29th Abu Dhabi Masters 2023 R8: Prraneeth Vuppala wins five in-a-row

by Shahid Ahmed - 24/08/2023

GM Aravindh Chithambaram made a quick 16-move draw a gainst GM Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO) in the penultimate round of 29th Abu Dhabi Masters 2023. India's 82nd GM Prraneeth Vuppala scored his fifth win in-a-row. In the eighth round, he defeated GM Aryan Chopra who was having a fantastic event until now. Prraneeth seized his opportunity in the major piece endgame when his opponent made an inaccuracy. Later, he brought his king into the attack and scored a beautiful victory. Both Aravindh and Prraneeth are the only two Indians who are trailing the tournament leaders Fedoseev and GM Xiangyu Xu (CHN) by a half point at 6/8 each. Final Round 9 starts today at 10 a.m. local time, 11:30 a.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Fedoseev or Xiangyu - Who will become the champion?

GM Aravindh Chithambaram made a 16-move draw against GM Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO)

Prraneeth - Aryan: 1-0

The sole encounter between GM Prraneeth Vuppala (2485) and GM Aryan Chopra (2641) ended in a draw earlier this year, before Prraneeth became a GM.

Position after 40.Re5

White had a better position in the major piece endgame. The e6-passed pawn made things more difficult for Black. 40...d4 helped White 41.Qa8+ Kh7 42.Qe4+ g6 43.cxd4 Kg7 44.Rd5 Qf2 45.Qe5+ Kh7 46.Qe4 Qf1+ 47.Kg4 Qd1+ 48.Kf4 Qc1+ 49.Ke5 Qc7+ 50.Kf6 Kg8 51.Qxg6+ Rg7 52.Qe8+ Kh7 53.Rd7 and it's over.

Final position after 53.Rd7

Final position looks beautiful. Prraneeth brought his king into the attack and did what the position demanded him to.

India's 83rd GM Prraneeth Vuppala has won his last five games

GM Karthik Venkataraman - IM FT Muthaiah Al: 0.5-0.5

IM Rakesh Kumar Jena - GM Sandipan Chanda: 0.5-0.5

IM S Rohith Krishna - GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB): 0.5-0.5

Hari Madhavan - Rithvik

Position after 30.Kf2

30.Kf2 not only protects the g2-pawn but also makes a tactical threat which GM Raja Rithvik R (2502) missed as he went 30...Rh1. Find out what it is. IM Hari Madhavan N B (2418) found and executed it to win the game.

IM Hari Madhavan N B - GM Raja Rithvik R: 1-0

IM Ramil Faizrakhmanov - FM Ayush Sharma (pictured): 0.5-0.5

FM Ritviz Parab - IM Jubin Jimmy: 1-0

IM Ajay Karthikeyan - FM Nikhil Dixit: 0.5-0.5

IM Ameya Audi - WGM Priyanka Nutakki: 0-1

FM Kashish Manoj Jain - IM Sambit Panda: 1-0

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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.

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Round 8 results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
8	1	10	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2645	5½	½ - ½	6	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	2676	4
8	5	40	IM	Rathanvel V S	2491	5	0 - 1	5	GM	Matlakov Maxim	2677	3
8	7	8	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2656	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Abdisalimov Abdimalik	2438	59
8	8	42	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2485	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Aryan Chopra	2641	11
8	11	46	IM	Assaubayeva Bibisara	2469	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Pranav V	2588	21
8	12	24	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2562	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Muthaiah Al	2458	51
8	15	34	GM	Pranesh M	2503	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2448	57
8	16	139	IM	Rakesh Kumar Jena	2289	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2491	39
8	18	67	IM	Rohith Krishna S	2423	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Yakubboev Nodirbek	2630	15
8	19	61	WGM	Vantika Agrawal	2430	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Vakhidov Jakhongir	2618	17
8	22	68	IM	Hari Madhavan N B	2418	4	1 - 0	4	GM	Raja Rithvik R	2502	35
8	25	44	GM	Swapnil S. Dhopade	2479	4	0 - 1	4	FM	Tarhan Adar	2388	94
8	26	89	FM	Banh Gia Huy	2391	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Stany G.A.	2472	45
8	27	47	IM	Hakemi Arman	2463	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Ajay Krishna S	2388	93
8	28	48	IM	Faizrakhmanov Ramil	2461	4	½ - ½	4	FM	Ayush Sharma	2321	128
8	29	108	WGM	Beydullayeva Govhar	2355	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Swayams Mishra	2452	53
8	30	56	IM	Ravi Teja S.	2450	4	½ - ½	4	FM	Talibov Shiroghlan	2337	120
8	31	125	IM	Dushyant Sharma	2325	4	0 - 1	4	IM	Zhalmakhanov Ramazan	2444	58
8	32	22	GM	Adhiban B.	2587	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali	2384	98
8	33	38	IM	Davtyan Artur	2497	3½	½ - ½	3½	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	2372	100

