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Art Pub Cup Fide Open 2018. március 15-18 Rd1
Results-Round 1
There were a lot of upsets to start the tournament and I was one them.
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 60 | Farkas Otto Jr. | 1798 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | IM | Aczel Gergely | 2557 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | IM | Nesteretz Anatoliy | 2367 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Palczert Botond | 1796 | 61 | |
| 3 | 62 | Pasti Anna | 1796 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | IM | To Nhat Minh | 2364 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 | Kokeny Norbert Adrian | 2309 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Ferenczi Bela Istvan | 1792 | 63 | ||
| 5 | 64 | Baski Barnabas | 1789 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | FM | Szabo Marton Mihaly | 2292 | 5 | |
| 6 | 6 | Bodi Tibor | 2231 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Bernath Bence | 1788 | 65 | ||
| 7 | 66 | Kocsis Peter | 1783 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | IM | Sarosi Zoltan | 2229 | 7 | |
| 8 | 8 | Kiss Lajos | 2217 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Purak Zoltan | 1781 | 67 | ||
| 9 | 68 | Saar Patrik | 1777 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | IM | Szalanczy Emil | 2209 | 9 | |
| 10 | 10 | Kassay Krisztian | 2207 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Varga Boldizsar | 1769 | 69 | ||
| 11 | 70 | Monduk Ferenc | 1767 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Buzas Bertalan | 2181 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | Markos Adam | 2181 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Palczert Miklos | 1767 | 71 | ||
| 13 | 72 | Koltai Dora | 1761 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Fodor Balazs | 2173 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | Molnar Jozsef | 2173 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Szivak Andras | 1746 | 74 | ||
| 15 | 75 | Dal Bianco Nicola | 1740 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Khechumyan Gagik | 2161 | 15 | ||
| 16 | 16 | Miszler Levente | 2156 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | WCM | Kovarikova Maria | 1737 | 76 | |
| 17 | 77 | Barsi Botond | 1733 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | AIM | Kovacsy Barnabas | 2154 | 17 | |
| 18 | 18 | Berta Sandor | 2153 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Kun Balint | 1723 | 78 | ||
| 19 | 79 | Stevik Patrik | 1707 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Kovacs Marton | 2150 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Meixner Ferenc | 2134 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Panda Gyorgy | 1693 | 80 | ||
| 21 | 81 | CM | Giang Tran Nam | 1688 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Karacsonyi Gellert | 2131 | 21 | |
| 22 | 22 | Kovacs Istvan | 2124 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Safar Istvan | 1688 | 82 | ||
| 23 | 83 | Csajbok Levente Tamas | 1685 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | FM | Szollosi Laszlo | 2122 | 23 | |
| 24 | 24 | Kokeny Gabor | 2110 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Szurkos Andras | 1673 | 84 | ||
| 25 | 85 | Sulyok Eszter | 1671 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Szasz Janos | 2091 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 26 | Torok Tamas Titusz | 2086 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Chowaniec Artur | 1670 | 86 | ||
| 27 | 87 | Kellner Nikolaus | 1668 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Divald Tamas | 2049 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 28 | Mester Attila | 2042 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Olah Laszlo Istvan | 1644 | 88 | ||
| 29 | 89 | Chivela Felisberto | 1643 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Bodrogi Mihaly | 2034 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 30 | Horvath Kristof | 2029 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Farkas Otto | 1639 | 90 | ||
| 31 | 91 | Peterfia Ferenc | 1627 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Pasztor Attila | 2023 | 31 | ||
| 32 | 32 | Biro Zsolt | 2015 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Bolyki Istvan | 1602 | 92 | ||
| 33 | 93 | Fabian Laszlo | 1591 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Lopuszanski Kamil | 2011 | 33 | ||
| 34 | 34 | Csendi Balazs | 2007 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Pinter Tamas | 1570 | 94 | ||
| 35 | 96 | Kolimar Kristof Pal | 1524 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Dibusz Domonkos | 2002 | 35 | ||
| 36 | 36 | Lehocz Jozsef | 1998 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Kovacs Laszlo | 1521 | 97 | ||
| 37 | 98 | Rabi-Nagy Daniel | 1512 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Pogany Zsombor | 1995 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 38 | WCM | Gaal Zsoka | 1984 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Mohammadi Bahabadi Mohammad Reza | 1505 | 99 | |
| 39 | 100 | Szalay-Ocsak Bank | 1500 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Gyorffy Peter Pal | 1981 | 39 | ||
| 40 | 40 | CM | Pasti Aron | 1958 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Szikszai Berci | 1490 | 101 | |
| 41 | 102 | Bodnar Roland Gabor | 1486 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Yip Michael | 1955 | 41 | ||
| 42 | 42 | Somody Robert | 1952 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Hajdu Marton Abris | 1483 | 103 | ||
| 43 | 104 | Foldes Marton Gabor | 1482 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Simonics Peter | 1949 | 43 | ||
| 44 | 44 | Bellan Istvan | 1928 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Palczert Hajnalka | 1480 | 105 | ||
| 45 | 106 | Magyar Erik Ferenc | 1472 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Fellegi Zoltan | 1926 | 45 | ||
| 46 | 46 | WFM | Erseki Tamara | 1917 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Szabo Balazs | 1472 | 107 | |
| 47 | 108 | Csomor Gabor | 1449 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Szabo Zoltan | 1895 | 47 | ||
| 48 | 48 | Csalami Gabor | 1887 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Herczeg Marcell | 1442 | 109 | ||
| 49 | 110 | Nemeth Tibor | 1439 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Virganc Roland | 1870 | 49 | ||
| 50 | 50 | Lakatos Tamas | 1866 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Moricz Nadja | 1434 | 111 | ||
| 51 | 112 | Repiczki Tamas | 1429 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Palczert Matyas | 1853 | 51 | ||
| 52 | 52 | Kratzmajer Akos Gyorgy | 1844 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Kiss Gergo | 1375 | 113 | ||
| 53 | 114 | Stevik Patrik | 1368 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Konyves Almos | 1842 | 53 | ||
| 54 | 54 | AIM | Daroczi Donat | 1825 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Moricz Karmen | 1349 | 115 | |
| 55 | 116 | Czipp Janos | 1325 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Bartuszek Andras | 1821 | 55 | ||
| 56 | 56 | Karacsonyi Kata | 1806 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Onodi Tamas | 1316 | 117 | ||
| 57 | 118 | Deak Zsombor | 1313 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Szendeff Miklos | 1805 | 57 | ||
| 58 | 58 | Erseki Aron | 1803 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Bakos Andras | 0 | 119 | ||
| 59 | 120 | Laczo Tibor | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Bilku Andras | 1800 | 59 |
U1600 Round 1
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | AIM | Shadrin Alexey A. | 1569 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Szabo Tamas | 1153 | 28 | |
| 2 | 29 | Szabo Emese | 1150 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Sclenk Kristof | 1471 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Paraszthy Balazs Vilmos | 1435 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Gombocz Judit | 1132 | 30 | ||
| 4 | 31 | Rado Peter | 1132 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Thierry Edvard | 1384 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Balazs Sztella Anna | 1319 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Lehocz Jozsef Jr. | 1120 | 32 | ||
| 6 | 33 | Biro Daniel | 1115 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Kreiter Lilla | 1319 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Broderick Tamas | 1312 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Szuhorukov Marcell | 1101 | 34 | ||
| 8 | 35 | Onodi Miklos | 1096 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Karacsonyi Luca | 1298 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | Karacsonyi Bank | 1293 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Suli Henrietta | 1089 | 36 | ||
| 10 | 37 | Kobol Kitti | 1085 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Rado David | 1290 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 11 | Korbacska Daniel | 1282 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Nagy Levente | 1062 | 38 | ||
| 12 | 39 | Koronczai Csongor | 1058 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Bakos Adam Tamas | 1267 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Vancsisin Mark | 1262 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Heller Gergo | 1034 | 40 | ||
| 14 | 41 | Szabo Ferenc | 1003 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Pogany Tamas | 1241 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 15 | Kovacs Reka | 1239 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Becsei Andras | 0 | 42 | ||
| 16 | 43 | Berla Zoltan Mate | 0 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Panda Barnabas | 1222 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 17 | Pasti Zsombor | 1215 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Gutay Benedek Tamas | 0 | 44 | ||
| 18 | 45 | Horvath Greta | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Szuhorukov Viktor | 1215 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 19 | Tyrrell Kerry Ian | 1203 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Kovacs Peter | 0 | 46 | ||
| 20 | 47 | Majorits Erik | 0 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Gergely Daniel | 1198 | 20 | ||
| 21 | 21 | Kreiter Tibor | 1193 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Meszaros Benedek | 0 | 48 | ||
| 22 | 49 | Meszaros Jazmin | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Csernyik Mark | 1192 | 22 | ||
| 23 | 23 | Majorits Jazmin | 1192 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Mozer Martin | 0 | 50 | ||
| 24 | 51 | Nagy Botond | 0 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Kossela Peter | 1188 | 24 | ||
| 25 | 25 | Becsei Attila | 1187 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 | Pakozdi Artur Ferenc | 0 | 52 | ||
| 26 | 53 | Racz Bendeguz Mate | 0 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Majorits Gyula | 1178 | 26 | ||
| 27 | 27 | Kovesdi Attila | 1158 | 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 | Veres-Pataky Marton | 0 | 54 |
Bodnai-Yip,M
Maroczy Bind
I tried a new opening which sort of worked until I lost the game.
