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28th Abu Dhabi Masters 2022 R4: Raunak Sadhwani joins Arjun Erigaisi at the top

by Shahid Ahmed - 20/08/2022

Arjun Erigaisi drew with Evgeny Tomashevsky in the fourth round of 28th Abu Dhabi Masters 2022. Raunak Sadhwani defeated Indonesia no.1 woman, IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar to join the lead 3.5/4. GM Ray Robson (USA), GM Jorden van Foreest (NED) and GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (GER) are the remaining three leaders. One of the latest IMs of India, S Rohith Krishna defeated GM Shardul Gagare after the latter misplayed at a critical juncture. WGM Divya Deshmukh and WIM Rucha Pujari drew with IM P Shyam Nikhil and IM Ajay Krishna S respectively. Round 5 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Rohith Krishna gets the better of Shardul Gagare

IM Aditya S Samant continues his good form as he drew with the in-form GM Aryan Chopra. Apart from IM S Rohith Krishna, FM Jubin Jimmy and Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri defeated IM Julien Song (FRA) and IM Neelash Saha respectively. CM Soham Kamotra, WGM Divya Deshmukh, Tanmay Chopra, FM Suyog Wagh, WIM Rucha Pujari, CM Aaditya Dhingra and FM Sohan Phadke drew with IM Vignesh N R, IM P Shyam Nikhil, GM Evgeny Zanan (ISR), IM Ajay Krishna S, IM Eesha Karavade and IM Vardaan Nagpal.

GM Raunak Sadhwani ended IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar's fantastic unbeaten run | Photo: Rupali Mullick

GM Evgeny Tomashevsky - GM Arjun Erigaisi: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Aram Hakobyan - Nihal: 0.5-0.5

In a relatively drawn rook endgame, GM Aram Hakobyan (ARM, 2612) made a big mistake which went unnoticed by GM Nihal Sarin (2651).

Position after 36.f4

36...Rh3+ 37.Ke2/d2 gxf4 or Kf2 g4 would have given Black some practical chances. However, 36...gxf4+ diminished them all and the game ended in a draw.

Nihal Sarin quite possibly had a tiny window of opportunity against Aram Hakobyan (ARM) | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Raunak - Irine: 1-0

Indonesia's no.1 woman, IM Irine Kharishma Sukandar (2373) was having a fantastic tournament. She had defeated GM Baadur Jobava (GEO, 2585) and drew with the top seed of the tournament, GM Hao Wang (CHN, 2735) before losing to GM Raunak Sadhwani (2622).

Position after 14...g4

Black launched a premature attack 14...g4 15.Nh4 gxh3 16.Ng6 and White is completely winning positionally. Perhaps Black could have prepared a bit more before pushing the pawn to g4. 14...Bh6 is the recommended to defend the g5-pawn. However, White will still have 15.d5 break.

Shardul - Rohith

Position after 29...Nb6

GM Shardul Gagare (2521) had a better position for the significant part of the game. In the critical moment, he went awry. 30.Nxf6+ Qxf6 31.Qc1/c2 Qd8 32.Qc3 Bc5+ 33.Kh1 Bd4 34.Nxd4 would have maintained the upper hand for White. However, White played 30.Qd3 and things turned completely in Black's favor 30...Nxd5 31.exd5 Qb6+ 32.Ne3 Ba6 33.Qc3 Rbc8 34.Qb3 Qxb3 35.axb3 Bxf1 36.Bxf1 Nxf4 -+. White resigned in five more moves.

IM Rohith Krishna (right) seized his opportunity against GM Shardul Gagare | Photo: Rupali Mullick

IM Aditya Samant - GM Aryan Chopra: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

FM Jubin Jimmy - IM Julien Song (FRA): 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri - IM Neelash Saha: 1-0 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

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Replay 28th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival Round 4 Live Commentary by GM Viorel Iordăchescu | Video: ADChess

A total of 148 players including 43 GMs, 35 IMs, 7 WGMs and 3 WIMs are taking part from 31 countries across the world including India. The tournament is being organized by Abu Dhabi Chess Club & Mind Games from 17th to 25th August 2022 at Abu Dhabi, UAE. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Round 4 results

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
412
GMTomashevsky Evgeny2702½ - ½3GMErigaisi Arjun2689
4
4322
GMKarthikeyan Murali26130 - 1GMRobson Ray2682
6
4531
GMIniyan P2556½ - ½GMSalem A.R. Saleh2679
8
469
GMAnton Guijarro David2668½ - ½GMAdhiban B.2598
26
4711
GMMareco Sandro2657½ - ½GMHarsha Bharathakoti2557
30
4823
GMHakobyan Aram2612½ - ½GMNihal Sarin2651
12
41015
GMSindarov Javokhir2629½ - ½GMArjun Kalyan2513
38
41155
FMSamant Aditya S2430½ - ½GMAryan Chopra2627
16
41217
GMSethuraman S.P.2625½ - ½GMHarutyunyan Tigran K.2524
34
41319
GMSadhwani Raunak26221 - 0IMSukandar Irine Kharisma2373
72
4143
GMPredke Alexandr269221 - 0IMSammed Jaykumar Shete2381
70
4151
GMWang Hao273521 - 02IMDas Arghyadip2446
52
41659
CMKushagra Mohan242620 - 12GMTabatabaei M. Amin2664
10
41821
GMIndjic Aleksandar261321 - 02IMNitish Belurkar2416
60
41927
GMJobava Baadur258521 - 02IMPranesh M2404
65
42069
GMLaxman R.R.238120 - 12GMKuybokarov Temur2583
28
42129
GMMendonca Leon Luke257121 - 02IMMohammad Fahad Rahman2401
66
42235
GMGagare Shardul252120 - 12FMRohith Krishna S2358
78
42337
IMDavtyan Artur252021 - 02Sanket Chakravarty2275
115
42443
IMVignesh N R24672½ - ½2CMSoham Kamotra2251
123

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Round 5 pairings

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
514
GMErigaisi Arjun2689GMVan Foreest Jorden2680
7
535
GMAmin Bassem26873GMSadhwani Raunak2622
19
5426
GMAdhiban B.259833GMWang Hao2735
1
578
GMSalem A.R. Saleh267933GMMendonca Leon Luke2571
29
5830
GMHarsha Bharathakoti255733GMAnton Guijarro David2668
9
5910
GMTabatabaei M. Amin266433GMIniyan P2556
31
51112
GMNihal Sarin265133IMDavtyan Artur2520
37
51316
GMAryan Chopra262733GMChanda Sandipan2458
47
51438
GMArjun Kalyan251333GMSethuraman S.P.2625
17
51520
GMYakubboev Nodirbek262033IMRathanvel V S2455
49
51778
FMRohith Krishna S235833GMHakobyan Aram2612
23
51818
GMTer-Sahakyan Samvel26253FMSamant Aditya S2430
55
51914
GMGupta Abhijeet2631FMMadaminov Mukhiddin2408
61
52058
IMSiddharth Jagadeesh2426GMKarthikeyan Murali2613
22
52370
IMSammed Jaykumar Shete2381GMVokhidov Shamsiddin2552
33
524123
CMSoham Kamotra2251IMAditya Mittal2496
41
52572
IMSukandar Irine Kharisma2373IMVignesh N R2467
43
52644
IMShyaamnikhil P2465FMJubin Jimmy2252
122
52748
IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh2457Bharat Kumar Reddy Poluri2210
136
52836
GMSengupta Deep25202WGMDivya Deshmukh2319
96

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