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28th Abu Dhabi Masters 2022 R7: Aditya Samant outplays Australia no.2 Temur Kuybokarov

by Shahid Ahmed - 24/08/2022

Arjun Erigaisi drew with Ray Robson (USA) to maintain his lead at 28th Abu Dhabi Masters 2022. Jorden van Foreest (NED), Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB) and M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) are the remaining three leaders 5.5/7. IM Aditya S Samant defeated Australia no.2 GM Temur Kuybokarov convincingly. He moved to 5/7 along with Harsha Bharathakoti, Nihal Sarin, Arjun Kalyan, Sethuraman S P, Aryan Chopra and CM Soham Kamotra. Soham defeated GM Leon Luke Mendonca to continue his fantastic unbeaten run. He is gaining a massive 138.8 Elo rating points so far. The penultimate round 8 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Five in the lead

Raunak Sadhwani's woes continued as he suffered his second consecutive loss of the event against another Arjun, GM Arjun Kalyan. IM Viani Antonio Dcunha, Sambit Panda, Ritviz Parab, FM Sharan Rao and WGM Vantika Agrawal defeated GM Shardul Gagare, GM Deep Sengupta, IM Maxim Lavrov (ISR), IM Savva Vetokhin, IM Omran Al Hosaini (UAE) respectively. Sanket Chakravarty drew with IM Vardaan Nagpal.

Aditya Samant bounced back well by scoring consecutive victories | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Arjun Kalyan - Raunak: 1-0

GM Arjun Kalyan (2513) created trouble for GM Raunak Sadhwani (2622) early in the middlegame.

Position after 16...Qa3

17.Rab1 idea is Rb3 and gain the bishop for free Bb6 18.Bb4 Qa6 19.e6 c5 20.exf7+ Kxf7 21.Ne5+. However, computer recommends 21.Bd2 as a better alternative. Black had a chance to fight back but some more inaccuracies finished the game in another nine moves.

Aditya Samant - Kuybokarov: 1-0

GM Temur Kuybokarov (AUS, 2583) defended his central pawn incorrectly in the Open Ruy Lopez against IM Aditya Samant (2430).

Position after 14...f6

Black needed to play 14...Bd6 first. The difference is 15.f4 would then meet with f5, followed by e4. 14...f6 first allows White to gain tempo 15.Qd5 Bb6 preventing f4, however, White is just fine without it 16.Bb3 Rf8 17.Qe4 c6 18.a4 Rb8 19.Qxh7 Black is positionally lost.

Soham - Leon: 1-0

One of the many reasons why CM Soham Kamotra (2251) has had a successful event so far, is resiliency. Despite having a worse position for the majority of the game against GM Leon Luke Mendonca (2571), he kept waiting for his opportunity.

Position after 39...Rh4

39...Rxa1 40.Rxe5 Rxa2 41.Re2 Rxe2+ 42.Kxe2 keeps Black in the game. However, 39...Rh4 has 40.Rh1 Rxh1 41.Rxe5 Qxf6 42.Re8+ Rxe8 43.Qxf6+ Kg8 44.Ne6 Rxe6 45.Qxe6+ winning for White. In the game, Aditya went for the humane 40.N6h5 Re8 41.Rae1 Qg4 42.Rxe5 Rh2+ 43.Ke3 Rh3+ 44.Kd2 Rh2+ 45.R5e2 and Black resigned.

CM Soham Kamotra continues his unbeaten run | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Viani - Shardul

Final position after 42.e7+

A beautiful finish by IM Viani Antonio Dcunha (2327) against GM Shardul Gagare (2521).

Deep - Sambit

Position after 14.f4

Black met White's ambitious 14.f4 correctly with 14...h5, a break of his own on the very same side. 15.fxg5 does not work because of Bxe5. 15.Nxf7?? was a desperado Kxf7 16.fxg5 Bh2+ White cannot take it as Qc7+ finishes the game quicker. So 17.Kf2 hxg4. Black won the game in another nine moves.

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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 7 results

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
714
GMErigaisi Arjun26895½ - ½5GMRobson Ray2682
6
7712
GMNihal Sarin2651½ - ½GMSethuraman S.P.2625
17
7822
GMKarthikeyan Murali26130 - 14GMPredke Alexandr2692
3
71141
IMAditya Mittal249640 - 14GMMareco Sandro2657
11
71316
GMAryan Chopra262741 - 04GMRahman Ziaur2427
57
71438
GMArjun Kalyan251341 - 04GMSadhwani Raunak2622
19
71544
IMShyaamnikhil P246540 - 14GMHakobyan Aram2612
23
71655
FMSamant Aditya S243041 - 04GMKuybokarov Temur2583
28
717123
CMSoham Kamotra225141 - 04GMMendonca Leon Luke2571
29
71830
GMHarsha Bharathakoti255741 - 04FMMadaminov Mukhiddin2408
61
71924
GMPetrosyan Manuel26101 - 04FMRohith Krishna S2358
78
72026
GMAdhiban B.25981 - 0CMKushagra Mohan2426
59
72266
IMMohammad Fahad Rahman2401½ - ½GMIniyan P2556
31
72489
IMViani Antonio Dcunha23271 - 0GMGagare Shardul2521
35
72546
IMHaldorsen Benjamin24611 - 0WGMDivya Deshmukh2319
96
72693
IMRaahul V S23230 - 1GMChanda Sandipan2458
47
72748
IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh24571 - 0FMWagh Suyog2315
100
728119
FMTolentino Rustum2259½ - ½IMRathanvel V S2455
49
72952
IMDas Arghyadip2446½ - ½Ashraf Artin2289
111
73014
GMGupta Abhijeet263131 - 0FMJubin Jimmy2252
122

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Round 8 pairings

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
831
GMWang Hao27355GMErigaisi Arjun2689
4
8517
GMSethuraman S.P.262555GMSalem A.R. Saleh2679
8
869
GMAnton Guijarro David266855GMArjun Kalyan2513
38
8711
GMMareco Sandro265755FMSamant Aditya S2430
55
8833
GMVokhidov Shamsiddin255255GMNihal Sarin2651
12
8915
GMSindarov Javokhir262955GMHarsha Bharathakoti2557
30
81023
GMHakobyan Aram261255GMAryan Chopra2627
16
8112
GMTomashevsky Evgeny27025CMSoham Kamotra2251
123
81422
GMKarthikeyan Murali2613IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh2457
48
81547
GMChanda Sandipan2458GMPetrosyan Manuel2610
24
81667
FMNazari Arad2389GMAdhiban B.2598
26
81819
GMSadhwani Raunak26224IMViani Antonio Dcunha2327
89
82229
GMMendonca Leon Luke257144IMNitish Belurkar2416
60
82331
GMIniyan P255644IMAjay Krishna S2367
75
82478
FMRohith Krishna S235844IMDavtyan Artur2520
37
82583
Panda Sambit234644GMGrover Sahaj2505
40
826104
WGMYakubbaeva Nilufar229944IMAditya Mittal2496
41
82743
IMVignesh N R246744FMTolentino Rustum2259
119
828111
Ashraf Artin228944IMShyaamnikhil P2465
44
82945
CMPrraneeth Vuppala246444IMMohammad Fahad Rahman2401
66

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