7th Sharjah Masters R4: Aravindh survives a big scare against Tabatabaei

by Shahid Ahmed - 18/05/2024

The top board clash between GM Salem Saleh (UAE) and GM Hans Niemann (USA) witnessed a quick 13-move draw in Round 4 of 7th Sharjah Masters 2024. GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) missed a win against GM Aravindh Chithambaram. Thus, Aravindh continues to lead with Salem and Hans with a score 3.5/4 each. GM Abhimanyu Puranik and GM Sankalp Gupta held GM Sam Shankland (USA) and GM Volodar Murzin respectively. The top seed, GM Arjun Erigaisi scored his second consecutive win of the event. He defeated GM Manuel Petrosyan (ARM) on his way back to the top. In the Challengers section, IM Viani Antonio Dcunha won the All-Indian clash against IM Sammed Shete to emerge sole leader 4/4. Round 5 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Salem, Aravindh and Hans stay in the lead

Apart from Arjun, GM Nihal Sarin, GM Leon Luke Mendonca, GM Bharath Subramaniyam H, GM Pranav Anand and GM Abhijeet Gupta scored wins over GM Mihail Nikitenko, GM Vahap Sanal (TUR), GM S L Narayanan, GM Tamas Banusz (HUN) and GM Raja Rithvik R respectively.

GM Aravindh Chithambaram escaped jaws of defeat

GM Salem Saleh (UAE) and GM Hans Niemann (USA) made a quick 13-move draw

Tabatabaei - Aravindh: 0.5-0.5

GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI, 2707) and GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2670) played two Classical games. The former won one and drew the other. Aravindh was on the verge of losing their third encounter. He missed his opponent's tactical shot. First he lost a pawn and soon arrived at a lost endgame.

Position after 29...Rd4?

White found 30.Nh5+! Black cannot take the knight due to Nf5+ gains the exchange. 30...Kf8 31.Nxf6 Kg7 32.Nd7 Rb7 33.Nc5 Rb6 34.h5 Rxb4 35.Rd7 Rd4 36.h6+ Kg8 37.Ng4 g5 38.Ree7 Bg6 39.Ne5 Rxd7 40.Ncxd7 Rd6 41.Rg7+ Kh8 and White would have won the game if he played correctly. However, a series of inaccuracies allowed Aravindh to get back in the game and salvage a half point.

Final moments: GM M Amin Tabatabaei - GM Aravindh Chithambaram | Video: ChessBase India

GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) missed a big chance to win against GM Aravindh Chithambaram

GM Sam Shankland (USA) - GM Abhimanyu Puranik (pictured): 0.5-0.5

GM Volodar Murzin - GM Sankalp Gupta: 0.5-0.5

Manuel - Arjun

Position after 31.Rea1

31.Rea1? allowed Arjun to make the necessary exchange sacrifice 31...Rxf3! 32.Rxf3 Nxe5 33.Kg2 Nxf3 34.Kxf3 Rf8+ 35.Kg2 Be5 36.Re1 Bf4 37.Bxf4 Rxf4 38.axb6 Kxb6 39.Rxe6+ Ka5 40.Ra6+ Kb4 41.Rxa7 Kxc4 42.b6 Rf6 43.Ra6 Rf8 44.b7 Rb8 45.Rb6 d3 46.Kf1 Kc3 and Black won.

Final moments: Manuel Petrosyan - Arjun Erigaisi | Video: ChessBase India

Analysis: GM Manuel Petrosyan - GM Arjun Erigaisi | Video: ChessBase India

GM Arjun Erigaisi is making rapid strides to get back at the top

GM Marc` Andria Maurizzi (FRA) - GM Pa Iniyan: 0.5-0.5

Endgame: Nihal Sarin - Mihail Nikitenko | Video: ChessBase India

GM Pranav V - GM Haik Martirosyan (ARM): 0.5-0.5

GM B Adhiban - GM Aditya Mittal: 0.5-0.5

GM Bharath Subramaniyam H - GM S L Narayanan: 1-0

GM Pranav Anand - GM Tamas Banusz (HUN): 1-0

Challengers: Viani Antonio emerges sole leader

IM Viani Antonio Dcunha (2386) defeated IM Sammed Jaykumar Shete (2383) to gain sole lead 4/4

Viani - Sammed

Position after 25...Rf7??

Find out why 25...Rf7?? is a blunder and what Black could have done instead. Viani found the correct continuation and went on to win the game.

IM Viani Antonio Dcunha scored his fourth win in-a-row to become the sole leader 4/4

For more Round 4 photos, please click at the respective links: Part 1 and Part 2.

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Replay Sharjah Masters Round 4 live commentary by Amruta Mokal | Video: ChessBase India

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Round 4 Masters results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	30	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2629	3	½ - ½	3	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2688	14	PGN
2	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2707	2½	½ - ½	3	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	2670	19	PGN
3	18	GM	Shankland, Sam	2671	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2629	29	PGN
4	28	GM	Murzin, Volodar	2631	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2531	66	PGN
5	36	GM	Petrosyan, Manuel	2616	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2761	1	PGN
6	37	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2616	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2728	3	PGN
7	6	GM	Sarana, Alexey	2706	2	1 - 0	2	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	2599	43	PGN
8	47	GM	Nesterov, Arseniy	2589	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	2701	9	PGN
9	69	GM	Krzyzanowski, Marcin	2526	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2684	15	PGN
10	22	GM	Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	2650	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	2560	56	PGN
11	75	FM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2516	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	2649	23	PGN
12	32	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	2621	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2581	50	PGN
13	34	GM	Maurizzi, Marc`andria	2617	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2493	84	PGN
14	77	IM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	2508	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	2617	35	PGN
15	2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2732	1½	½ - ½	2	IM	Royal, Shreyas	2463	88	PGN

