29th Abu Dhabi Masters 2023 R1: Divya Deshmukh stuns Pranav Anand

by Shahid Ahmed - 17/08/2023

The 29th edition of Abu Dhabi Chess Festival 2023 Masters started with a lot of upsets in the first round. The biggest one is the reigning Asian Continental and National Women champion, IM Divya Deshmukh winning against the World Under-16 Open champion, GM Pranav Anand. IM Jubin Jimmy defeated GM Alexander Raetsky. 18 players are rated above 2600. 41 GMs, 54 IMs, 6 WGMs and 3 WIMs are taking part. The average rating of the tournament is 2435. That should give you an idea about the strength of the tournament. Check out a pictorial report of the first round along with some final moments of few games. Round 2 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Jubin Jimmy beats Alexander Raetsky

The top three prizes in the Masters section are - US$ 15000, $10000 and $6000 each respectively.

IM Divya Deshmukh scored a big upset over GM Pranav Anand

IM Divya Deshmukh vs GM Pranav Anand | Video: ChessBase India

"I Just Hope the Better Person Wins" - IM Divya Deshmukh on Pragg vs Arjun | Video: ChessBase India

GM Maxim Matlakov - IM L M S T De Silva (SRI): 0.5-0.5

Jinan Jomon - GM Aravindh Chithambaram: 0.5-0.5

GM Li Di (CHN) - Sanket Chakravarty (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Ahmad Ahmadzada (AZE) - FM Ritviz Parab (pictured): 0.5-0.5

GM Stany G A - Arhan Chethan Anand: 0.5-0.5

IM Jubin Jimmy - GM Alexander Raetsky: 1-0

IM Muthaiah Al - FM Ojasva Singh: 0.5-0.5

IM Sammed Shete - CM Mayank Chakraborty: 0.5-0.5

FM Ayush Sharma - IM Ravi Teja S: 1-0

FM Ethan Vaz - IM Ajay Karthikeyan S: 1-0

11-year-old FM Ethan Vaz beats IM Ajay Karthikeyan | Video: ChessBase India

Aditya Varun Gampa - IM Saidakbar Saydaliev (UZB): 0.5-0.5

Inauguration Ceremony

For more Round 1 and Inauguration Ceremony photos, please click here.

Video Gallery

Replay 29th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival Masters 2023 Round 1 live commentary by WGM Maria Gevorgyan | Video: ADChess

Final moments - WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan (USA) vs IM Harikrishnan A Ra | Video: ChessBase India

Final moments - WGM Nilufar Yakubbaeva (UZB) vs IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) | Video: ChessBase India

A quick tour of the venue at Radisson Blu Hotel & Resort, Abu Dhabi Corniche | Video: ChessBase India