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Standings after Round 8

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	18	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	CHN	2608	6,5	0,5	36,5	32,5
2	4	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	SLO	2676	6,5	0,5	36	32
3	10	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2645	6	0	35,5	31,5
4	19	GM	Lu, Shanglei	CHN	2598	6	0	35	31
5	3	GM	Matlakov, Maxim	RUS	2677	6	0	34	29,5
6	6	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2660	6	0	32,5	29
7	42	IM	Prraneeth, Vuppala	IND	2485	6	0	32	28
8	71	FM	Atakhan, Abtin	IRI	2414	5,5	0	36,5	32,5
9	59	IM	Abdisalimov, Abdimalik	UZB	2438	5,5	0	36,5	32
10	1	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	2698	5,5	0	36	32,5
11	46	IM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	KAZ	2469	5,5	0	33,5	30
12	14	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2631	5,5	0	33,5	29,5
13	8	GM	Narayanan.S.L,	IND	2656	5,5	0	33,5	29,5
14	27	GM	Kobalia, Mikhail	FID	2547	5,5	0	32	28,5
15	11	GM	Aryan, Chopra	IND	2641	5	0	37	33,5
16	7	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2659	5	0	36,5	32
17	25	GM	Li, Di	CHN	2561	5	0	36	32
18	39	GM	Chanda, Sandipan	IND	2491	5	0	35,5	32,5
19	23	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2586	5	0	35,5	31,5
20	2	GM	Anton Guijarro, David	ESP	2693	5	0	35,5	31

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Round 9 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
9	3	19	GM	Lu Shanglei	2598	6		6	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2645	10
9	4	8	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2656	5½		6	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2485	42
9	8	51	IM	Muthaiah Al	2458	5		5	GM	Anton Guijarro David	2693	2
9	9	7	GM	Sindarov Javokhir	2659	5		5	GM	Swayams Mishra	2452	53
9	10	17	GM	Vakhidov Jakhongir	2618	5		5	IM	Rathanvel V S	2491	40
9	13	57	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2448	5		5	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2562	24
9	14	25	GM	Li Di	2561	5		5	IM	Hari Madhavan N B	2418	68
9	15	32	GM	Song Raymond	2512	5		5	IM	Rakesh Kumar Jena	2289	139
9	16	58	IM	Zhalmakhanov Ramazan	2444	5		5	GM	Pranesh M	2503	34
9	17	39	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2491	5		5	FM	Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan	2359	106
9	21	21	GM	Pranav V	2588	4½		4½	FM	Banh Gia Huy	2391	89
9	22	74	IM	Liu Guanchu	2412	4½		4½	GM	Adhiban B.	2587	22
9	23	85	IM	Kushagra Mohan	2397	4½		4½	GM	Socko Bartosz	2551	26
9	25	43	IM	Madaminov Mukhiddin	2484	4½		4½	FM	Ritviz Parab	2369	103
9	26	45	GM	Stany G.A.	2472	4½		4½	FM	Suyarov Mukhammadzokhid	2337	119
9	29	93	IM	Ajay Krishna S	2388	4½		4½	IM	Ravi Teja S.	2450	56
9	30	128	FM	Ayush Sharma	2321	4½		4½	IM	Rohith Krishna S	2423	67
9	31	28	GM	Pranav Anand	2529	4		4		Sanket Chakravarty	2385	97
9	32	100	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	2372	4		4	GM	Raja Rithvik R	2502	35
9	33	112	IM	Padmini Rout	2351	4		4	IM	Davtyan Artur	2497	38

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