After 20.Kf1(Diagram)
White is playing for some action on the g-file which is the only way to justify the multiple-pawn deficit. The most obvious immediate idea is Rg1.
What do you recommend for Black?
After 20.Kf1
8th HD Bank Cup International Open Chess 2018 – Masters Rd9
Results-Round 9
Two upset losses for Hungary in the last round.
Not a good day.
| Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 22 | IM | Le Tuan Minh | VIE | 2489 | 6½ | ½ – ½ | 6½ | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | IND | 2592 | 10 |
| 2 | 4 | GM | Mareco Sandro | ARG | 2635 | 6½ | 1 – 0 | 6 | GM | Krysa Leandro | ARG | 2548 | 14 |
| 3 | 13 | GM | Pichot Alan | ARG | 2558 | 6 | 1 – 0 | 6 | GM | Gordievsky Dmitry | RUS | 2630 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2736 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5½ | GM | Sivuk Vitaly | UKR | 2526 | 16 |
| 5 | 2 | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2713 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5½ | FM | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2458 | 30 |
| 6 | 62 | IM | Tran Minh Thang | VIE | 2366 | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 5½ | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2630 | 6 |
| 7 | 83 | FM | Zou Chen | CHN | 2291 | 5½ | 0 – 1 | 5½ | GM | Wen Yang | CHN | 2608 | 8 |
| 8 | 9 | GM | Zhao Jun | CHN | 2599 | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 5½ | IM | Xu Yi | CHN | 2499 | 20 |
| 9 | 15 | GM | Lei Tingjie | CHN | 2545 | 5½ | 0 – 1 | 5½ | GM | Tran Tuan Minh | VIE | 2522 | 18 |
| 10 | 37 | IM | Nguyen Anh Khoi | VIE | 2435 | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | GM | Rozum Ivan | RUS | 2582 | 11 |
| 11 | 17 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IND | 2526 | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | Li Yankai | CHN | 2434 | 38 | |
| 12 | 23 | IM | Saduakassova Dinara | KAZ | 2479 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | IM | Llaneza Vega Marcos | ESP | 2430 | 40 |
| 13 | 45 | IM | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | IND | 2412 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Santiago Yago De Moura | BRA | 2473 | 26 |
| 14 | 27 | IM | Karthikeyan P. | IND | 2473 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Bui Vinh | VIE | 2400 | 50 |
| 15 | 29 | IM | Liu Guanchu | CHN | 2460 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | FM | Hoang Canh Huan | VIE | 2402 | 49 |
| 16 | 32 | IM | Nguyen Van Huy | VIE | 2454 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Cao Sang | VIE | 2381 | 56 |
| 17 | 33 | IM | Raja Harshit | IND | 2444 | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | Chen Qi B | CHN | 2359 | 65 | |
| 18 | 101 | Mithil Ajgaonkar | IND | 2222 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Czebe Attila | HUN | 2436 | 36 | |
| 19 | 7 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2617 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | IM | Pham Chuong | VIE | 2393 | 53 |
| 20 | 19 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2520 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | GM | Tu Hoang Thong | VIE | 2414 | 44 |
| 21 | 76 | IM | Kathmale Sameer | IND | 2320 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | IM | Pena Gomez Manuel | ESP | 2478 | 24 |
| 22 | 55 | Sammed Jaykumar Shete | IND | 2382 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | GM | Dao Thien Hai | VIE | 2474 | 25 | |
| 23 | 28 | GM | Nguyen Duc Hoa | VIE | 2463 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | Zhang Ziji | CHN | 2374 | 58 | |
| 24 | 34 | IM | Harsha Bharathakoti | IND | 2443 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | WGM | Kulkarni Bhakti | IND | 2275 | 85 |
| 25 | 39 | IM | Pascua Haridas | PHI | 2431 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | Nguyen Phuoc Tam | VIE | 2169 | 113 | |
| 26 | 110 | IM | Lu Chan Hung | VIE | 2181 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4 | IM | Diu Viacheslav | RUS | 2426 | 41 |
| 27 | 21 | GM | Nguyen Anh Dung | VIE | 2491 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | FM | Anand Nadar | IND | 2262 | 90 |
| 28 | 31 | GM | Laxman R.R. | IND | 2457 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | Dixit Nikhil | IND | 2251 | 94 | |
| 29 | 47 | IM | Akshat Khamparia | IND | 2408 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | Kulkarni Chinmay | IND | 2215 | 102 | |
| 30 | 51 | IM | Rathnakaran K. | IND | 2395 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | FM | Abelgas Roel | PHI | 2273 | 87 |
| 31 | 82 | FM | Nitish Belurkar | IND | 2293 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | IM | Karavade Eesha | IND | 2391 | 54 |
| 32 | 57 | FM | Taher Yoseph Theolifus | INA | 2375 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | IM | Piasetski Leon | CAN | 2258 | 92 |
| 33 | 84 | FM | Lee Jun Hyeok | KOR | 2286 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | IM | Abhishek Kelkar | IND | 2370 | 60 |
| 34 | 86 | WGM | Nguyen Thi Thanh An | VIE | 2274 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | FM | Xu Zhihang | CHN | 2364 | 64 |
| 35 | 91 | WIM | Nandhidhaa Pv | IND | 2261 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | WGM | Gara Ticia | HUN | 2357 | 66 |
| 36 | 93 | Moksh Amit Doshi | IND | 2256 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | WGM | Wang Jue | CHN | 2354 | 69 | |
| 37 | 72 | IM | Nguyen Van Hai | VIE | 2335 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Snehal Bhosale | IND | 2105 | 124 | |
| 38 | 99 | FM | Raja Rithvik R | IND | 2227 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | FM | Setyaki Azarya Jodi | INA | 2331 | 73 |
| 39 | 133 | WFM | Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong | VIE | 2000 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | FM | Dang Hoang Son | VIE | 2317 | 79 |
| 40 | 97 | IM | Sharma Dinesh K. | IND | 2247 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Bogdanovich Stanislav | UKR | 2560 | 12 |
| 41 | 100 | CM | Le Huu Thai | VIE | 2223 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Vogt Lothar | GER | 2402 | 48 |
| 42 | 52 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | IND | 2394 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Manush Shah | IND | 2202 | 105 | |
| 43 | 103 | FM | Alfred Nathan S W | ENG | 2208 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | IM | Pham Le Thao Nguyen | VIE | 2354 | 67 |
| 44 | 68 | WGM | Gu Xiaobing | CHN | 2354 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | CM | Le Minh Hoang | VIE | 2184 | 109 |
| 45 | 117 | WFM | Divya Deshmukh | IND | 2138 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Kunal M. | IND | 2340 | 71 | |
| 46 | 104 | Quizon Daniel | PHI | 2204 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | IND | 2318 | 77 | |
| 47 | 78 | WGM | Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim | UZB | 2318 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | Liu Zhaoqi | CHN | 2133 | 120 | |
| 48 | 35 | IM | Dimakiling Oliver | PHI | 2441 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Pham Xuan Dat | VIE | 2118 | 121 | |
| 49 | 61 | IM | Vo Thanh Ninh | VIE | 2370 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Doan Van Duc | VIE | 2112 | 122 | |
| 50 | 70 | IM | Li Ruofan | CHN | 2351 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | WFM | Jishitha D | IND | 2099 | 126 |
| 51 | 74 | IM | Duong The Anh | VIE | 2327 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Vatsal Singhania | IND | 2090 | 127 | |
| 52 | 115 | Kulkarni Vinayak | IND | 2161 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | Emperado Emmanuel | PHI | 2232 | 98 | ||
| 53 | 123 | Samant Aditya S | IND | 2107 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | WIM | Luong Phuong Hanh | VIE | 2192 | 106 | |
| 54 | 107 | WIM | Sihite Chelsie Monica Ignesias | INA | 2189 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | CM | Nguyen Quoc Hy | VIE | 2039 | 130 |
| 55 | 119 | Bhambure Shantanu | IND | 2135 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 2½ | FM | Andyka Pitra | INA | 2265 | 88 | |
| 56 | 116 | IM | Vasilyev Mikhail | UKR | 2141 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | WGM | Vo Thi Kim Phung | VIE | 2425 | 42 |
| 57 | 131 | WFM | Tran Le Dan Thuy | VIE | 2036 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | WGM | Hoang Thi Bao Tram | VIE | 2410 | 46 |
| 58 | 89 | FM | Yee Soon Wei | BRU | 2263 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | WIM | Pratyusha Bodda | IND | 2164 | 114 |
| 59 | 111 | Nguyen Hoai Nam | VIE | 2177 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | Pham Thi Thu Hien | VIE | 2138 | 118 | ||
| 60 | 125 | Looi Xin Hao | MAS | 2104 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | WCM | Song Yuxin | CHN | 2067 | 129 | |
