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The 2022 Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival kicked off yesterday in Sitges, Barcelona. The event will be held from 11-22 December and features two tournaments: Open A and Open B, with the total prize fund of 27.155eur.

Sitges’ Tourism Councilor, Luis M. García, and the tournament director officially inaugurated the 9th edition of the Sunway Sitges Chess Festival. The first round kicked off with strict anti-cheating controls, and GM Hans Niemann, who has been in the limelight of the cheating accusations, went under the checks before the start of the game.

The first round of the event saw a few upsets. GM Ivan Cheparinov drew against Kulkarni Ojas, while GM Jules Moussard couldn’t prevail against Merino Franco Gasic and the game finished in a draw. GM Anton Korobov failed to win against Jayden Wong Zhenyong on the 9th board, and right next to him, GM Amin Tabatabaei resigned his game against Israeli player Netanel Levi. See the results of the Round 1 below

Chessable Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival 2022 – LIVE games

As expected, the event attracted many spectators. One of them was one of the best female chess players of all time, Susan Polgar. “This is the first time in a long time that I attend a tournament this caliber. Very impressive venue and the organizers are treating the players like VIPs! 15% of female players”, wrote Susan on her twitter account.

This is the first time in a long time that I attend a tournament this caliber. Very impressive venue and the organizers are treating the players like VIPs! 15% female players. 👏🏻@SunwayChessOpen @chessable @FIDE_chess @WOMChess pic.twitter.com/n6TWq5ukrC

— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) December 12, 2022

Round 1 results – Sunway Sitges Open A 2022:

