61st Rubinstein Memorial: Aravindh Chithambaram joint-sixth after penultimate round

Indian GM Aravindh Chithambaram was placed joint-sixth after a draw in the eighth round of the 61st Rubinstein Memorial chess tournament, taking place at the Spa Theater in Polanica-Zdroj, Poland, on Saturday.

Top seed Aravindh, playing with black pieces, held Czech GM David Navara in the penultimate round.

In the last round, India No. 5 Aravindh, who has a FIDE rating of 2723, faces Polish GM Pawel Teclaf.

The event is a traditional annual tournament honouring Akiba Rubinstein, one of the most influential Polish players in history.

It has a round-robin format. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 more minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

Round 8 Results

Aravindh Chithambaram (IND) drew with David Navara (CZE)

Mateusz Bartel (POL) drew with Pawel Teclaf (POL)

Michael Adams (ENG) bt. Jan Klimkowski (POL)

Matthias Bluebaum (GER) drew with Nodirbek Yakkuboev (UZB)

Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL) drew with Igor Kovalenko (UKR)

Standings

1 – Nodirbek Yakubboev (6 points)

2 – Radoslaw Wojtaszek (5 points), Matthias Bluebaum (5 points), David Navara (5 points)

5 – Igor Kovalenko (4 points)

6 – Aravindh Chithambaram (3.5 points), Mateusz Bartel (3.5 points)

8 – Pawel Teclaf (2 points), Jan Klimkowski (2 points)

10 – Michael Adams (1.5 points)

Round 9 Pairings (Player on the left will have white pieces)

Pawel Teclaf (POL) vs Aravindh Chithambaram (IND)

David Navara (CZE) vs Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL)

Michael Adams (ENG) vs Mateusz Bartel (POL)

Matthias Bluebaum (GER) vs Jan Klimkowski (POL)

Igor Kovalenko (UKR) vs Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB)

The ninth and final round will begin at 5:45 p.m. IST on Sunday, August 24.

Published on Aug 24, 2025