Vitaliy Bernadskiy on the verge of winning 21st BCC Open 2024

by Peter Long - 21/04/2024

GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR) defeated one of his coleaders, GM Zong-Yuan Zhao (AUS) in the penultimate round of 21st BCC Open 2024. He has emerged sole leader 7/8. The Ukrainian is followed by five players trailing by a half point. They are - FM Reja Neer Manon (BAN), IM Srihari L R, GM Denis Makhnev (KAZ), GM Mitrabha Guha and IM James Morris (AUS). Reja is the sole player who has norm chances. He will be up against the newly crowned Commonwealth 2024 champion - Mitrabha. Will Bernadskiy win the tournament for the first time or Makhnev have something to say about it? Check out Round 7 and 8 report written by Peter Long. Round 9 starts at 9 a.m. local time, 10:30 a.m. IST. Photos: FM FT IA Peter Long

Mitrabha and Srihari in the fray

Some order is being restored going into the final round of play with top seeded Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR) in the sole lead 7/8 after beating one co-leader and 2013 BCC Open Champion GM Zhao Zong-Yuan (AUS).

GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR) is the sole leader 7/8

Zhao, is a medical doctor by professional and is hoping his performance in the BCC Open will do enough to impress the Australian selectors for the coming World Chess Olympiad to be held in Hungary.

Interview with BCC Open 2013 champion - GM Zong-Yuan Zhao (AUS) | Video: 21st BCC Open 2024

The other co-leader, IM Arystanbek Urazayev (KAZ) was beaten by the third seeded, Commonwealth 2024 Gold medalist - GM Mitrabha Guha to drop off the pace and will face another Indian GM in Lalit Babu M R in the final round.

Young Bangladeshi FM Reja Neer Manon continues to impress. He is the sole candidate for a GM-norm, and sits in second place either four others, IM Srihari L R and GM Mitrabha Guha, GM Denis Makhnev (KAZ) and IM James Morris (AUS), all on 6.5/8.

Interview with FM Reja Neer Manon (BAN) | Video: 21st BCC Open 2024

IM James Morris (AUS) 6.5/8

IM Eesha Karavade is the highest scoring female player currently at 5/8

Replay Round 7-8 Open games

Round 8 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	1	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy		UKR	2561	6	1 - 0	6	GM	Zhao, Zong-Yuan		AUS	2485	10	PGN
2	3	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2537	5½	1 - 0	6	IM	Urazayev, Arystanbek		KAZ	2471	12	PGN
3	19	FM	Harsh, Suresh	U18	IND	2413	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Pranesh, M	U18	IND	2538	2	PGN
4	5	GM	Makhnev, Denis		KAZ	2516	5½	1 - 0	5½	GM	Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.		IND	2428	16	PGN
5	7	GM	Lalit, Babu M R		IND	2508	5½	½ - ½	5½	FM	Pham, Tran Gia Phuc	U18	VIE	2423	18	PGN
6	9	GM	Sengupta, Deep		IND	2500	5½	½ - ½	5½	FM	Danilenko, Dmitriy		UKR	2400	25	PGN
7	11	IM	Srihari, L R		IND	2482	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	Ritviz, Parab		IND	2346	33	PGN
8	13	IM	Quizon, Daniel		PHI	2441	5½	0 - 1	5½	FM	Manon, Reja Neer	U18	BAN	2285	40	PGN
9	92		Cao, Qingfeng	U18	CHN	2038	5½	0 - 1	5½	IM	Morris, James		AUS	2432	15	PGN
10	27		Sek, Konstantin		FID	2397	5	0 - 1	5	GM	Peng, Xiongjian		CHN	2521	4

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Standings after Round 8

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	1	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy			UKR	2561	7	0	37,5	36,00	6	32	10	7,6
2	40	FM	Manon, Reja Neer	U18		BAN	2285	6,5	0	40	33,25	6	30,5	40	128,8
3	11	IM	Srihari, L R			IND	2482	6,5	0	36	30,50	5	30	10	4,2
4	5	GM	Makhnev, Denis			KAZ	2516	6,5	0	35	29,50	6	29	10	2
5	3	GM	Mitrabha, Guha			IND	2537	6,5	0	34,5	30,50	5	28	10	0
6	15	IM	Morris, James			AUS	2432	6,5	0	32,5	29,50	6	27	10	-3,8
7	12	IM	Urazayev, Arystanbek			KAZ	2471	6	0	40,5	32,50	5	31	10	3,9
8	10	GM	Zhao, Zong-Yuan			AUS	2485	6	0	38,5	30,25	5	29,5	10	-1,3
9	2	GM	Pranesh, M	U18		IND	2538	6	0	38,5	29,75	4	29	10	-2,4
10	18	FM	Pham, Tran Gia Phuc	U18		VIE	2423	6	0	37,5	29,75	4	31	10	-0,5

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Round 9 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	No.
1	5	GM	Makhnev, Denis		KAZ	2516	6½	7	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy		UKR	2561	1
2	40	FM	Manon, Reja Neer	U18	BAN	2285	6½	6½	GM	Mitrabha, Guha		IND	2537	3
3	15	IM	Morris, James		AUS	2432	6½	6½	IM	Srihari, L R		IND	2482	11
4	2	GM	Pranesh, M	U18	IND	2538	6	6	GM	Zhao, Zong-Yuan		AUS	2485	10
5	4	GM	Peng, Xiongjian		CHN	2521	6	6	IM	Bersamina, Paulo		PHI	2424	17
6	12	IM	Urazayev, Arystanbek		KAZ	2471	6	6	GM	Lalit, Babu M R		IND	2508	7
7	8	GM	Das, Sayantan		IND	2507	6	6	FM	Harsh, Suresh	U18	IND	2413	19
8	18	FM	Pham, Tran Gia Phuc	U18	VIE	2423	6	6	GM	Sengupta, Deep		IND	2500	9
9	25	FM	Danilenko, Dmitriy		UKR	2400	6	5½	IM	Quizon, Daniel		PHI	2441	13
10	6	GM	Samant, Aditya S	U18	IND	2512	5½	5½	FM	Lye, Lik Zang		MAS	2286	39

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