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6th Sharjah Masters 2023 R5: Haik Martirosyan emerges sole leader

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/05/2023

Haik Martirosyan defeated Wenjun Ju (CHN) to emerge sole leader 4/5 after the fifth round of 6th Sharjah Masters 2023. The Armenia no.2 got the better of the reigning Women's World Champion, when she blundered in an already dwindling minor piece endgame. R Praggnanandhaa and Nihal Sarin drew against Vladislav Kovalev and Samuel Sevian (USA) respectively. D Gukesh defeated the current three-time National Rapid and Blitz champion, Aravindh Chithambaram to stay in the hunt 3.5/5. Aryan Chopra missed a good opportunity to subdue M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI). Nihal, Pragg, Aryan and Gukesh are at 3.5/5 each along with nine more players. Round 6 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Arjun, Aditya, Vidit, Leon and Karthikeyan score

The fifth round was a good one for the Indian players. Arjun Erigaisi bounced back from his previous round loss. He defeated GM Hipolito Asis Gargatagli (ESP). Aditya Mittal, Vidit Gujrathi, Leon Luke Mendonca and Karthikeyan Murali scored their first wins of the event. Aditya showed great tenacity against Raunak Sadhwani. Despite having a lost position for the better part of the endgame, he endured a very tough position, waited for his opportunity. When it arose, he made the most out of it.

GM Haik Martirosyan (ARM) is the sole leader 4/5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Tabatabaei - Aryan: 0.5-0.5

GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI, 2677) faced GM Aryan Chopra (2617) only once in a rated game at World Youth Under-16 Olympiad in 2017. Tabatabaei had won that game. Aryan had a great opportunity to level the score.

Position after 24.Kh1?

24.Kh1 created an opportunity for Black to gain control 24...Nf4 25.Qg4 h5 26.Qg5 f6 27.Qg1 Nxh3 and White would have been in serious trouble. Instead, the game continued 24...Be5 25.Ba1 Nf4 26.Qg4 h5 27.Qh4 Nxd5 and the advantage slipped away.

GM Aryan Chopra had GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) in a precarious position | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Martirosyan - Wenjun

Position after 27...b5

GM Wenjun Ju's (CHN, 2550) position was already bad. 27...b5 did not help her case. Find out how GM Haik Martirosyan (ARM, 2675) wrapped things up.

GM Haik Martirosyan (ARM) defeated GM Wenjun Ju (CHN) to become the sole leader 4/5 | Photo: FI Niklesh Jain
Final moments: GM Haik Martirosyan (ARM) vs GM Wenjun Ju (CHN) | Video: ChessBase India
Interview with Haik Martirosyan | Video: Sharjah Chess
Final moments: GM Vladislav Kovalev vs GM R Praggnanandhaa | Video: ChessBase India
Praggnanandhaa on missing his opportunity to beat Nihal Sarin | Video: ChessBase India
Final moments: Nihal Sarin vs Samuel Sevian | Video: ChessBase India

Gukesh - Aravindh

Position after 31...Ke7

GM D Gukesh (2732) and GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2633) played only two Classical games against each other. Aravindh has not managed to defeat Gukesh yet. That remained unchanged yesterday. Aravindh's king was stranded in the middle of the board. 31...Ke7 did not help his case, in fact it only made things worse. 32.Rc5 Qb6 33.Rhc1 Kd7 34.h6 gxh6 35.Bh5 Qb7 36.Ka1 Qxe4 37.Rc7+ Kd8 38.Qe1 Qxf5 39.Bxf7 Rd7 40.Bxd4 and Black resigned.

Final moments: GM D Gukesh vs GM Aravindh Chithambaram | Video: ChessBase India

GM D Gukesh defeated GM Aravindh Chithambaram in an almost one-sided game | Photo: FI Niklesh Jain

Raunak - Aditya Mittal: 0-1

GM Raunak Sadhwani (2627) faced GM Aditya Mittal (2522) for the first time in a Classical rated game in over seven years. Their last encounter in February 2016 ended in a draw. Raunak was winning for the better part of the endgame. First he made a mistake and lost his advantage, later, he blundered terribly and lost the game.

Position after 57.Kd4??

57.Nd4 Kxa2 58.Kf4 and White can still salvage a draw. However, 57.Kd4?? ended things for him after c2 58.Nc5 Kb1 and Black won the game.