A total of 145 players including 41 GMs, 54 IMs, 6 WGMs and 3 WIMs are taking part from 22 countries across the world. The tournament is being organized by Abu Dhabi Chess Club & Mind Games from 16th to 24th August 2023 at Radisson Blu Hotel & Resort in Abu Dhabi Corniche Abu Dhabi, UAE. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Round 1 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Rtg		No.
1	1	1	Artemiev Vladislav	2698	0	1 - 0	0	Harshavardhan G B	2413	73
1	4	76	Aditya Vikram Paul	2404	0	0 - 1	0	Fedoseev Vladimir	2676	4
1	5	5	Salem A.R. Saleh	2661	0	1 - 0	0	Audi Ameya	2403	77
1	6	78	Panda Sambit	2402	0	0 - 1	0	Niemann Hans Moke	2660	6
1	8	80	Moksh Amit Doshi	2401	0	0 - 1	0	Narayanan.S.L	2656	8
1	10	82	Jinan Jomon	2400	0	½ - ½	0	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2645	10
1	11	11	Aryan Chopra	2641	0	1 - 0	0	Bai Adelard	2399	83
1	13	13	Nguyen Thai Dai Van	2637	0	1 - 0	0	Kushagra Mohan	2397	85
1	14	86	Aradhya Garg	2395	0	0 - 1	0	Murzin Volodar	2631	14
1	16	88	Xiang Zeyu	2391	0	1 - 0	0	Karthikeyan Murali	2618	16
1	18	90	Panesar Vedant	2391	0	0 - 1	0	Xu Xiangyu	2608	18
1	19	19	Lu Shanglei	2598	0	1 - 0	0	Senthil Maran K	2390	91
1	21	21	Pranav V	2588	0	1 - 0	0	Ajay Krishna S	2388	93
1	22	94	Tarhan Adar	2388	0	½ - ½	0	Adhiban B.	2587	22
1	24	96	Manish Anto Cristiano F	2385	0	0 - 1	0	Karthik Venkataraman	2562	24
1	25	25	Li Di	2561	0	½ - ½	0	Sanket Chakravarty	2385	97
1	28	100	Divya Deshmukh	2372	0	1 - 0	0	Pranav Anand	2529	28
1	29	29	Sankalp Gupta	2522	0	1 - 0	0	Prathamesh Sunil Mokal	2371	101
1	31	31	Ahmadzada Ahmad	2519	0	½ - ½	0	Ritviz Parab	2369	103
1	34	106	Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan	2359	0	½ - ½	0	Pranesh M	2503	34
1	35	35	Raja Rithvik R	2502	0	1 - 0	0	Nazari Arad	2358	107
1	39	39	Chanda Sandipan	2491	0	1 - 0	0	Ashraf Artin	2352	111
1	40	112	Padmini Rout	2351	0	0 - 1	0	Rathanvel V S	2491	40
1	42	114	Jain Kashish Manoj	2350	0	0 - 1	0	Prraneeth Vuppala	2485	42
1	44	116	Raahul V S	2346	0	0 - 1	0	Swapnil S. Dhopade	2479	44
1	45	45	Stany G.A.	2472	0	½ - ½	0	Arhan Chethan Anand	2341	117
1	49	49	Jubin Jimmy	2460	0	1 - 0	0	Raetsky Alexander	2332	121
1	50	122	Dixit Nikhil	2330	0	0 - 1	0	Urazayev Arystanbek	2460	50
1	51	51	Muthaiah Al	2458	0	½ - ½	0	Singh Ojasva	2328	123
1	53	53	Swayams Mishra	2452	0	1 - 0	0	Dushyant Sharma	2325	125
1	55	55	Sammed Jaykumar Shete	2451	0	½ - ½	0	Mayank Chakraborty	2322	127
1	56	128	Ayush Sharma	2321	0	1 - 0	0	Ravi Teja S.	2450	56
1	60	132	Pourkashiyan Atousa	2310	0	0 - 1	0	Harikrishnan.A.Ra	2437	60
1	61	61	Vantika Agrawal	2430	0	1 - 0	0	Tulendinov Dinmukhammed	2310	133
1	62	134	Vaz Ethan	2306	0	1 - 0	0	Ajay Karthikeyan	2429	62
1	65	65	Nitish Belurkar	2425	0	1 - 0	0	Mahdavi Reza	2302	137
1	66	138	Aditya Varun Gampa	2299	0	½ - ½	0	Saydaliev Saidakbar	2424	66
1	67	67	Rohith Krishna S	2423	0	0 - 1	0	Rakesh Kumar Jena	2289	139
1	68	140	Priyanka Nutakki	2283	0	½ - ½	0	Hari Madhavan N B	2418	68
1	69	69	Movahed Sina	2417	0	1 - 0	0	Vatsal Singhania	2269	141
1	70	142	Al Hosani Omran	2225	0	½ - ½	0	Viani Antonio Dcunha	2415	70

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.	SNo	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	2698	1	0	1	0
	2	Anton Guijarro, David	ESP	2693	1	0	1	0
	4	Fedoseev, Vladimir	SLO	2676	1	0	1	0
	5	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2661	1	0	1	0
	6	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2660	1	0	1	0
	7	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2659	1	0	1	0
	8	Narayanan.S.L,	IND	2656	1	0	1	0
	9	Santos Latasa, Jaime	ESP	2656	1	0	1	0
	11	Aryan, Chopra	IND	2641	1	0	1	0
	13	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	CZE	2637	1	0	1	0
	14	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2631	1	0	1	0
	17	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2618	1	0	1	0
	18	Xu, Xiangyu	CHN	2608	1	0	1	0
	19	Lu, Shanglei	CHN	2598	1	0	1	0
	21	Pranav, V	IND	2588	1	0	1	0
	23	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2586	1	0	1	0
	24	Karthik, Venkataraman	IND	2562	1	0	1	0
	27	Kobalia, Mikhail	FID	2547	1	0	1	0
	29	Sankalp, Gupta	IND	2522	1	0	1	0
	33	Suleymenov, Alisher	KAZ	2509	1	0	1	0