| 61 | 132 | WIM | Thipsay Bagyashree Sathe | IND | 2000 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2 | CM | Nguyen Hoang Nam | VIE | 2188 | 108 |
| 62 | 75 | WGM | Nguyen Thi Mai Hung | VIE | 2321 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 1½ | FM | Vaingorten Yaaqov | CAN | 2298 | 81 |
| 63 | 96 | WGM | Swati Ghate | IND | 2249 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | CM | Kwon Sehyun | KOR | 2169 | 112 |
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds
GM Mareco Sandro was clear first with 7.5/9
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | n | w | we | w-we | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | 4 | GM | Mareco Sandro | ARG | 2635 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 49,5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7,5 | 6,26 | 1,24 | 10 | 12,4 | ||
| 2 | 10 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | IND | 2592 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5,58 | 1,42 | 10 | 14,2 | ||
| 3 | 13 | GM | Pichot Alan | ARG | 2558 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 49,5 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6,07 | 0,93 | 10 | 9,3 | ||
| 4 | 22 | IM | Le Tuan Minh | VIE | 2489 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 48,5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4,70 | 2,30 | 10 | 23,0 | ||
| 5 | 2 | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2713 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 50,0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6,5 | 7,06 | -0,56 | 10 | -5,6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2736 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 49,5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 6,5 | 7,26 | -0,76 | 10 | -7,6 | ||
| 7 | 18 | GM | Tran Tuan Minh | VIE | 2522 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 46,0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6,5 | 5,73 | 0,77 | 10 | 7,7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | GM | Wen Yang | CHN | 2608 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 45,0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6,5 | 6,94 | -0,44 | 10 | -4,4 | ||
| 9 | 5 | GM | Gordievsky Dmitry | RUS | 2630 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5,63 | 0,37 | 10 | 3,7 | ||
| 10 | 9 | GM | Zhao Jun | CHN | 2599 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 50,5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5,82 | 0,18 | 10 | 1,8 | ||
| 11 | 62 | IM | Tran Minh Thang | VIE | 2366 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 50,0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3,03 | 2,97 | 10 | 29,7 | ||
| 12 | 45 | IM | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | IND | 2412 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 47,5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3,84 | 2,16 | 10 | 21,6 | ||
| 13 | 32 | IM | Nguyen Van Huy | VIE | 2454 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 47,0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5,10 | 0,90 | 10 | 9,0 | ||
| 14 | 14 | GM | Krysa Leandro | ARG | 2548 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 47,0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5,47 | -0,47 | 10 | -4,7 | ||
| 15 | 6 | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2630 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 46,5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7,20 | -1,20 | 10 | -12,0 | ||
| 16 | 38 | Li Yankai | CHN | 2434 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 45,5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4,69 | 1,31 | 10 | 13,1 | |||
| 17 | 23 | IM | Saduakassova Dinara | w | KAZ | 2479 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5,81 | 0,19 | 10 | 1,9 | |
| 18 | 11 | GM | Rozum Ivan | RUS | 2582 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 44,0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6,10 | -0,10 | 10 | -1,0 | ||
| 19 | 101 | Mithil Ajgaonkar | IND | 2222 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 43,0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2,08 | 3,92 | 20 | 78,4 | |||
| 20 | 20 | IM | Xu Yi | CHN | 2499 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 43,0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5,87 | 0,13 | 10 | 1,3 | ||
| 21 | 65 | Chen Qi B | CHN | 2359 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 42,5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4,56 | 1,44 | 20 | 28,8 | |||
| 22 | 29 | IM | Liu Guanchu | CHN | 2460 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6,14 | -0,14 | 10 | -1,4 | ||
| 23 | 39 | IM | Pascua Haridas | PHI | 2431 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 49,5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5,5 | 4,31 | 1,19 | 10 | 11,9 | ||
| 24 | 27 | IM | Karthikeyan P. | IND | 2473 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 49,0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5,5 | 4,71 | 0,79 | 10 | 7,9 | ||
| 25 | 50 | GM | Bui Vinh | VIE | 2400 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 48,5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5,5 | 4,14 | 1,36 | 10 | 13,6 | ||
| 26 | 30 | FM | Erigaisi Arjun | U16 | IND | 2458 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 48,5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5,5 | 4,36 | 1,14 | 10 | 11,4 | |
| 83 | FM | Zou Chen | CHN | 2291 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 48,5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5,5 | 1,92 | 3,58 | 20 | 71,6 | |||
| 28 | 7 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2617 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 46,5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5,5 | 6,91 | -1,41 | 10 | -14,1 | ||
| 29 | 16 | GM | Sivuk Vitaly | UKR | 2526 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5,5 | 5,78 | -0,28 | 10 | -2,8 | ||
| 30 | 15 | GM | Lei Tingjie | w | CHN | 2545 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5,5 | 6,35 | -0,85 | 10 | -8,5 | |
| 31 | 24 | IM | Pena Gomez Manuel | ESP | 2478 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 44,0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5,5 | 5,85 | -0,35 | 10 | -3,5 | ||
| 32 | 44 | GM | Tu Hoang Thong | VIE | 2414 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 43,0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5,5 | 4,73 | 0,77 | 10 | 7,7 | ||
| 33 | 25 | GM | Dao Thien Hai | VIE | 2474 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 42,0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5,5 | 6,12 | -0,62 | 10 | -6,2 | ||
| 34 | 85 | WGM | Kulkarni Bhakti | w | IND | 2275 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5,5 | 3,41 | 2,09 | 20 | 41,8 | |
| 35 | 26 | GM | Santiago Yago De Moura | BRA | 2473 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 48,5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4,71 | 0,29 | 10 | 2,9 | ||
| 36 | 37 | IM | Nguyen Anh Khoi | U16 | VIE | 2435 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 46,0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4,14 | 0,86 | 10 | 8,6 | |
| 37 | 17 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IND | 2526 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 46,0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6,65 | -1,65 | 10 | -16,5 | ||
| 38 | 110 | IM | Lu Chan Hung | VIE | 2181 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 45,5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1,27 | 2,73 | 20 | 54,6 | ||
| 39 | 40 | IM | Llaneza Vega Marcos | ESP | 2430 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5,78 | -0,78 | 10 | -7,8 | ||
| 40 | 72 | IM | Nguyen Van Hai | VIE | 2335 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3,71 | 1,29 | 20 | 25,8 | ||
| 41 | 28 | GM | Nguyen Duc Hoa | VIE | 2463 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 44,0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5,15 | -1,15 | 10 | -11,5 | ||
| 42 | 49 | FM | Hoang Canh Huan | VIE | 2402 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 43,5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4,39 | 0,61 | 10 | 6,1 | ||
| 43 | 91 | WIM | Nandhidhaa Pv | w | IND | 2261 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 42,5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3,40 | 1,60 | 20 | 32,0 | |
| 44 | 56 | GM | Cao Sang | VIE | 2381 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 41,5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4,87 | 0,13 | 10 | 1,3 | ||
| 45 | 94 | Dixit Nikhil | IND | 2251 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 41,5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3,30 | 1,70 | 20 | 34,0 | |||
