Dommaraju Gukesh defends his throne at Menorca Chess Open 2023

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16-year-old chess prodigy from India, Dommaraju Gukesh defended his throne at the 2023 Menorca Chess Open. The event was played from 11-16 April, in 9 rounds, swiss system, with the time control of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment from move 1.

As many as 10 players tied for the top after nine played rounds scoring 7 points each: Dommaraju Gukesh, Pranav V, Jorden Van Foreest, Chopra Aryan, Vladimir Fedoseev, Hans Niemann, Ori Kobo, Maksim Chigaev, Xu Xiangyu and Chatterjee Koustav. The Winner of the event was determined in the playoffs, and Gukesh successfully defended his title after defeating his compatriot Pranev V in the blitz match.

The tournament featured the total prize fund of 16.000 EUR with 3.000 EUR for the first place.

Final rankings:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Gukesh D	IND	2730	7	56	52	38
	GM	Pranav V	IND	2545	7	56	52	38
3	GM	Van Foreest Jorden	NED	2680	7	55	50	38
4	GM	Aryan Chopra	IND	2607	7	54	49	37
5	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	FID	2674	7	53	48	37
6	GM	Niemann Hans Moke	USA	2706	7	51	47	36
7	GM	Kobo Ori	ISR	2549	7	50	46	36
8	GM	Chigaev Maksim	FID	2617	7	50	46	35
9	GM	Xu Xiangyu	CHN	2587	7	50	46	34
10	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	IND	2520	7	47	43	35
11	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	IND	2608	6.5	53	48	36
12	IM	Sokolovsky Yahli	ISR	2464	6.5	47	44	32
13	GM	Nguyen Thai Dai Van	CZE	2649	6	54	49	36
14	GM	Albornoz Cabrera Carlos Daniel	CUB	2586	6	53	48	35
15	GM	Xu Yi	CHN	2505	6	52	48	33
16	GM	Warmerdam Max	NED	2605	6	51	47	33
17	GM	Sanal Vahap	TUR	2582	6	51	46	33
18	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	IND	2516	6	50	47	34
19	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	IND	2437	6	49	47	33
20	GM	Henderson De La Fuente Lance	AND	2506	6	49	45	34
21	IM	Gurel Ediz	TUR	2489	6	49	44	32
22	IM	Aditya Mittal	IND	2505	6	49	45	34
23	GM	Santos Ruiz Miguel	ESP	2590	6	49	44	33
24	GM	Pultinevicius Paulius	LTU	2532	6	48	44	34
25	IM	Tiglon Bryce	USA	2502	6	48	44	33
26	IM	Vignesh N R	IND	2497	6	48	44	30
27	IM	Zhao Yuanhe	CHN	2447	6	47	44	31
28	GM	Visakh N R	IND	2552	6	47	43	32
29	GM	Krzyzanowski Marcin	POL	2511	6	47	43	32
30	GM	Sosa Tomas	ARG	2544	6	46	43	32
31	IM	Sousa Andre Ventura	POR	2470	6	46	43	31
32		Jinan Jomon	IND	2421	6	46	43	30
33	FM	Seemann Jakub	POL	2439	6	46	43	29
34	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	IND	2476	6	45	43	30
35	IM	Fernandez Guillen Ernesto J.	CUB	2461	6	44	40	30
36	GM	Jacobson Brandon	USA	2556	6	43	39	28
