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28th Abu Dhabi Masters 2022 R6: Arjun Erigaisi regains his lead, now India no.4 and World no.29

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/08/2022

Arjun Erigaisi defeated Raunak Sadhwani to get back in the lead at 28th Abu Dhabi Masters 2022. Arjun has not only joined Ray Robson (USA) in the lead 5/6 but also climbed to India no.4 and World no.29 in the live ratings. 13 players including three Indians, Karthikeyan Murali, Nihal Sarin and Sethuraman S P are in pursuit at 4.5/6 each. Indonesia no.1 woman, IM Irene Sukandar is having a phenomenal run. She defeated GM Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) and moved to 4.5/6. CM Soham Kamotra continues his impressive performance as he seized his opportunity against IM Prraneeth Vuppala in a difficult position. 44th Chess Olympiad individual Bronze medalist, WGM Divya Deshmukh got the better of WGM Vantika Agrawal. Round 7 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Rupali Mullick

Soham Kamotra superb against Prraneeth

MPL 31st National Under-18 Open champion, CM Soham Kamotra defeated IM Prraneeth Vuppala after the latter was unable to capitalize on his opportunity. GM Harsha Bharathakoti had a good opportunity to win against GM Alexandr Predke in the endgame. Vaibhav Jayant Raut defeated WGM Nandhidhaa P V. IM P Shyam Nikhil, CM Kushagra Mohan, FM Suyog Wagh and Sanket Chakravarty drew with GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (GER), GM Manuel Petrosyan (ARM), IM Arghyadip Das and IM Raahil Mullick.

GM Arjun Erigaisi has become now World no.29 and India no.4 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Raunak - Arjun Erigaisi: 0-1

GM Raunak Sadhwani (2622) had a substantial advantage for the better part of the game against GM Arjun Erigaisi (2689).

Position after 32.h6

32.h6 dissipated White's attack and upper hand at the same time. 32...Rg6 33.Rd1 Bd8 quickly turned things in Black's favor and he went on to win the game in another eight moves.

I am not a big fan of sacrificing material while playing - Arjun Erigaisi | Video: ChessBase India

Arjun Erigaisi is now World no.29 and India no.4 in live ratings | Source: 2700chess.com

GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB) - GM Nihal Sarin: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Predke - Harsha: 0.5-0.5

GM Harsha Bharathakoti (2557) was completely winning the rook and same color bishop endgame against GM Alexandr Predke (2692).

Position after 51.f4

White's position was already dwindling. 51.f4 did not help his case. 51...Rc2+ 52.Kf3 g4+ 53.Kxg4 Rxg2+ is completely winning for Black. 54.Kxh4 runs into Be1+ causes White to lose his bishop. Black opted for 51...gxf4 52.Bxf4 Rc4 and he was still winning.

Position after 61.Ke5

How should Black capture on a3 here? If your answer is 61...Bxa3 which was played in the game, it reduces Black's chances drastically. However, 61...Rxa3 is completely winning for Black, despite having the wrong colored bishop for the h-pawn. The difference makers are White still having a pawn at g2 and the king being too advance to get back to h1 on time or sacrifice the g-pawn to save the game.

Prraneeth - Soham: 0-1

IM Prraneeth Vuppala (2464) in a completely winning position erred against CM Soham Kamotra (2251).

Position after 29...f6

White made a big mistake 30.Rc7?? which allowed Black not only to save the game 30...Re7 31.Rxe7 Nxe7 32.Bxf6 Nf5 but also win it too. Find out the better and winning continuation of White in the above position.

CM Soham Kamotra continues his fantastic unbeaten run 4/6 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

WGM Divya Deshmukh - WGM Vantika Agrawal: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Rupali Mullick
These two kids have a great life lesson to share | Video: ChessBase India

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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 6 results

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
6219
GMSadhwani Raunak262240 - 14GMErigaisi Arjun2689
4
6321
GMIndjic Aleksandar26134½ - ½4GMNihal Sarin2651
12
672
GMTomashevsky Evgeny27021 - 0GMAdhiban B.2598
26
683
GMPredke Alexandr2692½ - ½GMHarsha Bharathakoti2557
30
61211
GMMareco Sandro2657½ - ½GMArjun Kalyan2513
38
61313
GMNisipeanu Liviu-Dieter2644½ - ½IMShyaamnikhil P2465
44
61429
GMMendonca Leon Luke2571½ - ½GMAryan Chopra2627
16
61517
GMSethuraman S.P.26251 - 0IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh2457
48
61631
GMIniyan P25560 - 1GMTer-Sahakyan Samvel2625
18
61747
GMChanda Sandipan24580 - 1GMKarthikeyan Murali2613
22
61957
GMRahman Ziaur242731 - 03GMGupta Abhijeet2631
14
62059
CMKushagra Mohan24263½ - ½3GMPetrosyan Manuel2610
24
62133
GMVokhidov Shamsiddin255231 - 03IMNitish Belurkar2416
60
62235
GMGagare Shardul25213½ - ½3IMMohammad Fahad Rahman2401
66
62361
FMMadaminov Mukhiddin240831 - 03GMSengupta Deep2520
36
62437
IMDavtyan Artur252031 - 03IMSammed Jaykumar Shete2381
70
62541
IMAditya Mittal249631 - 03IMAjay Krishna S2367
75
62645
CMPrraneeth Vuppala246430 - 13CMSoham Kamotra2251
123
62849
IMRathanvel V S24553½ - ½3IMRaahul V S2323
93
62978
FMRohith Krishna S235831 - 03IMTahbaz Arash2449
51

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Round 7 pairings

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
714
GMErigaisi Arjun268955GMRobson Ray2682
6
7712
GMNihal Sarin2651GMSethuraman S.P.2625
17
7822
GMKarthikeyan Murali26134GMPredke Alexandr2692
3
71141
IMAditya Mittal249644GMMareco Sandro2657
11
71316
GMAryan Chopra262744GMRahman Ziaur2427
57
71438
GMArjun Kalyan251344GMSadhwani Raunak2622
19
71544
IMShyaamnikhil P246544GMHakobyan Aram2612
23
71655
FMSamant Aditya S243044GMKuybokarov Temur2583
28
717123
CMSoham Kamotra225144GMMendonca Leon Luke2571
29
71830
GMHarsha Bharathakoti255744FMMadaminov Mukhiddin2408
61
71924
GMPetrosyan Manuel26104FMRohith Krishna S2358
78
72026
GMAdhiban B.2598CMKushagra Mohan2426
59
72266
IMMohammad Fahad Rahman2401GMIniyan P2556
31
72489
IMViani Antonio Dcunha2327GMGagare Shardul2521
35
72546
IMHaldorsen Benjamin2461WGMDivya Deshmukh2319
96
72693
IMRaahul V S2323GMChanda Sandipan2458
47
72748
IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh2457FMWagh Suyog2315
100
728119
FMTolentino Rustum2259IMRathanvel V S2455
49
72952
IMDas Arghyadip2446Ashraf Artin2289
111
73014
GMGupta Abhijeet26313FMJubin Jimmy2252
122

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