Andrei Shchekachev triumphs at Paris IdF Masters 2022, Harsha Bharathakoti second

Aarav Dengla scores IM-norm

The next best thing to winning the tournament is to beat the winner of the tournament. GM Andrei Shchekachev (FRA) suffered his only loss of the event against GM Harsha Bharathakoti who remained undefeated throughout the event. 12-year-old FM Aarav Dengla earned an IM-norm scoring 5/9 with a performance of 2456.

Harsha - Andrei, Round 6

White already had a better position arising out of the English Opening. The exchange of queens 32...Qxb5 33.axb5 only accelerated White's winning chances. Despite White having a doubled passed pawn on the b-file, Black is unable to capture it due to them being tactically defended. Rest was just a matter of time and technique for Harsha to convert his advantage into a full point.

A total of 48 players including 7 GMs, 12 IMs and 2 WGMs took part in the Open A category from 12 countries across the world. The event was organized by IdF Chess League from 12th to 17th July 2022 in Paris, France. The time control was 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings in Classical

pl

Last name

Rating

Cat.

fede

League

R1

R 2

R 3

R 4

R 5

R 6

R 7

R 8

R 9

Points

Tr.

Perf

1

g

SHCHEKACHEV Andrei

2507F

Sen M

IDF

+ 29N

=

+ 25B

+ 3B

+ 13N

- 2N

= 7B

+ 11N

= 4B

6½

39½

2633

2

g

HARSHA BHARATHAKOTI

2547F

Sen M

+ 41N

= 13B

+ 10N

= 26B

= 4N

+ 1B

+ 15N

= 7N

= 9B

6½

39

2598

3

g

YUFFA Daniil

2603 F

Sen M

+ 5B

+ 42N

= 7B

- 1N

= 14B

= 27B

+ 29N

= 6N

+ 18B

6

38½

2517

4

m

DHULIPALLA BALA CHAN

2423F

Sen M

+ 35B

= 21N

= 40B

+ 16N

= 2B

- 7N

+ 25B

+ 14N

= 1N

6

37½

2496

5

m

SIDHANT Mohapatra

2315 F

Sen M

- 3N

= 44B

= 31N

+ 23B

+ 33N

=

= 18B

+ 25N

+7B

6

34½

2513

6

m

SZPAR Milosz

2431F

JunM

- 40N

+ 38B

= 39N

+ 30B

= 17N

+ 16B

= 8N

= 3B

+ 15N

6

34

2454

7

m

TRAVADON Loic

2452F

JunM

IDF

+39B

+ 37N

= 3N

- 13B

+ 26N

+ 4B

= 1N

= 2B

- 5N

5½

40½

2501

8

m

ONKOUD Abdelaziz

2289F

Sen M

IDF

+11B

= 18N

= 15B

=

+ 10N

=

= 6B

= 9N

= 12B

5½

38½

2528

9

g

BOGNER Sebastian

2545F

Sen M

IS

+ 14B

= 25N

= 27B

= 17B

=

= 19N

+ 28N

= 8B

= 2N

5½

36

2441

10

m

LOISEAU Quentin

2433F

Sen M

CAP

+ 17B

+ 20N

- 2B

= 14N

- 8B

=

+ 19N

= 13B

+ 28N

5½

36

2425

Details

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