| 46 | 36 | GM | Czebe Attila | HUN | 2436 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 41,5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6,34 | -1,34 | 10 | -13,4 | ||
| 47 | 69 | WGM | Wang Jue | w | CHN | 2354 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 41,0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3,94 | 1,06 | 10 | 10,6 | |
| 48 | 57 | FM | Taher Yoseph Theolifus | INA | 2375 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4,98 | 0,02 | 20 | 0,4 | ||
| 49 | 33 | IM | Raja Harshit | IND | 2444 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6,08 | -1,08 | 10 | -10,8 | ||
| 50 | 82 | FM | Nitish Belurkar | IND | 2293 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4,52 | 0,48 | 20 | 9,6 | ||
| 51 | 58 | Zhang Ziji | CHN | 2374 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 37,0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5,70 | -0,70 | 20 | -14,0 | |||
| 52 | 51 | IM | Rathnakaran K. | IND | 2395 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 32,5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6,82 | -1,82 | 10 | -18,2 | ||
| 53 | 34 | IM | Harsha Bharathakoti | IND | 2443 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 47,0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4,5 | 4,60 | -0,10 | 10 | -1,0 | ||
| 54 | 90 | FM | Anand Nadar | IND | 2262 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 45,0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4,5 | 2,93 | 1,57 | 40 | 62,8 | ||
| 55 | 19 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2520 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4,5 | 6,59 | -2,09 | 10 | -20,9 | ||
| 56 | 53 | IM | Pham Chuong | VIE | 2393 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4,5 | 4,30 | 0,20 | 20 | 4,0 | ||
| 57 | 73 | FM | Setyaki Azarya Jodi | INA | 2331 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 43,5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4,5 | 4,04 | 0,46 | 20 | 9,2 | ||
| 58 | 41 | IM | Diu Viacheslav | RUS | 2426 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 43,5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4,5 | 5,44 | -0,94 | 10 | -9,4 | ||
| 59 | 79 | FM | Dang Hoang Son | VIE | 2317 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 43,0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4,5 | 4,20 | 0,30 | 20 | 6,0 | ||
| 60 | 47 | IM | Akshat Khamparia | IND | 2408 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 42,5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4,5 | 5,73 | -1,23 | 10 | -12,3 | ||
| 61 | 52 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | IND | 2394 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 41,5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4,5 | 5,45 | -0,95 | 10 | -9,5 | ||
| 62 | 64 | FM | Xu Zhihang | CHN | 2364 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 41,0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4,5 | 5,51 | -1,01 | 20 | -20,2 | ||
| 63 | 100 | CM | Le Huu Thai | VIE | 2223 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 41,0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4,5 | 3,14 | 1,36 | 20 | 27,2 | ||
| 64 | 60 | IM | Abhishek Kelkar | IND | 2370 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 41,0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4,5 | 5,08 | -0,58 | 10 | -5,8 | ||
| 65 | 77 | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | w | IND | 2318 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4,5 | 4,14 | 0,36 | 10 | 3,6 | |
| 66 | 55 | Sammed Jaykumar Shete | IND | 2382 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4,5 | 4,87 | -0,37 | 20 | -7,4 | |||
| 67 | 99 | FM | Raja Rithvik R | U16 | IND | 2227 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4,5 | 2,97 | 1,53 | 20 | 30,6 | |
| 68 | 102 | Kulkarni Chinmay | IND | 2215 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4,5 | 3,33 | 1,17 | 20 | 23,4 | |||
| 69 | 76 | IM | Kathmale Sameer | IND | 2320 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4,5 | 3,52 | 0,98 | 20 | 19,6 | ||
| 70 | 103 | FM | Alfred Nathan S W | ENG | 2208 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 37,0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4,5 | 3,08 | 1,42 | 20 | 28,4 | ||
| 71 | 113 | Nguyen Phuoc Tam | VIE | 2169 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 36,5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4,5 | 2,45 | 2,05 | 20 | 41,0 | |||
| 72 | 21 | GM | Nguyen Anh Dung | VIE | 2491 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 36,5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4,5 | 6,76 | -2,26 | 10 | -22,6 | ||
| 73 | 133 | WFM | Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong | U16 | w | VIE | 2000 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 35,5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4,5 | 1,30 | 3,20 | 40 | 128,0 |
| 74 | 86 | WGM | Nguyen Thi Thanh An | w | VIE | 2274 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 34,5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4,5 | 5,13 | -0,63 | 20 | -12,6 | |
| 75 | 84 | FM | Lee Jun Hyeok | KOR | 2286 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 34,0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4,5 | 5,37 | -0,87 | 20 | -17,4 | ||
| 76 | 117 | WFM | Divya Deshmukh | U16 | w | IND | 2138 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 33,5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4,5 | 2,21 | 2,29 | 40 | 91,6 |
| 77 | 109 | CM | Le Minh Hoang | VIE | 2184 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 32,5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4,5 | 3,44 | 1,06 | 40 | 42,4 | ||
| 78 | 97 | IM | Sharma Dinesh K. | IND | 2247 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 45,0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2,60 | 1,40 | 10 | 14,0 | ||
| 79 | 54 | IM | Karavade Eesha | w | IND | 2391 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 43,0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5,23 | -1,23 | 10 | -12,3 | |
| 80 | 12 | GM | Bogdanovich Stanislav | UKR | 2560 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 42,5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6,43 | -2,43 | 10 | -24,3 | ||
| 81 | 87 | FM | Abelgas Roel | PHI | 2273 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 41,0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3,97 | 0,03 | 20 | 0,6 | ||
| 82 | 124 | Snehal Bhosale | IND | 2105 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 41,0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2,18 | 1,82 | 20 | 36,4 | |||
| 83 | 61 | IM | Vo Thanh Ninh | VIE | 2370 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5,04 | -1,04 | 10 | -10,4 | ||
| 84 | 66 | WGM | Gara Ticia | w | HUN | 2357 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5,30 | -1,30 | 20 | -26,0 | |
| 85 | 3 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | IND | 2649 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6,83 | -2,83 | 10 | -28,3 | ||
| 86 | 31 | GM | Laxman R.R. | IND | 2457 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5,56 | -1,56 | 10 | -15,6 | ||
| 87 | 92 | IM | Piasetski Leon | S60 | CAN | 2258 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2,87 | 1,13 | 10 | 11,3 | |
| 88 | 78 | WGM | Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim | w | UZB | 2318 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3,88 | 0,12 | 20 | 2,4 | |
| 89 | 93 | Moksh Amit Doshi | U16 | IND | 2256 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3,14 | 0,86 | 20 | 17,2 | ||
| 90 | 120 | Liu Zhaoqi | CHN | 2133 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2,32 | 1,68 | 20 | 33,6 | |||
| 91 | 35 | IM | Dimakiling Oliver | PHI | 2441 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6,91 | -2,91 | 10 | -29,1 | ||
| 92 | 74 | IM | Duong The Anh | VIE | 2327 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 36,5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5,14 | -1,14 | 10 | -11,4 | ||
| 93 | 107 | WIM | Sihite Chelsie Monica Ignesias | w | INA | 2189 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 35,5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2,99 | 1,01 | 20 | 20,2 | |
| 94 | 123 | Samant Aditya S | U16 | IND | 2107 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 34,0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2,50 | 1,50 | 40 | 60,0 | ||
| 95 | 70 | IM | Li Ruofan | w | CHN | 2351 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 31,5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6,30 | -2,30 | 10 | -23,0 |
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The Pirc Defence-Marin has an update available
3.Nd3 was missed in the book. Some material was added on 4.Be3 also.