Bo.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg
1	GM	Yu Yangyi	2728	0	1 – 0	0	FM	Webb Laurence E	2201
2	WIM	Gaboyan Susanna	2200	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Niemann Hans Moke	2698
3	GM	Van Foreest Jorden	2690	0	1 – 0	0	CM	Ribera Veganzones Serni	2199
4		Ojas Kulkarni	2196	0	½ – ½	0	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2688
5	GM	Moussard Jules	2684	0	½ – ½	0		Gasic Merino Franco	2195
6		Cherniack Alex	2188	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Esipenko Andrey	2678
7	GM	Ivanchuk Vasyl	2673	0	1 – 0	0	WFM	Nilssen Ellen Fredericia	2187
8		Joel Paul Ganta	2183	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Alekseenko Kirill	2672
9	GM	Korobov Anton	2662	0	½ – ½	0	CM	Wong Zhenyong Jayden	2181
10		Levi Netanel	2179	0	+ – –	0	GM	Tabatabaei Mohammad Amin	2660
11	GM	Demchenko Anton	2632	0	1 – 0	0		Sherman Reem	2179
12		Stanetzek Carsten	2172	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Jones Gawain C B	2630
13	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2621	0	1 – 0	0		Perkampus Laurin	2168
14	FM	De Santis Alessio	2159	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2620
15	GM	Grigoryan Karen H.	2619	0	1 – 0	0	WIM	Hryzlova Sofiia	2157
16	FM	Baert Andy	2156	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Aryan Chopra	2618
17	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	2617	0	1 – 0	0	FM	Voiteanu Gabriel	2152
18	CM	Nurgaliyev Sauat	2150	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2616
19	GM	Safarli Eltaj	2616	0	1 – 0	0		Wecker Martin	2150
20	FM	Kholopov Alexander A.	2146	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Durarbayli Vasif	2612
21	GM	Adhiban B.	2611	0	1 – 0	0	WIM	Priyanka K	2146
22		Van Kessel Wessel	2145	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Kollars Dmitrij	2610
23	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2607	0	1 – 0	0		Leftheriotis Alexandros	2143
24	FM	Jeet Jain	2141	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Dardha Daniel	2606
25	GM	Sanal Vahap	2597	0	1 – 0	0		Noria Silvestre Joaquin	2138
26	FM	Saya Ethan	2138	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Cheng Bobby	2583
27	GM	Kraemer Martin	2583	0	1 – 0	0	FM	Lorscheid Gerhard	2137
28		Fanninger Leon	2136	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Svane Frederik	2568
29	GM	Tin Jingyao	2562	0	1 – 0	0		Villar Reymundo Juan Antonio	2135
30		Ezquerro Luque Albert	2134	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Alsina Leal Daniel	2527
31	GM	Arjun Kalyan	2505	0	½ – ½	0	FM	Mahitosh Dey	2134
32		Devnani Kush	2134	0	½ – ½	0	GM	Nevednichy Vladislav	2502
33	GM	Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio	2500	0	1 – 0	0		Gugan Govindan	2126
34		Koehler Ronald	2118	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Sankalp Gupta	2485
35	IM	Clarke Brandon G I	2484	0	1 – 0	0		Kocak Ediz	2115
36		Arhan Chethan Anand	2112	0	½ – ½	0	IM	Aditya Mittal	2479
37	IM	Gokerkan Cem Kaan	2470	0	1 – 0	0		Itzhaky Shmuel	2109
38	FM	Hristodorescu Daniel	2108	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Samant Aditya S	2470
39	IM	Wadsworth Matthew J	2470	0	1 – 0	0		Panjer Sidney	2100
40	WFM	Yash Jyoti Bir	2099	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Sousa Andre Ventura	2466
41	GM	Velten Paul	2465	0	1 – 0	0		Coles Ruben	2098
42		Chulis Alexander	2097	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Ayats Llobera Gerard	2464
43	GM	Sochacki Christophe	2463	0	1 – 0	0		Halegua Dani	2095
44		Nikolov Yavor	2092	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Fernandez Guillen Ernesto J.	2462
45	GM	Firat Burak	2460	0	1 – 0	0		Bub Volker	2091
46		Stewart Ashley	2090	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Sardana Rishi	2460
