete	2430	61
41	62	IM	Fataliyeva Ulviyya	2428	4½		4½	FM	Pablo Mari Alejandro	2338	103
42	66	FM	Saydaliev Saidakbar	2419	4½		4½		Ilamparthi A R	2336	105
43	70	IM	Moksh Amit Doshi	2414	4½		4½		Mompel Ferruz Xavier	1953	253
44	76	IM	Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali	2397	4½		4½	FM	Castellanos Gomez Alejandro	2277	131
45	119	CM	Blasco Coll Andreu	2294	4		4	IM	Clarke Brandon G I	2484	36
46	42	IM	Sousa Andre Ventura	2466	4		4	FM	Shailesh Dravid	2286	126
47	124	GM	Pogorelov Ruslan	2288	4		4	GM	Velten Paul	2465	43
48	125	FM	Kristoferitsch Daniel	2286	4		4	GM	Narciso Dublan Marc	2448	54
49	133	FM	Ram Aravind L N	2272	4		4	IM	Bulmaga Irina	2432	59
50	134	FM	Schneider Jana	2272	4		4	FM	Vitier Vazquez Cristian	2424	65
51	150	WIM	Rakshitta Ravi	2242	4		4	FM	Bai Adelard	2411	71
52	154	CM	Rajarishi Karthi	2239	4		4	FM	Leisch Lukas	2405	73
53	77	IM	Bournel Antoine	2392	4		4	FM	Atanasov Anthony	2251	143
54	78	IM	Dionisi Thomas	2390	4		4		Aditya Varun Gampa	2249	145
55	80	IM	Sattarov Bobir	2389	4		4	CM	Vaibhav Jayant Raut	2247	147
56	211		Verbin Valentina	2088	4		4	FM	Carbonell Sancho Marc	2384	81
57	82	IM	Rendle Thomas E	2381	4		4		Lever Erwan	2241	151
58	86	IM	Song Julien	2369	4		4	CM	Dahale Atul	2222	159
59	92	IM	Fitzsimons David	2352	4		4	IM	Sai Agni Jeevitesh J	2226	157
60	96	IM	Meister Peter	2347	4		4	CM	Nurgaliyev Sauat	2150	179
61	99	IM	Sarkar Justin	2343	4		4	WIM	Priyanka K	2146	182
62	245		Chia Yu Zhe Ashton	1970	4		4	FM	Alexiadis Hristos	2342	100
63	256		Tudor Henry Edward	1942	4		4	IM	Karavade Eesha	2325	111
64	112	WGM	Pourkashiyan Atousa	2321	4		4	FM	Kholopov Alexander A.	2146	181
65	295		Kushal O	1801	4		4	WGM	Priyanka Nutakki	2316	113
66	297		Saravanan Durga	1784	4		4	FM	Dixit Nikhil	2306	115
67	64	IM	Baenziger Fabian	2426	3½		4		Dietrich Peter	2015	236
68	175	FM	De Santis Alessio	2159	3½		3½	FM	Wagh Suyog	2376	85
69	178	FM	Voiteanu Gabriel	2152	3½		3½	FM	Krasteva Beloslava	2350	95
70	174		Perkampus Laurin	2168	3½		3½	FM	Van Dael Siem	2345	98
71	102	GM	Vogt Lothar	2339	3½		3½		Cherniack Alex	2188	167
72	176	WIM	Hryzlova Sofiia	2157	3½		3½	IM	Borocz Istvan	2334	107
73	116	FM	Lim Zhuo Ren	2305	3½		3½		Van Kessel Wessel	2145	183
74	118	WIM	Rakhmangulova Anastasiya	2296	3½		3½		Ezquerro Luque Albert	2134	191
75	120	FM	Yordanov Lachezar	2294	3½		3½		Arhan Chethan Anand	2112	197
76	185	FM	Jeet Jain	2141	3½		3½	FM	Milat Marcel	2290	122
77	123	CM	Shaik Sumer Arsh	2290	3½		3½		Devnani Kush	2134	193
78	127	WGM	Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii	2285	3½		3½	WFM	Yash Jyoti Bir	2099	202
79	128	FM	Schulze Lara	2284	3½		3½		Nikolov Yavor	2092	206
80	129	FM	Mamedov Edgar	2283	3½		3½		Sarveshwaran Vignesh	2040	227
81	130	CM	Md Imran	2279	3½		3½		Pousada Garcia Daniel	1960	252
82	196		Kocak Ediz	2115	3½		3½	WIM	Benmesbah Natacha	2268	138
83	212		Rodriguez Diaz Javier	2084	3½		3½	WIM	Newrkla Katharina	2265	139
84	140	CM	Kostov Deyan Samuil	2260	3½		3½		Uber Gracia Hugo	1931	259
85	213	CM	Korkmaz Necmettin	2077	3½		3½	WIM	Gaboyan Susanna	2200	163
86	216	WFM	Pipiras Filipa Fortuna	2065	3½		3½		Ojas Kulkarni	2196	165
87	110	IM	Reprintsev Alexander	2330	3		3½		Villa Tornero Alex	1925	261
88	68	IM	Krastev Alexander	2416	3		3		Stewart Ashley	2090	208
89	214	WFM	Hapala Elisabeth	2075	3		3	WGM	Gong Qianyun	2299	117
90	217		Raghav Srivathsav V	2059	3		3	FM	Torngren Gustav	2275	132
91	218	WFM	Rodriguez Redondo Adhara	2057	3		3	FM	Domene Mulyukov Alexander	2271	135
92	142	FM	Ruiz Buendia Miguel	2257	3		3		Salinas Tomas Daniel	2089	209
93	149		Frederic Clement	2245	3		3	WFM	Galvan Cipriani Viviana	2088	210
94	152	FM	Lye Lik Zang	2241	3		3		Maloberti David	2050	221