37	GM	Raja Rithvik R	IND	2472	5.5	50	47	34
38	WGM	Vantika Agrawal	IND	2407	5.5	50	46	30
39	GM	Fier Alexandr	BRA	2599	5.5	50	45	31
40	WGM	Injac Teodora	SRB	2391	5.5	49	45	27
41	GM	Firat Burak	TUR	2456	5.5	48	46	31
42	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	KAZ	2609	5.5	48	44	29
43	GM	Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando	ESP	2553	5.5	47	44	30
44	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	UKR	2619	5.5	47	44	29
	FM	Panda Sambit	IND	2452	5.5	47	44	29
46	IM	Iermito Sebastian	ARG	2533	5.5	45	41	28
47	IM	Beerdsen Thomas	NED	2523	5.5	44	39	28
48	IM	Siddharth Jagadeesh	SGP	2393	5.5	43	40	28
49	GM	Can Emre	TUR	2594	5.5	43	40	27
50	IM	Poormosavi Seyed Kian	IRI	2418	5.5	42	40	27
51		Liu Zhaoqi	CHN	2301	5.5	42	38	26
52	IM	Padmini Rout	IND	2388	5.5	40	37	25
53		Montesinos Diaz Luis	ESP	1987	5.5	39	37	25
54	FM	Bizhigitov Zhangir	KAZ	2285	5.5	38	36	26
55		Campins Machado Francesc	ESP	2176	5.5	38	36	24
56	IM	Chen Qi B	CHN	2493	5	51	47	31
57	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	IND	2376	5	49	46	29
58	FM	Trost Edvin	SWE	2398	5	49	45	30
59	IM	Kushagra Mohan	IND	2400	5	49	45	29
60		Sanket Chakravarty	IND	2327	5	47	44	28
61	GM	Pranav Anand	IND	2525	5	47	43	30
62		Chen Peng	CHN	2425	5	47	44	28
63	GM	Iniyan P	IND	2515	5	47	42	30
64	WIM	Olde Margareth	EST	2244	5	46	42	26
65	FM	Dahl Christoph	GER	2374	5	46	43	26
66	FM	Panesar Vedant	IND	2362	5	45	42	26
67	IM	Low Zhen Yu Cyrus	SGP	2425	5	45	42	28
68		Oberoi Shelev	USA	2226	5	44	41	26
69	IM	Rozen Eytan	ISR	2450	5	43	40	28
70	GM	Cabrera Alexis	ESP	2450	5	43	39	26
71	IM	Mohammad Fahad Rahman	BAN	2396	5	42	40	29
72	FM	Shivakumar Shawnak	USA	2418	5	42	40	25
73	GM	Solodovnichenko Yuri	UKR	2489	5	42	39	28
74	FM	Sourath Biswas	IND	2265	5	42	40	26
75	WGM	Alinasab Mobina	IRI	2334	5	42	38	26
76	GM	Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G.	ESP	2449	5	41	38	26
77	WFM	Aydin Gulenay	TUR	2001	5	40	37	23
78		Gruenter Martin	GER	2187	5	40	38	23
79	WIM	Pujari Rucha	IND	2195	5	38	37	25
80	IM	Contin Daniel	ITA	2230	5	38	36	25
81	IM	Mannion Stephen R	SCO	2190	5	37	35	22
82	IM	Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad	IND	2441	4.5	47	44	27
	IM	Ramoutar Alan-Safar	TTO	2425	4.5	47	44	27
84	FM	Aarav Dengla	IND	2349	4.5	46	42	25
85	FM	Zwahr Paul	GER	2266	4.5	45	42	26
86	IM	Ajay Krishna S	IND	2382	4.5	44	41	25
87	FM	Dubkov Andrej	GER	2357	4.5	44	41	26
88	FM	Karthik Rajaa	IND	2302	4.5	44	40	25
89	WGM	Nandhidhaa P V	IND	2362	4.5	43	41	26
90		De Groote Ewoud	NED	2207	4.5	43	41	26
91	FM	Laurent Julien G.	FRA	2223	4.5	42	39	25
92		Tripodi Enzo	ITA	2120	4.5	42	38	21