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Round 2 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Rtg		No.
2	1	42	Prraneeth Vuppala	2485	1		1	Artemiev Vladislav	2698	1
2	4	44	Swapnil S. Dhopade	2479	1		1	Salem A.R. Saleh	2661	5
2	5	6	Niemann Hans Moke	2660	1		1	Jubin Jimmy	2460	49
2	7	8	Narayanan.S.L	2656	1		1	Swayams Mishra	2452	53
2	9	57	Rahman Ziaur	2448	1		1	Aryan Chopra	2641	11
2	11	14	Murzin Volodar	2631	1		1	Vantika Agrawal	2430	61
2	12	60	Harikrishnan.A.Ra	2437	1		1	Vakhidov Jakhongir	2618	17
2	13	18	Xu Xiangyu	2608	1		1	Nitish Belurkar	2425	65
2	15	71	Atakhan Abtin	2414	1		1	Pranav V	2588	21
2	17	24	Karthik Venkataraman	2562	1		1	Xiang Zeyu	2391	88
2	18	100	Divya Deshmukh	2372	1		1	Kobalia Mikhail	2547	27
2	19	113	Atakishiyev Elmar	2351	1		1	Sankalp Gupta	2522	29
2	20	128	Ayush Sharma	2321	1		1	Suleymenov Alisher	2509	33
2	21	130	Aziz Husain	2315	1		1	Raja Rithvik R	2502	35
2	22	139	Rakesh Kumar Jena	2289	1		1	Dai Changren	2499	37
2	23	145	Abdulrahman Mohammad Al Taher	2128	1		1	Chanda Sandipan	2491	39
2	24	40	Rathanvel V S	2491	1		1	Vaz Ethan	2306	134
2	25	10	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2645	½		1	Ebrahimi Herab Hamidreza	2302	136
2	27	12	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2641	½		½	Jinan Jomon	2400	82
2	30	22	Adhiban B.	2587	½		½	Milikow Yoav	2389	92
2	31	103	Ritviz Parab	2369	½		½	Li Di	2561	25
2	34	97	Sanket Chakravarty	2385	½		½	Ahmadzada Ahmad	2519	31
2	36	34	Pranesh M	2503	½		½	Xie Kaifan	2369	104
2	39	123	Singh Ojasva	2328	½		½	Stany G.A.	2472	45
2	41	117	Arhan Chethan Anand	2341	½		½	Muthaiah Al	2458	51
2	44	135	Zia Tahsin Tajwar	2305	½		½	Sammed Jaykumar Shete	2451	55
2	45	127	Mayank Chakraborty	2322	½		½	Zou Chen	2429	63
2	47	68	Hari Madhavan N B	2418	½		½	Aditya Varun Gampa	2299	138
2	48	70	Viani Antonio Dcunha	2415	½		½	Priyanka Nutakki	2283	140
2	49	16	Karthikeyan Murali	2618	0		½	Al Hosani Omran	2225	142
2	50	28	Pranav Anand	2529	0		0	Manish Anto Cristiano F	2385	96
2	52	56	Ravi Teja S.	2450	0		0	Prathamesh Sunil Mokal	2371	101
2	54	62	Ajay Karthikeyan	2429	0		0	Nazari Arad	2358	107
2	56	111	Ashraf Artin	2352	0		0	Rohith Krishna S	2423	67
2	57	73	Harshavardhan G B	2413	0		0	Padmini Rout	2351	112
2	59	119	Suyarov Mukhammadzokhid	2337	0		0	Aditya Vikram Paul	2404	76
2	60	77	Audi Ameya	2403	0		0	Jain Kashish Manoj	2350	114
2	61	121	Raetsky Alexander	2332	0		0	Panda Sambit	2402	78
2	62	79	Abdulov Orkhan	2401	0		0	Raahul V S	2346	116
2	63	125	Dushyant Sharma	2325	0		0	Moksh Amit Doshi	2401	80
2	65	83	Bai Adelard	2399	0		0	Dixit Nikhil	2330	122
2	66	85	Kushagra Mohan	2397	0		0	Danielyan Vahe	2319	129
2	67	131	Tudor Henry Edward	2314	0		0	Aradhya Garg	2395	86
2	69	133	Tulendinov Dinmukhammed	2310	0		0	Panesar Vedant	2391	90
2	70	91	Senthil Maran K	2390	0		0	Mahdavi Reza	2302	137
2	71	93	Ajay Krishna S	2388	0		0	Vatsal Singhania	2269	141

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