61st Rubinstein Memorial: Aravindh Chithambaram suffers second straight loss, drops to seventh

Indian GM Aravindh Chithambaram dropped to seventh place after another loss in the 61st Rubinstein Memorial chess tournament, taking place at the Spa Theater in Polanica-Zdroj, Poland, on Thursday.

Top seed Aravindh, playing with black pieces, went down to Polish GM Mateusz Bartel in the sixth round.

In the seventh round, India No. 5 Aravindh, who has a FIDE rating of 2723, faces Radoslaw Wojtaszek, another local player.

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 6 Results

Mateusz Bartel (POL) bt. Aravindh Chithambaram (IND)

David Navara (CZE) bt. Jan Klimkowski (POL)

Matthias Bluebaum (GER) drew with Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL)

Igor Kovalenko (UKR) drew with Michael Adams (ENG)

Nodirbek Yakkuboev (UZB) bt. Pawel Teclaf (POL)

Standings

1 – Nodirbek Yakubboev (4.5 points)

2 – Radoslaw Wojtaszek (4 points), Matthias Bluebaum (4 points)

4 – David Navara (3.5 points)

5 – Mateusz Bartel (3 points), Igor Kovalenko (3 points)

7 – Aravindh Chithambaram (2.5 points)

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

10 – Michael Adams (1.5 points)

Round 7 Pairings (Player on the left will have white pieces)

Aravindh Chithambaram (IND) vs Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL)

David Navara (CZE) vs Mateusz Bartel (POL)

Michael Adams (ENG) vs Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB)

Pawel Teclaf (POL) vs Jan Klimkowski (POL)

Matthias Bluebaum (GER) vs Igor Kovalenko (UKR)

The seventh round will begin at 6:45 p.m. IST on Friday, August 22.

Published on Aug 22, 2025