95	220		Coles Robin	2051	3		3		Arjun Chitrakudam Krishnamachari	2241	153
96	156	CM	Gulatz Maurice	2227	3		3		Moracchini Margaux	2046	223
97	222		Sperat Czar Nicolas	2047	3		3	FM	Webb Laurence E	2201	162
98	224		Assylov Miras	2044	3		3	CM	Ribera Veganzones Serni	2199	164
99	230		Le Pen Steven	2038	3		3		Gasic Merino Franco	2195	166
100	260		Patil Harshal	1928	3		3		Joel Paul Ganta	2183	169
101	170	CM	Wong Zhenyong Jayden	2181	3		3		Schmuck Corentin	2040	228
102	171		Levi Netanel	2179	3		3		Boixader Arbo Xavier	2039	229
103	173		Stanetzek Carsten	2172	3		3		Comellas Blanchart Jordi	2034	231
104	258		Follana Albelda Lucia	1938	3		3	FM	Baert Andy	2156	177
105	286		Morais Miguel Almeida	1844	3		3		Wecker Martin	2150	180
106	292		Nesse David	1809	3		3	FM	Saya Ethan	2138	187
107	296		Krassel Timofei	1787	3		3		Fanninger Leon	2136	189
108	288		Arvind Ramnath Iyer	1834	3		3		Villar Reymundo Juan Antonio	2135	190
109	192	FM	Mahitosh Dey	2134	3		3		Karadzhov Ivan	2024	233
110	318		Barkasheva Sofia	1588	3		3		Koehler Ronald	2118	195
111	198		Ismail Tamer	2112	3		3		Saveljevs Aleksandrs	1974	244
112	201		Panjer Sidney	2100	3		3		Hiren K G	1965	247
113	203		Coles Ruben	2098	3		3		Liu Tianyi (Jack)	1892	273
114	205		Halegua Dani	2095	3		3		Escudero Ribo Eloi	1626	313
115	207		Bub Volker	2091	3		3		Bryant Harry	1510	322
116	300		Sierra Magrazo Lidia	1755	3		2½	FM	Oswaldo Valentin Requejo Cotrin	2248	146
117	272		Schopf Martin	1900	2½		2½	FM	Garcia Molina Jose	2357	91
118	148	WIM	Sieber Fiona	2245	2½		2½		Kumar Sanjit S	1965	248
119	184		Leftheriotis Alexandros	2143	2½		2½	CM	Zhang Kendrick Botong	1963	250
120	186		Noria Silvestre Joaquin	2138	2½		2½		Verbruggen Samuel	1963	251
121	199		Itzhaky Shmuel	2109	2½		2½		Jove Albaiges Guillem	1922	263
122	282		Alzamil Abdulaziz	1862	2½		2½		Chulis Alexander	2097	204
123	225	CM	Butolo Alexandru-Mircea	2043	2½		2½		Gregersen Hedin	1912	267
124	299		Patel Zain	1761	2½		2½		Alfonso Pellisa Aaron	2018	235
125	237		Perez Garcia Jimena	2014	2½		2½	CM	Harish Neeraj	1902	270
126	238		Ramos Aguilar Jose Manuel	2008	2½		2½		Shreyas Seshadri Nallore	1849	284
127	241	WCM	Ankitha Goud Palle	1980	2½		2½		Chitre Arush	1646	312
128	317		Alem Ali Hussain	1593	2½		2½		Renganayaki Venkatesh	1978	242
129	160	FM	Bach Matthias	2208	2		2		Mashchenko Tamila	1913	266
130	268		Herman Gamazo Isaac	1906	2		2	FM	Hristodorescu Daniel	2108	200
131	226	WFM	Jimenez Fernandez Rebeca	2040	2		2		Borrellas Comellas Josep	1905	269
132	239		Perez Aleman Pedro Tomas	1996	2		2	WCM	Bibilashvili Lali	1900	271
133	240		Cordova-Lopez Diego Anton	1985	2		2		Labrovic Jakov	1891	274
134	275		Benseny Martinez Guerau	1890	2		2		Bland David I	1974	243
135	279		Paricharak Shardul	1881	2		2		Place Nicholas	1967	246
136	326		Suneth Shyam Keshaav	1325	2		2		Fernandez Climent Albert	1963	249
137	254		Altisen Palmada Roberto	1948	2		2		Levesque Guillaume	1887	277
138	303		Senso Moreno Francesc Xavier	1731	2		2		Gayon Benoit	1941	257
139	262		Bonoo Iwan	1925	2		2		Paricharak Nakul	1695	310
140	264		Pina Tiago	1916	2		2		Voronaya Eva	1379	325
141	316		Al Mutlaq Ibrahim A	1595	2		2		Cafolla Peter	1915	265
142	305		Aadith Rajesh	1714	2		1½		Khandhar Kaushal	2020	234
143	255		Kotmans Rob	1948	1½		1½		Golsta Ramona	1719	304
144	309		Amulya Guruprasad	1699	1½		1½		Levy Benyamin	1888	276
145	314		Steiners Emils	1626	1½		1½		Vallbona Domingo Joan	1871	280
146	287		Izagirre Alsua Aritz	1835	1½		1½		Gamal Alaa	1713	307
147	293		Egli Urs	1806	1½		1½		Apaar Saxena	1578	319
148	294		Fabregas Oliver	1804	1½		1½		Kratz Jonathan	1514	321
149	320		Sachdeva Ronit	1571	1½		1½		Shaffer Alexander	1750	301
150	315		Shamir Shahar	1604	1		1		Ramadugu Akshay	1812	289