GM Aditya Mittal scored his first win of the event against GM Raunak Sadhwani | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
Nihal Sarin arrives late for his fifth round game | Video: ChessBase India
Vidit Gujrathi happily agrees for a fan photo after his first win at 6th Sharjah Masters 2023 | Video: ChessBase India

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Replay Sharjah Masters Round 5 live commentary by Amruta Mokal | Video: ChessBase India
Replay Sharjah Masters Round 5 live commentary by GM FST Ivan Sokolov (NED) and WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni (LUX) | Video: Sharjah Chess

Replay Round 5 games

Round 5 results

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
138
GMKovalev, Vladislav26123½ - ½3GMPraggnanandhaa, R2688
9
216
GMNihal, Sarin26733½ - ½3GMSevian, Samuel2684
11
314
GMTabatabaei, M. Amin26773½ - ½3GMAryan, Chopra2617
35
415
GMMartirosyan, Haik M.267531 - 03GMJu, Wenjun2550
70
542
GMMurzin, Volodar2604½ - ½GMMaghsoodloo, Parham2734
1
62
GMGukesh, D27321 - 0GMAravindh, Chithambaram Vr.2633
25
74
GMYu, Yangyi27291 - 0GMDardha, Daniel2631
26
846
GMKadric, Denis2601½ - ½GMSjugirov, Sanan2712
5
96
GMNiemann, Hans Moke27081 - 0GMVakhidov, Jakhongir2607
39
1010
GMPredke, Alexandr2685½ - ½GMSargsyan, Shant2630
27
1112
GMEsipenko, Andrey26791 - 0GMTheodorou, Nikolas2591
55
1248
GMSanal, Vahap26000 - 1GMOparin, Grigoriy2667
17
1318
GMKorobov, Anton26641 - 0GMVokhidov, Shamsiddin2586
58
1420
GMCheparinov, Ivan2660½ - ½GMSuleymanli, Aydin2560
67
1564
GMKuybokarov, Temur25661 - 0GMNarayanan.S.L,2660
21

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Standings after Round 5

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
115
GMMartirosyan, Haik M.ARM2675409,57,512829
238
GMKovalev, VladislavFID26123,50131012810
311
GMSevian, SamuelUSA26843,50131012771
416
GMNihal, SarinIND26733,50131002764
59
GMPraggnanandhaa, RIND26883,5012,51012761
635
GMAryan, ChopraIND26173,50129,512749
714
GMTabatabaei, M. AminIRI26773,50129,502752
86
GMNiemann, Hans MokeUSA27083,5011,5902774
92
GMGukesh, DIND27323,50118,502789
1018
GMKorobov, AntonUKR26643,50118,502745
114
GMYu, YangyiCHN27293,5010,5802786
1212
GMEsipenko, AndreyFID26793,5010,5802756
1364
GMKuybokarov, TemurAUS25663,5010822775
1417
GMOparin, GrigoriyUSA26673,5010822747
1570
GMJu, WenjunCHN25503013,51112752

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Round 6 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
12
GMGukesh, D27324GMMartirosyan, Haik M.2675
15
216
GMNihal, Sarin2673GMYu, Yangyi2729
4
317
GMOparin, Grigoriy2667GMNiemann, Hans Moke2708
6
49
GMPraggnanandhaa, R2688GMKorobov, Anton2664
18
511
GMSevian, Samuel2684GMKuybokarov, Temur2566
64
635
GMAryan, Chopra2617GMEsipenko, Andrey2679
12
738
GMKovalev, Vladislav2612GMTabatabaei, M. Amin2677
14
81
GMMaghsoodloo, Parham273433GMYakubboev, Nodirbek2630
28
95
GMSjugirov, Sanan271233GMJu, Wenjun2550
70
1027
GMSargsyan, Shant263033GMErigaisi, Arjun2701
8
1129
GMPetrosyan, Manuel262933GMPredke, Alexandr2685
10
1213
GMSalem, A.R. Saleh267733GMMurzin, Volodar2604
42
1319
GMSindarov, Javokhir266133GMGalperin, Platon2528
74
1476
GMAditya, Mittal252233GMCheparinov, Ivan2660
20
1567
GMSuleymanli, Aydin256033GMNguyen, Thai Dai Van2645
22

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