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	30	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2629	3,5	9	6,5
2	14	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2688	3,5	8	6
3	19	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2670	3,5	8	6
4	5	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2707	3	8,5	6,5
5	28	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2631	3	8,5	6
6	6	GM	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2706	3	8	6
7	56	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2560	3	7,5	5,5
8	9	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	SLO	2701	3	7,5	5,5
9	50	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	IRI	2581	3	7	5
10	66	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	IND	2531	3	7	5
11	29	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2629	3	7	5
12	35	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	ESP	2617	3	6,5	5
13	18	GM	Shankland, Sam	USA	2671	3	6,5	5
14	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2761	3	6,5	4,5
15	15	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2684	3	6	4

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	19	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	2670	3½	3½	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2629	30
2	14	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2688	3½	3	GM	Sarana, Alexey	2706	6
3	1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2761	3	3	GM	Murzin, Volodar	2631	28
4	29	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	2629	3	3	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2707	5
5	9	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	2701	3	3	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	2617	35
6	15	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2684	3	3	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2581	50
7	56	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	2560	3	3	GM	Shankland, Sam	2671	18
8	66	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	2531	3	2½	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2698	10
9	3	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2728	2½	2½	FM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	2516	75
10	88	IM	Royal, Shreyas	2463	2½	2½	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2680	16
11	23	GM	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	2649	2½	2½	GM	Maurizzi, Marc`andria	2617	34
12	25	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	2640	2½	2½	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2616	37
13	84	GM	Iniyan, Pa	2493	2½	2	GM	Radjabov, Teimour	2723	4
14	43	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	2599	2	2	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2732	2
15	46	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	2591	2	2	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2705	7

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Round 4 Challengers results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	16	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2386	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2383	18	PGN
2	1	IM	Pang, Tao	2496	2½	- - +	2½	IM	Aradhya, Garg	2385	17
3	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	2483	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2352	22	PGN
4	24	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	2345	2½	½ - ½	2½	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2480	3	PGN
5	21	FM	Piliposyan, Robert	2364	2½	0 - 1	2½	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	2449	7	PGN
6	8	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	2440	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Farahat, Ali	2327	30	PGN
7	10	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2430	2½	1 - 0	2½		Dhruva, Thota	2349	23	PGN
8	5	IM	Movahed, Sina	2463	2	0 - 1	2½	IM	Kanyamarala, Tarun	2301	35	PGN
9	4	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2466	2	1 - 0	2	IM	George Micheal, Kevin	2258	41	PGN
10	6	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2449	2	1 - 0	2		Devnani, Kush	2249	42	PGN
11	43	FM	Jaiveer, Mahendru	2244	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Mohammad Fahad, Rahman	2431	9	PGN
12	51	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja *)	2181	1	½ - ½	1		Nofal, Mohamed	1962	82	PGN
13	45	FM	Mulenga, Prince Daniel	2220	2	0 - 1	2	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2429	11
14	13	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2414	2	1 - 0	2	WFM	Kaliakhmet, Elnaz	2202	46
15	47	WIM	Aydin, Gulenay	2195	2	0 - 1	2	GM	Hesham, Abdelrahman	2391	15

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	16	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	IND	2386	4	7	5
2	7	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	MDA	2449	3,5	8	5,5
3	35	IM	Kanyamarala, Tarun	IRL	2301	3,5	7	5
4	8	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	IND	2440	3,5	7	5
5	10	IM	Garifullina, Leya	FID	2430	3,5	7	5
6	17	IM	Aradhya, Garg	IND	2385	3,5	6,5	4,5
7	6	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	IND	2449	3	8,5	6,5
8	24	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	IND	2345	3	8,5	6,5
9	2	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	PAR	2483	3	8,5	6
10	18	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	IND	2383	3	8	6
11	26	IM	Ezat, Mohamed	EGY	2340	3	8	6
12	3	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	RUS	2480	3	8	6
13	27	FM	Hakobyan, Erik	ARM	2335	3	7,5	5,5
14	77	CM	Sindarov, Islombek	UZB	1990	3	7	5
15	31	FM	Laddha, Shubh Jayesh	USA	2324	3	7	5

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	7	FM	Lashkin, Jegor	2449	3½	4	IM	Viani, Antonio Dcunha	2386	16
2	8	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	2440	3½	3½	IM	Aradhya, Garg	2385	17
3	35	IM	Kanyamarala, Tarun	2301	3½	3½	IM	Garifullina, Leya	2430	10
4	18	IM	Sammed Jaykumar, Shete	2383	3	3	GM	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	2483	2
5	3	GM	Burmakin, Vladimir	2480	3	3	IM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	2352	22
6	78		Romany, Joy	1980	1½	1½	GM	Ahmad, Al Khatib *)	2380	19
7	31	FM	Laddha, Shubh Jayesh	2324	3	3	GM	Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo	2466	4
8	27	FM	Hakobyan, Erik	2335	3	3	IM	Nitish, Belurkar	2449	6
9	9	IM	Mohammad Fahad, Rahman	2431	3	3	IM	Anwesh, Upadhyaya	2345	24
10	11	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	2429	3	3	IM	Ezat, Mohamed	2340	26
11	38	FM	Peycheva, Gergana	2295	3	3	IM	Harsh, Suresh	2414	13
12	91	WFM	Imomkuzieva, Nilufarkhon	1922	1½	1½	FM	Kazarian, Anna-Maja *)	2181	51
13	15	GM	Hesham, Abdelrahman	2391	3	3	FM	Ammar, Sedrani	2189	48
14	77	CM	Sindarov, Islombek	1990	3	2½		Wang, Yanbin	2415	12
15	1	IM	Pang, Tao	2496	2½	2½	WGM	Heinemann, Josefine	2303	34

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