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8th HD Bank Cup International Open Chess 2018 – Masters Rd8
Results-Round 8
Two wins for Hungary today
| Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 4 | GM | Mareco Sandro | ARG | 2635 | 6 | ½ – ½ | 6 | IM | Le Tuan Minh | VIE | 2489 | 22 |
| 2 | 10 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | IND | 2592 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5½ | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2736 | 1 |
| 3 | 5 | GM | Gordievsky Dmitry | RUS | 2630 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5½ | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2713 | 2 |
| 4 | 6 | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2630 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | FM | Zou Chen | CHN | 2291 | 83 |
| 5 | 62 | IM | Tran Minh Thang | VIE | 2366 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Zhao Jun | CHN | 2599 | 9 |
| 6 | 26 | GM | Santiago Yago De Moura | BRA | 2473 | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | GM | Pichot Alan | ARG | 2558 | 13 |
| 7 | 14 | GM | Krysa Leandro | ARG | 2548 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IND | 2526 | 17 |
| 8 | 30 | FM | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2458 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Lei Tingjie | CHN | 2545 | 15 |
| 9 | 8 | GM | Wen Yang | CHN | 2608 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 5 | IM | Nguyen Anh Khoi | VIE | 2435 | 37 |
| 10 | 11 | GM | Rozum Ivan | RUS | 2582 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | IM | Raja Harshit | IND | 2444 | 33 |
| 11 | 16 | GM | Sivuk Vitaly | UKR | 2526 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | IM | Harsha Bharathakoti | IND | 2443 | 34 |
| 12 | 18 | GM | Tran Tuan Minh | VIE | 2522 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | IM | Pascua Haridas | PHI | 2431 | 39 |
| 13 | 20 | IM | Xu Yi | CHN | 2499 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | IM | Pham Chuong | VIE | 2393 | 53 |
| 14 | 49 | FM | Hoang Canh Huan | VIE | 2402 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | IM | Karthikeyan P. | IND | 2473 | 27 |
| 15 | 65 | Chen Qi B | CHN | 2359 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | IM | Nguyen Van Huy | VIE | 2454 | 32 | |
| 16 | 56 | GM | Cao Sang | VIE | 2381 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | IND | 2649 | 3 |
| 17 | 58 | Zhang Ziji | CHN | 2374 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2617 | 7 | |
| 18 | 64 | FM | Xu Zhihang | CHN | 2364 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | IM | Saduakassova Dinara | KAZ | 2479 | 23 |
| 19 | 24 | IM | Pena Gomez Manuel | ESP | 2478 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | Sammed Jaykumar Shete | IND | 2382 | 55 | |
| 20 | 85 | WGM | Kulkarni Bhakti | IND | 2275 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Dao Thien Hai | VIE | 2474 | 25 |
| 21 | 66 | WGM | Gara Ticia | HUN | 2357 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | IM | Liu Guanchu | CHN | 2460 | 29 |
| 22 | 36 | GM | Czebe Attila | HUN | 2436 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | FM | Taher Yoseph Theolifus | INA | 2375 | 57 |
| 23 | 94 | Dixit Nikhil | IND | 2251 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | Li Yankai | CHN | 2434 | 38 | ||
| 24 | 40 | IM | Llaneza Vega Marcos | ESP | 2430 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Moksh Amit Doshi | IND | 2256 | 93 | |
| 25 | 90 | FM | Anand Nadar | IND | 2262 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | IM | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | IND | 2412 | 45 |
| 26 | 50 | GM | Bui Vinh | VIE | 2400 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | WIM | Nandhidhaa Pv | IND | 2261 | 91 |
| 27 | 54 | IM | Karavade Eesha | IND | 2391 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | Mithil Ajgaonkar | IND | 2222 | 101 | |
| 28 | 12 | GM | Bogdanovich Stanislav | UKR | 2560 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | IM | Kathmale Sameer | IND | 2320 | 76 |
| 29 | 71 | Kunal M. | IND | 2340 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2520 | 19 | |
| 30 | 73 | FM | Setyaki Azarya Jodi | INA | 2331 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Nguyen Anh Dung | VIE | 2491 | 21 |
| 31 | 77 | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | IND | 2318 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | GM | Nguyen Duc Hoa | VIE | 2463 | 28 |
| 32 | 79 | FM | Dang Hoang Son | VIE | 2317 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Laxman R.R. | IND | 2457 | 31 |
| 33 | 41 | IM | Diu Viacheslav | RUS | 2426 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | IM | Nguyen Van Hai | VIE | 2335 | 72 |
| 34 | 44 | GM | Tu Hoang Thong | VIE | 2414 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | WGM | Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim | UZB | 2318 | 78 |
| 35 | 92 | IM | Piasetski Leon | CAN | 2258 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | IM | Akshat Khamparia | IND | 2408 | 47 |
| 36 | 60 | IM | Abhishek Kelkar | IND | 2370 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | FM | Nitish Belurkar | IND | 2293 | 82 |
| 37 | 67 | IM | Pham Le Thao Nguyen | VIE | 2354 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | IM | Lu Chan Hung | VIE | 2181 | 110 |
| 38 | 69 | WGM | Wang Jue | CHN | 2354 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | FM | Raja Rithvik R | IND | 2227 | 99 |
| 39 | 113 | Nguyen Phuoc Tam | VIE | 2169 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Dimakiling Oliver | PHI | 2441 | 35 | |
| 40 | 48 | GM | Vogt Lothar | GER | 2402 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | FM | Alfred Nathan S W | ENG | 2208 | 103 |
| 41 | 98 | Emperado Emmanuel | PHI | 2232 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | IM | Rathnakaran K. | IND | 2395 | 51 | |
| 42 | 52 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | IND | 2394 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | Quizon Daniel | PHI | 2204 | 104 | |
| 43 | 102 | Kulkarni Chinmay | IND | 2215 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Vo Thanh Ninh | VIE | 2370 | 61 | |
| 44 | 105 | Manush Shah | IND | 2202 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | WGM | Gu Xiaobing | CHN | 2354 | 68 | |
| 45 | 124 | Snehal Bhosale | IND | 2105 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Duong The Anh | VIE | 2327 | 74 | |
| 46 | 130 | CM | Nguyen Quoc Hy | VIE | 2039 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | FM | Lee Jun Hyeok | KOR | 2286 | 84 |
| 47 | 126 | WFM | Jishitha D | IND | 2099 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | WGM | Nguyen Thi Thanh An | VIE | 2274 | 86 |
| 48 | 87 | FM | Abelgas Roel | PHI | 2273 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Bhambure Shantanu | IND | 2135 | 119 | |
| 49 | 120 | Liu Zhaoqi | CHN | 2133 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | IM | Sharma Dinesh K. | IND | 2247 | 97 | |
| 50 | 42 | WGM | Vo Thi Kim Phung | VIE | 2425 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 3 | WFM | Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong | VIE | 2000 | 133 |
| 51 | 46 | WGM | Hoang Thi Bao Tram | VIE | 2410 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | WFM | Divya Deshmukh | IND | 2138 | 117 |
| 52 | 121 | Pham Xuan Dat | VIE | 2118 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | IM | Li Ruofan | CHN | 2351 | 70 | |
| 53 | 100 | CM | Le Huu Thai | VIE | 2223 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | Looi Xin Hao | MAS | 2104 | 125 | |
| 54 | 122 | Doan Van Duc | VIE | 2112 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | WIM | Sihite Chelsie Monica Ignesias | INA | 2189 | 107 | |
| 55 | 109 | CM | Le Minh Hoang | VIE | 2184 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | WIM | Thipsay Bagyashree Sathe | IND | 2000 | 132 |
| 56 | 127 | Vatsal Singhania | IND | 2090 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Kulkarni Vinayak | IND | 2161 | 115 | ||
| 57 | 106 | WIM | Luong Phuong Hanh | VIE | 2192 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2½ | WFM | Tran Le Dan Thuy | VIE | 2036 | 131 |
| 58 | 114 | WIM | Pratyusha Bodda | IND | 2164 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | FM | Andyka Pitra | INA | 2265 | 88 |
| 59 | 108 | CM | Nguyen Hoang Nam | VIE | 2188 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Samant Aditya S | IND | 2107 | 123 | |
| 60 | 129 | WCM | Song Yuxin | CHN | 2067 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | IM | Vasilyev Mikhail | UKR | 2141 | 116 |
| 61 | 118 | Pham Thi Thu Hien | VIE | 2138 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 1½ | WGM | Nguyen Thi Mai Hung | VIE | 2321 | 75 | |
| 62 | 89 | FM | Yee Soon Wei | BRU | 2263 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | Priyanka K | IND | 2087 | 128 | |
| 63 | 112 | CM | Kwon Sehyun | KOR | 2169 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | Nguyen Hoai Nam | VIE | 2177 | 111 | |
| 64 | 81 | FM | Vaingorten Yaaqov | CAN | 2298 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1 | WGM | Swati Ghate | IND | 2249 | 96 |
Rank after Round 8
Three players share the lead with 6.5/8
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | n | w | we | w-we | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | 10 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | IND | 2592 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 41,5 | 6 | 8 | 6,5 | 4,94 | 1,56 | 10 | 15,6 | ||
| 2 | 4 | GM | Mareco Sandro | ARG | 2635 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 5 | 8 | 6,5 | 5,64 | 0,86 | 10 | 8,6 | ||
| 3 | 22 | IM | Le Tuan Minh | VIE | 2489 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 5 | 8 | 6,5 | 4,34 | 2,16 | 10 | 21,6 | ||
| 4 | 13 | GM | Pichot Alan | ARG | 2558 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5,67 | 0,33 | 10 | 3,3 | ||
| 5 | 5 | GM | Gordievsky Dmitry | RUS | 2630 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5,03 | 0,97 | 10 | 9,7 | ||
| 6 | 14 | GM | Krysa Leandro | ARG | 2548 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 36,5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5,09 | -0,09 | 10 | -0,9 |
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8th HDBank Cup International Open Chess 2018 – Masters Rd6
Results-Round 6
Two draws for Hungary this round.
| Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 22 | IM | Le Tuan Minh | VIE | 2489 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Gordievsky Dmitry | RUS | 2630 | 5 |
| 2 | 4 | GM | Mareco Sandro | ARG | 2635 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4½ | GM | Zhao Jun | CHN | 2599 | 9 |
| 3 | 30 | FM | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2458 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2736 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2713 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | IM | Harsha Bharathakoti | IND | 2443 | 34 |
| 5 | 10 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | IND | 2592 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | IM | Nguyen Anh Khoi | VIE | 2435 | 37 |
| 6 | 6 | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2630 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | IM | Nguyen Van Huy | VIE | 2454 | 32 |
| 7 | 8 | GM | Wen Yang | CHN | 2608 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | IM | Pascua Haridas | PHI | 2431 | 39 |
| 8 | 28 | GM | Nguyen Duc Hoa | VIE | 2463 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | GM | Rozum Ivan | RUS | 2582 | 11 |
| 9 | 50 | GM | Bui Vinh | VIE | 2400 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Pichot Alan | ARG | 2558 | 13 |
| 10 | 14 | GM | Krysa Leandro | ARG | 2548 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | FM | Zou Chen | CHN | 2291 | 83 |
| 11 | 62 | IM | Tran Minh Thang | VIE | 2366 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IND | 2526 | 17 |
| 12 | 101 | Mithil Ajgaonkar | IND | 2222 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | IM | Saduakassova Dinara | KAZ | 2479 | 23 | |
| 13 | 110 | IM | Lu Chan Hung | VIE | 2181 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | IM | Karthikeyan P. | IND | 2473 | 27 |
| 14 | 44 | GM | Tu Hoang Thong | VIE | 2414 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | IND | 2649 | 3 |
| 15 | 45 | IM | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | IND | 2412 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2617 | 7 |
| 16 | 12 | GM | Bogdanovich Stanislav | UKR | 2560 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | IM | Pham Chuong | VIE | 2393 | 53 |
| 17 | 55 | Sammed Jaykumar Shete | IND | 2382 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Lei Tingjie | CHN | 2545 | 15 | |
| 18 | 16 | GM | Sivuk Vitaly | UKR | 2526 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | FM | Taher Yoseph Theolifus | INA | 2375 | 57 |
| 19 | 18 | GM | Tran Tuan Minh | VIE | 2522 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Nguyen Van Hai | VIE | 2335 | 72 |
| 20 | 20 | IM | Xu Yi | CHN | 2499 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Vo Thanh Ninh | VIE | 2370 | 61 |
| 21 | 24 | IM | Pena Gomez Manuel | ESP | 2478 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | Chen Qi B | CHN | 2359 | 65 | |
| 22 | 64 | FM | Xu Zhihang | CHN | 2364 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Dao Thien Hai | VIE | 2474 | 25 |
| 23 | 69 | WGM | Wang Jue | CHN | 2354 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Santiago Yago De Moura | BRA | 2473 | 26 |
| 24 | 73 | FM | Setyaki Azarya Jodi | INA | 2331 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | IM | Liu Guanchu | CHN | 2460 | 29 |
| 25 | 78 | WGM | Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim | UZB | 2318 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | IM | Raja Harshit | IND | 2444 | 33 |
| 26 | 36 | GM | Czebe Attila | HUN | 2436 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | WIM | Nandhidhaa Pv | IND | 2261 | 91 |
| 27 | 90 | FM | Anand Nadar | IND | 2262 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | Li Yankai | CHN | 2434 | 38 | |
| 28 | 40 | IM | Llaneza Vega Marcos | ESP | 2430 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Sharma Dinesh K. | IND | 2247 | 97 |
| 29 | 60 | IM | Abhishek Kelkar | IND | 2370 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2520 | 19 |
| 30 | 66 | WGM | Gara Ticia | HUN | 2357 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Nguyen Anh Dung | VIE | 2491 | 21 |
| 31 | 79 | FM | Dang Hoang Son | VIE | 2317 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | IM | Dimakiling Oliver | PHI | 2441 | 35 |
| 32 | 41 | IM | Diu Viacheslav | RUS | 2426 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | WGM | Kulkarni Bhakti | IND | 2275 | 85 |
| 33 | 48 | GM | Vogt Lothar | GER | 2402 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | Moksh Amit Doshi | IND | 2256 | 93 | |
| 34 | 49 | FM | Hoang Canh Huan | VIE | 2402 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | FM | Raja Rithvik R | IND | 2227 | 99 |
| 35 | 52 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | IND | 2394 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | FM | Alfred Nathan S W | ENG | 2208 | 103 |
| 36 | 54 | IM | Karavade Eesha | IND | 2391 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | WIM | Sihite Chelsie Monica Ignesias | INA | 2189 | 107 |
| 37 | 56 | GM | Cao Sang | VIE | 2381 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | CM | Nguyen Quoc Hy | VIE | 2039 | 130 |
| 38 | 92 | IM | Piasetski Leon | CAN | 2258 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2 | GM | Laxman R.R. | IND | 2457 | 31 |
| 39 | 42 | WGM | Vo Thi Kim Phung | VIE | 2425 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | Quizon Daniel | PHI | 2204 | 104 | |
| 40 | 100 | CM | Le Huu Thai | VIE | 2223 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | IM | Akshat Khamparia | IND | 2408 | 47 |
| 41 | 58 | Zhang Ziji | CHN | 2374 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | CM | Le Minh Hoang | VIE | 2184 | 109 | |
| 42 | 67 | IM | Pham Le Thao Nguyen | VIE | 2354 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | Nguyen Phuoc Tam | VIE | 2169 | 113 | |
| 43 | 102 | Kulkarni Chinmay | IND | 2215 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | WGM | Gu Xiaobing | CHN | 2354 | 68 | |
| 44 | 71 | Kunal M. | IND | 2340 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | Manush Shah | IND | 2202 | 105 | ||
| 45 | 106 | WIM | Luong Phuong Hanh | VIE | 2192 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | IM | Duong The Anh | VIE | 2327 | 74 |
| 46 | 114 | WIM | Pratyusha Bodda | IND | 2164 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | IM | Kathmale Sameer | IND | 2320 | 76 |
| 47 | 77 | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | IND | 2318 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | WFM | Divya Deshmukh | IND | 2138 | 117 |
| 48 | 118 | Pham Thi Thu Hien | VIE | 2138 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | FM | Nitish Belurkar | IND | 2293 | 82 | |
| 49 | 120 | Liu Zhaoqi | CHN | 2133 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | FM | Lee Jun Hyeok | KOR | 2286 | 84 | |
| 50 | 87 | FM | Abelgas Roel | PHI | 2273 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | WFM | Tran Le Dan Thuy | VIE | 2036 | 131 |
| 51 | 94 | Dixit Nikhil | IND | 2251 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Bhambure Shantanu | IND | 2135 | 119 | ||
| 52 | 122 | Doan Van Duc | VIE | 2112 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | Emperado Emmanuel | PHI | 2232 | 98 | ||
| 53 | 124 | Snehal Bhosale | IND | 2105 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 1½ | IM | Rathnakaran K. | IND | 2395 | 51 | |
| 54 | 46 | WGM | Hoang Thi Bao Tram | VIE | 2410 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | Looi Xin Hao | MAS | 2104 | 125 | |
| 55 | 115 | Kulkarni Vinayak | IND | 2161 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | IM | Li Ruofan | CHN | 2351 | 70 | |
| 56 | 75 | WGM | Nguyen Thi Mai Hung | VIE | 2321 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | WFM | Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong | VIE | 2000 | 133 |
| 57 | 112 | CM | Kwon Sehyun | KOR | 2169 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | WGM | Nguyen Thi Thanh An | VIE | 2274 | 86 |
| 58 | 108 | CM | Nguyen Hoang Nam | VIE | 2188 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | Pham Xuan Dat | VIE | 2118 | 121 | |
| 59 | 126 | WFM | Jishitha D | IND | 2099 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | Nguyen Hoai Nam | VIE | 2177 | 111 | |
| 60 | 123 | Samant Aditya S | IND | 2107 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | FM | Andyka Pitra | INA | 2265 | 88 | |
| 61 | 127 | Vatsal Singhania | IND | 2090 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1 | IM | Vasilyev Mikhail | UKR | 2141 | 116 | |
| 62 | 132 | WIM | Thipsay Bagyashree Sathe | IND | 2000 | 1 | ½ – ½ | ½ | FM | Yee Soon Wei | BRU | 2263 | 89 |
| 63 | 81 | FM | Vaingorten Yaaqov | CAN | 2298 | ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ | Priyanka K | IND | 2087 | 128 | |
| 64 | 129 | WCM | Song Yuxin | CHN | 2067 | ½ | 1 – 0 | ½ | WGM | Swati Ghate | IND | 2249 | 96 |
BTCh Monday League 6-Board 2018 Rd10
MTK 4 UKSE 2
I played not so great on board 1 and managed to scrape together an unconvincing win
There were a couple of stoppages during the game. The first was to wind up my opponent’s clock and the second due to a brief power failure.
Yip-Tornai
Reti vs Dutch Defence
I played the opening rather horribly which has been happening to me rather often lately. The position became complicated and my opponent lost thread of the game and started to drift. Eventually my pieces got themselves organised for an attack which eventually prevailed.
After 23..g4(Diagram)
The position is sharp and promising for White who has more than one good move to choose from.
White do you recommend for White?
