4th Sharjah Masters 2021 R1-3: Narayanan and Tabatabaei in the lead 3.0/3

by Shahid Ahmed - 20/09/2021

Narayanan S L and M Amin Tababtabaei (IRI) are the shared leaders 3.0/3 at the conclusion of the third round at 4th Sharjah Masters ICC 2021. Both played attacking games in round 3 to do a hat-trick. Abhijeet Gupta and Arjun Erigaisi are in a pack of six players at 2.5/3. They will face each other in round 4. Adhiban, Raunak and Ganguly are at 2.0/3 respectively. Sethuraman suffered two consecutive losses, he is at 1.0/3. A total of 60 players from 28 countries including 42 GMs, 13 IMs and 2 WGMs are taking part in this event. Total prize fund is US$ 60000, first prize US$ 10000. Round 4 starts today at 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Sharjah Chess Club

Abhijeet and Arjun in pursuit

Narayanan S L and Amin Tabatabaei are the leaders with 3.0/3 | Photo: Sharjah Chess Club

Round 2: Adham - Arjun: 0-1

GM Adham Fawzy (EGY) made an ambitious sacrifice against GM Arjun Erigaisi.

Position after 16.Nd5

16.Nd5 is a typical sacrifice in this line of Sicilian. However, in this position it does not yield much for White. 16...exd5 17.Nf5 Kf8 and Black escapes to safety. 17.b4 R5c7 and then 18.Nf5 would still have been a better continuation for White. Arjun won the game and moved to 2.0/2.

Arjun Erigaisi 2.5/3 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

Round 3: Yilmaz - Narayanan: 0-1

GM Narayanan S L scored a very nice victory with a tactical finish over Turkey no.2 GM Mustafa Yilmaz.

Position after 29..Bg4

It is evident that Black is completely in the above position. Find out the finish for Black after 30.Nxa6.

Narayanan leads the Sharjah Masters with 3.0/3 | Video: ChessBase India

First move is being made at the top board | Photo: Sharjah Chess Club

Abhijeet - Abdusattorov: 1-0

GM Abhijeet Gupta defeated Uzbekistan no.2 GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in an exciting game.

Position after 18...Qd7

Black decided to wait and watch 18...Qd7 shifted the balance in White's favor. 19.f4 Neg4 20.Ba7 Ra8 21.Bd4 Qe7 22.Bxg4 Nxg4 23.Bxg7 Qxh4+ 24.Rg3 Nxh2 25.Qg2 and White has enough compensation for the pawn. Abhijeet converted his advantage by showcasing a great technique.

Abhijeet en route his victory over IM Sami Khader (JOR) in round 2 | Photo: Sharjah Chess Club

Highlights

Here are a few interesting finishes from Round 1-3:

GM Salem A R Saleh (UAE) defeated GM Bilel Bellahcene (ALG), Round 1

IM Mohamed Tissir (MAR) defeated GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR), Round 1

GM Sebastian Bogner (SUI) won against GM David Paravyan (RUS), Round 2

GM Vitaly Bernadskiy (UKR) defeated IM Robert Baskin (GER), Round 2

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Top boards | Photo: Sharjah Chess Club

The tournament hall | Photo: Sharjah Chess Club

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Sharjah Masters Round 3 by GM Ioannis Papaioannou and WGM Eva Repkova | Video: Sharjah Chess

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Round 3 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	19	GM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2624	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2632	12
2	13	GM	Moussard Jules	2631	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Adly Ahmed	2619	21
3	17	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2626	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	2571	33
4	30	GM	Can Emre	2577	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Tabatabaei M. Amin	2624	18
5	11	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	2636	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Eljanov Pavel	2680	3
6	4	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2679	1½	1 - 0	1½	GM	Niemann Hans Moke	2609	25
7	22	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	2615	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Adhiban B.	2672	5
8	6	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	2663	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Yakubboev Nodirbek	2604	26
9	9	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	2651	1½	½ - ½	1½	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	2603	27
10	23	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2612	1½	1 - 0	1½	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	2648	10
11	1	GM	Amin Bassem	2704	1	½ - ½	1½	GM	Bogner Sebastian	2574	31
12	2	GM	Maghsoodloo Parham	2695	1	1 - 0	1	GM	Fawzy Adham	2488	38
13	39	GM	Firat Burak	2466	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2657	8
14	42	IM	El Adnani Mokliss	2428	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2630	14
15	15	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2628	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Alavi Sayed Javad	2437	41

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Round 4 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	12	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2632	3		3	GM	Tabatabaei M. Amin	2624	18
2	21	GM	Adly Ahmed	2619	2½		2½	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2679	4
3	33	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	2571	2½		2½	GM	Moussard Jules	2631	13
4	23	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2612	2½		2½	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2626	17
5	26	GM	Yakubboev Nodirbek	2604	2		2	GM	Maghsoodloo Parham	2695	2
6	3	GM	Eljanov Pavel	2680	2		2	GM	Delgado Ramirez Neuris	2588	28
7	5	GM	Adhiban B.	2672	2		2	GM	Can Emre	2577	30
8	27	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	2603	2		2	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	2663	6
9	29	GM	Iordachescu Viorel	2587	2		2	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	2651	9
10	31	GM	Bogner Sebastian	2574	2		2	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	2636	11
11	14	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2630	2		2	GM	Sindarov Javokhir	2571	34
12	36	GM	Nikolov Momchil	2522	2		2	GM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2624	19
13	41	IM	Alavi Sayed Javad	2437	2		2	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	2615	22
14	8	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2657	1½		2	IM	Saeed Ishaq	2411	44
15	25	GM	Niemann Hans Moke	2609	1½		1½	GM	Amin Bassem	2704	1

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