30th Abu Dhabi Masters R7: Shamsiddin Vokhidov gains sole lead
GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB) defeated GM Pranav V in Round 7 to emerge sole leader at 30th Abu Dhabi Masters 2024. He became the only player to score a win among the leaders pack. Pranav's mistake in the queen and bishop endgame proved to be very costly. GM S L Narayanan defeated GM Siddharth Jagadeesh (SGP) to join GM Leon Luke Mendonca and GM Raunak Sadhwani in the pursuit at 5.5/7 each. They are in eight players group of the pursuers. IM Harikrishnan A Ra defeated Turkiye's youngest GM - Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus. Soham Kamotra became Jammu Kashmir's first and India's latest International Master when he drew with Africa no.1, GM Bassem Amin in Round 6. Round 8 starts today at 5 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy
Leon, Raunak and S L Narayanan in pursuit
Pranav V - Vokhidov
GM Pranav V (2598) needed to a backward move 40.Bd4 Qc1+ 41.Kh2 f6 42.Bxf6 gxf6 43.Qd7+ Kg6 44.Qg4+ would be one of the better ways to continue. Instead, 40.Qf5+?? Kg8 41.Qd7 Qa1+ 42.Kh2 Qe5+ 43.Kg1 e2 44.Qd8+ Kh7 45.Qd3+ f5 and it's over for White. This win allowed GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB, 2643) to gain sole lead 6/7.
GM S L Narayanan (2649) defeated Singapore's latest GM Siddharth Jagadeesh (2516) to move to 5.5/7
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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 7 results
Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
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7 | 2 | 14 | GM | Murzin Volodar | 2641 | 5 | ½ - ½ | 5 | GM | Sadhwani Raunak | 2653 | 8 | ||
7 | 3 | 21 | GM | Pranav V | 2598 | 5 | 0 - 1 | 5 | GM | Vokhidov Shamsiddin | 2643 | 13 | ||
7 | 4 | 4 | GM | Sindarov Javokhir | 2674 | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 5 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2621 | 15 | ||
7 | 5 | 2 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2703 | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 4½ | GM | Nasuta Grzegorz | 2533 | 31 | ||
7 | 7 | 33 | GM | Adhiban B. | 2532 | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 4½ | GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2669 | 5 | ||
7 | 9 | 10 | GM | Narayanan S L | 2649 | 4½ | 1 - 0 | 4½ | IM | Siddharth Jagadeesh | 2516 | 39 | ||
7 | 11 | 1 | GM | Tabatabaei M. Amin | 2712 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4½ | FM | Goutham Krishna H | 2446 | 71 | ||
7 | 12 | 55 | IM | Rohith Krishna S | 2472 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2649 | 11 | ||
7 | 15 | 58 | IM | Harikrishnan.A.Ra | 2468 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | IM | Erdogmus Yagiz Kaan | 2599 | 20 | ||
7 | 16 | 22 | GM | Pranesh M | 2598 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | IM | Wang Shixu B | 2427 | 82 |
Standings after Round 7
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
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1 | 13 | GM | Vokhidov, Shamsiddin | UZB | 2643 | 6 | 0 | 26,5 | 23 | |
2 | 7 | GM | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | UZB | 2655 | 5,5 | 0 | 30 | 25,5 | |
3 | 14 | GM | Murzin, Volodar | FID | 2641 | 5,5 | 0 | 29 | 25 | |
4 | 18 | GM | Paravyan, David | FID | 2600 | 5,5 | 0 | 27 | 23,5 | |
5 | 15 | GM | Mendonca, Leon Luke | IND | 2621 | 5,5 | 0 | 27 | 23,5 | |
6 | 8 | GM | Sadhwani, Raunak | IND | 2653 | 5,5 | 0 | 27 | 23,5 | |
7 | 10 | GM | Narayanan, S L | IND | 2649 | 5,5 | 0 | 25 | 21,5 | |
8 | 38 | GM | Samunenkov, Ihor | UKR | 2517 | 5,5 | 0 | 24 | 21,5 | |
9 | 26 | GM | Supi, Luis Paulo | BRA | 2571 | 5,5 | 0 | 23,5 | 20 | |
10 | 1 | GM | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | IRI | 2712 | 5 | 0 | 28,5 | 24,5 |
Round 8 pairings
Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
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8 | 1 | 13 | GM | Vokhidov Shamsiddin | 2643 | 6 | 5½ | GM | Sadhwani Raunak | 2653 | 8 | |||
8 | 3 | 15 | GM | Mendonca Leon Luke | 2621 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Narayanan S L | 2649 | 10 | |||
8 | 5 | 2 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2703 | 5 | 5½ | GM | Samunenkov Ihor | 2517 | 38 | |||
8 | 7 | 4 | GM | Sindarov Javokhir | 2674 | 5 | 5 | GM | Adhiban B. | 2532 | 33 | |||
8 | 9 | 50 | GM | Zhu Jiner | 2479 | 5 | 5 | GM | Pranav V | 2598 | 21 | |||
8 | 10 | 25 | GM | Tin Jingyao | 2575 | 5 | 5 | IM | Harikrishnan.A.Ra | 2468 | 58 | |||
8 | 15 | 11 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2649 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Akbas Umut Ata | 2452 | 68 | |||
8 | 18 | 61 | IM | Seemann Jakub | 2462 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Pranesh M | 2598 | 22 | |||
8 | 19 | 67 | GM | Prraneeth Vuppala | 2456 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Bharath Subramaniyam H | 2566 | 27 | |||
8 | 20 | 71 | FM | Goutham Krishna H | 2446 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Movahed Sina | 2530 | 36 |