After 23..g4
My teammates were fashionable late, arriving after I turned off my phone so here are some of the UKSE players
8th HD Bank Cup International Open Chess 2018 – Masters Rd5
Results-Round 5
Two draws for Czebe and Gara,T
| Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 5 | GM | Gordievsky Dmitry | RUS | 2630 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | IND | 2592 | 10 |
| 2 | 9 | GM | Zhao Jun | CHN | 2599 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2713 | 2 |
| 3 | 83 | FM | Zou Chen | CHN | 2291 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | IM | Le Tuan Minh | VIE | 2489 | 22 |
| 4 | 1 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2736 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Pena Gomez Manuel | ESP | 2478 | 24 |
| 5 | 26 | GM | Santiago Yago De Moura | BRA | 2473 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Mareco Sandro | ARG | 2635 | 4 |
| 6 | 27 | IM | Karthikeyan P. | IND | 2473 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2630 | 6 |
| 7 | 7 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2617 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | FM | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2458 | 30 |
| 8 | 32 | IM | Nguyen Van Huy | VIE | 2454 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Wen Yang | CHN | 2608 | 8 |
| 9 | 34 | IM | Harsha Bharathakoti | IND | 2443 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Bogdanovich Stanislav | UKR | 2560 | 12 |
| 10 | 13 | GM | Pichot Alan | ARG | 2558 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | IM | Lu Chan Hung | VIE | 2181 | 110 |
| 11 | 14 | GM | Krysa Leandro | ARG | 2548 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | IM | Tran Minh Thang | VIE | 2366 | 62 |
| 12 | 37 | IM | Nguyen Anh Khoi | VIE | 2435 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Tran Tuan Minh | VIE | 2522 | 18 |
| 13 | 11 | GM | Rozum Ivan | RUS | 2582 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | IM | Diu Viacheslav | RUS | 2426 | 41 |
| 14 | 15 | GM | Lei Tingjie | CHN | 2545 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Tu Hoang Thong | VIE | 2414 | 44 |
| 15 | 53 | IM | Pham Chuong | VIE | 2393 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Sivuk Vitaly | UKR | 2526 | 16 |
| 16 | 17 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IND | 2526 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | FM | Hoang Canh Huan | VIE | 2402 | 49 |
| 17 | 19 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2520 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | GM | Bui Vinh | VIE | 2400 | 50 |
| 18 | 72 | IM | Nguyen Van Hai | VIE | 2335 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | IM | Xu Yi | CHN | 2499 | 20 |
| 19 | 23 | IM | Saduakassova Dinara | KAZ | 2479 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | IND | 2394 | 52 |
| 20 | 25 | GM | Dao Thien Hai | VIE | 2474 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | WGM | Wang Jue | CHN | 2354 | 69 |
| 21 | 28 | GM | Nguyen Duc Hoa | VIE | 2463 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | GM | Cao Sang | VIE | 2381 | 56 |
| 22 | 55 | Sammed Jaykumar Shete | IND | 2382 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Czebe Attila | HUN | 2436 | 36 | |
| 23 | 38 | Li Yankai | CHN | 2434 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | FM | Setyaki Azarya Jodi | INA | 2331 | 73 | |
| 24 | 39 | IM | Pascua Haridas | PHI | 2431 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | FM | Dang Hoang Son | VIE | 2317 | 79 |
| 25 | 101 | Mithil Ajgaonkar | IND | 2222 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | IM | Llaneza Vega Marcos | ESP | 2430 | 40 | |
| 26 | 76 | IM | Kathmale Sameer | IND | 2320 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | IND | 2649 | 3 |
| 27 | 29 | IM | Liu Guanchu | CHN | 2460 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | IM | Pham Le Thao Nguyen | VIE | 2354 | 67 |
| 28 | 78 | WGM | Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim | UZB | 2318 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | GM | Laxman R.R. | IND | 2457 | 31 |
| 29 | 33 | IM | Raja Harshit | IND | 2444 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Kunal M. | IND | 2340 | 71 | |
| 30 | 35 | IM | Dimakiling Oliver | PHI | 2441 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | WGM | Kulkarni Bhakti | IND | 2275 | 85 |
| 31 | 91 | WIM | Nandhidhaa Pv | IND | 2261 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | WGM | Vo Thi Kim Phung | VIE | 2425 | 42 |
| 32 | 45 | IM | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | IND | 2412 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | FM | Abelgas Roel | PHI | 2273 | 87 |
| 33 | 47 | IM | Akshat Khamparia | IND | 2408 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | FM | Anand Nadar | IND | 2262 | 90 |
| 34 | 48 | GM | Vogt Lothar | GER | 2402 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | IM | Piasetski Leon | CAN | 2258 | 92 |
| 35 | 93 | Moksh Amit Doshi | IND | 2256 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | IM | Karavade Eesha | IND | 2391 | 54 | |
| 36 | 57 | FM | Taher Yoseph Theolifus | INA | 2375 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Dixit Nikhil | IND | 2251 | 94 | |
| 37 | 97 | IM | Sharma Dinesh K. | IND | 2247 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Zhang Ziji | CHN | 2374 | 58 | |
| 38 | 99 | FM | Raja Rithvik R | IND | 2227 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | IM | Abhishek Kelkar | IND | 2370 | 60 |
| 39 | 61 | IM | Vo Thanh Ninh | VIE | 2370 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | WIM | Luong Phuong Hanh | VIE | 2192 | 106 |
| 40 | 104 | Quizon Daniel | PHI | 2204 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | FM | Xu Zhihang | CHN | 2364 | 64 | |
| 41 | 65 | Chen Qi B | CHN | 2359 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | WIM | Pratyusha Bodda | IND | 2164 | 114 | |
| 42 | 107 | WIM | Sihite Chelsie Monica Ignesias | INA | 2189 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | WGM | Gara Ticia | HUN | 2357 | 66 |
| 43 | 21 | GM | Nguyen Anh Dung | VIE | 2491 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | CM | Nguyen Hoang Nam | VIE | 2188 | 108 |
| 44 | 74 | IM | Duong The Anh | VIE | 2327 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | Liu Zhaoqi | CHN | 2133 | 120 | |
| 45 | 109 | CM | Le Minh Hoang | VIE | 2184 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | IND | 2318 | 77 |
| 46 | 82 | FM | Nitish Belurkar | IND | 2293 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | Doan Van Duc | VIE | 2112 | 122 | |
| 47 | 84 | FM | Lee Jun Hyeok | KOR | 2286 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | Snehal Bhosale | IND | 2105 | 124 | |
| 48 | 86 | WGM | Nguyen Thi Thanh An | VIE | 2274 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | CM | Nguyen Quoc Hy | VIE | 2039 | 130 |
| 49 | 117 | WFM | Divya Deshmukh | IND | 2138 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | CM | Le Huu Thai | VIE | 2223 | 100 |
| 50 | 119 | Bhambure Shantanu | IND | 2135 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | Kulkarni Chinmay | IND | 2215 | 102 | ||
| 51 | 103 | FM | Alfred Nathan S W | ENG | 2208 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | WFM | Jishitha D | IND | 2099 | 126 |
| 52 | 121 | Pham Xuan Dat | VIE | 2118 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1 | WGM | Hoang Thi Bao Tram | VIE | 2410 | 46 | |
| 53 | 51 | IM | Rathnakaran K. | IND | 2395 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1 | Kulkarni Vinayak | IND | 2161 | 115 | |
| 54 | 68 | WGM | Gu Xiaobing | CHN | 2354 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | IM | Vasilyev Mikhail | UKR | 2141 | 116 |
| 55 | 125 | Looi Xin Hao | MAS | 2104 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1 | WGM | Nguyen Thi Mai Hung | VIE | 2321 | 75 | |
| 56 | 88 | FM | Andyka Pitra | INA | 2265 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Pham Thi Thu Hien | VIE | 2138 | 118 | |
| 57 | 98 | Emperado Emmanuel | PHI | 2232 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Samant Aditya S | IND | 2107 | 123 | ||
| 58 | 105 | Manush Shah | IND | 2202 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Vatsal Singhania | IND | 2090 | 127 | ||
| 59 | 113 | Nguyen Phuoc Tam | VIE | 2169 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | WIM | Thipsay Bagyashree Sathe | IND | 2000 | 132 | |
| 60 | 131 | WFM | Tran Le Dan Thuy | VIE | 2036 | 1 | 1 – 0 | ½ | FM | Vaingorten Yaaqov | CAN | 2298 | 81 |
| 61 | 70 | IM | Li Ruofan | CHN | 2351 | ½ | 1 – 0 | ½ | Priyanka K | IND | 2087 | 128 | |
| 62 | 89 | FM | Yee Soon Wei | BRU | 2263 | ½ | 0 – 1 | ½ | CM | Kwon Sehyun | KOR | 2169 | 112 |
| 63 | 133 | WFM | Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong | VIE | 2000 | ½ | 1 – 0 | ½ | WGM | Swati Ghate | IND | 2249 | 96 |
