The 2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera Chess Festival underway

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The 2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera Chess Festival kicked off at the Hotel Club Sunway Punta Prima in Spain. The event is taking place from 18 to 28 April and it is played in 10 rounds, swiss system. The total prize fund of the Group A tournament amounts to 14.500 euros, with 3.000 euros reserved for the Winner of the event.

After five played rounds, four Indian grandmasters emerged on the top together with GM Vladimir Fedoseev. They score 4 points each: GM Chopra Aryan, GM Chithambaram Aravindh, GM Rithvik Raja and GM Pranav V.

Rankings after 5 played rounds:

Rk.		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Aryan, Chopra		IND	2607	4
2	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.		IND	2607	4
3	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir		FID	2674	4
4	GM	Raja, Rithvik R		IND	2472	4
5	GM	Pranav, V		IND	2545	4
6	GM	Dardha, Daniel		BEL	2625	3.5
7	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman		IND	2516	3.5
8	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy		UKR	2619	3.5
9	IM	Aditya, Mittal		IND	2505	3.5
10	GM	Pranav, Anand		IND	2525	3
11	FM	Krishnan, Ritvik		IND	2004	3
12	GM	Jacobson, Brandon		USA	2556	3
13	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke		IND	2596	3
14	GM	Xu, Yi		CHN	2505	3
15	GM	Peralta, Fernando		ARG	2592	3
16	IM	Prraneeth, Vuppala		IND	2437	3
17	IM	Fernandez Guillen, Ernesto J.		CUB	2461	3
18	IM	Chen, Qi B		CHN	2493	3
19	GM	Li, Di		CHN	2554	3
20	IM	Seo, Jung Min		SWE	2500	3
21	IM	Samant, Aditya S		IND	2496	3
22		Chen, Peng		CHN	2425	3
23	IM	Kushagra, Mohan		IND	2400	3
24	IM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	w	IND	2433	3
25	GM	Asis Gargatagli, Hipolito		ESP	2511	3
26	FM	Panda, Sambit		IND	2452	3
27	GM	Jonkman, Harmen		NED	2323	2.5
28	GM	Alsina Leal, Daniel		ESP	2520	2.5
29	IM	Zhao, Yuanhe		CHN	2447	2.5
30	FM	Grutter, Tim		NED	2353	2.5
31	WGM	Maisuradze, Nino	w	FRA	2270	2.5
32	IM	Rahal, Michael A		ESP	2319	2.5
33	FM	Sahithi, Varshini M	w	IND	2260	2.5
34	GM	Xu, Xiangyu		CHN	2587	2
35	WIM	Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya	w	UKR	2266	2
36	WGM	Doluhanova, Evgeniya	w	UKR	2318	2
37		Liu, Zhaoqi		CHN	2301	2
38	FM	Ivanov, Mike		CAN	2288	2
39		Southcott-Moyers, Indy		ENG	2112	2
40		Halmeenmaki, Tuomo		FIN	2114	2
41	FM	Ibanez Aullana, Ramon		ESP	2292	2
42	IM	Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael		ESP	2188	2
43	FM	Sande Edreira, Jose Antonio		ESP	2217	2
44	CM	Arnott, Jonathan W		ENG	2080	2
45	FM	Mahitosh, Dey		IND	2154	1.5
46	FM	Jacobson, Aaron		USA	2280	1.5
47	CM	Krzywda, Andrzej		POL	2223	1.5
48		Advaitt, Srikant Koduri		IND	1630	1.5
49	FM	Bergstrom, Rolf		SWE	2196	1.5
50	WIM	Varela La Madrid, Tilsia Carolina	w	VEN	2078	1.5
51		Blazquez, Denis		FRA	2077	1.5
52		Da Silva, Jose Carlos Peixoto M.		BRA	1606	1
53		Wagner, Bernd		GER	2070	1
54	WFM	Blanco Garcia, Liliam Barbara	w	CUB	2054	1
55	IM	Belezky, Alexander		GER	2331	1
	FM	Lacrosse, Marc		BEL	2081	1
57	FM	Ayza Ballester, Jordi		ESP	2096	1