Donchenko outscores Ivanchuk

In the ninth and penultimate round of the Sunway Formentera Open, Alexander Donchenko and Vasyl Ivanchuk had shaken off the other candidates for the tournament victory. Donchneko had won his game against Vladimir Baklan, while Ivanhuk had defeated Jules Moussard. So it came down to two players in the fight for tournament victory.

The German grandmaster was paired up against Daniel Alsina (Spain) in the final round. Ivanchuk was up against the Xiao Tong (China), who has a strong rating but no title. The two leaders were the clear favourites in their games, but while Donchenko grabbed the full point playing black, Ivanchuk could not manage more than a draw with white.

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So Donchenko was the outright victory. Ivanchuk was caught on points by Pranav V, but still took second prize with the better tiebreak score.

The best woman in the tournament was 18-year-old Song Yuxin from China, with 6½ points to her name. The fifth-placed player in the girls’ world rankings (under-20 players) suffered her only defeat in round six, against Donchenko.

No fewer than 15 women players took part in the tournament — quite a high quota considering the total number of 51 players. In addition to Song, the American Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova and the Kazakh duo of Nazerke Nurgali and Alua Nurman also achieved a good result, finishing in fourteenth to sixteenth place.

The most famous female participants were Alexandra and Andrea Botez. The two Canadians streamed videos of their games from the tournament hall and had them commentated by strong players, such as David Howell. They scored 3½ points each.

Alexandra and Andrea Botez

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Rg.	Snr		Name	sex	Pkt.	Wtg1	Wtg2	Wtg3
1	1	GM	Donchenko, Alexander		2633	0	8	60	65	50,75
2	2	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl		2611	0	7,5	58,5	63,5	47,50
3	4	GM	Pranav, V		2604	0	7,5	58,5	63	44,75
4	12		Xiao, Tong(Qd)		2484	0	7	56,5	60,5	40,50
5	26	FM	Mohamed, Anees M		2253	0	6,5	57	61,5	37,25
6	3	GM	Moussard, Jules		2610	0	6,5	56	60,5	36,00
7	9	GM	Balakrishnan, Praveen		2500	0	6,5	54,5	59,5	37,50
8	11	GM	Alsina Leal, Daniel		2497	2519	6,5	54,5	58	33,75
9	16	IM	Song, Yuxin	w	2379	0	6,5	51	54,5	32,25
10	17	FM	Colbow, Collin		2376	0	6,5	50	53,5	30,75
11	8	GM	Baklan, Vladimir		2531	0	6	59	63,5	35,00
12	5	GM	Dragnev, Valentin		2571	0	6	54,5	59	33,50
13	22	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F		2293	0	6	54,5	59	33,25
14	18	WGM	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	w	2357	0	6	48	50,5	27,00
15	34	WIM	Nurgali, Nazerke	w	2148	0	6	45,5	48,5	27,25
16	38	WIM	Serikbay, Assel	w	2109	0	6	41	43,5	22,50
17	7	GM	Raja, Rithvik R		2532	0	5,5	55,5	60	29,75
18	13	IM	Fernandez Guillen, Ernesto J.		2474	0	5,5	55	56,5	26,00
19	47	CM	Joel, Paul Ganta		1969	0	5,5	48,5	52,5	25,75
20	15	IM	Vantika, Agrawal	w	2398	0	5,5	47	49,5	22,50
21	25	WGM	Doluhanova, Evgeniya	w	2273	0	5,5	44	47,5	24,25
22	27	WGM	Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia	w	2219	0	5	51	55	25,00
23	20	FM	Mekhane, Adam		2307	0	5	49,5	54	25,25
24	23		Zhu, Hengyi		2282	0	5	49,5	53,5	25,75
25	14	IM	Jacobson, Aaron		2431	0	5	49,5	52,5	21,75
26	21	FM	Adarsh, Tripathi		2304	0	5	48	51	22,50
27	29	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja	w	2207	0	5	46,5	48	17,75
28	24	FM	Valuet, Bertrand		2281	0	5	46	49	21,50
29	37		Zubizarreta Landera, Amets		2110	0	5	43	44,5	17,00
30	6	GM	Sosa, Tomas		2562	0	4,5	48	52	20,75
31	19	WGM	Tsatsalashvili, Keti	w	2315	0	4,5	48	51,5	18,75
32	33	CM	Akshit, Kumar J		2172	0	4,5	42,5	45,5	16,75
33	32	WGM	Maisuradze, Nino	w	2191	0	4,5	42	44,5	16,75
34	50	WCM	Prado, Alexandra	w	1839	0	4,5	41,5	44,5	17,75
35	42		Mazet, Julien		2031	0	4,5	39	40,5	15,50
36	35		Weidenhoefer, Max		2134	0	4	49,5	52,5	18,75
37	45		Lesniewski, Lucas		1975	0	4	41	43,5	13,00
38	48	CM	Stark, John		1954	0	4	37,5	39	12,00
39	30	FM	Neiman, Emmanuel		2193	0	3,5	45,5	49	15,50
40	31	CM	Bauer, Thomas		2192	0	3,5	43,5	47	13,75
41	36	FM	Shimelkov, Vasiliy		2112	0	3,5	43,5	46,5	12,00
42	49		Botez, Andrea	w	1879	0	3,5	40,5	43,5	14,50
43	41	WCM	Anishka, Vikram	w	2036	0	3,5	38,5	40	8,75
44	46	WFM	Botez, Alexandra	w	1970	0	3,5	38	39,5	11,00
45	28	CM	Krzywda, Andrzej		2214	0	3	47	50	12,75
46	39		Nardelli, Marco		2078	0	3	33	34,5	9,50
47	10	GM	Prraneeth, Vuppala		2499	0	2,5	45	49	12,25
48	44		Sereinig, Eduard		1990	0	2,5	38,5	41	8,75
49	40		Svensen, Tarjei Joten		2054	0	2,5	35,5	37	7,00
50	43		Muellneritsch, Anton		2018	0	2	42	44,5	8,00
51	51		Schulman, Julia	w	1732	0	2	38	40,5	7,75

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