30th Abu Dhabi Masters R2: Goutham Krishna draws with Ivanchuk
13-year-old IM-elect FM Goutham Krishna H held the legend - GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR) to a draw in Round 2 of 30th Abu Dhabi Masters 2024. Five Indians out of 18 players are currently at 2/2. They are - IM Srihari L R, IM Muthaiah Al, IM Harikrishnan A Ra, GM Pranav V and GM-elect IM Rathanvel V S. IM Ayush Sharma drew with GM Leon Luke Mendonca. IM Ameya Audi missed a win against GM Nikolas Theodorou (GRE). IM Harsh Suresh shaed the point with GM Pranav Anand. FM Harshit Pawar held the reigning World Junior Girls champion - IM Divya Deshmukh. Kushal R Jani defended well against the UAE no.1, GM Salem Saleh to share the point. Today is a rest day for the Classical events. Eleven rounds of Blitz will be played from the same time. Round 3 starts tomorrow, 18th August at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy
Theodorou escapes against Ameya, Kushal defends well against Salem
Ankit Ray defeated GM Darini Pouria (IRI). IM-elect FM Karthik Rajaa drew with the Africa no.1, Dr. GM Bassem Amin. Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy, IM Vantika Agrawal, FM Mohamed Anees M, FM Daaevik Wadhawan, WGM Nandhidhaa P V, IM Jubin Jimmy, Sriansh Das, WIM Isha Sharma and CM Rajesh Nayak drew with GM Abhimanyu Puranik, GM Francesco Sonis (ITA), IM Mukhiddin Madaminov (UZB), IM Arystanbek Urazayev (KAZ), IM Ilamparthi A R, GM Attila Czebe (HUN), GM Zaur Mammadov (AZE), GM Irina Krush (USA) and IM Sidhant Mohapatra respectively. FM Namitbir Singh Walia defeated IM Erik Hedman (SWE).
Ameya - Theodorou
IM Ameya Audi (2407) needed to keep his bishop on the board 40.Rd1. Instead, 40.Rd4? Qxc1 41.Rxc4 Qd2 42.Qd4 Rxf2+! allowed GM Nikolas Theodorou (GRE, 2619) to get back in the game and it ended in a draw.
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A total of 213 players including 49 GMs, 71 IMs, 2 WGMs and 6 WIMs are taking part from 44 countries across the world. The tournament is being organized by Abu Dhabi Chess Club & Mind Games from 15th to 24th August 2024 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 2 results
Standings after Round 2
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
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1 | 155 | FM | Yadegar, Radin | IRI | 2331 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2 | 1 | GM | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | IRI | 2712 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
3 | 3 | GM | Predke, Alexandr | SRB | 2685 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
4 | 43 | IM | Srihari, L R | IND | 2500 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
5 | 49 | IM | Muthaiah, Al | IND | 2482 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
6 | 34 | GM | Dai, Changren | CHN | 2532 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
7 | 82 | IM | Wang, Shixu B | CHN | 2427 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
8 | 5 | GM | Anton Guijarro, David | ESP | 2669 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
9 | 7 | GM | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | UZB | 2655 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
10 | 14 | GM | Murzin, Volodar | FID | 2641 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
11 | 25 | GM | Tin, Jingyao | SGP | 2575 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
12 | 28 | GM | Lodici, Lorenzo | ITA | 2562 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
13 | 58 | IM | Harikrishnan.A.Ra, | IND | 2468 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
14 | 21 | GM | Pranav, V | IND | 2598 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
15 | 53 | IM | Rathanvel, V S | IND | 2474 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
16 | 59 | IM | Tarhan, Adar | TUR | 2467 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
17 | 50 | GM | Zhu, Jiner | CHN | 2479 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
18 | 52 | IM | Pang, Tao | CHN | 2476 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
19 | 67 | GM | Prraneeth, Vuppala | IND | 2456 | 1,5 | 0 | 1,5 | 0 | |
20 | 70 | IM | Ayush, Sharma | IND | 2449 | 1,5 | 0 | 1,5 | 0 |