47	IM	Woodward Andy	2457	0	1 – 0	0		Salinas Tomas Daniel	2089
48	WFM	Galvan Cipriani Viviana	2088	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Raja Rithvik R	2453
49	IM	Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan	2453	0	1 – 0	0		Verbin Valentina	2088
50		Rodriguez Diaz Javier	2084	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Goh Wei Ming Kevin	2452
51	IM	Kaasen Tor Fredrik	2452	0	1 – 0	0	CM	Korkmaz Necmettin	2077
52	WFM	Hapala Elisabeth	2075	0	½ – ½	0	GM	Narciso Dublan Marc	2448
53	IM	Abdisalimov Abdimalik	2447	0	1 – 0	0		Duke Michael	2067
54	WFM	Pipiras Filipa Fortuna	2065	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Garcia Ramos Daniel	2439
55	IM	Nigmatov Ortik	2439	0	1 – 0	0		Raghav Srivathsav V	2059
56	WFM	Rodriguez Redondo Adhara	2057	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Boyer Mahel	2434
57	IM	Bulmaga Irina	2432	0	1 – 0	0		Serrano Aspa Xavier	2054
58		Maloberti David	2050	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Ajay Karthikeyan	2430
59	IM	Sammed Jaykumar Shete	2430	0	1 – 0	0		Sperat Czar Nicolas	2047
60		Moracchini Margaux	2046	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Fataliyeva Ulviyya	2428
61	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2427	0	½ – ½	0		Assylov Miras	2044
62	CM	Butolo Alexandru-Mircea	2043	0	½ – ½	0	IM	Baenziger Fabian	2426
63	FM	Vitier Vazquez Cristian	2424	0	1 – 0	0	WFM	Jimenez Fernandez Rebeca	2040
64		Sarveshwaran Vignesh	2040	0	0 – 1	0	FM	Saydaliev Saidakbar	2419
65	IM	Roberson Peter T	2418	0	1 – 0	0		Schmuck Corentin	2040
66		Boixader Arbo Xavier	2039	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Krastev Alexander	2416
67	IM	Gholami Orimi Mahdi	2415	0	1 – 0	0		Le Pen Steven	2038
68		Vignesh Bhuvaneswari	2032	0	1 – 0	0	IM	Moksh Amit Doshi	2414
69	FM	Bai Adelard	2411	0	1 – 0	0		Karadzhov Ivan	2024
70		Khandhar Kaushal	2020	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Willow Jonah B	2409
71	FM	Leisch Lukas	2405	0	½ – ½	0		Alfonso Pellisa Aaron	2018
72		Dietrich Peter	2015	0	0 – 1	0	FM	Bilych Olexiy	2401
73	IM	Tahay Alexis	2400	0	1 – 0	0		Perez Garcia Jimena	2014
74		Ramos Aguilar Jose Manuel	2008	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali	2397
75	IM	Bournel Antoine	2392	0	1 – 0	0		Perez Aleman Pedro Tomas	1996
76	WCM	Ankitha Goud Palle	1980	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Dionisi Thomas	2390
77	IM	Salimova Nurgyul	2390	0	1 – 0	0		Renganayaki Venkatesh	1978
78		Bland David I	1974	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Sattarov Bobir	2389
79	FM	Carbonell Sancho Marc	2384	0	1 – 0	0		Saveljevs Aleksandrs	1974
80		Chia Yu Zhe Ashton	1970	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Rendle Thomas E	2381
81	FM	Kanov Nikola	2377	0	1 – 0	0		Place Nicholas	1967
82		Hiren K G	1965	0	½ – ½	0	FM	Jubin Jimmy	2376
83	FM	Wagh Suyog	2376	0	1 – 0	0		Kumar Sanjit S	1965
84		Fernandez Climent Albert	1963	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Song Julien	2369
85	FM	Mathieu Phileas	2367	0	1 – 0	0	CM	Zhang Kendrick Botong	1963
86		Verbruggen Samuel	1963	0	0 – 1	0	WGM	Injac Teodora	2365
87	IM	Valenzuela Gomez Fernando	2361	0	1 – 0	0		Pousada Garcia Daniel	1960
88		Mompel Ferruz Xavier	1953	0	1 – 0	0	WGM	Nandhidhaa P V	2358
89	FM	Garcia Molina Jose	2357	0	1 – 0	0		Altisen Palmada Roberto	1948
90		Kotmans Rob	1948	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Fitzsimons David	2352
91	FM	Akbas Umut Ata	2351	0	1 – 0	0		Tudor Henry Edward	1942
92		Gayon Benoit	1941	0	0 – 1	0	FM	Nawin Jayaprakash Jayavalli	2351
93	FM	Krasteva Beloslava	2350	0	1 – 0	0		Follana Albelda Lucia	1938
94		Uber Gracia Hugo	1931	0	½ – ½	0	IM	Meister Peter	2347