93		Grahn Vidar	SWE	2079	4.5	42	38	20
94	IM	Borsos Bogdan	UKR	2170	4.5	41	38	22
95	FM	Mahitosh Dey	IND	2154	4.5	41	38	21
96		Jakhria Kushal	ENG	1708	4.5	40	38	23
97	FM	Montoliu Cervero Francisco	ESP	2418	4.5	40	37	25
98	FM	Schenderowitsch Michael	GER	2237	4.5	40	37	25
99	FM	Sahithi Varshini M	IND	2260	4.5	40	38	25
100	WIM	Pandey Srishti	IND	2174	4.5	40	37	22
101		Phatak Aanjaneya	IND	2070	4.5	39	36	20
102	WIM	Nurmanova Alua	KAZ	2224	4.5	39	37	24
103		Marin Ferragut Pau	ESP	2131	4.5	39	36	21
104		Aguilo Benejam Alfredo	ESP	2064	4.5	39	36	21
105		Saunders Aron	ENG	2117	4.5	38	36	20
	AFM	Srivatsan Karthikeyan	IND	1777	4.5	38	36	20
107	CM	Tulendinov Dinmukhammed	KAZ	2048	4.5	38	35	21
108	CM	Chinguun Bayaraa	MGL	2203	4.5	38	36	22
109		Shearsby Jude	ENG	2041	4.5	38	36	21
110		Sommer Justus	GER	2024	4.5	38	35	20
111		Sanroman Costas Mauro	ESP	2132	4.5	37	34	21
112		Lauer Marius	GER	2119	4.5	37	33	19
113		Fathallah Joe	WLS	1980	4.5	36	33	18
114		Fellowes Billy	ENG	1721	4.5	36	33	19
115		Maloberti David	FRA	2085	4.5	36	33	18
116		Fiol Abrines Antonio	ESP	2098	4.5	35	33	18
117	FM	Kalogridis Antonios	GRE	2342	4	47	44	25
118	WIM	Kamalidenova Meruert	KAZ	2342	4	44	40	24
119	IM	Eggleston David J	ENG	2360	4	43	41	24
120		Shundi Matias	USA	2145	4	42	39	20
121	CM	Fernandez Garcia Gumersindo	ESP	2172	4	41	38	21
122		Pennica Andrea	ITA	2110	4	40	37	20
123		Bergero Simone	ITA	1985	4	40	38	22
124		Queirolo Perez Manuel	ESP	2064	4	39	37	21
125	CM	Villiers Thomas	ENG	2160	4	38	36	21
126	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	KAZ	2191	4	37	35	23
127		Hobson Kenneth	ENG	2077	4	37	35	20
128		Planas Gene Juan	ESP	2019	4	37	35	19
129		Salvador Lopez Daniel	ESP	2128	4	36	33	18
130		Paragua Megan Althea	USA	1900	4	36	34	17
131		Martinez Piqueras Carlos	ESP	2143	4	36	33	20
132		Aguado Doncel Pablo Luis	ESP	2189	4	35	32	16
133		Patel Zain	ENG	1833	4	33	31	15
134		Cemborain Oricain Alfonso	ESP	1795	4	33	31	15
135		Vinent Juanico Marc	ESP	1794	4	33	30	13
136		Adam Rafael	CAN	1981	3.5	43	40	21
137		Coll Fullana Pau	ESP	1891	3.5	43	39	20
138		Fernandez Gil Marco Antonio	ESP	2208	3.5	42	39	22
139		Manukonda Arun	IND	2072	3.5	40	37	20
140		Krishnasing Ashley	NED	2009	3.5	40	37	19
141		Garcia Elio Juan	ESP	2012	3.5	40	37	20
142		Balzer Lars	GER	2054	3.5	39	36	18
143		Antich Fernandez Marta Isabel	ESP	1860	3.5	38	34	18
144		Dicen Elis Denele	ENG	1872	3.5	37	35	14
145		Vanduyfhuys Igor	BEL	1999	3.5	37	34	18
146		Krauchi Romero Martin	ESP	1889	3.5	37	35	19
147		Borne Felix	FRA	1821	3.5	37	35	18
148		Mize Dylan	USA	1714	3.5	36	34	19
149		Halmeenmaki Tuomo	FIN	2114	3.5	36	34	18
150		Perez Aleman Pedro Tomas	ESP	1986	3.5	36	34	18