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29th Tepe Sigeman & Co 2024 R5: Peter Svidler joins Arjun Erigaisi in the lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/05/2024

Arjun Erigaisi had another well fought draw in the fifth round of 29th TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2024. It was against the Germany no.1 - Vincent Keymer. Peter Svidler defeated Anton Korobov (UKR) to join the lead with Arjun 3.5/5. They both will face each other in the penultimate sixth round. Both Keymer and Korobov are trailing the leaders by a half point at 3/5 each. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) had a tiny window of opportunity to gain the upper hand against the reigning four-time Women's World Champion. However, he missed it and the game ended in a draw. Round 6 starts tomorrow Thursday 2nd May at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: TePe Sigeman/tepesigemanchess.com

Svidler scores the sole win

The fifth round had only one decisive game just like the third round.

Arjun Erigaisi - Vincent Keymer (GER): 0.5-0.5
India no.1 Arjun Erigaisi leads with 3.5/5 at TePe Sigeman & Co - Analysis with IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Peter Svidler - Anton Korobov (UKR): 1-0

Nils Grandelius (SWE) - Marc` Andria Maurizzi (FRA): 0.5-0.5

Wenjun - Abdusattorov

Position after 48.Rc1

According to the computer, Nodirbek Abdusattorov's (UZB, 2766) solitary opportunity in the entire game was to play 48...Ne4 to gain the upper hand. However, he went 48...Nxb4 49.axb4 Na6 and Black's window of opportunity got shut.

Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) had a small opportunity to reduce the gap

Round 5 starts

Round 5 in progress
Replay Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2024 Round 5 Live Commentary by GM Laurent Fressinet (FRA) and GM Stellan Brynell (SWE) | Video: Sveriges Schackförbund

Time Control

90 minutes for 40 moves and then 30 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move (Malmö rules-no draws before move 40).

Replay Round 5 games

Round 5 results

Arjun Erigaisi - Vincent Keymer: 0.5-0.5

Peter Svidler - Anton Korobov: 1-0

Nils Grandelius - Marc` Andria Maurizzi: 0.5-0.5

Wenjun Ju - Nodirbek Abdusattorov: 0.5-0.5

Details

Standings after Round 5

Details

Round 6 pairings

Vincent Keymer - Nodirbek Abdusattorov

Marc` Andria Maurizzi - Wenjun Ju

Anton Korobov - Nils Grandelius

Arjun Erigaisi - Peter Svidler

Schedule

27th April - 2nd May: 3 p.m. CET, 6:30 p.m. IST, 3rd May: 12 p.m. CET, 3:30 p.m. IST.

Links

Official site

Tournament details


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