95	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	2347	0	1 – 0	0		Patil Harshal	1928
96		Villa Tornero Alex	1925	0	½ – ½	0	FM	Van Dael Siem	2345
97	FM	Alexiadis Hristos	2342	0	1 – 0	0		Bonoo Iwan	1925
98		Jove Albaiges Guillem	1922	0	½ – ½	0	FM	Dalaud Dorian	2342
99	FM	Pablo Mari Alejandro	2338	0	1 – 0	0		Pina Tiago	1916
100		Cafolla Peter	1915	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	2337
101		Ilamparthi A R	2336	0	1 – 0	0		Mashchenko Tamila	1913
102		Gregersen Hedin	1912	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Papadiamandis Elliot	2334
103	IM	Borocz Istvan	2334	0	1 – 0	0		Herman Gamazo Isaac	1906
104		Borrellas Comellas Josep	1905	0	0 – 1	0	FM	Jain Kashish Manoj	2334
105	WGM	Heinemann Josefine	2332	0	1 – 0	0	CM	Harish Neeraj	1902
106	WCM	Bibilashvili Lali	1900	0	0 – 1	0	IM	Reprintsev Alexander	2330
107	IM	Karavade Eesha	2325	0	1 – 0	0		Schopf Martin	1900
108		Labrovic Jakov	1891	0	0 – 1	0	WGM	Pourkashiyan Atousa	2321
109	WGM	Priyanka Nutakki	2316	0	1 – 0	0		Benseny Martinez Guerau	1890
110		Levy Benyamin	1888	0	½ – ½	0	FM	Bhambure Shantanu	2306
111	FM	Dixit Nikhil	2306	0	1 – 0	0		Levesque Guillaume	1887
112	WFM	Samaganova Aleksandra	1884	0	0 – 1	0	FM	Lim Zhuo Ren	2305
113	WGM	Gong Qianyun	2299	0	1 – 0	0		Paricharak Shardul	1881
114		Vallbona Domingo Joan	1871	0	0 – 1	0	WIM	Rakhmangulova Anastasiya	2296
115	CM	Blasco Coll Andreu	2294	0	1 – 0	0		Larkin Benjamin	1866
116		Alzamil Abdulaziz	1862	0	0 – 1	0	FM	Yordanov Lachezar	2294
117		Ortega Serra Marc	2291	0	1 – 0	0		Oliver Amengual Adria	1856
118		Shreyas Seshadri Nallore	1849	0	0 – 1	0	CM	Shaik Sumer Arsh	2290
119	GM	Pogorelov Ruslan	2288	0	1 – 0	0		Morais Miguel Almeida	1844
120		Izagirre Alsua Aritz	1835	0	0 – 1	0	FM	Kristoferitsch Daniel	2286
121	FM	Shailesh Dravid	2286	0	0 – 1	0		Arvind Ramnath Iyer	1834
122		Ramadugu Akshay	1812	0	0 – 1	0	WGM	Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii	2285
123	FM	Schulze Lara	2284	0	1 – 0	0		Tadmor Maya	1810
124		Rios Torondell Jaume	1809	0	– – +	0	CM	Md Imran	2279
125	FM	Castellanos Gomez Alejandro	2277	0	½ – ½	0		Nesse David	1809
126		Egli Urs	1806	0	0 – 1	0	FM	Torngren Gustav	2275
127	FM	Ram Aravind L N	2272	0	1 – 0	0		Fabregas Oliver	1804
128		Kushal O	1801	0	1 – 0	0	FM	Schneider Jana	2272
129	FM	Domene Mulyukov Alexander	2271	0	0 – 1	0		Krassel Timofei	1787
130		Saravanan Durga	1784	0	+ – –	0	CM	Vardanyan Aras	2271
131		Jinan Jomon	2271	0	1 – 0	0		Villa Izquierdo Roberto	1780
132		Patel Zain	1761	0	½ – ½	0	WIM	Benmesbah Natacha	2268
133	WIM	Newrkla Katharina	2265	0	1 – 0	0		Sierra Magrazo Lidia	1755
134		Shaffer Alexander	1750	0	0 – 1	0	CM	Kostov Deyan Samuil	2260
135		Romero Calduch Sergio	2258	0	½ – ½	0		Prudhvi Kumar V	1733
136		Senso Moreno Francesc Xavier	1731	0	0 – 1	0	FM	Ruiz Buendia Miguel	2257
137	FM	Atanasov Anthony	2251	0	1 – 0	0		Aadith Rajesh	1714
138		Bergara Ede Josu	1713	0	0 – 1	0	FM	Ryan Joseph	2249
139		Aditya Varun Gampa	2249	0	1 – 0	0		Gamal Alaa	1713
140		Schulze Tim	1710	0	+ – –	0	FM	Oswaldo Valentin Requejo Cotrin	2248
141	CM	Vaibhav Jayant Raut	2247	0	1 – 0	0		Amulya Guruprasad	1699
142		Paricharak Nakul	1695	0	0 – 1	0	WIM	Sieber Fiona	2245
143		Frederic Clement	2245	0	1 – 0	0		Chitre Arush	1646
144		Escudero Ribo Eloi	1626	0	0 – 1	0	WIM	Rakshitta Ravi	2242
145		Lever Erwan	2241	0	1 – 0	0		Steiners Emils	1626
146		Shamir Shahar	1604	0	0 – 1	0	FM	Lye Lik Zang	2241
147		Arjun Chitrakudam  Krishnamachari	2241	0	1 – 0	0		Al Mutlaq Ibrahim A	1595
148		Alem Ali Hussain	1593	0	0 – 1	0	CM	Rajarishi Karthi	2239
149	IM	Mannion Stephen R	2229	0	1 – 0	0		Barkasheva Sofia	1588
150		Apaar Saxena	1578	0	0 – 1	0	CM	Gulatz Maurice	2227

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