| 64 | 111 | Nguyen Hoai Nam | VIE | 2177 | ½ | 1 – 0 | ½ | WCM | Song Yuxin | CHN | 2067 | 129 |
8th HD Bank Cup International Open Chess 2018 – Masters Rd4
Results-Round 4
GM Czebe won while WGM Gara,T lost
| Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 12 | GM | Bogdanovich Stanislav | UKR | 2560 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Gordievsky Dmitry | RUS | 2630 | 5 |
| 2 | 18 | GM | Tran Tuan Minh | VIE | 2522 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Zhao Jun | CHN | 2599 | 9 |
| 3 | 10 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | IND | 2592 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Pichot Alan | ARG | 2558 | 13 |
| 4 | 27 | IM | Karthikeyan P. | IND | 2473 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2736 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2713 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | IM | Saduakassova Dinara | KAZ | 2479 | 23 |
| 6 | 32 | IM | Nguyen Van Huy | VIE | 2454 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2617 | 7 |
| 7 | 110 | IM | Lu Chan Hung | VIE | 2181 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Krysa Leandro | ARG | 2548 | 14 |
| 8 | 83 | FM | Zou Chen | CHN | 2291 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2520 | 19 |
| 9 | 22 | IM | Le Tuan Minh | VIE | 2489 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | GM | Nguyen Duc Hoa | VIE | 2463 | 28 |
| 10 | 4 | GM | Mareco Sandro | ARG | 2635 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | IM | Akshat Khamparia | IND | 2408 | 47 |
| 11 | 6 | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2630 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | IM | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | IND | 2412 | 45 |
| 12 | 8 | GM | Wen Yang | CHN | 2608 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | GM | Vogt Lothar | GER | 2402 | 48 |
| 13 | 50 | GM | Bui Vinh | VIE | 2400 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | GM | Rozum Ivan | RUS | 2582 | 11 |
| 14 | 52 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | IND | 2394 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | GM | Lei Tingjie | CHN | 2545 | 15 |
| 15 | 16 | GM | Sivuk Vitaly | UKR | 2526 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | FM | Hoang Canh Huan | VIE | 2402 | 49 |
| 16 | 20 | IM | Xu Yi | CHN | 2499 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | Sammed Jaykumar Shete | IND | 2382 | 55 | |
| 17 | 24 | IM | Pena Gomez Manuel | ESP | 2478 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | FM | Taher Yoseph Theolifus | INA | 2375 | 57 |
| 18 | 56 | GM | Cao Sang | VIE | 2381 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | GM | Dao Thien Hai | VIE | 2474 | 25 |
| 19 | 26 | GM | Santiago Yago De Moura | BRA | 2473 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | IM | Vo Thanh Ninh | VIE | 2370 | 61 |
| 20 | 62 | IM | Tran Minh Thang | VIE | 2366 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | IM | Liu Guanchu | CHN | 2460 | 29 |
| 21 | 30 | FM | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2458 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Chen Qi B | CHN | 2359 | 65 | |
| 22 | 34 | IM | Harsha Bharathakoti | IND | 2443 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | IM | Sharma Dinesh K. | IND | 2247 | 97 |
| 23 | 66 | WGM | Gara Ticia | HUN | 2357 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | IM | Nguyen Anh Khoi | VIE | 2435 | 37 |
| 24 | 69 | WGM | Wang Jue | CHN | 2354 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | IM | Pascua Haridas | PHI | 2431 | 39 |
| 25 | 73 | FM | Setyaki Azarya Jodi | INA | 2331 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | IM | Diu Viacheslav | RUS | 2426 | 41 |
| 26 | 44 | GM | Tu Hoang Thong | VIE | 2414 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | Mithil Ajgaonkar | IND | 2222 | 101 | |
| 27 | 77 | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | IND | 2318 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IND | 2526 | 17 |
| 28 | 79 | FM | Dang Hoang Son | VIE | 2317 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | GM | Nguyen Anh Dung | VIE | 2491 | 21 |
| 29 | 90 | FM | Anand Nadar | IND | 2262 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | IM | Raja Harshit | IND | 2444 | 33 |
| 30 | 87 | FM | Abelgas Roel | PHI | 2273 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | IM | Dimakiling Oliver | PHI | 2441 | 35 |
| 31 | 36 | GM | Czebe Attila | HUN | 2436 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | FM | Nitish Belurkar | IND | 2293 | 82 |
| 32 | 100 | CM | Le Huu Thai | VIE | 2223 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | Li Yankai | CHN | 2434 | 38 | |
| 33 | 40 | IM | Llaneza Vega Marcos | ESP | 2430 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | FM | Lee Jun Hyeok | KOR | 2286 | 84 |
| 34 | 108 | CM | Nguyen Hoang Nam | VIE | 2188 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | IM | Pham Chuong | VIE | 2393 | 53 |
| 35 | 54 | IM | Karavade Eesha | IND | 2391 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | IM | Piasetski Leon | CAN | 2258 | 92 |
| 36 | 60 | IM | Abhishek Kelkar | IND | 2370 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | Moksh Amit Doshi | IND | 2256 | 93 | |
| 37 | 67 | IM | Pham Le Thao Nguyen | VIE | 2354 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | FM | Raja Rithvik R | IND | 2227 | 99 |
| 38 | 71 | Kunal M. | IND | 2340 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | WIM | Sihite Chelsie Monica Ignesias | INA | 2189 | 107 | |
| 39 | 126 | WFM | Jishitha D | IND | 2099 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | IM | Nguyen Van Hai | VIE | 2335 | 72 |
| 40 | 3 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | IND | 2649 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1½ | Bhambure Shantanu | IND | 2135 | 119 | |
| 41 | 42 | WGM | Vo Thi Kim Phung | VIE | 2425 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Manush Shah | IND | 2202 | 105 | |
| 42 | 106 | WIM | Luong Phuong Hanh | VIE | 2192 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | IM | Rathnakaran K. | IND | 2395 | 51 |
| 43 | 58 | Zhang Ziji | CHN | 2374 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Nguyen Phuoc Tam | VIE | 2169 | 113 | ||
| 44 | 64 | FM | Xu Zhihang | CHN | 2364 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Looi Xin Hao | MAS | 2104 | 125 | |
| 45 | 114 | WIM | Pratyusha Bodda | IND | 2164 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | WGM | Gu Xiaobing | CHN | 2354 | 68 |
| 46 | 116 | IM | Vasilyev Mikhail | UKR | 2141 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | IM | Kathmale Sameer | IND | 2320 | 76 |
| 47 | 118 | Pham Thi Thu Hien | VIE | 2138 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | WGM | Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim | UZB | 2318 | 78 | |
| 48 | 85 | WGM | Kulkarni Bhakti | IND | 2275 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | Vatsal Singhania | IND | 2090 | 127 | |
| 49 | 124 | Snehal Bhosale | IND | 2105 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1 | WGM | Nguyen Thi Thanh An | VIE | 2274 | 86 | |
| 50 | 123 | Samant Aditya S | IND | 2107 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | WIM | Nandhidhaa Pv | IND | 2261 | 91 | |
| 51 | 94 | Dixit Nikhil | IND | 2251 | 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 | WFM | Tran Le Dan Thuy | VIE | 2036 | 131 | |
| 52 | 130 | CM | Nguyen Quoc Hy | VIE | 2039 | 1 | ½ – ½ | 1 | FM | Alfred Nathan S W | ENG | 2208 | 103 |
| 53 | 132 | WIM | Thipsay Bagyashree Sathe | IND | 2000 | 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 | Quizon Daniel | PHI | 2204 | 104 | |
| 54 | 46 | WGM | Hoang Thi Bao Tram | VIE | 2410 | ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ | Kulkarni Vinayak | IND | 2161 | 115 | |
| 55 | 120 | Liu Zhaoqi | CHN | 2133 | ½ | 1 – 0 | ½ | IM | Li Ruofan | CHN | 2351 | 70 | |
| 56 | 112 | CM | Kwon Sehyun | KOR | 2169 | ½ | 0 – 1 | ½ | IM | Duong The Anh | VIE | 2327 | 74 |
| 57 | 75 | WGM | Nguyen Thi Mai Hung | VIE | 2321 | ½ | ½ – ½ | ½ | Pham Xuan Dat | VIE | 2118 | 121 | |
| 58 | 81 | FM | Vaingorten Yaaqov | CAN | 2298 | ½ | 0 – 1 | ½ | WFM | Divya Deshmukh | IND | 2138 | 117 |
| 59 | 122 | Doan Van Duc | VIE | 2112 | ½ | 1 – 0 | ½ | FM | Yee Soon Wei | BRU | 2263 | 89 | |
| 60 | 102 | Kulkarni Chinmay | IND | 2215 | ½ | 1 – 0 | ½ | WFM | Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong | VIE | 2000 | 133 | |
| 61 | 128 | Priyanka K | IND | 2087 | ½ | 0 – 1 | ½ | CM | Le Minh Hoang | VIE | 2184 | 109 | |
| 62 | 129 | WCM | Song Yuxin | CHN | 2067 | ½ | 0 – 1 | 0 | FM | Andyka Pitra | INA | 2265 | 88 |
| 63 | 96 | WGM | Swati Ghate | IND | 2249 | 0 | ½ – ½ | 0 | Nguyen Hoai Nam | VIE | 2177 | 111 |


